Decent Something 45 Segment 11/15/09

You know what I do. Basically and is. Started this past Sunday I added a new
feature to the format which is to play 7" 45s at 7:45 EST on Sunday.
Big up Richie Criss and Rankin Tomas for the energy that led to the idea.. BOOM

Starting All Over Again It's Gonna Be Rough

BUMBO what a ting! My hard drive failed on me and just shut down without warning. So I lost a lot of stuff. Or so I think. I know I had all my music backed up on an external but there's some Serato situations that I'm at a current loss for. All the vinyl rips that I did I never backed up. All my little iChat business I think is dead.

Okay its today right now and a lot of progress has been made. from the previous paragraph I can see that I over reacted a bit. Things are pretty intact. I still have an issue with the pictures, but the spirit is telling me to not worry and and dive into freedom. So... OK DEN.

I still have to build up my Serato library and prep a Otee-O and a Decent Something show. I'm a try and do that today, but man did I lose some cool rips and effects. Let me stop complaining and loafing and let me get down to the business. Plus The Office coming on so there aint really that much time to tarry.

After I take the red pill, I'm a take another lude which is Jailbreaking my phone. Babu got me amp about it and I'm not as scared as I used to be. Plus my warranty is dead so no worries on that. Next time I write I should have a JB'd phone and some new order on my machine. Umoja!!

DECENT SOMETHING NOV 1 2009

This one is dedicated to my black woman. My wife, friend, and mother of my children. I also share this with all women who mean so much to me. My Grandma, Mommy, aunties and my sisters. I also appreciate the female Decent Something listeners so I just wanna big up SweetBacck, Melissa, beLovely, Cynical Smith, UCME2, and of course DeJeanne.

Remember to Respect and Protect The Black Woman Queen of The Universe. SALUTE

Time To Shine

I'm 42. I been this age since February. Yea I'm old. I don't feel old, but I know I'm not 16. I have lived in NY, LA, and now I'm in TX. I love Hip Hop and Dance hall. It's so intrinsic in my life. I grew up around block parties. I used to hear the music blaring out my building in The Bronx. In Queens I witnessed the Albino Twins around the corner from me KILL the microphone. I was a human B-BOX and rocked with LL Cool Jay and Rozell before they had demo tapes.

I built with Divine Styler the Freestyle Fellowship, The Pharcyde, The Born Jamericans, Sammy Levi, Scringer Ranks, Shabba, Stereo One with Stitchie and Papa San, Frick and Frack, Biz Markie, The Beatminerz, Grand Puba, Tribe Called Quest and all types of other niggas.
I ain't writing my life story here. I will do a book and a flick. Two a them matter fact. I just wanted to encourage you and myself who are blessed to get old in this dangerous world to know who you are and make the most of your experiences. The LORD has led me to be a DJ after I been an MC a breakdancer a graffiti artist, a record exec and a music retailer. I believe it's my calling and I know something big is going to happen through my efforts.

I'm looking forward to it and you oughta too. SALUTE all my DJ's and Music lovers, Artists, producers who think they have gotten too old to do them. You might not be in position to do what you want and at that time you might have to come to grips and let it go. But when you know you doing what you supposed to do regardless of how contrary it may be to popular belief, trust your maker and thank Him because His Will Be DONE! BONG BOOM KABOOM

The OTEE-O SHOW 10-30-09

Another great show. Dedicated to Jam Master Jay. The show starts about 14 seconds late, but once it going it starts kicking up. I went in on the funk, hip hop, drum n bass and rock.

