Update: A New Home is Built

Just a quick update, the new site is up and running! Its still in progress (design wise), Still getting the music up, but it's officially the new base of operations! Check it out! www.CraftinClassiks.com

The content will be the same as AcetheTime.blogspot.com but with a few additions!

• More original content (Hip Hop, Music, and Inspirational words/videos) and some good friends contributing
• Display of services and offers on things/opportunities that I'm building (A few are up but more to be announced)
• Non-Profits, Organizations, and Charities we support

And more, of course, but thats the skinny as of right now. Also, this site will remain up, but all new posts will be on www.CraftinClassiks.com so adjust your RSS feeds accordingly! Appreciate it, and peace!

So Ace, Whats New? (2011 Addition)

Salutations young world! Its been a minute, been off the blog for a good sec. ALOT of things are in development, been pushing for higher quality and more quantity in this fast changing world. But, this post is to inform about what you can expect in the year..

1) The Casting Call mixtape may be chopped down and spread out and released in the future. Theres so much quality content but I dont have the time to mix all of it the way it needs. My attention needs to be on bigger projects! Its still up in the air as of 4/8/2011.

2) When I say bigger projects I refer to "The Dawn" EP. A collection of tracks I make in the wee hours in the morning in between working all night and taking a nap in the early afternoon. It epitomizes the possibility, hope, and feeling of that 1st breath of fresh air in the AM. The 1st track was recorded bringing in the new years and it captures that vibe nice! Only 2 tracks left to record, as of now there are 7 altogether. Expect that late march. Video shoots are planned for May-June as well. More details later!

3)The Speed of Life video series is still being recorded and edited. Im reworking the frequency into a seasonal release,  and the special footage will be saved for the DVD for the album "Davids SoundTrack". I dont want to step on any of the other projects toes, so Ive been taking the time to figure out what I want for which. This is second to the music, but I cannot rush it!
*The other video series are also still in development. Waiting on new cameras, and equipment! Great problems!*

4)Speaking of Davids Soundtrack (The Album), it's coming along nice, cant speak too much on it untill the other projects are finished and out but Im loving whats happening with it! Especially in these times in my life with increasing responsibilities, family issues, and more craziness that's happened. So much has changed since the release of In My Own Thoughts. Its really epitomizing the reason most artists create. To express and release deep emotions mere words cant, and to retain sanity. Yea, thats exactly whats happening. My pain, your pleasure. lol, more on that later also!

5)Next, The new website is ALMOST complete, this is the big reason I havent been blogging. Ive been working with Chris Scheidies to get it up and clean. Needless to say, I have a new found respect for all web developers now, I salute you for sheer patience alone lol.

Those are the solids and the stuff near-finished that I can speak on right now. There's ALOT more on the way but its still in development. In the mean time, thank you for your continued support, funding, and love!! It means alot. no EVERYTHING!

The time is now!! 

peace.

Options: Lives We Choose...

  Every life has an ending, and that ending is directly in relation to the way the life was lived. The thoughts that were invested, ideas that festered and the image that was exerted. The perception the universe receives from you, is the opportunities you'll in turn be shown.... Will you have a chance to innovate an industry? A chance to mold the future? Own an island?

Or, will your opportunities be shown in a chance to dodge a bullet from someone who saw you with the wrong people?? A court case where you just may get off with "No papers"?

You now have the opportunity to choose. Its all in us, all of us. Its all in our brands of life. Play your hands for the long hall, and you'll be in the game when they're re-dealt later on.

  Personally, I've been putting off my change lately. Its the biggest change I've had to make in a decade probably. I love continuity, set it-and-forget-it-ability, so I usually get to a place where I dont even check on, or I only maintain. But this change is basically the basis for my future. Success or Failure could be based on this. I must achieve this. I want my grand kids, great-grand kids affording yatchs and such. I want my face unquestionably amongst hip hop royalty. I want ground breaking achievements, and I must make changes in order for this to happen.. In order for opportunities to increase in quality and frequency.

In turn, the ending will be able to be the best there was in history. I have goals in social change, moral advancement, desease research, education, and the overall quality of life that cannot be met unless, I make changes now. ...Procrastination is dead, the time is now. Peace.

 "You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." -James Allen

Great Quote: Non-Action

"Its a Whole Lotta Pump Fakin... and No Shot Takin" -Ace the Time

Released: DMV Diggin Episode 2

Presenting Episode 2 of my series "DMV Diggin" Featuring J6, Antonym Beats and Malcom. Enjoy the adventure!

Pt1

YouTube - Ace the Time-DMV Diggin x Red...

Pt2

YouTube - Ace the Time-DMV Diggin x Red...

Ace the Time Interview with ILLMUZIK.COM!!

Shout outs to Fade, Dj Excellence, and Illmuzik for the love!!

