RTM3

What's good people, just wanted to update you on the status of the new record. Studio time went really well, banged out 18 joints in 4hrs! The energy was so crazy in there, going back to mix and master everything in a week. Look for the art work and first single sometime in the next two weeks. Really can't wait for you all to hear this new stuff, it's probably some of the best music I've ever made. So looking forward to everyone's response. If your not following me on twitter please do @rashadthapoet more updates on there everyday. Return Of The Mashairi pt. 3 The Journey Back...coming soon!

Return Of The Mashairi pt. 2 and 3

Peace, here's the link for Return of The Mashairi pt. 2, be on the lookout for Part 3 coming mid to late June. It's a crazy time because alot of what I'm doing musically is being overlooked, but things are about to change in the next 2 or 3 months. It's amazing and funny at the same time. From Spoken Word to Hip Hop to Soul...it's all the same thing. Respect is a beautiful thing. Watch me work. LETS GO!

www.mediafire.com/returnofthemashairi2

Updates/Music/Mixtapes

Peace Fam, been a while, pray all is well. Here we go! Check out BronHowards new blog, www.bronhoward.blogspot.com. Be on the lookout for new beats/music from him. Also if you haven't already by all means download the FREE mixtape www.mediafire.com/returnofthemashairi2 also please like my Fanpage on FB/rashadthapoet fan page. We will be putting up some old music for the new fans to dig in the crates with. Be on the lookout for that in the next couple weeks. Return of the Mashairi pt.3 is in the early stages, and should be ready around late May early June. Then the highly anticipated follow up to "Talk To The People" comes late summer. There are alot of exciting things going on, so please keep up with us! LETS GO! Also new vids are coming once a week www.youtube.com/rashadthapoet
Peace

Rashad

Restore

Restoration in this month (10) allow God to use in a way that you've never done before. Change up your routine get out of doing things the same way. Expect a breakthrough. Live life in expectation. Stir up the Gift. Stop letting your past dictate your future. You are wonderously made, and the future God has in store for you is amazing, but you have to trust Him. Stay faithful to God and watch Him work in your life. I'm a witness that if you just run on and see what the end will be. You will be blessed. ( we are blessed to be a blessing) In this month of restoration I speak life. Lets continue to grow together. Amen.

Love is beautiful thang

"WE is a beautiful thang, you and me is a beautiful thang". Kindred sang those lyrics and they are so true. Black Love is Black Power, Black Love is Black Wealth. It's such a wondrous thing to see black couples in love. Holding hands, showing affection towards each other. In a day and age where the black woman is the most disrespected woman in the world, its great to see her shown respect from a King. The mothers of the Earth have been pushed to the bottom of the totem pole and it's a shame that black men don't do more to show black women love. Tupac said it best "we came from a woman, got our name from a woman...so why do we hate our women?" The dialogue has been lacking in our communities. Too many of our young men are focusing on the wrong things, we aren't teaching them how to be lovers and fighters. It seems most young men don't understand how to be sensitive to a woman's needs, yet at the same time be masculine enough to protect her. We have to teach our young boys respect and regardless of what the world tells them, they will know how to respect the Black Queen. There are still great brothers out here, and at the same time great sisters who aren't what the stereotype displays them as. We all have issues black, white, Asian, etc. Yet our race is the only one that blatantly disrespects our women. We need more Black Love, which will lead to more Black Power, and more Black Wealth...because Love is a beautiful thang..."you and me is a beautiful thang".

STAND

Greetings good people! Can't believe that a whole month has flown by already!! Its already Sept! 2010 is flying! Today is short and sweet, I just want to hit on standing firm in what you believe. There will be times when people will disagree with you and your methods. Even folks that live in your house will doubt you. That's part of life. Even when people support you, that doesn't mean that they will always understand your drive or your train of thought. If you are walking with the guidance of the most high, don't worry about it. If you are pursing the heart of God, nothing else matters. We are all broken imperfect vessels, yet when we decide to stand on the promises and word of God He will work it out for our benefit. The song says "when you've done all you can, stand." I truly believe that, we've got to know that God is working it out for us. We have to keep walking forward in the word, and keep searching for wisdom and keep doing the right things, even when people don't know why. Again we don't have any misconceptions of being perfect because we know we aren't. We have just made a decision to not live our life the way the world lives their life. PERIOD. We still fall and have sin, we are just choosing to stand with God, and people that means that you are going to stand out. People are going to have all kinds of things to say about you, but that's part of it. If we walk with Him, we will have to face persecutions of all kinds. Some say it's not that deep, and we are being extra. You can talk all you want, but we can't play both sides, we have to choose. If you are choosing to Stand, keep on standing, keep on taking the blows, because in the end "you will reap the reward". God is in the business of blessing those who follow His word. "Obedience is better than sacrifice". Stand, good people, stand.

Anything is Possible (freedom)

Greetings good people, happy Monday. It's halfway done, any day that you're breathing is a good day. Today I wanna talk about getting free. I know that has so many levels, and I'm not about to sit here and go through every level. I just mean freedom of whatever you need to be free from. We need to get PEACE of mind. We are dealing with so much nonsense that we really don't have to deal with. We bring so much drama, pain and suffering on ourselves, then we wait for things or people to deliver us from the mess we've done or created. Some things have caused us to be in bondage that may not have been our fault. As children we are sometimes exposed to things that cause us to stray or grow up faster than we should. We have to gain mental freedom, everything is not as it seems. We have to go beyond the surface level to see what's really below. The radio and TV is killing us. We no longer pick up books and read because it's easier to google it. It is impossible to "Know Thy Self" if we've never been exposed. It's sad but some people don't know because they haven't been shown the way. Some do whatever is popular with no knowledge of the consequences. We have some adults who act the same way at 30 as they did at 18. When you look at them crazy, the tell you that you're the one with the problem. We have become so dependent on technology that we don't even have regular human interactions anymore. We text rather than talk. We'd rather listen to music, then to have a conversation. We rather play on FB or Twitter, than take 20 min and read a book. We are in the midst of trouble, and those of us who are truly free have been charged with the role of opening the eyes of the lost. We are fighting on enemy territory and we seem to be out numbered, but when you know better you do better. We can't simply allow the enemy to win. We can't just hand him the ball without a fight. The systematic disposal of the family unit is not by accident. It has been implemented to destroy us. The dehumanization of the black man has already started to take place. We better wake up and realize what's going on around us. We are chasing the wrong things, and in the end it's gone destroy us. This letter is heavy today, but it's needed, if you're tired of being a slave (mentally) pick up a book that will uplift you're mind. Something that will make you question, why is that so? Because someone said it's so? Do your own research and stop drinking the juice just because they say so...(TV,radio,job,etc) WAKE THE PHUCK UP!!!