Eminem - Cocaine Feat Jazmine Sullivan

As Eminem says, "the Game is Like Cocaine..." Cocaine is a narcotic substance which is usually found to be addictive. Something that is addictive obviously causes an addiction. I personally refer to an addiction as something continuously needed to feel and function as normal.

In this day and age, you can really become addicted to anything. The Crackberry (blackberry smartphones), music, shopping, Sex, the fame with spotlights, and of course money are a few things that come to mind when I think of someone being addicted to something.

Eminem's song Cocaine recently hit the masses featuring the sultry stylings of Jazmine Sullivan. It was rumored that Alicia Keys was featured on this soul driven track but later found out it is Jazmine Sullivan.

On Cocaine, Eminem is actually rapping about the "music game addiction" and how it can cause detrimental change to everything that you have ever known to be true in your life, including best friends becoming enemies, private life becoming public and the fact that you are addicted to continuing to stay involved in this "game" after the change has occurred.

I'm sure we all feel the need to strive for a goal, but the question is at what cost? What are you willing to sacrifice to accomplish this goal? A lot of times we sacrifice things without even knowing it only to find out at a later time its not at all what we wanted? The question remains, what should you do?

No Love Video Premiere

A good music video embraces the song’s lyrics and provides a visual aid for the viewer that interprets the meaning of the song, but a great music video has the viewer rewinding the video to pick up all the double meanings and hidden messages.

The brand new music video for “No Love” Eminem featuring Lil’ Wayne, premiered last Thursday night on MTV and in my eyes, the video is exactly what the doctor ordered.

However, according to lackluster online bloggers like www.idolator.com’s Becky Bain, some people are apparently just too simple minded to understand the pure genius behind this artistic view of school bullies and how some of us find ourselves playing the role of the underdog on a day-to-day basis.

The video opens with a shot of a young boy sporting a black eye and then pans over to a scene that shows him getting pegged by dodge balls as he tries to fend off his bullies by knocking the balls away from his face, since he has no chance of catching one with three attackers simultaneously launching them at him.

Next up we get a shot of the young boy’s room, his walls are covered with Lil’ Wayne and Eminem memorabilia and extra attention is focused on the motto embedded on Eminem’s “8 Mile” poster, “Every moment is another chance,” as the kid hangs his head and sits on his bean bag, contemplating life’s obstacles.

After the sample of “What Is Love” kicks in, Lil Wayne’s verse begins and the boy is shown getting dressed after gym class as the same bullies approach him. They push him around, eventually knocking the fitted cap off his head and pinning him against the lockers.

The bullies continue intimidating and demeaning the terrified youth, but even though the kid has heart, he’s seen looking down at the floor and the viewer can just tell that he’s had enough of their cowardly attacks on him.

Wayne’s verse is very dark, which fits the scenes of the boy being portrayed perfectly, as he raps memorable punch lines like:

“I think about more than I forget/ But I don’t go around fire expecting not to sweat,”

“Ok you want me up in that cage, then I’ll come out in beast mode/ I got this world stuck in the safe, combination is the G Code.”

And:

“Be good or be good at it/ fuckin’ right I got my gun, semi carter-matic” (a metaphor that he’s “strapped” with lyrical ammunition/ wisdom to deal with his foes… not an actual gun, despite popular opinion like simple minded critics such as Bain may be prone to point outJ)

Halfway through Wayne’s verse, the same kid is shown walking through the hallways at school as the lead bully purposely bumps into him, trying to scare him, but finally the victim stares back coldly and the viewer can sense that soon enough he’s going to stand up to this non sense that’s plaguing him.

While Wayne’s verse is dark and portrays the gloomy opening of the video fabulously, the last ¼ of his verse is sped up and has more of an upbeat “I’m going to strike down my enemy” feel to it.

