Tips for Pulling an all nighter (Making that money while listening to the Final Fantasy 6 OST)

So it’s 5 in the morning, birds are chirpsing, the sun is rising, and I’m just getting into my nice warm bed after working all night. Sounds like a productive nights work right? Well you’re wrong. 5 minutes after getting into my bed, my phone starts going crazy, *Buzz Buzz Buzz* continuously. “Who the hell is this, texting me at 5.46 in the morning” I thought to myself. One of my colleagues had a great idea, “Tyrael, wake up, let’s finish off all of the work now, it might be gone when we wake up.” Brilliant idea, YOLO right?

So anyways, now I’m here at 6 in the morning with a glass of orange juice, bedroom fully lit up, listening to the Final Fantasy 6 OST on Youtube while working. I’m guessing, by the time the music stops playing, I would have done 3 hours of work. My theory is… The playlist on Youtube is around 3 hours, so boom, lay back and enjoy. It could be worse I guess… I could be a door to door salesman, I almost took that job back when I was unemployed. Going door to door trying to sell somebody elses product for a commission. I have never seen the point in that, I just figured I might as well make my own product and go door to door selling, why the hell am I working for somebody else with no salary, that’s called slavery.

Anyways, the best advice I can give for pulling an all nighter; fill up the room with as many snacks as humanly possible. You will put on a few pounds, but it is definitely worth it, gotta make that mula. Second tip, find your favourite movie, or video game, and just search for the sound track. It’s like having all of the joy of watching a movie, or playing a video game, but without having to think as much. After all, you know what they say, it takes a whole village, to raise a child.

Hard work pays off (Getting the job done vs Lazy Ass Ninjas) Blogs and Youtube

So earlier this week, I just happened to be chilling at a bar with one of my boys after training. A couple of Jyaygerbombs, a couple of beers, not the coolest ish I’ve ever done, but this story ain’t supposed to be cool; it’s supposed to motivate. Anyways, we were drinking it up, when he turns to me and says some sh*t like “Tyrael, f**k my life, your life is so much better than mine!” Wtf, one minute we drinking, talking about moving to the two eastern European looking chicas in the corner, next thing he’s talking to me about life. This dude’s lost it. “Real talk cuz, your just a lucky dude, you got a good job, your Youtube channel is popping off, and your working with some decent names in the music scene now.” This guy is nuts, and he got me thinking about how many excuses people make instead of just working hard. For those of you who do work hard and still have a crappy life, here’s a random disclaimer…

Now let’s begin…

Aight, so when people talk about how lucky I am, and they wish they could do what I’ve done, it pisses me off. You’re reading this post right now, as I’m writing this my blog has hardly any views, I started it this month, hasn’t even been picked up by Google yet, so I’m getting dead views. Half the people who just read that will be saying to themselves, “what a waste of time, that ain’t getting you nowhere, why don’t you just stop.” These people I like to refer to as… Haters! I got those exact same lines when I first started uploading videos on Youtube, “Why don’t you get a real job, it’s a waste of time.” Fam, why does it concern you? If I was at home playing Call of Duty everyday, you wouldn’t have sh*t to say.

The first 2 years sure I made plenty of mistakes, but 2 years after that, I’m getting almost 1000 views and 10 subscribers a day to my Youtube channel. Ok my bank aint saying sh*t but that’s minor, I’m building an empire here, you’re either with me or against me. Ok, so when people say hard work pays off, that ish is for real. How can you get anywhere, when you give up because you see no results. That’s some dumbness, like 2 views a day isn’t enough for you, you want to start off with 1000 views a day. Mate, write 500 posts, put them all up in one day, if you getting 2 views per post a day, that’s 1000 views… You’re welcome. The joke thing is, I swear everybody knows this, but they refuse to believe it. If I said to you, “I’ll give you a million dollars, if you start a blog, and reach 100 views by the end of the month.” You will be like, “shiiieeeeet is that all?” So why can’t these people see that they already know the formula, oh yer, because they keep leaving out the most important part of the equation, that they some Lazy ass ninjas! Happy blogging guys :D

