#samplesho1

I’ve known what i wanted to do with my life since i was 12 years old. I knew i wanted to be like Quincy Jones and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. I knew I wanted to write songs, make television programs & media. An I would tell everyone who would listen from my friends, relatives, teachers, random strangers because i know i had the ability within me.

I think knowing what you want to be at such a young age has its drawbacks as well as advantages. The advantages are people who know you and deal with you know where your passions reside an can assist you as they see fit.

The drawbacks are different, children dont need adults stepping on their goals an aspirations an i was one of the people who got alot of pushback.

I would tell adults about my plans and they would say i was being unrealistic and I needed a fall back plan. Thats doesn’t help anyone. Children need the freedom to dream an aspire. Adults who have never colored outside the lines, meaning they have never gone after their passions should not be able to snuff out a child’s dreams with their lack of belief or foresight.

I wanted to do the album cover for Sample Sho 3 as an ode to all my other covers in a sense.

The original cover for Soul’d Out Sho was supposed to be a piece of street art in the East Village that i loved when i worked in the neighborhood. We went with a grid photo of me an that was an excellent call at that time.

Sample Sho 1 & 2 covers are stills from live video just capturing me in the act of doing the thing i love and is extremely dedicated to. Have been for more than 2 decades

So Sample Sho 3 is a tongue an cheek tribute to the 2 decades of dedication, the lack of tangible success and the impression i assume that it has had on people who know me an have deemed me a failure.