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REALITY CHECK #23......8/2/2012

"The gift of spittin go back to the very beginning of man so is not being given its due? Today rappers spit about unreality issues that's not pertain to their gift that God bless then wit. I feel rappin is not a God given talent especially when you don't use it properly. I see rappers talk about cars, money, women and sex which is the same ole played-out routine. Rappers of the pas

t gave us many messages that prepared us towards our future. Today rappers aren't even lyrically or spiritually gifted because they are all about the money and fame. If you wanna make a difference in Hip Hop then rap about the social issues, political issues, and sometimes give a biblical testimony because we all need some deliverance to help ease the souls of the world."

REALITY CHECK #22......7/29/2012

" Lately there's been talk about how industry executives have an attitude and disrespectful to artists. Nowadays executives take tremendous pressure from companies about how they are to deal with artists which can be very difficult and stressful. Now if you were a CEO of a company and you see your employees doin what they want and it becomes a huge problem so its time to be no more m

ister nice guy in a sense. I have encountered artists who threaten or bully executives which will cost them their careers in the long run regardless of you apologize to them or not. The executives have the right to refuse anybody under conduct or the state of the project too. I have been around legendary executives who don't give a damn about who artists are and aren't gonna start being nice because they know artists' personality throughout the years. Many artists do develop tremendous egos and arrogance which is unnecessary to a degree. So don't take it personal if an executive has an attitude because they have to be tough in their position. So just stay humble and gracious about an opportunity before you say anything because the job of being an entertainment executive is very hard and very demanding than what you can ever imagine."

REALITY CHECK #21......7/28/2012

"Are you really ready for the music business? Is it displaying your God given talent and showing off your craft or the thought of the fame and the having all the lavish things?Now as you sit there to think of this answer, try to think where will this decision take you on a long run or a short run in your career. There's many artists of the past and the present who've settled for the contribution they made to the industry and they only happy that their loyal fans still love them. I feel today I get many, many artists who contact me with the craziest things to say and I think to myself.....are you really ready for the countless days and nights for this career and are they ready for the tremendous hard work and sometimes with little or no pay? So are you really ready for this music business. For the record if you think you can stand alone in the game then you will learn an invaluable lesson about the music industry. As I learned about Hollywood, it'll eat you up and spit you to the curb of Hollywood Boulevard if you not fully prepared for the constant rejection or the industry's political bullshit that comes with the music business so are you really ready for this?? Now as I see the millions of artists here in the United States who want to be entertainers and I think to myself......Are you really ready to sacrifice your duties in your everyday life such as being a parent for this entertainment business and if so, then God bless you and good luck to you cause YOU'RE GONNA NEED IT SERIOUSLY!!!! Now ask yourself are you really ready for this.......REAL TALK!!!

REALITY CHECK #20......7/25/2012

"We see these gifts of the divine spirits manifested in the ministry of the rapper, the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, street philosophy, discerning of spirits; rapper and writers kinds of tongues. A rapper speaks by direct divine inspiration, an immediate revelation, not something he/she thought of, nor creation by man but something given at the spur of the moment by sudden inspiration from above."

REALITY CHECK #19......7/21/2012

"For the record artists who cannot take constructive criticism or professional advice to help themselves don't deserve to be in the entertainment industry. Why threaten executives who have worked their way into Los Angeles or New York with paying dues and hard work which can be very frustrating but rewarding in the end. My advice to all artists who believe their negative attitude will get them in the business......BE CAREFUL how you treat people who are connected cause in the future it'll come back to ruin you financially and professionally permanently(real talk!!)."

REALITY CHECK #18......7/21/2012

"For the record artists who cannot take constructive criticism or professional advice to help themselves don't deserve to be in the entertainment industry. Why threaten executives who have worked their way into Los Angeles or New York with paying dues and hard work which can be very frustrating but rewarding in th end. My advice to all artists who believe their negative attitude will get them in the business......BE CAREFUL how you treat people who are connected cause in the future it'll come back to ruin you financially and professionally permanently(REAL TALK!!!)."

