So my Christmas went pretty well. I got a camera, just in case you were wondering. A pair of house shoes, MF DOOM's Operation:Doomsday, an Underdog shirt, pajama pants, and a record player!!! I basically stayed the night by my parents house and then came home around 5pm on Christmas.

I dont know about you guys, but I'm looking forward to the New Year. I was actually going to go to the Wu-Tang concert on New Years Eve but I decided to go to my Aunts New Years Party. Why? I dunno, I guess I put fam first.

Well, expect a couple videos from me. I don't go back to work until Jan. 5th and I ain't got shit to do. I'm still learning alot about videos and making them but its all in fun.

-Malcolm Maximillion

Today, I decided to listen to 808’s and Heartbreak to see if it deserved my money. As I was listening to the songs, I was countered with the fact that I was in his position February 2007.

Now I’m known for throwing a rant or two on this blog but I’ve never really felt the need to get extremely personal until now.

Anyway

In February 2007 a couple days after my 18th birthday, I found out my ex-girlfriend was cheating, approached her about it and we decided at that point to just be friends (which didn’t work cause she would still try to get with the god on the low). I was heartbroken. I wasn’t heartbroken because she had dumped me. I was heartbroken because she was pregnant with my child (I’m kinda skeptical if it was mine though now). Anywho she had a miscarriage shortly afterwards and shit just got grim.

I remember smoking tons of weed, almost being kicked out of high school in my last year for not attending, and just wilding out. I became a complete nothing. Not only did I just get out of a relationship in bad terms but a child, that I thought was mine, was gone too.

I did what Kanye is doing now, relayed that shit through music. At that time, I just wanted to make a short album or ep called “Greetings From Venus”. The idea behind “Greetings From Venus” was the whole “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus thing. As a man I belong on Mars but I was going to Venus or back in the vaginal pool as I like to call it lol.

I was experimenting with synths and some crazy shit just was coming out. I only recorded 3 songs for it. One was called “Always”, it was a sample speed up with a woman singing, “you and me, for always”. And the rap I had written for it basically was saying how for some people always is momentary. Then I did a joint called “Imagination” which really was about focusing on getting that one girl. But my favorite joint I did for it was called “Machine Love”.

I’m not sure if E-Rich remembers this or not ,but one night he stayed the night at my house. We were in the basement fucking around with beats and I played that joint. At that point we were on myspace geeking about comments I was receiving from chicks at that time. So as the song was playing he sings “She saw me on myspace, she said she liked my face” and then I went, “Machine LOVE!!!!”. Mad funny because this chick actually said she liked my face in the comment. Never got to really record that one but I loved it.

Back to Kanye West

I know what he’s going through and what he’s feeling right now. So I understand the record fully. Might not be able to relate to the loss of a mother but I have experienced loss. As for the record I’m only feeling “Say You Will”, “Heartless”, “Paranoid“, “Robocop“, and “Coldest Winter” I think everything else sucks. These songs speak to me for some reason.

Like “Say You Will” was shit I was telling chicks after my ex. I was gaining jumpoffs via the internet and when I met them they’d promise me all this shit. I’d just be like “Really?”. I didn’t trust any girl for a minute. I mean I just didn’t want to get caught up thinking shit was going one way and it was going another. So I started letting the jumpoffs knowing they were jumpoffs.

“Heartless” speaks to me cause I remember seeing the picture of the dude she was cheating on me with. Like Kanye West said “You’ll never find nobody better than me”. I mean that. I could see if he looked better than I but he didn’t. I could see if his pipe game was tight but it obviously wasn’t cause she was calling me back trying to getting something popping off, fuck outta here!.

Now I’m at the “Paranoid” stage in my current relationship. I mean I trust her but I just can’t do it fully. She hasn’t done anything to not have my trust, I’m just one of those “who, where, and what” guys. For example last week she was on the phone. I walked in the room and asked who was she talking to. She was like, “A friend” and I’m like “A friend who?”. She looked at me and said “My friend, Issac”. I thought who the fuck is Issac and told her I didn’t want to be nosey and start anything so I left. So yeah I’m paranoid than a motherfucker. Not because I don’t trust her but because I brought a lot into this relationship and I’d hate to loss it on a bad note. If you doing something, let a nigga know. I’ll say cool and we’ll just be cool.

I just find “Robocop” funny but I completely understand. I’m not a fucking robot and you will not be going through my shit cause I don’t go through yours. I don’t have this problem now but when I was with my cheating ex, I had to remind her that I knew other women besides her. Which kinda makes me feel weird about being paranoid now. Because if I can talk to the opposite sex via internet and phone, why can’t she? Maybe I’m not secure enough for that yet.

