More Music and Ear Candy...

So I teamed up with Nicole 1/2 of the lovely Nina Sky to create A Box Of Chocolates...some ear candy for all u!
It's fun for me to collaborate with different producers cause "you never know what your gonna get" when two creative people collide.
Collabo's always brings out another side of artists, a side that isn't always excepted by their fan base but it full fills an artist need to be creative without any restraints or rules.So Iin the recent past i have collaborated with all types of producers, some famous some of whom i've met on the street who are still very underground,and some who produce music in a genre i have yet tried out.
A friend of mine,name Kathy suggested i work with Nicole and it was a genius idea! I was unaware at the time that Nicole has been DJ-ing since she was ten years old(pre Serato days). She is more than qualified and official....
So in a few weeks we will be dropping this thang and i know you are gonna love it!
Its called A Box of Chocolates and its very sweet!
RES

And The Award for Best Sneaker Goes Toooooooo....

Check out the clip!

LOL! Shout out to Daniel in "normal form"!

It gotta be da shoes....oh and the tunes courtesy of HiTek!

Libra Libra Y'all...Its All in the Stars..Look Up!

Sooooooo i'm a huge fan of Astrology and what life brings...my fave horscope website, that i find SUPER on point is...drum roll pleaseeeeeeeeee.....www.ASTROLOGYZONE.com

I'm a libra along with Party Robot TKG aka Kweli!

So check it out...it is especially a great time for Libras....

Photo Credit:KING PAUL

IDLE WARSHIP MIXTAPE IS DAT FIRE!!!

YOOOOOOO, if you haven't yet...what the hell are you waiting for?  Quick! Go to 

www.yearoftheblacksmith.com and download our new Mixtape!

This is some of the new things i have been working on and i'm very proud of this!

Its alil different than what you normally hear from me, but just as good!

Check out songs like "Steady", "Metro" and my personal fave "Momma May I"!

http://usershare.net/nn8gr55sg

One by Res; Produced By Dave

http://www.zshare.net/download/682381877265ba21/

This is an incredible song!  I heard it first on a movie soundtrack and fell in LOVE!
Dave, a great producer and vocal arranger from Harlem,NYC produced the music and on a random day in NYC at his apartment we
created this song! That day i was super hoarsed and i wasn't sure how it would come out but the raspy voice added to the drama of the song and the emotion that poured out was perfect. Its one of my favorites...please pass it on...the world needs to hear this one!

Oh let me explain the picture! I was in Venice ,Italy walking around taking photos and this one was taken right after i was in the first Guggenheim Museum. I found myself on a lonely street and there was only me and him there in the distance. If you zoom in on this picture ....it is something to see! So sit back, listen to the tune and view the picture and lets go to Venice Italy for a bit!lol
Later
Res

Pictures of The Day!

I was looking at some photos and came across this one! No real reason for this post except
that the ladies in this 1st photo, came together and produced some beautiful photos for me! Thanks ladies...
DJ Khaled says "we da best" but "we keep it sooooooo trill!"
Shout out to Lil Vanilla Drop, Lelani Luv and Liz-shizzle!
Fun times....Check out some of the pics from the shoot....
P.S. My mom hates these pics cause of my whats on my tank top...Sorry Mom!
Black/White Shots: Lil Vanilla drop

Artist to Watch: Tom McKinney

My father had a friend named Tom McKinney. I have no idea how they met but I just remember this black guy , in his mid-twenies early thirty's , came over to my house in the middle of the summer one afternoon. He seemed nice but he wasn't like the other adults that my dad was friends with...My Dad was a hustler so I was used to 1970's gangster types, street guys,...Tom wasn't that.He was soft spoken and detailed oriented and creative. Anyways, he came to my house and took snap shots of my sister, my brother , my mom and I and just left. When I later asked who he was, my Mom said "Oh that's Tom McKinney, your father's friend who painted most of the painting in our house!"
He was the first artist I ever met! My house had over 100 paintings in it. Some paintings were hung up some just stacked up around the house on the floor.
They were of black children playing, old men sitting on a porch playing checkers,one painting was of Ghandi and also he painted a portrait of my father!
Looking back on things I realized that although my parents weren't highly educated , they were my first teachers beyond teaching me manners and morals but they exposed me to art, black art.They exposed me to music too! I basically grew up in a museum. My father passed away February 10,2008 and he left all those paintings that were hung or lying around my house as a kid to me and my brother and sister.Some of them hang in my brothers house and my mom's but most are still in storage until I own my own home.
You should take the time to google Tom McKinney, he is still alive and doing well!
A few months ago I went to spend time with Hill Harper at his Los Angeles home and notice that he owns a painting of Tom's. Its a small world.
Pictured above is his artwork. Enjoy!

IDLE WARSHIP HAS LANDED!

Idle Warship will be coasting into NYC on October 15th for an EXPLOSIVE Performance at Ella in L.E.S.
East Village, 9 Ave A NY, NY
Mick Boogie will be DJing the nite as well the Idle Warship performace!!!
Make sure you don't miss this event... Come Early this event will fill to capacity!

RES Double Header OCTOBER 24th Malibu & The Roxy LA

Come check out an intimate acoustic RES performance in beautiful Malibu at The Malibu Country Mart
3835 Cross Creek Rd Malibu, CA 90265 @ 6pm
then @ 11pm RES performs with a full band, at The Roxy in Los Angeles on Sunset Blvd!

RES New Music: B.G.R + more!!!

Many of you have been asking about new music,well here it is... sort of. While i was signed to Geffen Records, i recorded a few
songs and they never got released. I've decided to just let you have them! You've waited long enough!
My favorite songs on the album are So What Am I aka Sun Nite Res, For Who You Are, There's No Way and Not A Pretender!!!
I was lucky enough to team up with a great company called FONIK to produce some really FRESH artwork for this album...Its all on this site available for download. We put alot of hardwork into it for you to enjoy...so please download yourself a copy on your home printer NOW!!!
Also don't be afraid to download and put your friends on to Res music. Word of mouth is POWERFUL!
I am working on new music all the time, with so many talented people and this is going to be my outlet to get it out to YOU!
Coming up next, will be a HOT NEW Mixtape with all original songs by RES blended by DJ Ni**Sky!!!!
And a FRESH Mixtape by my new group IDLE WARSHIP(Res, Talib Kweli, Graph Nobel)...
Thank you to all the great producers who worked on this project with me, I couldn't have done it without you!
And to the fans, the music is always for you, so enjoy this new site!

The1Res.com

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New album: Black.Girls.Rock! Now available for direct download from the site. Also be sure to have a look at the free Digital Booklet for lyrics and track listings.

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Sending you love and peace xo