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‘The Hype And How It Fails You’ - 5/10/12

interesting discussion on my Facebook about this status update I posted;

“One of the worst and most dangerous thing you can do as a person is believe your own hype. Don’t fool yourself.”

You’re SUPPOSED to hype yourself up. No one can represent you better than you and if you can’t show enthusiasm for what you are doing, people won’t believe in you. Why would they? When I see no genuine enthusiasm and pride in what someone is doing, it makes me think their motives are impure.

Check this out; this cat came up to me, hollering and yapping about me being a “legend”. He gave a CD-R of his music in a paper sleeve with Sharpie-writing on the actual CD. (That’s cool. I can live with that. Shit, ALL my work CD’s are like that; I could give every person that hit ‘like’ or responded to this thread some version of ‘LOWER’ that would look just like that. No problem.)

Now, when he told me he was on a major label…and that “A” said this album is the best local album he’s heard since “A’s” own album…? My first thoughts were; “Oh, OK…so this raggedy CD is what you gave me to listen to and you want me to believe that someone at BIG MONEY RECORDS is putting this out…but THIS is what how you’re promoting it?

OH, and “A” probably wouldn’t say that about his own album…I would hope not, cuz it sounds hell arrogant.

Point; I coulda went here…

“Bruh, I don’t buy into all that “Rusty is a legend” shit and neither do you if you would approach me with your music and lie to me like I’m an idiot. If you were on “BIG MONEY RECORDS”, I’d know who you are or someone from your label woulda made sure I did. And you telling me, your peer, the dude you ran up on like you saw someone famous when I’m going in here to fax a contract for a show I booked myself to play music I produced, wrote, recorded, and mixed myself, that your album is the “best local album” since ____ isn’t gonna mean jack to me. Why don’t you just spit in my face, man…do I NOT live here…? Do I NOT have a kajillion things online? Google me, dude.”

…because he was believing his own hype….and the hype “A” gave him, which was likely as much of a lie as the “I’m signed to ______” lie.

…but I am cool…and I just wanted to get the REAL WORK I was doing done…

I took the CD and wished him well in his venture with BIG MONEY RECORDS.

Don’t play yourself. Know who you are talking to…and when you DO know who you are talking to, talk to them like they have some damn sense and you do too.

That’s all.

RR

#ATFU

#SHRUGLIFE #TBM #NAPTOWN #LANON ADIYM

rustyredenbacher:

#MakeGeorgeFamous #TrayvonMartin

LeBron tweeted this picture and statement today.

“@KingJames: #WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice”

Right on…

RR

Nice to see some pro stars get in on this movement.

thepoliticalfreakshow:

On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man. Zimmerman admits killing Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Three weeks after Martin’s death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.

Here is what everyone should know about the case:

1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin’s “suspicious” behavior, which he described as “just walking around looking about.” Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He called the police and said: “There’s a real suspicious guy. This guy looks like he’s up to no good, on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get away” [Orlando Sentinel]

2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the police dispatcher:

Dispatcher: “Are you following him?”
Zimmerman: “Yeah”
Dispatcher: “OK, we don’t need you to do that.”

[Orlando Sentinel]

3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman’s father released a statement claiming “[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin.” [Sun Sentinel]

4. Zimmerman was carrying a a 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]

5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando Sentinel; WDBO]

6. Martin’s English teacher described him as “as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness.” [Orlando Sentinel]

7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times]

8. Zimmerman “was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been dropped.” [Huffington Post]

9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Harald]

10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was “fixated on crime and focused on young, black males.” [Miami Herald]

11. Zimmerman “had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his gated community for aggressive tactics” [Huffington Post]

12. A police officer “corrected” a key witness. “The officer told the witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help, said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager shout for help.” [ABC News]

13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot was fired. “Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager’s killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a despondent boy.” [Miami Herald]

14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant’s son who was videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]

The Martin case had been turned over to the Seminole County State Attorney’s Office. Martin’s family has asked for the FBI to investigate.

theculturecollective:

JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN.

THERE WERE POSTERS FOR KONY 2012, PUT UP POSTERS FOR TRAYVON MARTIN AND GET THE WORD OUT.

SIGN THIS: http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin

rustyredenbacher:

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This dude is laughing to keep from crying. He knows he married a real dummy.

rustyredenbacher:

#TheTinkerer #ATFU

Click the pic and go to the iTunes page for my latest album, ‘The Tinkerer’.

RR

theonlydogvsraptor:

rustyredenbacher:

hessomoney:

RUSTY REDENBACHER (#ATFU) - ‘IRON MAN MONSTER FACTORY’ (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - ‘The Tinkerer’

I’ve known my man Rusty for many years now and I don’t think I’ve seen him as excited about a project as much as I have for the Tinkerer. This is the first video for the Tinkerer, and by the looks of it I’m not sure y’all are really ready! Yes it’s true my man did all the production, lyrics, and even played the instruments on the Tinkerer. I’m excited to hear the entire project, and I offer you a taste today with the first official video Iron Man Monster Factory.

My man! Thanks @amoney22!

#atfu

aromanholiday:

Not many people will argue that the villains are one of best parts of Batman. I thought this was an awesome tribute to some of the bigger ones.

rustyredenbacher:

#ATFU #Lower #MattSaysBOWIE

I been telling you guys about how David Bowie has taken over all the stereos I have access to. It’s been kinda crazy; for the last two months I really haven’t listened to anyone else’s work other than his, my own, and that of friends and people I consider my peers. I haven’t had time to check on a lotta recent releases because I was working so hard on my music…and listening to David Bowie.

