Shows in NY

October 2, 2003


Yo people. Just checking in to thank everybody for all the love you've
been sending my way and to let you know the latest and greatest. I'm
glad everybody's feeling the new site and the new music. Thanks for
all the positive comments. Y'all know how to make a brotha feel good.

Anyway, the last few nights have been hot. Tuesday, I did another solo
show at the Cutting Room in NYC. We had a packed house once again.
Thanks for coming out to support. Thanks to Kanye West, J. Ivy and
Tarrey Torae for coming through to bless the stage. And thanks to
hip-hop heavy hitters Talib Kweli and DJ Enuff for coming to check the
show out. We had a great time.

And for those of y'all who were at SOB's last night, you know it was
crazy. Kanye did his first major headlining show in New York. I was
one of his featured guests. It was hot. First of all, it was sold out,
with people lined up around the block. Lots of special guests came
through. Common ripped a crazy freestyle. Talib Kweli did a couple of
his classic collaborations with Kanye ("Get By" and "Good to You").
Twista rocked a verse on "Champions". The hip-hop violinist, Miri
Ben-Ari, killed it on Kanye's new joint, the "Workout Plan."
Consequence and GLC, my new label-mates on KonMan, did a few verses.
And yours truly was there on the keys and vocals all night.

And, though I'm listing all these guests, I can't neglect to say that
Kanye personally did his thing. His performance was hot. I think some
of his new songs are going to blow people away. Look out for his debut
album The College Dropout on Roc-a-Fella/DefJam in February 2004. I'll
be singing and playing piano all over that album. And if you can't
wait that long, cop some of his mixtapes. I've been featured on all of
those too (Get Well Soon, I'm Good, Akademiks Jeanius Level Mixtapes
Vol. 1 & 2).

Oh, and Monday night, Kanye and I were working with Common on a new
song. Kanye's gonna produce a bunch of Common's next album. I'm
predicting a hip-hop classic. Look out for that...