tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35809260957298355762024-02-19T02:35:09.443-08:00Beautiful MusicA grouping of music I'm enjoying at any given time. MP3 posting is used to increase the awareness of the artist in question for others who happen to read this blog. If you're the artist or label responsible for the music being posted and would like it removed, please email me (dani3r@hotmail.com), and I'll be glad to take it down at your request.Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-1210281296118631262011-07-29T16:07:00.000-07:002011-07-29T16:08:17.133-07:00Descry @ HeavyLA<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lSudeEJXm_g" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="560"></iframe>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-84417536595703484592011-03-29T11:19:00.001-07:002011-03-29T11:19:34.532-07:00Rap. Rap. Rap.<div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><h1 style="font-size: 2em; "><a href="http://www.shinobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yo-mtv-raps.jpg" _mce_href="http://www.shinobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yo-mtv-raps.jpg"><img title="yo-mtv-raps" src="http://www.shinobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yo-mtv-raps-300x239.jpg" _mce_src="http://www.shinobeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/yo-mtv-raps-300x239.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="239" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a></h1><p>There was a time when the DJ was called the backbone of Hip-Hop...a tastemaker that brought new content to listeners in a creative and unique way. Pioneers like Kool Herc, Africa Bambaatta, Grand Master Flash, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grand Mixer DXT, and Jazzy Jay all introduced new music and captivated an audience even before there was a genre of music called rap.</p><p>So, I present to you my newest mixtape titled, <em><strong>Rap. Rap. Rap.</strong></em> In the same vein as the pioneers, absolutely free. No catch.</p><p>This project features no complex trick mixing or annoying “DJ” voiceovers because I made the focus to be all about the music, just like the pioneers. The artists showcased on this tape are a few of my own personal favorites--Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne, Eminem, Drake, Snoop Dogg, DJ Quik, Lil’ B, Raekwon, Blu, Pac Div, and Frank Ocean.</p><p>What is unique to this particular mixtape is that 47:55 features an exclusive snippet from my upcoming sophmore album <a href="http://descry.bandcamp.com/album/paved-paths-single" _mce_href="http://descry.bandcamp.com/album/paved-paths-single">As Serenity Approaches</a>. The album will feature a few of my favorite artists like Danny Brown, Oddisee, Roc Marciano, One Be Lo, Raashan Ahmad, Tanya Morgan, Clara C, TiRon, Outasight, Theo Martins, MED, Y-O (of U-N-I) and of course my Subkrew team. Check for it dropping mid-April 2011.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your support! Please spread the word if you enjoy the tape!<br />Mixtape <a href="http://bit.ly/dWucMh" _mce_href="http://bit.ly/dWucMh">download (click here)</a><br />For promotional purposes only. <a href="http://bit.ly/i0rQps" _mce_href="http://bit.ly/i0rQps">Mirror 1</a></p></div>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-9713316248306290432011-01-28T15:18:00.001-08:002011-02-02T09:45:07.816-08:00An Interview with Malice of the Clipse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk8bjpnaM1qbuevj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 381px;" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbk8bjpnaM1qbuevj.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">I was wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked (filthy)</span></div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><div style="text-align: center;">So much so, I had left my family forsaken </div></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><div style="text-align: center;">A troubled soul whose heart was often achin’ </div></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><div style="text-align: center;">So much dough, but my spirit ever so vacant </div></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><div style="text-align: center;">Foul and fragrant I was taken off course</div></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><div style="text-align: center;">The road ahead should have ended me in divorce…</div><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; ">Last night what I’d seen made my life change…made my life change</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">-Malice<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-align: center; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Brothers Thorton (Malice and Pusha T aka The Clipse) have officially been in the rap scene since 1997 (when they first signed to Elektra), a time when rap was returning to a more “conscious” state. People were actively looking for Hip-Hop with intelligent content. Rawkus Records was starting to build serious momentum and two murdered legends, 2Pac and Biggie, were still fresh in people’s minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When one thinks of the Clipse, two things come to mind: cocaine and wordplay. Yes, Pusha and Malice mainly rap about serving that powder white, but they’ve both delivered their share of incredibly complex lines to elevate them beyond the average mainstream rapper. Throughout their discography, they have been critically acclaimed; however, it wasn’t until their mixtape in 2005, <u>We Got it For Cheap 2</u> that solidified their place in middle America’s rap radar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Come 2011, Pusha T now runs with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label (last seen delivering his lyrical ability on <u>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy</u>), but the eldest Thorton, Malice, has taken a more passive role. He’s temporarily stepped aside from rapping and decided to independently release an autobiography. Wanting to share his experiences within the music industry with those who are willing to read, this is Malice—rapper turned author.