Valentino

[y @ysuckme]

the quickest way to kill a big dream is to tell a small mind

[Trak @urproducer]

Rap didn't start out materialistic.

[Dr Boyce Watkins - Wealth is Power @drboycewatkins1]

They'll spend 40 years earning a living and never once ask if they're building a life. A paycheck is not a plan. A title is not a legacy. A pension is not freedom. Stop confusing activity with progress. You're busy — but are you building?

[Valentino @valentinowarhol]

@PRINCE_ANGELUS_ Expound on that for me?

[Wallo267 @Wallo267]

It's so much fake success on social media that it got successful people believe they're failing.

[HIAMHIGH @hi_amhigh]

They are different types of stoners, which one are you?

[Valentino @valentinowarhol]

@drboycewatkins1 🤔

[Caesar. @atlonglastcz]

Comfort is slow death for a creative. Take the risk.

[Monie | Chilling With Monie.🌹 @chillwithmonie]

Lauryn Hill is right, massive success can corrupt art because once money enters the picture, people start chasing profit instead of creativity or truth.

[19keys @19keys_]

90% of social media is just advertising

The future is social movements

Offline world building real life connections

[Valentino @valentinowarhol]

@charlestonwhyt culture been destroyed a long time ago #truth

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Michael Jackson couldn’t read sheet music and wasn’t a trained instrumentalist, but he composed like a human multitrack recorder. Instead of writing notes, he 'sang' every part of a song into a tape machine, drums, basslines, guitar riffs, horn stabs, string sections, harmonies, even reverb cues.

Engineers said he’d walk into the studio with the entire arrangement already finished in his head. He’d beatbox the groove, layer vocalized bass and chords, then sing each string line one by one until the full orchestration existed as stacked vocal tracks. Musicians would then translate those vocal sketches into instruments, often discovering that his “sung” arrangements were harmonically complex and rhythmically precise.

This wasn’t a gimmick, it was how he built some of his biggest hits. Billie Jean, Beat It, Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough, and Smooth Criminal all began as fully voiced demos where every element was performed with his mouth.

Producers repeatedly said he had perfect internal pitch and could recall entire arrangements days later without hearing them again. What looked like a limitation, not reading music, became his superpower: he composed directly from imagination to sound, without ever touching a piano.

© Reddit

#drthehistories

[Truethingz™️ @Manlike_Solz]

2pac Shakur treated the studio like a mission, not a session.

At Death Row Records, he ran multiple rooms, recorded verses in one take, and knocked out 4–5 songs a day. By 25, he had over 700 recordings and multiple platinum albums.

Work ethic that felt like he knew time wasn’t on his side. 🕊️🔥

[Valentino @valentinowarhol]

@muheediva01 It’s always been the flex. The distractions has been the front view for most. But, not for the underworld💪🏾

[Khutso Theledi @KhutsoTheledi]

Tighten your walk with God… times are getting serious.

[Luther Luke Campbell @unclelukereal1]

We don't own the major record labels or much in this country. The focus should be on building generational wealth and owning your own company, publishing, and film. It's about owning your rights, not just working for others.
#Ownership #GenerationalWealth

[Sam Otigba @SamuelOtigba]

Anything built from a place of love will last.

[Killer Mike @KillerMike]

It is someone's life mission to dispute your hope and belief in your ability to meet and overcome challenges. By overcoming adversity u make their talk of "cannot" look silly.

They need you to accept their perspective of doom and gloom. They need others to believe individual and collective success with like minded people is impossible.

Fuck them. Push thru. Find a way or make one.

Make sure u achieve and succeed because we need you to be the best u that u can be for U & US.

U are a leader. Lead.

Love and Respect

[FunnyMike @Funnymike]

Niggas don’t be on yo team fr. They just wanna see the playbook. 📓