Oh snap! Well, would’ya lookie here…I done put out an album! What? Whats that you say? Is it good? Well, I dont know. Do you enjoy music thats dynamically incredible, just as much as it is freakin’ outstanding? Well, if you do…then I gotta say, in all humility…this album is pretty great. I cant take all the credit tho, I just made up the words. DJ MF Shalem allowed the production. But, dont take my word for it. There it is…right there…go’on and get you some.

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In the weeks leading up to the release of Neighborhood Kid, RoutineFly.com and Haji P released a serries of songs called Home Repair, which were songs recorded durring the Neighborhood Kid sessions but are not on Neighborhood Kid. These songs are all available for free as some incentive to check out the final product. Sticking with the album format, all of the songs are produced by DJ MF Shalem, and each song has it’s own cover art!

Bonus: FREE DOWNLOAD “Haji P – Home Repair EP”

In reverence of my previous environs, the extremely kind folks at The Fold Clothing remixed my “Home” logo and affixed it to an all american made, cut and sew t-shirt. Thats some classy ish. Designed by graphic artist/ music & film producer D1, this coveted piece of cool people clothing celebrates some good ol’ southern, backwoods, countryfied, greens ‘n grits goodness. Yeah, you like that. Dont you? I hope you do. If not, what do you know about gear anyway? You probly still wear Fubu jereseys and Jnco pants. Loser.

Anyway, the shirts will be available soon, BUT, only in an extremely limited run…and by that, I mean 10 ( #Willywonkash*t). Stay tuned to hajip.com to figure out how and when you can cop one’uh deez…

here’s a hint…you’ll probly have to get the album.

Well, here we are…a mere twenty days from the release of the album; pending the date you actually read this. In which case, its up to you to do the math, and we’re a mere_____ day(s) from the release of the album. In any event, I can only imagine you’re waiting with bated breath, and the anticipation is a real dickwad. Thats how I feel too. But what exactly are you waiting for? Just another rap album? Just another combination of beats intermingled with some cute lil’ wordy words? Absolutely! This, similar to most rap albums, is just an imposition of the authors presumed life relevancy, masked behind a series of jovial rhythms and a mildly decent application of a number of literary devices. However, and I quote, *ahem* “This sh*t right here, nigga! This sh*t right here…” This sh*t right here is faaaantastic!

I didn’t attempt to break any musical barriers with this album, or preserve the culture with lyrics dispelling tales of head spinnies, biker shorts or the luminous shine of my third-eye’s soul…that junk is so Bahamadea. Instead, I had fun with it. I wrote some raps that I thought were pretty amusing. If you cant fox with that, its totally cool. You and the rest of your sour patch friends can go sit in a circle and play Duck, Duck, Sad Face.

However, if you enjoy a good ditty about nomadic wandering, misadventure, and lighthearted/ambiguously racist commentary, narrated by an Uncle Remus like voice…well, hot damn have I got something for you!

In addition, to keep you abreast (boobs, haha!) with whats going on before you purchase the album, I’ve decided to give you a one-word subject description of every song on the track list. Enjoy.

1. Wake Up- Induction.

2. Mockin’Bird- Whop.

3. Trouble- Larceny.

4. El Segundo- Larceny. (en espanol)

5. Applesauce- Gaiety.

6. Porch Swing – Porches.

7. Februaries- Entrepreneurship.

8. S.O.S.- Slavery.

9. Jumpback- Absurdity.

10. Neighbors- Crackas.

11. Good Grief- Me.

12. I know- Knowing.

*Haji P & DJ MF Shalem. “Neighborhood Kid.” Feb. 23, 2010.*

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Bruh’man

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“Oooooh snap! Only one month before Neighborhood Kid is released, and Haji P is still dropping jams!?”

Pffft, yup! Gon’head and add this to your collection of songs I didnt know what to do with. Also, be advised, all the songs I’ve previously released under the title, Home Repair, WILL NOT BE ON NEIGHBORHOOD KID! *ahem* WILL NOT BE ON NEIGHBORHOOD KID!

…and now, I’d like to introduce you to the newest addition of Home Repair…”Bruh’man!”

as seen on hajip.com

Here’s latest from the Home Repair collection, Mouth Fulla Gold, produced by DJ MF Shalem. This song is already a show classic as any die hard Rec-League fan would know.  This one always gets ‘em jumping.  Good old fashioned Haji P ruckus music.  Have at it.