And “Coldest Winter” is one of the greatest records he has done. Mad emotion into that record, I really like it. So truthfully and I felt that way in July when my uncle died. Just everything was so cold and I didn’t even want to be around people. I guess it was a cold summer for me.

To conclude, 808’s And Heartbreak is by no means a decent album. But the songs that really touch you, really do touch you. Listening to some of these records I feel or I have felt that way so its easy to relate to for me. Monday, Kanye will be getting my money. I’ll never listen to it straight through again. It’ll get the “Digi Snax” treatment, just put on the shelf with the other cds.

Well today and hopefully every Friday night from here on out will be my beat drop series I'm calling "Witness My Growth". This is basically a series in which I am planning to display my artistic growth by dropping every piece of music I have done starting from the beginning.

Today we will start from sometime in 2005, I’m sorry I can’t tell you exactly when. I think its summer though because I didn’t get the drum machine until September.

But basically I made all of these beats on a video game called Digital Hitz Factory, it was like an upgrade to The MTV Music Generator series. It was the only thing a 15 year old could afford (I started making beats when I was 15, didn’t learn to record anything until I was 16). So what I did was go to the library and got a bunch of cds (still owe late fees from them shits) and started sampling.

I recorded these by my friend Kadeems house cause I couldn’t afford a computer at the time. So I have 2 disk that he gave me with these joints on them.

I laugh when I hear these joints now. This shit is like memory lane for me. I remember I borrowed that Jimi Hendrix cd from the library (one of the cds I still owe money for) and I believe the song is called Angel. I liked it so I sampled it on a beat I named "Angel" after it.At the time I thought it was dope as hell. Not so much now. "Can’t Get Enough" was from a Barry White song, I had to speed that shit alllllllll the way up. My first chops sucked as you can tell on “Don’t Leave Me” which is my first attempt at horrorcore. I made up for it in "Love Is" I think thats an ok chop with some digital shit behind it. One of my first vocal samples is in “Nobody Does It Better”, I think that came from a James Bond soundtrack (which I owe money for too).

I’m not even gonna front (and don’t want ya’ll to either) but that "On The Grind" beat is still kinda hot to me. Like if I knew how to eq and all that other shit, it would be pretty aight. And I didn’t use no samples in that shit! I think that was the first beat my friends liked of mine (we never recorded to it though). I forgot what I sampled for “Youngblood” but that was ok I guess. I mean it was ok for the time period, I sure do wish someone taught me how to mix at that age though these shits are horrible.Grimey is a failed attempted at another horror core sound but non sample. I can’t wait to figure out when I learned to do drum programming cause in all of these beats my drums suck (except “On The Grind”) But in reality it was all in fun and I thought I was the dopest lol.

I have beats before these too, just gotta see if E-Rich still got them on his memory card.

Don't worry guys things will get interesting the futher we get into the series.

So here is the first beat drop "First Beat CD". Tracklisting is

1.) Angel
2.) Old Beat 1
3.) Can't Get Enough
4.) Old Beat 2
5.) Old Beat 3
6.) Love Is
7.) Don't Leave Me
8.) Nobody Does It Better
9.) On Da Grind
10.) Old Beat 4
11.) Youngblood
12.) Grimey

Get it here

Thats what the fuck I'm talking about! I was actually planning on recording something similar...

But where do I start? I'm not sure if everyone knows but, I have a significant other and thats one of the main reasons I don't really go to her myspace page. Niggas be on some "fuck your boyfriend" type shit, which with all due is cool. I personally don't give a fuck, I don't have to hawk over other niggas girls. NO MATTER HOW LONG I KNEW THEM. If I wanted her when I first knew her it was a fucking wrap, just like it is now. What niggas need to realize if that you do actually get her from me or whatever, I'll have another one next week. Unlike the majority of you myspace niggas, I'm not always on the prowl, I'm always on the browse.

But word is bond though, I don't see this happening with her. Its just the attempts that you bastards be doing that have me like "wtf". I guess they see that I'm not actively posting on her page, constantly telling her she's beautiful. Thanks for doing my job for me, really y'all make shit wayyyyyy easier on my part. I know she's beautiful, that's why I'm with her.

But really, where is the man to man respect? I'm not gonna act like I know these niggas personally but wtf! Respect me as a fucking man, if you know shes taken be respectful about it. I read the craziest shit on her myspace coming from Baltimore niggas. For those that never been to the "Home Of The Wire", Baltimore is small as fuck! I don't forget shit that makes me mad, I'll eventually cross into one of you niggas. This isn't no "blogging", "myspace", "tough talk" type shit. I will see one of you dudes and fuck you up over something you typed. I hope you can fight. Lol.

