<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><ttl>60</ttl><title>FREDDY WILL's BLOG</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com</link><lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:46:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:46:52 GMT</pubDate><language>en</language><copyright>Freddy Will Publishing</copyright><itunes:subtitle>Freddy Will</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>W. KANU Jr.</itunes:author><itunes:summary>One of Freddy Will's most highly played singles as heard on 'WHILE I'M STILL YOUNG - THE TALKING DRUMS 1.2v</itunes:summary><description>One of Freddy Will's most highly played singles as heard on 'WHILE I'M STILL YOUNG - THE TALKING DRUMS 1.2v</description><itunes:owner><itunes:name>W. KANU Jr.</itunes:name><itunes:email>Badson.publishing@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/DefaultImage/cd cover complete.jpg" /><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Music" /><item><title>DARK HORSE FROM ROMARONG... a city of kings (CD) &amp; THE DARK ROAD FROM ROMARONG (Book).</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/07/26/dark-horse-from-romarong-a-city-of-kings-cd--the-dark-road-from-romarong.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;     
&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt; FREDDY WILL ™ Prepares For The Release &lt;br /&gt;
Of His New Creole/Krio Language Album And Second Book&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;Press release written by F.W.I. publicist &lt;br /&gt;
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FREDDY WILL™&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt; is storming the entertainment stage on October 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 2010 with a colossal new release of his fourth musical offering entitled &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;'DARK HORSE FROM ROMARONG... a city of kings&lt;/span&gt;’,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; as well as with his second  literary publication entitled, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;‘THE DARK ROAD FROM ROMARONG.’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;In December of 2009, FREDDY WILL™ announced that the album had been completed at THUNDER DOME SOUNDS in Ontario, Canada and that it was produced by JUNO Award winner, Jazz musician and producer EDDIE BULLEN. Earlier this year, it was announced on his official website &lt;a href="http://www.freddywill.com/"&gt;www.freddywill.com&lt;/a&gt; that the new FREDDY WILL™ album is recorded solely in the ‘Creole/Krio’ language of Sierra Leone and it is scheduled to be released worldwide.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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“There is only one guest appearance on this album” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;FREDDY WILL™ explains&lt;i&gt;. “The guest on this album is none other than Carvin Winans, the 6 time Grammy™ Award winning gospel legend who recorded &lt;b&gt;'Providence'&lt;/b&gt; with me on my last album. Carvin has been a mentor to me as I made my transition from a life on the streets and into the music and literary business.  Working with him has been a blast and as someone who grew up in a huge gospel singing family with his brothers Marvin and BeBe and his sister CeCe Winans, I have come to admire his wealth of musical experience and knowledge.”&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;To note; there is one English song on the &lt;i&gt;Creole/Krio&lt;/i&gt; album titled &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;'Save’ &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;which features&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; Carvin Winans. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;‘Save'&lt;/i&gt; is an emotionally charged environmental and socially conscious hit song which calls for a global intervention to levitate extreme health and socio- economic pandemics in third world countries. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond;"&gt;                                        Photography by: Sai Kat - Chu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;”I wanted to create a record which would challenge my creativity. I didn't want to feature too many people while I addressed African audiences directly. On this album, I put my streetwise twist to West African storytelling which I think is needed in today’s’ art form. Then I stretched my vocal range between rapping and singing melodies on the verses (or in the hooks) so that I can prove to myself that if I really wanted to, I could sing. However, I won't be singing a lot on my future records”, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;he explains with a smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: garamond;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;“‘&lt;i&gt;Romarong’ is the former name of the capital city of Sierra Leone before it became 'Freetown’. The album describes the lifestyle of someone who is of an African heritage and is influenced by the American style of Hip Hop. It engages listeners with a glimpse into the life of a younger generation of African immigrants abroad who have become influenced by western civilization without omitting core traditional African mythologies. Also, it is about a younger group of Sierra Leoneans who embrace the new world while making most advantageous references to several places around the world where they may reside without sacrificing significant African traditions and cultures’&lt;/i&gt;. Freddy Will ™ expressed.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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‘&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;Dark Horse From Romarong... a city of kings’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: garamond;"&gt;and&lt;b&gt; &lt;i&gt;‘The Dark Road From Romarong’&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/b&gt; are both set for release in a deluxe package &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;along with&lt;/span&gt; a new edition of his first book, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;‘My Book Of Chrymes’&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and a copy of his latest English album entitled &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;‘While I’m Still Young … The Talking Drums 1.2v’&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Both are currently available for physical distribution and licensing in West Africa. For more information on how you can buy the exclusive rights to sell the books and the albums in your region, please email your enquiries to &lt;span style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:ghettobreedentertainment@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000ff;"&gt;ghettobreedentertainment@gmail.com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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The Official Freddy Will ™ Website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>Music and Literary</category><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/07/26/dark-horse-from-romarong-a-city-of-kings-cd--the-dark-road-from-romarong.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">3f163ace-fc14-4004-9641-f825f5b76d0a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAT IS CHEATING???</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/04/01/what-is-cheating.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: windowtext; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is cheating? &lt;br /&gt;
Is cheating an offence against God &lt;br /&gt;
Is it against your spouse? &lt;br /&gt;
Or is it both?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
 
&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"And early in the morning He came again into the Temple and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down, and taught them."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the Law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest Thou?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"This they said, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not. So when they continued asking Him, He lifted up Himself, and said unto them, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her... &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;And again He stooped down, and wrote on the ground."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"When Jesus had lifted up Himself, and saw none but the woman, He said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"She said, No man, Lord."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;"And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;John 8:2-11 KJV&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;Tiger Woods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt; caused media frenzy when he went from being an international golf hero and a role model to an accused sexual &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;desperado.&lt;/span&gt; He was exposed for having extra marital affairs with several women while being married. He was labelled &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond;"&gt;‘immoral’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and as a result he even lost some of his better golf sponsors due to the worldwide scandal that befell him. Some claimed that he deserved to be disgraced, divorced and banned from golfing while others sighted that he is at fault for marrying a white woman and sleeping with only white women. &lt;br /&gt;
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Amidst the scandal, he suspended his golfing in sort of professional help at a rehab. He has made a public apology to his family and his fans and is working diligently to save his marriage. His accusers' credibility was made whole for the most part because a voicemail recording of Woods talking intimately to someone other than his wife, was produced along with saved text messages his self proclaimed former lovers had saved to confirm that indeed she had had a romantic involvement with the golf star.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;... In western culture, women are encouraged to enhance the look, feel and smell of their bodies and to flaunt their cuteness and sexiness openly. But in order to present the notion that they are as attractive as they can afford to be, they can also push that envelope with cunning accuracy. Young boys who were never trained to have the restrain needed to stay faithful to one woman (at a time) grow up and become men who are expected to have sexual self control in a &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;deceitful world&lt;/span&gt;. An &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;adolescent&lt;/span&gt; boy who was praised for being a &lt;em&gt;‘ladies man’&lt;/em&gt; now grows up to be a condemned cheating spouse.  The notion of freedom has driven both men and women tosecretly yearn for wild sexual fantasies which neither can afford in outward appearances.&lt;br /&gt;
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Society's myth is: encouraging a boy to explore his sexual &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;conquest nature&lt;/span&gt; is good for his manhood. During manhood a single bachelor is free to fornicate with multiple 'bachelorettes'. But that same myth denies an adolescent girl from having the same experience gained from exploring her sexual conquest. Boys practice and play sports to horn their macho skills and date several girls to bigger their egos. On the other hand, a girl is seen as having low self esteem if she repeatedly dates a number of boys. From an early age, women are taught to restrain their sexual desires and are labelled a &lt;i&gt;‘slut’ &lt;/i&gt;if they sleep around. But the core concept of pre marital sex is often never enforced. In order words, sex is a priceless commodity which a woman should not offer and she should never give it to just any guy especially a married man.  However, opposites attract when passions lead of broken taboos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The irony in western culture is men are attracted to all the beauty enhancements which women use to compete against each other. While they are turning back their biological clocks, women who would have been exempt from the 'sex chase game' now remain in a pool where everyday millions of eighteen (18) year old girls are introduced. And men who are hard wired to acquire all that their eyes desire, can not get enough of the beauty in these beasts. Avoiding this temptation has to be a day to day battle. This is ironic because bachelors are allowed to court as many attractive women they wish to court, just as long as thier marital status says single. 'Bachelorettes' are expected to do the opposite. Yet when bachelors become married men society expects them to suddenly turn away from chasing several women and be monogamous with his wife. &lt;br /&gt;
