Welcome Friends, Comrades, & Colleagues this is my first entry of many which is titled "Thinking Outside the Box" with the OUTLAW. With God's Blessing and Tupac's spirit, I will break down todays topics with overall facts combined with educated opinion. Basically, balancing the outlets of communication because right now, there aren't any outlets for the Mature Hip Hop Head to speak. Lets get into it with my first entry titled: PASSION OVER POLITICS PART 2.
After an overwhelming response I received on my first Passion over Politics entry, I decided to put in work for part 2. Part 2 Passion over Politics will cover sacrifice. Sacrifice is a big part of who stays or who goes in this Music Game.
Sacrifice, Something You Love:
In order to gain momentum, separate yourself from the pack, and remain relevant in the "building" you must sacrifice something you love. Examples of something you love can come in a wide range of topics but what's most important is to give up or put a temporary halt on any and all bad habits. Bad Habits is the number one killer to the growing executive. Addiction to anything less than your career is fatal. If your a weed head, this business requires you to think fast and on your feet. The slur in your speech, the delay in response, the reeking of MJ on your clothes is unprofessional for the executive. In the entertainment world, drugs are for artist and entourage only. Any executive caught in public doing drugs is an executive thats way to "happy to be here" and you can count the days of his or her survival. If you love the social nightlife and your hitting the clubs, don't drink on the job. If your not on the job, drink very little. Fake it if you have to drink, cranberry and pineapple mix is the best fakeout drink if you need to have a "cup" in your hand for image purposes. Any up and coming executive caught in the club "pissy" is an executive asking to get layed off, fired, or blackballed in the game. Female if power is your addiction, don't discreetly sex male executives. Even if you and your partner are keeping it on the low, if you jump around from exec to exec your boss will find out and in the most strangest of atmospheres.
Your name is your credit in this business, the minute you foul up your name your credibilty and eventually longevity will be shot with the double barrell if you sacrifice your credibilty for your quick fix. Do not become overly passionate. The overpassionate problem usually lurks when dealing with someone at the door of an exclusive get together event. Usually its the assistant with the attitude who really can't handle POWER is the one who barely looks on the guest list for your name for "show". She can't wait to tell you how much your name isn't in the list. The Over passionate over zealous up and coming is most likely to get ridiculed because there is nothing humble about their approach in dealing with people. The position of power is too great and they can't even handle it. Therefore they rather entertain the Stank for 15 minutes of fame rather than humble themselves out in effort to gain 15 years staying power.
Someone you Love:
This is the hard part. Feelings and emotions play an unforgiving game when the up and coming is trying to make something happen. I tell my interns that an internship can "turnover" anywhere between 2 weeks or 2 years. No internship should carry over 2 years, and no assistant should be "settled" in their position after maybe 3 to 4 years of service. When growing to position, if your a male, your female will clown you for being the go-fer dude, the man under the man, or she will belittle you somehow. Its a given and its natural. She is only expressing her frustration that she is currently "fucking around with the help" and can probably think of past drug dealers or athletes she could have been with. Sacrifice her. You may love her, you may lust her but without 100% support not 99.9%. 100% support is what's needed and anything less than that she gots to go. Even before she starts. The signs will show when she says "I don't care what it is you do, I'm there for you". Thats the key phrase right there that lets you know that your sand in our relationship hour glass is running and running slow. Hurry up with your career moves. The key phrase of "support" also suggest that if you do become successful in your quest and too "wrapped up" into your work, you will now become accessible to the limelight and she becomes jealous. Every minute you have to "report" where you are and who your around. Once it becomes apparent that the male is not cheating with another female then the "other woman" is your career. She will make you feel guilty for waking up excited to go to work. Sacrifice her before its too late, even if you at the peak of your relationship. She must leave your life at once.
Females, your boyfriend will not accept your access in this game because he will be intimidated by your power. The phone ringing constantly, the blackberry alerting, the conference calls, its just way to much for him to handle. If your a career woman then you must leave him. If your a virtuous woman who so happens to be in this business you will have to be a perfect balance of catering to your man and making him feel secure while handling your handle and making your handle seem sexy. Your man is not being insecure when he "accuses you" of doing what you ain't supposed to do in your field. The reason why your man is being insecure is because your surrounded by a bunch of people who most likely has the same or more access than you. Most likely the dudes your around all have some decent income and power that can easily be lusted over in this materialistic age. Keep reminding your man he's safe and the journey your taking is a journey that you guys are going on together, and this rule applies if you guys are high school or college sweethearts with unconditional history. Otherwise drop that dude the moment he brushes you off when you share your day and he's not interested to hear it cause he ain't got much to say as a stock boy or at UPS. Slave mentality talk while your BOSS talking will not work. Sacrifice that dude before you realize your level of conversation is limited and you feel like you have to take it down a notch just to carry conversation. You talking power moves while he talking sports.
Male & Female: the most important sacrifice is the permanent breakaway from your parents. Your parents will say phrases like "Get a Real Job" or "Make sure they pay You" type of talk that is really unfair. Its fairly unfair because you must realize that parents invest their blood, sweat, and tears into their children. They want to see instant results. Bad enough a college graduate is equivalent to a high school drop out the first year after graduation when it comes to the job market, interning for a major record label or in the record business is the worst thing you can do. UNLESS YOU ARE WEARING A UNIFORM OR HAVE ON A SUIT & TIE YOUR PARENTS WON'T ACCEPT YOUR CAREER. Most likely, your parents or grandparents won't accept your career until they physically aren't giving you any money and you start to show some assets for what you work for. Assets doesn't mean a studio apartment in NYC or LA unless you have migrated to the big city by yourself on a mission. Then again, the PASSION OVER POLITICS series isn't for the person who made the ultimate sacrifice by leaving their hometown to play in the big leagues. This is for the intern or executive that wonders why things aren't moving in a fast enough pace. You must sacrifice your dependency on your parents to move forward as an intern and beyond. The moment you feel you can "fall back" on your mission because your dad is rich your sadly mistaken, unless your dad is an executive in the business, then thats called a inheritance.
Passion OVER Politics 3 Coming SOON!!!!!!!!!!!