Bunji Garlin Representing Soca music, the happiest music on Earth (Good Vibes, Love Carnival) Soaka Special

So I ain’t gonna lie, I am probably the most biased person since I have Trini and Jamaican blood running through my veins. But I feel like somebody needs to put this out there, you just can’t not smile and have a good time when you allow Soca to take over. Carnival time in London is magical, you can be the most pessimistic person, but the moment you hear that Soca banging in your ear drums, something forces your body to dance. Your body simply can’t contain all of the good vibes, and has to burn it off. Just Google Police dancing at… That’s all you need to type, and the next words to come up will be Carnival. Nothing but love.

Personally, I feel like if we are gonna conquer terrorism, and war on Earth, we just need to make everyday carnival, in every City, of every country in the world. I’m sure terrorists and criminals dance too. I grew up on Soca music myself, but that doesn’t take from how much joy it spreads. I’ve never seen White people, black people, Asians, and the police all get down together in one place and just dance like nobody was watching, except at Carnival. If you havn’t been, ignore the rumors, it will be the happiest time of your life. Bunji Garlin although he’s been around since I can remember, he is a pioneer of this new school Soaka style. I don’t want to scare you away with traditional Soca, although it’s amazing. Bunji Garlin is bringing our humble music to the mainstream, and to be honest, I am proud of him. Keep up the good work holmes. Everybody else, keep a smile on your face, and meet me at Carnival this year, only 8 months to go until Nottinghill Carnival, jeeez.

Has Rap Music lost its soul? Hip Hop is Dead? The Lil Wayne vs Biggie debate

So I’m a long time advocate of Hip Hop and Rap music. Since 2005 I have seen article after article about how “Hip Hop is Dead!” There is no explanation; there are no comparisons other than names of artists. To be honest, my opinion is… Stop living in the past. I grew up in the 90’s, there were lots of artists before I got into Hip Hop who I hadn’t heard of, I did my research and listened to the greats of each era. Now I’ll lose so much “street cred” for this type of post, but realistically, street cred ain’t paying no bills. Respect ain’t replacing my 9-5. I have 2 mixtapes out, my last mixtape reached over 1000 free downloads, yet only 40 sales. That mixtape was Hip Hop and earned me plenty of stripes in the Rap and Bboy community (2 of the fundamental areas of Hip Hop). But did any of these dudes pay for my sh*t? Nope, mostly white kids from European countries (not UK). If I rapped over a couple of House beats, I would have probably sold 400 mixtapes, ballin. Before we begin, there might be a lot of points you disagree with, so here's a random disclaimer...

The Jolly Consumer

Here’s the thing, the problem with the state of Hip Hop isn’t down to the artists, it’s the consumer. Think about it, you spend 15 years of your life doing something that earns you respect, but isn’t paying the bills. These same people who aren’t buying your album then have the audacity to turn around and call you a sell-out when a different demographic want to hit you up with some cash for shows, and albums. Ching Ching, c’mon bro, you would do the same sh*t. So what if I have to compromise my art, and change it up slightly to fit the appeal of this new audience. If you were a plumber, plumbing for free for 15 years in the same neighborhood; then some dude comes along from another neighborhood and tells you “mate, come and work for me, you have to change the way you dress, but you will get paid nicely!” Are you really gonna be like, “hell nah, I’m just trying to keep it real, my children and girlfriend will be fine, they street.” Yer f**k that, show me the money holmes!

