Yes, it's true! I'm done with the mixtape and I've gotta say that it's much better than the last one. And for you grumbling fans that didn't like all the "hollerin'" over the tracks, we took care of that as well. DJ Morphiziz did an outstanding job on the record and went above and beyond the call of duty to get it finished on time. In essence, he and I both stayed up for 36 hours straight without sleep until it got finished. It is now mixed, mastered, and assembled and ready for manufacturing. Praise God! My deepest apologies go out to Rocklyn, C-Luk, K-Drama, & M-Lotto. I want to publicly apologize for the mistake I made on your part. You guys know what I'm talking about, and I'm personally going to take care of you and you will also be guaranteed a spot on next years record. Lastly to those that are in the "secret society," thanks for being my eyes, ears, & mostly my heart out there. You can be expecting a special cd (in your mailbox) of cuts that are close to my heart that I've never released, and don't ever intend to. And for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, if you have to ask - you're not supposed to know. :-) B's up!

As I sit here tired as heck at 11:00 am on tuesday, I'm checking the last of the mixes for the mixtape. I'm consciously wondering if I'm so beat that I'm not hearing things properly. But then again, I always wonder if my ears decieve me. At any rate, forgive me for not updating the page or a podcast lately. I promise, after thursday, I'll be more prompt at keeping things updated. Look for a new podcast after thursday. Then next week (a week from tomorrow), I go out of town for a short vacation. I may even do a podcast on location. Trust me, it'll be a cool spot. Plus on top of that, I'll be with my best friend Big E so you know it'll be relaxing, fun, and probably filled with some Nike swag (y'all don't hate, just keep your sneakers clean). Keep hittin' me with questions. I love it! Special thanks goes out to the dedicated listeners who are always looking for a new episode. You guys are the ones that keep this thing going. The picture is of myself and Big E after a show backstage at Spirit West Coast. They call him Big E because he's pushing 6'7". He's a big boy!

Okay, as per you guys' request, here's a list of the artist lineup and song titles of the mixtape. Something Wonderful ft. Shabach & Pee Wee Callins- Brr! It’s Cold ft. Fresh Digress- Hands Up ft. Big Sonny & Riff-Raff- Hungry ft. Bobby Bishop- He’s Gonna Work It Out ft. 1Way- Stick Up ft. Same Old Jake- Get With That ft. Antioch Alumni- Help Me ft. Kaboose , Motion Plus, & Juma- Shake It Up ft. Bobby Bishop, M-Lotto, C-Luk, Rocklyn, K-Drama- Who Keeps It ft. Urban D. & Saint Man- 5 Fingers ft. Soul Plasma- Ain’t Nothin’ Like ft. J. Silas- Come On ft. Redeemed Thought & Eddie Nigma- Do It Like This ft. Infinity- Get Up, Get Down ft. Frontlynaz- God Body Music ft. Rob Hodge- I Don’t Care ft. CZ- Light ft. Dkun Frost- Love Jones ft. Shun Di- Volumen ft. Ill Day, Bobby Bishop, Meccanism, & Guilloman- So Amazing ft. R. Swift- Zion ft. Zion- Mindset ft. Mouthpiece

As you can tell by the title of this blog, it's saturday around lunch time. I'm extremely tired and can't seem to get enough sleep due to staying up late and waking up early. The responsibilities of this mixtape, at times, are daunting. I'm not only having to oversee production and mix, but I'm having to do all of the administration stuff as well. Things like all of the publishing info, album credits, whitesheets for distribution so that mechanicals can be properly dispursed, etc. Anyway, in the end it's going to be hot and all worth it. Hopefully, you guys will enjoy it. On a different note, thanks for all of the questions and songs that you guys are sending in. I love the audio questions! Keep those coming! Alright y'all, I think I'm going to go lay down and watch the NFL draft. The picture is of J.J. Redick nailing a jumper in the ACC tournament. Our seats were directly behind Coach K thanks to him, Big E, and Nike!

