JReneeUnCut

I am Jasara Renee and I am an emcee for all things love, unity, equality, and rantaliscious!!! I gave birth to the images JRENEE, Queen Androgyny, and BoY ThundeRRR as well as 3 Albums, 2 EPs, 4 Singles, and music videos...oh...and one is internationally known! Yes...Imma proud parent! So...let's get down to business...I need a space to be myself and share whatever I believe is pertinent to the world...down to leprechaun mythology...and YOU need catharsis and SOMETHING to read that will distract you from life's REAL distractions! Therefore...I talk a lot...TALK with me ;D

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SKYMERGE

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[jreneeuncut]

Balance

Life is kinda funny. Even if you are intending to do the right thing to the best of your ability, you can still screw shit up. It seems like unless we take time to check in and reflect on where we are, what the hell we're even trying to accomplish in the first place, and then what the hell to do about it, that we all can easily lose sight of what really matters.

I've been thinking a lot about this and here's what I've come to:

It all matters.

Every bit of it. Every single desire and drive that you have. Every need, every wish, every Dream. Every passion, every concern. Every Action. Every destination...it all matters.

I think the problem starts happening when we try to streamline and stereotype out "what" we should be thinking about and attempting to accomplish "when"...as if there is only one path to take and these specific steps must be taken. We are all trying to achieve our own inner peace...sometimes that happens in a different way then the rest of the World. So what? Who really cares? Why must everything roll one direction, and unless it follows that specific flow, it is not worth considering credible-even if the positive end result is ultimately achieved? We lower our successes by accepting the standard society forces down our throats to accept...

It's funny because us driven peeps tend to become so driven (which we often try to accomplish the "only" way we're told we can) that we end up missing out on everything else. We get hyper~focused in all the work, drama, blood, sweat, tears, reeling emotions, and chaos that it takes to often times accomplish a dream or even a job. The next thing we know, we've become miserable in what we're doing and we feel just "off." It's cuz we ARE "off." We forgot that while we are in the process of working shit out, that there needs to be room for everything else fabulous in life. 

I've sat with businessmen who made multi~millions...busted their asses like I've never seen men do before...pour everything they had into their corporations, and then sit there with a big void asking "But what's it all for? In the end, what do we really have? What have we REALLY accomplished?" Being the fact I'm new to the crew and like...NOT rich at all and just beginning this "business" business, my jaw kinda just about hit the floor. I wasn't expecting that. But you know something? I'm incredibly grateful to have been apart of that conversation, because that's EXACTLY the point. Fulfilling dreams, making millions, controlling tons of WorldWide crap...it's all fine and dandy AND fantastic (I do seriously mean that, no sarcasm intended) but when there's no room for family, when there's no room for love, when there's no room for fun....something happens. The emptiness happens. That "off" feeling comes back again. When there's no room to give our Time, no room to feed the hungry, or no room to even just STOP and eat junk food while doing ABSOLUTELY nothing in front of the television set, we lose ourselves a little bit...become out of touch with reality, often. 

It's because there's no balance. When there is not a well rounded, healthy approach being taken to whatever we do in Life, it just tends to bottom out at some point...maybe not financially, but definitely emotionally and spiritually. It's really tough, because we have ALL these deadlines we are supposed to keep up with, ALL these things we are expected to accomplish by certain points in Time if we are to be considered "worth our salt," but at what expense??? Life is meant to be LIVED...not trudged through, not simply conquered, not JUST A+B=C (and this is saying a LOT coming from me, as I Live my Life through Logic!!)

So the next Time you feel the need to do something of a legal/ethical nature...DO IT!! Here's the reality...we CAN'T keep up with all these expectations AND fulfill/LIVE a well~rounded Life. It's impossible...I've been trying to do it for a while now...you can't. Trust me, if you could??? I'm the asshole who works like a fucking crazy person...I wouldda FOUND that loophole by now!!! LOL!!!