I’m killer with the lines like I picketed for Pro-Choice

Haji P – Mouth Fulla Gold

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Regular

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You may recognize this weeks installment of Home Repair as the opening sequence to the widely unpopular web series, “So Freakin Regular.” A series in which, similar to the song itself, is a painfully mundane walk through a plain grass field of normalcy. *Yawn*. Generic? Ordinary? Common? Yup. I was blessed with the coveted fortune to be all of the above. Who’s got time to be socially relevant, and worldly idolized when there’s bills to pay and dogs to walk? Not me. This dinner aint gon microwave itself. So, with that, I present to you my newest release, “Regular.” Produced and cut by DJ MF Shalem. And if you cant get down with it…you’re just way too special for me. Which I think is awesome. You should go get yourself a pedicure, tough guy!

Get It

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I know, I know, I was supposed to have this available on Monday. Well, dont be such a jerk…geez. Sometimes people make mistakes. But honestly, arent you so much more elated that I’ve appropriately equipped your insatiable appetite for song before the weekend? Of course you are! Now, when youre the grinder or grindee of some random tail at the club, you’ll think of me. And after all, thats the real reason I make music.

This weeks installment of Home Repair is an energetic tune that’s sure to get your toes-a-tappin. I mean, for real son…titties are coming out the shirt when you play this jammy. “Get It“, produced by DJ MF Shalem.

*titties are not guaranteed to come out of any shirts when you play this song.

People’s Court

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Here it is, for your audible consumption…the first installment of a project I call, “Home Repair,” the worlds first do-it-yourself Haji P. album. An album in which you, the highly motivated and self sufficient listener, will be given all the tools necessary to comprise your own compilation of my crooning. Until the release date of my full length LP, Neighborhood Kid, every other Monday I will provide a new, exclusive, and/or previously unreleased song. If you build your home properly, you’ll have two discs worth of fun-filled lyrical adventure. However, if you fail to properly construct your home…you lose. Dont be a loser.

People’s Court, produced by DJ MF Shalem. Its a rap about rap…and youre gonna love it.

While Haji P* may not have the most popular name amongst the rising droves of today’s hiphop stars, he certainly has the most enthusiastic. Some would even say, enthusiastic to a fault. With a lyrical gift that reminds us all why we fell in love with the music of our culture in the first place, its surprising to me how the Charlie Brown of rap still manages to wander below the radar.

Recently, Haji P* released the leading track from his debut solo LP, Neighborhood Kid (to be released in February). An album Im sure will capture the attention of many once it hits the public. Produced entirely by DJ MF Shalem, Neighborhood Kid follows Haji through his life’s misadventure, scouring Hawaii to New Jersey and North Carolina to California. He invites the listener into his Brer Rabbit meets Mr. Rodgers like neighborhood, with all the caustically humorous and abrasively ethnocentric tales along the way.

The single, “Good Grief” is the perfect introduction to this lovably affable (and seemingly nomadic) emcee. Luckily, I was able to catch up with Haji while he was out promoting the song. Which wasn’t too hard…considering that I’m him. We met at the El Pollo Loco, downtown Santa Cruz , and I asked myself these questions while we shared a churro…

HP: Yo, Haji, whats good fam?

hp: I’m doing swell, P! Thanks for asking.

HP: No problem.

hp: Sooooo….

HP: Sooooo….

*awkward Pause*

HP: So, yo…lets talk about the song for a minute. “Good Grief,” where did the title come from?

hp: I got that from the old peanuts cartoons. Every time something sucked, Charlie Brown would be like, “Good Grief.” I kinda picked that up from him…but on the reals, its more about some ol’ bulljive I been through. Fortunately, I was able to flip all my stress into something positive…so for me, it was all good grief.

HP: You mean stresses like, “being chased by Arabians?” What was that line all about?

hp: Ha! Yo, that was hella scary, son! I was 13 or 14 and I went back to Jersey for the summer. There was this Arabian family two buildings down from me ( I’m not even sure they were Arabian…but the girls had the dot things). Anyway, their son Krunel was my homeboy…I did something kind of foul to his sister and she ran to her crib crying….Krunel was with her, later he came back out and told me I needed to jet…before I could ask why, a trillion pissed off Arabian dudes ran out the house. I was ghost, son! They chased me for two or three blocks before I dipped, and hid inside the basement of my godmothers house. I was on some punk ish that day, for real…I coulda swore they were all carrying swords and fire torches.