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All around the world, scientific experts on this issue have stated with all certainty that it is in the genetic nature of male human beings to seek and impregnate as many human females as possible. They (scientific experts) have concluded that it  is because men subconsciously aspire to spread their genes and ensure that they will live on through infamy. Those same scientific experts have added that on the contrary human females are &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;subconsciously&lt;/span&gt; prone to seek a man with dominant genes for the sake of bearing stronger off springs. And since a human female goes through nine (9) months of pregnancy plus an additional eighteen (18) years to raise their child she is more naturally inclined to yearn for a mate who would stick around after she bears children and never wander with other females. &lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;                            &lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;News.about-knowledge.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;Jessie James&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;, one of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;American&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;’s most innovative television personalities who became renowned around the world for his extra-ordinary talents in manufacturing custom motor-cycles, also caused an international media stir when several women came forward and proclaimed that like Tiger Woods he too has had extra marital affairs with them. Obviously these are not the same women who accused Tiger Woods. This all American &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;sleeved arm tattoo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;bearing 'bad boy' stud is often tainted for being ex-hubby to a porn star. Many had considered Jessie James unfit to be Sandra Bullock’s heartthrob in the first place and had speculated infidelity was in their cards. &lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sandra Bullock,&lt;/strong&gt; seen as an all American sweetheart, is a Hollywood star who gained stardom from mega commercial successes as an actress. Her success also brought her many prestigious acting awards and earned her a 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; place wealthiest woman status. But in the United States you will find a blur between the lines that divide some religious values from cultural morality in relation to constitutional no nos. Women have been sexually exploited beyond measure for many years to a point where they often see themselves as sexual preys before they actually become one. The sex scandal of this couple often depicted as a mismatch has caused many to alienate Jessie James while being sympathetic towards Sandra Bullock. Jesse James has also checked into rehab for personal reasons as he desperately seeks the forgiveness of his wife. But what about God?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Now here are my questions? Do opposites really attract? What is the historic nature of man? What is the historic nature of women? How has romance &lt;em&gt;transpired&lt;/em&gt; between a man and women over the course of human history and how has that changed today?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;I started writing and publishing my blog because I wanted my fans, onlookers and critics to appreciate my thoughts. As a hip hop artist, it is easy to be misinterpreted based on views expressed in a song, especially if those views are not popular. My pre-emptive move was to write a blog where I can get people acquainted with my views and allow everyone to see how I look at life while making their own comments on what they think about the issues on the table. My topics are based on factual information but they express mainly my views on issues which are meant to spark debate, stimulate educative conversations or simply entertain a reader. Please do not read too deeply into my blog posts or perceive it as misleading or a source for News. It is merely a blog that you are free to agree or disagree with.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;On this issue, I must point out that I have not read a scripture that out rightly condemns polygamy. This does not mean that I encourage it. What I am saying is the point remains true that God never banned it in any book. People suggest that because God made one Adam and one Eve, that it must mean that God intended for one man to be with one woman at a time. However, the majority of great men in the holy scriptures that I’ve read have had several wives and concubines at the same time and that did not anger God against them. Some had only one wife by choice.&lt;br /&gt;
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All scriptures which I’ve read on the subject tend to point against engaging in pre marital sex otherwise known as fornication, or, engaging in adultery (which can only mean, if you like a woman you should marry her). In the scriptures, as long as you’re married to a woman you can sleep with her. And there is no set limit in any scripture as to how many women a man can marry. In fact in Christianity and Islam if you note, men are the ordained caretakers of society and women are allotted to men. Eve was given to Adam. In religion, there is a blatant inequality between men and woman when it comes to marriages and who marries who. I’m only telling it as it is.  In religion, women get married to men and that's why they take the man's lastname. I've never heard of one where women get to go and marry as many men as they choose.  Though now women could push for that to become law.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;In today's society this uneven playing field between man and women has been levelled by the rule of law. It is now illegal and/or immoral for a married man to marry another woman while he is already married simply because women cannot marry several husbands at the same time. In western culture a man has to divorce his current wife legally before he can marry a new wife. However, westernized societies clearly permit non married couples to engage in fornication if they wish to. Common law spouses who are mere boyfriend and girlfriend, are expected to abide by the same principles that married people live by and are given the same rights under the law. In order words the constitution trumps the Bible or the Quran when it comes to marriage in the west and crime is more punishable than sin.&lt;br /&gt;
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ie: If a boyfriend/girlfriend fornicates with someone other than their partner, she/he is considered to be cheating on the person whom they are with. And such cheating is considered to be immoral. But cross fornication is frowned upon in same manner that adultery is. yet, fornication is not? &lt;strong&gt;Is there a war against marriage?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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I agree that any form of deceit kills trust. But I also think fornication is a sin and it does not matter how many people you do not fornicate with. Merely fornicating with a girlfriend/boyfriend or common law spouse no matter how much you love them, is a sin against you and your God. And just as adultery is sin so is fornication. I believe that we are all sinners in God's eyes and we can never be perfect. Therefore, a fornicator is in no way more moral than an adulterer even if the fornicator is faithful to their partner. &lt;/span&gt; Therefore, he who has sin cannot condemn another.&lt;br /&gt;
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On this issue of morality, it is import to note that the one man/one woman ideology is a non scriptural ideology which was incorporated into western constitutions and impacted into western moral values and taught to everyone in a western society or with a western thinking to create a balance of equality between women and men. An equality which is not found in the most common religions. This is the core issue concerning western influence in the Middle East for example. Insurgents are taught what they believe at a very young age and that's why it is almost impossible to convince them that the western way of looking at life is the better way. This is partly the reason why countries like China and North Korea do not allow Google to proliferate all its contents among their citizens. It is only when we look at a foreign matter from a western point of view that we may consider certain actions as unfair or immoral.  But the cause of these deviations in western thinking is based on our own hypocrisy.  Our society blends sin and good will but it deviates from religious restrictions.&lt;br /&gt;
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So all said and done my final questions are: What are the &lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;ground rules &lt;/span&gt;of moral values in our way of life in western culture? Is it based on scriptures or is it based on the constitution?  Who do we answer to?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt; "Blessed are they that do His Commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: garamond; font-size: 16pt;"&gt;Revelation 22:14-15 KJV&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>BLOG</category><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/04/01/what-is-cheating.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">0ae46abb-6ad8-486a-8e1a-e8c2628895c9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RAP MUSIC VS THE ILLUMINATI</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/28/rap-music-vs-the-illuminati.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/hee__JPEG.bmp?a=63"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;When it comes to music composition and popular culture what is really at stake? Is it millions of dollars or is it young minds that are at stake? We all know that the television set is a portal which government and commercial industries use to channel the minds of people. The music industry increasingly became a similar threshold used to spread ideologies and that can be a good or bad thing depending on who you talk to.&amp;nbsp;With rap music, I’ve noticed some references to an opponent referred to as &lt;STRONG&gt;‘they’&lt;/STRONG&gt;. Who is &lt;STRONG&gt;‘they’?&lt;/STRONG&gt; Some say it's the music industry and some say it's the part of the music industry which is controled by the illuminati. Where did &lt;STRONG&gt;‘they’ &lt;/STRONG&gt;come from and what do &lt;STRONG&gt;‘they’ &lt;/STRONG&gt;want? Many rappers who entered into the industry with raps about life in the hood and their infatuation to&amp;nbsp;ghetto culture suddenly switch to raps about money? What once showed economic growth in the life of a rap star now points to more shadowy involvements into something far more sinister than sin itself? &lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG height=466 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/38799484034540c156ec.jpg?a=15" width=453&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;There hasn’t been a genre in the history of music that has had as much controversy as hip hop. Rock-n-roll has its drug issues; Country music and even Opera artists have had their questionable moments. But much like anything else in life, if you interview both young and old people concerning their love for pop culture, across the globe you will find many who either say they love rap dearly or are completely repulsed by&amp;nbsp;it. From soccer dads to hockey moms, religious undertakers to law enforcement you will find many who blame rap music for&amp;nbsp;negative effects in society. Some cry out that it promotes the spreads of violence, but rappers point to Hollywood as the actual source. Some declare that rap exposes minors to profanity and rappers again point to other genres of music that are openly bizarre. Feminist groups’ voice out frustrations that rap is encouraging young women to engage in lasciviousness and licentiousness and the rappers highlight porn and go-go dancing industries as being worse than them. All positive aspects of the rap&amp;nbsp;music is deliberately ignored thereby unsealing the imbalance of bigamy, the love for materialism etc, etc. But almost all of those same people reluctantly admit to the power behind&amp;nbsp;hip hop&amp;nbsp;culture,&amp;nbsp;its trends,&amp;nbsp;and its way of life which is&amp;nbsp;proliferated through the genre we know as hip hop.