Dirty Thoughts - November Flaws

HUMANS ARE FLAWED.

So can we be fixed?

I have always found myself aware of my flaws. Some of them tend to be more harmful than others (Go figure!) As I analyze others, I often see their flaws first, but tend pull at the positive attributes. Trying to see the human, instead of the monster, the animal, the villain. It is in that I find self-understanding that, flaws can become lessons and lessons have value.  

Be accountable for your flaws but not tethered by their wounds. Be  ambitious in your healing. Challenge yourself to #DoBetter

I have taken on the challenge…who else will commit to self repair?

There is a subliminal message here.

“Whatever they say I did. I did it.”

/...my name isnt Dirty

"I SAID WHAT I SAID" w/ Garahbrie: I said I'm Thankful!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I want to talk about why I am thankful for CopyWrite Magazine. First and foremost Dirty and Syn. You both have been motivating forces in my life, and I am so grateful for that. My internship has expanded beyond JUST work, This year has been a particularly rough one for me, but I don’t ever have to question either one of you, I know you are there to give a listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, a different set of eyes on any given situation, and will have a PLOT with explicit details and timeline before I can even think to! You both advocate for me and tell me when I’m right and wrong.You both have taken me under your wing and I will always be grateful for that, I mean there’s so much more, but we know what it is. It's a business but that isn’t all. I feel good around you two, I feel welcome and wanted, I feel all the love. You both are two of the realest people I have ever met.

CopyWrite as an entity has opened so many doors for me, I have met SO many amazing souls and covered so many events that I now get ASKED to most of the events I attend. I had to learn that everyone isn’t a friend, all events aren’t worth covering, and I don’t ALWAYS have to have something to say. CopyWrite has allowed me to see the city of Milwaukee in a different light. It isn’t all about police and the constant fear of something happening to one of my loved ones, the violence isn’t all this city has to offer. There is dope music, and art; people with goals like me, and though the creative circle here is relatively small, CopyWrite brings awareness and more and more people are here with talent beyond this world! CopyWrite has allowed me to open my eyes and expand my horizons. CopyWrite has allowed me to GLOW!

...and oh my goodness I am thankful for my press pass. That thing is my BFF!

What are you thankful for? It is never too late to mend that broken relationship.

Close your eyes; imagine you are in a crisis...

WHO are YOU calling?

Now reach out to them, and tell them you appreciate them, and stick to that person. There are a lot of people out here who WANT to see you down and out, yet you would call THAT PERSON in your time of need.

That’s real.

Now GO BE THANKFUL!

/Garahbrie

AWillThaGreat - Agony

AWillThaGreat releases Agony, and it's all there. (That title is such a seasonal fit lol *inside joke*). We definitely don’t mind #supportingthelocal in this case! It’s also worth noting that AWill mixed and mastered this track himself. Check out the bars, the emotions, emmmmmm the truth, laied over the strings of the beat....even if its a little ugly...let us know what you think!

Just how I'm feeling at the moment... Produced by Canis Major Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by AWillThaGreat twitter.com/awillthagreat facebook.com/awillthagreatmusic instagram.com/awillthagreat

#CWEverydaySteez

This Weeks Style: "Blending Out"

/Vato

#WCW Marie Carter of "The Classic Shoppe"

Keep it classic with this month’s #WCW Marie Carter the owner of “The Classic Shoppe”.

She’s an educator, a soon-to-be mommy, a business owner and did we mention she’s full of #BlackGirlMagic.

Born and raised in Milwaukee, Marie decided to go to Tennessee State University after her earlier education in the suburbs. Her experience in the the HBCU taught her how to embrace and appreciate her culture but also was where she first saw Black kids taking pride in their education and handling their business. It gave her a sense of pride and made her want to inspire others to gain the same new found strength.

Marie has her Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and went on to earn her Master's in Curriculum and Instruction concentrating in Reading. She’s currently teaching middle school in the heart of Milwaukee. Yes, this is part of her #BlackGirlMagic.

She started her company after realizing there was a need for this in the market. “She did not want to wear something with a band she never listened to or a face of someone that she really did not have that much in common with, just because the colors matched what was needed to complete an outfit. And when she did find a rare gem with a person or a quote with whom she could identify, it seemed like it was the same person or quote, just served up different ways.”

