One Year Strong

Its has been one year since I met THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP.

AND what a year it has been, Ive seen my team go through hell and high water.  We have been hit from every angle of our lives. Outward, inward, up, down, backwards, and all round.  We started this year of with a running start. We was playing no games this company was established and pushed hard from day one. With strong promotions and digital networking we was able to reach different aspects of this business that we didnt expect to reach so quickly. Taking on each challenge head first we let nothing stop us.

Many Success we have had in the past year. From recording a total of four mix tapes and a album to starting our own radio show "Face The Faks Radio" on mjmgradio.com. We have been seen and heard world wide.  Making our first appearances on Ms. JJ Show earlier this year she helped our name get out into the world. We went from not being found on google to typing in "THE FAK" and we pop up... 10 pages strong. 

Me personally I have met tons of people that are talented and have the same grind and hunger in them as I do. A world of people exist that don't mind getting dirty to get the job done... I love the hustle that comes with true love for whatever art it is they are after regardless of the cost.

A year ago... I accepted the responsibly of following around a crew of talented people and I asked that I can tag along if anything for the experience.... and what a experience it has been. I have gained so much  knowledge in many different things i can truly say I have gotten that experience. I found out things about myself that i didn't know was there.  I found a strength inside of me that was bursting to get out. I fought with, argued with, cried with,  loved with,  laugh with, and grind-ed with these people and they are my family now and forever more. 

I have seen  what it takes to hold a crew together. We all are the glue that holds us together. THE FAKULTE is not one man but pieces that make a whole. We hold each other up, we keep each other strong when the other is weak. And that is what holds a crew together. 

We all stand here individually, together, stronger,  and smarter.... We are passionate about this thing we do. Each of us finding ways to grow individually and as a crew. We have done everything ourselves we are a team that moves as a whole.  Words can be exchanged and disagreements will come but at the end of it all we dap it up in love and peace. 

We have made it full circle bringing us back to where we began. As I sit here an look back i cant help but smile we have come so far and grown  so much.  Im thankful for every up and every down..... 

Thanks to.....

mAjAh LeAgUe- You hold me down through it all . I can cry to you or vent to you. Either way you keep it real with me and stay true to your words. You are the best big brother a girl could ask for... 

Propane_ You have taught me to analyze everything in front me.... not everything is what it seems.  Staying true to you i know I will always smile when your around, because you stay positive and never let the negative get into this crew.

K.S.B. (THE BEAST) - I love you.... my go to guy when i need it done i know i can come to you. If i have a idea i can come to you... thank you for listening and sharing... you are a brilliant mind when you let it come out you know you can show off. 

B. HOOD- What can I say you do what you do. Run and edit a video like a pro. Magic on a screen. I cant wait to see what the future holds for this talent you hold. Like what you can do with pen and paper i look forward to the magic.

RiRi and Fayrow- I have to address you as a team because you two mange to pull it through every time. No matter what i know you two are working on something at all times.... getting it done.. . grinding to the core. You guys make me wanna work hard....  I admire the hustle you have for what you do but you make it work together and for this crew.

Class- You are my dawg and I have enjoyed getting to know you... your a great artist and although you left for a sec... you came back at the perfect time... and you being here right now shows how time works in its on way.

Elion- Your words are crazy the talent speaks for its self... but i love that you keep a level head even with such a remarkable talent.... and always good for a smile.

Ole Earl (E.O.P.) - I spent a lot of time standing side by side with you., And all the while i have learned a lot about myself, about you, and about our crew.  We fought hard on so many different subjects on two strong point of views. We learned about this business together we grew together.  You pushed me and I pushed back. But at the end of the day we had each others back. I have to thank you Ive learned what I can do, and if thats what all the fighting was to get me to see, then I understand now. Where I stand today is what i needed to get to in order to see what you wanted me to see. I have enjoyed our journey and I'm ready for the next one. I'm on this ride until it ends.

Now to someone Who is not FAKULTE but loves us just the same.... Goes just as hard....

Mr Gibbz  L.I.E. - Thank you for staying true to you. You seen my potential from day one and always been there to remind me of it every step of the way. You never gave up on the good you saw even when the ugly came through.  I had to go through the experience to see where you was coming from and now I do....

A long year it has been, we have regrouped and are going back in for year 2 But I had to stop for a min and reflex on the last year because whats the point of where we are going if we don't know where we have been. 

Chappell (Chapp_E)

Hometown.... where I use to be and where I am.

I sit here and I have flashbacks of a life in my hometown. A life that is familiar to me I can tap into the very feelings I felt as a lil girl. If I was to share that with someone close they would see it as a weakness in me. I see it as a beautiful strength. I don’t dwell on the woes of my past; they are not a weight on me. They are reminders of how I used to be. Everybody says get over it, and I have. But the truth remains. I will never forget it. It’s apart of me and the reason I am strong.  I do have my weakness, but that’s why I am growing with every climb in life. I forget sometimes how easily I can let myself go and give everything I have to others.

 When I was 12, a elderly lady at my grandfather church told me that “there is something special in you.”  I didn’t get it then.  However, five years ago my grandfather told me that “you know Shana I don’t think I ever told you this but you are a special person….. “ Like me, I laughed it off.  He then says “I’m not laughing I’m serious, you should know that.” I smiled but I still didn’t get it. A few nights ago, my ex-husband and I had a conversation about me and how I was reacting to my crew and how I’m letting things affect me in my life. He told me “Shana’, you have always been a person who gives too much of yourself and you can’t help it. So you tend let your feelings get hurt and overreact when you don’t always receive it the way you give it.” 

Right then it hits me, it’s a weakness and a strength. To give….. I never thought about how deep the phrase could go. I give and give and give, not just things, but myself. I lose all focus on me and give everything to the ones I love. I did it so much growing up I never had anything for myself. I ended up in the same place every time down and alone. Down from giving too much and alone, because I never asked or looked for it back.  When it was time to find “Shana” I could barely find myself. After four years I got to see her and really who she is. I found me, and I loved me living for me.

