FAMU Homecoming Weekend

Long story short...

I went to FAM, hung out with my FAM, went to a concert, no one got hurt, everyone is safe, I made it back to gangstaville, and I havent slept...good times.

Epiphany: I've just begun to realize how many resources I have at my disposal. I need to figure out how to utilize them all to my advantage :^) Life has been crazy, lost some friends, gained some more haters. Chips stacked against me again...lets see how I turn out this time.

Still on the come up...

Yea I know...we both look horrible. Theres something behind Rick's head that makes it look like he has a mohawk so he looks like Mr. T! I must say that he puts on a very entertaining show! Anyway, the university I'm attending right now has decided to become a stumbling block on my way to graduation. This has nothing to do with my grades in any course, but they figure if I can't afford to go here...i'll drop out. They've got another thing comin! Ive been here WAY too long to not leave with a diploma. Granted, I have lots of options, it just doesnt seem right to go through 5 years of college in an engineering related field and not have something to show for it. One day, life wont be this complicated. Someone asked me what I would do if I had a billion dollars. Well, when I really thought about it, the only thing that would change if I had money would be the places I made music. I would love to say "yea man I made this beat at the top of Mt. Everest!" or "I made my album in the rainforest!"...I guess thats why people call me weird. My sister is coming home from Africa in a couple of weeks! I have decided to put life on hold for that. She is the one person that understands how my brain works so we always have a good time when our brain comes back together.

On another note, everyone seems to want to know whats going on with my love life as of late...well...its alive i guess, but I'm definitely not rushing into anything, or making any serious commitments. I need to take some time and refocus my priorities (thanks for the advice, G). I also got a phone call last night from a friend I hadnt heard from in a while. I really appreciated it. It was good to hear in unfamiliar voice and she really showed some concern for what was going on in my life.

In other news, CHELLO from BET's ComicView will be hosting the UF BGE STEP SHOW!!!! Get your tickets now, it will definitely be worth it! FEATURING DJ TERRAH on the 1's & 2's!!! Its goin down Nov. 11th! ok...enough advertising.

GodFatherly advice: Find God's purpose for your life and attack it wholeheartedly until you die. At least you'll be right.

Even Superman Gets Old...

You know its funny...

Ive been told that I need to stop going non-stop becuase sooner or later its gonna catch up with me. Despite hearing that I continued to pile work on top of myself until the work started piling more work on me by itself! At first I was cool with getting 2 hours of sleep per night, but as expectations grew and grew with no let up, I started to physically feel the effects of stress...uh oh!

About a year ago I was convinced that I was just like Superman...not human and forced to live and conform to society's view of weaker individuals, also known as "the average student", but I was definitely more than average. I thought I was the best thing since sliced bread! Who else would leave class only to get on a plane first class, fly to a comp penthouse on south beach to produce a fashion show, work in a studio that Pharrell left out of hours before with the hottest upcoming artists, get back on a first class flight and be back before clas Monday? And all at the expense of sleep. The problem is that because I never let anyone know what I was doing, everyone assumed I was doing nothing, so they gave me more things to do. I haven't even told my parents much about what's been going on in my life lately. Granted it is exciting, respectable, and perfectly legal, I just feel like they wouldnt understand. I'm getting to a point in my life where that "grown" feeling is starting to set in. I don't really have much interest in the trivial things like I used to. Nor do I feel the need to hide anything from anyone. I am an open book...a very stubborn open book. Funny part about it is that now that I am willing to share the cracks and crevices of GodFather Don Dash...no one believes me, or wants to listen. LOL! Alanis Morisette had it right.

In other news, I am working on the next album if any artists actually read this and are interested in getting on. Check me out at http://myspace.com/slapdashprod

To my Savior: I praise You
To my family: I love you
To the readers: I thank you
To the hater(s): I need you

Been a while...Here's a quick overview

OK...Sorry I was gone for so long, but let me bring you up to speed on the happenings of 2006. In the beginning of the year I set out to make this a very memorable and successful year. I spent a lot of time with the fam earlier in the year because I knew that it would be getting pretty hectic around...now. On March 22nd, 2006, I completed "The Odyssey Of A Corporate Looney Tune" and thus began the real odyssey. Getting a finished project out to the public is a lot harder then completing the project despite popular belief. I slowly leaked it out to a few trusted individuals to get some feedback and discovered that my album might just be a classic! Friends told friends who told family who told pets who told officers, and before I knew it I had a small fan base before the album was officially released! There's a lot of red tape that goes into releasing an album and it has definitely been a learning experience, but 6 months and 2 release parties later I am in a nationally distributed magazine (OZONE October 2006 pg. 91), I have an agent (Shout out to C.P.) have been approached about opening for some MAJOR artists, and I have a live band! Make sure you go check out The Odyssey Live coming soon to a venue near you. Now...I would be remiss if I didnt discuss the "hateration" I have encountered as of late. There have been accusations of me being dishonest to some people, and I'm going to clear the air right now. The one starting these rumors/accusations needs to be mentally evaluated immediately. Once you start getting random people's numbers and trying to have dinner with them to discuss starting an "anti-J. Dash" facebook group...you know I actually take that as a compliment. Years ago I was able to witness a major artist's baby's mama go crazy and start trying to destroy his life. The lady was obviously insane, and it was a thorn in his side, but in my eyes he was larger than life and those were just some of the things that larger than life people went through. I had no idea that my life was having this kind of effect on people! Anyway, with that said I will no longer entertain middle-school foolishness. To the readers, make sure you go to http://myspace.com/slapdashprod starting tomorrow and purchase my album online! Stay posted...IM BACK!!!!