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I wanna ask a question today. This blog will read as if i was asking you a direct question. What is the purpose of finding things wrong with yourself? I ask because as I look in the mirror every morning I do the same thing. Why do people find inadequacies with themselves? Is it because we are hated on so much that we have succumbed to the pressure of being perfect? Is it because the karma stemming from the hating we do day in and day out can only come home ten fold? I remember listening to Lauryn Hill's Unplugged and I remember an interlude. In this interlude she says, "Why do we try and fit into someone Else's standard, don't we know we are the standard?" Being an artist this really hits close to home. As artists we find ourselves at a cross roads as to where we ask ourselves the same questions. Where I'm from some look at me as a "pop" artist, others look at me as an artist. It seems to me the ones that wanna classify me, are looking for a way to tear down my validity as an "artist" so maybe they can build themselves up as the artist. But in the end nothing done is original unless we create an entire new genre. And trying to fit the mold as an underground artist is still them trying to fit into a standard as opposed to being themselves. Let me give you guys a little history, my auntie "Little Janice" was a blues and jazz sensation in the 70's. My dad wrote songs, helping to launch the Deele, and the career of Debbie Gibson unannounced to him, in the 80's. My other aunt sang back up for the Platters. My great aunt was Minnie Ripperton, you know "Loving You". So I have a little more than 50 yrs of knowledge and music history at my disposal. So I have no choice on how to sound,I have been bred to make music. I wasn't taught to box myself in to one particular sound. I was taught to try new sounds and make different music. My family is rich with culture and history. So I pose a question, If I wanna make it in the business, should I listen to what they have to say?