Album release for the FOOD, CLOTHES & SHELTER Double Cd

Album release for the FOOD, CLOTHES & SHELTER Double Cd featuring Kanye West, KRS-ONE and Atlanta's brightest, this Saturday, Sept. 26th @ The Temple 675 Metropolitan Parkway # C 32, Atlanta, Ga 30310 in the Metropolitan Lofts behind West End Marta Station. Call: 404-437-0828

Monday Night Mic Fight

Well I got the honor of hosting Monday night mic fight tonight! It was so much fun! But Mr. Self Taught was in the house!!!!! And did "Spit a verse!" So check out some of qc's finest!

Photos from Gone Too Soon: A Benefit For The Family of Titus "Baatin" Glover

Gone Too Soon:
A Benefit For The Family of Titus "Baatin" Glover

Sunday, August 2, 2009 @
5 Elements Gallery
2125 Michigan Ave.
Downtown Detroit (Corktown)

Starts @ 8pm

Come celebrate the life of Slum Village co-founder Titus "Baatin" Glover, who passed away on August 1, 2009. Join us for a night of music, spoken word and reflection @ 5 Elements Gallery located at 2125 Michigan Ave, in Detroit Corktown Area.

Music & Performances By:
Sicari
K-Fresh
Jessica Care Moore
+ Special Guests

Hosted By: Miz Korona

EVENT IS FREE - DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED

All Donations will go to family of Titus "Baatin" Glover.

SUPPORT DETROIT!






RIP Titus "Baatin" Glover 1974 - 2009

Behind The Scenes Video @ The Charles Herron Video Shoot!

I made this video playlist at myflashfetish.com

Charles Herron Video Shoot Recap...

This week I was lucky enough to be invited to the Charles Herron Video shoot

1st I have to thank him for allowing me to be apart of something so big. I love events like this because it brings out alllllll of the whose who in Carolina Hip Hop... Which is like my 2nd fam. So we just get together and cut up! & enjoy good music. I promise if I didn't know these great and talented people. I would have no hope for the future of hip hop. But I know that a change is coming... And we are going to make it happen.
I can't wait to see the video drop on MTV2 in the next few weeks. The special guest were bonkers everyone from Camp Lo, Kam Moye, Mattic from Wax Tailor! I mean hell I still get a little starstruck! LOL & the crazy part is.... The world may get to see me coming down the soul train line with Charles Herron doing the Money Grip!!!! LOL (Only he could get me to dance on video... For real... Everyone know I don't dance I just do the stinky pinky lol.) I tried to take pics and video of everything!!!!

MySpace Music Playlist at MixPod.com

OK All of the back stage footage didn't make it but you can go to http://www.youtube.com/empressjournee and all of the videos are posted there!

The Video Shoot.

If you are in Charlotte and Love true hip hop music. Your not going to want to miss this rare opportunity to be in Charles Herron's up and coming video. Featuring Camp Lo. Yes Camp Low Its going down Wednesday July 29, 2009 @ The breakfast club! With super guest appearances through out the night!!! For those of you who aren't in Charlotte don't worry I will be doing interviews and taking a massive amount of pics through out the who night. I will be posting everything up. I have to keep you up on the goinz....


Hope to see you there!!!


Much love going out to Charles Herron Sonny Cheeba and E!!!!!!

