A lot on the horizon...

February 4, 2004

I have a good feeling about this year. Things are already off to a great start.

I've been traveling the world with Kanye, promoting his new album The
College Dropout. It's been really exciting to see the momentum grow
for this project. We've played at clubs all over and we've been
feeling a lot of love from y'all. It's a beautiful thing.

Highlights of our tour so far have been in DC, London and Houston. We
played at both VIP & Platinum in DC over MLK Weekend. The crowds there
were ridiculous. We played to packed houses at both venues and the
people knew every single word to the hits (and they even knew the
words to some of the joints from the bootleg). We love y'all in DC.

And we performed for our first time in London a couple weeks ago. We
were special guests of Roc-a-Fella CEO and London scenester Mr. Damon
Dash. Dame showed us around town to all the hottest clubs (and to his
beautiful new house), and we exposed the Brits to our music. It was a
lot of fun. I wanna go back soon.

And we just got back from Super Bowl Weekend in Houston. We played a
few of the pre-Super Bowl parties; then, to cap it off, we played the
afterparty for the world champion New England Patriots. Much props to
them, and thanks to Willie McGinest (and to the lovely Patriot
cheerleaders) for hosting us. We played between Aerosmith and Snoop
Dogg. Not a bad lineup, eh? I guess that's how it goes when you win
the biggest game of the year.

But you can't talk about the Super Bowl without talking about Ms.
Jackson. I'm not going to focus on her breast like the rest of y'all.
I'm about the music. Since everyone's paying attention to her, it
should bode well for her next single "Have Your Way With Me" which is
gonna drop next week. We're just wrapping up the production now. It's
produced by Kanye West and co-written by Kanye, Harold Lilly and yours
truly. I played some piano on there too. It's a sweet, soulful song. I
think it'll be a smash. Look out for that soon.

That's all for now. I'll talk to y'all soon.'