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Your music career has taken you through an incredible journey. Starting with a vaulted first album, <i>Exclusive Audio Footage</i>, then critically acclaimed albums and mixtapes, to pop collaborations such as the one with Justin Timberlake you guys absolutely murdered…what was your motivation through the ups and downs during the early part of your career?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The motivation was always having a love for Hip-Hop. I never really thought we would take it as far as we did. It wasn’t until the Neptunes started to get their foot in the door that we started to take it seriously. Before that, I would always rhyme and freestyle and kick it…you know, with the homies that were doing the same thing or whatever. But growing up with Chad and Pharrell we said, “Hey, we might as well try to take this somewhere.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Word, you guys should definitely be mentioned in the pantheon of the rap elite!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">(laughter)<i>That’s wassup! Appreciate that, thank you.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">In your opinion, if there was anything you and Pusha could have done differently to get out there, what would it have been?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Hmm…differently…I really believe and am truly a believer that everything happens for a reason. I think everything happened the way it was supposed to happen. I never subscribed to the whole, Clipse is underrated, this; that; and the third. I think everybody gets exactly what they deserve and are viewed at the way they are to be looked at. I mean, I don’t think it’s cool to say “we’re underrated,” and then pout about it because someone else is mainstream and so over the top. Nah, I mean the end justifies the means to me. You know what I’m sayin’?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I know some of the fans want to say that we’re underrated or we should be this or we should be that, but yo…whatever comes my way—I humbly accept it. That’s just what it is. I never look at myself and say, I should be this or I should be that.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I completely understand. Where do you see the Clipse in relation to other Hip-Hop groups?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I think Clipse is definitely a rare…a VERY rare breed, if not the rarest. I think the intellect of the Clipse is something that you just do not find with most groups or solo artists for that matter. I do not believe that you get the true-to-life aspect too much in Hip-Hop. Most of the time somebody is basically wearing a façade, or maybe they can rap but they didn’t live what they’re rapping about, or maybe they can’t rap but they can fake it real good. A lot of the times it’s one or the other, but the whole Clipse story man, it’s an open book. [Every record] is an open book to everything about the Clipse, it’s definitely no fakin’.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">You said in a previous interview, “it’s the hip hop that we come up on, it’s the hip hop that we love and it’s the hip hop that got us where we are” who were your inspirations in rap music?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Definitely…the Jay-Z, Biggie...whole kind of MC. That’s like right up our alley. That’s the hip-hop that we thought was everything. The Hip-Hop we identify with, street hustlers turned rappers. We love that. Even prior to them, Big Daddy Kane…Rakim, those kinds of brothers were straight lyrical.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Any Hip-Hop artists you’ve got your ear to?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I don’t really listen to too much Hip-Hop these days, but what I do hear...I like a lot of the stuff. I don’t like it for the Hip-Hop that I like, but I like it for...you know, when [I’m] out in the club and I see how everybody enjoys the music...the fun that they have, the dances that go with the songs, everybody recitin’ to the song and swag surfin’, and all that kind of stuff. I can enjoy that, I really do...and appreciate it, I don’t turn my nose up at the new stuff at all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">In your online video vignettes, you say you wrote a book because your life had changed, tell us about <u>Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked</u>. Why this title from Revelation 3:17?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Well, that title best describes the condition that I was in. I wasn’t even aware of it when I was in that condition. The things that I wrote weren’t easy. It’s not the cool thing or the convenient thing to do, but it is a must because I had such a wild experience. Matter of fact, I had the wildest experience...it’s such a phenomenon that I can’t even believe that I was even chosen to go through what I went through, but it does make sense because I have to share it with everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The book itself entails my life--my childhood, life in the industry, my family life...this book is extremely personal and Malice is all the way exposed in this book. I left nothing back. I had to do it because everyone’s seen me in my splendor...they’ve seen me at the top of my game, they’ve seen me at my highest point so I’m sharing my lowest lows with them as well. I think it’s very important, especially to the younger cats that aspire to be in this industry, that they know the truth about everything.