Available on Spotify Itunes and TidalI listened to the album from start to finish on a quick flight from New York to Turner Sports studios in Atlanta, GA in November

I was impressed with the Asbury Park, NJ representers 11-track album. The first track, “Pick Up The Phone” featuring El Trapo Cheese drew me in.

The track is literally a collect call conversation between Belv and his then-incarcerated brother.

It set the tone.

Bulletproof Belv’s Wishful Thinking track list. Photo Credit: Twitter

Everybody has the perception of what being in a jail cell is like and what a collect call home is. But to actually experience it in an album and to be in the ‘minds-eye’ of the artist is a work of art.

Belv’s brother made the call home because word from the the correctional facility where he was being housed was that his brother was doing exceptionally well in the music world.

Word also came back  that a certain New Jersey rapper made a stop by their house.

That rapper was Paterson, New Jersey native, Fetty Wap, a friend to Bulletproof Belv.

“When my brother called from the county jail he asked me about Fetty Wap being in the house,” Bulletproof Belv told RESPECT Magazine, by phone.

“I’m in the newspaper, I’m in the strip club with Fetty Wap and I’m enjoying life. Everybody’s talking about me on the inside and how I’m doing. I was so proud to share that moment with my brother.”

While Fetty Wap may have been coming around, Bulletproof Belv is no stranger to his own success. His “My Operation” garnered accolades and he’s been the focus of countless articles in the Atlantic City area and in The Source Magazine and Envy The DJ, website of Power 105 The Breakfast Club’s DJ Envy.

But I digress.

The affirmation that Bulletproof Belv got from his brother for his great work was priceless.

“When I got the phone call from my brother, he’s hearing that I’m doing well and that I’m Lit;  I was ecstatic,” Bulletproof Belv told me.

“He’s hearing about all of the good things going on in my life and I was glad to share with him.”

Even more exciting is his latest project, “Wishful Thinking.”

Simply Put: “Wishful Thinking” seamlessly meshes the local skater at the pizzeria in Brooklyn, the Princeton chemical engineering student and the athlete needing a jam before the game all in one sitting.

Don’t believe me? Check it out for yourself! Matty Carlock and Belvy have a banger!

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Bulletproof Belv. Photo Courtesy of Instagram

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