Hip Hop today, isn’t so bad

So all of you “Hip Hop” heads should be ashamed of yourself for even considering what’s in the charts Hip Hop. Sure the media refer to it as Hip Hop, but they don’t know any better. Why would you be butthurt over what some large corporations are calling it. If you are gonna cry about that, then Hip Hop should be crying over you glamorizing Rap music as the only element of Hip Hop. I’m a bboy myself, and in my opinion, the bboy community has grown in a positive way. Bboy is 1 fifth of what Hip Hop is, just like how rap music is only 1 fifth of Hip Hop. There are 5 elements of Hip Hop, but I don’t feel like educating you on that right now. I find it funny how these Rap fans are crying over real Hip Hop being overlooked by the masses, but they will quickly overlook every other element of Hip Hop. Slap yourself, the world doesn’t revolve around your definitions of what Hip Hop is. The fact is Hip Hop in the mainstream now is this party music that you have grown to detest. But answer me this, do you remember Hip Hop from the 80’s? It was funky, people would dance to it, the lyrics weren’t too deep, it was a get up and dance type vibe. Of course you had some artists who would cover important topics, but in general, people listened to Hip Hop, and danced Hip Hop to have a good time.

Do yourself a favor, find out where the next bboy jam is in your area, click attending on Facebook and go check out some real Hip Hop. You will quickly see how hot the community is right now. Get out of your little bubble, you’re one of the reasons why Hip Hop is seen as dead (your words not mine). Because you ain’t trying to show homage to Hip Hop, you’re upset that your old school rapping ass ain’t making no money from a mainstream medium that wants pop music, not Hip Hop. Hip Hop is bigger than it has ever been, you will find communities anywhere in the world, there are probably some Martians bumping Wu Tang on a spaceship somewhere.

Lil Wayne isn’t the worst rapper alive

We ain’t getting the mainstream back, and let’s be honest now; in the 90’s we only really mention the Hip Hop artists that we remember for being great. You mean to tell me in a 10 year period, you can name around 30 rappers who changed the game? There were plenty more rappers who at the time were brushed off as clowns, or killing the culture. But history never tells the story of the losers, only winners. Who remembers the big money makers from the late 80’s early 90’s like MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Tone Loc, PM Dawn? Oh all of a sudden that doesn’t count as Hip Hop right? Exactly what is going on now, went on then, you had rappers who were making money from Hip Hop who weren’t even doing Hip Hop.

Ok finally, if you want to brush aside today’s Hip Hop music as being all about Money, Cars and Bitches… The entire Bad Boy persona was about that. Loon, Lil Cease, Mase, Lil Kim, sorry to say it, but even your boy Biggie. “The back of the club macking the hoes that’s where you’ll find me”, so if this line is a metaphor for some real deep ish, please share it with me. Straight off of the most viewed Biggie track on Youtube. His lyrics are filled with these types of lyrics, although he also created masterpieces, nobody could ever take that away from him. I don’t mind if you have an opinion, just like I don't care if you disagree with mine, and here it is… You are all afraid to move on, you heard Lollipop by Lil Wayne, and Best I Ever had by Drake and dismissed every mixtape, album and feature that anybody in Hip Hop today had to offer. You will never come across a Hip Hop artist you like again because you refuse to give them an actual chance. To be honest, you don’t know what you’re missing, there are too many hot rappers nowadays to even list, but as for the ones who are recognized worldwide, we have Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Pretty much the whole Odd Future clique, Ab Soul & Chance the Rapper just to name a few. I challenge you to search up any of those artists and hold back from bumping your head to it.

Anyways, long ass post, much love and respect for everybody who made Hip Hop great, rappers, bboys, graffiti artists, DJ’s alike. If you disagree with anything I said in this post, unlucky, go write your own post, it will probably get more views than your mixtape anyway… It worked for me! Always remember, if you want his old s**t, buy his old album.

Social Media vs Privacy! David Cameron to Ban Facebook & Whatsapp in UK. Social Media gone for good?

So first of all, I just want it to go on record that my opinion of David Cameron is…. He is a clown. For those of you who have no idea what all of this is about, the leader of this fair city has decided that if he and the conservative party are re-elected, they will pass laws that allow the government to read encrypted communications in extreme circumstances. So if they suspect a terror threat is at play, conservative party to the rescue, via Facebook message intercepting. In other words, Facebook better comply with these dumbass demands, or they will be shutting it down in the UK. And for anybody who is for this dumbass law, here’s a random disclaimer….