Balance...the key is Balance. Just take an extra six months to fulfill your dream...to finish that deadline...whatever the fuck it is. It's only six months...if that's what allows you to be a present parent in your kids' Lives and gives you a breather now and then, then by ALL means TAKE IT!! What good are we if we are worn thin?? We can't keep up that kind of pace and CONTINUE to invent, improve, and succeed.

So hopefully that makes some sort of bloody sense...I know I'm gonna try to chill out and take everything in stride WITH Balance. We all know how successful I am at fulfilling my OWN epiphanies (LOL) but hey!!! At least I'm trying...

So LIVE, LAUGH, and LOVE...and TRY with me ;D <3

#JReneeUnCut

[jreneeuncut]

Growing Into Me...

"Sometimes you have to run around like a chicken with your head cut off and yell about everything to figure out what the hell you're yellin' for in the first place."

We, as humans and spiritual beings, are ever~changing.  It's kinda funny that we live in a world where we expect our Artists to stay the same when the entire crux of Life pivots on change. 

Just like me, I want my music to continually evolve.  I started off ten years ago singing whatever came out of my heart. At that point in time, it was love, boys, and "bleeding~heart" syndrome. Nevertheless, I was sixteen...of COURSE that's where I was at that point in Time!!!

Then I had a billion~and~one Life experiences (some of which I thought I could do without at some points). As any young, developing twenty~something year old, you go through many developmental milestones and a questioning of one’s own existence and Life Purpose. A  great length of time was spent wandering the wilderness, trying to figure out what exactly that was. And…as any young person who first grasps on to any form of an epiphany, I sprung forth with more zeal than most of the Universe was probably prepared for (well…at least my family LOL).

It’s very difficult to learn balance, especially when trying to grow continuously on Life’s journey while incorporating a public lifestyle into your journey.  It’s hard to know what to share, what hill to die on, and what parts of your life deserve to belong just to you.  I’ve always been, and still am, an incredibly open person.  If I truly believe that whatever I have to share can benefit another, I do my best to give it in a heartbeat. And sometimes, this can be exasperating…

So where am I in all of this and what the hell does this have to do with my music??? (Got it…I’ll get to the point now) ;)

Here’s the deal. I am exactly who I am. Yes, I am dual~gendered.  But I don’t want this to be the “focus” of  my music. If my sexuality influences my music and I wanna sing about it, then cool.  But it shouldn’t have to be the driving force and point of ALL of my Art. 

Yes, I love to dress in Drag.  I released my BoY ThundeRRR image mostly for the LGBT Community…so we could all have some fun music we could relate to.  I took my Drag image to the red carpet, and it’s about to be Internationally launched…cuz you know what?? I really don’t want people who are unique like me and a million other people I know (not so unique in this regards now, are we??) to feel alone.  I want there to be a support system for those who need it, and since this was an area that I could relate to, and since I have looked up to others who have brought support to the LGBT arena who pulled me towards my own sexual understandings, I wanted to give back to the LGBT community with a KILLER adorable EP. But the reality is, this was meant to be more of an expression of who I am and extension of my love toward my community.  Again, it shouldn’t HAVE to be the driving force of my Art.

Yes, I love ALL styles of music.  But just cuz I sing Country, doesn’t mean I don’t wanna write Rap.  And just because I sing Rap, doesn’t mean I don’t wanna write Country.  See what I mean? I have proven my versatility as an Artist and I plan on keeping it.  While I’m touring one day for singing Pop tunes, I will be writing singer-songwriting ballads for a Team.  That’s just the way it’s gonna be. I know everyone wants to streamline my happy a$$, but the reality is I am a multifaceted human being, with many Gifts from God, many Artistic desires in my heart, and many lovely things to offer the world.  Why would anyone want to streamline that?? I personally love it when I find out that the Artists I know have interwoven themselves in a million different things…like music, cinematography, and fashion design.  YES!! Why not?? The world and our existence in it goes only as far as we insist that it should.