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/mayday.gif?a=41"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;For those who do not know, the&lt;STRONG&gt; ‘Order of Illuminati’&lt;/STRONG&gt; is a secret society which was established in 1776 by &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Johann Adam Weishaupt,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;a &lt;A title=Germans href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germans"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"&gt;German&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; philosopher&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;from &lt;A title=Bavaria href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"&gt;Bavaria&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;(a region in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Germany&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;). Since it’s a secret society, not much is known about what really goes on inside its walls. It’s best to assume that many of society’s elite professionals, the rich, some churches, the influential and even government officials normally engage as members of this large fraternity.&amp;nbsp;More often, the police force is seen as its enforcers. Public accounts have linked this secret society to affluent catholic cultures. There are oaths of secrecy sworn by members upon induction and such members are believed to rise through ranks within the society which gives them an all access pass in&amp;nbsp;our community - an exclusive access to opportunity and impunity that many will not enjoy unless they too belonged to the fraternity. The reach of this secret society is believed to be significant enough to dictate the&amp;nbsp;structure of national culture, the socioeconomic distribution of wealth and opportunity, religious limitations and the construction of&amp;nbsp;prominent traditions made constitutional. This mainly European fraternity believed to have influenced major western cultures such as the &lt;u2:country-region u3:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;United States&lt;/u2:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, The Great Britain, &lt;u2:country-region u3:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/u2:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;u2:country-region u3:st="on"&gt;&lt;u2:place u3:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Australia&lt;/u2:place&gt;&lt;/u2:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; is often seen as a shadowy sect that manipulates the day to day livelihood of everyone in these countries and beyond.. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/MusicCatalog5C0_95C2Pac20_20The20Don20Killuminati20_20The20720Day20Theory5C2Pac20_20The20Don20Killuminati20_20The20720Day20Theory.jpg?a=69"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;Hip hop in popular culture has arisen higher and attained a social, economic and traditional influence that has affected the minds of young people on an international level. And this influence is without the blessing of the Illuminati. That transformation from mere entertainment to cultural significance has stroke a nerve where power once flowed from. Deeply rooted executive and judiciary systems are no longer powerful enough to muffle the ideas of these self made millionaires who are now rap CEOs and artists distributed and broadcasted by bigger music, publishing and broadcasting groups. These music groups having sold their stakes away are now believed to be limitlessly manipulated by the Illuminati. With money and wealth acquired from record sales and psychological influence on young minds, rappers have gained a voice that could topple the silent yet subtle fraternities that once influenced the world and once had a prominent foothold in all of western culture. You find rappers like &lt;STRONG&gt;Tupac Shakur &lt;/STRONG&gt;being slaughtered&amp;nbsp;before he released his ‘Don Killuminati’ album and Jay z go from ‘Reasonable Doubt’ to the ‘Blue Print 3’.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 308px; HEIGHT: 440px" height=656 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/loo1.bmp?a=63" width=458&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;Ironically, there is also the other opinion that claims that rap music is under attack, surveillance and maybe even under sabotage by members of certain unidentified but very powerful and influential fraternities. Is it similar to the rivalry between the mafia and major drug king pins who took over counties and boroughs? Is it? &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/28/rap-music-vs-the-illuminati.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">65785974-da78-4594-b1a5-0303a4ed45ff</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ATHENS OF WEST AFRICA</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/24/athens-of-west-africa.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 513px; HEIGHT: 347px" height=527 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/gygy.bmp?a=33" width=623&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.freddywill.com/" target=_blank&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/A&gt; to listen to 'Athens of West Africa'.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;FREDDY WILL&amp;#8482; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;released his second single entitled, &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;‘&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Athens&lt;/st1:City&gt; Of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;West Africa&lt;/st1:place&gt;’&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt; from his upcoming Creole/Krio language album, (which title has not yet been announced). &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;‘&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Athens&lt;/st1:City&gt; Of West Africa&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;’ is a track that describes how &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sierra Leone&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; was once called the ‘Athens Of West Africa’. Having been the home to the British Governor General of West Africa during the colonial era Sierra Leone is the first country in the region to have had&amp;nbsp;a full scale university. &lt;ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt;Fourah Bay College,&lt;/ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt; the &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt;University&lt;/ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt; of &lt;ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt;Sierra Leone&lt;/ST1&lt;IMG border="0" src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png"&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; was the ‘Athens of West Africa’ since it’s where many West Africans and their leaders received top notch education. Sierra Leone also has a slew of high profile secondary schools...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;“It’s definitely a historic song. This time around I want to bring a wider and more positive awareness to &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Sierra Leone&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and its history.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/24/athens-of-west-africa.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">a636fbc2-b4ad-475d-b488-e4327c3a401b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:44:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KING ROTI - MISTAMINDZ DON!</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/22/king-roti--the-mistamindz-don.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #515151; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 376px; HEIGHT: 524px" height=576 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/18743129702621960310487758128978262545532n.jpg?a=70" width=368&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHC2QJI3Kk" target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Click to watch video - 'Let's Get Away' feat. Kim Davis&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;One of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s most hardworking emcees – KING ROTI, is always on the scene with a new song or video or he’s being an inspiration to the young people. Here is a recent article post by PEACE (Canada’s Street Style Magazine) concerning a new single by Roti entitled ‘Baby I Believe’ which is off his new acclaimed mixtape entitled ‘The Quick Fix’.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #515151; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;The article: &lt;A href="http://www.blog.peacemagazine.com/2010/03/21/king-roti-new-single-baby-i-believe/" target=_blank&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/A&gt; to read full article on PEACE Magazine.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;Mastamindz Entertainment &amp;amp; GCP Recording Corp. Present… King Roti’s new single “Baby I Believe” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #515151; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;The Canadian Music scene has been taken by storm by &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; emcee King Roti. His unique sound and versatility have been key in establishing himself as one of the most promising up and coming artists from the city. His unique style can be seen in his new single entitled: “Baby I believe” where Roti shows a softer side to his music. The song tells the story of Roti convincing a girl that they are meant to be together and that he believes that there is no one else out there for him but her.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #515151; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 517px" height=581 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/untitled3.bmp?a=52" width=346&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBNB4-dqZ5Y&amp;amp;feature=related" target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Click to watch video - 'Waitin' For You' feat. Keon Love&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Roti has been in the Canadian urban music scene since 2006 and has worked relentlessly to solidify his name in the world of rap music. Since his debut he has secured radio play for 8 singles including spins on &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s flow 93.5 and Western New Yorks WBLK, he has also had videos for his singles “Lets Get Away” ft Kim Davis and “Murdera” ft Sinister in rotation on Much Music.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #515151; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"&gt;With a strong fan base at home and internationally (&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;South Asia&lt;/st1:place&gt;) Roti’s latest mix tape “The Quick Fix” has created a huge buzz in the music world with over 40,000 downloads in its first month of release. Now working on his debut album, Roti recently inked an international distribution deal with &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Fontana&lt;/st1:City&gt; / Universal through &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; label GCP Recording Corp and will be releasing new music and singles world wide on itunes and online retailers. Look out for Roti’s new single “Baby I Believe” which will be released internationally very soon!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/n1048775812595657306.jpg?a=13"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Dj / Radio Pack (MP3):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/pm7bxl"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#666666 size=3&gt;http://www.sendspace.com/file/pm7bxl&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Dj / Radio Pack (WAV):&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/fqaxti"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#666666 size=3&gt;http://www.sendspace.com/file/fqaxti&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="BACKGROUND: white; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/fqaxti"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;Roti’s “The Quick Fix” Mixtape: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.kingroti.com/"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#666666 size=3&gt;www.kingroti.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: #515151"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/22/king-roti--the-mistamindz-don.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">0f899948-4341-4fcc-972b-1648a6fc772c</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE GREEN GHOST PROJECT</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/13/the-green-ghost-project.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/styles_p_green_lantern_green_ghost_project.jpg?a=85"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzIMbOybM0" target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO FOR - 'LEGAL MONEY' BY STYLES - P&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The self proclaimed hardest nigga on the streets – &lt;STRONG&gt;Styles P&lt;/STRONG&gt; has returned to the lime light with yet another 'hood banger' entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;'THE GREEN GHOST PROJECT'&lt;/STRONG&gt; which was produced by &lt;STRONG&gt;DJ Green Lantern&lt;/STRONG&gt;! Now what is a hood banger? A hood banger is a mixtape or album which was released under the hip hop genre that even though may not have been crammed with radio saturated hits,&amp;nbsp;was and is&amp;nbsp;widely played in the neighbourhood by almost every local. My debut album ‘While I’m Still Young’ was a hood banger. Yes, nearly every car that rides by with a bunch of true O.Gs in it is throbbing loudly with the new Green Ghost project mixtape by Styles P.