not sure how many people knew but he was battling cancer for a while.
Just found out today that he passed away recently. not sure of the day but yea....

he was very passionate about music
as evidenced by his participation on this very board.
he was just an all around positive and wonderful spirit
he was always uplifting and supporting others
it was easy to forget that he was fighting for his life and needed uplifting himself.


peace to his family, especially his daughter and to any and everybody who knew him.
he is missed already

we love you josh.

peace.

Always liked the guy and respected his thoughts and opinions. The boards lost a great voice.

And never knew. Amazing he could just go on like that and just keep pushing ahead. Just found out about an hour ago what happened. Will miss seeing that brother's good nature and sense of humor. Best to his family.. I know he loved them kids big time.

.

Seemed like a really good dude.

josh was/is my tour guide to southern hiphop from 99 to infinity.

i sent a few texts/messages..but he didnt reply..


condolences to his family.

love you man.

*sigh*


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ajo nithyah saasvato'yam puraano na hanyate' hanyamaane' sareere' ||


"Never is he (Soul) born, nor does he die at any time, he has never been brought into being, nor shall come hereafter; unborn, eternal, permanent and ancient (primeval). When the body is slain, he is not slain."

Damn. He was that dude.

Love to his family and daughter.

We should all have his enthusiasm for discovering new music.

Hate hearing when people lose the battle. He'll be greatly missed.

I'd rather focus that venom and energy on hoping for a cure for cancer so that good brothers and daddies like that brother can keep living and providing light to the world.

I will honestly miss his presence around here because he was one of a rarer breed of Lessonheads that still had some damn sense about music.

dude was one of my favorites. could debate mostly any kind of music convo folks were havin on here or twitter, and seemed like somebody i'd kick it and have a drink with. knew he was sick, but damn.

logged in to show some love. menph inspired me over the years by how genuine, unique, and passionate he was. he always stayed true to himself, didn't care if it was popular or not. talk about an original cat… damn y'all.

this is really sad, thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.

He was one of the first on here to really open me up to Southern rap
Always a good dude

Rest in peace




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about the guys he rode hard for especially southern artists.

then you'd see him in a post about hiatus kaiyote
or if searched for like an old post about sonnymoon or some shit
and he'd be in there, in a post before they got even a lil
recognition lol.

one of the good guys on here.

RIP.

Still have a DM from him on there with his address because I was gonna put a package of some books/flicks to send over to him while he recovered and like an asshole I never actually got to the post office before forgetting about it.

I knew he was battling but he seemed good up until going quiet in the past month or so and was too caught up to notice much before getting today's news.

Not sure why considering it was cancer but it really never crossed my mind that he might not make it.

Heartbreaking, dude was always one of the coolest and fairest contributors in this forum since the beginning.

And while he had his areas of concentration (Southern rap obviously being #1 on the list, he was open to music of any kind from Modest Mouse to blues to Sqad Up mix tapes (he was the one who put me up on the 4th one when it dropped and sorta sprung Wayne's second act before the Carter series).

And he never really had an agenda or took shit personally if you hated something he dug (I went in on that last indie-rock Big Boi album that he took as a wonderful stylistic expansion).

Or ever really actively hated on anyone.......well, besides Wyclef for his contributions towards the decline of TI's career in the mid-2000s......and when he did so it was hilarious because you were so not used to hearing him go at an artist like that so his rage and Clef being Clef it was pure comedy.

I hope his suffering on the way out wasn't too brutal and extended.

Condolences to his family, in particular his wife and daughter.

Like a lot of OKPs, I never actually met him in the physical but really felt like I knew him and would have been great to hang with if I was ever in ATL or him LA.

Much love and respect, Menph we miss u already.

but I always appreciated his music posts.

RIP

Kev

You will be missed. You helped me rep for southern hip hop on these boards for many years. Love & Blessings to your family.

thoughts with your fam.

Since 1976

i think i remember him being a huge big KRIT supporter way before KRIT Wuz Here even came out, like in 2006 posting mixes on soundcircuit.com...

rest in beats.

