One of the most powerful two minute clips you can find is Joe Budden talking about mastering the inner game, surviving your own nervous system, and the myth of the music industry:
🔇 The hardest part of high performance isn’t the noise, it’s the silence. It’s the moments where no one is clapping, no one is calling, and no one is noticing you… BUT you still choose to show up. That’s where sustainability lives, not in being seen, but in being strong enough to stay when you feel invisible.
🫥 When validation disappears, self-trust is all you have left. Self-trust is only built when it's quiet, in the lonely reps no one tracks, in the days you feel forgotten but refuse to abandon yourself.
🌡️ Emotional durability is a separator. It’s the willingness to stay grounded when doubt gets loud, to regulate your nervous system when pressure rises, and to keep honoring your process when results lag behind. The ones who make it aren’t just the most talented, they’re the ones who don’t break when it gets quiet.
The real test of success isn’t whether you can perform when the world is watching, it’s whether you can KEEP becoming who you said you’d be when NOBODY is.
Rap is a high art-form . It is rhythm and poetry . It is also one of the most complex forms of writing when it’s mastered . Don’t ever let people devalue the art form that rap is .
“Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it’s a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together.”
— Marvin Gaye
So the band, Supadan, I was a part of between 2003-2006 is back together again and we will performing together for the 1st time, since our reunion gig in 2008, this Saturday at Selective Live. Would love to see old and new fans alike.
Check flyer below for details.
@justdeanroberts 😂🤣😂🤣 but on the Stevie G note, as much as I’m not a Liverpool supporter, I can appreciate good players and it’s sad that Stevie G never got to win a Premier League title.