Saturday, December 31, 2005

Goals for 2K6

Here's my To-Do list for the coming year...

1. Move to New York City.
It's time. It's been time. No more pining for the Big Apple. Action, action, action.

2. Go back to Africa for a couple months.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: African hip-hop is ON FIRE right now. It's only a matter of time til the world wakes up to this fact. The hip-hop generation in Africa is mad talented and seriously motivated. Speaking of which, shout out to Ugandan MC Iron African. He's super dope. Download a couple of his track snippets. Better yet, buy his damn album.

3. Finish my book.
The first one, that is. :)

4. Keep working out with my personal trainer and get some Janet Jackson abs.
To balance out all that time I spend cooking and eating--and looking at cookbooks, and talking and thinking about food.

5. Interview 50 and Mase.
What's up with The Pastor on G-Unit Records anyway?

6. Interview Hova.
In the words of Kanyeezy: shoot for the stars and you'll fall on a cloud. (Cheesy? Maybe. But still, an effective strategy.)

7. Interview Saigon.
It's his year, I'm sure of it.

8. Spend a week or two in England, France, Germany, Australia, South Korea, The Philippines, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, and Columbia. Go back to Japan.
That's for all you fake-ass, lazy journalists who are jumping on global hip-hop's jock and feeding off my research. You can lead 'em to the hot scenes, but you can't make 'em think. Don't think I won't do you like Jay did Mobb Deep.

9. Make money, make money.

10. Get my gourmet on. Learn a bunch of new recipes. Figure out how to fix Indian food.
Because there's nothing better than cooking for friends and fam.

There's a couple more items on the list, but I'm going to keep those hush hush for now. Suffice to say they all have to do with coming up in the game--articles I wanna write, editors I wanna work with, places I wanna publish.

Happy New Year!