I'm Out Sun!!!!!!!!

I've been blessed with the opportunity to return home to my beloved Tri-State (woooot!!).

I can't leave without showing my second home, Atlanta, a lot of love and appreciation. 

Please join me at my going away celebration, tomorrow night 2/14, 
at MJQ Concourse (736 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307).

Presented by Face Off Fridays (@faceofffridays)

Hosted by Ras Goldie (@rasgoldie)

Music by DJ Rasta Root (@djrastaroot) and Jah Prince (@iamjahprince)

I will performing (for the last time in ATL) at 12: 45am.

Doors open at 11pm.

Soooo yeah..hope to see you then!

(Flyer Design: @MisterSoul216)

XO, DRIFTEE

Drift Chronicles: The Producers ~ NELAC

Microphone check - yeah one two checka!

This week we are featuring the one the only NELAC Beats! Some of you know this talented dude as Lyrical Preacher...you know the dude with the Chinese straw hat that rips stages from Apache to Club Crucial... Well, he sent me a joint called 'This One's for Dilla' for the Drift Chronicles project. That shyt was so fiiii...yeah 'fiiiii' (pronounced fy-re)... I recorded a lil sumthin called 'What Up Friend' to it...sort of an ode to all my homegirls in NJ, NY and Atl....

Mr. Lyrical 'Nelac Beats' Preacher recently answered a few questions for your girl..check his Q&A below...

Drift Chronicles: The Producers ~ Trak Specialist

And the beat goes on!! 

I'm on a mission to showcase the producers that help me make great music...

Drifters meet Trak Specialist, the genius behind Drift Chronicles' 'What Do I Want'


Per previous post, Drift Chronicles was a group effort. Meaning, an artist is truly only as good as their production. Bad production can make a great artist sound mediocre and great production can get a shitty artist a grammy. (Dont believe me -- roll the video tape)


So what happens when there is a meeting of the minds? Glad you asked, tracks like Trak Specialist's produced 'What Do I Want' from Drift Chronicles is what happens. This is another one of my favorites (check my Stupid Dope interview where I explained that this is my favorite project-period). I loved the beat from first listen. This was one of those beats that I got and recorded immediately.

Trak Specialist

'What Do I Want' was another joint that I got from Karol Russell, again didn't know what to expect just wanted to do something different than what I usually do. Enter Trak Specialist with that infectious ass bass line that urged me to purge...I was turnt up from first play. 


He a bad man yall!!


Check out our Q&A Below

The Beautiful Monsters!!!!

Once again its on!!!!

Sexy Saturdays 

~ 

The Ladies Room 

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Beautiful Monsters Edition

@ Eastside Lounge

Drift Chronicles: The Producers ~ The Stonejonzon Project

 "It's about production baby - uh huh yeah"

(In my Diddy/Puffy/or Whateva he goes by now - voice)

I know ... Im  corny sometimes...its cool long as I aint lame.. HA!

The Stonejonzon Project

Next up on Driftee's blog couch is The Stonejonzon Project. These dudes are freggin amazing. They are an Alternative Hip Hop group by day and a Production team by night. Soooo, they're kinda like music superheros. If you dont know who Simon Stone (the artist), Heavy Mojo (the band), or Mista Jonzin (the Dj /Producer) are I would suggest you seriously consider expanding your musical horizons. There's a big world out here boys and girls!

The Stonejonzon Project produced another one of my favorites from Drift Chronicles Die/Frontin.  I must admit the first time I heard it I was taken aback. In fact, it took a while for me to record it because it invoked feelings of Jersey - some good ones and some bad ones..It worked out for the best though..


Check below for my Q&A with Simon Stone of The Stonejonzon Project

It's about to go DOWN!!

No Leaks Ent. & Eargasm Ent. 

PRESENTS

THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Drift Chronicles: The Producers ~ 8Track

Drift Chronicles has been getting so much love! Thank you all... It wasn't an all Driftee show though...during the next few weeks I will be introducing you to the men behind the music - the producers - via a brief Q & A complete with pics, contact info and links to their music.

8Track

The first producer is 8Track, a caribbean production monster who was introduced to me by our lawyer Karol Russell.