HP: Wowww! So you’re not too good with the ladies, huh?

hp: Pfft, Im a motherfreakin pimp, son!

HP: No you’re not.

hp: I know. I’m Sorry. *frowns*

HP: I figured as much from the line about dating a rat and getting your tape stolen. What tape was it?

hp: Man, dang! It was a Canibus Vs. DMX tape. It was a mix I copped at the flea mall in Fayetteville. I was so pissed! She was all like, “Oooh, let me borrow dis, I luh me some DMX, that nigga foine!” I never saw that tape again, not even at the flea mall. I shoulda knew them girls was trouble when they made us walk 10 steps behind them at the mall…or when she paged me to take her grocery shopping, and made me pay for the groceries…or when I picked her up and her mom had a mouth full of gold teeth, watching Jerry Springer, and asked me to bring back some food. (all truth.)

HP: I…err, I mean, you got played, yo! Well, on a different note…Whatever happened to the braces?

hp: I got them things taken off senior year. Later lost my retainer in a burger king trash can.

HP: …and the brown ‘fro.

hp: They shaved that off when I went to boot camp.

HP: Okay, last question(s). Where is every place you lived? Which car broke down? What jobs made you quit?

hp: Too many places to name, but the places I call “home” are Jersey City (Chilltown), and Wilmington North Carolina. EVERY car Ive owned broke down. Except for the Honda…I sold her for California money. I’ve quit a couple jobs, usually for rap related reasons (or immense boredom)…but the worst was this “research marketing” company that had me selling umbrellas in a funeral home, with a dead body in the room. No joke. It was like an episode of fear factor.

HP: Yikes. Welp…it was good talking to you Haji. I hope my…errr, your single, as well as the album are both received with phenomenal acclaim.

hp: Thanks, P.

Go download your copy of Good Grief today!

Okay hiphop, I firmly believe its high time you get a grip! You’ve played me out for way too long now, and the shet stops here. Yeah, right here. Stop it! When you denied my first European tour, I understood. That whole iniquitous ordeal with unnamed label, I let it slide….even when I lost that emcee competition that everybody in the audience knew I won…sure,I threw a fit, maybe even fought a little bit….but Im over it! And now this? This, hip hop? You just gon do this to me!!?!?!

My entire life I suffered insurmountable ridicule for my personal choices of whom I chose to hang with and activities in which I’ve engaged. And now this cornball nigga just gon throw a couple of Brian’s and Becky’s in a video, horribly conjure a song about his discrepantly colored comrades and all of a sudden its okay! Give me a freakin break! First of all, them niggas at the beginning of the video would not let him off the hook so easy. How do I know? Because I used to get the BUSINESS from my boys when I didnt go to a black college and made my first white friend. I used to skate as a kid, but when I moved to a new highschool I thought I had to quit cause my posse was buggin on me like, “thats some white boy sh*t!” When Pure Playaz and Fubu was the hype gear, and I was rockin Polo Bears, my niggas was like “thats some white boy sh*t.” I used to go see bands play and thump Portishead in my ride…“thats some white boy sh*t.” But it wasn’t me trying to be anything other than a proud African American…it was me being me, son! Get a grip, yo! Black boy Swag/ White boy tags, I been on that. Young Dro and LA got a song called “Actin White” and thats acceptable? Nigga please!

Y’all aint lived that life…yall fakin the funk. Yall dont be in the sorority parties like me! Get off my P-ness! I BEEN did what yall just starting to do. Ive included pictures of me hanging out with white people as proof

NEED MORE PROOF???? I even took a minute to interview some of my white friends. Lets see what they have to say….

Name- Pat B (partner in crime,white people interpreter,neighbor,promoter,road dog.) aka Irish Pat aka Project Piddat aka “Mick” of Mick and Marley aka “He Cool” aka That Guy aka Neighborhoodlum

Occupation: Prep cook, student, entrepreneur

How long we been friends? 7-8 years

What Kind of White person are you? i listen to and appreciate hip hop and rap. but dont count myself cool enough to drop the n-bomb and cornrow my hair. i dont wear flipflops. hate the beach. hippies are stupid. that kind of white guy.

Things you enjoy? sneakers, new gear, capitalism, partying, booze, travel, history. typical honky pursuits.