A year ago my life took a turn that I was not ready for. I lost touch with myself and everything I found in me in the last four years. I got sweep of my feet and endured a lot of pain. I faced it and got knocked down. I just didn’t know my own strength. When my crew found me, I was in a low place and when I found them I found such a deep love at a time, where I felt so low, I didn’t seem to have much to love about myself anyway. And I found something that made me feel needed again made me breathe and be excited about life I found something to give myself to. I let myself get so deep without really just being me. I hide it away in a place where I felt like I was protecting myself. It’s easy to say be you no matter what. When the reality of being who you really are has to be able to take on an I don’t give a fuck attitude so to speak. The truth about being yourself is you really can’t care about what anyone thinks of you. And although I agree with that statement whole heartedly I also know how judgmental a person can be without even knowing it. “Loyalty of the heart” and “giving from the soul” two godly traits.  Doing too much of anything good, can go bad.

I have come full circle in a year and I now sit in a place where I sat a year ago. But there is a lot different about the person sitting here. I had to find me again and that’s always a process. I grew up on the defensive team of Dorika Shana Chappell. I did whatever I could do to protect the weakest part of me—my emotions. I now sit here as a grown woman in a different position on the same team, and now I am gaining points in favor of me not scared of who may score on me. I am seen as many things but at least when I’m even at my weakest I’m still being me. This is my process of elevating through life and finding the most peaceful way to live it and still be me. I have to thank my crew. Being around them has taught me so much and though we have had many misunderstandings.  At the end of the day,, the love they have me is shown. I know that and never have to question it. The Fakulte to me is not just a group a crew or my team, they are my family. They have played the biggest role in my life the last six months and I have personally grown tremendously since i have met them. Not to mention they reminded me of some important things that I forgot. Another year and that’s another level for me.

I love those that always love me through my growing process. I love those who just don’t get my growing process. But I have to love me the most. I never tried to change anything about the person I am for another person but I will always work to change my flaws and weakness. The steps are far and in between, but each step taught me something that I needed to learned or  gave me a lesson that I needed to be refreshed on.

When I think about my home town I think about the girl I use to be

And my home town now is the woman I have grown to be

No matter where your hometown is through time there is always change in and around it.

My home town is where I choose to be.

 In my hometown.

Chappell

Me inside THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP

It has been some time since I have sat down and told the world what is going on with me and my experience with THE FAKULTE….

Well first let me say its funny how 6 moths of being around a group of people all the time makes you feel like you have known and loved them for years…. Time is something that comes and it goes, it waits for no one and once it’s gone you can’t get it back. For a simple four letter word it carries great meaning along with it. Time moves no faster than it did yesterday and yet we get lost in the concept of how fast time has gone. When really all that happened is we stop long enough for the moment to slow us down while time keeps on going. And for the last few months that’s where I’ve been.  I was stuck in a moment in time. In reality its probably been about two months since I wrote on this blog. But for me its seems like its been much longer. My journey with the Fakulte has taken me to another place in my life that I wasn’t expecting to get to so quickly and so greatly. It’s like chapters to my book are just now being reviled to me and I am seeing things about myself I didn’t see once before. When I joined THE FAULTE I saw a dream of one person and I saw the love, believeth, and confidence he had in a group of people that he loved and cared for pulling them together from all parts of his life creating one family.  To me that was a beautiful thing and all I wanted was to be able to see their dreams come true and tell the story. And now I am a part of this dream.  With that came a great family but it also brought a reality and a choice I had to make…..

I spent a good part of my life in a bubble… nobody understood me in my own family as I grow up.  I was trained from real young to stay quiet and do as I was told. So as I grew only a few have gotten close enough to know me… and everybody else got a wall. For two reason I didn’t want to know what “they” thought of me and I don’t give “them” the chance to form an opinion. So when it came down to it … all I had was me. I have spent a lot of my life running from people and situation and problems, just to end up with them in my face again….. I could blame it on my childhood but instead I won’t I will just say that growing and learning is something that never stops from the day we are born so I am teaching myself again a new way…..   I’ve always been hard headed and the same remains true…. But like I have heard from my dad all my life…. A heard head will make a soft ass ….. Meaning one day you will learn.

So with my personal life being in ruins and having nothing else I poured myself into this FAKULTE life…… and although I loved it and some good came out of it for me personally it brought out a lot of bad things in me I had never seen before. Since I had nothing else my world became The FAKULTE and I held on to it for dear life… with the great fear of losing it like I have lost many other things through life.  It brought me to some turns in this road that I would have run from early in my life. It also made me face some harsh realities about myself.

With this road I’m going down now it comes with some rocky highways and smooth byways but I see where it can take me. And this time I didn’t want to run anymore…… I’ve always been one to let my emotions run rapid with me….but with a lot of humbling and listening I realized I don’t need to run anymore.

….. I love my crew because they fit me…… we all have our own paths that we walk but the thing about THE FAKULTE that I love is we all come back to where we fit…… we come from all different places and we fit perfectly together…….

I have sat back and watched my team for the last few months and although we all had to deal with life and the harsh reality of it…. We all remained focus on our goal together while supporting each other in our own personal struggles. If you ever got somewhere worth any value, then you know it takes a lot of something to get there. We as a family have been through it but we as individuals have grown from it.   We can now appreciate where we are going as a unit a lot more then what we may have if we didn’t go through anything at all.  With a team like this where was I going to run….. I need my team and they need me. We live this life and with each other and we are learning how to do it the right way with each step we take. We all play an important part in the greatness that is going on within the company; and although there is always someone that can do the job I do and possibly do it better….. There is no one that can take the place of the love and loyalty I carry for my team….. So Chapp_e won’t be going anywhere I have found a family that loves me and got me no matter what…. That was hard to find in one person throughout my life and here I have found it with my family of misfits….

This experience with THE FAKULTE has been a REAL one and its only getting realer.

This life we all choose to live is as much personal for us as it is business. We carry each other through the hard times and we stand strong together. We have built such a foundation that everything we build on top of it will be carefully thought out and planned before it becomes part of the structure.

THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP is still going strong with no intension of slowing down. We are in the process of starting up our own radio show (Face The FAKS Radio) with other projects going on.

Everything is about timing and everything comes in its own time. We want more than anything to make things happen in our time, but we all know the world doesn’t work like that and for me I personally like it that way. If i got what I want when I wanted it then I wouldn’t have learned anything…… So ill take the lessons and wait for the right time.

We THE FAKULTE have reached our time and this time right here is all we have…. With each sec with each min with each hour we are taking the moment for all its worth and we aren’t going to let time pass us by….. We are running with it and now that the time is here we are going with it non-stop until our time to is done. 

We Do This Shit

Its been a min but its time for me to go in. I know I haven’t wrote in a while and thats not because I have left the writing scene that just means that this bitch has been on her BUSINESS……. I don’t know if yall heard yet. But let me be the first to inform you the THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP is making moves. AND Im not just saying that because this is my family and my crew. Im saying that as the very person who was brought in to tell a story about this family from the  past, present, and future …. Some where along the way these people became my family… my heart and there is not a thing I wouldn’t do for anyone  of them. But after a night like tonight. I have seen this go from a dream to a reality REAL QUICK…. 
Let me update you…. We now have official management over  the whole FAKULTE umbrella…. SO KOLD ENT. PRESENTS THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP LLC. Along side FORTUNE OVER FAME (F.O.F.), P.O.S., Enlightened apparel, and BLACKHEART ENT.  Man all I can say is WE DO THIS SHIT.  I have watch this team grow so much in the last five months that its kind of hard to believe… Like I have said before …. Whether you know me as Chapp-e or Chappell…. My original job remains the same. Im here to be the out let to the world on wat they cant see… I live this shit everyday. I never knew I had so much hustle in grind in me… I have fought some of my most personal battles just to  except the love that this family gives me. We have seen some hard times and we have seem some good times… And the funny thing is with every big step forward comes a big speed bump to slow you down…. But that’s the thing wit this family We don’t let NOTHING  fuck up what we got… At the end of the day every one of my team members is distant for greatness. And as we wash each others hands we all will make it there with the  dream we see together… no one gets left behind why. Because of the L.I.E. Loyalty Is Everything!!!!!! 




Shouts out to the newest members of the team So Kold Ent. T. Lewis, Young, B. Scott, and of course my ear to the streets Ant….. Also the newest member to the F.B.C. is Usual 21.… 


Like I said before you can join us or you can stay where you are … but your ass better be out the way cause THE FAKULTE is here to stay…. We don’t just make heat we make history.

Music in their heart.

Im sitting here at a great Sunday cookout. With THE FAKULTE and P.O.S. L.I.E. Anything that can bring a family together will be celebrated when it comes to this family.  After being at a number of gatherings and celebrations. I am seeing more of  what is real about this experience. People hear THE FAKULTE name and don’t know what to think and no matter how much it is described and or explained. There is still a look on people‘s faces that’s tells me they are still confused on the whole idea and concept behind THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP.

Well we are first and foremost a family of sorts. We grind and hustle together. So when its time to come together for a great gathering we are ready to do what we do. I play two parts when im around these people. One side of things I am a part of THE FAKULTE and nothing can change that. But I still have a job to do that puts me outside of  THE FAKULTE. I have to takea moment out of any and every gathering to see whats going on in front of me…. I am still learning THE FAKULTE as I grow with them.  After watching the old heads rock hard the last few gatherings, I seen where the underground foundation of THE FAKULTE comes from.  There was a group there that has already went through the  struggles and battles of becoming a part of the music of the world without becoming a industry artist. It means something to each of us to stay real about who we are and where we have come from.

There is history behind every song that is played and you can see it in their eyes. The way they respond. It takes them right back to the year and place in there life they was at when the song first played its part. Then brings it right to the present day. They realize each listen of each song how much they have grown and where they have come from while they was growing. The passion is there with every words said and every beat dropped. Some songs running so deep it  will bring a tears to their eyes.
I love to see the responds of music in the hearts of the ones who loves it because the outcome is pure.
You don’t  have to know a person very long but if u put on that right song it will tell you something that never has to be said.

Music it plays from their heart and touch them to the soul. There is nothing fake about it... we are all REAL!

What we needed

(THURSDAY NIGHT)
After sitting at a session where it seem like nothing was going to get done. We ended our night at Powersource Studios breaking down and finally communicating about a lot of things that wasn't understood. We continued our night celebrating with our fam (on a special night dear to THE FAKULTE'S heart).
Tonight Im watching  a family dance, laugh, and shed some tears in memory of a love one.
We are a team and yes we work together as such, but we also banned together to support each other as a family through every event.
I didn't understand until right now why our night went the way it did.
We all had a crazy day and we needed this day and time to rediscover and redefine what we are doing together as a team. We seen what we need as a business.
The one thing every relationship needs COMMUNICATION.
We also seen how important it is we stay tight as a family.
The last couple of days may have brought back some ruff memories or some hard feelings to handle
but it also has proven to be our strength and fire.
When our real life finds its way into our world of music, we find out how much we hold each other down in both world.
There are so many of us and we love each other dearly, but like every family and business we have our moments where we want to slap (joking).
At the end of it all we come back to laugh, joke, or maybe even shed a tear once again.
Blood or not nothing can make us closer.
These are the simple things that cause others to fail in the past, but its these things that will show how superior we are. We will rain Supreme.

Much LOVE TO THE FAKULTE , P.O.S. and the F.O.F. Family!