8Track's music is the exemplification of creative diversity.  Our lawyer sent me a beat file that contained tracks from several producers. I picked what seemed to be stellar opposites in an attempt to give Drift Chronicles a more universal appeal. I soon learned that  the very tracks I thought were sooooo different were produced by the same man. That's dope. 

8Track produced two of my favorite tracks on the mixtape -- Welcome and R.A.W  (SN: R.A.W are 8Track's initials - I didnt know that when I wrote the song - hell of a coincidence right). And, he is a cool humble, down to earth dude. Check out our Q&A below.

This labor of love...

What up people...how yous doing? Im gearing up to shoot 5 music videos over the next few weeks and to to tell you the truth... i aint excited... this music is truly a labor of love..if your heart aint it - you shouldnt be....i guess im feeln some sort of way today...this is mos def one of those days when i feel myself being over music and the memories of a cubicle, business suit and bi-weekly pay start to be fond ones...i shutter at the thought of giving up though..thats what this shyt does to you...you get tired of it. 


i met a guy at the beer fest last sat who told me his story..he was chasing his dream, opening for popular acts, deal on the table;  when it all began to be too much for him... so now he develops artist and writes for others..he said he got frustrated with the politics and grind of it all...im noticing that this is the sentiment of a lot of my peers these days...5 years ago we had ferver for this...we were down for whatever..now alot of us are like "maaan, imma make my music and if you like it - you like it". Thats how its suppose to be - but i cant help but wonder if the climate of today's music industry (content, deteriorating skill levels, etc) has made it so truly talented artist dont have a chance...its as if some of us are (dare i say)  too fuckin good to be apart of todays music climate!! Not my words...those are my cousins words..we sat and discussed the different types of music and what constitues real vs. regular hip hop ... he said those in his circle call Wiz Khalifa Real Hip Hop...while those in my circle consider J. Cole, and Big K.R.I.T real hip hop...when i mentioned J. Cole cuzzo responded " oh, J. Cole should be outta here but to some he just to fuckin good"... we laughed at the irony of that quite possibly being the case and sighed at the same time cuz sadly thats really the fuckin case...


Shyt is frustrating B! 


if you like me though you wont give up ..maybe i will ..ok maybe not completely..at least i hope i wont...time will tell


lets go back in time...to my videos of yesteryear ...join me as i inspire myself to press on and prep for this video shoot marathon im about to embark on...sssseeeesshhhhh!!!!

ATLANTA HIP HOP!!!

I'm so proud of my ATL Hip Hop Brethren & Sistren right now...here are a few reasons why....

To kick it off..we got Poodie The Byz's Tribute *God Bless the Dead*

Poodie the Byz is responsible for the powerhouse vocals behind Higher and Better off my Garden State Parkway, LP...

She's just dope man!

For more Poodie The Byz! Click Below...

http://www.facebook.com/TheByz 

http://PoodieTheByz.blogspot.com 

http://www.darkorangemagazine.com/?p=1964 

http://www.twitter.com/PoodieTheByz 

http://www.myspace.com/PoodieTheByz

Unsigned Hype bka Will Feagins Jr., of Highimpact Multimedia just shot a short called UNDEREXPOSED- INDIE HIP HOP IN ATLANTA

 Here are the bloopers...

Make sure you vote for Underexposed starting  this Friday...

Creative Loafin Short Film Contest

Will Feagins Jr., is a mainstay when it comes to Indie Videos in Atlanta. He shot, directed and Edited my video for Cheba Cheba ft. Methuzulah

Adrift Da Belle ft. Methuzulah "Cheba Cheba" Music Video from Will F on Vimeo.

For more Will Feagins Jr., Click below...

http://www.highimpactmultimedia.com 

http://www.akomabuttons.com 

http://www.akomamarketplace.com 

http://www.vimeo.com/highimpact 

http://www.vimeo.com/highimpactmultimedia 

http://www.youtube.com/highimpactmultimedia

Mrs. Hip Hop herself, STAHHR (The Hs are for Hip Hop) Blessed heads with a taste of her latest offering Mother NTR with a Molotov via listening party at Cloud IX this past week...

Here's a preview of the goodies to expect on Stahhr's forthcoming Mother NTR with a Molotov    

For more info on STAHHR ( I call her Stahhr[a] hahaha) and the new project...click below

http://www.stahhr.com/

http://www.facebook.com/easynowstahhr

http://stahhr.bandcamp.com 

http://stahhrmarketplace.bigcartel.com 

http://oicrochet.bigcartel.com 

As for me...Mixtape in Spring to heat up the Summer.... ONE!