I kinda took it a little easier on the visuals, but I know what I'm a run next show which is Nov 1st with the DECENT SOMETHING dedicated to the first creation that Jah made after he made everything and saw something that wasn't good. He corrected it by creating WOMAN. Thank you Jesus!! And THANK YOU FOR CHECKING FOR ME

DECENT SOMETHING

This was one of the best shows. It started on time and ended on time. Actually BeatMinerz Boss Lady Be-Lovely chided me to play for another 15 minutes and I humbly obliged, but I didn't record that part. The regulation show was too dope.
The reason why it was so hot was because we prayed before I went in. My wife prayed for me with the kids Sunday and it was so beautiful and inspiring that I couldn't got to the studio and be a schmuck. Almost every show I've had technical problems. This show ws no exception. The video froze, but the LORD rebuked it and things went back to normal. At the end of the broadcast I cut off Serato so I could disconnect my HD, but I got a message saying I had to shut down! I don't remember seeing anything like that before. Not that big of deal, but if Serato didn't back up my playlist then I wouldn't remember or improve on what i played. Maybe the LORD didn't want me to rely on that because the show was so special and shouldn't be duplicated, but I know He wants me to improve.
A couple of songs had cussing in it but for the most part the show was loaded with clean classics. The goal is to have clean programming that's why it's called DECENT SOMETHING.
I also want to say that much of the digital music was contributed by DEADLY DRAGON SOUND, FEDERATION SOUND, JOHNNY WONDER, UMOJA, DJ DESTROYER and DJ SELECT.

Many Movements. Mini-Money

This is so far a ridiculously nice year. Music I can't tell you how much I love it and thank my LORD and Savior Jesus Christ for His grace allowing me to partake in this ministry.

Quick Notes. I want to make sure I cover my skill with Serato the removal from club hawking, the rebirth of the Outta Order Hour with Decent Something, Alive on Arrival and The OteeO Show.

Man I'm thankful how God has blessed me with people early in my life that was about music in a community setting, specifically Mr. Walt the Beatminer from Music Factory was kind enough to give me a shot on this online radio station. Maseo from DeLa got the Dugout poppin and they wanted a reggae show and Walt put me on. It can only get better.

I got a wikkid support group of Tomas of Umoja, Nature of Central Booking and Max Glazer of the mighty Federation Sound keeping me up on things while they represent on the frontline while I sort of geriatrically play the back. Rakka is hollering and it's beautiful how the Beat Junkies are also kind enogh to not cut they boy off like so many for no reason has. And I nah forget my baby sister Mona Lisa kudos and all that she doing her thing trong trong this year. See it?

Pod-casting with my PNC (Partners In Culture)

A week before the Yuletide bustle, Umoja agreed to do a Pod-cast of mixes setting it off on the day of Umoja 12/26 and have each of the seven members represent a principle of Kwanzaa. Whadyou got Nia= Purpose, Kujilaclijah - (I forgot. Oh yea ...) = Self Determination, Kuumba = Creativity, Ujamma=Cooperative Economics, Imani = Faith, Ujima = Creative Work & Responsibility, and of course, Umoja = Unity.

I was real excitd about this because being that I am not on the west coast anymore, I miss playing with my friends. Thanks to technology, we are able to do like a Star Trek transporter and be at the same place at the same time electronically.

The first cat out the gate was Stevie G who is one of the newest members

he out in Bali right now peacing. His mix was crazy as well as the artwork he chose to post with it. Daz got busy next with the style of soul in which he do well. Then Jun got bananas with it. Tomas tore it down then I did mine that was murder if I don't say so myself. Wait did a wait pon D and B and I don't mean Drum and Bass I mean Culture D and BeLove. All now Be Love hasn't surfaced, but Culch got his in. still waiting on you C. Step up front!

nAZARETH NAZARETH

My son is no joke. He driving Mama crazy, but I tell her nuh fi a fret because him is bwoy and ah so bwoy stay from time to time. He be doing ish like talking back, throwing trucks atchu, making incessant demands as if to say this is his house and we live here. Like freestyle fellowship we will not tollerate beatings on blacks gonna get my gat. My belt that is if he is ever outta place or disrespectful. His personality is becoming more and more defined. He's a raggamuffin like him faddah.
As parents the challenge we're faced with is raising unbiasley. Can't let none of our pickney slide into slackness. So if he speaks harshly to one of us. We check him and remind to whom which they speak, but we don't blast back because where's the lesson in that. I can't front I blast all the time so pray for me as I grow to the father I am to be.

