There's No Magic Pill to Make Your Own Beats

[Leslie Rush]

In this Hiphop "Matrix" there is no shortcut to being successful. In
other words, Neo, there is no blue pill! There is nothing magical
about making your own beats. There is nothing magical about being
successful.
However there is a formula for luck and here it is:
Luck = Opportunity + Preparation
Let's break that down really quick. You've heard of people being in
the right place at the right time. We'll they were lucky. An
opportunity presented itself and they were prepared when it happened.
No magic necessary.
So the question is how can you be prepared when an opportunity
presents itself?
I like to relate my lessons by using my own experiences so here is a
perfect example of how I was lucky. At my church, our youth ministry
was working on events for planning their youth week. The director of
the youth ministry was a friend of mine by the name of Server. Server
had seen my group Prophetix perform several times before and he and
several other people asked me if we would perform during youth week. I
was a bit hesitant at first but I eventually said yes.
About a week later, I was told that KRS-ONE would be performing for
our youth week as well. I thought that would be cool because I knew we
would be opening up for him. Well, the show went better than I
expected and KRS was very impressed with our show. I knew he was
giving a lecture to the kids the following day so I went to it because
I had heard him speak many times before. He did a History of Hiphop
speech that was great!
Later that day, the church had a fish fry and all the kids took
pictures with KRS. As we were leaving, I got a "gut feeling" that I
should ask him for a contact number. I followed my instinct and asked.
He gave me his number but stated it would best if I called him when he
got back in 2 weeks from touring in California.
This is were the "luck" comes in...
I asked him if I could come on the tour with him and he looked at me
real serious and replied "Word! Are you serious?" My response of
course was "YES". He said the he could work it out but he'd have to
check on the logistics. I was to call the number he had given me on
Sunday evening and you bet I did.
I called the other members of Prophetix and let them know what was
going on and they couldn't believe it but I could. Lo and behold, I
get a phone call back from KRS and he told me that he wouldn't pay for
our trip out to California but he would pay for our trip back, pay for
our hotel, pay us $500.00 a piece, and pay us a per diem which is
money for every day we were out there in Cali. Sounded fair to me. The
total time from me asking him could I go to actually being on a plane
to Los Angeles was less than a week!
My "luck" got even better though...
When we got settled in Los Angeles, we had a meeting with KRS where we
were debrief on how the shows would go. He explained that he didn't
want us to open up for him but he wanted us to actually be on stage
with him during his set. No joke. Talk about a trill. Imagine being on
stage with KRS-ONE while you perform his classic joints with him in
front of packed audiences. It was great! And we got to perform in so
many other cities in Cali from San Fransisco to San Diego in the
process so that made the 2 weeks even better.
So yes, I do consider myself lucky but I was prepared when the
opportunity presented itself. That is the point I'm making.
Are you prepared if someone comes to you right now and asks you for a
CD full of beats or a full demo package? What have you done up to this
point in your career to say that you are ready for a life changing
opportunity? You should always be prepared for an opportunity. You'll
never know if it will be the lucky one that changes your life.



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