So, an old friend of mine from Chicago calls me up and asks me if i remember a name of this specific track from like seven years ago.  It was a track off of a mix cd that i would make my friends. At the time (seven years ago) I was introduced to underground Hip Hop and I was all into it, all i would do is dig and dig for music.  This was around the same time when like high speed internet was fairly new like not to many people had high speed. So it was my first year in college at the dorms - big up SIU - and i had access to high speed internet so I was downloading like crazy all this UNDERGROUND HIP HOP such as Atmosphere, Dose One, Sage Francis, Josh Martinez, Heiro, Living Legends and so many more. While I was being educated in this new form of music - to me it was - my friends back home were still listening to mainstream so i would make them mix cd’s of all these underground artists.

Seven years later my boy Brian (What up Dog!!) hits me up and he’s like: “Whats the name of that track man, It sounds all futuristic and outerspace”, once he said that i knew it was Zion I - Silly puddy.  When i first heard this track I thought Future and outer space so i didn’t even bother to dig up old tracks and research to figure out what track it was cause i knew this was the track.
So if you guys don’t know this track, you are missing out. This track is a gem a must have in your music library. I used to love to burn one down and zone out to this track.

Its Zion I hip hop duo from, Oakland, California, consisting of Producer DJ AmpLive and MC Zumbi teaming up with rapper The Grouch from the Living Legends.  The Track is called Silly Puddy off the Mind Over Matter album. One of my all time faves.  Brian Ken G turn your stereos up and reminisce on the old days, this one brings us back.

Listen Here

LYRICS

I been dead. Yeah yeah, We been Coming back to the site saying we gonna keep the posts consistent on and off. This is prob are third attempt, saying that we are gonna do something new and stick with it.

So for this post i dunno… we’ll try to keep it consistent, those who are close, you know me, I’m like wallstreet. You can’t predict me. But anyways i came across this video by Lupe Fiasco, and you know how much i love chicago being that i am from the Chi, well this video “Hip Hop saved my life” is filmed in Houston having many cameo’s from many different rappers from the H. The song is actually inspired because of a trip Lupe took to Houston one time. Lupe was shown madd love from Slim Thug and his wife, Slim picked Lupe from Bush airport and took him around town and treated him with the famous “southern hospitality”. Lupe said out of all his traveling Houston was the only city that he ever experienced this kind of hospitality.

So big up to the city i’m in…. Houston to Chicago connection… “What goes up must come down” - Rocko

Enjoy the Video

“The icing in life is’nt anything with out the cake.” - dj kosuri

For the past 10 years of my life it has revolved around music.
Starting at an early age of industry influence/ practice/ mixed with
the personal discovery of creativity, I was basically born into a life
labled “artist”. Every artist that I have come into network with, all
understand the competative field that we are faced with and the dreams
we fixate in our brains like clockwork- all day everyday. Today I had
an epiphany and I would like to share it with each and everyone who
has a passion in life.

Imagine yourself in a bakery and you are faced with a variety of cakes
to choose from, this represents the foundation of your life/ the roots
of your personality and morals. Friends, family and those you surround
yourself with are the topings and this creates a proper representation
of YOU.

Now your passion is the icing. The rewards of satisfaction and bliss
come from this particular addition to the cake. This is where my story
begins:

For the past 2 and half years I suffer from Musician desease, all my
artist throw ya hands up! Basically, all i think about is music. Wake
up music, School and how it applys to music, everything around me I
immediately relate it to music. Now this is not wrong, matter of fact
its a beautiful thing; when it starts to become a sickness is when
nothing else around the icing.. matters anymore. I have been a very
selfish individual for a while now and why did I come to this
conclusion? Simply because I lost someone dear to me, someone who
cared, someone who wanted to be there.

I did not tend to my cake well and all I thought about was me me me
and my music. muSICK more like it. Long story short, I found myself
not caring about my education for its intial purpose, I hardly saw my
family and my relationships with my friends revolved around music. I
take examples from those with more experience then me and apply it to
my life and i refuse to be sad and frustrated- a martyr for music. If
i love the icing then the icing should love me back right? In life we
need a full cake filled with life and strong beliefs, structure and
organization. If we don’t have these things then that icing is worth
nothing. (proven through lonely depaired lives of artist and
entertainers) I am tired of going to a place out of town and not
enjoying my company and the food that i taste there because I am too
busy thinking about whether a show would be good there/ promotions. I
am an entrapaneur at heart and today I realized to maximize my profits
by utilizing my time wisely. No this does’nt mean do less work. No
this does’nt mean rocko is going to be less ambitious. What it means
is to work smarter and life fuller. The way to do this, I personaly
think is by creating opportunities with BIGGER IMPACT. With this I
would have the time and energy to attend to what really matters to me:
life

to be continued.

Thursday night me and Rocko we just chillin after a night out. He gets on the net and I start to cook it up, my famous Quesadillas. Rocko gets an instant message from local Houston DJ and Prouducer Mark Q. to check out this link. Rocko clicks and goes, “whoa come check this out” and we’re like “whoa!!! Lets remix this, now!!!”. The link Rocko went to was a YouTube video of recent American Idol Audition contestant - Renaldo Lapuz.