The order of discipline should be:

1. Tell them directly what behavior is unacceptable and informed of consequence whatever that may be if performance is repeated.
2. Administer discipline at the point they decide to do opposite of previous instructions.
3. Sentencing by age (5 minute time out for 5 year old, 7 licks for the 2nd grader, etc.)

We have a big responsibility to raise the next Nobel Peace Prize winner or the guy who wants to run you out the fast lane on the freeway.

DJ Till Me Dead

Oh! What a way me love do wah me do B. The man called Kid Capri said from when that DJs are forever sought after because people will always want to hear music or enjoy some new sounds. Even though there are a billion DJs on the planet Earth, still feel like I am the only one like a me.
Right ya now I wanna big up youth like DJ Nature, Sober, and Select who worthly hold the fort down in Dallas. As a longtime, I can appreciate what them man deh do and how much work they commit to making the party live.

Labor night they hosted GZA at the Loft and put me on to MC in the open while Sober spun the sickest of classics. I had on my old ass Wu shirt that I got from Bigga B back in '94 and drank 2 juice, 1 bill and a water and was ready fi tell dem bludKlot dis ...
Me just laugh and shot dem. Promoting a good time and no loc up ting. Got all 8 of the girls on the floor and the rest of the niggiz dem start to get in line. When doggie dropped the Black Moon and the Mobb Deep and the Das plus the DITC, I just had to get sick widdy and start salute all area and region.

MCing down here is a little different/ I don't know if it's because I didn't grow up here or they just don't respond to what cats in NY, LA, UK, JA, TOK, FLA respond to. Like they don't seem to care about there hood or that they in TX that much, but HIGH SCHOOLS and TEAMS? Forgeddahboudditt! Killah Priest got on stage and the first thing he asked was there any Cowboy fans to a tumultuous "Hell Yeah!" I got to remember that next joint.

Recently I got an opportunity to do a weekly at a sportsbar playing country, eighties, rock, and top 40. The music was no problem, but they said I wasn't on the mic enough so I lost the gig. Could you imagine they wanted more mic? The thing is I'm not a sportscaster, I'm and MC. I move crowd, control mic, master the ceremony. Basically, I perform best at parties. This sportsbar thing was dead stock to me. Eventhough it paid well and all that, I couldn't just dry hump the dance to get it poppin to their liking, so let that go.
Speaking of let go, me and my man Luminba was doing a thing called Let Go at theSouth Dallas Cultural Center.
We were given the opportnity to play whatever we wanted because they liked what we played. The only thng
was, nobody promoted it. Still, I loved it. I just love spinning. It's my oxygen. Candidly, I don't like to go anywhere
unless I'm given an opportunity to DJ. Tonight there's a Christmas Party at my mans gate and I'm trying to figure how can I DI it.
I'm baggin up my mac, Serato and xtl HD oh and a mixer with all the cables I need incase I'll be allowed to draw selection for my homie.

Mr. Mama

InI wife went on a business trip to NY and I am left to take care of the kids. I don't mind it at all, its just kinda crazy to do it with out her. Now I get a better idea of what she has to do to control these little werewolves. Going grocery shopping and feeding them is not as easy as I thought. You can't shop when their hungry. You have to have food already and notice that if you eat it tomorrow their won't be anything left so its at that point you take inventory and put a grocery list together.

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When Mo came back it was clear to see that the kids were here greatest joy. She missed them so much and although she needed a break, it was hard for her to be away for so long. The kids were not changing their behavior to welcome mommy. They were the same little gremlins the were when she was away. They started begging for her to give them gum. Started crying for nothing, walking out into the street unattended. Just madness!

Still I'm happy we're back together again!