The Life I live (My experience with THE FAKULTE) Cypher Circle time

Set The Record Straight

Some people might ask why am I here. What is the importance of my presences in THE FAKULTE music group really is… Well let me break it down so it can forever be broken. I am the perfect fit to a group of misfits. I am a outside eye to what is seen in the world. I don’t produce, engineer and im not a song writer. Im a journalist and I am a real life journalist. I can only write about what I know to be real and true. I am different by far and every member of this team is different in their own way. THE FAKULTE is not just work but they took me in like family. I play my part, i sit back and watch them work. I take in their environment while they are at work. I like to act as though im not here. Anything I do is not to be seen or heard while in the studio but it is to get a outside view on what it is like for a group to rise to the top together. At the same time coming from different places at all different times. We all represents different sides of life from all over. Im proud to be here to watch the first of all the they have to encounter. Its not many that say they was there and they got to enjoy the ride while a empire is being built. I see greatness in the future and I love it when I see everyone with the same goal in their eyes. I do help in many ways then just writing. But make no mistake that is my first purpose for being here. The person that I am and my love for writing has but me in a place where I can write about others and how they have fought their way to the top. The deeper I go the more I learn, the more I see that what is being done here has never been fully accomplished. With every person we encounter the question remains…. Who and what is THE FAKULTE MUISC GROUP. Well I can reassure you they are not a rap group or just a couple of producers…. WE are 12 strong 4 producers, 5 engineers, 3 songwriters, 3 artist and now 1 journalist  and only getting stronger. We all do some thing different and brings something different to the table. We are at the board table. We will make this work. Im down for the ride…… I always been one that is well know for taking the ride. it’s THE FAKULTE Bitchzzzzzzzz!!!!

Day to Day Hustle

I have been in with THE FAKULTE for almost 3  months. In these three months I can see how all our lives have been put to the test. We are stretched out.; our pride has been put on the line; we are surviving and making it happen; we are drained; we are pushed; we argue; we get frustrated; we get loud; we have egos; we don’t get much sleep; we hustle to eat; but over all we fight for the life we want!!!
The other side of what’s going on is not always pretty. Its real life for us. When I look around and watch my crew do what they do its no wonder nobody can figure out what we are. We all have our own creativity and we come together to blend beautifully.
Well I said it when I first met them, and even now as a part of THE FAKULTE, I still say THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP is a MOVEMENT. We have already been told that this has never been done, and we are fully aware that it hasn’t. Which is why we call it greatness. There is no I in the FAKULTE, we are a team and operate as such. We all have our roles to play to make one hell of a team.
For each of us we have already been told no; that we cant do something; never could get what we wanted; had some of our prized possessions taken from us. So at a time where we have been through some of the tests of time and came back strong, we wont hear or believe that we cant do what we want to do and how we want to do it.
We are already at a point where we are hustling and grinding through it all and we will keep it going until everything is done the right way.


This is a power house and we do nothing but get better with what we do. This our blood sweat and tears. Nights of not sleeping and brainstorming. We do this as a family and this family is going to be good. We hold each other down and we keep each other up.

This is our dreams, passions, and our drive. We are all blessed in our talents and blessed to find each other to make this work.
It’s THE FAKULTE”s  Love Locs’ aka Chappell (CHAPP-E) and I live this everyday its not a game or a joke.

Step Up.

Its our first night in the studio working on the up and coming compilation. Before getting to our session we had a meeting with a hook up byway of Ms. JJ. Show. on distribution (nice to meet you Jean Joseph).
We all have been on a high off the past weekend we just had. We came to this session tonight to get started on a epic peace of work, and to have a meeting that would tell us where we can go from here. After our meeting we had a brief cypher circle in which I was listening to the guys discuss what had just occurred.
Most of the info we got we knew. The only difference was the source in which we was getting the info.
It was a good reality check for all of us. We came to a point where we had to make a real decision. Are we going to make THE FAKULTE great or are we going to let how the music industry is be our down fall.
We are doing something that has never been done so from a outside eye we come off as crazy. But we are a group that is made up of talent that has never been seen SO we can do the impossible.
As we came into the studio and we all zoned out into our different roles. I looked up at each face of my team, at the same time listing to just the hook of the first song being recorded for the night. I could see on each of their faces the hunger deep down inside, and I could also see the hustle inside of them fighting its way out.
The only thing that man told us that could help was to keep doing what we do.
I see it as we need to keep doing what we do, but its time to raise the bar. We was operating at a level of 4, but in order to build this family, company, and brand we need to step it up to a level 10. We want it and we are going to fight like a lion in the jungle fighting for his pride to get it.
We each are on the grind playing our part to make what may seem like a dream for most.... our reality.
After getting into the groove and we pulled ourselves back into the vibe we laughed and got back to doing what we love to do.

You cant tell a group like us we cant do it.... cause we are coming to prove you wrong.
THE FAKULTE  is coming to take over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Day After

.... We worked hard yesterday but i think i have to say we partied harder. Bringing in the Sunday morning hours with POP our stand up man. We rocked hard with the whole family. P.O.S., F.O.F., and THE FAKULTE was in the building. Its always love with in this family. From the new born all the way up to the old souls that grace us with their presences. 
We party and we party hard. 
Its one love and nothing can change that. 
Its was pleasing to my heart to party with the fam after having a weekend like the one we have had. I started my morning "ending my night" with Propane kicking it about how quick things are moving. We are all in a zone and stepping it up everyday. 
I live this. 
I see this everyday
My life went from, what am i preparing for while I'm going through the turbulence in my lif, to what is my next move; and now...... in a matter of what seems like just days. My life has and is continuing to flip its self upside down. I told Propane last night that this is nothing but fate.
I don't rock with anything unless I feel it. And THE FAKULTE! YEAAAAAA I can feel it. 
I been doing what i do on my own for a long time; but this family makes me wanna be better and go harder.  
What THE FAKULTE don't know is ..... ITS A WRAP!
When I'm in; I'm in! 
The love for these people came natural. 
The love I got back came NATURAL! 
That's my kind of love right there (my name is LOVE Locs') :o)
So for a beautiful Sunday morning following a unbelievable weekend. I sit here with  a smile on my face cause I'm happy, things are moving and we are in tunnel vision with no site of the finish line in view.
Its THE FAKULTE and this is what we do.




Love Locs' 
Good SUNDAY MORNING EVERYBODY!!!!!!