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;To purchase this album &lt;A href="http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-green-ghost-project/id349364861" target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;CLICK HERE!&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But this is not a surprise to anyone who knows what’s up. We all know that Drake and Young Money are the hottest new artists out right now as far as mainstream hip hop is concerned. Kid Cudi is running a close second place for air time while guys like T.I, Rick Ross and Ludacris are making a strong comeback. Nevertheless, it’s without question that even with the upsurge of lollipop rap music, gangsta rap is still holding it’s own. With the fall of high record sales by big name artists it's becoming common for mixtapes to be major bread earners. I happen to be a fan of&amp;nbsp;gangata rap music as you will find in my own music. It doesn’t have to be gangster rap per say but it sure has to be and feel real.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 319px; HEIGHT: 386px" height=453 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/StylesP6.jpg?a=29" width=367&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci3urDQ2Ph8" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;WATCH - 'MY LIFE'&amp;nbsp;BY PHAROACHE MONCH FEAT STYLES - P&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;For those who may not know, &lt;STRONG&gt;Styles P &lt;/STRONG&gt;is a member of the legendary rap trio – &lt;STRONG&gt;The Lox&lt;/STRONG&gt;. He is known for working with &lt;STRONG&gt;DJ Green Lantern&lt;/STRONG&gt; as well adverse and renoun group mates &lt;STRONG&gt;Jada Kiss&lt;/STRONG&gt; and &lt;STRONG&gt;Sheek Louch.&lt;/STRONG&gt; I respect Styles because of his down to earth, in your face model. He never sugar coats his message but he presents them in&amp;nbsp;a metaphoric&amp;nbsp;manner&amp;nbsp;which is easy for an unbiased listener to understand exactly what he’s saying. In many ways his fan relate to his gritty message in a strange way. Like many of my previous songs, Styles music may be too explicit for radio but nearly everyone who has anything to do with trend setting has an &lt;STRONG&gt;SP the Ghost's &lt;/STRONG&gt;mixtape in their&amp;nbsp;music collection. His commercial albums are classics that did not sell platinum numbers but regardless of that they&amp;nbsp;managed to earned plenty of respect from music critics across the globe.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;In 2002 he stormed the stage with his well loved debut classic album&amp;nbsp;‘&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;A Gangster and a Gentleman’ &lt;/B&gt;which spunned the hit single&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt; ‘Good Times’..&lt;/B&gt;. The album title became a street slang as it went on to earn him&amp;nbsp;a solo gold plaque. Four years later he returned with his second album &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Time Is Money’ &lt;/B&gt;and in a year after that he was back with his third album entitled &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Super Gangster Extraordinary Gentleman’. &lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Due to explicit contents dealing with street wars and life on the&amp;nbsp;dark&amp;nbsp;side of &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;New York&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt; as a gangsta, his albums were shunned and did not recieve the kind of promotion they deserved. But the actual people in those same streets who could relate to those situations stated in his music went out and bought their copy of his CD or mixtape even when they were not given an equal shot on the world stage. That lead to a heavy saturation of his music on the streets in neighborhoods and project buildings across the world even as mainstream road blocks were instituted to muffle him.&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 402px; HEIGHT: 386px" height=920 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/Styles_P.jpg?a=13" width=844&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmdWP-ThwyQ&amp;amp;feature=related" target=_blank&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO FOR - GOOD TIMES BY STYLES - P&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But it’s not his albums alone that earned him all that admiration from hip hop fans. It’s also his mixtapes… his first mixtape was entitled &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Ghost Stories’&lt;/B&gt; which was received very favourably in the streets. Then he followed it up with ‘&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Ghost in a Shell’&amp;nbsp;&lt;/B&gt;which solidified his identify as a 'hood rich' legend. This previous Bad Boy Records artist who had been revered for his work on the platinum selling &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;LOX&lt;/B&gt; album entitled &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Money. Power and Respect’ &lt;/B&gt;became the next best thing to the Notorious BIG when he returned to the stage with yet another widely heard and received mixtape entitled &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Ghost in the Machine’.&lt;/B&gt; This mixtape would become the ultimate soundtrack to the lives of many east coast O.Gs including myself. The LOX who followed their 'Money, Power and Respect' album with the commercially successful second album entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;‘We Are The Streets’ &lt;/STRONG&gt;are set to release a third highly anticipated album in 2010 which is believed to be entitled ‘&lt;STRONG&gt;New LOX order’.&lt;/STRONG&gt; If you’re a real rap fan and you yearn for that edgy east coast rap that never goes stale, you might wonna take a look at the LOX and their transformation to &lt;STRONG&gt;D- Block&lt;/STRONG&gt; and delve into the minds of each of their very unique and talented members (of the trio) and what they have had to offer music fans.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/13/the-green-ghost-project.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">ae79558a-49a3-4685-8c65-d7a4f907f393</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KERRY L. MARZOCK</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/06/kerry-l-marzock.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"&gt;Mystic Wolf aka.. Kerry L. Marzock&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Poet, Novelist and member of Soul Asylum Poetry&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/KerryMarzock.jpg?a=26"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;I’ll be the first to admit. I am not much for a horror aficionado but I do have my intrigue for a good scare. If you ask me about my opinion of horror as a genre in books or movies, I’ll say it’s always better if one looks past the blood dripping teeth of a growling werewolf or a snarling vampire that aims to leech off the inner sanatorium of its prey. It is creepy. Eerie chills will sneaks into one’s soul when the realism of something like a ghost is actualized. This side of life often attributed to evil is one that science has not verified yet&amp;nbsp;but it also captivates the very core of&amp;nbsp;human interest in the worlds unknown. Especially since the usual stereotype surrounding the character of demonic beings and creatures and the evil&amp;nbsp;they breath&amp;nbsp;are all that most dredge up when these kinds of stories are told.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;Kerry L. Marzock&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; found her own unique approach to&amp;nbsp;grasp her readers understanding of the nature and intent behind the actions of the possessed wolf without dwelling on preconceived notions that most people have about horror. She&amp;nbsp;helps you to connect with the characters&amp;nbsp;in relations to the&amp;nbsp;situation they are in, in a similar manner to what Wesley Snipes did in the box office action trilogy – Blade. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/SeaofEmotion.jpg?a=95"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;She described her book of poetry, &lt;B&gt;"A &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;Sea &lt;/ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;of &lt;ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;Emotion&lt;/st1:place&gt;"&lt;/B&gt;, as ‘a sweet recipe made up&amp;nbsp;of a cup of happiness, several tablespoons of love and sensuality, a teaspoon of pain,&amp;nbsp;with a few pinches of darkness’. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Soul Asylum Poetry and Publishing&lt;/STRONG&gt; described Kerry L. Marzock’s author debut as ‘a book of everyday life where everyone who dreams of that never-ending love or special friendship will find meaning within its unique poetry.’ &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;They pitched it urging that ‘as we struggle through life, heading for our final destination, we find many adventures and heartbreaks along the way—loves we wish we could reclaim, enjoyable events we wish we could relive, and of course, family that is so dear to our hearts. Come along on life’s little journey as you turn every page and realize that others believe in the same way of life as you. Through these pages you’ll find sadness, love, family ties, and loneliness all adrift on A Seas of Emotion’&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;To purchase her books &lt;A href="http://www.soulasylumpoetry.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?&amp;amp;act=&amp;amp;aff=&amp;amp;pg=prod&amp;amp;ref=RavensRage&amp;amp;cat=&amp;amp;catstr=" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Kerry L. Marzock is&amp;nbsp;a thirty year &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/st1:City&gt; native, in Pennsylvania where residents are known&amp;nbsp;for their undying love for the cities of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/st1:City&gt; and &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Pittsburgh&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. For Kerry L. Marzock that love’s so much more immense that she wrote her first horror novel setting its cast and scenes in what she describes as a lovely, historic and mysterious city - &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. Kerry considers herself to be a hopeless romantic familiar with what ‘sadness, confusion, love and curling up with somebody special means’. As a consequence, she injected many of her personal feelings in “A Sea of Emotion”, with hopes that her words would touch people’s hearts in ways that would feel as if her own sentiments and tears became that of the readers as well. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;‘Remember, when the moon is full, the howl you hear may not always be the lonely, mournful dog in the neighborhood, for the mystic wolf is not only real, but she is part of your imaginings.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 237px; HEIGHT: 331px" height=284 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/RavensWay.jpg?a=66" width=226&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;Kerry wrote this novel&lt;B&gt; “Raven’s Way”&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; with hopes that it would not only captivate and startle its readers but in some ways she even wanted them to be shocked. With each turning page&amp;nbsp;she wanted to increase the reader’s fright.&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;&lt;A href="http://pottstownherald.com/roy-keeler" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"&gt;Roy Keeler&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt; made this statement after an interview with Kerry L. Marzock:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;‘&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;Raven’s Way&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; is a journey of blood and death, romance and revenge, taking place on the streets of Philadelphia, where no one is safe...&lt;I&gt;’&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 359px" height=309 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/RavensRage.jpg?a=60" width=234&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;From the first page of Kerry L. Marzock’s book, &lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;Raven’s Way&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt; the reader&amp;nbsp;quickly becomes engulfed in the tale of an unusual adventure in a world far from what most people are acustomed to. The plot is packed with ferocious surprises and readers should expect to experience marvels while&amp;nbsp;discovering a species of human within our world both unseen and unknown by everyday man. