Self Scientific – God’s Language (Video Trailer) from Chace Infinite on Vimeo.

Trials Of The Blackhearted 4-11-11

DJ Khalil in the Kush video

I can’t even explain to you how proud I am of this brother.  My best friend on earth, and partner in Self Scientific is reaching levels of success that we only dreamed of, and it is truly inspiring.  In case you didn’t know Khalil has been working with Dre on the much anticipated album Detox.  He also produced the lead single Kush, and he has never smoked, haha. 2011 is going to be great for him and his production team. This is surreal to me.  BARS!!!

Inspiring clip from an amazing artist. Not much else to say. Salute.

So, I was having a debate yesterday on Twitter about what word offends white people as much as the word NIGGER offends black people.  After reading some hilarious comments it became abundantly clear to me that we give way to much validity to words we have no real knowledge of.  Think about it, English is a bastard language, borrowed and stolen from the vaults of civilizations conquered , and colonized.  Over the years, the meanings and origins of our everyday vernacular are blurred and oft times, changed. A prime example would be the whole bad means good thing.  My point in the debate was the word Nigga has been changed and made fraternal for large groups of indigenous , and poor people.   If you are offended by the word today, then YOU are materializing the negative connotations associated with the word, not the ignorant nigga saying it. (evil smirk).  Needless to say i lost a couple of followers…oh well.

Then today, I received a tweet / video from sistah @wizdomselah that kind of summed up this bastard language / nigga argument, in a comical way.  I understand the historical and social scars that have been healing for a long time, get ripped open every time you hear a non-indigenous person say the word.  But lets be honest. . .we all got a white homie, we let slide saying Nigga , because you can vouch for his/her honest respect or experience dealing with black culture.  I like to refer to Tupac’s definition of the word, which he broke down into an acronym N.ever I.gnorant G.etting G.oals A.ccomplished.  or you can just think of us as NEGUS, the KINGS we truly are. . .”ahhh, My Negus” (in Denzel, Training Day voice)

The Honorable El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz manifested himself in several different forms of us. Malcolm Little, represented all of our roots in the South. Detroit Red, represented the hustler, struggling to find his way in Americas metropolitan maze, the physical personification of the next phase…Malcolm X, the national spokesman for The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and a fearless, refined Asiatic Blackman with a heightened sense of self, and supreme knowledge.  El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the international thinker and wise teacher of Islam.  You will forever be appreciated and missed, because you represent us . . . .today we celebrate your existence.  PEACE.

Aariona Chalom – American Lover (Prod. by DJ Khalil) from Chace Infinite on Vimeo.

My daughter is phenomenal, I know , I’m biased.  Honestly though, the kid writes  her own songs, books, and has been dressing herself since she was 2.  She is 9 now, and seems to be going through a period of great discovery and self awareness.  She has developed more complex patterns in her view of the world, and has began to ask deeper questions.  As a father this excites me because, it shows to me my child has a passion for life and the meaning behind things, rather than what is visible on the surface.  She is…a thinker, an artist even.  She channels her emotions through her creations.  I often wonder if the things her mother and I have gone through are the inspiration for some of these creations, with this song she answered my curiosity.  Within it all, if this is the way my child has channeled the emotions she was going through , I think it’s beautiful.. She wrote this song about a year ago at her grandparents (my parents’ house), and we recently shot the video for it when she visited me in New York.  My brother Wesley Clouden directed the clip , which was shot in the Lower East Side of Manhattan and DUMBO in Brooklyn…..oh yeah..her Air Jordans 1′s are killer….