When we are stimulated there are agents called stimuli's, which are connected to our nerves, which then results in a state of activity. This can be the reason why the man, self named Sha Stimuli, entices your sense everywhere he's mentioned and managed to keep us relatively stimulated in 2008 when he dropped 12 mix tapes in 12 months.
"What I did last year by dropping 12 mix tapes in 12 months was put convos with people on record, is not common for me to do songs for ladies like the secret or a dedication to Stevie Wonder, but I wanted to show how I'm different and I wanted you to feel me," He begins to tell me surely of himself and his music, as we speak from Atlanta, where he is now a long distance away from his beloved Brooklyn. "Atlanta's got a great scenery, we record and a bunch of producers come through all the time, Atlanta is a smaller version (of New York), people think is easier and try to capitalize on it."

Sherod "Stimuli" Khaalis was born in Brooklyn and came up in the game with his brother/producer Lord Digga alongside Masta Ace and the Juice Crew. At 11 years old he gave his power to the Mic and at 14 he was featured on Masta Ace's Slaughter House LP.
The grind and cypher battles he put time in, came to a pay off when in 2004 he received The Source Magazines Notarized Unsigned Hype honor. "I told myself since Unsigned Hype, I was gonna celebrate everything, you always on what's next, I call this the beautiful struggle," Sha begins to tell me and this I can begin to see.

He was signed to Virgin Records in 2005 and even though it was one of his most memorable career moments, the artistic pressure was on. "I didn't have high expectations, I knew I wasn't gonna sign for a lot of money up front, it was something I strided for," This is the set reality many of our hip hop greats face in the time of the web epidemic, where your MySpace page becomes your resume and just as much a gift as it is a curse. "The power of the Internet makes everybody think they can do it. now you can hit your favorite rapper on Facebook, I know the game became so saturated with people, now every 5 people are somebody in the industry." Sha Stimuli's assertion and experiences are not words of ignorance, as they are the reality of many artists behind close doors. "The next step after getting signed was breaking through board meetings, I go from doing records to having to have a single the next day, I learned about myself looking back, now I know who I am," he speaks to me so assertively as he graphically depicts his experiences.
Maybe this is why a rapper with his knowledge was quoted as being the "Voice of his People", because as he speaks, he enlightens you with the realistic voice some of us can shy away from expressing, but then again he is a rapper and that is what they do, they express what many of us feel inside but cannot put into words and beats, the words that make you, you. "I don't like to say it has been hard for me but it hasn't been easy, but I look and ask why people grab to things and not me, one night I get love and is all good and I exist but I'm not at the top, that might be my gift and my curse, I represent the human, the grown man."

Even though he's experienced a lot of the "I made It" moments in his life, being in the room with Hova himself and feeling like he was a bout to loose something, the inner powers within him, stepped into stimulating action and went lyrically crazy on JayZ just to show him. When asked if New York Hip Hop is dead he calmly and humbly tells me, "We can't be egotistical and say we run the game, all I wanna see is positivity, when an A&R says they don't want NY rappers because they don't sell because in Kansas they support, we created a industry where everyone thinks they somebody, before it was crews, now they don't even have that." But we do have artists like Sha stimuli who at the end of the day still carry what they were put on this green earth to do, "I do feel the hunger but is not the same, before I wanted to out rap people, now is more like a thirst, a more mature approach to it. My hunger is to go to more schools and talk to more kids. My hunger has changed, my hunger is to be a better person."




The trials and the tribulations can be some of those A tribe Called Quest spoke of in rule 4080 and that of the words of JayZ, on how they build you up to tear you down. One thing which is not questioned, is that no matter what, fan love and loyalty will remain the same, nothing feels better than being remembered, nothing is more pleasing to the soul then a person smiling as they think back of a artist who struck a note while listening to their album bump in their radios. Perfectly titled "My Soul To Keep" is Sha Stimulis next album set to drop in the summer, hes taking some of the work from the Virgin album and applying a whole new genre to it. "I'm trying to contribute to good music," he firmly reminds me, but I think that task has been done. It was the works of him and many other in the business which have helped us identify the sounds we like and don't like. With saturation or without.

"After leaving Virgin I learned to do things your way, if you go down, go down fighting your style," the strong speaker explains. Everything else can disappoint, from the videos thrown at us, to the auto-tune infested songs we have been bombarded with, but one thing remains the same, Sha Stimuli's words and rhymes ain't ever gonna let you down.