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Her main character, Johnny, is the most innovative character ever presented to the reading public by an independent writer in a long time and one of the most enthralling. Kathleen, the heroine in the book, ‘is a strong-willed homicide detective whose life will be completely subsided during the recurring events’. This novel is an adventure, a horror story that encapsulates love, betrayal, a murder investigation, and hope. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;‘Raven’s Rage’&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; is the sequel of ‘&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Raven’s Way’&lt;/B&gt;, and it is an all action second instalment in Kerry L. Marzock’s Raven’ series. Following the challenges of Johnny Raven the main character in Raven’s Way, he exacts revenge on the creatures that devastated his life.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Set to depict the dark side of the historic city of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;, this story now takes its readers deeper into the realm of the city’s rulers of the night. Soul Asylum Poetry describes it saying ‘Their blood lust is more terrifying than ever — and Johnny Raven intends to give them more of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Philadelphia&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;’s most eerie and infamous myths. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Once bitten by infected teeth, man and wolf combine to sing in lonely harmony. The wretched mind of the man is now locked inside the shadow of a beast, to rip and claw and tear, but to forever cry and pray for everlasting peace.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/03/06/kerry-l-marzock.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">04455876-e11a-4ca5-bf66-34d394a89df1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HAITI</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/01/14/haiti.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/HAITi20flag.gif?a=49"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;“Many of us started 2010 with hopes that this year will bring us more luck, good health and FORTUNE. But less than a month after the ball dropped &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Haiti&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; would see this New Year wish get shattered by utter catastrophe. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;My prayers go out for all the souls that passed on during the earthquake in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Haiti&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and also the survivors who are now stranded and are living in despair. May God continue to have mercy on us all and may God grant &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Haiti&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; a redemption from such unimaginable calamity.” – FREDDY WILL&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/01/14/haiti.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">88e79b39-06bc-4fc8-8b0b-8d802a748f8d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #c17933"&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Happy New Year from FREDDY WILL&amp;#8482;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;SPAN style="COLOR: #c4b533"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;FREDDY WILL&amp;#8482; Industries and management!&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;May 2010 bring you continued success!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In 2010, look out for more FREDDY WILL&amp;#8482;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;albums, books, news and tour dates.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For more info, visit....&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;THE OFFICIAL FREDDY WILL&amp;#8482; WEBSITE&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.freddywill.com"&gt;&lt;FONT face=Tahoma size=4&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;www.freddywill.com&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2010/01/01/happy-new-year.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">c17152bc-3a6c-4fc7-81a0-744fee5eef87</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RHYTHM &amp; BLUES pt.1</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/29/rb-mountains.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 465px; HEIGHT: 288px" height=323 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/ggg.bmp?a=26" width=505&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEBtolQVLls" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;WATCH VIDEO FOR - 'CITY BOY' BY FREDDY WILL&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Is it safe to say R&amp;amp;B had mountains to move?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; In the 90’s when Hip Hop was emerging to surpass prominent genres like &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Rock n Roll&lt;/B&gt; and &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Country&lt;/B&gt; on a worldwide scale, it was often tagged with R&amp;amp;B under one category. But as time went on, urban cultures caught on in a massive way. You started hearing more and more Hip Hop coming from non – English speaking countries - &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Poland&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Germany&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Belgium&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and even &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Russia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Now we don’t only have &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Dutch Hip Hop&lt;/B&gt;, we have &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Arabic Hip Hop&lt;/B&gt;, &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Spanish Hip Hop&lt;/B&gt; and even &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Portuguese, Greek, Italian&lt;/B&gt;, and &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Danish&lt;/B&gt; youngsters&amp;nbsp;are bringing&amp;nbsp;out their versions of Hip Hop as well.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;R&amp;amp;B and Hip Hop will always share a special connection musically.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; One genre compliments the other &lt;STRONG&gt;but it is no longer logical to class the two under the same category&lt;/STRONG&gt; like it was done in the 90’s. With the collapse of the music industry during the recession of the late 00's new found&amp;nbsp;appreciation of the internet&amp;nbsp;in developing countries&amp;nbsp;planted Hip Hop deeper into second and third world countries than ever before. Urban lifestyles became the most dominant and wide spread trend among young people in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Africa for example&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Countries like &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Senegal&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Guinea&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Nigeria&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Kenya&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Somalia&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;South Africa&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/B&gt; and the &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Ivory Coast&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; are just a few of many places where rap music became dominant among the majority of hipsters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 370px; HEIGHT: 367px" height=546 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/moviesoundtracks.jpg?a=82" width=488&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;To purchase Freddy Will's album &lt;A href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/willfreddy2" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But with all of its struggles and successes R&amp;amp;B continues to hold tight. One as a hook to many hit rap songs and two, as an independent genre which is ripping its way through the world of music listeners. During the last decade we saw a slew of new R&amp;amp;B artists emerge and disappear after only one album. We also saw some prominent artists disappear but some remained consistent through out the decade. &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Consistent in this context refers to all artists who had adversities, trials and successes&amp;nbsp;but through hard work and perseverance managed to released at least three studio albums, collaborate with other artists and remained in the public eye (with an occasional new material) through out the decade.&lt;/B&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/brandy.jpg?a=9"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzwoJ10UyO0" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;WATCH VIDEO FOR - 'RIGHT HERE (DEPARTED' BY BRANDY&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Brandy&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; – Its interesting how what a celebrity does in their personal life can affect their career even when they are clearly still talented. Our society has been brainwashed to sometimes recognise factors like&amp;nbsp;glamour,&amp;nbsp;money or gossip&amp;nbsp;but talent which is the key ingredient in the mix gets to come last. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;So she was not really married to 'what’s the face' and she accidentally hit someone with her SUV. Sad as it is, that does not mean that she is not hard working and talented. In the last decade Brandy managed to release three solo albums. &lt;STRONG&gt;"Full Moon"&lt;/STRONG&gt; which spun the hit singles &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;“What About Us”&lt;/B&gt; went platinum after debuting on the top of Billboard’s R&amp;amp;B chart.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; 
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;The following release entitled “&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;Afrodisiac”&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="mso-ansi-language: EN"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;was her fourth album which made it to number four on the billboard charts. Yes it suffered some set – backs but two years previously she was chalking away a platinum plaque. She had switched producers and featured Kanye West on the raining single “Talk About Our Love”. Then in 2008 when it looked like her career might be over the “I Wonna Be Down” superstar released her most recent album entitled &lt;B&gt;“Human”.&lt;/B&gt; It was a dual label release as well as more internationally received. It was her lowest selling album and probable the best if you listen to it. However, the single “Right Here” was a worldwide hit and Brandy proved that she can not only ride in high tide but also low ones if need be.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face="Trebuchet MS" size=3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG height=361 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/AngieStone.jpg?a=80" width=300&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PWz-NubVpM" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;WATCH VIDEO FOR - 'WISH I DIDN'T MISS YOU' BY ANGIE STONE&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Angie Stone – &lt;/STRONG&gt;For those who do not follow every artist, it is perfectly understood. There has been so many one hit wonders and music has been sort of merging lately. You observe that R&amp;amp;B and Hip Hop are slowly encouraging influences from Dance music lately. If you’re not a hard headed fan you might miss some of the more traditional&amp;nbsp;music out there&amp;nbsp;that may not be as trendy as others but are more traditional than others. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;Angie Stone released six albums in the last ten years. In 1999&amp;nbsp;came her debut&amp;nbsp;album entitled,&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;“Black Diamond”. &lt;/STRONG&gt;That was way before it's time when the actual black diamond itself had not become trendy in a popular fashion. It&amp;nbsp;earned her a quiet gold plaque in the US but in Europe and &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Asia&lt;/st1:place&gt; it was even more adored. &lt;STRONG&gt;“Mohagony Soul”&lt;/STRONG&gt; her second album solidified her name around the world&amp;nbsp;when it too&amp;nbsp;garnered a gold plaque in the States while doing more many wonders across the world. &lt;STRONG&gt;“Stone Love”,&lt;/STRONG&gt; her third, was not as successful in the &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;US&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; but her European and Asian fans were ever faithful to the soul sister. It was 2004, Hip Hop was dominating everything along with pop, rock and country&amp;nbsp;and yet a traditional R&amp;amp;B singer&amp;nbsp;name Angie Stone was making an impact around the world. