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<p>Mickey Factz, Cory Gunz, Wale, Charles Hamilton, Asher Roth, Ace Hood, Curren$y, Kid Cudi, Blu or B.o.B.?? I believe only Wale, Roth, Ace Hood, and Kid Cudi have ACTUAL albums out. But who would you say was the most disappointing in your opinion? I would definitely have to go with Kid Cudi. He is a home-town native, and he hasn't created the type of buzz as he was expected to. Maybe I'm too far over my head with expactations, but when you have Kanye and people of that stature around you, it shouldn't be a problem with producing a hit album. I feel he failed to capture the people with Man On The Moon. Now as much as it had great topics, a very creative vibe to it, it lacked in production. How would you not use your resources? How could you be so stubborn, that you believe you'll go out first try and make a classic with little to no help from Kanye on the 'production' side. Kanye exec.'d the album, but he little input on the board, where was supposed to be. Kid Cudi's 2nd album better be worth it, otherwise I'll write him off as another 'MC' from Cleveland, that failed to captivate the 'masses'.</p>
<p>Restless Mind<br /> <br />Farrell Jackson - vocals - guitars - instruments<br />Buddrumming - drums - percussion<br /> <br />“Restless Mind” written by Farrell Jackson<br /> Produced, engineered and mixed by: Farrell Jackson <br />Jaxonville Studio 2009 (California, U.S.A.)</p><p>Bud created the awesome ad picture!</p><p>Buddrumming and I have been wanting to collab on a song for a while now. I happened to have an unfinished mellow acoustic song called restless Mind that needed some drums or percussions. I asked Bud if he could do anything with this song in the drummimg area and what he came back with was excellent! He even threw in some percussions as icing on the cake. Thanks Bud!</p><p>About the lyric: It's about those sleepless nights when one's mind just will not shut down.....those Restless Mind nights....we've all had them...so I wrote about it.</p><p>Farrell and Bud</p><p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/gary_burris"><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=band_image&band_id=1362&width=290" alt="" /></a></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are pleased to announce Mixposure's November Artist of the Month, <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/gary_burris">Gary Burris</a>! </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Most of us who have been around Mixposure for awhile know <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/gary_burris">Gary</a> and his music. He has been featured on Mike K's Saturday Night Rocks and did a fantastic <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&band_id=2230&song_id=8662">Center Stage Presentation</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Gary and I had talked recently and I felt as though the music industry was possibly getting the better of him. An artist like this does not come around every day. This is the kind of talent that many of us dream of having. I just could not imagine how those of us who know his music would feel if an artist of this caliber felt defeated.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Gary keep your head up my friend. As they say, you have to put up with the rain in order to see the rainbow. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Gary is on the SoftWind Label and you can buy his CD's <a href="http://www.softwindproductions.com/Gary_Burris.html">here</a>.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Dazed</span></p><p> </p><p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica; font-size: 11px; color: #dddddd;"></span></p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: #999999;"><img style="vertical-align: top;" src="http://www.bilbozodecals.com/plena.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="326" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/Bilbozo/song_focus_15286.php">http://www.mixposure.com/Bilbozo/song_focus_15286.php</a><br /><br />"The Plena" from which this song is named after, is a style and rhythm which belongs completely to Puerto Rico, specifically to the Ponce area. The place where our own Mixposure artist Joseph Rodriguez is from. This was a fun collab and always an honor to play music with Joseph, especially in celebrating latin music. We hope you enjoy this track. Comments are always welcome.</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: #999999;">Writing, Production, Arrangement and Mix by Joseph Rodriguez, Copyright 2009</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: #999999;">Joseph Rodriguez - Guitars, Bass, Drums, Synth, Vox & Hammond Keys</p><p style="font-size: 12px; color: #999999;">Bilbozo - Guitars, Brass (Keys)</p>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">Just want to let you know I won't be reviewing as much as before. So keep mailing. Merely a 'heads up' of the need to work on freelance projects; writing & design, creative artworks, writing a book & family. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/vesa"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.mixposure.com/vesa</span></a></span></span></span></p>
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<p><img src="file:///Users/mailbox22/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.mp3unsigned.com/gallery/2697sg-white.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hey Guys!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Just a heads up that Steve is open for reviewing 5 songs for November. Remember these are not your typical one line reviews. Steve is what I would consider a professional reviewer for all of the reiews he has done over the years for multiple sites. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Please visit the forum <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=14027">here </a>or you can read some of his reviews in the forum or you can also read them <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=14027">here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Vistit Steve <a href="http://rebelriffs.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> also!!</span></p>