REALITY CHECK #17......7/16/2012

The REALITY CHECK segment has been suspended indefinately until I recover from my heart condition in exile. I wanna thank all the gracious people that I met in Los Angeles in the past few years. I promise myself that I SHALL RETURN to the best coast bar none that showed me more love in the industry and the streets that I am proud to claim Los Angeles as my home away from home. Thankx for allowing me to be apart of the West Coast community.......WEST WEST YA'LL!!!!

REALITY CHECK #16......7/15/2012

The state of women in music today is at a low point and very disgraceful in my eyes. I hear all this talk about the many talented females in the game but its shadowed by negativity females portray in the internet society. I have had females turn on me and sabotage my job because in the past I've been a rude and unprofessional which I wasn't tryin to be. I feel females need direction

, image consulting, business knowledge, music management and true love not sexual innuendo to even make it in the game. I remember when rap queens had respect for themselves and made statements unlike today. I see many female rappers are spreading their legs unnecessary whether its in performances or behind the scenes when they need to learn to respect themselves as ladies in any such manner. There are female artists who are mothers who have no shame in their game to be exploited as a piece of meat to the vultures within in the industry. Ladies, wake up take a stand and bring back the decency, self-respect, self-determination and self-esteem to your image and stop the unnecessary madness. This is still a male dominating business and its unbalanced on all levels so take a look in the mirror and see who you really are as a woman in the music business.

REALITY CHECK #15......7/12/2012

BEWARE OF THE MEDIA!!!....Folks will sell their soul to the media for the exposure and don't even realize it.......The media is the ultimate downfall of the black culture so WAKE UP!!!......The true definition of the word M.E.D.I.A. means Multi Ethnic Destruction In AmeriKKKa or Maniac European Devils In Action so why press yourself for exposure when the media is out to destroy us all and now ask yourself is it worth for the price of fame??!!

REALITY CHECK #14......7/11/2012

For the record since I am out on medical there's been talks about 2Pac like you really know him. My family and I are coming together to put an end to all this talk about who 2Pac is to us. To the Outlawz they are cool wit us and always kept it real so they are family. Now for all the non-believers who think you know the true story about Tupac Amaru Shakur and his other family.....well its coming real soon like thieves in the night cause I think our cousin would've wanted us to keep it thugged out like scavengaz. The is the final statement until we take down all the fakes and destroy the cult with killuminati once and for all!!!!......slymmbiggumz, scavenga......HN4life!!!

REALITY CHECK #13......7/9/2012

Good morning FB fam, over the weekend I was hospitalized for congestive heart failure and yes I survived, sissies!!!.....Seriously I am back and blessed to return to this post. Today I am gonna drop my knowledge about LOYALTY. We all have experienced at some point where family and friends will become disloyal and it really hurts to the bone. How can you say you wanna achieve a dream

when disloyalty invades your personal space. I always listen to many stories from artists who talk and talk so much about themselves and what issues they have but there's one issue to me I keep hearing is someone's disloyalty. I can only advice to artists that that you cannot do any type of business when you have people who claim to be your rock and then they become a HATER. They will begin to sabotage your dreams and they lie right in face which is so disloyal and gutless. The solution to disloyalty is to keep them folks to a distance, pray for strength and guidance and finally, focus on you but always remember this note DISLOYALTY can jump out of nowhere and hurt you very deeply.

REALITY CHECK #12......7/72012

Good morning FB friends and family, special thankx to all the people who hounded my cell while I was on my way to the hospital suffering from congestive heart failure. Do you realize in a year I have lost my children's mother, my mother, suffered a mild stroke and I am still mentally sane, WOW, the devil is really tryin to take me under but FUCK HIM cause as I said it before 'm not ready to check out yet cause God has major plans for me. Thankx God for the wake up call and it was on point!!!!

