RyE On The King of Pop

I'm not commenting or going to shed light on all the attacks he went through. There is no denying his place in history and the iconic stature that he brought to the WORLD.

Say what you will about him but I will always remember him as the man that made me want to learn how to dance.

RIP Michael Jackson.

The Video that CHANGED the landscape of Pop Music

THRILLER!

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RyE on Ego Trippin Part 1

"Follow my steps is the road to success"

*Where the niggaz know you're thorough when the girls say yes (yes!)
But I can't teach you my swag...
You can pay for school but you can't buy class*

*Jay-Z

This goes out to A Beautiful Mind....

I'm stepping out of my comfort zone right now to just freestyle my thoughts as I begin to wonder if people understand the value of the word respect.

I've been in this industry only what...4 years? Already I feel like an O.G, a Vet, a Senior Varsity, a Kobe going for his fourth ring. I worked HARD everyday to get where I am. My path was not conventional. Did I want success? Did I want the accolades? Did I want the recognition? Did I want it more than the other person? You damn right I did.

Did I think it was going to be easy? Did I think that if I worked the hardest I could at the minimum hours that I would coast? Did I think that I was better than everyone? Did I think I was too good for what I was doing? Did I think talking back would somehow prove how much of a man I am? Fuck no.

Let me tell you the difference between you and me. And by you I mean all those who came after me.

The difference is.... I put in work day in and night out. I kept my eyes open and listened to everything. I LEARNED the BUSINESS, and RESPECTED everyone who came my way. I didn't run my mouth just to make my voice heard. Every move was calculated, every action was thought out 5 steps ahead. Use your head before flapping your gums with that "I'm better than this" nonsense.

The reality check is.... you're not. In fact you are more than replaceable. You are insignificant. You didn't even get the job the first time around. You were sloppy seconds. An afterthought. A last resort in an ever revolving door that many before you in your position have come and gone, only to amount to a 1/3 of what I have accomplished.

The difference is.....I am LEGIT. First day I was welcomed.. with a smile on her face followed by a dead serious face...to hell. Two months later I was forced to pick up her accounts and do a job with no preparation. Six months in and I'm forced back to a role that you think you are above. Six months after that (That's 1 yr later for you keeping score) a CEO of a worldwide industry leading company calls me to offer me a position on their #1 account.

The reality check is...I don't even know your number. I don't know your email address. I don't know your fax number. You say you are better than what you do well tell me what you have done. I can count how many times you came through when she was gone. ZERO. You are such a joke its pathetic. I don't even bother trying to look for answers when shes gone because in all honesty I don't see any credibility in you.

The difference is....I am credible and I have stats to back it up. Ask your boy who co-signed for you. Where would his career be without me? Folding jeans in the stock room and working the late shift. Another hot shot too big for his own ego who even retracted his co-sign of you the second time around. Put the pieces of the puzzle together and I guess you realize that if it wasn't for me you both would be right back to being Gay And Proud. Ask your boss who set the waves in motion for the woman you work under back with that company. Then ask her how I increased your company's sales by 200% so you can enjoy your summer Fridays you lazy fuck. Ask anyone in this industry who I am and they'll tell you I am the real deal...but then again,

The reality check is... you don't even know who would listen to you besides your sad excuse of a boss. What's your track record? How much did you sell? How much weight do you hold? Nothing but dead weight and thats a problem.

The difference is... I'm a problem solver. NO task is insurmountable. No issue that can't be resolved. I FIX million dollar problems. I RESTORED the Mid/West region and put that on the map. When my director couldn't cut it anymore I inherited a 5 year problem and turned it around in less than a year.

The reality check is... I can go on for days with this so let me stop here.

See you and everyone on the come up all want everything handed to you all giftwrapped. You think that your better than what is in front of you. What you need to learn is how to be humble and respect those above you and who came before you. Even my own successor was plagued by that ego. After putting a mere 6 months into the job he felt he learned everything he needed to know. 2 and a half years later and he JUST made it to the other side. And 9 months after he succeeded me he birthed your ass and where have you been? Right where I was 4 years ago.

Does that upset you? Lets look at the bright side; Unlike your boy, at least you don't always have to hear comparisons about yourself to me. The ironic thing about ALL this is that what you both failed to seem to embrace is the one single common denominator in my success...her beautiful mind.

Instead of thinking your better than her maybe you should pick that brain of hers and learn something. To this DAY I haven't stopped asking her questions. No matter where I am or what position I may be in I will forever be her protege and she will be my mentor. I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I was man enough to own up to my mistakes. I was big enough to swallow my pride and listen to how to do things in a different way. I played my role. And in return I EARNED respect. I earned their trust. I earned their credibility.

Patience is a wonderful virtue. And you may say that I rose quickly through the ranks so I didn't need to be patient. Well maybe if you just put your ego to the side and stopped demanding things...they will just come to you. Ever think of that?