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Now playing: Kool & The Gang - Too Hot
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Frustrations of Being The Man

What's good? You wanna know? A father who loves his family and does whatever he can to hold them down even if they at times treat him as if he ain't ish. At work today I was asked if I heard about pro wrestler, Chris Benoit, who killed his wife, son and himself? Nah I didn't hear about it. I seldom watch the news or listen to the radio so what I'm up on is not tainted by advertising agendas.

Still this current event messed me up because all I can think about was the treasure of having a family, a life and to throw it away for what usually is a temporary problem. The other day a lady hanged herself and her daughters from what I heard was a financial issue. I'm broke, you broke, we all broke, but we do what we gotta to maintain. And where's Grandma and Auntie?
I'm thankful that I got my mother-in-law in my life because ther have been times we had nothing to eat, no way to get to work or school and she would look out for us.

If it weren't for God in my life I would be ghostface a long time ago. I've turned down opportunities to get better jobs outta state that would keep me away from home for months. There was a situation where I was hired to be the main DJ in a big club in Austin that I had to painfully reject to do what was best for the security of my home. Then there is always the temptation of runnin' up the no-question asking cake pieces you encounter in everyday life.

The Lord is my strength and if it kills me I'll stay in my position as Husband and Father, but I'm not gonna kill me self. I'll check in to a psych ward before I go that crazy. To all of you that have families or want one; remember your pain and struggle is worth it at the end of the day. Your family is counting on you because everybody else is gonna let them down. Watch.

Let Him Try

What I wanna do is a new post every Friday alonside a podcast and then have everything sychronized with mySpace, genzu.org, and some other stuff I got out there. The goal is to do the most to promote CoknI o'Dire so it s a brand that is sellable and bankable. I got my family to think about--my grandkids man!

Right now i'm awaiting the arival of the Serato I copped from my man Tendaji out of LA

Sounds Called Ravers Got You Craving More and More

Cokni O' Dire - Raggamuffin and Stay

So wha, I was in LA last month yea? It was nice and all that. Did a rave with INI Production With my mans Arly and Shakespeare.

On June 25th we did a little musical thing called ... Actually I was a big musical thing, Electric Daisy Festival. Heard of it?
Well actually, it was their 10 year anniversary. It was banoodles. The crew Umoja was in effect with the absence of Tomas, Stevie G, and B-Love, but the hardcoresome foursome gave 'em nuff more some (my nephew Jordan used to say when he was a toddler after he was given some candy that he wanted "more some").

Everybody was killing it and had the lawn RAM!

In 2009 I'd like to bring The Lawn to LA. Stay tune and in touch as we continue to nice up session for you with the Unity Sound - UMOJA!!

Pickney Have Man A'Run Up & Down

Cokni O' Dire - Raggamuffin and Stay
Man weh have pickney, who love fih dem pickney, cyaan relove to wha and wha me a talk bout. Kid wranglin' is no bed of rose. When My wife and I had one joint, we thought, prayed, and planned to do all that was necessary for the child's betterment.

Saved for her education, put her in pretty dresses, raised her in the way she should go so that when she is old she won't depart from it.

Then the next once bounced out and we kept the same intention its just that, as you can overstand, mad challenging to support ya cause when kids require nuff energy.

I mean toting the pickney too and fro, feeding, cleaning, etc., wears you out! Now with the final entry, my son, we put most of our energy into doing whatever it takes to get them to bed so that we can at least get 5 hrs sleep.

Its Real and You Know it Gets Realler

Its Real and You Know it Gets Realler

Its 2:43 AM on Tuesday, February 21, 2006, the second day of my vacation from UPS and I have decided to stay home rather than go to LA like I had planned. Being at home will give me more time with my wife and children that I haven’t had as I have been working. I still got to my other job at 11AM, but it’s a vacation from the grunt work I do at UPS. With this I have more energy to run around with my three kids and stay awake as I talk with my wife catching up on everything I missed while I was sleep.