I had a gang of catching up to do. All I had from Bowie before this was a singles collection…and I didn’t really listen to that that much. Obviously, the dude has had some major hits that I am very familiar with, but I never checked for his albums, despite having friends that I trust tell me to do so. I just waited on it, man. My pal, Matt, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in October of last year used to give me the BLUES about that.

When Matt and I would work together at Northside News, I’d take a grip of CD’s in for him to check out while he was making soups and stuff in the kitchen. He’d sweat me to bring in David Bowie albums and I was like, “Man, I really don’t have anything by him other than a ‘Greatest Hits’ thang.”, then Matt would give me the BLUES…”Bring in some Bowie, man. He’s got some great stuff…stuff you could sample, dude. And aside from that, he’s cool as fuck. Go get some Bowie. Get this crap outta here.” We’d laugh and he’d take off with whatever he thought was worth checking out from the pile of music I brought in. I turned him onto music, he turned me onto all KINDS of stuff, man. The dude was one of the best conversationalists I’ve ever known and an absolutely AWESOME friend.

Anyway, every time I didn’t show up with some Bowie for the homey, which was every day, he blew me shit. I would blow him shit about not liking The Beatles (smh, he meant it. He ain’t like them dudes.) and he would tell me what a tool I was for not having any Bowie albums but buying The Beatles’ albums every time they remastered, remixed, or repackaged them (he was kiiiinda right about that too. I stand by the last remasters though. Whatever…) It kinda became another one of our running jokes. “NAW…AND I AIN’T BUYING NO BOWIE TIL YOU ADMIT THAT ‘ABBEY ROAD’ IS THE SHIT, MAN. C’MON, DUDE!”…

(I just thought of this…if Mattie was still here, I probably never woulda bought a SINGLE Bowie album, just so we could continue having that to talk about, amongst the gang of memories we had and new ones were making every day. I mean, we played this ‘Naw…NAW!’ game for years. LMAOOOOOO!!)

When I got the call that my friend was gone, I obviously couldn’t believe it. You never can. They just ain’t supposed to go out like that. It happens though, man. His Mama, whom I love, asked me to speak at the memorial service. I had to, man, and I am glad I did. I was honored to be asked to pay tribute to my dear friend. I have been onstage in front of thousands of people and never felt the pressure to deliver that I felt when I was asked to speak at Matt’s funeral. It was a good pressure though. I wanted to make sure that people understood the man I knew and what he meant to us, to me…

Now, back to this Bowie thing and what this is all about and what is happening now. The day Matt died, after we all got together and started figuring out what the fuck was going on, I knew I had a new mission. My dude never steered me wrong, so it was time to pay homage to the dude. I knew to go to what God has always used to speak to me…music.

I headed to Luna Music and saw my guy, todd (his lowercase, y’all. That’s how he swags it out. #swag.) I asked him what the best Bowie albums were. I also had to let him know about Matt. We’re a neighborhood over here, man. We’re connected and we stay that way. We talked and todd offered his condolences (such a great dude, man.) and we went to the Bowie section where he put me up on ‘Low’, which was co-signed by everyone working. I copped that and ‘Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’. I had to do it. It was my way of being able to think about Matt without freaking out..and not only that, Matt was right; Bowie gotta TON of jams.

I just started putting together that my buying every Bowie album started cuz my dude, Matt made the push for Bowie, man. It’s like the last thing he taught me. Matt had a way of smacking you in the face with stuff on the cool. If he was gonna make a point, it WOULD get made. Hey, man…you have no idea how hard I fought the Bowie thing. Matt was Bowie’s last chance with me, dawg. My homeboy, Mark, tried. Chaz tried (that dude even did it the same way I’m doing it, buying an album a week. He was already hip to em though), nobody could get me to get into Bowie, man. I guess I figured it was time to stop being stubborn. Maybe it was ‘record-store guy pride’ (record-store guys sometimes wanna put YOU up on stuff so bad, they can’t let YOU be right about something they weren’t already up on. That. Is. Real. It’s part of the breed.), I dunno, but I’m glad I got over it…and now his music is always gonna be connected to good memories of a great friend.

Well, I wanted to talk about this ‘Bowie Thang’ and where it came from and where it’s going. I made this track that accompanies this post, ‘A Game I Made Up’, two days ago. I guess I’m already working on a follow-up of sorts to the album I have coming out on Tuesday. hehe. It never stops, man. I think it feels kinda like some ‘Berlin Bowie’ stuff with a bit of The Tinkerer’s special brand of whatzit and funk. I was just listening to it on the way home and thought I’d share it with y’all.

Alright, peace to all of you. Tell your friends you love em. Rock to the track. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s show.

RR

#ATFU

rustyredenbacher:

#ATFU #TheTinkerer #IronManMonsterFactory

We shot the first official video from ‘The Tinkerer’ today at the Daddy Real complex. Hey man, this might end up being really cool. Not to give anything away, but I think the video footage we shot should translate into a dope video that fits the song on a few different levels.

My man, Steve, taught me about some Shakespearean shit I can add to my Kubrickian shit. Very dope. We applied all this to the video.

Steve will be editing that joint and as soon as we get the finished version, you know I will have noooo problem getting it posted as soon as possible. Stay tuned to your innernetz for the release of ‘Iron Man Monster Factory’. In the meantime, click here to see a live performance of it from the only show The Tinkerer has done thus far…

This train is ROLLIN.

‘The Tinkerer’ drops January 31, 2012.

We make men, we make machines…

#ATFU

RR

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