RIP

~~~riedy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's become cool to shit on the Lesson now days

But man, there was a time when this was internet hip hop ground zero. We were able to trade ideas and get introduced to different kinds of rap. It was the beginning of the de-regionalism of the game

Shouts out to everybody who contributed to this shit


No amount of "zomg lolz lesson" can ever change that

Thats was a cool dude right there man...wow

For whatever reason, I always noticed his extra positive outlook. Probably because it was different than mine and I always told him that he "likes everything" as far as music goes.

It just seemed like he always found a way to appreciate something which is something I don't do.

And I truly appreciated that about him.

Rest in peace homie!

then i read his humble response in the Get Well post in the Lesson and saw my reply to him and dropped my fucking phone. crazy how much impact someone i've never met in person can have. that says a lot about the character he had. rest easy Mental Physical Real 7.

after what you shared on twitter lol :)

it's tough.
he is definitely missed.

I will miss u

One of the most genuine guys/personalities that ever typed a word on this board.

RIP indeed…I don't know why this is bothering me so much right now. Like most of you, I never met him, but damn. You could relate to him as much as you could humbly disagree with him. Same thing he did with all of us.

This sucks.

prayers and peace to his family and friends. Props

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"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

I had no idea. Wow.

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RIP...

One of the cats who really made this place special.

it's become cool to shit on the lesson

Some of us will always remember what this place used to mean tho

true southern playa..

respect,
bc

"my old boy from the Point but I'm from Southwest..."

"Are you really ready to carry some weight?,
Are you ready to design your fate?" -Kelvin Mercer

Only knew him through here and twitter, but seemed like a great dude...

Thank you for sharing your love for music
& putting me onto Z-Ro & a bunch of other southern artists
back when I had no clue where to start.

Thoughts and prayers to his friends and family.

May he rest in peace, God Bless him.

for the perfect Lesson head, he was it....

RIP....And condolences to his family.....

Big void in the lesson that won't ever be filled. Wish the best for his family.

I guess I'm off to the archives. He'll live forever there.

..wow, it doesn't seem that long ago that all of us used to spend hours and hours a day on this board interacting with each other over music ..looking back it was a huge part of my everyday life for really a long time ..people like Menphyel7 and others were the glue made this place so special for so long ..we didn't agree on favorite music ever probably, but i always appreciated his passion..not only was he knowledgeable, but you could see he was a true head and music lover

...the lesson wouldn't have been the same without you brother, RIP Menphyel7

shoulder. Just a love for the music, and a desire to share that love with the rest of us.
Can only imagine how great of a guy he was off the boards. My deepest sympathies go out to all his loved ones.

He struck me as *extremely* eclectic, like the type of guy who's main focus might have been Hip-Hop but who seemed to appear in all kinds of threads about various types of music. R.I.P.

:(

damn.

RIP, dude.

FUCK!

I stopped lurking and started participating on this board for a little bit because of him.

RIP.

fuck cancer.

held down the south like few others.

back in ThaFormula days. RIP fam.

thank you for the insight & positivity you brought to discussing music.

your opinions & reactions were a big part of me coming to Lesson consistently back in the day.

my thoughts & postive energy are with your family.

god bless.

Wow, I didn't even know he had cancer, didn't talk about it over here in the lesson (or I didn't pay attention) but it's sad to hear about kats you grew up with on the message boards passing about away; there is many I still wonder about that haven't posted in years but it's just mind blowin' to hear that they are gone; rest in peace Menphyel7.

May he rest.

Rest Easy!

I'm pretty fucking sad right now.

Rest is peace

I enjoyed reading his posts very much.

A shining light of positive posting and one of the original greats of the board.

He will be missed.



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Really sad to hear. We all have names of posters around here that help guide which posts we read, which we skip... he was on my "read" list. His interests were always a bit out of my zone, but that made reading his thoughts all the more engaging.

Good reminder, too, that the folks we interact with have lives and struggles that are often invisible to us... let's choose our words wisely.


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Very sad to hear this. Rest with ease.


werd.

V.

2005-2006 era of the Lesson...

Loved that dudes spirit.

RIP man.

Found out via poetx. He will be sorely missed. My deepest condolences and May God comfort his family during this time.

... my condolences and respect to the family as well.

Sad to hear that kinda news

I don't really know what to say. He was legit one of my favourite posters here, and almost single handedly changed my views on Southern hip-hop. He was one of the few posters who I'd always make an effort to read, even if I was just skimming through.

God Bless.

Floored right now, just hearing about it and went to post on his facebook page. Really good dude and very passionate about music. Gonna miss that cat.

Sometimes death is so fucking unfair. Seemed like a great dude, very insightful and down to earth.

Very sad news.

Damn. That was the homie. Thanks for the great dialogues.

Rest In Power

From 2003-2006, about 90% of my music collection came from his AIM getfile, which he left open even to strangers like me, I guess just so he could share any and all awesomeness he came across with everybody. In real life I could front like I was always up on the latest stuff when really I was just getting all my music from Menpyhel7. He was wholly responsible for my UGK phase of 2004, and my re-discovery of three-6 mafia and my ongoing Big KRIT fandom. I take OKplayer opinions with a grain of salt, but when he said I needed to check out something, I immediately gave it a listen.

Basically he was the ideal hip-hop critic, bad spelling and all. I always checked to see his opinion on whatever the hottest new album was, which was probably unnecessary since he always seemed to be so positive and excited about everything. A bright spot in an online world of constant negativity. It's crazy how somebody you never met can still leave handprints on your life.