The viewer can sense the change in the young boy’s demeanor as Wayne raps frantically about not being able to keep him down, while the boy in the video fights back for his hat in the restroom of his school as the bullies try to steal it from him. Weezy concludes his verse with:

“You can keep knocking, but won’t knock me down, no love lost, no love found.”

At the conclusion of the bathroom scene, which ends with the young boy being knocked down to the floor after he stands up for himself, Eminem begins what is arguably this year’s best verse in rap, and in my eyes, one of the greatest ever.

As Eminem is shown standing in a recording booth rapping his lyrics, the young boy goes to his house where his father is shown looking at the marks on his son’s face from the altercation and seems to be mouthing something along the lines of “do something about it,” the young boy jumps on his skateboard and heads back to the school as Em raps:

“Man get these wack c*&ksuckers off stage/ Where the f&^k is Kanye when you need him?!”

The verse is incredibly symbolic of the upcoming scene in which the boy is finally ready to make a stand against the bullies, once and for all. Em’s lyrics have an underdog vibe to them, something I haven’t really felt him convey this strong in his music since the “Marshall Mathers LP” days, his wordplay and delivery are amazing and the director of the video does an incredible job capturing the power of the verse on film. As Em spits ferocious bars such as:

“It’s an adrenaline rush you feel the bass thump all the way to the parking lot fellow/ set fire to the mic and ignite the crowd you can see the sparks from hot metal.”

And:

“Till’ I’m toppling from the top I’m not going to stop/ I’m standing on top of my Monopoly board/ That means that I’m on top of my game and it don’t stop till my hip don’t hop anymore/ When you’re so good that you can’t say it/ Because it ain’t even cool to sound cocky anymore/ People just get sick when you spit/ These fools can’t drool or dribble a drop anymore”

The young boy is shown in a separate scene fighting back against the school bullies, punching the leader of the hooligans in the face and then shoving one of his accomplices, however at the end of the video it’s revealed that the boy was just imagining physically fighting back against his foes and instead walks past them now with a new found swagger.

Instead of attacking him like the bullies had in the past, stares are exchanged and the boy continues on his way to class, his enemies are now nothing but irrelevant chumps to him, their immaturity can no longer bother him.

Much like Eminem’s film “8 Mile” the video provides a memorable depiction of the underdogs in our society and how we cope with our daily dilemmas. Overall, it’s definitely not the greatest music video ever, but it definitely was an incredible portrayal of Em and Wayne’s lyrics from the song.

And nothing is stronger within the song than Em’s final bars of his verse:

“You’ll never take my pride/ Killing the flow/ Slow venom/ And the opponent is getting no mercy/ Mark my words ain’t letting up/ relentless/ I smell blood/ I don’t give a f&^k/ Keep giving them hell/ Where was you when I fell and needed help/ You get NO LOVE”

Keep rockin’ it Em, you’ve helped “Recover” rap and for God sakes, somebody FREE WEEZY J

Jay Z and Eminem- Home and Home Tour 2010 - Yankee Stadium

September 14, 2010 is a day that I will forever remember. I took the 2am Fung Wah Bus from Boston to NYC and arrived at 5:50 am in Manhattan, got off the bus and took the subway straight to Brooklyn to meet up with my high school buddy who now lives 3 blocks from where The Notorious BIG grew up.

After breakfast and a trip to Times Square, we headed back to his pad to get ready for the concert of a lifetime, the show that some hip hop heads have already deemed “our generation’s Woodstock,” it was the conclusion of Jay Z and Eminem’s Home and Home Tour at the new Yankee Stadium.

Walking up to the stadium, I could already sense the excitement amongst fans as they ushered into the venue. Two of hip hop’s most accomplished artists were about to ignite the stage, both of them Grammy award winners and Billboard Kings, not to mention the rumor that both had a few tricks up their sleeves, mainly superstar guest appearances.

The stage was massive and the stadium was sold out for the evening, scalpers were offering up to $300 for upper deck tickets right before show time.

