Nah'Sun's Year in Review

What’s woody, grasshoppers?
 
I apologize for not posting anything new recently. A brotha was hella busy wrapping up Thick 2. My 2nd novel is hitting the press just in time for its January 21st release date
 
You can pre-order your copy of Thick 2 for ONLY $9.99 @ www.nahsunblaze.com
 
Aight, let’s get it poppin’

Chicago  

I went back home for a month to celebrate my born day and relax for a moment. Then again, I really didn’t relax considering I spent most of my time finishing up on Thick 2. There’s nothing like deep dish pizza from Giordano’s. Speaking of Chicago, it’s a shame that my beloved hometown reached the 500th murder mark for 2012. Let’s get it together, people.

My favorite vacation spot. The first time I went to South Beach was during Memorial Day Weekend for Black Beach Weekend aka Freaknik. I decided to go when the streets were calmer and peaceful the next go ‘round…LOL
 

 

What happens on the party bus, stays on the party bus

My first time poppin’ bottles at a club. Couples lounge in Brooklyn to be exact. Poppin' bottles isn't my style. All I need is one glass of get right and I’m good. I celebrated the completion of Thick 2 with Breuklyn and the good folks at Foundation International Sound.

My second time partying in Connecticut was fun. I didn’t participate in the lap dancing contest. Not my thing. Nevertheless, I did enjoy dancing and meeting people that night with the Bad Big Girls Club

I partied a couple times with Babs Social Club. They throw parties that cater to plus size women and the men who love them. The co-founder Gayle aka Ms Power Bosom (shown here) suggested I should throw a book signing with them. That’s whassup. Now we gotta come up with a date and rock & roll

Team Gator is another organization that offered me to throw a signing with their group. Much love…BUYAKA BUYAKA…their mansion and day parties were off the chain. Now we’ll see how wild things are gonna get in ‘13

The interview was a lil bit unorganized. I still did my thing, though. The hustler in me STILL got some sales and my point across in the TNT radio interview at In the Mixx Studios in Yonkers, NY

It’s a shame that the founder of Curves decided to not throw parties anymore. Curves were building their audience, and hey, I appreciate an intimate size crowd. DJ Larry Love (shown here) got tired of throwing parties and stepped out the ring. Pour out a lil liquor for the Curves organization and their supporters

What happens in Jamaica, stays in Jamaica

Aaaaaah yes. My first appearance on a reality show. It was fun. Check out the video below and skip to the 15-minute mark of the show to see me at work. Funny shit, cuz.

Aight, ya'll...see you in '13...(No Bad Luck)

Peace

Nah'Sun the Great

Book Clubs Are Liars

Ayoooooooooo

Book clubs flip on me for some reason…I got the WORST luck when it comes to book clubs either inviting me for a meeting to discuss my books, or them following up when they say they will

It got to a point where whenever a book club member say to me, “I’m gonna contact you after I finish the book” I automatically assume they’re full of shit

They NEVER contact me…9 out of 10 times this is AFTER they claim they enjoyed the book…so I doubt it has anything to do with the content 

Damn...do I need to shoot a nigga to get someone's attention?...Shit...LOL

I guess this is the way of the industry *shrugs*

I remember at a book signing in Newark, New Jersey 3 years ago this lady who was part of a book club was interested in buying a book…our interaction took a wrong turn on Weird driving on Awkward boulevard after awhile…this is how the last part of the convo had went:

 
ME: Feel free to flip through the pages to see if you like it enough to buy it

HER: It looks real interesting. I think I’m gonna buy your book (she says as she flips through pages)

3 minutes later

HER: Okay, I gotta go. Bye

ME: (looks dumfounded as she leaves without buying a book)

 
Me and my homegirl (my assistant at the time) looked at each other like “what the fuck?”…we actually thought we had a sale…that’s how interested she was…LOL…shit was mad bizarre…she just bounced.

Til this day that’s the WEIRDEST interaction I’ve gotten from a perspective buyer…it just so happen to be a person from a book club

I’m not gonna go on a crusade against book clubs…some of them have been VERY supportive when it comes to buying books…it just bugs me out how they never hit me up when they say they will…especially when they give a SPECIFIC time period of them hitting me up

You might say, "maybe you should make the first step"...I don't think I should have to do that when someone cracks open the pandora's box of a light promise...If someone is REALLY interested in a person, place or thing, they'll go out their way to get it...simple as that

It’s like people’s word nowadays aren’t their bond…then again, I am dealing with industry folk

This older brother once said:

"My word is my bond, and my bond is life, and I will give my life before my word shall fail."