Illmuzik own’s Ace the time is an emcee/producer from the DC area. Know as Unorthodox (or just Dox) on the forums, he’s a versatile artist who’s both comfortable with sampling and composing. Now time for the interview.

Excerpt:

The DC hip hop scene has never really developed, why do you think that is?

smh, man. There are so many reasons I’d need a post to say it all. but mainly, DC is not a hiphop city, its a Go Go city. Complete polar opposites. Hip Hop at its worst is structured and intelligent compared to Go Go, which is straight, untampered, party, let loose, have fun music. Most of the country doesnt even understand it because of this. This is the culture we grow up with in DC...

Read the full interview at http://www.illmuzik.com/ace-the-time-interview/#more-2274

Times of Thought: 10-15-2010

"Its hard for me to party & drink, knowing theres 1000's of others grindin hard. Its become a phoebia I think. I'm afraid of being out worked... I'm closer to livin my dreams than sleep could ever get me now. I'll party with my homies, and a few billionaires on my yatch, headed to my island... lol its all good!"

With Money, How Can Can Still Love Hip Hop??

-This is probably the most on-point description I've heard since the "hiphop is dead" "era".-

*From Gear Slutz Forum, By Agzilla*

"The more Hip Hop becomes an institution the less cause for it to exist there is...

What began as rebel music, using some old grooves to reshape into something new, with new attitude, language, potential. style, fashion....

Has become something we are overly familiar with... a regular soap NOT a brand new special....

HipHop has moved on and grown up... it's kids, twins called Bounce n Rap are just fine though... bit reckless and all that but gonna grow into good men eventually and have upstarts of their own....

The best reallest music is ALWAYS whatever YOU really got in your mid teens to late twenties....

Bfore or after that, by give or take five years is old s or new crapola...."

-OG Post Here

I've been thinking this for weeks now, the more money that got pumped into Hip Hop....scratch that, the more money there was to be MADE from Hip Hop, the worse off the culture became. I say culture because, the music lost its potency yes, but All aspects of Hip Hop fell off. B-boying got hi jacked (or grew, depending on your views) and transformed into a entity in and of itself. The art of the scratch got lost (Yes it is still represented, but its a accessory compared to music). Then sampling got killed to a degree, and production became more critical, than say, a dope flow, lyrics, or even now, some sense and coherence on the mic lol.

-Money is the common denominator-

As long as money is the motivation, how can music (Hip Hop or otherwise) be the quality culture that raised and taught millions, no billions?

Money is a necessity, but lets not get carried away with what it does for us. Some of the most horrible/gruesome things and people in history were motivated by money. As long as we love money, how can we love Hip Hop? Just a thought

The Artist Knows: Example TI

T.I. Makes Demands, Gets Denied (2002)

What happened?: In 2001, L.A. Reid signed Tip to Arista Records. Shortly afterward, T.I. released his debut album, I'm Serious. And although he was calling himself "The King of The South" way back then, he sure wasn't the King of Billboard: His album peaked at #98 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. This prompted a sit-down between Reid and Tip where he demanded two million dollars for his next album. Reid refused and Tip was subsequently dropped from the label.
Complex says: Success is the best revenge. If Reid had kept T.I. around and helped develop his talent, he could have taken credit for his success later on. Maybe then he wouldn't have gotten fired from Arista in 2004.

(http://www.complex.com/blog_galleries/shots-at-the-check-writer-when-rappers-bump-heads-with-la-reid/TI)

(The artist KNOWS! Believe in us)

Dear Artists, ... this is the Opportunity of a MILLENNIUM.

Dear Artists,  we have the Opportunity of a MILLENNIUM.


   Stop progressin to that old shit! Tomorrow is comin, why do you want to do what you did yesterday? Isnt that what we work AGAINST? Freedom!! The option where to work, what to do?  I HATED school, waking up day in day out to do work for someone else. I HATED work, waking up day in day out to do work for someone else. Each and everyday, doin repetitive tasks, with a predetermined time limit, style and satisfying others expectations, ideas, and most importantly OTHERS FUTURE.


Why are you so ready to live the life so many work their whole lives to LEAVE!?


You have a opportunity, ...to be the most FREE and IN CONTROL... your family have had for CENTURIES... ...CENTURIES!!!!


   Why are we allowing ourselves to be controlled?... no, why are we taking OUR control, and handing it to people OTHER than our selves? No... why are we taking OUR control, and handing it to people that arent EVEN apart of our CULTURE?? 


   Why arent we exploring our creative boundaries instead of doin what the last man did?? We have a chance to make history... blaze new paths... why walk old ones? especially when there are millions already doing just that smh.


--You got the opportunity of a millennium, lets ACT like it!! Dont be a slave by choice people. 

BREAK Ground, Dont LAY down