Being married rocks! Having a friend who wants to be your friend is priceless. I like my wife yo. The thing his I forget that she is a delicate vessel and I talk to her in a way that is les than appreciated. I don’t mean to be harsh; it’s just the way I talk. Growing up in NY its so loud and my homies would always be quick to snap on me that I built up a habit of responding with an attack whether I was trying to be funny or defending my self from whatever I deemed and insult from whomever.

February 22, 2006 At the Crib. 5:28

Today was hot. Kind of got up sluggish. Woke up around 3:30. Still institutionalized by UPS to get up at that time to go to work. My boy Naz got up with me and we had good little ole time playing on the couch. We also watched the remainder of the Jarmusch film “Deadman”. Man I wish that I had a different schedule where I could get 8 hours or more of sleep and be more involved with the kids morning routine.

We pray about that blessing which brings me to right now talking to my wife. We believe our friendship has been suffering over the years primarily due to cultural and spiritual clashes. We were recently made to understand, through bible study, that Satan is consistently building wedges between us causing discord. God won’t bless our lives, as we desire, if we are not unified. God is one. He doesn’t do anything without His Son.

That’s why the general acknowledgement of God has no power. It’s trivial to say, “God bless” and more powerful to say “In Jesus’ name.” I am learning more and more about our Savior Jesus Christ to have a relationship with Him rather than a religion.

Christmas Must Not Miss Us

Well unu done know say that this the yuletide (whatever that means) season and me is a man love celebrate Christmas from when I was small.

I remember I really wanted to get a walman back in the day when they first came out. Y'all remember it was a Sony Walkman© no cassette just fm and am radio. I also remember that the one I got wasn't Sony, but I didn't give a ... I was just so thankful to get a walman and it sounded so good in redlight stereo.

This year I go the same vibe I had back when because I asked for a certain mp3 player and it feels like I am going to get it! I see it under the tree right now, but I didn't peek or nothin'. I want to be surprised. That's still such a thrill. I been dying to hear my dipset mix tapes and my country music and soundclashes everywhere I go without didsturbing others or having to load CD or have had stuck to a PC. The new life begins 12-25-05.

People may think that Christmas isn't about what you get its about the birth of Christ. No doubt but it can't stop me from being stoked about my empeetree pliggidy!!! Ay big shout to my man Lavelle and my nephew Sha in the Chi. Y'all have really blessed me in this portable media journey. Also got to big up my nephew Deante who holding his down fresh to def at Texas Tech.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Ah What Some Guy Feel Like?!

Man i just peeped my dog from me Umoja Sound Culture D's Site and it's so beauticial. What a TinG!
Being away from LA for so long I can better appreciate what good be going on out there. The other thing is, He inspires me to do a better job as a Bloggamuffin. So I'm gonna take this time to look for some pictures and other graphic elements that represent what I'm a bout. Ite? Check it out!!



You know how we roll.

Is This Gonna Work?

Is This Gonna Work?Is this letting me in there like that? In the event someone reads this, what is going on is I clicked the "Blog This" link and it took me to a window where I could begin typing in content. Since this is like that, I like that!

Its Our Anniversary

Today is my wife and I's 10 year wedding anniversary. It has been an ill ride, but we still rolling. Marriage from my point of view and belief is impossible without God. The key to its success is letting go of the idea that you have to change the person you're with so they can better suit you and that you don't have to change because that person married you for who you are.

In other words, If you marry a drunk and you try to change them by telling them there will be no drinking in the house, they will get a beer from the bar and then cheat on you. If you are a drunk and you marry someone whose parents you know were alkies so you don't change, they will wait till you go to the bar and then cheat on you.

So take my advice and don't take nobody advice and let the Spirit of God move you to the one you should be with and get ya mind right to handle a life long committment with someone you don't really know. Please pray for our marriagebecause 10 years is not really that long of a time. I talked to someone recently who have been married for like 62 years to rhatid and that really looks good on you. I believe we can make it and I feel bad for all my familyy and friends whose marriages ain't pop off like they expected, but life still goes on as Sade would say, "Why are you walking away? Hang On To Your Love!"