Author: tai

03 Jan

happy new year!

not much to say… except the heading.
we appreciate the love we received from you all! thanks!
so a lil something to laff and enjoy

03 Oct

vintage vicelounge

we were blessed to be one of the last three groups to rock out Grand275…
man i miss that place.

02 Jul

tai is back… sorta.

Odd to get back on stage. But i am glad it was done with Kayo. The month leadin up to my night at Verses, Mr. Charles was coaching and coaxing me.
Thanks fam.
Next up…
Richmond in July
New England in August
D.C. in July & September

30 Apr

wrote a new tune

like sugar cubes or flavore ice
i lick my lips to think how nice you feel
on boring days i suck my thumb
like your tongue to drive myself insane
do you believe me?
do you believe i dream of you…?
spend all my nights, sometimes my days
touching parts of me cuz you’re not here
like a fiend i stress my
i. think. [...]

30 Apr

beatmaker 101

in the quiet parts of the evening
we talk and sat and laid on one pillow — pressing lips
red lipstick smeared and wrapped my smile
in the quiet parts of the evening
the rest of the world played soft tunes
while we cooed songs over hummed beats, intensity building
in the quiet parts of the evening
we talk and sat [...]

30 Apr

re-post: open letter to the idiot who hit my boy about me, tsk. tsk

my 10 year old daughter loves to describe my look.
there is this look i have when all talks are finished. this look i have when i am done yelling or screaming. she note: when you are yelling i know i am not in that much trouble, it’s when you get to talking too normal like [...]

24 Apr

Sean Bell verdict this Friday

Seventeen months and now their will be a verdict.
Tomorrow a judge will decide if the officers on trial, for various reckless charges vs Sean Bell and his associate, are to be found guilty or not guilty. This is an important step for NYC. Most, if not all of us, in the Black community are frequented [...]

20 Apr

21 days and counting

i play cool in public.
“yo tai i got that joint, very dope.”
all the while i am scanning the room, yearning for attention. hoping someone will come up to me and acknowledge the existence of a record. yup, i am sucker… this EP is like the emergence of child who was prepped to go to university.
i [...]

20 Apr

wondering

so i am started to write about a lost love this week, but it felt silly. so i instead i figured i would talk about my week…but that is so lame.
final decision: just start writing somethin, here it is
i spent the better part of the last week wondering what love is and how it really [...]

10 Apr

while trying to not to stress over the record

while trying to not to stress over the record
janee had issue listening to her downloads. now janee is a the kinda person i do not want to piss off: popular, great writer + blogger. so i [...]