Once the crowd settled in, Eminem’s set began with a recap of the past few years of his life in words across the Yankee Stadium screens. Recently he’s overcome a tumultuous battle with drug addiction and had a hard time coping with the murder of his best friend Proof.

His demons eventually led him to the brink of suicide and right as he hit rock bottom, he bounced back up with last year’s release “Relapse,” which was received with much commercial success but garnered harsh critical ridicule amongst both fans and music critics.

Oddly enough in “Talkin’ to Myself,” a track off of Eminem’s groundbreaking smash hit of the year, “Recovery,” he touches on the subject directly:

“Them last two albums didn’t count /Encore I was on drugs/ Relapse I was flushing them out/ I’ve come to make it up to you/ Now no more f&^king around/ I’ve got something to prove to fans cuz it feels like I let em’ down/ So please accept my apology/ I finally feel like I’m back to normal/ I feel like me again……”

Indeed, Eminem did make it up to fans this year with “Recovery,” and after his short story was told on the screens, he stormed the stage for the first song of the night “Won’t Back Down,” with his traditional hoodie nearly covering his eyes as he hit every lyric on point and looked as agile as he has in years during a live performance, bouncing back and forth across the stage.

After a few tracks off “Recovery,” including “No Love” featuring currently incarcerated rap star Lil Wayne, which prompted the sold out crowd to chant “Free Weezy,” Em brought up and coming artist B.O.B on stage to perform their hit single of the summer “Airplanes Pt. 2.”

Following the first guest appearance, Slim returned to the stage and did a few more classics including the chilling “Stan,”” the award winning song that really branched his music far beyond hip hop as he performed it with Elton John live at the Grammy Awards.

Suddenly a huge roar could be heard from the Yankee Stadium crowd as Queens’ native 50 Cent took the stage. 50 received a very warm reception as he performed “Patiently Waiting” with Eminem, his most memorable hit “In Da Club,” and later had the lights cut out in the stadium and was joined by Tony Yayo and Lloyd Banks of G- Unit as they donned glow in the dark outfits and performed “I Get Money,” arguably the most notable performance of the night so far.

That was until Dr. Dre made his way onto the stage and I thought a bomb had gone off in the stadium the crowed roared so damn loud upon his introduction.

Dre came out to perform “Still D.R.E” and then went into “Nothin’ But A G Thang,” with Eminem filling in admirably for Snoop Dogg’s verses.

Following Dre’s exit, Eminem went into current hits off “Recovery,” including a captivating performance of “Love The Way You Lie” (minus Rihanna) before going into old school hits “The Real Slim Shady” and “Without Me,” which about 80% of the crowd tried to rap back to him, bar for bar.

The lights dimmed and Eminem took a few emotional minutes to personally thank his fans for continuing to support him during the past few years of his life changing experiences.

He admitted that he was wrong in so many ways and never wanted to find himself in such a rough place again before the chorus for “Not Afraid” began echoing in and his best performance of the night began.

The whole stadium was rapping along with him as he confessed his sins in the hit song and reminded them that:

“It was my decision to get clean/I did it for me/Admittedly, I probably did it subliminally for you/So I could come back a brand new me/You helped see me through/and don’t even realize what you did/ Believe me you/I been through the ringer/But there’s little they can do to the middle finger/ I got a tear in my eye/I feel like the King of …my world/Haters can make like bees with no stingers and drop dead.”

“Not Afraid” live at Yankee Stadium sent chills down my spine, Em delivered every verse flawlessly and the live band backing him had him dancing across the stage after his final verse, for the first time during a live performance in years, Marshall Mathers looked like he was at peace. Eminem thanked the fans one more time and exited the stage.

However, the crowd wasn’t going to let him get off that easy.

Chants of “Slim,” “Em,” “Marshall,” and of course “E-MI-NEM,” ripped through the sold out crowd, the lights came back on and the superstar delivered his Oscar Winning song from the film “8 Mile” “Lose Yourself.” The fans went wild and I even jumped out of my seat to give him a round of applause.