Renaldo Lapuz share common interests and characteristics with your fellow MiddleMan Rocko. They are both of Filipino decent, both love music, both musically gifted, both humble and they both believe in the MMA motto - Show Humility, Do the Actions, then get Respect.

Rocko was a bit inspired by Renaldo. So he got to work, went into his network and contacted all producers. Mind you not this was at 4am. No one responded until later that morning. Mark Q stepped to the table and broke it with this fresh beat. Big ups!! Quizon on the promptness. Rocko got his lyrics together and mixed it up with local Houston producer Potential from Killing Time Productions.
We had the idea (the Renaldo video), came up with a concept (to make a song), went into the network and got a producer, did the actions (mixed/created track) and it all equaled to what we have now Rocko - We’re Brothers Forever remix. ft. Renaldo Lapuz

Audition

Rocko Remix

Humility_Actions_Respect

so the the new years have passed and goals have been set, yesterday was the first day of classes again. I got my back pack stuffed and my class schedule in my hand, I find myself thinking about the past of moms buying me new shoes and standing in line for the yearly school supplies. Times has changed and responsibility has increased– I find myself walking in the path with my future in my hands. Well into a marketing degree, I walk into my classes with a hunger for knowledge and take a look at the new faces– a new room full of contacts and networks.

The Middlemen Army being a networking organization, communication is my speciality. Marketing being my major, I sit there for the first 5 minites wondering why everyone is soo quiet and seem soo nervous. Is it that no one wants to be there or is it ironic for me to say a room full of marketing majors lacking communication skills. This is what i want to discuss.

College to me is a place packed with future workers of society, do yourself a favor and MEET THE FUTURE. So I blurt out the question, “How was everyones New years?” and introduce myself to the group that sits next to me. Before you know it everyone is conversating and the classroom is much more lively.

In a nutshell, we as human beings have a element of comfort and when we are faced with a situation where we are surrounded by people we do not know we are on defense naturally. Everyone is a middleman in life, and you never know who you’ll meet– a new friend, buisness partner, “hookup”, or even a new significant other. 08 is fresh and the more connected you are the better off you’ll be.

step outside of your element ladies and gents. Before you know it, you’ll find it almost second nature and more opportunies will come knocking at your door.

“imma middleman, a verteran, a general a scholar/ never hesitate to holler my honor is wrapped around my armor/ ready to battle ready to live ready make the world go round… lets get them dollars” -from my new song “5 stars”

sincerly,

rocko

ROCKO MUSIC

New for 2008, Ice Cube releases his first single to come off his next album. Ice Cube puts his foot down on this track and says Yo, i’m still gangsta!!, i still got it (this rap game) and i’m gonna rap about what i’m concerned with on whats going on in our environment.

Its been a while since we’ve heard from Cube on the music end, he’s been all hollywood following his other passion of movie directing and acting. He’s also got an online business venture that he introduced on 106th and Park, similar to YouTube. UVN-TV, its a multi-channel real-time streaming Internet TV network and online community. Users can watch TV channels setup by different users, artists, and companies that feature unique and network TV content. Anyways this track has got a message and its really in your face, to me, its like topics that we leave unspoken. Its like when something bad happens to you and nobody brings it up because they don’t want to bring up the tension that comes with it. The video paints the track perfectly. This track and video could bring a lot of tension. We’ll see how big this song gets……

Song produced by MAESTRO (Producer of Lil Waynes Prostitute)

New year calls for new look.

After a fan approached me with the idea of updating my myspace because it has been getting more traffic. The official rocko myspace was created.

i need to really work on updating the site for you all and responding back to the messages. Please bare with me, I got you.

This year will be much much more professional ladies and gentlemen. props to JBempire

Myspace after surgury

So i been out of the scoop of posting the blogs, its because of the Holiday season and birthdays. If you don’t know I got a big family, i mean big really big. God has blessed me with multiple families and they are all big. I am one of eight siblings and all my siblings have families. So you can imagine a family gathering, we literally do not have to invite any outsiders, all we need is family.

First off i’d like to thank God for the opportunity to bring down family members so we can all spend the holiday’s together as one family and I thank God for another year.

So yeah my holiday’s were family oriented and lots of fun, Christmas was crazy, the giving to the kids, and watching them go crazy over their gifts. Good food thanks to “Ima” and “Mil”. New years was dope, popping fireworks at the farm, chilling with family, playing poker and seeing the kids wild out for the rain.

Holiday’s over!! Lets get on to ‘08!!!!

Pictures captured were from the Maniego side, but Big ups to the Borda & Santibanez Family. Love you all.

The Siblings

The Kids - New Generation


MONEY MONEY - Hand em out!!

Nicole with Her New Care Bear

Kyle looking Burnt out

NEW YEARS FUN FOR THE KIDS

So today being the first an official week after the holidays– we throw away the gift wrap and sweeping away the fireworks. As the smoke clears, we step on the scale and wiegh our our life the resolutions are once again on our minds. My personal goal is expose the best version of myself, i used a close friend of mines resolution and applyed it as my own– i found it to be very admiral and the best thing u can reach for as a human.