After an extremely busy day as usual, I finally got around to getting another podcast out there. Hope you guys enjoy it and thanks for sending in the audio questions. We're closing in on the completion of the mixtape and have mastering scheduled for the 27th of this month. If I miss this deadline, we'll have to roll the record to a later release date. That can't happen or distribution will be in my junk! The picture is a mock-up of what I think we're going to go with for the cover of the mixtape. Hope you guys like it. Keep the questions and comments coming. B's up!

Well, it's now 12:28am on thursday morning & it seems I'm nowhere close to being able to go to bed. I'm in administration "hell" with putting the bow on the Best of the Submissions Volume II. Almost all of the vocals are in and accounted for and the songs are put together and ready for mix and for what Morph is going to do to them. I can say this; this mixtape will be much better than the last one by virtue of the songs alone. The songs on this record far exceed the last one, so I hope you guys enjoy it. Let me know either way. Forgive my tardiness on bringing another podcast. I was going to do one tonight, but I've just been too bogged down. I'm going to try and get one tomorrow (which is actually today) so be on the lookout. The response has been amazing! It's far exceeded my early expectations, and thanks for the audio questions. I've gotten quite a few and am going to do my best to answer all of them. Keep 'em coming. It really helps me to know what you guys are thinking, so I hope in some way it helps you too. The above picture is of my MPC60 and SP1200. I figured I'd post up a picture to let you guys see, since I've been working on them for some of the songs on the upcoming mixtape. Look for a new cast soon. B's up!

Today was tuesday which, in the music biz, means a release day. Today's release was a big one for us at Beatmart. Pee Wee Callins' record released today, and already there are some major chains in Florida that have sold out (i.e. Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.). Needless to say, it's been a busy two days. I'm in diligent scramble mode to get the submissions record done. That's what I worked on all day, other than have a lunch meeting about something that could be huge a year from this coming July. You guys be on the lookout. We're thinking about starting an annual Hip Hop/Urban music summit conference in Miami, Florida. How many of you guys would/could be able to pay the fee and come down? We're trying to figure out on paper how much it would take financially and what the interest would be. Trust me, we've got some amazingly cool things in the works for this 4 day event. Let me know your thoughts. Lastly, I talked to a guy tonight that I'm thinking about signing. Can't really say his name yet, but he's based out of the Seattle/Portland area . . . just to give you a hint. Keep the questions comin'! wrgopodcast@gmail.com. The picture is a taste of some of the MANY sneakers that I've managed to collect. Enjoy!

It's Saturday and I'm still recovering from the hectic GMA schedule. Finally, a day to relatively rest. I'm back to the grind of getting the record done with DJ Morph. The picture to the right is of Manchild (who apparently sweats a lot) & K-Drama (an indie rapper from Cincinnati, OH) at the GMA event "Pass the Mic" last Monday night.

It's friday . . . finally! Woke up this morning at 7:30 am and took Pee Wee to the airport. He had to get back to Florida to prepare for his record release party on Saturday night. Pee Wee had a great week of networking, performing, and interviewing with radio, retail, & other media outlets. Anyway, he got off safely and I went back home for a while to rest, then got to work in the studio on a song for the submissions record. It was a song done by the Ziklag boys out of Atlanta. It's going to be a good song, but they sent me files that were all over the place so I had to convert the files into something I can work with. When it's all said and done, it'll be hot. Overall, a quite relaxing type day . . . which is something I desperately needed. The picture is of me talking to Plastic of Sphere of Hip Hop.com. It was taken by DJ Allstar. Nice guys. Look for a new podcast sometime this weekend. I'm itching to do another one.