<p>We got tracks mayne, real talk. i aint tryin to knock on anybody but our shit is alot better den dez radio songs. check them out on my myspace page. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/texasmadecruz">www.myspace.com/texasmadecruz</a></p><p>appreciater all the love and support. Help us get out there</p>
<p><span> </span></p><p>The Thief on the Cross <em>by Joe La Bianca</em></p><p> </p><p>Was the thief on the cross a member of a church? No. Was he a Calvinist? No. Was he baptized? No. Did he speak in tongues? No. Was he filled with a life of good works which contributed to his own salvation? No. Did he work in the fields even for an hour? No. Was he saved? Yes!!</p><p>The salvation of the thief on the cross has shown us how simple being saved really is. It is a refutation of anything that adds to the simple gospel message. The thief minimizes what is really necessary for salvation. His example gets rid of non-essential issues, as far as salvation is concerned. He shows us the one thing needful.</p><p>Remember that moments before, this thief was reviling Jesus. He was actually attacking Jesus along with the other thief, Matthew 27:44. It seems that Jesus doesn’t hold a grudge. It seems that Jesus understands that we are sinful people and is willing to accept anyone who will come to Him, no matter the timing.</p><p>All the righteousness of Jesus was transferred to this unworthy thief. In order for this man to be with God in heaven, he was perfected by the cross of the One which was only a few feet away. How does this work? You can spend a lifetime looking into it and never exhaust the wonders of the knowledge of imputed righteousness. Somehow because Jesus lived the only perfect life, and because He died in our place as our sin bearer, this satisfies God when we believe it.</p><p>What did this thief demonstrate to acquire the same salvation that every other believer has? Luke 23 has the account. There were two thieves. The thief who was not to be redeemed asked Jesus to save them. He said that if Jesus was the Christ, He should save Himself and both the thieves. He thought that salvation was earthly and maybe even political. This is how the first century Jews believed. They thought that the Messiah was going to destroy the Romans and give Israel the kingdom. But Jesus said that His kingdom was not of this world. If it were, the disciples would fight. Christians would do well to remember this. Jesus doesn’t want zealots, He wants believers.</p><p>The unsaved thief was asking Jesus to not die for sin. If Jesus would have saved His human life, we would have been lost. For the price of sin would have been left unpaid. This was a satanic request from the unsaved thief. Satan was giving his last effort to stop the Lamb of God from dying for the world. Jesus ignored this request and the thief perished. But the saved thief answered the unsaved one.</p><p>The saved thief said that the unsaved thief was not fearing God. The bad thief didn’t reckon his situation. He was a sinner, dying for his crimes. He was ignoring his fallen state. Do you do this? We all need to know that we are sinners deserving of death. This is the first step to being saved.</p><p>Then the saved thief said that Jesus did no evil. He said that Jesus didn’t deserve to die. We all need to realize that Jesus is the only One to not earn death by sinning. Jesus gave His life away as the Lamb of God, without blemish. This is the second step toward salvation.</p><p>Then the saved thief spoke to Jesus. Jesus, although beaten terribly, bearing the sin of the world, and forsaken by God for us, was yet willing to talk with this thief. Do you look down on those in prison? Do you think you are better than thieves? Are you too holy to talk with them because you go to church on Sunday and they do not?</p><p>The thief simply asked to be remembered by Jesus when Jesus went into His kingdom. This shows that the thief believed death was not the end for Jesus. This is the third step.</p><p>Do you see it? It’s the gospel right here. Step one, believe that you are a sinner. Step two, believe that Jesus was the innocent sufferer. And step three, believe in the resurrection of Jesus. I do not believe the thief understood all this. But Jesus saved him anyway!</p><p>Jesus told the thief that he would be with Him in paradise. He was forgiven. Imagine how he felt. The full weight of all his sin was gone. He could cry tears of joy, right there on the cross. He could die in peace, knowing that for all eternity, he would be in Heaven. Jesus saved that man in his last hour, just because he asked to be remembered.</p><p>Jesus, thank you for being so kind. When it’s my time, please remember me too. I know you will. People, don’t be harsh legalists who try to earn salvation. Don’t be unkind, even to a bloody, no good thief. Because if you are, you are not resembling the One you claim to know. And lastly, if you add ceremonies, doctrines, works or religion to salvation, you are only placing unbearable burdens on your own backs. The measure you use will be measured to you again.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial black,avant garde;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #be7840;"><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&song_id=15224&band_id=2035" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffff99;">Steppin through my home</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff99cc;">i tell you there are some songs we cannot play and some songs we can play it's not how good a guitarist you are it's how easy a song is to play....ha ha.. Of course you'll have to do some searching and use some luck in finding that certain melody...this song is my song..the beat and melody are just what i need to play a really killer lead...hope you enjoy it...please feel free to download it.....joel</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>