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;Album number four was a &lt;STRONG&gt;greatest hits album&lt;/STRONG&gt; that many didn’t notice because it debuted at number # 50 on the billboards charts in 2005 when Eminem, 50 Cent, Akon, Young Jeezy and L’il Wayne were stumping down every sand castle on the beach. Ever the fighter, Angie Stone released yet another album in 2007 entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;“The Art Of Love &amp;amp; War”.&lt;/STRONG&gt; It debuted at number eleven on the charts as well as making a showing on European charts. For some reason Angie Stone’s music got a lot of love in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;France&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;. Her last album entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;“Unexpected”&lt;/STRONG&gt; was released on November 28&lt;SUP&gt;th&lt;/SUP&gt; 2009. She hung in there and quenched all her fan's thirst with that Soul/R&amp;amp;B music flowing through out the last decade.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 406px; HEIGHT: 296px" height=334 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/alicia6.jpg?a=17" width=418&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srMBZiqNMaM" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;WATCH - 'TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART' BY ALICIA KEYS&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Alicia Keys – &lt;/STRONG&gt;Who can but for this R&amp;amp;B sweetheart? This producer, songwriter, singer, actress and philanthropist who ascended to stardom in early 2001 when the music industry was getting thirsty for something new. Keys quenched that’s thirst and won over millions of fans instantly. Perfect she was and still is, this Hell’s Kitchen bred bad boy admirer totally beams with stunning beau as she plays the piano live during her heartfelt performances. One of my favorite R&amp;amp;B singers, her debut album entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;“Songs in A Mirror”&lt;/STRONG&gt; debuted at number one on the billboard charts in 2001 with the ultra successful single &lt;STRONG&gt;“Falling”.&lt;/STRONG&gt; It went became a classic R&amp;amp;B album instantly, selling over six million copies worldwide and&amp;nbsp;earning her five trophies at the Grammy Awards. This could have been it for her. She was accomplished, she could have easily walked away from the scene and straight into the sunset with millions of dollars. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;But two years later her second album entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;“The Diary of Alicia Keys”&lt;/STRONG&gt; debuted at number one on the billboard charts and saw Keys accepting another Grammy. The album sang over eight million copies worldwide. It surpassed&amp;nbsp;the success of her&amp;nbsp;debut album in record sales even as pressures mounted&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;her to match the enormous success of her debut album. It contained hits like &lt;STRONG&gt;“You Don’t Know My Name”&lt;/STRONG&gt; and &lt;STRONG&gt;“If I Ain’t Got You”&lt;/STRONG&gt; which were mega anthems in 2003 and the years that followed.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-style: italic"&gt;Alicia Keys&amp;nbsp;didn’t return with another album until 2005 when she went live and unplugged with her live album entitled &lt;B&gt;“Unplugged”.&lt;/B&gt; The MTV television released&amp;nbsp;album&amp;nbsp;made history&amp;nbsp;as it&amp;nbsp;was the first to debut at number one on the billboards and sold&amp;nbsp;in platinum stratospheres. Like all her previous albums this one also gained Grammy nominations for best album and album of the year, to name a few. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;In 2007 she rippled through to number one on the chats again for the fourth time in a row with her third studio album, the triple platinum seller entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;“As I Am” &lt;/STRONG&gt;hit the charts&lt;STRONG&gt;.&lt;/STRONG&gt; The single &lt;B&gt;“No One”&lt;/B&gt; was the most played anthem of that year and still is a radio blaster. Less than three weeks ago her 2009 album entitled &lt;B&gt;“The Elements Of Freedom”&lt;/B&gt; was released debuting at, no you didn't guess right,&amp;nbsp;number two on the charts. The album has already sold close to 500, 000 copies with singles like &lt;B&gt;“&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;Empire &lt;/ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;&lt;ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;State &lt;/ST1&lt;IMG src="http://blog.freddywill.com/emoticons/tongue.png" border="0"&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;Of Mind II”&lt;/B&gt; and &lt;B&gt;“Doesn’t Mean Anything”. &lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; tab-stops: 120.0pt"&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/29/rb-mountains.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">5921e9e4-6443-41fe-aa4d-034c0ef145a8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SWAY MAGAZINE FEATURES FREDDY WILL™</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/28/sway-magazine-features-freddy-will.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 518px; HEIGHT: 414px" height=361 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/subscribetop.jpg?a=83" width=517&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Toronto, Ontario, CANADA – December 14, 2009 &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;–&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;On a cool Friday afternoon in November, journalist, reporter and photographer Melissa Bessey arrived at FREDDY WILL’S &amp;#8482; new home in Toronto.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;She sat down with FREDDY WILL to talk about his life, his musical journey and his thoughts on the music industry.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;(Article can be read online here &lt;A href="http://swaymag.ca/music3.php" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;http://swaymag.ca/music3.php&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Sway is the Premier Lifestyle Magazine for African and Caribbean Canadians that’s thought provoking, uplifting, inspirational, and motivational. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;Its mission is to entertain, empower and educate, with a voice that reflects the successes, accomplishments and pride of &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;’s Black communities. &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;Sway has a circulation of 50,000 with an exclusive distribution through the Gateway Newsstand locations which are located within the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) which is &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s transit system.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;With yearly ridership of over 460 million customers, the TTC has one of the highest per capita ridership rates in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;North America&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Sway magazine is also distributed in 2,500 Dreamboxes and strategic retail outlets, including Chapters/Indigo.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;FREDDY WILL’s&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; article&amp;nbsp;in the Music section of this&lt;STRONG&gt; Black History Month's Collectors&amp;nbsp;Edition&lt;/STRONG&gt; of Sway magazine, can be found online at &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;A href="http://swaymag.ca/music3.php" target=_blank&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black"&gt;http://swaymag.ca/music3.php&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;/B&gt;at your nearest Gateway Newsstands, Dreamboxes or at Chapters/Indigo locations. The magazine is published quarterly and will be onstands until March 2010.&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;"Sway is one of the most popular magazines in Canada. I appreciate the exposure&amp;nbsp;it gave me and the opportunity to express my point of view in the business aspect of the independent music industry."&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.freddywill.com"&gt;www.freddywill.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/28/sway-magazine-features-freddy-will.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">2aa210a3-2869-4c9c-94ee-a012f1cc7a58</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MIC BOOGIE - 'That's Me'.</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/21/mic-boogie.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt; 
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntdBfB615So" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 477px; HEIGHT: 289px" height=301 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/l2cf6ebc2a3d53a749786e0d83f93da0a.jpg?a=22" width=548 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;Click picture to watch the music video&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;for&lt;STRONG&gt; 'Everybody's Doing It' &lt;/STRONG&gt;by&lt;STRONG&gt; Mic Boogie.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The evolution of music has not taken full course if artists like &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;MIC BOOGIE&lt;/B&gt; are not assorted in the shuffle. Hip Hop emerged from the Bronx in &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;New York&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt; and spread through the world like a title wave. In its wake, an emcee was born in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Oshawa&lt;/st1:City&gt;, a city that lies 30 minutes east of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Like a molten volcano waiting to erupt, &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Ontario&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt; boiled with thick clutters of talents in its sockets. And adversely, Hip Hop became cultivated on the concrete of its blue collar localities. These are the same neighbourhoods where the icy sport of Hockey is esteemed as it coexists with Classic Rock music&amp;nbsp;where General Motors Plants paid the bills. That obscured traditional urban scenery was more unusal than&amp;nbsp;where many emcees claim to hail from.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIAGWKamfgM" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 547px; HEIGHT: 318px" height=397 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/l730546aca2d6b9bf54b22842acab079a.jpg?a=83" width=623 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Click picture to watch the music video&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;for &lt;STRONG&gt;'Good Look'' &lt;/STRONG&gt;by&lt;STRONG&gt; Mic Boogie.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;But rap tapes from old school heavyweights such as &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five&lt;/B&gt; leaked in a new sound. The ‘&lt;STRONG&gt;Boogie Boys’&lt;/STRONG&gt; would be adored with &lt;STRONG&gt;Run DMC&lt;/STRONG&gt; just alike and at a tender age, young &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt;Michael Lamourie would delve into a sweeping phenomenon and later bolster into Hip Hop recording artist &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;“Mic Boogie”.&lt;/B&gt; Soon, Mic wanted to&amp;nbsp;explore with&amp;nbsp;how the music was made. If white men couldn’t jump, one thing was for sure, Boogie was going to prove that they can rap. From basketball courts to football fields, discovering erstwhile emcees, Mic Boogie amassed some serious production skills and became&amp;nbsp;one&amp;nbsp;of Toronto's finest underground&amp;nbsp;lyricist. His talent ripened under the mentorship of&lt;STRONG&gt; DJ Rodney&lt;/STRONG&gt; &lt;STRONG&gt;Woodman&lt;/STRONG&gt; aka &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘Rod C’,&lt;/B&gt; and soon Mic Boogie figured out his style and began penning down original rhymes. A movement was born.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjmO50FI9U" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 548px; HEIGHT: 316px" height=329 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/l22b66fb1c5e6e7fabbbbd99f5ae2283a.jpg?a=22" width=507 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;Click picture to watch the music video&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;for &lt;STRONG&gt;'Black T Black Fitted' &lt;/STRONG&gt;by&lt;STRONG&gt; Mic Boogie.