In all seriousness (I was dead serious about that last paragraph though) us boyfriends with girlfriends on myspace are just asking for some mutual respect. We don't like going to our girlfriends myspace and seeing the corny shit ya'll put up. At the end of the day I can say I have never treated womens pages on myspace with nothing but respect, I'm just asking for the same. Niggas ain't gotta be fans of my music or add me but chill the fuck out cause I'm already thinking about contacting a few before I feel like I'm gonna have to find them and give the the talk (jabs at computer screen).

And ladies reading this or niggas reading this, I'm not insecure. Not at all. I'm in a good space about our relationship. I live with her. These internet niggas don't see her 1/10th of the time I see her. I truly don't give a fuck, I'm just getting annoyed. I mean thank Joe Budden because my video was gonna be harsh as fuck. I still might make that shit though.....

The people at Wu-Corp thought we should lace sir Canibus with beats for Poet Laurette Infinity. While I don't mind doing that, that shit is 1000 bars long. Thats like doing an album. So my plan is to just make little songs from it. This one in particular, I chopped some bars out and fucked with the order a bit. I think I'm gonna change the 3rd and 4th bars. But without delaying shit any futher. Check out Canibus "The Poem" by way of zshare

I'm back off of hiatus, lengthy post coming soon explaining why it took so long

Like the title says after today I will not post on my blog until Monday maybe. I usually share alot of personal things on this blog and I'm sorry to tell everyone that my uncle died Thursday July 3rd. I gotta go back to my hometown of Paterson, New Jersey and properly pay my respects to one of my vets. I've been doing good so far but I think once I get inside of that funeral home, I'm not gonna be able to contain myself. Its really hard for me to contain myself at the moment, just typing this. So I'll be out, just chilling or atleast attempting to.

Cool thing is me and my woman are going together so it'll be quite a trip. We couldn't fit inside of my parents vehicle (because they are bringing everyone including the dog lol) so we are taking the Greyhound. Speaking of the Greyhound, why does it only cost $50 roundtrip to New York and $75 roundtrip to Newark, New Jersey? Thats crazy. Any who its like a little vacation for us because I'm in charge for once. I love it! Also I do plan on catching the bus from Newark to Paterson, New Jersey also. That should be exciting. I plan on taking some pictures and posting them of family and other shit that I think is interesting.

This may be a nice vacation after all.....

"Hand me my sun hat woman, and get the camera its time to take some 4tographs!"
-Malcolm Maximillion

Fucking Ne-Yo ethers Chris Brown, I didn't know he was writing songs that long. I will say this though, he should stick to singing, not everyone can rap. BTW next person raps on this "A Milli" beat, I'm gonna shoot them.... In the knee. Shit I'm Maximillion, maybe I should spit over that shit.

Anywho, I'm at home today, which happens to be thee only day I'm off of my day job. So I planned on getting this M-Audio Recording Package from guitar center. Thing is, I can get it no problem but I'd have to catch 3 buses. Bus riding is fun and all but not when your carrying music equipment. I remember last time I caught the bus to get music equipment.It was like, a week before Christmas. I went and bought a midi keyboard. I had to carry that thing all the way back to my house. Not so fun. Mind you the buses never come on time, so I'm outside in the cold holding a big ass keyboard box. Which brings me to the conclusion, I need a car or more friends with cars. Shit, I should be hopping on the bus now going to get that package, but I think I'm gonna order a pizza and finish working on 8 Bit Theater.

Well I'm back on my blogging shit again. This time its for good. I won't be going to summer school this year so I got time on my hands cause I work in the morning and don't really be having shit to do otherwise. So what you guys plan on doing with your summer? Shit, I plan on getting a second job, so I won't have too much free time on my hands. I plan on going to New York and Jersey. Also or most importantly rather, I plan on getting some more music equipment (as soon as I figure this midi thing out. Which brings me to my story or purpose for writing this blog.

I remember when I first started making beats, I was using anything I could get my hands on. Basically I didn't have shit but Music Generator 2. Then I upgraded to Music Generator 3 which basically just allowed you to utilize loops of actual songs. Then from there I got that Funk Flex joint, Digital Hitz Factory.

I remember hounding DJ Victorious and even convincing him to give me his phone number. I wish him all the success in the world, he probably won't even remember this though. I used to email him and Jim Bond constantly trying to get put on (mind you my beats were ass) and DJ Victorious was kinda like on some Dame Dash shit, if you came correctly you got a chance.