And when you deal with any industry, it’s like people are walking around dead when it comes to their word

Anyway…back to writing I go…I’m out

Peace

Nah’Sun the Great

Lampin in Miami with a supporter from a book club

A Small Chronic Break

Aight, people

I'm taking a quick break from the blog...got some major writing to do for Thick in the Nick of Time

Some of you are hittin up Miami Beach for Memorial Day Weekend...CLICK HERE for a RECAP blog I posted awhile back for the Do's and Don'ts of Freaknik

'cuse me...I meant Urban Beach Week...heh heh

I know I said I'll probably post some pics from my time in South Beach during Memorial Day Weekend...I'll keep those to myself...what happened in Miami, STAYS in Miami 

We have enough attention whoring on the internet as it is...I don't wanna contribute to the cause

Check out my info below and hit me up

Peace

Nah'Sun the Great

Tips for Memorial Day Weekend @ Miami South Beach

“You don’t need to workout for South Beach…all you need is some money” – a chick I knew since grade school

I’ll get to the meaning of that quote in a second

Aight, people…Memorial Day Weekend is not too far away, and you know heads are anxious to hit up Freaknik…Ooops, I meant Urban Beach Week at either Myrtle Beach or Miami South Beach

I’ve never been to Myrtle Beach, so my focus is on South Beach since I’m familiar with that neck of the woods…promoters up north tend to promote their parties heavily in Miami during that weekend anyway

I might post some pics leading up to Memorial Day Weekend…but for now, let’s get down to the nitty gritty

Aight, back to the quote

Fellas…be prepared to come across chicks sellin’ ass…I’m not saying every chick in South Beach during that weekend is trickin’, but best believe a good number of them are…I came across chicks who probably wouldn’t trick in their hometown hit up South Beach to get their hustle on

Here’s a quick convo with a chick I met on Collins Ave

 
ME: What’s up, sexy? You enjoying yourself so far?

CHICK: Yeah, it’s cool

ME: So what you on right now?

CHICK: I’m here with me and my girls

ME: Cool…I wanna kick it with you tonight

CHICK: I’m gonna be honest with you, baby. I’m down here hustlin’…no less than a hundred

ME: (walks off)

 
What’s funny is that I overheard some loud ass dudes in a room across from mine chit chattin about broads stressin' them to pay for the wet box

Now, for all the homies who don’t live by the “It ain’t trickin’ if you got it” mentality, I’m gonna give you some tips on how to AVOID giving up cash for ass…let’s not get things twisted…NOT every female in South Beach are on some trickin’ shit…you just gotta know how to find those who ain’t on that

I wanna get that out the way before the lovely ladies start screamin on me for generalizing

The majority of hustling chicks loiter on the MAIN STREETS: Ocean Ave, Collins Ave and Washington Ave

Avoid those strips like the plague if you wanna catch you a good female without trickin

Hit up the BEACH and the CLUBS for the NON-trickin honeydips…I say the beach and the clubs because:

 
A) Hustling chicks aren’t trying to spend money @ the club…that’ll defeat the purpose of hustling, and

B) Time is money, and they sure as hell won't waste time gettin their lace fronts and yaki weaves wet

 
Plus, I’ve met some cool ass females on the beach and the club…I kept in touch with some of them as a matter of fact…the chicks who hit up the beach are the ones who wanna enjoy the moment

I even met a young lady who traveled all the way from London at the beach…LOL

The CLUBS you should hit up are Cameo, Mansion, Sobe Live, and Dream

The other joints are “okay”

Puffy had a party @ Dream where they let women in free…dudes had to pay a Benjamin to get in…needless to say, women dominated that party because you know dudes aren’t gonna spend that much bread to party in some club

Okay...I mentioned the women…clubs…and now let me touch on the hotels right quick

I stayed @ The Albion off Lincoln Road on James Avenue…the joint was dope…got some free breakfast tickets for each day of my stay…I grubbed on pancakes, omelets, turkey sausage, orange juice and some fruit...not that bagel and sweet roll crap that some hotels give out for breakfast tickets

The only bad part about the joint was the thin ass walls…other than that, the hotel is cool money

Luckily I didn't hear anyone fuckin' during my stay



Shout out to Nate, the desk clerk, for the hospitality…usually hotel clerks are straight up asswipes

Speaking of James Avenue, the other hotels/motels on that small strip between Lincoln and 17th street is hoodrat central…AVOID staying at The James, Cadet, and Crest…those are the bottom of the barrel spots

Oh yeah…The Albion had too many dudes and not enough women…another minus…I couldn’t hotel pimp if I was too lazy to go out

Most of the females I’ve come across and saw lounging around stayed @ hotels north of Lincoln Road on Collins Ave…spots like The Shellborne, The Seagull, South Seas, The Continental, Catalina and The Claremont had women galore

Loews Hotel is one of the most popular spots in South Beach, but that joint is REAL hood and they don’t allow guests…LOL

Avoid any hotel on Ocean Avenue between 15th and 5th streets. Ocean Ave is THE STRIP on South Beach…and trust me, you won’t get any rest unless you’re a bonafied party animal 24-7 

Ocean Ave in the evening

Hit up hotels off Washington Ave like The Clay and The Greenview if you wanna stay close to the party, but away from the chaos…those spots are good and inexpensive

I think that about sums things up…I’ll probably post another South Beach blog on a day leading up to the debauchery

One more thing before I breeze up outta here…there are MORE WOMEN than men @ South Beach on Memorial Day Weekend

So fellas…DON’T ACT THIRSTY!!!

Peace

Nah'Sun

Loungin @ the Savoy Hotel pool party