It's thursday morning around 11:00 am and finally, all the festivities are over! The Dove awards are over and so are the various after parties. To say the least, your boy is tired! Especially since I had to wake up at 7:30 am to be at my youngest daughter's school play. It was tough because me & Pee Wee Callins got in last night around 3:00 am. Whew! It was a whirlwind. I'm getting too old for this "young man's" game! :-) Congrats to Toby Mac and Grits for winning the Dove in their respective category. Those are my boys. Today is a rather light day. I'm in the studio with Pee Wee doing some vocals for the Submissions record and vocals for the website and radio. It'll be rather laid back, which is what we both need. Shout out to my man KJ, Flynn, Lil I Rocc, John Wells (from Cross Movement), and DJ Official. It was cool getting to hang out with you guys for a bit. Y'all holler at me when you can. WELLS!, I still want to hook up with y'all and do a cut on your next joint! The pic is of my man Bobby B. and Flynn at the Global Cafe' on Broadway in Nashville. Look for a new WRGO podcast tomorrow. B's up!

Today was the last day of the "shake and grin" aspect of GMA. The last thing left are the Dove awards themselves. That's tonight and, even though I'm up for 5 awards, I'm not going. This will be the 4th straight year of me not being there. The overall week was really good though. I met a lot of great artists and emcees for the first time. Got to hang out with good friends (Toby, Lisa Kimmey, Bobby Bishop, Flynn Atkins, Big E, Mike McGlaflin, and more) and fellowship. It was cool. The artist highlights were meeting Coco Jones, Shabach, K-Drama, talked to Viktory, and countless others! It was great spending quality time with Pee Wee and Bobby and the Beatmart staff. Overall, good week. Hit me at wrgopodcast@gmail.com if you have any questions about what went down this week. The picture is of Toby and his bass player at the Tobymac show. It was hot!

Yesterday was crazy! We had a GMA luncheon for the Beatmart family, publicity, marketing, artists, lawyers, etc. It turned out 30 plus people, and what a humbling experience. It's amazing to see all those people that contribute to the advancement of Beatmart all in one room. It was unbelievable! Then I went down to the "Pass the Mic" showcase where Pee Wee and Bobby performed. They performed great and it was good to see all of the indie emcees out there. I talked to K-Drama, Urban D, Nickels, Cash Hollista, DJ Form, Othello, and MANY more. Pee Wee even called up my 12 year old twin girls to sing with him on "Sunshine," the song they sang with him on his record. The picture I posted with this blog is of Bobby and Ill Day performing. Sorry for the quality. It's from my phone. Lastly, we (me, Big E, my twins, Bobby, Ill Day, DJ Morph, & KJ) all went over to the Hilton where KJ52 performed. The night got over around 1:00 am. It was a long day!

Today is the Lord's day and I just had lunch and figured i'd better do a quick podcast before GMA week got kicked off this week. It's such a beautiful day that I thought I would do the cast from outside the back deck of my house (Windsor Hall). It's about to get crazy this week with everybody converging on Nashville for GMA week (that's Gospel Music Association, for those that don't know). It's our annual "convention" week where everybody does the political "shake and grin" thing. Send in those questions and comments!

Today was a "business" day. Not very productive in the way of creativity. Had some meetings in the morning then met with my man, Michael Ripoll. He's the cat that plays and writes on many songs with me. He's an extremely talented dude. I turned him on to podcasting and he really took to it. . . we'll see. Still gathering material and questions for the next podcast. Send questions, comments, and mp3's to: wrgopodcast@gmail.com

I'm continually working on getting to the end of the making of the Best of the Submissions mixtape. Worked on a song that featured Kaboose & Motion Plus and another song that featured Urban D. It's slowly but surely coming together nicely. I had a meeting with my friend PJ Heimermann, a publishing administrator. It looks as though he's going to take over my whole personal song catalog and administrate it. It's gotten way too out of hand for me to take care of. I've got too many songs in the system. It's time to hand over Jones Fercury Music and get some help in admin. Send me your questions or feedback in text or mp3 form to: wrgopodcast@gmail.com