I definitely tried to show all sides of myself as an Artist, prior to determining the directions I am currently heading as an Artist.  I didn’t want some paparazzi shooting up pictures and blowing up the Universe with a pile of bigotry because I chose to go to The Abbey in Drag…after singing Sweet Home Alabama in Texas…I don’t need that…my children don’t need that…NO ONE needs that.  I felt like I really needed to drive the point home, so no one would be surprised, flabbergasted, and a royal pain in the  media a$$.

That being said, I see no reason to keep making the same point.  I love everything I have done as an Artist, but I want to go on to be an “Artist” now.  I don’t want my Art to HAVE to be my confessional and my defense to the world for who I am; nor do I want it to be my own created box that people only see me in.  My Art will always be expressing different things, supporting different causes, but ALWAYS inspiring love, healing, and change. I…as an Artist and Human Being…always plan on changing and growing.  So I don’t want any of you to be surprised when my focus on my Art changes and grows in a different direction. 

I also want to say this.  I shared many personal truths about who I am and made them into Art in order to inspire you.  But here is the reality: Artists should not HAVE to do that.  I do believe that we, as Artists, should be leaders and champions for change on all levels that it is needed.  That is what celebrity power is for, at least in my opinion. I see no reason for it if I plan to not lead others towards love, healing, and unity.  Yet, Artists and their Art should not have to be DEFINED by the causes they rally to support.  Art should also not have to be a diary.  It can be…but it should not have to be.  We have far too much reality TV circulating around, making us think this is the case…when the reality is, we are all entitled to live our own lives in some form of comfort and privacy.

So what’s the Moral of my Story?? ……..I’m me…I’m weird…and I’m gonna do what I wanna do…so if you’re with  me, enjoy the ride as well as the constant change.

I LUBBERZ you allZ and I hope that this inspires you to be you, and never let anyone streamline you and tell you how to live your life. Even if it’s a part of who you are, it doesn’t have to become your ENTIRE life. Join me and be the multifaceted beautiful beings you are DESTINED to be. <3 <3 <3

[jreneeuncut]

Major Labels vs Indie...from my experience...and Marketing

"The moment that Artists are expected to grow their own career at their own expense will be the day that the music business kinda takes a massive crap."  

First of all, social media means a lot, but with today's new~found marketing principles of "buy your way to the top to appear marketable"...it practically means nothing at all. It made sense that initially this may have been a good test of marketability, but now?? Not so, my friends. Not so.

I'm bloody sick and tired of mouthpieces (especially in the Indie Industry) running around trying to make the Artist do ALL the work, while they sit back and collect the paycheck.  At this rate, I might as well form my own label and business, right? Immean seriously...with all that work, why give ANY money away!?

This is NOT such a big problem with Major Labels. From my own personal experience, Major Labels "get it" when it comes to this point.  Good music is GOOD MUSIC.  And people who understand talent will never turn their nose up at it if they truly believe it is marketable at that time or in the near future.  I greatly appreciate this take.  

I know a TON of people bag on the major labels, but you know something?? The major labels are the ones who have treated me with respect, actually VALUED my Art and what I have done as an Artist, and given me excellent feedback on their OWN time...They never tore me down, ripped me up, told me I didn't know shit from poop, or EXPECTED me to pay them. NOPE!!

Cuz you know why?? Here's the secret...they are Major Labels for a reason.

And for the record, there are MULTIPLE Indie Labels selling my music and taking the profits behind my back (which shall remain unnamed for the Time being/and no longer behind my back as I KNOW about it now)...but I can say that they are NOT related to the Major Labels...so what does that tell me??? A~LA~SPONGE~PROBLEMS...

A TON of lower~level people are out to make a mint at an Artist's expense.  Just know that, even though people bag on the Major Labels, a lot of it is just talk, conjecture, and ignorance.  The only way to know how it works is to watch how it plays out, and although their are crooks everywhere and in every nook and cranny of the world...the last two and a half years of dealing with these different labels has taught me a ton. Hopefully it will spare you all some unnecessary drama.