Making Moves

My life has take a turn and it’s a great feeling. I have become apart of THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP. I couldn’t be happier. Im a part of a movement and its going to make history. The more we get into this the more I see that things are bigger then what any of us expect. I was told by Majah that I have to say us now and not yall. I love the feeling of becoming part of a family that I love to work with. I play my part and so does everyone else. We are on a rise. I fit right in with the movement. I have my own story that can relate to the hearts of these people. 


Yesterday was FEBERAY 11 and it was a day that will go down in history. Ole Earl told me two days before that this day would change a lot of things for THE FAKULTE and he was so right. We did our first interview on the MS. JJ show. On OVNTV.COM  and while on the air got a quick connection for distribution. The last part that was missing  from  the movement. We are about to make a deal that’s going  to put us in a  new  lane. I know MS. JJ said that we need to stay in our own lane. But coming with this much force and power we have to make our own lane. We went to M.s. JJ show with the intentions of showing are faces and getting  THE FAKULTE name out there in the world. But in actually we walked away with a great hook up, meeting up with JAZ-O a great historian in the hip hop world, and getting  more exposure then what we expected. It was a good feeling walking away from  that building in downtown ATL. THE FAKULTE moves are ridicules. Things are coming  quick  and we are stepping it up everyday. 
After the show we headed back to CYPHER CIRCLE and as members went to handle other business the rest of the crew came to show some love. That was a big sign to me. The gathering of every fakulte member in one day. Yes this  is meant to be. And now that we are working on all cylinders we are unstoppable. Moving it quick and coming hard. 


Today we are in power source studios  working with The Ill genius and M. J. Whatley. Making history. Prince Jack, Fayrow, B.Hood, And Majah League all in the room  in the zone. Writing out verse to a hot beat produced by THE FAKULTE’s very own K.S.B., Uncle J  is even in the building  taken in the beauty of the work. Ole Earl has his ears on and his mind is always working on what going to happen next. Lady Fakulte is supporting  us hard and I am  always lurking around taking pics, shooting a  video, writing, or just getting to know and love my crew more. Yea things  are happening and its only going to get better. Until next time Love Locs (CHAPP-E) out.

What a Day

Yesterday was unbelievable….  I woke up to  a day not sure where It was going, or what was going to get done…. By 12 our whole day was packed.
I started of my day doing what I do kicking it with my buddy Ole Earl. While im laying there I am paying more and more attention to what he is doing on Protools (beat program). As he working I am seeing and figuring out how to format a beat, how to change a tempo, and hell I also was picking up on how to count bars. I was happy that I was understanding more of the creating processes.
That’s just how my day started off.
Of course propane came to KICK-IT with us for a while, went to go see our girl RI, picked up FAYROW. And By the end of the night the ILLGENIOUS graced us with his presences…. Its always nice when he comes around…. IT seems to me that he and THE FAKULTE have a great chemistry….  In the words of the Ill GENIOUS “we don’t have no time to waste”. We gotta use each day to get something done. I see it all day everyday. The spirit and hustle behind this fam is bananas! The music doesn’t stop and the name is going everywhere.


Yesterday I got to experience the first of many days that are going to be full, busy, and productive. And im ready!!!!!


Ms. JJ show Friday
Studio Saturday
Meet on sunday
Promoting always.


This is my experience with THE FAKULTE !!!!!!!!!!


CHAPP-E
aka
Chappell

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The Life I live (My experience with THE FAKULTE)

To THE FAKULTE and To the future.

Imagine this ……
Its 2012 you are where ever you are in the world…. In your car; chillin in the studio with the crew going hard on some joint; backstage getting ready for a interview; at home taking care of the fam; or having a meet about the next power move. Where ever you are you can stop look around and smile. 
You are where you wanna be. 
THE FAKULTE IS EVERY WHERE on TV on RADIO in different states even killing the underground. Your  music is selling, life is on a move, things being takin care of  and you are doing what you love everyday. Happy as hell. Each of you will have that day when u look back and smile. 
You made it. 
You struggled and fought
You fell down, learned, and got at it again
You believed in you 
You had to grind and hustle
You made it and is making it with everyday. 

None of us are perfect I see each of you had to start fresh. I know what that’s like. Everybody has their journey they have to travel. You gotta to live to learn. 


Thank you for letting me be apart of this journey. 
Thank you for letting me know about you, where you been and how you got here. 
Thank you for trusting in me enough to share with me some of your lessons and struggles in life. I take every word and hold it close. I am here to shine a light on a group of people who I have fell in love with. Your talent, your heart, your struggle, your grind, and every thing THE FAKULTE stand for is the things that keep me on my toes. I feed off of it. I am growing with you and Because of you I am learning more. 


SO to a future of Greatness with THE FAKULTE.


~Chappell~
AkA
CHAPP-E

Changing the Industry

So much going on around here…. Its like none stop action.

A couple of days ago I was chilling with Majah and Ole Earl watching some videos on youtube about the music industry. One video in particular caught my eye. It was DMX. He was being interviewed on his place in the industry,  also how he felt about the music industry and how it affects the music world.

With a full week of the crew coming and going. There has been a week of good conversation and plenty of debating. Going from one extreme to the next the topics where endless. But one topic that seem to carry on from one night to the next was the focus on music and where it has gone.  With so many personalities in THE FAKULTE it is mind blogging to see how they all feel the same about one thing. That is  the game how it has changed and its time for it to go back to it’s roots.   They have a lot of passion about staying true to the experience and real life lessons. Not just that but keeping in mind this is a art form with history. There are elements that make hip hop what it Is and the music today has taken it away from the basses of what THE FAKULTE KNOWS AND LOVES AS HIP HOP. Its obvious that there will be no changing for the industry to accept them into the business.
After watching videos about the blood scarifies and other things that may or may not be going on. It makes me think………when did things get like that in the “music industry”? A better  question can THE FAKULTE MUSIC GROUP stay independent enough to work with the music industry and not become a part of the music industry.   Well I believe they can. I have seen the drive and devotion that push them to make this work their way!!!!!