REALITY CHECK #11......7/3/2012

The past week I've had folks in my inner circle say, Slymm you can't stop a person from pursuing their dreams. Now here's my take on that and I think everybody needs to think about it. You may have heard of lucky people get discovered but do you ever think they had a story or experience that got them even noticed. What is a dream to you? I can say I dreamed as a 5 year old to come t

o Hollywood to be somebody and I just took action to where I am. The purpose for anyone to have a dream is to make it reality but at what price you have to pay to make it happen. In Hollywood there are thousands of actors and musicians who are either homeless or struggling to make that dream happen but they know its gonna take certain protocol to make it happen. Now what does it take to make a dream happen? Personally like Nike says, "JUST DO IT!!" cause a dream isn't gonna come to you unless you gonna show action and do it bottom line. Dreams become reality once you achieve it at the highest level of action such as build your resume of work experience and search for selective connections and gain influential mentors. For my expertise if I feel you aren't the one for the job I am telling you and if you feel I am wrong then prove it cause it's the dream you really want.

REALITY CHECK # 10......5/22/2012

"I think people are straight up clowns to even think why our children are fucked up when its starts in the home and the schools. So when you see that your kids got NO respect for you then blame yourself period. Stop acting like society is to blame for their actions when the finger points back to you."

REALITY CHECK #9......7/24/2010

REALITY CHECK: Today I had to get this off my chest because it needs to be addressed to the masses. The hip hop culture is under siege from the truth of today's ills and the sins of the past. Whatever happen to the message from rap music? Today rap music is about unrealistic events that's not gonna happen to anyone. I see lots of barbie dolls, skinny jean swag jackers, disrespectful sconions and wannabe prankstas who are suppose to be the new revolution of the leaders of our world. How can we take our children seriously when they can't even respect themselves or authority. Rap music wasn't invented to be a commercial success but as a fundamental tool to voice the problems or parties within our community. So what will it take to be an asset to the history of the hip hop culture.

REALITY CHECK #8......6/28/2012

REALITY CHECK: "How do female rappers continue to think they are the best in game when I research them and they not on the industry's radar or on the wire. Now if you think you have what it takes to make then follow this advice....stop the madness and prepare yourself respectfully and always stay humble. Some of you have alreay burn your bridges and think the industry takes you seriously.

REALITY CHECK #7......7/2/2012

REALITY CHECK: What is your God given talent?? are you a singer or rapper?? The answer is up to you and thats real talk. People have said to me there mad out talent out here but what is there God given talent as I say. I see people who are excellent singers who wannabe rappers only because they know the money is where it is. The main question that you ask yourself, did God bless me with this talent to sing or am I faking like I am a rapper when I sing his praises in church? Now to all my legendary rappers who were blessed to give back to the streets meaningful messages to the masses of that time. Personally they have God given talent to talk about real issues and not looney tunes rap bullshit. I also get these rappers who come out with this attitude like they really gonna be the next superstar when there can only be ONE who will be that under scrutiny and controversy. If God bless you to sing and not be something you weren't born to do. There are millions of people want to be in the music business but what price are you willing to pay to be that next superstar?? I feel that you need to start thinking to yourself what am here really here for, the fame and fortune or the love and the craft or follow in the the footsteps of artists who paved the way for me. For the record I was a rap fan for nearly 2 decades to where its something I don't care for anymore because NOBODY is talking about shit but unreality situations that they never experienced or female rappers showing off their bodies for sexual promotions to sell their records. Sex sells in the game but yu need the industry to make you that star but I feel sorry for your children who sees this as a way to come up which a disgrace to what I grew up to and to the many rappers I either met or talked to in my time. Today's lesson is to all artists what is your God given talent and if you wasn't rapping then what would you be doin right now??