*All these niggaz taking credit for the work that I put in
If you really put me on put yourself on then*

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RyE on American Expressions

RyE: random question but how busy are you
Meher:busy why
RyE:just curious
Meher:like 8.5 on 10 how busy are you
RyE: im very busy 15 on a 10 scale
Meher: thats not possible i chose 8.5 cos it was on 10 otherwise there is no limit
RyE: my point being im busier than i need to be
Meher: its like saying i give 110% percent the scale is 100 people
RyE: pple can do it...
Meher: no so u can say 102
RyE: i give 120%
Meher: ew stop
RyE: im a 12 in hotness on a scale of 10 lol
Meher: ur 12 on a scale of 10 of beat LOL
RyE:let me rephrase that for you ..."your a 12 on a scale of a one to BEAT" thats what you meant to say
Meher: ur moma
RyE: you mean your MOM

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RyE on Women's Self Esteem

Simple Bitch

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RyE & Joel on the Art of Patience

Joel: yo i have the ill new song

RyE: what is it

Joel: i heard it yesterday and nearly lost my damn mind

nah i want it to be a surprise

RyE: lol

goddamn son

why u being a dick tease

Joel: lol

RyE: i got a couple up my sleeve nigga

i just need to wait

Joel: lol

yeah i gotta let my song marinate for a bit

RyE: I've been patiently waiting for a track to explode on

Joel: i like what i have

lol

RyE: i know i get into it

i hear a new song and im like oh shit

new shit new shit

Joel: wow

i found it

RyE: im excited

Joel: damn should i wait

or should i just drop it?

RyE: what do u got right now again

th r kelly joint?

Joel: grand master flash

im leaving it for a bit

RyE: damn kid

next song im going to take it to the next level

im gonna have a theme to go with it

Joel: i want a new back drop

wow

i found a whole new crop of songs

RyE: you stocking up

i might have to bring out my WMD's

son i want to hear your new song

i like the message and all

but it doesnt have a captivating audience

sorry son im just trying to be honest

Joel: lol

RyE: your missing the "oh shit" factor

Joel: you're just trying to get the song outta me

ima let my shit ride

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RyE on RyE

1. Rye is Brooklyn born but lives breathes and dies for QUEENS! QB for life and I dun cur how ghetto that sounds!
2. When Rye turned 21 his cousin Nova made him do 17 shots on the eve of his 21st. The following day he did 24 and his buddy Greg convinced him to leave his own party to no ones knowledge and take the NYC subway intoxicated. Keep in mind Greg is from Philly...so stupid
3. Rye detests these type of things...yet finds himself always succumbing into doing them. Sigh
4. Rye had alot anger issues growing up. Sorry Eric for that whole locker spin incident... =)
5. Rye worked with his cousin Antonio as a Clown a few summers...
6. ....Ironically Rye is deathly scared of Clowns
7. Rye along with Joway and E-Rod formed the Dynasty sign way before Jay made it main stream...true story. (the nerd aspect of the story was that it symbolized us as a "Triangle" which later got morphed into a Square because of Chris and then we realized that was just gay..)
8. Rye has been known to express his love for Justin Timberlake...that boy is fiya
9. Rye always had big dreams of being a big A&R guy in the music industry
10. Rye's life soundtrack would consist of tracks from the following:Bebot for all the FLIPS!! LL Cool J & Nas for the Queens aspect. BIG/Method Man/ Lost Boyz to represent the 90's. DMX/Nelly/NSYNC/Sporty Thieves/Project Pat/BSB/ and more randomness to represent the AM years. Any theater songs, oldies, 60's 70's music to represent his bond with his sister. Jay-Z to represent his hustle and diversity. Linkin Park/Weezer/System of a Down/POD/Red Hot Chili Peppers to hype up his Track Career and any other sports he played throughout his life. A little Bob Marley, Jason Mraz, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley to just kick the good days. This could go on but lets leave it with some Al Green, Temptations, Four Tops, and Barry White for that good lovin in his life
11. Rye is proud to be 100% Filipino and to have such an amazing group of diverse friends from all ethnic backgrounds and cultures
12. Rye along with Greg, Curt, Deuce..and I guess Oddo...formed the greatest weekly nightly event in college. J&C night (sign of the cross)
13. Rye is the most intense person you will ever meet.....period.
14. Rye tends to talk alot of trash but has always backed it up and knows also when to man up. See #13
15. Rye is a certified Amateur Boxer in the state of NY
16. Rye drove a church van with 12 of his Tito's and Tita's from Queens to Buffalo and back.....He will never ever ever ever do that again...ever
17. Rye likes em pretty in the face, tight in the waist, with a huge backspace ("Just like her mama nice a__ nice brain"). Thats not to say that he discriminates because he does not. That lil miss slumdog Freida Pinto...Helloo India...oh is that not PC to say?
18. Rye's Lola raised him into the man he is today. That bond is beyond anything or anyone can ever have with him
19. Rye had one of those storybook youth loves like in the Wonder Years and um...Saved by the Bell lol
20. Rye is often unfairly characterized as cocky and arrogant. See #13 & #14. His response is...(shrugs) ah well
21. Rye is a hypocrite. i.e Rye does not want his brother to get a tattoo yet Rye has one and is looking for more =)
22. Rye has become the American Dream and is now a homeowner...at the worst economic time possible
23. Rye's #1 goal in life is to make an impact on tomorrows youth in order to shape a better future
24. Rye puts no one above his Familia. Either by blood or friendship once you are Familia you are in. There is nothing more important to him than that
25. Rye is a FUCKING Rock Star! - He's so Dope Boy Fresh!

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