The Exception

Chapter 6

That weekend I was all over the place. Mark had flown in from NY to hear what I had and he was going to play the tracks for the RCA people. He figured that I was doing some important shit if I wasn't able to head to NY. 

After the studio session Mark was still bumping around and I could tell that he had something on his mind.

Me,"What's going on? You look like you're about to drop a bomb on me, such just be straight with me"

Mark, "Well I got a call from a rep for Kanye and he wants you to get on a track with him? How are you feelin about it?"

Me, "Well I've worked with him before and we aren't the best suites. What is this track like?"

Mark, "His people aren't saying anything. They just want you to come to Hawaii for a bit and work on some stuff"

Me, "Okay, so what's the problem?"

Mark, "Well that just means that I'm going to have to push the dates around. I know that we were tryna get the single to drop in January and then do the album in March but it's a tight schedule. Like if you go to Hawaii then we may not get enough media, or you're going to be triple-booked on days. Can you handle that?"

Me, "So it's either I work with Kanye and push the album back or what else?"

Mark, "As your manager I'm gonna tell you that you can do whatever you want, but as someone on the board I'm telling you that the Kanye song is something that needs to be done. You're really talented and even though it's like opposites this is an opportunity that you can't give up"

Me, "first off why is he so special compared to me? Like am I going to be featured on some shit or are we just going to Hawaii to talk?"

Mark, "I have no idea. His rep wouldn't say much about the meeting. He just wants you there ASAP"

Me, "Well I got some stuff to do before I head out there and I'm prodcing a song for a friend. Can we tell him that I need until the beginning of January?"

Mark, "Okay, I want to talk with you about what your goal is here? You're working on like 5 different projects and it's spreading you out. I want you to go and get a board and write down the important shit, like we need to figure this shit out"

Me, "Mark I gotta head out soon, so we can start this up and figure the rest of the stuff out when we head to Miami"

Mark, "And why are we going to miami?"

Me, "My homeboy Meek asked if I could make a surprise appearance at his club show down there and I gotta hook up with one of my old producers. I need to give this song back to Flo Rida and then we gotta head up to NY for some radio interviews"

Mark, "Now remember that I got you on for the Breakfast Club, Hot 97 Morning show, I got you on for Angie Martinez and then we got the XM radio stations. Can you handle all of that"

Me, "I'm starting out with the Breakfast Club, really?"

Mark, "They want a full on interview with camera so get ready. You can handle it, maybe we can even get you in Miami for some video blogs"

Me, "Okay, but I'm dropping my mixtape this week, I think on Thursday so be ready for that"

Mark, "Yeah, I got you some real promo on Datpiff, so what are you thinking sales wise"

Me, "No idea, but the shit is hot. I sent it around to mad people and they riding with it. I got love for that sound so I'ma keep workin hard"

Mark, "So we got the album 70% done and I want you to work on some bonus tracks for the deluxe version. We have a pre-hearing party set for February 8th and that's already finalized, so how's that going"