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REALITY CHECK #6......7/1/2012

REALITY CHECK: The state of hip hop today is a pure disgraceful moment in black music history. I remember when hip hop first came into my life as a street party event with turntables, a mic and a great MC. The clothes made the image of many acts and the truck load of jewelry. I saw how rappers told interesting stories of everyday life, deep stories that either made you cry or just think about. I saw respectability within the game but there some acts who repped their territory which did cause problems. Today hip hop has water down music with no message nor substance of reality. I see males turning rap into what the forefathers had preached about on many records of the past; perpertating frauds!!! Females have lost sense of reality with no self respect or flaunting their bodies for no common grounds instead of spreading their legs to get where they want in this life, note: whore!!! As I close this testimony for today I haven't found NO album independent nor mainstream that I can play all day long like the music I had back in the day so my advice to you, stop copying autotunes cause there's only one ROGER TROUTMAN, stop sampling fucked up when DIDDY did that already and write about REAL shit especially when it comes to the youth of today and the future.

REALITY CHECK #5......6/30/2012

REALITY CHECK:: Fellas why is it that we have the eye candy to help promote our stuff but females can't get us to promote them?? Now ladies how many go through this fucked up situation? Now if you are a female artist. executive or model and you get looked at like another woman doin whatever it takes to make it even if it means whoring and realizing it'll get you branding in the game and ruin your career options. So for future reference be careful who has your career in your hands cause it could be your last chance.

REALITY CHECK #4......6/29/2012

REALITY CHECK: Somebody said that I was too harsh on female rappers but in reality I would like to say how am I harsh when the position of female rappers look so extinct and disgraceful to me. Twenty years ago female artists had balanced the industry evenly from soloist to groups. Back in the day women would say they are every woman and displayed it with respect and honor. Today I see no female with mentors or connections which is the key to having a good career. I continuously get requests to listen to their music and for the record I have heard 80% garbage with these polarized images from photoshoots that the photographer doesn't even fix the images properly but I am not to say anything. I see time and time again females putting their sexy images out there when they don't realize who gonna promote your negativity when its a career move that could be a career disaster in the long run. To all females who feel they need no advice or criticism from a professional who's been taught to screen all artists and tell it to you on a industry level then you not in the right business. For the record I have seen many female artists since the 70s who've graced this industry with class, grace and more professionalism than what I see today. The music business is all about rejection or who's willing to work to the level of professional that makes you achieve the ultimate dream and right now the industry sees NO potential unless I am blind to the cause......I DON'T THINK SO!!!

REALITY CHECK #3......6/27/2012

REALITY CHECK: "How many artists say the most impossible things like I can do this myself which is career suicide especially with NO contacts, mentors, connection or even have a legit team. For the record DO NOT lie to yourself if you can say that with confidence or being too cocky. The BIGGEST PROBLEMS that comes with that mentality is EGO and ARROGANCE!!!. Now if you got all the tools to survive in the game such as legit connections, contacts and mentors within the industry especially in New York or Los Angeles then you've got a winner. If you have your radio market in your hometown on locked down and have proven track records of sales of records, downloads, concert events and all other necessary paperworks. For the record YOU NEVER TALK TO ANYONE UNLESS THEY PRESENT A BUSINESS CARD which shows authenticity of that person. So if you feel you haven't done that since you claim you are the next big star......YOU'VE BEEN PIMPED LIKE A $5 HOOKER!!!!!!

REALITY CHECK #2......6/26/2012

REALITY CHECK: "Artists got the nerve to broadcast unprofessionally online and actually think the industry will give you a shot. Remember the first impression is a lasting impression that executives will ALWAYS remember. Do not think you are major unless you have an image consultation and a professional management within the industry......point blank!!"

REALITY CHECK #1......6/25/2012

REALITY CHECK: "Paying dues in the entertainment business is a necessary and frustrating process to become a bonafide name in the game. Today I see thousands of entertainment labels and companies that broadcast their business like they major player in the game when in reality I know industry folks are saying, WTF!!?? So my advice to ALL the CEOs and artists who foolin themselves about they're major players in this game just pay dues first and earn your spot in the game rightfully, respectfully and collectively."