Lets take a look at what the top 10 general resolutions of america:

1) Spend More Time with Family and Friends. 2) Fit in Fitness

3) Tame the bulge         4) Quit Smoking

5) Enjoy Life More         6) Quit Drinking

7) Get Out of Debt        Learn Somthing New

9) Help Others             10) Get Organized

 Everyone should face themselves in the mirror and really reflect in a realistic manner. Consistency, habitual, motivation= actions…done dotta

like one of my closest family told me b4…wisdom:

“a lyric isnt anything for an emcee unless its recorded….”= dj kevon

so pop a bottle light a L, and cheers to all your resolutions and to the ones not completed in the past. its a new year. heres to change! pour it out, drink it up and smash the damn thang.

imma middleman and imma general_

 Love, rocko
 

So i just got a BlackBerry Curve 8320, I’m officially quote on quote an official business Man - I am now welcomed to the real world - David Breaux… “Nah I’m talkin bout” So yeah, I’m pretty busy getting “connected” so i’m gonna rip this post from a friend of mine who also has a Curve.
Real World -SAP- HERE I COME!!!!

Taken from www.tobeageek.com

The new Blackberry Curve 8320 from T-Mobile has a little bit of everything. First off, I want to say that Blackberry is no longer for just business email enthusiast. Some of the newest Blackberry phones offer a wide range of multimedia programs and services. When unboxing the 8320 the first thing that struck me is how small it actually is. The phones measures:

Height: 4.2″
Width: 2.4″
Depth: .6″

The phone fits amazingly well in your hand. While it is small, the layout of the keys and pearl (trackball) make it very easy to type quickly and navigate easily. I have not has any issues with miss pressing keys when typing a quick sms. The keyboard is full QWERTY style with 2 items per key. The only negative I found on the keyboard was that the alt (shift) button is a bit small and makes it hard to type numbers but this is something every user will get use to after just a few days use.

The trackball navigation was originally adapted in the Blackberry Pearl but has since become the standard on most new models. Being a previous longtime user of the old click wheel, I find the trackball to be a nice change. It makes it much easier to navigate some of the more advanced programs (BB Maps and Google Maps Mobile.)

The in phone program package is very good on this phone. Some of the programs I have found useful so far are the Calculator, BB Maps, Instant Messenger (which works will all major online IM clients), Alarm Clock, and Media Manager. Another positive is that BB has all its phones open to easily install a wide range of third party programs. Google offers a wide range of mobile services (Gmail, Search, Youtube.) There are also many websites that offer free BB software. There are programs for everything, Stocks, Weather, Sports Scores, News, … Some of these third party apps are better then others so do your research. I recommend visiting Blackberry Forums where you can discuss any and everything Blackberry.

The 8320 offers a brand new never before seen feature that no other Blackberry has to offer. The New Blackberry 8320 offers Wi-Fi. Well that is not that special you might say but this is one of the first phones to offer T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling. Yes that is right, this phone can make Wi-Fi calls. If your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the 8320 will automatically start making calls over the network instead of the cell tower. This will allow people to save lots of minutes as well as allow access to making calls on your phone when you have no reception. I have personally played with the feature and it seems to work perfectly. The Wi-Fi also comes in handy when you want to check a quick movie time or sports score on the mobile browser and high speed.

Features:

• Wi-Fi and Mobile Calling - Transtion between Wi-Fi calling and T-Mobile’s wireless network while you talk when used with a HotSpot @Home wireless router and HotSpot@Home optional service.
• E-mail - Send and receive e-mail messages on your phone.
• GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi enabled - Access fast, wireless connections from anywhere on the T-Mobile USA network.
• Real web browsing - Get more pages and better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
• Text messaging - The quick, quiet way to stay connected.
• Picture messaging - Send pictures from your phone to others.
• 2.0 megapixel camera - Take high-quality pictures from your phone that you can enlarge or print
• Micro SD memory slot - Add more memory for multimedia files, data, and more.
• Quad-band world phone (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) -Use this phone in any of the countries where T-Mobile provides GPRS service
• AOL®, Yahoo!®, MSN®, and ICQ® Instant Messenger - Send and receive instant messages with Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, or ICQ.
• Music player - Play your favorite music wherever you are.
• Bluetooth® wireless technology - Lose the wires and keep your hands free for more important things – Bluetooth lets you connect your phone to your headset or computer wirelessly.

• Speakerphone - Put down the phone and keep talking with a convenient speakerphone.

The 2.0 mega pixel camera takes beautiful pictures that can be clearly on a larger computer screen. Below is some pictures I took with my Blackberry 8320:

Altogether, this phone is great. While the 8320 does not offer built in GPS you can buy a Bluetooth GPS puck that will work with the phone to give you turn by turn directions via BB Maps, or a wide range of third party apps.

I highly recommend this phone to business or non business consumers. While it still has the world famous BB email and messaging capabilities, the BB 8320 has so much more to offer beyond the software that made it famous many years ago. I have included some additional links you might find helpful below.

BlackBerry Forums
BlackBerry Curve
BlackBerry 8320 Photos
BlackBerry 8320 Boy Genius Report