The Sermon's Domain

Philadelphia has birthed a lot of careers in the last five years. However, it has also caused a lot of artists to remain within city limits. Some don’t reach their full potential for numerous reasons. Meek Mill is not looking to be one of those people. Although he reps Philly all day, he has his mind set on the mainstream. With “Rose Red” and it’s remix blowing up on various radio and blogs, he’s coming out with Mr. Philadelphia alongside DJ Ill Will and DJ Rockstar.

“Well I got the name Mr. Philadelphia from one of the biggest DJs in Philly, Cosmic Kev. I been running with it since”, Says Meek on the inspiration behind the mixtape title. “It feels like as thought I’m making the most noise in my area, so I feel like I can hold the name down”.

It’s no secret that Meek is closely affiliated to T.I.’s label Grand Hustle. The two have been working together on various things, so the Philly spitter knows what to expect being around him.

“The best advice I’ve gotten from T.I. is grind hard”, he tells Sermon’s Domain. “That’s how I’m rising up so fasr. You grind hard, you shine hard.”

Speaking of T.I., he’s one of the guests on Mr. Philadelphia’s “Rose Red (Remix)”, produced by the talented Jahlil Beats. Rick Ross and the most buzzing artist in NY, Vado, also dropped verses on this stunning remix.

“Well T.I. is on the team, Vado is up and coming like me and Rick Ross showed love after I met him off Twitter. The whole city was retweeting him to get on the song”, He explains how the remix came about. “I would have gotten so many different people but the artist’s that’s on it is a good look so I’m happy”.

Features on Mr. Philadelphia include Beanie Sigel, Young Chris, Peedi Crakk, and more. You can download the project on August 24.

Yesterday on Twitter, I proposed that Killer make a part two. It’s been five years since the original and the world has done a lot of shady things or things that deserve to be called out. Who better than Bigga? He only agreed with me but it could be a sign of it on Pledge Allegiance To The Grind III.  If you never heard the original, I recently posted it. One of his best realest records of all time.

In the upcoming issue of Ozone Magazine, Paul Wall had a lot to say about Mike Jones and his recent whereabouts. This is crazy to hear. I always had this perception that Paul Wall would end up missing, not Mike Jones. Read what Paul had to say about his old rapping buddy:

Where is Mike Jones?
I don’t know. Ever since he left Swishahouse I haven’t really kept track of him. I really didn’t know him too well before he came to Swishahouse. I’d say he dug his own grave. He lied to a lot of people, he turned his back on a lot of people, and he burned a lot of bridges. I don’t want to kick a dog while he’s down and I don’t wanna just talk shit about him, but I think a lot of people were happy when [Trae] punched him and knocked him out. But at the same time, a lot of people were mad at Trae too. It’s not like Mike Jones is the gangsta of the year, so in my opinion, you don’t really get points for beating up Mike Jones. Some people say it was a publicity stunt on Trae’s part, but I disagree with that totally because I know Trae and he doesn’t really do publicity stunts like that. If Trae feels disrespected, he’s going to address it. I think that’s what happened. If somebody disrespects you, [punching them] is not always the answer, but it’s definitely sometimes the answer. So I don’t feel like Trae was wrong in any form or fashion. Trae doesn’t do publicity stunts. But like I said, Mike Jones burned his bridge with a lot of people, so he probably had a knock out coming from somewhere at some time anyway. I’m positive of that.

I think because of the “Tippin’ on 44’s” record, people outside of Houston always had the perception that you, Mike Jones, and Slim Thug, were sort of a unit.
I would’ve liked it to be like that, but Mike Jones didn’t want that. He kinda wanted it to all be about him. If that’s how you want it, I’m not gonna be the one to beg you to stay around, especially since all my major success came not too long after the break up with me and Chamillionaire. I was in a mindframe where it was like, “If you don’t want to be here, I’m not gonna force you.” If you don’t want to be on the Swishahouse team together, I’m not gonna force you. I’ve gotta do me and focus on what’s best for me. I would’ve loved for us to be a unit but he didn’t want that, so that was his choice. When he left Swishahouse, he was dropping salt on everybody from Swishahouse and not giving us any credit at all. He was talking down on a lot of us and he would never directly say our names, but he was still hating. There were times when I felt disrespected and I would call him out on it, and he’d be like, “Nah, I wasn’t talking about you. I would never do that.” I’m sure there’s a psychological term for this problem that Mike Jones has. He has a problem. His perception of reality ain’t the real perception of reality. In his mind he feels like he hasn’t done anything wrong to me, Trae, or Chamillionaire. He feels like everyone else is trippin’ and he’s the victim. But that ain’t how it happened. We always say there’s three sides to every story. There’s your side, the other person’s side, and then there’s the truth. But in his mind, he’s the victim and he never did anything wrong to anybody. When somebody thinks that way, there’s no point in arguing with them. With that being said, I kinda washed my hands of him. I’m not worried about Mike Jones. I don’t wish no bad on him and I don’t hate him, but I’ve got to move in my own direction. There’s no sense in arguing with him. They say when two people argue, from a distance you can’t tell who the fool is.

Em & Dre graze the cover of this months vibe. Now can we get Detox? Ahh, nevermind. Fuck it. After the jump you can peep the excerpts from the interview.

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Well UB just released the official tracklist of Tremaines upcoming album ‘Passion, Pain & Pleasure‘. Less features than ‘Ready’. This could be pretty good.

1 Here We Go Again (Interlude)
2 Love Faces
3 Massage
4 Alone
5 Bottoms Up (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
6 Pain (Interlude)
7 Can’t Be Friends
8 Please Return My Call
9 Made To Be Together
10 Pleasure (Interlude)
11 Red Lipstick
12 Doorbell
13 Passion (Interlude)
14 Unfortunate
15 I Like Dat (Freak Freaky Dance)
16 Blind
17 You Just Need Me

Looks like Rozay has decided to go with LFDY as his next single, which is a great choice. I, personally would have went with ‘Tears Of Joy‘. Either way it’s a good look. Cover art above. Props to that boy, Nav