This week I got to see in my own living room the essence of hip hop….. With cyphers going on, story telling, and youngins being schooled by the wiser ones. It was a true experience to take in…. By the end of the week my lil brother’s click Fly guys decided to stop in on a night with THE FAKULTE…. It turned out to be a good night. I was listening to the free styles ( my favorite part). I got to see where these lil dudes minds where and how serious they was about spittin or was it just something they did for fun. I could see the amazement in the kids faces when MAJAH LEAGUE blessed the cypher with a flow of his own.

I sat back and watched the humbleness of  the younger ones has they listen and respect the words of  THE FAKULTE. That right there in its self shows me that its always going to be about making GOOD MUSIC and making a GOOD CHANGE.
 A lot of people say the music industry will change you…. Well Im going to say THE FAKULTE is going to change the music industry.

“I am not a industry artist, I am a artist in the Industry “
~DMX~

J-Biz Ft Elion Da Great Total Control Official Music Video

Im Not afraid

What is good music today?

A normal night with THE FAKULTE and we are deep…. My neighbor decided to stop by and join in on the celebrating of Uncle J’s Bday.  While we are in cypher circle a interesting subject about music come up.  The debate was about good music…… What makes a song good. As a new generation rapidly grows and time moves on from what music use to be. It is obvious that the meaning of good music has changed right along with the times. As my younger neighbor  stood in my kitchen trying to defend a song and a artist against being good and creative. There was a team of old heads ripping him apart. The argument “a song is good if it sells mass units and captures a lot of attention” .

As I sat there and watch my poor neighbor try hard to defend his point. I fell to the background smiling thinking about how I can write about this… Its probably  the biggest controversy in the industry today. While the rest of my counter parts argue about the numbers, and the simple lyrics that are used today…. All I could think about was the respect for the art.

My neighbor argued the point of Soulja Boy being creativity or a fad for hours.
The youngster proceed on to dis some of the pioneers of hip hop and music….. Big no no.
By the end of the night the subject had to be dropped everybody was to passionate about how they felt.  A simple debate would have gotten ugly.

It’s a shame where music has gotten to. There use to be a respect for the music, the artist, and the art. Now its painfully obvious that its more about money, and a fad then respecting the art of making and creating music.
“Music is as important as water. We need it to survive.”
~BREDREN ~
What happen to more people feeling like that?  If you take the time to do a lil research you will see music is everything and deserves the up most respect… Good music has faded to the background and its up to us to bring it back into the light….We have to show the real meaning and purpose of good music.

SPOTLIGHT ON FAMILY

I have spent so much time with THE FAKULTE that I have quickly become a part of a great family. I took on a big task and my vision on what this would be, is no where near as what its is growing to be. The feeling is unreal. This group of people have more passion then most and each have their own personal reason to grind. They went through struggles of all sorts. Emotionally, Finically, deathly, family and personally. I have so much in common with all of them…. All though we all had very different experiences we all are in the same place. Day in and day out, if you ask what anyone of us is doing tomorrow. It will always have something to do with work. We cant help it, after a while it kind of consumes your life. You think about every move before you make it. Everything revolves around doing what you love everyday no matter if it’s a good day or bad day. We use it all to make what we do greater then what it already is.

THE FAKULTE BEAT COMMISSION

E.O.P., MAJAH, KINGSFORD STORYTELLER BLACK, AND PROPANE
These four make up the mighty FAKULTE BEAT COMMISSION. I Have been in the presences of each of them while they work and have listen to the beats that have been made. Any sound you want, one if not all four combined can make it happen. They each have their own strengths and a different sound.  I have seen them learn some thing new one day (a new program or technique) and by the next day is putting it to use. Only making what they do better everyday. They stick together and keep each other on there toes. Each no bigger then themselves and still great at what they do individually.

The natural raw talent I have witness come out of them is unbelievable.  E.O.P listening to make sure every aspect of a song flows, MAJAH listening to the sounds of the beat making sure each the sounds and the words are on point together, K.S.B. is looking for the story creating a picture in the music, and Propane feels the over rhythm of the sounds listening from the inside out taking it all in to the core. With these four working together there is nothing that cant be done, Not to mentions with all of them being from different regions of the east coast they each specialize in a certain sound with the ability to go out of the box.
I love watching music come to life. With them music Is everything in every part of the day. Music is in their past present and future. When you can find a way to incorporate life into what you love to do. The only thing that can come from it is greatness. You are full of passion and everything you do is real.
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING A LOT OF MUSIC FROM THE FAKULTE BEAT COMMISION!!

E.O.P. (OLE EARL)

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT GOOD OLE EARL.
I HAVE MET A MUSICAL MASTERMIND. He is one that wants his music and the beauty that he creates to speak for it self. He has a ear for perfection listening to what makes a song work how it should flow and what needs to be fixed or changed to make it just write . He appreciates the uniqueness of each distinct sound and how It will affect the over all beat. I have seen how he works. They way he pulls sounds and sayings from any movie, show ,or even a simple conversation; and combines it with (heat) as he calls it is a cool ass process to watch come together. Continuously finding something he can use from everyday and add it to music.
Until I met Ole Earl I didn’t understand how music was all around us how much life and culture breath through music. I am in awe as I watch him work with millions of ideas in his head he finds a way to execute it beautifully. He is on his game with information always being added to the over load of ideas already going on his mind. Ole Earl has his hand in everything. Anything he can do to help he does. THE FAKULTE is glued together by the love they have for each other and I have to say Ole Earl is the blood that pumps through each member of this company holding them all tight together. He brings the ambition and the excitement that we all feed off of. The dream for him is so real and there is no reason why he can reach it.
Ole Earl one of the 4 that makes up The FAKULTE BEAT COMISSION. He is one of the very talent producers on this team. With a unusual sound his music stand out anywhere you go. Also one of the engineers on this squad. He has a diverse sound and way of thinking with a open mind and a strong grasp on reality which in turn makes his music diverse but relatable.
With the passion, will, and drive to make it E.O.P. is going to get him and his family to the future that he so clearly sees.

