weird dream scenario

I just woke up from a nap... and it was starting to turnout to be a nightmare but not really... its weird. I dreamt that I was in a town (las vegas looking but it wasn't what the real Las Vegas). This town was a place that I've been to in dream-land before and I recognized that place in my dreams before. I found it really eerie that I recollected a dream from the past within the dream itself. The kicker is everytime i'm in this "town that looks like Vegas" I have to escape for my life from zombies and i'm the only one alive. It's really weird. I know its my creative side running amuck and that I should really stop playing Dead Rising, Resident Evil, and other zombie like movies but I found it really weird that I have created this little place that I seem to go back to once in awhile. Some psychological inception crap going on right there..

Update on my identity theft crisis

Wow look at that, two consecutive blogs in two days! I just wanted to share my fiascos of my court case that ive been battling.

So it started in late August, when I got a notice of suspension for my drivers license in the mail that was sent by the DMV. After calling about this notice,it turns out that someone received three ticket s under my name and address in June. Baffled, I thought hard on how this whole mixup happened especially since I know I haven't gotten pulled over nor received any tickets in June. Then it hit me, i lost my drivers license a year ago and some scumbag must be using it! I was told to show up in district court that following Monday to "speak to the judge.". Low and behold when I appeared to court the new York judge did not give me an opportunity to speak and instead said to show up for an adjourned date with a lawyer.

That's when I met my new lawyer, and he would be classified as an "ambulance lawyer" one that hangs around courtrooms and helps out with clerical work in turn to get clients. Long story short this attorney wasn't the greatest, in fact he borderline sucked. But...when jumped on he would attempt to do something. I did most of the leg work and paid most of the fees to retrieve info from the DMV. My case was then adjourned again due to the judge stating that it's best for the cop to identify me.

Fastforward to today. Just got a Tex t from my lawyer saying that we will show up to court tomorrow and they will dismiss my charges. He also said that probably since the DA didn't do his job to ask the officer in advance as requested he feels bad since he somewhat believes my story. Now I think if I had a good lawyer he would have taken care of this before any adjournment and I wouldn't have to pay him for additional appearances. Lessons I have learned was NEVER lose my drivers license and also take more time in picking a good lawyer. This whole case really made me think differently about new yorks justice system. I mean I really felt like it was"guilty until proven innocent" and not the other way around as it should be.

Oh well, lesson learned and I'm hoping that my charges indeed get dropped for a crime I did not commit and I don't have to worry

First iPad blog

Hello world from my brand new iPad! My MacBook is up on bay for sale and has one day left. The current price already covers the cost of this iPad and even leaves me with some extra money for accessories and apps! I'm pretty stoked and pleased with the iPad, and since I got the 3G model, I'll be able to blog more often!

Don't know if this is real or not, but apparently this email NAS wrote to the defjam CEOs got leaked to the media. I'm riding with NAS on this one.

http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/nas-puts-def-jam-execs-on-blast-stop-being-your-own-worst-enemy/

“From: Nas
To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks
Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!

Peace to all,

With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800′s, respect me and I will respect you.

I won’t even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don’t connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist’s dream and aspirations. You don’t help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don’t even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren’t…. not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn’t work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn’t understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation”

(continued after the jump)

This isn’t the 90′s though. Beefing with record labels is so 15 years ago. @ this point I just need you all to be very clear where I stand and how I feel about “my label.” I could go on twitter or hot 97 tomorrow and get 100,000 protesters @ your building but I choose to walk my own path my own way because since day one I have been my own man. I did business with Tommy Mottola and Donnie Einer, two of the most psycho dudes this business ever created. I worked well with them for one major reason……. they believed in me. The didn’t give a fuck about what any radio station or magazine said….those dudes had me.

Lost Tapes is a movement and a very important set up piece for my career as it stands. I started this over 5 years ago @ Columbia and nobody knew what it was or what it did but the label put it out as an LP and the fans went crazy for it and I single handlely built a new brand of rap albums. It’s smart and after 5 years it’s still a head of the game. This feels great and you not feeling what I’m feeling is disturbing. Don’t get in the way of my creativity. We are aligned with the stars here, this is a movement. There is a thing called KARMA that comes to haunt you when you tamper with the aligning stars. WE ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. Stop throwing dog shit on a MAGICAL moment.

You don’t get another Nas recording that doesn’t count against my deal….PERIOD! Keep your bullshit $200,000.00 fund. Open the REAL budget. This is a New York pioneers ALBUM, there ain’t many of us. I am ready to drop in the 4th quarter. You don’t even have shit coming out! Stop being your own worst enemy. Let’s get money!

-N.Jones