Well he gave me his number and an appropriate time to call him. I called him shortly after and we talked. He basically said keep making beats and send him some tracks and keep calling him. Long story short, I stopped calling him because I couldn't figure out how to record my beats (the ones I was making with Digital Hitz) to send him.

Fucked up ain't it?

Today I was working on my secret project (8 Bit Theater) and I was realizing how far along I came. I managed to find some old beats from like the "Digital Hitz" era and I bet if I get E-Rich to look he can find some from the "Music Generator" era. Now I got the Sp 505, Reason 3, a midi keyboard, and I'm gonna have a microKorg by the end of the summer. Came a long way but never changed really. Only thing that changed was the equipment, my chopping and looping style is still the same (kinda). Drums are more on beat if anything lol. But I can actually tell I made those beats.....
Maybe I'm just bugging.
-Millionaire

My computer is down at the moment so I'm a little sad about that some shit happened after I installed new ram. But anywho, I was deciding what to post today. Looking at the normal hip hop sites but this is my blog so it supposed to be personal.

Anywho

I stumbled (via myspace) across some old memories. I will tell you have 1.5 albums, and 1 mixtape with a group called Y.I.C. Funny thing is never put any of the shit out. Like any of it. Maybe its me but I think that alot of the material is pretty good. In particular after the first album when we were recording for the second one. Alot of the shit we were making was (and still is in some cases) ahead of alot of the shit that was out. Beats could have been mixed better but other than that I believe we did fairly well.

Which brings me to this post. This one song on the myspace page is called "Techno Bullshit" and it was basically about nothing, just spit some crazy shit. I remember exactly how the session went. My man E-Rich had did the beat and played it for me by my house, I thought it was crazy so next time I went to record I brung E-Rich and the beat. I played it for DeMar and he like it. We had no hook for the song.
Like none!
But I was thinking because E-Rich had been saying "bullsheit" all day. So I was like "Fuck it, DeMar you say this and E-Rich after that you say this". And it fucking worked. The verses were decent and great. Mine was so abstracted, E-Rich came with the Lupe Fiasco type flow (we didn't even know of Lupe then), and DeMar came with a superflossy flow.

If only I could get niggas to record like this now

Check it here though.

The first artist in my artist of the week profile will be Elzhi of Slum Village. Why? Simply cause he's fucking dope. My first introduction to Elzhi was on Little Brother's second cd, The Minstrel Show, on the song "Hiding Places". I've heard him before on "Selfish" but this was the first time I actually paid attention to his lyrics. Peep them

"Don't compare me to jokes I'll strangle the air in your throat
Like you jump from a chair and choke in mid-air from a rope
Got a big gun and carry a scope the flair of the smoke
Keep niggaz quiet like words that librarians spoke I'm arrogant,
Outlandish blow your face out, and shake out the dandruff
The jakes wont make out the handprints
I'm as real as it gets, with the steel and the clips
Bark and make niggaz duck, and kneel and do splits"

God how could you not want to hear more of this guy after that? But he has no solo album out so i had to do a lot of research and he did record a solo album in 97 but it was never released. In about 2001 he got his masters for the album and it leaked the internet. I d/l'd it and if that album was in stores I'd go get it.

I can't really explain how geninuely good this dude is with the multisymbolic flow. So you gotta be the judge for you self check him out.

http://www.myspace.com/zhifi

Ummm I haven't updated in a month. It was done intentionally, sorry. Actually if you noticed hip hop has kinda been on a stand still for the last month. I know the blog is about the beats and rhymes of my life but hasn't been any beating or rhyming in a while lol. But We Got It For Cheap Vol 3 has came out maybe I should review that. So now I'll start reviewinig cds and such. Also I have this idea of like artist of the week and I already know my first one. Thats for viewing!

PS: I won't go on hiatus like that again without giving some type of conformation that I haven't died or something tragic.

Heres some footage of Me and Mizfit sounds in the studio. At the moment we were talking about producing. I tell you why I got the boss and they make fun of me for a moment check it out.