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">There’s nothing wrong with Hip-Hop, there’s nothing wrong with having lots of money, there’s nothing wrong with gettin’ it...but you better have your head on straight because you’re either going to succeed or meet destruction, one of the two. I mean look at artists in the game now, you see them in rehab and facing alcoholism, drugs or going to jail...that’s a real thing. You can even attach that to successful artists. No one’s exempt, anyone can fall for any of that stuff. If you don’t have your head on together, money can destroy you. That all I’m sayin, I’m not badmouthing anything. You should get it, take care your family, help those that are less fortunate and enjoy life. You know what I’m sayin’? Enjoy life.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">My whole movement and everything that I’m doing…it is not a movement to convince, convict or make people believe what I believe. I’m just telling my story, and when you hear my story…there’s no way anyone’s going to be able to deny it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Definitely, man. You talk about taking care of your family, how do you find a balance between your work and family? How do you find the time?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Man…first things first, nothing comes before your family other than God. Other than that, nothing comes before your family. You know, you do what you have to do. I spent a lot of time on the road away from home, but that was to take care of the financial things that everyone has to go through. I’ve been fortunate to be very present in the lives of both my kids. I have a son and a daughter, and I give them all of the knowledge that is so essential to survival. I’m just glad I’m a present father to my children.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Speaking of God, we know you’ve been spiritual in your rhymes since Lord Willin’, but these days I come across the question, “What happened to Malice from the Clipse, why did all of a sudden he become religious?” How do you feel about that? What would you say to people who say that to you?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">It’s not so much that I’m religious, I just believe in Christ. No one will ever really be able to say that [I just became religious], because if you listen to all of my work...I’ve always incorporated God into my work—always. In “Exclusive Audio Footage,” the first interlude is called “The Prayer.” I said, “Lord, if these words hurt more than they help...forgive us.” If you hear that interlude, there’s no way you can say that I just hopped on this [religion]. There’s another song on that <span></span>called “Watch Over Me,” and if you listen to the lyrics on that, it’s nothing but us speaking to God. So I’ve always been on that, and really all I’m doing is basically…coming back home.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span></span>Where can people find your book? When does it get released?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">It comes out on Valentines Day [February 14, 2011]. You can either go to my website http://mademylifechange.com/, some people know it as http://maliceoftheclipse.com/, but they both go to the same link, or you can go straight to http://thorn10publishing.bigcartel.com/. I did everything myself man, I wrote it, started my own publishing company to publish it, did all the videos and vignettes for the video blog that you see, marketed it...did everything myself. It’ll also be on Amazon so you can get the e-book for your Kindle and all that other good stuff, but it won’t be out until February 14th.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I also want to say, I can’t leave out my man, John Spruill. We went to junior high together, high school together, and he supported me throughout the entire writing process. I would write it and he would make sure all the punctuation was correct and vibe with me. He was my support throughout the entire process, but make no mistake: I had no ghostwriter. What you get is definitely coming from my bedroom straight to ya’ll crib. There’s definitely no middle man.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I want people to know that. It’s not that I turn my nose up to the ghostwriting thing, because I actually tried that. But when I got it back, it wasn’t my words so I had to go back to the original plan. I think the book is really going to change lives, man. I already know it’s going to change lives because it already has. I mean, the comments and feedback I get on my twitter (@malice757) alone...people are giving me a lot of support and telling me that they went through a lot of the same things and can understand and relate.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Dope, dope. So, what’s next for you after the book drops?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">After the book is the audio book, and we’re also writing another book with my man and manager [Anthony "Geezy” Gonzalez] who’s incarcerated right now. We’re going to be telling that whole story because that’s also going to be crazy. It’s going to be called <u>32</u>, which refers to the sentence he got, 32 years [for drug trafficking]. We’re working on writing that together</span></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">I didn’t actually know how sensitive that was to you, but wasn’t sure if I should bring that up about your manager...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Why not? It’s all out...all out. (laughter) Yeah, we talkin’ about everything. Let’s talk about everything, straight up.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Word, how has your manager being incarcerated affected you as an artist?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">That situation has made me wisen up. It’s definitely a heartbreaking situation for our group...we’ve been together before the music. We came up together and we’ve always been [tight]. There are a few more homies that got locked up and caught up in this whole mess…it definitely affected the group. Personally, it affected me in my writing. You know, I just feel compelled to let everybody in on the full spectrum. Not just one side of it, but I gotta let everybody know the ins and outs, the good the bad, and that way once you know everything then you can choose what you want to do or how you want to be.