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The circular culture influenced province of Ontario&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:State&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt; time pieced as Mic Boogie collaborated with &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;‘N.I. Gel’,&lt;/B&gt; the front man for &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Pocket Dwellers&lt;/B&gt;. He commenced microphone checks at block parties and soon&amp;nbsp;found his self&amp;nbsp;toe-to-toe in freestyle sessions with rival emcees. Boogie formed &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Suburban Rap Lords (SRL)&lt;/B&gt;, his rap protégées and they dived into the city of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; to perform their original sound at local contests and talent shows. After many attempts&amp;nbsp;at making a renowned impact, Mic decided to launch&amp;nbsp;his solo career. Cars ride by with their booming systems playing Mic Boogie’s blend of 60’s and 70’s Classic Rock/Hip Hop with flows that were like they came from the masters in the 80’s. The beats thump gently through blood streams as you listen to Mic Boogie’s dose of reality and when&amp;nbsp;the music&amp;nbsp;stops, you are left calling for more. This epic Canadian Hip Hop&amp;nbsp;was nurtured by emcees whose versatility stretches beyond cultural upbringing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;So in &lt;STRONG&gt;October of 2007&lt;/STRONG&gt; Mic Boogie released his first single entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;‘Everybody’s Doing It’ &lt;/STRONG&gt;to the airwaves. The single charted as a hit and in 2008 his debut album entitled &lt;STRONG&gt;‘That’s Me’,&lt;/STRONG&gt; was released through &lt;STRONG&gt;iTunes.ca&lt;/STRONG&gt; and &lt;STRONG&gt;Amazon.com.&lt;/STRONG&gt; Off of Record label &lt;STRONG&gt;Costa Music&lt;/STRONG&gt; Mic Boogie is quoted as saying “&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;The main message in my music is to live for the moment, and just enjoy life”&lt;/SPAN&gt;. His number one job is to be &lt;STRONG&gt;a father to his son&lt;/STRONG&gt; and concerning that he was also quoted as saying “&lt;SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;being a parent is a give and take relationship just like music - you’ve got to expect to get back only what you give&lt;/SPAN&gt;.”&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;That’s Me&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"&gt; features collaborations with a number of popular hip hop recording artists including &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Michie Mee, Snow, KRS ONE, Chip Fu&lt;/B&gt;, Keelo Gramz and G Knight, Renny Holladae, Ellis Hall the 3&lt;SUP&gt;rd&lt;/SUP&gt; among others.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/l786df906a9d3eab75cc09a961261e2df.jpg?a=46"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;To date, Mic Boogie has shared the same stage with some of Hip Hop's greats, like &lt;STRONG&gt;Art Of Fresh &lt;/STRONG&gt;(Budda Fat Boom Bap Tour March 4-15/09 and Campfire Music Tour July 13-28/09), &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Joe Budden&lt;/B&gt;, &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Naughty By Nature&lt;/B&gt;, &lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;Beenie Man&lt;/B&gt; and Lindo P to name a few. He’s also been asked to perform at several large scale parties and events, including three of Chris Bosh (of Toronto Raptors) Charity Christmas Shows, and the Billboard Hip Hop and R&amp;amp;B Conference in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Atlanta&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. Also, he held down the stage at the Youth Day Foundation event at &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;Nathyn Philips Square&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;, in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; in 2008. Most recently Mic’s the new co-host &lt;STRONG&gt;of Roc Da Mic &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Toronto&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Weblinks:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.micboogiemusic.com/"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;www.micboogiemusic.com&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.myspace.com/micboogie"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;www.myspace.com/micboogie&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: silver; FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sonicbids.com/MicBoogie3"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;http://www.sonicbids.com/MicBoogie3&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.freddywill.com"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;www.freddywill.com&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt; &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/21/mic-boogie.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">222b004f-af73-42f9-b1fb-5832116abfa7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:38:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FREDDY WILL’s TEN MOST FAVORITE RYDES… guaranteed to leave a great impression.</title><link>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/17/freddy-wills-ten-most-favorite-rydes-guaranteed-to-leave-a-great-impression.aspx?ref=rss</link><dc:creator>Freddy Will</dc:creator><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Everyone has their tastes in cars... here&amp;nbsp;are mine.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;You’ve probably heard the slogan that goes something like, &lt;STRONG&gt;‘THE BEST WAY TO GAGE A MAN’S PERSONALITY (by personality I mean character, not wealth) IS BY CHECKING OUT WHAT HE DRIVES’.&lt;/STRONG&gt; Yeah I know, it's not just men, women too. In order words your pick at a dealership can say a lot about who you are as a person. In my personal experience I've found that, that slogan&amp;nbsp;is true&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;a majority of&amp;nbsp;people around the world. Women use it to gage a man's prowess all the time. In Asia, it’s true, it's true in the EU, it’s true in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; (you can’t even argue it) it's true in South America and the Middle East and I can’t speak for &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Australia&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; because I don’t know how their women feel about a man's choice in cars but I can bet that it's probably true there too. I also know for&amp;nbsp;a fact&amp;nbsp;that it is true in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Africa as well&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;This notion is a few altitudes above&amp;nbsp;an average Joe who buys a hoopty on the side of the road or average Mary who goes to the dealership for one car and drives away in another. By all means I do respect those who say &lt;STRONG&gt;'I don't care what kind of car it is, as long as it works and it gets me to my destination'. &lt;/STRONG&gt;Its important to&amp;nbsp;note also that, that attitude in itself speaks volumes about your character. You can tell a lot about a person's character just by checking out what they ride and how they customize it to fit their preferences. And just because someone has a liking for better cars that does not necessarily mean they're materialistic.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;Moreover, to be fair I must add that I think some of my female Canadian friends will probably argue this out more vehemently than others because&amp;nbsp;I've heard them&amp;nbsp;all use&amp;nbsp;the same&amp;nbsp;power stripping line everytime this subject came up&amp;nbsp;– &lt;STRONG&gt;‘I don’t care how much money a man has or how big his house is or what he drives’&lt;/STRONG&gt;. My impression is&amp;nbsp;my female friends&amp;nbsp;from Canada probably think that by refusing to acknowledge a man for what he has they're displaying moral standards ie; they're not golddiggers and that way they&amp;nbsp;can have the upper hand in whatever relationship from the get go because they have already eliminated your clout. Money equals power and power equals respect for many in other parts of the world&amp;nbsp;but I’ve notice that in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; having some money can be tricky if you're not skillful. I've actually witnessed many instances where the server plays of higher importance than the customer, for example. Speaking from a non-Canadian perspective I feel that there is&amp;nbsp;no&amp;nbsp;logical explanation&amp;nbsp;why&amp;nbsp;anyone would&amp;nbsp;want to separate money from power unless they wanted to cheat you. If that was really&amp;nbsp;the case then commodities in Canada would have been cheaper as oppose to them being literally five times more expensive. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;And in my twisted little head I have to&amp;nbsp;recognize that this is a ploy&amp;nbsp;because one, they’ve got it down with solidarity and two, if you wanna be the one with power, you must first disregard whatever makes the other person more powerful than you. Stripping &lt;STRONG&gt;psychological prowess&lt;/STRONG&gt; associated with &lt;STRONG&gt;expensive toys&lt;/STRONG&gt; can probably create an imbalance wherein&amp;nbsp;one can&amp;nbsp;have what should make&amp;nbsp;them more powerful but then not be as powerful or influential&amp;nbsp;because they don't&amp;nbsp;physically belong to&amp;nbsp;the elite inner circles that are&amp;nbsp;deemed exceptional.&amp;nbsp;Nevertheless, I have a set of cars that I feel will drop any jaw be it a Canadian who could care less or someone from elsewhere in the world who&amp;nbsp; would adore me for it.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 428px; HEIGHT: 262px" height=271 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/12522084066a00e54ed05fc288330120a54720ac970b_450wi.jpg?a=21" width=450&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;10&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;. 1990 Chevy Caprice – &lt;/STRONG&gt;I can’t believe I still love this car. I use to love&amp;nbsp;every American classic that was&amp;nbsp;manufactured in the late 60's, the 70's and the early to mid 90's. But then 2004 came and now&amp;nbsp;I don't want to see anything that was made before 2004. This is the only car that I would not mind&amp;nbsp;getting even though it's a 90's model. I'll take a black on black 1990 Caprice with spoke rims any day. It rides real smooth, its inexpensive&amp;nbsp; but still classy to a point where you can own one and fit in with&amp;nbsp;your affluent friends.&amp;nbsp;&lt;STRONG&gt;I love good handling&amp;nbsp;on a ride, throttle, less noise, low carbon emissions, less mpg, a booming musical system, speed and power to feel in control when it comes to my ride.&lt;/STRONG&gt; The handle&amp;nbsp;on the Caprice&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;incredible. If you know me well you’ll know that I won’t buy a ride if it does not also have &lt;STRONG&gt;wood grain, leather seats and power windows &lt;/STRONG&gt;at the least. I can do without GPS or Tom Tom navigation but not the leather, full power and wood grain. That's going with the assumption that you already know I&amp;nbsp;won't even consider a car if the engine was malfunctioning for any reason be it minor or major.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 452px; HEIGHT: 319px" height=1037 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/2010_chevrolet_camaro_ss_41600x0w.jpg?a=15" width=1313&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;9. Chevy Camaro – &lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;This is definitely my kind of ride as well. Its fact, spray it Caribbean yellow with light tints on the windows and I'm in. The handle is&amp;nbsp;sweet on the Camaro.&amp;nbsp;you can’t go wrong with this one.&amp;nbsp;A convertible will be even better for me. Most hard core Chevy drivers go for the 1968 model or something from the 70's but me, I want the newest one. I use to be crazy about the mid 90’s models for a long time but right now I’m only down with 2007 to 2010 models. I can dress casual in a pair of jeans, leather boots, a crispy white t-shirt and a vintage leather jacket and hop into this car on any day and the only thing I will be missing is a hot pair of sunglasses. Again, this is assuming that there was not that much snow or rain to deal with. Shoot, I definitely&amp;nbsp;think that the&amp;nbsp;impression this ride leaves behind is enough to get me through any&amp;nbsp;VIP entrance. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 447px; HEIGHT: 273px" height=334 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/0609z2008jaguarstypefront.jpg?a=9" width=480&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;8&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;. Jaguar S type - &lt;/STRONG&gt;Candy red, late model, special edition luxury brand. Maybe even a hybrid if it's available. Want my speakers to blast though, my leather seats should be sleek with good wood grain on the doors, steering and the dash&amp;nbsp;with full power. &lt;STRONG&gt;I don't believe that global warming can be reversed since dinosaurs didn't drive around in Hummers but I will do whatever it is to cut carbon emissions in our atmosphere because I'm a team player&lt;/STRONG&gt;. However, I prefer my cars&amp;nbsp;to come with&amp;nbsp;automatic transmission&amp;nbsp;as opposed to a stick shift. Back in the day&amp;nbsp;I use to love stick shifts but now I think automatics won't hurt. I'll have this car&amp;nbsp;in a four door sedan&amp;nbsp;with tinted windows.