Real world vs. Our World

Because of the world we live in we are forced into maintaining, surviving and living by any means necessary. Whether you go the ways of the streets or the great old American way of working. Its all a grind and a hustle. Neither way easier then the other. They get up and get to grinding the only way to survive is to get money. That’s the real world. Most people get caught up in the concept of needing things or the having the money to make it in this world. Living in the moment or planning for the future money is the only focus. Some cant handle the idea and rebel, others are crushed from the pressure that comes with having this thing called MONEY! Masking the truth with as many things and people in a empty space that can fit. Not realizing how easily they have became another man in a black and white suit blending in with the many others walking in that same suit.
Then there is our world. It’s not just our world but a life we fight for. With each of us having a past full of hurt, pain, sorrows, anger, pride, and over all bull shit. We all have found a way to overcome our circumstances. We search and sought out the power courage and the balls to fight for life and all the fulfillment it comes with. At a time a snow storm has come through and damn near shout down the entire east coast one state after another. While the real world has came to stop, As others spend day after day in the house about to lose their mind. Our world is still moving. We take the time tucked away and use It for some good old fashion work. As ive kept in contact during this week with the members of THE FAKULTE and others that work with them they are all working on something. Whether it be making a beat, doing some research, writing a rhythm, working with equipment or just letting life its self play its part preparing them for their next move. We have a goal, a purpose and a destiny to work towards. We live in our world and exist in the other. Money is always nice but we look forward to our purpose of making a change while make history is completed. Educating ourselves so that we can reach true greatness. We do what we gotta do so we can do what we wanna do… People always told me I live in a world of my own and now I can say this is true. But I rather live in a world of my own happy then live in the world they created and be miserable.

Behind the BEAT!!!!

We all have encountered a song or two that may have come on the radio and as soon as the beat drops we fall in love….. Most times the lyrics of the song don’t matter because all you hear is the beat that is playing in the background. When you think about it..... it is the key element to any song. Whether it’s a simple beat that catch u or a beat that bangs hard out the trunk with so much dynamic that’s all you wanna hear any way is the beat.


Today was a day of chilling relaxing and yet still working. Of course with a couple of THE FAKULTE members living right up starts from me I get to experience it all. Monday January 10, and we are snowed in. No where to go and nothing but time to do what it is we do best. After spending time in cypher circle the guys came up stairs to do a lil work. Its  funny to live right next door while they live this life everyday. At any time inspiration can hit and they are up and back on it. The creative process never stops. I have the pleasure of just sitting and watching as they create these beats. Its been a couple of weeks and there is one thing that I have paid much more attention to….. That is the beats the sound in every song. I get to be in the presence of E.O.P. and MAJAH while their brains are at work. Starting with just a sketch in their head and sound by sound put together 4 mins worth of music that you can just boob your head to with no words at all.

I am picking upon the programs and language that is used between them while they work on making these beats. A kick here a clap there the little sounds that complete one big sound. The little twitches that make the whole song flow or suck. This is what they hear and pay attention to, Playing each piece over and over just to get the flow and rhythm perfect. MAKING THE BEAT ……it’s a art craft. Its not a time of day or night that your brain isn’t at work. In any moment the very thought you need that can complete a whole piece of work can streak at any time. I have watched the progress of beats take days. Ive seen beats started and then wipe totally clean. Ive seen sounds come together like perfect puzzles and I seen the frustration from it not sounding just right.

The world still goes on and yet they find away to use it to do what they love anyway. I got a chance to kick it with KINGSFORD STORYTELLER BLACK of THE FAKULTE on face book today for him like the rest of the world life still goes on outside of the dream. Shit still goes wrong and life can still fuck with you. ….. Perfect example of using real life as the heart and soul he uses to push out the heat that he does. Imagine having the ability to use your feelings emotions and all your stress putting it to a sound that represents everything you cant say but you can just feel through a beat. Song writers cant do anything but feel it to the core and write some real shit to a hot beat. Its all about the beat……..

J-Biz Total Control Ft Elion Da Great

Hip Hop Today.

.....im sitting here with E.O.P. and Majha of THE FAKULTE while they work with The Ill Genius on a track off his up and coming album taking in all that is going on around me. In the mean time im reading XXL's interview with Dr. DRE. While reading this article they asked Dre. a very good question. ( How do you feel about the overall direction of hip hop over the past 10 years or so?) Dre's answer struck me as very real. For one of the top pioneers in music he would know exactly where music is today.  

Dre Answer 

" I think its definitely big right now. But Its definitely not as good to me right now. I would say that there are a few artists that i think have quality but for the must part, Its just a lot of watered down shit that we,ve been listening to over the last i dont know how many years. I do think there is a possibility for it to ge back to where it was, If people start paying attention to just,like, the essence of hip hop and where it can go and what it can be. It's just a little too happy for my taste, a little to bubblegumish and shit." 

WoW now thats one hell of an answer and I think a lot of people who truly love and know music do agree. I wanted to share this because it represents what THE FAKULTE is trying to do.... Bring back the essence of hip hop and where it can go. Not only limiting themselves to the hip hop world but understand imprtotance the of the hip hop history and hip hop culture. Damn I wish I knew Dr. Dre. I think he would Love THE FAKULTE....... One day they will be there......Im happy im here along the way.

Respect

... Its funny the THE FAKULTE found me to write for them. Although i love music i only loved it for the words and how each song made me feel. When it comes to the real history of music i know some but working with THE FAKULTE i need to learn much more.

I have a lil brother, him and all his friends likes to say their doing "music". They go lay some tracks down in a studio and call it music. My personal opinion its just noise.... a bunch of words with no meaning behind them. Like most young kids today the "music" they make is fulled with sex drugs and money. I rather not hear it. Which is how I feel about all these fake new artist out here.  I call them fake because the words they speak are fake.  These kids have no respect for themselves or the work they do. 

