“You have to believe that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
– Steve Jobs
The week is still just getting started, but Jacobi Ryan already dropped two fresh new singles from his #52in365 #FormerlyFresh music campaign — the laid back and soulful “Synopsis of Real Bosses” and also “Apple Stock”. The visuals for “Apple Stock” were released first and early on in the video for “Apple Stock”, Jacobi starts his day when the sunrises, so we gone go wherever #52in365 takes us first…
“Apple Stock”, produced by Dylan Graham, serves as an interesting song title and perspective for how Jacobi thinks about his relentless work ethic, motivation and success. But, if you’ve been listening to Jacobi’s strong awareness of his purpose and the influences that are always inherently present in his discography (i e. his parents, Tulsa’s historic Black Wall Street, the creative Oklahoma City culture in which he is a curator of and a leader amongst leaders, as well as his ultimate reliance on himself and his creator) then nah, one wouldn’t be surprised at his “1980 Apple Stock”, “Steve Jobs in a hoodie” comparisons. Apple launched the initial Public Offering of its stock in 1980 at $22 per share – “take the status quo and shake it up/it ain’t never goin’ back to the way it was” – and as of this writing Apple stocks are sittin’ at $266.54 per share. Historically Apple stocks have seen some single digit trading days (pre-iPhone) but has historically remained present and innovative despite some slow growth and adversity in their early days in order to become the tech giant that it is now. Thus, the desire to be a resilient risk taker (“If we aint’t got a way/We gone build a way”) goes a long way. Since January of this year, Jacobi has released 46 singles and videos, dropped two EPs via his music campaign, contributed to several stellar music projects, launched a business, launched a podcast, launched a clothing line and launched a platform for other artists. That’s definitely not all he’s accomplished this year, all he has sacrificed, all that he has risked, and not the only time he’s been the rose that jumped out of the concrete. The setbacks that pre-date, recycle, and motivate his ongoing resiliency is the fight in him that does and will influence others. Remember, the #52in365 #FormerlyFresh music campaign is not about him but for you. This is for you. Love and listen…
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