A short firework show followed his exit, the lights went dim, and on a chilly night in the Bronx thousands began anticipating the entrance of the King of New York.

A strobe light shot down onto the stage as Jay Z rose from below gripping the mic and the thousands of fans in attendance began chanting “HOVA” at the top of their lungs as Brooklyn’s beloved emcee began his opening number, The Intro track from his “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia” album.

After the freestyle, he began a current one in which he rapped:

“Break a record in this b&^ch, HOV/ Hit them with that BALCO.”

Undoubtedly, Jay Z and Eminem were already breaking records with the tour, all four shows had sold out shortly after they went on sale months ago, the previous night’s show was the first ever concert at the new Yankee Stadium, and tonight was the grand finale, which in hip hop slang “would put up MJ Numbers.”

Jay Z knew what was at stake and what he was about to deliver was the most epic performance I’ve ever witnessed live.

After the opening tracks, Jay went into “Run This Town,” flashing strobe lights were everywhere, cameras snapped pictures, and Jay had the crowd do their best impersonation of Rihanna on the chorus before Kanye West ran onto the stage decked out in a bright red suit with gold chains and viciously delivered his closing verse to the hit single off of Jay’s “Blueprint 3” album. Kanye and Jay did a mini-set together as they performed their new hits “Monster,” and the remix to Kanye’s single “Power.”

After the duo mesmerized the fans in attendance, Jay took time for an interlude and spoke about meeting a legend the day before. Apparently, Jay ran across hip hop pioneer Kool Herc the day before and invited Herc to join him at Yankee Stadium for tonight’s concert.

Hova had the crowd give Herc a standing ovation and thanked the hip hop legend for his impact:

“We wouldn’t be here without you.”

After the acknowledgment of Herc’s presence, Kanye jumped into “Good Life,” the most colorful set of the night, as West rapped and the screens on the stage lit up like a carnival. Following Ye’s exit from the stage, Jay brought out legendary producer Swizz Beatz for Hova’s hit “On To The Next One,” before bringing out Slim Shady for their verbal spar “Renegade,” which was released on Hova’s original “Blueprint” album.

After the duo’s performance, Eminem embraced Jay Z and thanked him for the tour, with Jay responding that the feeling was mutual, then Em turned to the fans and once again thanked them for coming out, he was so emotional I thought he was going to shed a tear upon his exit.

The show continued with Jay performing a new single ft. Rick Ross, who was mia for the set, entitled “Free Mason,” in which Jay strikes back at those who believe he is involved with Freemasonry:

“I told you I’m amazin’/ Not that I’m a Mason!”

Jay rapped during the set, which included Christianity symbols portrayed on the screens. Shortly after, up and coming rap superstar Drake joined Jigga on stage for their song “Light Up,” which both emcees breezed through smoothly and Drake donned a Yankee fitted to pay respects to the city he was in.

However, Drake’s performance of “Up All Night,” ft. Nicki Minaj, who joined him on stage, was a little bit rough as he seemed to slip up on a few lines, but most of the fans didn’t even notice (guess I’m just pickyJ)

During his 90 minute set Jay also paid respects to a few of hip hop’s fallen soldiers as he rapped Pimp C’s verse acapella off of “Big Pimpin’” and demanded that the DJ play Notorious BIG’s hits “Juicy,” and “One More Chance,” as he instructed the crowd to rap the lyrics.

Images of New York City began to flash across the screens and the Yankee symbol down on the field was illuminated as the beat kicked in for “Empire State of Mind,” fans raised their cell phone screens and lighters, making the stadium look as if one big light show was going on.

Screams of “BROOKLYN!” “HARLEM!” “QUEENS!” “SOUTH BRONX!” “STATEN SON!” “YONKERS!” “EAST BK!” and of course, my sole “WESTCOAST!” filtered through the stadium as Jay rapped about the city that made him who he is today and dropped his now famous line:

“S%^t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can.”

