Its been too long..

I apologize for taking so damn long to post new material on my wall. This social networking craze that is, twitter, facebook and tumblr has been a bitch to keep up with consistently.. so from now on, any and all important updates concerning my music or anything else will be posted here. With that said, I'd like to announce my third project that I've been working on for the past few months: The Boy King. The motif of this project is something I've mixed w/psychedelic influences and Kanye's latest album, MBDTF.. In short, its the story of a kid who grows up in impoverished circumstances, yet aspires to reach the cosmos and possibly, control the world.. His ego is something he tussles with consistently on his way to the top.. Throughout the album you'll get an in depth view of his internal battles, desires and weaknesses.. I guarantee completely different sounds from all facets of the music world to make something more grandiose and ambitious for you listeners out there.. an experience like no other.

JK

NEOTokyo [EP] - the monster is complete

DOWNLOAD AND STREAM LINK: http://jamilkelley.bandcamp.com/album/neotokyo-ep

JMIL KLY- Tastes Like Suicide- NEOTokyo [EP]

NEO.Tokyo EP - - - The State and Concept of the Project

The inspiration for my EP, "NEO.Tokyo"--- The concept is of a drifter emcee who finds himself amidst the post-apocalypse, alone in only skillset. The mystery of how the world managed to arrive at that point is unknown. However, in that time everyone is scattered about, in chaos and disarray.. The world needs someone to... unite itself once more despite the confusion and hate.... Which is where I come in.. Think of it as an auditory musical.. (if that makes any sense) I plan on the projects' art to have a distinct anime influence to it.. characterizations involved and everything of the sort will be key in bringing the vision to life.. I've yet to start recruiting the artists, but I'M 3 tracks deep so far and the release should be on schedule for sometime late this summer.. Possibly Early September.

Flomogenic- Part I

After about a year of planning and recording I've decided to break the Flomogenic Project into two parts- One Part with a more Eclectic/Conceptual sound, and the Second Part with a more traditional Hip-Hop sound...




You can either go to datpiff.. here- http://www.datpiff.com/Jmil_Kly_Jmil_Kly_Flomogenic.m115722.html - to listen to the tape in its entirety.

Or you can go to Mediafire to download it directly instead http://www.mediafire.com/?no1m5wmcdnn

In the Spirit of Cupid Day

These women, their fingers have the same sensitivities as their legs. The fingertips have the same feelings as their feet... And when you touch their knuckles, it is like passing your hands around their knees. And the tender, fleshy part of the finger is the same as brushing your hands around their thighs. And finally... Every woman is a mystery to be solved. But a woman hides nothing from a true lover.

Logo Designs for the Jamil Kelley Brand PART DEUX

More Designs for my Logo Challenge....

The American Prison System

1% of American adults are in jail, that's 2.3 million people or 1 in every 99.1 adults. Proportionally more than twice as many as South Africa, more than 3 times as many as the Iranians and more than 6 times as many as the Chinese. No society in history has imprisoned more of its citizens than the United States of America (by way of fairness the UK is also ahead of China, Turkey and India proportionally, with 148 prisoners per 100,000.)

The problem appears to be the "3 strikes" system - a legal system based on baseball. It seems quite bizarre to me. It's as if they thought people were having trouble understanding the law and asked themselves the question "what do people like?" - baseball! It means that if the first two crimes you commit are serious enough, the third one no matter how trivial will get a life sentence of 25 years or more. It means people can serve life sentences for shoplifting - it's astonishing. It marks me as particularly stupid because you know if you are on this sort of deal (on your last strike) that you might as well do something spectacular to earn your sentence such as a bank robbery or worse, I know I would.

Some more interesting statistics, 1 in 30 men age 20 to 34 are in jail, for black males that's 1 in 9 - there are more 17 year old black men in jail than in college. 5% of the world are American 25% of the world's prisoners are American.

It is also big business. It is illegal to bring into America anything that has been made by forced labour or prisons. But you could almost say that they have reinvented the slave trade. 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet proof vests, ID tags and other items of US military uniform is produced by American prisoners. 93% of domestically produced paints, 36% of home appliances, 24% of office furniture. This allows the United States to compete with factories in Mexico, because obviously the workers can't refuse to work for 25 cents an hour.

This system just seems so wrong on many levels. I'm wondering what how any politicians could go about changing this without being seen as "weak on crime"?

tl;dr - America has a dysfunctional justice and prison system, what can be done to change it?