Keep workin', Keep meetin' peeps, Keep makin' Art, Keep promoting it and performing, KEEP sendin' in Demos...and the rest??? Let the cards fall where they fall...

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And enjoy the ride:)

Jasara Renee

#JReneeUnCut

[badreligiontina]

Collaborating aye!

Dreams of working with one of my favorite NZ bands has come true. Enough said. So stoked man!

[jreneeuncut]

Be Fruitful And Multiply...

We live in a society that claims to be 80% Christian...that being said, Jehovah said to "Be fruitful and multiply"...which meant have children as your legacy in the World. There are many instances that God extended grace and love, blessing the barren with children, and times that he cursed men for withholding a woman from having children of his own accord.

Hmmm...sounds like God takes this "bringing people into the World" business pretty seriously.

He also takes the "take care of the widows and orphans and the poor" situation pretty seriously as well.

So...society...today I would like to ask you...why do we punish the "bringing of LIFE into the World?" Shouldn't it be precious, praised, and celebrated???

Yet we find our society demeaning those who bring life into the World outside of the structure of marriage...I'm sure you remember hearing those rude comments made, remember seeing how many thought that the child should have been thrown to an adoption agency or "taken care of," remember them talking about how the girl's "life was ruined because of WHAT she did and that she was with child,"...maybe you were even one of them??? And how many of those individuals actually dedicated themselves to making sure the child and parent received the help they needed??? ...my point exactly...we ALL just LOVE to talk and gossip about people's problems...BUT not many of us are out there helping them out...

We set up society as almost to "punish" those who carry the burden of raising children alone.  Think I'm wrong??? Then tell me why it is IMPOSSIBLE practically for a woman or man that is a single parent to work without strapping their family and friends down with full!~time babysitting??? Tell me why the government can mandate health care...and YET we have NOT mandated companies to provide child care under workers who have children under school age???

Have we forgotten that WE would not EXIST is some loving, generous woman did not destroy her body, rearrange her Time, and change her entire World for the sake of our existence??? And the same goes for our fathers that have paved the way for all of us! ummm...hello, guys, this is a problem...

It about high Time we all got outside of our own existence and make a movement to come together as humanity...as friends...as ONE...and determine that elevating and encouraging ourselves as a whole surpasses elevation and encouraging only oneself.  The World is bigger than you or me...we are all apart of it...and we are one...

Why are we not valuing LIFE...our legacy...more??? Why are we all so selfish???

I'm doing the best I can...but I AM one of those women...those single moms many of you don't want to deal with and have made highly clear to me should be one of the reasons I will struggle to ever get signed or live any of my dreams...ya...I'm one of them...so I can do everything I can, just like how I'm writing about the problem...but people like YOU who are not in it,,,who have the POWER to change it...should...and actually you are ethically responsible to do so...not because "my God said so" but because you are a human being...

So please...come on guys...those of you, rich or poor...help out.  Quit saying negative things about babies being born and Life entering the World.  Hold Life precious...value it...and ensure that we raise up~or that you HELP to raise up~productive and healthy members of society!!! Don't think someone else is taking care of it, or that it's not your responsibility...because nothing EVER gets down when we shirk our own responsibility and the innocent are left holding the bag.

Join me...and let's take this to a whole new level and change this...

<3 <3 <3

[jreneeuncut]

Imperfection...

Here's your first clue...when the celebrities can't handle the pressure of being so~called "perfect" for society, it's TIME we all realize that this "perfection" ideal we all have cracked up in our heads needs to pound sand.

May I please ask...what is WRONG with society??? Do we really need to throw peeps under the bus or find them unattractive because they aren't skin and bones??? Sickeningly, I have met peeps who find "skin and bones" not quite BONEY enough!!! Let me tell you something...it's who you are and what you're doing for this World that counts...not some physique you think is gonna make you somebody...cuz it won't.  We are so busy on the whole judging each other's flesh while letting ugly insides run rampant and tear each other apart in a cannibalistic fashion.  Is this who we have become??? Are we proud of this???

