In Harlem's defense, I think my bruv was just saying everybody goes through things, and it's always tough for each person.
I have ppl in my family that operate like that. I don't think he meant anything bad by it. Just a different way of encouraging.
What ppl fail to realize, and what the medical/pharmaceutical/pseudo-science communities fail to promote, is the power of controlling your mental. Learning how to use your brain. They tell us you need drugs, or you're just so broken beyond repair that you have to create a new label for yourself to feel better about yourself. You ain't gotta do all that, sit STILL with yourself and gain your footing.
Your mind is the most powerful computer on this Earth, imagine it just running amuck with no control or input commands. You're basically fckd
so I just think Harlem was pointing out that it doesn't always have to be a
"woe is me" situation every era ... like ... shit. Ok, what if we turned it into a
"what can I do to help myself through this". How can I get to the point that I record what I want and release it no matter what anybody says. And be ok with not having ppl praise it up and down.
I remember we always used to comment on Brandy's unusually extreme humbleness in front of the cameras. That's because I don't think it was all the way genuine. Brandy lives for the vocal bible title and the adoration, because that's what she grew up with. After the flops, and the accident, she got a crash course on how fleeting praise and adoration is. And she couldn't take it, somebody mentioned it's happened to other child stars too.
So there are certain behaviors and actions and people that can make your mental health worse.
I can really do without an album, like ... just go sit down somewhere and join PTA at 'Rai's highschool for about two years, chair the homecoming committee. Stop putting all this on yourself to please ppl that clearly only give a damn because you recorded Full Moon.