However, by far the most captivating song of the night was when Jigga brought out his “wifey” Beyonce to sing the chorus for “Young Forever,” jaws were dropping all around the stadium upon the entrance of the beautiful pop Queen.

Just like in real life, they made a perfect combination on stage, leaving me to believe that true love just might still exist in today’s society.

Beyonce exited the stage and Jigga began to perform “Thank You,” before stopping halfway through and jumping into “Encore,” which many thought would be his swan song for the evening. But the self proclaimed “God Emcee” was far from done.

“New York City it sounds like you’re not ready to go home yet!?”

Jay asked his fans.

Everybody began throwing up the Dynasty Diamond and chanting HOVA, HOVA, HOVA, before Jigga responded: “For anyone who hasn’t been down since “Reasonable Doubt,” you can head to the exit.” Jay Z’s protégé Memphis Bleek joined him for an encore that included verses from old school Jigga hits “Where I’m From,” “Dirt Off Your Shoulder,” “Best of Me (Remix),” and “Jigga My N&*ga.”

Finally, Jay spent about 15 minutes thanking all the fans in attendance for a memorable night and their continuous support, the lights at Yankee Stadium came on and the thousands of people in attendance ushered toward the exits to jump on the subway or hop in their cars.

On my way out of the stadium it finally donned on me that I had just witnessed history and these artists are truly the voice of our generation.

To say I was inspired by the show would be a major understatement, now more than ever I realize I have to do whatever it takes to make my dreams come true, life is too short to not make your dreams reality………………………

Forever Young ft Beyonce [HD]

An Artist's Struggle: Talkin 2 Myself...

In order to be great you have to first decide you actually want to do so. The funny thing is no matter at what point in life you are, once you make this life altering, detrimental decision, the life as you know it tends to, if not cease, drastically change around you.

During this journey you will embark on, I have found there are some key points you must be aware of in order for your travels to be successful.

One is the fact that everyone can't be and doesn't want the responsibility of becoming "somebody".

Two, some people just don't want to see you grow because it means they will have to grow along with you.

Of course the bonus is other people don't want to see you make something of yourself regardless of anything else.

When you finally decide to take this long road to success, it's almost like you will be punished for wanting to better yourself because sometimes you end up losing your friends, your sense of self and the feeling of being alone starts to become a little too overwhelming.

The question is, does this certain feeling of solidarity suddenly wrap around you because you chose to not accept mediocrity and follow your dreams?

To me, it seems the answer is yes, whether or not its by choice, you seem to become ostracized one way or another.

One would think people would be happy that you want to be successful and not be a bum or leach. Instead you tend to get a lot of hate, doubt and negative feedback for saying you want to do something good/creative.

Once you discover you have a talent, it automatically separates you from the norm. The fact that you have a gift/talent means you can do something most people can't do (or do well). So the ostracizing feeling definitely becomes worse for artists because an artist is already considered to not be normal.

After feeling ostracized for so long, you might end up wanting to quit and return to your comfort zone where all the normal people are. At least you will be amongst your peers, right?

The irony is that it could be that you don't relate to certain people around you anymore because you are on to bigger and better things and they are stuck in the same routine from high school or a previous stage of your life where you no longer wish to return to. Or maybe we just tell ourselves that to sleep better at night?

To be honest, at times I feel like I am walking alone and cannot relate to anyone on any kind of level. And I have to ask myself am I the one that's crazy?

It seems that Eminem has the same troubles as the chorus on "Talking 2 Myself", from his latest album Recovery shows.

Chorus:
"Is anybody out there?
It feels like I’m talkin to myself
No one seems to know my struggle
And everything I come from
Can anybody hear me?
I guess I keep talkin to myself
It feels like I’m going insane
Am I the one whose crazy?

So why in the world do I feel so alone
Nobody but me, I’m on my own
Is there anyone out there
Who feels the way I feel
That there is then let me in and

let me know I’m not the only one."