When a beautiful and talented Artist like Kesha, at the TOP of her game, cracks under the pressure with an eating disorder...WE are doing something wrong...sorry...it's about Time we stop throwing everyone who has a struggle under the bus and we take responsibility for the damage WE are all doing.  all I ever read and hear about in regards to anyone in the Industry these days is "how fat or skinny they are or need to be."  HELL!!! I've even had peeps I've barely met in Industry tell me to lose weight...and some I've NEVER met!!! You wanna know my take on it??? Shove it up your ass...if the Art is good then enjoy the Art, and enjoy the person who created the Art.  All of you who are sitting there expecting us to look a certain way are ONLY looking for a quick visual, sexual gratification and a GODDAMN rating...and you know what??? We are no one's pieces of meat. We shouldn't have to feel like we can't eat food to make great Art and share it with the World...and the consumer shouldn't be looking for a boner fix every time they turn to the internet...or turn to find ANY form of pleasure! See what I mean??? Problem solved.

Quit looking towards all of us Artists to meet your every flimsy whimsical desire...We are not your genie, your lover, or your sex toy.  WE are human beings...Artist...SOULS...and role models (hopefully) for all of you.  So while you are busy being judgemental twats at us, watching us from the computer screen while you eat your hamburgers and doughnuts by the handful...THINK about what you are really asking for.  Is starvation and the concept that "you'll never be good enough" and "you're not worth anyone's while if you aren't a size negative two" the images you want shoved down your kids throat...HELL! how bout your own throat??? Then ALL Y'ALL best stop the behavior...quickly.

Take responsibility for the discouraging comments you speak, write, and tweet...it's a start folks...quit being so insecure that you have to point out everyone's flaws (or shall we say what YOU consider a flaw) but your own...OWN your own problems and fix your own crap...and let people be people...including the celebrities you love so much.  Let them take breaks, eat food, and dress frumpy! Who the fuck are you to give a whoppin' shit what they wear??? I don't see any of us throwing you under the bus for your sweatpants...so back off...

[jreneeuncut]

The Fool Redefined...

The phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt," is held in high esteem in our society.

Yet I often wonder if this is largely incorrect.  Let's break this down.  We are encouraging people to say "nothing" ...in other words encouraging people to only use the words that they are "certain" will not be judged and deemed inappropriate within a society.  

Doesn't this mean that we are teaching people to be "people pleasers" and shove themselves into the stereotypical societal mold???  Has anyone stopped to think what might occur if everyone lived out this concept??? It's quite terrifying, really.  In a way, it is discouraging the freedom of speech...ya, I know...all of you wanna blast me right now because of who said it...but whatever...if we don't question the validity and usefulness of what we say and do then tell me the effectiveness of saying and doing it in the first place.

If people are not allowed to "speak out"...when will they find the bravery to ask detrimental questions involving their growth and development?  If we tell people that they should be quiet lest they be determined a "fool," aren't they more or less fearing development due to the forced societal standards? I think so...

This is just a bad idea flat out.  It brings out judgement on whether someone is a fool or not over what they have said.  I have been thrown under the bus plenty of Times for being incorrect...and when I realized I was wrong, I was still considered foolish. Is this the type of logic and behavior we want to encourage as a society~judgement and an inability to recover from your mistakes and ignorance???

I think not...

Maybe instead of brandishing the stupidity that comes out of people's mouths, we should encourage and guide with gentle criticism, and not judge them for not understanding.  I'm definitely in need of working on this myself, but I must say that it makes more sense and brings about more change. And isn't that the point??? Change???

Or is the REAL point to persecute and be above others...

Food for thought, my friends...

Food for thought...

[freeaswind]

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selfie before church

[night-sprites]

I just love when people describe themselves or others as ‘a little angle’.  It’s so acute.

[the-awkwardteenager]

[just-being-girl]

I imagine Thor saying this.

[thesugarontop-deactivated201508]

[mikahill13]

[prairiefires]

Why are you pun-ishing me