&amp;nbsp;Not&amp;nbsp;my everyday ride but it ranks high on my list. Won't want it to be a family car either. I want this one to be&amp;nbsp;a personal ride or maybe even my significant other's personal ride.&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 473px; HEIGHT: 316px" height=482 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/p90048510_1600x12001.jpg?a=43" width=980&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;7. BMW 750i v12 – &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;With all the talk about global warming and climate change I do not want to be the guy who is driving the sick ride that's making the hole in the O zone&amp;nbsp;bigger. But I'm not getting on the bus until law makers are not blocking traffic in thirty car SUV motorcades. This is class right here. I don’t wanna see&amp;nbsp;any car&amp;nbsp;if it was made sooner than 2004. There are too many early model BMWs on the roads, I definitely don’t want one unless it was pretty new and by new I mean a fully loaded late model 7 series like this one. This can be my solo for do lo&amp;nbsp;business car. Whether I have to discuss&amp;nbsp;business in&amp;nbsp;via bluetooth on the freeway or&amp;nbsp;make an entrance at a business&amp;nbsp;extraviganza where there is&amp;nbsp;valet parking, I will bring this ride out for the ride.&amp;nbsp;Not too extravagant but not very simple either. Burns low on gas and it rides smooth.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 491px; HEIGHT: 335px" height=693 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/dodge_viper.jpg?a=3" width=1146&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;6. Dodge Viper –&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; I'm an old school OG baby. As far&amp;nbsp;as sports coups go, I go for muscle and speed. Throttle is what&amp;nbsp;drives me wild. The viper is my all time &lt;STRONG&gt;‘me and my bitch ryde’ &lt;/STRONG&gt;that's sure to make a girl go oops like Tweet. Yeah I know, every big boy needs a Phantom or a Maybach but Freddy Will is&amp;nbsp;getting it done&amp;nbsp;with the&amp;nbsp;Viper baby. This will be my party ride, something I drive to a club or a lounge especially if I’m meeting new people and wanted to burn rubber and show off a little throttle. I hate family sized sedans that look like&amp;nbsp;the one&amp;nbsp;auntie Ruby goes grocery shopping in. However, this car cannot be my only car because I wouldn't want to be flying around everyday. This is the one I bring out on that special occasion when I'm meeting someone who treasures material things or when I make a power move. This is one ride that I can honestly say I've always loved with a passion.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 496px; HEIGHT: 321px" height=555 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/2010_Cadillac_Escalade_Int3.jpg?a=95" width=858&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;5. Cadillac Escalade –&amp;nbsp;&lt;/STRONG&gt;When it comes to luxury SUVs this one definitely&amp;nbsp;makes my cut.&amp;nbsp;I have to admit that my favorite Cadillac brand is the &lt;STRONG&gt;De ville&lt;/STRONG&gt; but I will go ahead and pick the new Escalade because it's a solid ride. Cars have a way of depreciating in value soon after you buy them so I try not to spend more than $ 65, 000 on one. I don't like to finance cars either. Haven't financed a car in almost ten years. Trust me, if you work a certain 9-5 and you need transportation to work or you have a busy family and you need a family car, then by all means do what you got to do.&amp;nbsp;I hate to have to apply for credit and then deal with the chance that I may or may not qualify for what I want. If&amp;nbsp;I want it badly then everything in my way is dust. Plus I see credit as a last resort option for a desperate emergency. I&amp;nbsp;think if you don't have the money to buy it outright and there is no tragic emergency pending then there is no need to apply for credit to finance a car. But that's me. The&amp;nbsp;Escalade is something that I&amp;nbsp;would drive because it is affordable, its comfortable and&amp;nbsp;when I have my own&amp;nbsp;family someday it will be roomy enough to protect us when we travel.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 526px; HEIGHT: 255px" height=235 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/lincoln_aviator_accessories.jpg?a=74" width=718&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;4. &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Lincoln&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; Aviator –&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; In America you will find guys who take pride in certain cars. One guy might say &lt;STRONG&gt;'hey, I'm a Cadillac guy'&lt;/STRONG&gt; and the next guy might go, &lt;STRONG&gt;'hey, I'm a Lincoln guy' or a Range Rover guy. &lt;/STRONG&gt;Well FREDDY WILL is a '&lt;STRONG&gt;Lincoln guy'.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;This 2005 Lincoln Aviator is in my current&amp;nbsp;arsenal of cars. This is my out of town vehicle. Have to drive to &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Canada&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; or &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Mexico&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; for a few months or even longer?&amp;nbsp;I bring out&amp;nbsp;my &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Lincoln&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; Aviator and make the run. Its fast, its safe, its not too flashy but it still curtails some&amp;nbsp;level of high&amp;nbsp;status. Fully loaded compact luxury SUV that has every feature in the Navigator including the drop down DVD monitor&amp;nbsp;and seating for seven. It was only manufactured for three years so it's very limited. This&amp;nbsp;SUV was made for people who loved the Navigator but wanted a smaller SUV with the same features. But once they hit the market many outside the States did not want to pay being that it's cost was almost equivalent to that of an mL 320, Escalade, Navigator or even the Cayenne. Many in &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;America&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; opted for the Navigator instead&amp;nbsp;because they&amp;nbsp;preferred a larger SUV. I personally like the the size&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;of this 2005 model right&amp;nbsp;here because for an SUV the MPG is not bad and it gets through the hoops. It handles like a custom made Jessie James motorcycle and the interior is plush enough to soothe the nerves of the most agitated person you know.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;3. Mercedes Benz Ml 320 – &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;This was my dream car in the early 2000's then it became my everyday all day ride at one&amp;nbsp;point. I will always go back to this ride. Handle, stability, speed, you name it. This five seated luxury baby is that all purpose ride you would love to have. Be it a business road trip, a gala, a night at the club or just something to&amp;nbsp;rent when you're in&amp;nbsp;Europe or Australia, this SUV is your ever dependable, high end capsule which will get you from point A to point B in style and swagger. It's a&amp;nbsp;Benz&amp;nbsp;so it would&amp;nbsp;impress many people right off the&amp;nbsp;bat&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;they won’t look low on you in anyway. I still won't touch anything manufactured sooner than 2004 though. This is something I’ll buy as a present for someone special. Yes I'll take this one any day, bulletproof it!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;2. Porsche Cayenne –&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; Another SUV that I find very appealing. This is the only SUV that might pry me out of my Lincoln Aviator. With the MKX and MKZ out there right now, that says a lot about my love for the Cayenne. I would basically take anything with a Porsche logo on it.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It’s not an Ml or an Aviator, and it's not very roomy in the back but the engine on this baby is so sweet&amp;nbsp;I would not need that&amp;nbsp;extra room&amp;nbsp;since&amp;nbsp;I ain't riding around with a car full of homies in this one. The Cayenne is a five seater, dependable, luxury ride that will work any magic you need to leave a lasting impression. I like my Cayenne to be paid off and made in 2006 at least. Be it to bag that that&amp;nbsp;stubborn chick from the library (not my Canadian female friends of course) or you&amp;nbsp;want something sexy for the fun date or a family/personal car. This fully loaded ride will impress anyone on sight and it will get you to your destination with low gas, spilling less carbon into the O zone and in style. Put me down for the 2010 Porshe Cayenne people, in Jesus name! Amen!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 486px; HEIGHT: 294px" height=657 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/1_aston_martin_vanquish_s_ultimate_edition.jpg?a=30" width=1141&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;1. Aston Martin –&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt; Believe it or not I’m not one who&amp;nbsp;craves a super extravagant/&amp;nbsp;very, very expensive ride like &lt;SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;a Rolls Royce or a Lambo for example. Yeah I might rent&amp;nbsp;one or take it for a spin&amp;nbsp;during a music video or if I’m on vacation in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Miami&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Paris&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:City&gt;, &lt;st1:State w:st="on"&gt;Las Vegas&lt;/st1:State&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region w:st="on"&gt;Italy&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, or even &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; for a little while. I like to be in control and the Aston is the perfect car for me. Assuming I live in a city with smooth roads and all. Sleek, moderately expensive and classy. Something that you might notice if you know what it is but you might miss it if you don't know what it is. Something I&amp;nbsp;can be inconspicuous with if I want to but still be recognizable&amp;nbsp;in a dignified way. That's what this car does for me, it gives&amp;nbsp;others the&amp;nbsp;impression I want from a car, it has a wonderful musical system, &lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp;s&lt;/SPAN&gt;peed, throttle, power, high status and control plus I won't have to worry about environmentalist storming the streets with a carbon emissions guilty call.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;IMG style="WIDTH: 283px; HEIGHT: 417px" height=795 src="http://images.quickblogcast.com/4/7/2/0/2/128744-120274/sample10.jpg?a=98" width=511&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;From where I stand, you don’t have to care how much money I have or what cars I drive or where I live at but if you’re gonna last in my world you better respect my hustle and have some kind of reverence for my hard work. So yeah I do speak from an international stand point since the context is applicable&amp;nbsp;in the majority of the continents. After traveling to all the places where I’ve lived I tend to look beyond borders and jurisdiction when I do my thang…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS'"&gt;So, that being said, I will make this confession… I am a car guy. Sure, music is my life and I enjoy writing as much as I love to perform on stage. But when I’m not being a CEO or an artist or an author or a blogger and I’m just at home watching ESPN or I’m getting ready for a hot date, one of the first things on my mind besides sipping cold beers while &amp;nbsp;packing away a big scoop of mash potatos sitting next to the chef’s cut of a juicy&amp;nbsp;prime ribs, you guessed it, ding, ding, ding… Its my car. Some cars are dream cars and others are&amp;nbsp;collectables while the rest completes my big boy status. I feel my cars should be right for me and not just&amp;nbsp;be trend based.&amp;nbsp;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Visit &lt;A href="http://www.freddywill.com"&gt;www.freddywill.com&lt;/A&gt; and click on the artworks of my new&amp;nbsp;book and CD to place your order now! Thank you for reading my blog and buying my book and my album. I hope you enjoyed it.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description><comments>http://blog.freddywill.com/2009/12/17/freddy-wills-ten-most-favorite-rydes-guaranteed-to-leave-a-great-impression.aspx#Comments</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">645ad55b-bf4b-4818-b10a-fef1132aca2b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>