One of my favorite bloggers is doing 24 blogs in 24 hours. So if your bored check them out. The bow wow one is funny. Maybe I'll post it. Read it here

Well I've concluded today that I'm going to take a break from music. Its a short break. Actually its only 3 days. I'll return to making music on Friday. Not that I can't make anything worthwhile right now its just that I don't have the time and I need to focus on other things. I gotta get these finals done and you can bet your soul as soon as they are done (Thursday night) I'm coming at you hard with the beats. I already got my set up set up. I know the first thing I'm doing (re-doing my drum kits). I got alot of shit I wanna sample plus I gotta couple of ideas. And did I mention too much free time? Besides the whole winter is ahead of me with nothing to do. THE WHOLE WINTER. I'm locking myself in on some Madlib shit and make alot of hot shit. I'm still blogging on ya reading asses, just not producing on it. But like I said its going to be a short break nothing long or major.

This would be my first blog about my personal life. I've already come to accept the fact that I'm everyones property, after all I am on the internet, like everywhere.

But to the point

I've been thinking for quite sometime that I hate my job but I love school, well I love school to an extent. Personally my job sucks ass to me and I don't think I'm going to progress further than what I've already have done, which is still entry level. Mind you, I don't get paid that much. Shit when i was broke I was making damn near the same amount. I'm the type of person that when i don't like something, I just say fuck it, I QUIT! (See last job Charlestown). But I've grown since then (I'd like to think at least) and I understand you can't quit everything you hate right? Wrong! You can quit, long as you have a back up. So whats my back up? Nothing yet. As I'm typing this blog I'm pretty much looking for another job where I can be happier and make a little bit more money. This is one of them times I wish I was a fully working producer, which should be coming soon, hopefully.
Being happy is the key actually. If I had it my way I wouldn't be in school, I would be in the studio somewhere making music. But I decided to try school out because I realize you need back up plans for shit. And this helped me find out I love school! I think college is a bit over-rated but I love it. Only thing thats missing is having my own dorm or something, I'm sick of living with my parents. But the funny thing is I only like certain classes (mainly art and business). But this is first semester who am I to judge it already right? I'm actually thinking about dropping out though. The thought passed my head a couple of times. I don't think I'm going to do it but I still like to have that option.
Anywho I learned something. I go to a four year university and a lot of jobs that pay what I need to get by only require a two year degree. So If I don't drop out I may leave this school and go to community college and if I feel like it transfer back in. I'm getting older, not younger. So I feel that if I can get my two year degree or an AA as they call it, I'll be happy.
Another thing that I find cool is if I get paid for doing the YIC album (which I'm hoping cause I've seen the budget but we'll see what happens) I can start my T Shirt company and quit my job because the amount that I want for this is a good amount to chill with. Either way its fucking snowing outside and the sun is shining in my head and I'm ready to move on.

Well kinda. Last night I went over another producers house, Drew, to make some tracks. It was actually our first time linking up and it won't be the last. The session was mad crazy though, god I wish I didn't have school this morning. Anywho he we talked about beats all the way until we got to his crib. Now when we got to his crib, he has this collage that I think is so awesome and I'm kinda pissed because I was gonna make one I am going to make one and that one was just so impressive.
After looking at the collage, he was like "so what you trying to do" and I simply told him, "make some tracks". So I pulled out my weapon (Boss Sp 505) and began connecting. Then he told me that he has a MPC 2000 (Not the xl version) and I noticed how big that thing was all I can say is damn. I'd never bring that out the house. He never has used him MPC so he was curious to see how a drum machine works. So I began making a drum beat in front of him, then he goes "so how you put samples over your tracks" and I'm like lets see if I have a sample in the machine already. Fortunately I did! So I just chopped the sample up and did my thing. Dude was amazed. Now he works with Reason and I was curious to see how he does what he does. He showed me how to really work reason if I ever need to. Really that track that he did in front of me came out ridiculous. He taught me a bit more about chopping too.
Did I mention his speaker system is fucking nuts? He made me realize I need to get some speakers quick. Because I do everything in my computer speakers and I got a chance to hear them come out of actually speakers and I don't know how much longer i can make beats without decent speakers.
So after all of that we played some beats, I played shit like 2 years old. He is a good scouter for talent, I swear he'd make a great A&R. All of the beats he played me from his camp were hitting. I didn't hear anytype of bullshit coming from those speakers and the "just ok" tracks were fucking knocking.
Anywho one of the producers that did one beat he played me he called him and I saw how dedicated he was to this. This guy is so commited to producing, it feels like I have a twin out here. He wants this so bad and I think he's gonna get it. He made me realize something, producing is becoming a young kid sport there are people out here that are 15 making placements (seriously I know). So its time to get on the hustle.

Greeting to all. I am Malcolm Maximillion. I'll be using this blog to post random things mainly about music, fashion, and movies. Ummm yes I make music, I'm a producer. I have alot of great ideas with this blog and I hope everyone enjoys this just as much as i will. Thats it for now.