Eminem - Talkin 2 Myself Feat Kobe

After a long voyage of ups and downs all while realizing I have traveled too far to turn back, I have learned that no one will share my dream, I have to walk my own path and there are only a hand full of people that will truly understand what it means to be me so I cherish those true to me and write the rest off.

In the end, you can do things that make others happy and be miserable or you can do something about your misery and make yourself happy. The choice is yours.

I honestly would rather follow a potential dream, taking a risk at solidarity and talking to myself all while creating the best art I can, than be apart of a pseudo world in which I have no purpose and am living for someone else's existence. Of course, I could always be wrong.

Eminem - The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna (Official Video)

Why is it that sometimes no matter how much certain things hurt us, we continue to come back to the same things over and over again? Almost like we like the way the alcohol bath stings the cut, it burns ohhhhh so good! Or does it?

Eminem tackles this dilemma with his new video called "The Way You Lie" featuring the vocal stylings of Rihanna.

www.vevo.com recently premiered the video for the world and of course I had to post the update here.

You're Never Over

If you have ever lost anyone, whether it be that person moved away, you had a falling out or even something as tragic as death, then you know the pain that comes along with that loss.

A lot of times, we never really get over the loss, but we eventually learn to move on. I have some significant people that shaped my life and sometimes I wish they were as close to me as they used to be.

Everything happens for a reason and sometimes those people need to leave in order to make room for new people. Actually, I don't know if that's true but it sounds good for the time being.

The fact remains that there are certain people I miss and for whatever reason they will always be special to me because of the time that they were in my life.

I will never forget anything that anyone has done for me regardless if I still speak to them or not. I'm appreciative of everything that people do for me because I know that no one owes me anything.

Eminem has a song I am vibing to right now that fits my mood while I am missing these certain people.

The song I'm feeling right now is called You're Never Over from Eminem's new album Recovery. I love the fact that he samples Cry Little Sister (thou shall not fall) the theme song from The Lost Boys movie soundtrack. That's Old School!

My favorite part is actually the chorus where Eminem sings, "The days are cold livin' without you, The nights are long, I'm growing older, I miss the days though, thinking about you. You may be gone, but you're never over!"

I feel like Eminem hit the nail right on the head because the saying "You're Never Over" is the God's honest truth.

As long as you have the memories and lasting impressions those people missed have left with you, you will always have them in your heart and they will always be with you.

To those people that we have lost, you may not be with us, but you're never forgotten and you're never over!

Eminem - You're Never Over

Drop The World...On Your Head...

I guess today must be my Motivate day. I usually only do one I'm Focused song per day but with all these motivational videos being released I have to share.

I mean honestly, you can never have enough motivation material even if it is being posted at 10:30 am on a Saturday.

As a matter of fact, I have been contemplating making a new mixtape called Motivational Music: Grind Season. I think I will, but that's another story. All those that peeps that downloaded "The Late Night Sessions" know how a "I.$.H. Presents... Mixtape" gets down. Ha!

Anyway, here is the video for Lil Wayne - Drop The World featuring Eminem. The two artists debuted the song at this years Grammy award performance, so you know a video had to follow soon.

Even though Lil Wayne is set to do a jail sentence soon, he is hard at work and I'm sure more videos will be sure to follow. Now that is dedication.

Lil Wayne - Drop The World featuring Eminem

*Lil Wayne & Eminem Photo: Kevin Mazur/ Getty Images

Drop The World...

Have you ever had a day when you woke up already inspired and motivated to accomplish your goals? And then things (positive AND negative) just kept happening to push you to work even harder to accomplish this goal.

If I may, I think I can do a run through of the occurrences going through your head...

First,

these situations keep happening, literally pushing you to the point where your ambitious mind leads you to have animosity towards everything.

Then,

you are put in a mind set were you are no longer motivated but angry, bitter and agitated if you don't finish what you started.

Now,

its no longer considered inspiration or motivation, its annoyance and spite that has been directed at everything including yourself.