We all can relate to that.

The Classic Shoppe is her way of appreciating and putting her culture in the clothing she loves. Because like they said on their site:

“It all boils down to this: if we don't honor and preserve our culture, who will?”

Shop The Classic Shoppe to support the culture. Find it on there site here or follow their social media to get the newest part of your wardrobe. FB: The Classic Shoppe IG: @theclassicshoppe

Jean Kengz - Last Chance

You can spend your entire lifetime waiting for things to change but if a life changing opportunity comes knock at your door will you recognize it and be ready to embrace it ?  In order to tell us how to be prepared for anything, Jean Kengz recruits electro/R&B singer Farrah Mechael (Detroit, MI), and rappers Young L3X (Boston, MA) and Taywill (Seattle, WA) as they express on the willingness to not let go their "LAST CHANCE" for life, love and success! Let us know what you think!

Artists: Farrah Mechael - https://soundcloud.com/farrahmechael Young L3X - https://soundcloud.com/youngl3x Taywill - https://soundcloud.com/taywill-1 Produced by :@jean-kengz Mixed by : @mayeut-billy Cover art by :@lilrozzy

/Garahbrie

#CWEverydaySteez

This Weeks Style: "Hats, rangs and thangs"

/Vato

#WordPlayWednesday - Reader Submission: The Reasons I Won't Leave

Reader’s Submission: (name withheld)

Here are words taken out of context. Emotional identification of the push and pull factors of maintaining things that we want, when they are hard to keep. If these words were said to you, where would you find your rebuttal? Word strategy. Word Play.

The Reasons I Won't Leave

stay, because you make me happy
stay, because people aren’t perfect
stay, because I care about you
stay, because I crave you
stay, because you give me reasons to keep pushing
stay, because just like you need me, I need you
stay, because every since you been here I’ve been some sort of happy
stay, because there are possibilities
stay, because when I leave I feel weak
stay, because when I don’t hear from you I’m empty
stay, because I’m only fulfilled when it’s you
stay, because no one else compares to you
stay,  because I have faith in you
stay, because I give a damn

stay...because I want to fucking be with you.

/CopyWrite Connect

"I SAID WHAT I SAID" w/ Garahbrie: Marshall Twins (MT)

The Marshall Twins “MT” (@thereal_mt on Instagram) drop their new project This For The City and so we slid through a meet and greet Saturday to see what was up.

Pulling up to a completely crowded parking lot at Godfather Electronics, squeezing between two cars and hoping for the best, was definitely a thing. We get inside to a crowd of people waiting to get their copies and a photo with the twins, which eventually led to tears from one of their fans..... Yes, it was completely adorable.

We pulled the twins aside to see what all the fuss & buzz we keep getting word of is all about:

CW: Where did the Marshall Twins nickname come from?

Donno: We went to school at Marshall on 64th and Hope, we played basketball there for four years and then we graduated and we stuck with the name, everyone was calling us Marshall Twins from basketball

Dexxx: ---Shortened it up to MT

CW: This For The City, what does that mean to you?

Dexxx: Everything is for the city. It's a lot of bad stuff happening in our city, we just wanna bring light to it and bring out everything. We want to bring out all the problems that are actually happening in the city and talk about it.

Donno: Right, we’re not just doing this for us, like, we wanna do this because, its a lot of good artists, and good engineers, tattoo artists, anything, we wanna put out for the city to bring that attention, to bring everybody out so we think we can do this, with this (T4TC), and everything else we’re doing right now.

CW: Where do you see yourselves say a year from now?

Both in unison: Hopefully somewhere on tour!

(They’re hoping to hit spots like Georgia, New York, Nevada, California and North Carolina.)

CW: Do you have anything you want to say? What do you want people to know about the Marshall Twins?

Both: We’re coming, we’re here to stay and we plan on changing the world, we want to be icons.

Be sure to pick up a copy of This For The City today.  They plan on taking a slightly different approach by waiting to put it online until early December. (When you get it, tell them CopyWrite sent you!)

Then, of course, no interview is complete without a photo opp, so we went out into the cold and took photos because, why not?

/The Intern

All visuals for this interview were shot by Michelle McAdams (@lotusvalentinevisuals on Instagram)