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New York City Fashion week is the elite of elites when it comes to fashion. Celebrities flock, designers create
and seamstresses are on their best behaviour.
For an up and coming designer, Fashion Week is where you have to be. The prestigious event is quite open to the public but never forgetting it's posh attitude towards those unknown to the circle of friends.
I strolled down to seventh and 36th street, to get a glimpse of Times Squares' big and tall over the top architecture, and to better view shops and trends this style setting city has to offer for the new 2009 season.
Sale signs everywhere and busy bodies maneuvered, the reality was, Fashion in New York wasat that moment IN Fashion Week.

I entered the loft building of the new-but-not-so-new up and coming designer Neeman Khan. The Indian designer who's blood excudes with fashion, as his family heritage can be traced to his grandfather's native Indian royalty creations. He migrated to the US as a teenager and began to work in the Halston fashion house. In 2003 Mr. Khan introduced his first collection which consisted of embellished beading and embroidery unknown to many in the fashion circle.
As we reach the 10th floor we are greeted with a statuesque group of models, standing on a platform and drapped in some of the most exhilarating fashion gems your eyes can see. About ten models stand in allure, as everyone watches carefully the Fall 2009 Collection of Neeman Khan in front of them. The Jacquard jackets have such reminiscent embroidery and the vibrant but tamed black velvets, golds, and royal blues speak to you of statue and royalty. The fur vests and trims mixed with some fall evening jackets, have hairs so soft they glide with every passing observer. The evening cocktail dresses which accompany this royal collection are draped in jewelled fabrics and aristocratic satins. This first captivating collection was just a mere tease for those who move their way into the loft and get closer to the designers forbidden treasurers, the evening gown collections.



It is of no surprise to learn, Neeman Khan has dressed celebrities like Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and Eva Longoria, but he is the impeccable designer for Princess Aga Khan and Queen Noor of Jordan. Is also not surprising such aristocratic women seek him to drape in layers and layers of some of the world's best hand made fabrics.
The goddess evening dresses are all intricate with crystals and bead work craftsmanship a jeweller will envy. Some drape and other hug the body, but ill all they exhibit glamour and prestige worthy of a princess.
Chiffon and beading, crochet lace and crepe satin all combine in many styles and formulas. If it isn't a one sleeve, is a puckered pencil skirt with matching jewelled crop jacket.
Socialites and fashion figures round up the room and take notes, take pictures or do small talk. They are all taking in the art of design and begin to predict whats next.

Walking out of the show and heading to the after party, gave me a feel of completion. The air from the cold New York wind did not seem so bad because I was in fashion cloud nine and the night was still young. Entering the Empire Fashion Week after party, held by no other then party guru to the stars, Eric Virgil, you feel the trends coming in. If there is any place where one can walk in a button up shirt with matching fitted cap and his friend in a tailored suit, it is in New York City.
The glassy room filled with the young socialite generation of New York, and some of the best party people a gal can ever meet, is remarkably interesting in flavour. Some over the top and some not enough, but all in all, kind people to have around for a good time and celebrate self fashion, self art and self fulfillment, they are what they wear and make a great living doing so.

New York Fashion week was a celebration of one of the most beautiful things in the world, art. Creativity is a rare gift we at times can shy away from and not express, but it is one gift not many carry and for those that do, their should be more freedom of self expression. In fashion there are no limits, if it was limited, designers would not be able to interpret the message we want to express as we fall in love with their clothes and translate our own message as we wear them.
For some fashion may be of a trend and fun, but to those who it is a little bit more than that, New York Fashion week is it's heart. If you are one of those who's heart palpates as fashion passes you by, New york City assures you to never change your style just change your surroundings.

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These days women are fiercely independent and equal to a man in almost every aspect of society, maybe this is why there is the believe that women were made from man. If this is the true case, evidence of women being able to hold their own and serve just as much as man can in the board room or in a household, are true pieces of what powers we behold and how we use them.

Cleveland native, DJ Blazita is a perfect example of how women can achieve all they desire and do it with stride and class at the same time. We speak girlfriend to girlfriend over the phone from her new place called home, Brooklyn, New York. We came from similar eras where Madonna overruled the airwaves and Janet Jackson was every teenagers icon. This is to never leave behind the love we share for hip hop,"When I got into Hip Hop, It was BIG," she exaggerates with the glow I can relate to about the first day I fell in love with the music.....................

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Rain is a symbol of prosperity. When it rains, crops grow, when it doesn't, there is no harvest. Native Americans used to have rain rituals. They always made it rain. The secret was simple: they kept at it until it started to rain. Their devotion would move the heavens. A name of such significance can only result in the riches of one's words. Born in Harlem New York, 26 year old Nyraine is spreading his wings and getting the attention of the masses.
Sitting face to face at the E2K Photoshoot for the reigning widow Liza Rios, I got to explore the man responsible for the new mothers day anthem, "NY's Joy." He carefully picks all his words and speaks as to slowly break down his philosophy and the reason he is poetically correct......................................

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