Now let me explain to you why Dave is a dumbass…

Al Qaeda is a terrorist group that want to spread fear into our communities, and strip us of our freedom of speech. So what does good old Dave do? You guessed it, “F**k letting Al Qaeda take my people’s freedom of speech away from them, I’ll take it away myself”. Yer that ought to teach them a lesson right Dave? The main beef I have with this law is that even if it passes, what do you think will be the first thing me, and millions of others will do? You guessed it, “Google… How to log into Facebook?” and search. Within 60 seconds, I will be connected to Facebook via a proxy, badaboom! Now unless I, Tyrael Sterling am just a mastermind when it comes to getting what I want, and completely outsmart the WHOLE of Al Qaeda, they will also be connected to Facebook and Whatsapp within 30 seconds. So what did you really accomplish Dave? You just pissed off a whole bunch of your people, that’s all. By the end of the first week, the whole UK will be connected to Facebook via a Proxy, and most likely download a different App identical to Whatsapp. You simply inconvenienced us, and the terrorist groups by a few seconds, bravo conservatives, bravo.

Whenever I talk about the government, or political affairs, I instantly feel “Are our leaders stupid? What is their damn IQ?” I actually have no idea, my IQ is 136 which is above average, sadly a couple of points off of Mensa material, but meh. I usually keep those thoughts to myself though because let’s face it, that is a pretty conceited thing to actually believe. But time after time, I feel like my theory is proven correct, that I am smarter than them, especially when you’ve got Dave here trying to destroy social media.

I’m no expert, or maybe I am missing something here, but don’t half of the businesses in the UK flourish because of social media? Facebook, Blogspot, Youtube, Twitter… If you stop us from using these sites, sadly a lot of businesses in the UK will fail, which means less people in work. Less people in work means less people paying taxes. Less people paying taxes means, less tax funded military exercises. Less money going into welfare, healthcare, schools and of course our government’s favorite asset, the military. Somebody needs to explain that to these idiots because I actually can’t see any benefit of removing Facebook, Whatsapp or any other encrypted services from the public. It’s not like Al Qaeda have a private Facebook group and fan page called Al Qaeda. Could you imagine, “Hey Guys, should we blewed up stupid Kings Cross today? Lol” says terrorist 1. “lmao not today brother, I have to pick up my children from school, anyways, gtg xx” replies terrorist 2. No way, you can sit and monitor everyone in the UK, you won’t find anything, because a criminal won’t type it out in a message and leave a paper trail. They will find a meeting spot and… You know what, I can’t even be bothered. This is the dumbest law to ever set foot in this country, other laws are looking at this law like “how the f**k did you get in homie?” 

Anyways, that’s just my opinion of this whole little situation, perhaps I’m wrong. But you know what they say, Da-me los cables puente de batería, los pollos se han escapades! Which means: Hand me the jump leads, the chickens have escaped.

Approaching girls in big groups (Confidence Boost) tricks and advice!

If you have read my previous posts on approaching girls in person, or approaching women at a bar, you will know I am a genius when it comes to this stuff. Ok, maybe not a genius, but I get the job done, and I’m here to help you. Again, I have said it in another post, stay away from telling a girl you are an artist or writer when talking to them. Only 15 year olds will go for them lines, and I don’t want you to end up in jail because of me. If you remember me saying this, well when it comes to approaching girls in big groups, the entire game has changed. Forget everything I have ever told you, its useless in this scenario, anything goes. For those of you who don't want to forget though, here's a random disclaimer...

Now let's begin...