Empress Journee' on the SC Music Awards

OK Some folk say if you don't have nothing nice to say then say Nathan. (There for they don't talk that much.) But my mother says if you have something on your mind let it off! And that's what I do. I have to touch on so much. I V-Blogged a little bit but hell its not enough I must drop the blog.
Yesterday I went to the SC Music Awards in Columbia SC. Now 1st I have to show love to my SC folk in which I went down there to support. The folk who always support the moves I make in my career! They know all they have to do is ask and they will get! Anywho. The show got started a little late. Which was to be expected. It happens... NO biggie. (nope im not use to standing out side in the hot that long... But like i said this wasn't about me. I was up for an award. Wasn't giving one out. I honestly went just to show love!) Now pause for the cause. Just EJ's personal thought $40 to see a bunch of unsigned folk... Is a wee bit much! Shit should have been $25 hell $30 @ the most. Not like Nelly was coming out giving lap dances. And Kanye doing foot rubs. But fuck it. I drove a hour to hold it down. So I put the $40 down. Now I have to show major love to my graphic designer Chris who came and held it down with me. Drove all the way from the Triangle to be there. Man just thought about it. We didn't even get a pic together! :-( Anyway I don't even know where to start... I guess I will start @ what stood out to me 1st. The chick in her prom dress. WOOOOOOOW She walked by me like 5 times and I was never ready with the camera on deck. I know it was her prom dress because she screamed it out loud as hell in the line..... And blamed it on the recession! I think not! I had to shake my head....But I want to personally thank chick for being my entertainment during such a long line. Now you can hear some of my random thoughts on the night on the Prop Joe radio show. I got to be his side kick through out the night. www.propjoeradioshow.com .
So I guess the 1st thing that happen was the 1st group. I'm going to ask one of my folk who this group was. No it wasn't a group it was a rapper with a rock band. And let me tell you that rock band was the best. I am truly now a fan. Wish like hell I caught their name I would be googling them right now! They didn't even need the rapper. The band rocked out. Such a good way to start the show! Loved those kats. (Ha thought I was going to say something bad huh? Nope.) I also enjoyed This kat. I also enjoyed this group well I couldn't figure out if they were a group or if they were a crew and just came together. But i looked on the TV & it said kas The God there for that's the name Im going to use! Now Kas and crew (didn't catch the other two names sorry) But they put on a show. Kas was up there air hunching and rolling his hips around. It was just good to me... I think his hip hop rock track was put some sugar on me! You don't believe me? Check the clipThe best right!!!! Now the other group that caught my eye that did an amazing job was Team Irac. Now they put on a fucking show!!!! They had back up dancers that were going to get it. All on the same dance at the same time! Very well put together. But I'm sorry the lady back up dancer with the Fro put the other one to shame. The didn't even need two the way she was going to get it. In real life chick needs to be a back up dancer on someones tour RIGHT NOW! She was doing her thing. Compared. The other chick was blah. And I'm so jello! They outfits were spiffy as hell!!!! They get major points in my book. And I didn't even mind the two million people on stage. Why do I feel differently about their two million people on stage. Because they weren't up there the whole. Time. When the I guess biggest song came on. Or the one everyone knew came on. Then people rushed the stage. Major difference. This kats are nice.Now I have to shake my head at a few things.... 1 the video I saw called "Shake it like a donkey!" wow.... no words for that. Its a very rare moment when Empress Journee has nothing to say... This would be one of those. Lies I tell how you going to have a song called shake it like a donkey but have nothing but it pit bulls in the video... That's my only thought on that....

Awesomely Random Moment: Chick making her ass clap in the aisle. I was waiting on the singles to start flying! It was so awesomely random!

I've been in this game for a while now. And I've been in a club "rain" storm more then once. (IE someone making it rain) And I'm still amazingly shocked at how people will run knock other folk down for a few singles. I'm sure the most anyone person got was $5. And I be damn if i run and knock down old women and kids to get $5. Hell I guess I got a big Ego!

Random Mess Up: Now the best random mess up of the night was the chick trying to be cute and announce the "winner" and bust out "And the winter is?" The winter is cold we know but who is the winner lol. Sorry that tripped me out.

Now most people know me and know how I feel on these issues! But my questions are as followed.....
* Why dose it take 3 million people to accept one award. That's officially doing too much!
* Why must people get on stage and do their whole cd? If its not your release party trust nobody wants to hear your discography! {I'm not dissing I'm educating!}

Now I have to give much love to the singers that blessed the stage. They had some amazing talent on that front. I really missed a lot of the groups names and people names do to the host. I could only understand like every three words that came out his mouth! Between his accent and drunkenness I really don't know what to say... Well I do ok honestly I'm not from SC and I really don't know much about their promoters down there. I know a few. So I don't know who this man is to SC! But I do know that they should have got someone else to host the show. 1st he was drunk. I mean to the point where everything he said sound like ramblings. (to me.) And he didn't say nothing funny! Not nothing. Just kept talking about how he had drink in his cup! (I call it drink but I mean alcohol). And by the end of the show this kat was gone! He started doing this lip popping thing that worked my nerves to no end! I had to V-Blog about it....
And I also noticed that a few of those rappers last night was knocking on 40 still trying to rap.... WOW....
And needless to say how much tht drunkingness errrked me so I had to do it a part two of some sorts.

Friday Flashback

My Friday Flashback is coming right from one of my favorite groups Camp Lo. With that Black Nostaljack AKA Come On And if you happen to be luck enough to live in Charlotte NC. Camp Lo will be in the house @ the Breakfast Club July 29 Doing the video shoot for Charles Herron!!!!


I too "rocks to the east and flows to the west" Sonny Cheeba

Bonus video

FREE CONCERT @ NoDa on a Friday (july 10)

Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9:00pm
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 12:00am

Salvador Deli (patio)
3215 N Davidson St

Charlotte NC

Phone:	7049688247
Email:	pradigiousproductions@gmail.com

Pradigy GT will be playing on the streets of NoDa July 10th. We will be joined by other bands, but the most important thing to know is that it is FREE!!!

Show starts at 9pm, and if you have ever been to a full show of ours then you'll know its a steal to see us for FREE ;)

come chill, come drink, come eat, come dance!

We'll have CDs for sale, posters & DVDs!!!

www.myspace.com/pradigygt

Free Maxwell Outdoor Concert!!!!!! July 8th, NYC!!!!!!!

If you're in the NYC or surrounding areas....

Free Maxwell Outdoor Concert
WED, JULY 8th

CBS Early Show
Studio Plaza, 59th & 5th

ARRIVE @ 10:30AM
PERFORMANCE @ NOON


[info c/o Jy Powers if you on twitter @jacqpow ]


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Laters Journee'

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