Buddha J From The Bay

(Coffee House, March 2007)
On the third and final day of my freshman orientation @ Marymount College, I was having lunch in the cafe when a dude approached me about me being a musician. It shocked the hell outta me because I had only been on campus for less then a week, and people already knew my passion. But then again, as I would learn later, word travels fast around that place.

He said he was from the Bay Area, was a singer, s MC, as well as a songwriter and guitarist. I gave him my business card and we exchanged numbers and pounds. Two concerts in one week (The Roots and A Tribe Called Quest) and some good conversation later, Justin, or Buddha J as I called him, quickly became not only one of my primary music collaborators, but one of my closest friends @ The Mount.

Fall 2 Greatness, The Scandylous Flow E.P (Pop N Roll anyone?), to the theatre, to any other activities we got into @ school together, Buddha would be front and center adding his own brand flava to the mix. All the dudes respected him and all the girls loved him. It was cool with me to call him not only my roommate during my first year @ Marymount, but more so, my brother.

So as I'm waking up one early morning about 2 or 3 weeks ago, I see that I had a missed call. I checked my voicemail; and it was Buddha. He sounded geeked like a muthafucka. Why? Because he was now, with his longtime partner in rhyme, West-One, was working with The Iklectics, a local popular Bay Area based production team on the verge of blowing up nationally. Buddha sent me the link for the track the other day, it's called "Time I Cannot Borrow," featuring Buddha singing and West-One on MC duties.

I must say I am VERY PROUD of my friend. The track is bangin' and has the potential to make some noise. Boy have we came along way since those last night H.F.P sessions in Dorm 330. Maybe one day we can all be sitting backstage at Staples Center, about to put on a show for 25 Plus thousand, laugh about all those times. But in until then, the grind continues for both all of us, and the dream lives on everyday in our minds. Soul Claps and Salutes to you my brotha.


SicCitieCru- Time I Cannot Borrow (Produced By The Iklectix) (Download Link)
Download it and let it bang. If you're feelin it, pass it around, and let SicCiteCru you like what you hear.

And on that note... I'm out.