Am I Right?

An example would be by you saying "You know what, forget that!!! This is some BS! I am ready to prove to the world that I am EXACTLY what I said I would be! And when I do prove it, I will rub it in your face all while screaming at the top of my lungs I told you so."

First of all, if you have ever had that feeling, I feel your pain because that is how I feel today. If you have never had that feeling then just be patient you will eventually.

The interesting thing is that, you should really never feel that you have to prove anything to anybody but yourself. It is okay to be inspired, just don't let your inspiration turn into a disastrous attempt at spite of someones negative ill will towards you.

My I'm focused song comes from 2 MC's that have had that fair share of "What? No, You Can't Do That..." Last night Lil Wayne performed at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and for the opening act, he performed "Drop The World" featuring Eminem.

"The top gets higher, the more that I climb The spot gets smaller, and I get bigger Tryin to get in where I fit in, no room for a n*** But, soon for a n**** it be on muthha'**** Cause, all this bull**** done made me strong muthha'*****! So I Pick the world up and I'ma DROP it on yo' f***** head!" - Lil Wayne

These are words of inspiration to say the least, and to be honest, that's exactly how I feel right now, I'm just motivated to do whatever I set my mind to and then after I have done so successfully, I just want to drop the "accomplishment" on the haters, doubters and nay-sayers heads.

But I have to remember, the reason I became an artist was to be remembered for my positive body of work and thoughts, not by the bitterness left over as a result of backlash and nonsense.

To dig deeper in my emotional midst, exactly two years ago today, February 1st 2008, my grandmother passed away and I think that sourness towards dealing with death is intertwined into my motivation.

Either way, I will remember to remain positively focused as a way to remember her legacy while steadily building my own.

With that said, take this song and use it positively by building your legacy and deciding to not let anyone dictate how you live in your world.

Lil Wayne, Drake & Enimem's Uncensored Grammy Performance

Lil Wayne - Drop The World feat Eminem

Do You Really Want It Forever?

Fame, fortune, Hollywood lights, and all the other things that make the "limelight" glamorous are the exact same things that turn into more problems, more stress and sometimes suicide (I know suicide may be a little dramatic but Hollywood has surely seen its share of celebs untimely demise due to the overwhelming pressure associated with fame).

Point blank, some people are not cut out for the fame and fortune especially at an early age, and although certain artist's "Genius and or talent" needs to be exposed to the world, the person on the inside may not be able to handle the pressure.

Everyday there is some new talent breaking their neck to get to the top only to find out its lonely up there. My whole purpose for this website was to find out if the life I chase is worth it? I mean who doesn't want to be successful, but at what cost does that Life come with?

I hear celebrities talking about they would trade all the fame, fortune and lifestyle for something they had before the fame. I myself, am at a crossroad, because I am on a quest to find that mountain top, but as I am searching for this treasure, I wonder is it worth it?

Is this journey to the top of the world worth all of the pain and anguish that you have to endure before, while and after climbing the ladder of success. If you were a regular Joe would you go through the same detrimental, life changing episodes?

I think about Kanye loosing his mother, T.I. loosing big Phil, Eminem losing Proof, and Jay-Z losing his nephew. All of these celebrities had fame, fortune etc but in living the life, they dealt with the shortcomings of fame by the money bringing more problems then they had before.

To break it down, I am saying, if they didn't have this "money", they wouldn't have bought lavish cars, expensive surgerys and have to worry about jealous and envious people trying to rob them of their "worth". Would they still have the lifelong family members had they not made it to the top. It sounds hard to do but these are things to think about, but not dwell on, because really all of those things could happen without having loads of money.

Without getting too deep, Drake has a new video featuring Eminem, Kanye and lil Wayne entitled Forever. Drake being a newcomer raps about wanting the "life" forever, while Kanye, a veteran in the industry says, I have this fame and you can have it back. Hmmmm, I wonder...

Drake - Forever feat Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Eminem