Thank you. Forever

Myself and Deveraux would like to thank everyone who's been coming out supporting our music. It's such a blessing to have people who vote for us daily with their time, money, and efforts spreading the word about our music. It's much easier to go to a celebrity's show, despite the fact that they will never know (or probably care) who you are, because hype is easier to follow. We know each and every one of you. And want to sincerely thank you for giving us the chance to get our music out there, and make a living doing what we love. Forever and a day.

Love.

Microphone Check... 1,2, What is This?

Sometimes the burn of the audience's eyes are unbearable when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. What I've found is that those particular moments make for the best shows. Similar moments in the studio... Those moments where you forget that the microphone is even in the room.... Where you forget you are even in a room... Those moments make for the best songs.

Illmaculate and Thesaurus

These guys are two of the greatest I've ever seen do it. I can say wholeheartedly that I am a huge fan of the work these guys do. It was a pleasure to work with them. If you haven't heard them, check em out - Illmaculate & Thesaurus!

Sheazy

Expressed in a Single Word

Hope.

Grandeur in Decay...

The best way to predict the future's to invent it. The hope of man is to be heard. And loved for what he's said.

There's hope in there somewhere if you can find it.

Hence These Thoughts...

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it...

"So Crazy"

Anthony J. Shears - So Crazy Feat. Jay-Z by Anthony J. Shears

Remember when it all began...

Ladies and Gentleman, Deveraux!

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Anthony J. Shears featuring Deveraux

Deliverance

Re·demp·tion    [ri-demp-shuhn]
–noun
1.
an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed.
2.
deliverance; rescue.
3.
Theology . deliverance from sin; salvation.
4.
atonement for guilt.
5.
repurchase, as of something sold.
6.
paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.
7.
recovery by payment, as of something pledged.
8.
conversion of paper money into specie.

"Travel & Travail" Freestyle Featuring Fisto

"Travel & Travail" by Anthony J. Shears featuring FISTO

SMG 2011

Impossible Possibilities on the Way!

Essential Invisibility

The studio feels ominous tonight. Something shines. And something sings in silence. And when the music stops, it's just me and my thoughts here.

...Seeking to become larger than life...but not necessarily larger than our lives.

A rose must be in the sun AND the rain or its lovely promise will never come true. So when I write I try to capture ALL of the day.

G-d never promised me a rose garden. HE gave me seeds... So I Water the sky with tears... And watch the stars blossom.

"Tonight I walked across a bridge... But there was no bridge there.. I carried a bag full of love... But no one to share it with. And then... I thought of you."

The future of art lay in her LOVE

The future of me lay in these songs.

I wonder if she's even listening...

Very Lonely Places...

I'm having a hard time adjusting to this modest amount of fame... I think I prefer infamy...

Sometimes the spotlight can feel like a black hole...

The writer before G-d. The supplicant. G-d is really only another artist. And we are mere two parts of the same conversation. Sometimes in agreeance. Sometimes in opposition.

It started raining as we walked in tonight... I love the rain. I love what it says. It's hard to hear over the music.

Vain men never hear anything but praise...

Smart men pay attention to the "taunts" too.

My man yells "Toast!" as I pour myself a glass...

As I pour myself out to myself. a

I've been in the club too long.

Behold a Hope...

Crying is just another way of keeping a diary... so give me a journal and fill it.

Loan me your ear and I'll give you my heart.

I'm having difficulties with a flower...

I picked it by the bay of yesterday.

And heard from deep within "Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite” from Le Petit Prince inside me...

The same fire within her that warms me burns me to my soul... so by virtue of her loving me she has to hurt me.

You have to look with your heart to see my intentions.

Read my words and I'll make you the gift of a secret - a secret hope. You.

My Struggle...

I grew up 3 blocks from Hell. The things I've seen beggar description. My life is simplistic, emotional, repetitive, and uncompromising all at once. Days are where dreams are shattered. And nights where we put them back together.

First I became famous for my art. Then I became famous for being famous. And then I became famous for being infamous.


My life is simplistic, emotional, repetitive, and uncompromising all at once.

In the end, I just want to find my place and own it.


Sincerely,

AJS