Thanks to Leigha Jennings (the toughest girl I know) for providing these

Young Zen and E to the Major.

Yardies. The lawn was DEEP.

In honor of Ghost, I was getting my Apollo Kids on.

Ok, so I blew it in a BIG way, because I assumed by boy Mike Kno that went to Rock the Bells with me would have a camera with him.  I have a crap camera so I usually rely on others to take pics and send them.  I need to get a new camera for real!  Anyway, my girl Leigha will be sending me some pics soon, so I’ll try to put them up tonight or tomorrow.

Rock the Bells was something else.  I could not believe how many people were at this event.  It was a total surprise.  I’ve personally never attended a hip hop event with that many people.  It was crazy because I was seeing tons of people from B’more down there.  I saw Black Classic, Face and their crew, Days Dirges, Ab Rock, ~C from Turntable Club, Steez from Steezpromo, and a gang of other folks.  Zen was also in attendance with some of her friends. It’s a totally different discussion but I have to say that there is something wrong with the radio and the music industry when you look at the interest in groups like Tribe, Mos, Nas and De La and they’re not getting the push for their albums that half ass, no talent teen aged rappers are getting.  Some can’t even release their shit on major labels any more.  It’s ridiculous.

Anyway, the performances were all great.  We mostly stayed at the large stage.  The smaller stage I dubbed the hipster stage, had Tyga, Cool Kids, Kidz in the Hall, Spank Rock and so on.  I can’t front, I fuck with some of that shit.  My guilty pleasure is that “Lime in the Coconut” shit and I did happen to pass by the stage when Tyga was doing that shit and I got my two step on real quick.

Overall, my personal favorite of the day/night was De La.  These dudes just seem fresh and into whenever you see them.  Their presence is amazing and they just seem to be having so much fun.  The crowd, including myself, really got sucked in and was just going crazy for every one of the songs they played from their 20 year catalog, from “3 Feet High…” to “Grind Date” they just killed it.

I was also really impressed by Nas who I’d never seen before.  I really liked his presence, his stage craft and his song choices.  He pumped his new album but hit us with classics and it was just a total party the whole time.

I guess it goes without saying but Tribe was bananas.  I mean every song was perfectly chosen, order and all that.  I think you forget just how many hits they have.  Really something to see.

My final stand out was Mos but I am totally biased.  Something about the way he is on stage has always amazed me.  It has to be his acting background; he just commands attention.  I overheard a guy saying to someone, “You know Mos is just such a great performer that he could come out, take a dump on stage and leave and I’d probably say that it was a great show.”  I might not go THAT far but the dude has a point.  Some folks are just that captivating.

Anyway, I am recuperating today.  Check back tomorrow for a few photos.

~E Major

What’s up everyone.  This are a steady moving along.  We’ve been sending out text messages, emails, Myspace and Facebook, etc. to promote our latest fun “Majority Rules” related thang-a-majig, RING TONES!  Right now you can get “Nuthin’ Nice” featuring Hezekiah for your phone by texting EMAJOR1 to 69937.  It’s that simple.  You’ll be charged $1.99 to your phone bill though.  Thanks for supporting good music ya’ll.

In other news “Majority Rules” received a glowing review in Baltimore’s City Paper this week.  The review was written by Brandon Soderburg of the blog No Trivia, where he also posted the review.  It’s also on the City Paper’s website.  So far the critics have really taken a liking to the album and I couldn’t be more pleased with the response.  Reading Brandon’s review I feel like he really got the album and as an artist that’s a really cool thing.

This weekend I’ll be performing for some young souls at Park Heights Community Center along with Sean Toure as a part of a Hip Hop seminar that he does for the kiddies.

For those itching for their fix of real deal, straight no chaser Hip Hop, the above flier is for a show I’m a part of next month with LA’s Blu and Exile as the headliners and myself, E.T. and Action Figures opening up.  It’s all brought to you by P Funk and Solsource and promises to be a great night of Hip Hop.

Thanks for hanging in there with us as we get busier and busier.  And please stop over to the store and pick something up to support your favorite independent rap label.

One,

~E Major

What up world, this is E Major once again. The above picture is from when Zen went to London and France and was posting up Under Sound heavy. I just wanted to give you all a little update on this beautiful Wednesday afternoon.

First and foremost you might notice down on the right that we have links to our Facebook and Myspace pages. Please link up with us so we can be all friendly and whatnot. That’s where a lot of people have found out about us so the social networking scene has definitely been good to us.

Also, just yesterday our boy Kev Brown (sidenote: pick up the joint he has with LMNO) wrote about Majority Rules in his blog. We really appreciate that because we know the respect that a cat like Kev gets and we know that a cosign from him can definitely bring some attention our way. (Thanks Kev!)

There are some other things on the horizon but I don’t want to speak on anything that isn’t concrete. Just make sure you download the album (the physical CD’s are here for those that want them and we’ll have the store operational soon so you can get them as well as your Maj Rules T shirts) and make sure you get on the mailing list and be our friends on Myspace and Facebook. The video for the second single “Make It” shouldn’t be TOO far off from getting done and we’re going to do a special viewing party here in B’more for those that are on the mailing list and press and whatnot. Make sure you check back for that in the coming weeks.

As always, thank you all for the inspiration to keep on with this music stuff. Feel free to pass the album around. We are not gonna send the Federales after you.

Peace,

~E Major