First off, girls in big groups are a lot less serious, they have a lot more confidence when talking to strangers, they will even speak to the creepiest of guys, its crazy. I challenge you to dress up like Freddy Krueger, and talk to a group of girls. It’s no longer creepy, it’s an ice breaker. Ok so since you probably don’t have a Freddy Krueger outfit at your disposal in the blink of an eye, here is how to approach this group. And a minor disclaimer, this is A LOT easier if you have a wing man. The plan is to approach these women, and do you remember the line I taught you in the previous post? If you havn’t read that post yet I don’t even know what you’re doing here to be honest, but it’s cool I forgive you, I will repeat the line…. “Excuse me ladies, can I ask you guys a real random question?” Alternatively if you are with a friend a better line to use would be “Excuse me ladies, can you settle a debate I’m having with my buddy here?” You are pretty much guaranteed a response. The only time it’s not guaranteed is if you follow them down a dark ally, or drive up beside them and drag them into a car… These are definitely nono’s.

Ok so you have got them intrigued now, “what could this million dollar question be” they think to themselves? Throw them the most random sh*t you can think of. “Who do you prefer, Malcolm X, or Malcolm in the Middle?” Now you have them in the palm of your hand, create an entire conversation around whatever question it was you asked. So if you were to ask “Does a spoon full of sugar REALLY help the medicine go down?” Chances are there will not be a unanimous answer, in which case you side with the minority, and give them high fives. Debate begun, enjoy! If by some fluke they unanimously unite, and give the same response. It’s your job to make them think, “Ok but if it does help the medicine go down like you say… then how come….” And you get the jist of it, I refuse to give you all of my knowledge in one post.

These are a few tips, hopefully they helped, if they didn’t, you’re not using them correctly. Even a mute could pull this off. Have fun with it, and remember… Super villains are people too!

Approaching a woman at a bar or club (Dealing with Rejection)

Good evening or morning guys, today I am going to give you all the answers for approaching that hotty at the bar. We have all played it out in our heads, what we would do and say. But in reality, the music is too loud, or she just isn’t interested, or she’s actually a man with long hair (That’s never happened to me though, let’s not jump to conclusions.) Most blogs will give you the generic list of be confident, dress well, make eye contact and come across as a strong man. Well I’m gonna show you how to pick up that hotty without being confident, dressing well or making eye contact. If you still feel this is impossible after reading my last blog post, here’s a random disclaimer…

Now let’s begin…                           

First of all, arrive to the bar late, NEVER on time, here’s why. If you arrive to a bar or club on time, you have to deal with the awkward moments where there are only a few people at the bar. Now if you are ballin, you can just wait by the bar for the girl you like to arrive and just splurt out “I’m about to get me a shot, and you’re standing next to me, so what shot are you having?” But if you’re not balling, you don’t want to compete with them guys, when you’re more advanced at this then sure, head straight into battle they won’t stand a chance.

So here is the fool-proof strategy to getting that pretty young thang. Arrive later, by this time the hot women at the bar have already been spoken to by tons of guys more than once. So when they see you for the first time 3 hours later, they will be thinking “oooo, fresh meat”. I dunno, maybe its just the venues I go to, but this usually works. You wait till the end of the night, this is when you can go over and ask her “Hey, why are you chilling by yourself”. Because they have already seen you, and you didn’t approach her earlier with the other thirsty guys, you have already earned some points, she’s all yours bro.

The best thing to do when you are trying to kill those 3 hours inside the bar, is make it seem like you are having the most fun in there with your boys, or whoever you came with. Even if these are a bunch of guys you hired to pretend to be your friends for the night, you make sure all of you look like you are having a great time. Nobody wants to be left out of the party, so you will have pairs of girls that came alone looking to get in with you guys. Works every time. One time me and a group of my friends decided to have a dance battle. It got messy, it got silly, in fact it got pretty amazing because we are all semi-pro breakdancers, but even our non breaker friends were involved. Once it ended, an overwhelming sense of “Any lady in here is mine” came over me. Now obviously you probably aren’t a breaker, but it wasn’t the fact that we were dancers, it’s the fact that we were having a good time, and others wanted to join.

Enjoy yourself, and others will want to be a part of your fun. When you see somebody so care free and enjoying life, you may envy them, but you also want to learn their secrets. Same sh*t different toilet amigo. So have fun with these, and remember… Chocolate is the devils toothpaste!

Part 3 coming tomorrow.