D-Slate Interview "Indie Saturday"

Listen to internet radio with D Slate on Blog Talk Radio

Check your watch, no doubt its time! Its Indie Up Saturday on the D-Hour Show  and on this show we sill be talking to up and coming hip hop starlet Adrift Da Belle! And as always we will be bringing you all the hits from new, amateur, unknown, and up and coming (R&B, Hip Hop, Pop, and Neo-Soul) artists! We'll be bringing you interviews from new, amateur, and independent artists. Don't forget to listen to the R&B 4Play and the Hip Hop 4onthafloor. We will be giving you all of this at the top of D-Hour!!! Its Saturday so just sit back and relax and kick it with your boy D-Slate and Company! So stay tuned and keep your ears locked!!

Driftee's interview starts at 23:00

The D- Hour Show - Blogtalk Radio -

THIS IS THE DAY!!!!!

D.N.A.
(D.R.U.G.S. N ADRIFT ~ A TRIBUTE TO EAST COAST HIP HOP)

MUDNOC STUDIOS!!!!

IT'S REAAADDDDYYY!!!
!

#DNA RELEASE PARTY 9/9/11 !!!!

More!!! (Final Shoot- behind the scenes)

DRUGS & MUDNOC

(Owner of Mudnoc Studios - holla at em for studio time and bomb mixes)

DRUGS & ADRIFT

#DNA ( D.R.U.G.S - N - ADRIFT ~ A TRIBUTE TO EAST COAST HIP HOP) 9/6/11!!

Prayer changes things...

Soo I know I'm suppose to be plugging a single, or chatting you up about me but I dont feel like all that today. I want to share a prayer I read this morning that shaped my day and will shape my actions and thinking for days to come....

My prayer for today: "Lord, help me to rein in my emotions and also my pride – for when
I'm too self-conscious, I forget to be more conscious of You. Help me to think before I speak, because I’m Your ambassador in a lost world where a disingenuous, religious spirit has left a bad aftertaste. I can either represent You well – or I can drive people even farther away from knowing how wonderful You are – all by the words I let escape from my lips.

You instruct us to be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. Help the inside of my vessel to be clean and not just the outside, so that when from the abundance of my heart my mouth speaks, my speech doesn't betray me – or You.

Taken from "Open Mouth, Insert Foot" by Lisa Crum, today's Streaming Faith.com featured Devotional.

Be Blessed - Be Brave - Be Great!!
Love, Driftee

What will Driftee do tonight??? Hmmm

FACE OFFF!!!!!

MJQ...ATL...LEGGOOOOOO!!!!!!!

MORE!!!

Greetings & Salutations!!!


As you may know, the release of DNA (Drugs n Adrift ~ A Tribute to East Coast Hip Hop) has been rescheduled for September of 2011.


Don't fret though, click the below artwork (by Mister Soul) for a free download of the the first single - MORE.


Below is the link to download More as a full length single (radio, extended, etc).

https://rapidshare.com/files/3032022234/MORE.zip


The video for More (Directed by Rick Foy of DVID Films) will be out in about two weeks.


If you can't wait that long check my previous blog post (Y'all Ready!!! Leggooo!!!) for behind the scenes photos.


Thank you for your continued support throughout my career.


You are greatly appreciated!!!!


And, don't worry I have a few surprises for you all in the interim ---> Pudding Face!!

BE BLESSED - BE BRAVE - BE GREAT,
DRIFTEE

First single from my forthcoming EP - DNA ( DRUGS N ADRIFT ~ A Tribute to East Coast Hip Hop) - which was produced exclusively by D.R.U.G.S. (Dope Real Undaground Sh*t).

DNA is scheduled to be released in September 2011.

This is how I vibe!!!!

I am always asked ...who's music are you digging right now Adrift...

Here's what I'm digging....

Nas "NASTY"








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Jadakiss "BY YOUR SIDE"








Jadakiss "WE GON MAKE IT"

Walk with me...Vibe with me... (and come out to Summer of Sum)

Check out my interview with Soul Train!!!!

Then check me out on the Summer of Sum Tour...coming to a city near you!!!