Tell ‘em bout that one time we hung out: I have a large, explicit and debaucherized collection of haji p stories written down in ye olde book of drunkery. My favorite and oft most retold revolves around a favorite shall we say “asian” acquaintance of ours, stolen lawn furniture, deer in the road, P’s honda, and an unsuspecting roommate. (i know his government name, true sign of a friend. cant be revealed under penalty of death.)

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Name: D Marks

Occupation: Look, I work in Administration, that’s all you need to know.

How did we meet? Well let me take this whole thing back in three stages. Stage one, D Marks knew of Haji P while attending UNCW because said gentleman walked around campus with a backpack blaring hip-hop. Never said anything to him, but always walked behind him because I liked the music coming out of his backpack. Stage two, D Marks got to know Haji P because said gentleman worked with D Marks in Administration. We always talked about when we were going to be friends. Stage three, we finally became friends but unfortunately it was after Haji P decided to move out of Wilmington.

Type of White Person: My mom’s Catholic and my father’s Jewish, yet people automatically assume that I am Jewish, I wear Polo Ralph Lauren clothes, typically wear khakis with a fish belt, either wearing Clark’s Wallabee’s or Sperry Deck shoes, sunglasses around my neck held by some Croakies, yes, I am a part of one of the whitest fraternities Sigma Nu, I enjoy a nice Will Ferrell movie from time to time with a side of Will Smith as well, listen to Dave Matthews Band (but more importantly listen to the greatest man alive (or dead depending on what type of hater you are) – Tupac), drive a Mazda 3, and also, I enjoy watching and playing soccer…I think that should give you a good idea, however, I’m not as white as the name Greyson, hahahahahahhaaha.

Things you Enjoy: Well I hit on a few of these things in the previous response but to add to it…I love a good suit and a nice pair of slacks, I have an iPhone which I enjoy, I cannot get enough PTs (it’s a Wilmington burger joint-thing), I love using words like “furthermore,” “copesthetic,” “ad nauseum,” “said,” (when referring to someone just mentioned), love the show Office, Heroes, Mad Men, and Top Chef, I have an even whiter girlfriend who, although is not in a sorority, could possibly be in one, enjoy eating sushi and reading…

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Name : Nicole “Air Max” Maxwell

Occupation: Advertising & Marketing Account Exec./ Bad assss Bartender

How do I know you: We met at the radio station solely based upon your shoes, I then introduced myself and demanded we be best friends….our relationship after that point consisted of; a lot of talk of Nikes, Rap, Jack Daniels, The Color Purple, Coming to America, and we experienced the movie Superbad for the first time together. haa….we continue to only speak of those various topics throughout the remainder of our relationship.

What Kind of White person are you? I am an all around awesome white person of course. I’m just your average white chic bumpin’ Wu Tang,Tribe, and Paramore in a jeep…

Things you enjoy? The beach, live shows, all activities that can be done in the ocean, performing, Nikes, hoodies, & sweatpants, chocolate milk usually paired with an extra cheesy grilled cheese sandwich, traveling everywhere, painting, music, and being in two places at once.

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Name: Keith Howard

Occupation: The Fold Clothing Owner/CEO

I met Haji P about 8 years ago. We met in a class we both had at UNCW and I was giving a presentation on hip hop and later he gave me a bad critique on my presentation because I left out cannibal ox. We later became close as promotion assistants at Cumulus Broadcasting with a focus at Coast 97.3.

What kind of white person are you? I am “on some super classic americana good ol’ boy x urban ambassdor vituoso ish.”

What type of stuff do you like? I enjoy banjos, pop art, american manufactured textiles, conscious rap, ignorant rap/drug dealer rap, architecture, pea coats, nike air max, penny/driving loafers, red wing boots, brooks brothers, sear sucker, porche, mont blanc pens, moleskin paper, cuisinart, apple, farming, the history channel

Tell ‘em bout that one time we hung out: I Watched Haji bring out the monster at DJ Battles birthday party. *referring to the first time I got drunk.

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Name: Francie

Occupation: TV Media Account Executive
Describe our relationship: i would say we have a very love hate relationship and somewhere along the way we have become pretty good friend
Things you enjoy: dancing, shopping, going to the movies, painting, being creative, traveling, and trying new things
Tell ‘em bout that one time: you and gregg almost killing one another, you almost busted a beer bottle over a guys head on new years at firebelly, when i got in a fight with kate b at velvet, when we figured out our roommates (Kel and Chris) were both dating the same girl…….basically any story involving a crazy person

Take that, fake cracka-rappers!

-p*