As im working with THE FAKULTE I am experiencing how music affects their whole world. The thing that regins true with every member is the RESPECT. They have respect for themselves, each other, and their families. Then there is another level of respect that they have gained over the years and that is the respect for real music. They know where music has come from and the original artist who changed it along the way. They respect the artistry that was put into the songs and the lyrics. They respect the artist and the words they speak. They know their history in not just hip hop but all geners of music.  With that much passion and heart incorporated THE FAKULTE is well on its way to become a part of that great music history. The art created from this music group is going to always be different, innovative, and creative. It will also always be respected. When you know and respect where you been then you will be known and respected where your going. 

Hip Hop and Life

I have been learning more and more about music and the history behind music working with THE FAKULTE. For me i grow up in house. I lived in a different world then most children. Using music for my own personal struggles. But i never stop to think about the world outside of my world. For the members of  THE FAKULTE they have always use music as a part of their life. 

Growing up during  the time when Hip Hop played a big part of their lives THE FAKULTE was able to use the music made to relate to what they lived everyday. The music in the 70's 80's and 90's told a story. There use to be a realness in the music we heard. The way they talked about street life was not to show off how hard they was or whos cash flows was bigger. It was about the real struggle and grind of growing up in the hoods and streets. For most they never make it out the hood so they never know that it is possible to survive outside of that world. When your life has shown you nothing but all the bad that can happen..... when you grew up in situations that was not ideal for a child then you are subjected to a ruff life. If all i ever know is drugs, streets, guns, and money then thats how i will always think

These dudes didn't grow up in the suburbs and they was not born with a sliver spoon in their mouth. They use the streets to learn. Clinging on to whatever they could to find their way to make it to the next day. They used hip hop to learn about life..... while hip hop found its way into every part of living hip hop found its way into their worlds. Its not just music for THE FAKULTE its how the music helped them making it through each battle they faced just walking out the door everyday. 

First session of the year....

JANUARY 2, 2011 FIRST SESSION OF THE YEAR AND THE FAKULTE IS GETTING TO WORK . IN THE STUDIO WORKING WITH POWERSOURCE ENTERTAINMENT DOING WHAT IT IS THEY DO BEST PRODUCING RECORDING AND MAKING HISTORY. WORKING WITH A YOUNG UP AND COMING ARTIST J- BIZ FEATURING ELLION OF THE FAKULTE FINISHED UP A TRACK CALLED TOTAL CONTROL. J-BIZ LIKE THE FAKULTE HAS A OUT LOOK ON THE MUSIC HE DOES. WANTING IT TO HIT THE WORLD WITH SOMETHING THEY NEVER EXPERIENCE BEFORE.


SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC BEING CREATED I CAN SEE THAT THE FAKULTE IS ILLUMINATING A POWERFUL ENERGY PULLING TOWARDS THEM OTHER ARTIST READY TO HIT THE WORLD WITH A DIFFERENT MUSIC APPEAL. THEY PUT IN THE MUSIC WHAT KIND OF AFFECT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE ON THE WORLD. THERE IS A REASON THAT THESE ARTIST WANNA HIT THE STREETS. DOING IT THE ORIGINAL WAY. TAKING TIME TO MASTER AND SLOWLY BUILD ON WHAT IT IS THEY TRULY WANNA DO IN THERE LIVES.
SO FAR ALL THE PEOPLE I HAVE ENCOUNTERED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FAKULTE ARE LIVING THIS LIFE EVERYDAY. I Heard THE ILL GENIUS SAY TODAY THAT HES TREATING EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH HIS MUSIC AS IF IT WAS A EMERGENCY. THAT IS AN AMAZING OUT LOOK ON SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE DOING FROM THE GROUND UP. PUTTING IN THE REAL MEANING OF THE STRUGGLE AND GRIND. ITS THEIR DREAM AND THEIR WILLING TO WORK HARD FOR IT WITH OUT SELLING OUT FOR THE DOLLAR PRICE. I AM BEING BLESSED WITH EACH PERSON I MEET ON THIS JOURNEY. I GET TO SEE THE REALNESS IN FIGHTING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT CAUSE YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR THE THAT DREAM AND NOT THAT EVERYDAY LIFE.
YOU HAVE SO MANY THAT WILL QUICKLY SELL OUT FOR THE MONEY NOT PUTTING THERE TALENT TO A TRUE ARTISTIC CAUSE BUT JUST SELLING IT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. I REALLY BELIEVE THE ORIGINALITY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS SOLD OUT ALL TOGETHER. ITS TIME FOR SOME NEW MUSIC WITH TRUE HEART REAL ORIGINALITY AND A MESSAGE WORTH LISTING TO. THE FAKULTE IS ALREADY SETTING A TREND OF REALNESS BLAZING A TRAIL FOR NOTHING BUT GREATNESS.
　
AND THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FAKULTE……….
GREATNESS BEGETS MORE GREATNESS.

the fakulte x jerry eldridge

January 01, 2011 (Starting the year off right)

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
No big clubs, no drama involved THE FAKULTE was with family and friends for the start of a new year. As we brought in 2011 their was smiles, hugs, laughs, and lots of love being spread around. When THE FAKULTE comes together its more then just a company, its a FAMILY. They not just celebrating for reaching a new year but also celebrating the first NEW YEAR as THE FAKULTE family. 


I have only known this mob for a brief moment and just from getting to know the characters and personalities one by one I can see in them how deep and serious their families are for them . When i say families i mean the family at home and the family at work. They have a special love for each other supporting one another from the beginning to the end. They got each other holding one another down through the ruff times as well as the good ones.  Something like a backwards tree with each branch growing together to make the trunk of a tall mighty tree. Together planting roots that will grow on and on breaking into new grounds. With every passing day this team is ready to conquer anything that steps in their way. 


With the love and support of one another along with the passion, talent, and dedication THE FAKULTE is making a great start into the new year. A lot of times when a new project comes together its not completely planed out and the ones putting it together dont have the focus or the heart for the task at hand. Well I can honestly say that everything this team needs to make it to their goal is there. There is no room for doubt with this group they collectively have their eye on the prize.


Its 2011 and its time to work the glasses are on and tunnel vision is in play focus on nothing but a journey and more experience THE FAKULTE is ready to go in.....