What's woody wood, grasshoppers?
Damn, ya'll...my baby mama 40 B.A.R.R.S got bodied by Brooklyn's own Jaz the Rapper...murdered 3-0 at the Queen of the Ring's No Holds Barred event in NYC a few weeks ago #NHB
For all you non-battle rap fans, whenever someone gets bodied or killed on stage, that's another way of saying they didn't win a round...not even close...they got SMASHED!!!
Damn...the battle was hard to watch, but don't get it fucked up...I'm still Team 40...
...everyone takes a lost in life, baby
It's how you come back from the L that matters
And on that note, Jaz did her fuckin' thing...I say no more...I'll let the clip speak for itself
My favorite bar of the battle:
“Your name is Carlissa, but you couldn’t lease-a-car” – Jaz The Rapper to 40
OUCH!
40 lost pretty, tho...shorty was lookin' TASTY in that tight as dress...real talk
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Peace
Nah'Sun the Great @ www.nahsunblaze.com
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
2014 Harlem Book Fair RECAP!
What's woody wood, grasshoppers?
The Harlem Book Fair was this past Saturday, and the festival was uneventful...I love Harlem, whether it's the history, the food, the vendors, the swag, and we sure as hell can't forget the LADIES...who I think are the best lookin' group of Black women in NYC
But that's another blog
Something was missing at this year's Harlem Book Fair
Without writing a novel about the event, I'd broken down my observation in 5-points
CLICK HERE to peep my recap of the 2012 Harlem Book Fair...
...don't ask me why I didn't recap last year's
Shit happens
Anyway, here are my FIVE honest thoughts about this year's Harlem Book Fair:
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1) You're stupid to buy a table as an author...
...unless you KNOW you're gonna make your money back and THEN SOME
I let newbie authors slide because they don't know better
I saw A LOT of authors go home with full boxes of books…you should’ve seen the looks on their faces…but hey, people gotta learn the hard way
Oh yeah, the "Is the book on Kindle?" question is a low key way of saying "I'm not interested in buying your book"
But that’s another blog
If you're not a well known author, or don't have a killer street team to help you with sales, then you're in for a looooooooong day
I sold books straight from my book bag
Even that's a gift and a curse because negroes love presentation, and they figure you're "bootleg" if you're selling hand-to-hand instead of holding down a table
I still sold a good amount of books to financially hold me down til next weekend
2) The crowd is dwindling each year, and I saw a lot of empty tables and spots not being used
Hmmmm...I wonder why (sarcasm)
3) I'm NOT there to socialize with other authors
I saw too many authors skinnin' and grinnin' and acting like groupies toward other authors who were more well known
This one reader had asked me why I don't wanna chat with other authors...
...and I kindly told her I'm there to MAKE MONEY, not use the fair as a glorified meet and greet
If I have a specific question to ask an author, I'll ask, but I'm not chit chatting on general principle
4) Too many window shoppers...
...not enough buyers
Book clubs are infamous for doing that shit...there's this one book club that traveled all the way from South Carolina to Harlem and didn't buy one book at the fair...shit, a lot of book clubs didn't have anything in their hands except sweat
Harlem Book Fair is becoming a fashion show if it's not already is
5) The ONLY reason why I attend the Harlem Book Fair is to use the event as a way to sell books to readers who are too lazy to order my books online...
...and to also network with entities that can possibly help my brand
Otherwise, I wouldn't waste my time going
Matter of fact, A LOT of people didn't go this year...
...I didn't see familiar faces I've seen from past book fairs
At this rate, Harlem Book Fair is gonna be irrelevant in 3 years
Real talk
...that'll be more interesting
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Peace and Afro Grease
Nah'Sun the Great @ www.nahsunblaze.com
Thursday, July 10, 2014
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