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">So before <u>32</u>, will this situation be touched on in <u>Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked</u>?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Yeah, a lot of it is included in the book, but my story is very compelling and one that deserves its own spotlight. I touch on it a little bit.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Malice, thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Nah, I thank you. Thank you for even being interested and even willing to share with your followers and readers and stuff man. It’s great, and I just really wanna say that it’s like we’re a real intimate community right now. Especially with my movement and the things that I’m doing and the things I’m talking about. So, like Descry, if you’re interested…this is my family right here. All of you are my family, for real. Real tight knit, and I’m letting you know that ya’ll are gonna be the first to be on something that is definitely going to impact Hip-Hop. This book is something that’s going to put a dent in Hip-Hop and all the fronting’s going to come to cease.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Before I go I just want to say, the book is a great read. It’s not some book you’re going to have to sit with for weeks or months at a time to finish it. It should only take you roughly like three to four hours to read it. There’s nothing long or drawn out that’s going to bore you. It’s poppin’ from the beginning. I want everyone to see what it is I saw cause I saw the wildest things, bro. I saw the wildest…THE. <b>WILDEST.</b> Things. But when you get the book, don’t expect this book to be a Clipse record in book form. You already know everything that the Clipse is about, but this is something different.</span></i></p>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-52817509780288980202010-10-28T10:38:00.000-07:002010-10-28T10:56:10.906-07:00G-Koop & O-Man - Coltraney pt.1 featuring Prozack TurnerMy Subkrew family member, G-Koop (best known for his work with Jake One) showed me this little series he's working on with O-Man.<br /><br />Built from scratch (no samples) Koopa and O-Man take you on a journey from a humble honky-tonk piano to a real smooth/jazzy R. Ayers/J. Coltrane type vibe.<br /><br />Prozack Turner (Foreign Legion) also makes a surprise appearance and does his thing on the freestyle tip. Solid.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jq3scinWN9w?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jq3scinWN9w?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="241"></embed></object>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-25123041634694466612010-09-29T11:30:00.000-07:002010-09-29T11:31:33.552-07:00Wake Up In Neverland (Descry Remix)<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="100"><param name="movie" value="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=3622454694/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="always"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><embed src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/track=3622454694/size=venti/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="always" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="400" height="100"></embed><noembed>&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://descry.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-in-neverland-descry-remix"&amp;amp;gt;Wake Up In Neverland (Descry Remix) by descry&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</noembed></object><br /><br />A little remix I did for Youtube sensation, Clara C. Hope you enjoy.Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-69719231485402485092010-07-08T14:04:00.001-07:002010-07-08T14:24:20.459-07:00Closed Sessions: OutasightWhen I first interviewed <a href="http://descrybeats.blogspot.com/2009/09/check-imoutasight.html">Outasight</a>, I had no idea what was going to happen almost exactly a month later. In October 2009, Outasight signed a major label deal with Warner Brothers Records (under Asylum Records).<br /><br />When that news hit, it made me proud instantly. One of my peers got a foretaste of greatness. I was ecstatic…telling all of my friends that this guy was going to become one of the greats. Fast-forward to the present now with LRG and Warner behind him, he’s been steadily on the path to completing his debut album, “From Here to There.”<br /><br />So, it brings me great pleasure to post the newest <a href="http://www.closedsessions.com/download.php?f=TurnItUp.mp3">song</a> from one of my favorite artists, Outasight. <a href="http://www.closedsessions.com/lrg/outasight">Closed Sessions</a> featuring <a href="http://www.closedsessions.com/download.php?f=TurnItUp.mp3">LRG and Outasight</a>!<br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12677164&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12677164&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12677164">Closed Sessions: Outasight Edition</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user671687">Ruby Hornet</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-33353286424405215492010-06-04T12:06:00.000-07:002010-06-04T12:32:23.603-07:00TiRon - MstrdOne of my favorite rappers and dude I like to do business with, TiRon, just released his newest auditory gem titled "MSTRD" <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5ulzgja1jqf">DOWNLOAD THIS NOW!<br /><br /></a><p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5ulzgja1jqf"><img src="http://cdn.2dopeboyz.com/m.php/2010/06/20100603-MSTRD1.jpg" width="481" height="481" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?5ulzgja1jqf"><img src="http://cdn.2dopeboyz.com/m.php/2010/05/20100522-MSTRD2a.jpg" width="481" height="481" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And in case you missed it, <a href="http://www.djlowkey.com/TiRon-Ketchup_mixed_by_DJ_Low_Key.zip">Ketchup</a>:</p><p><img src="http://2dopeboyz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/20090225-tiron1.jpg" alt="" /> </p><p><img src="http://2dopeboyz.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/20090225-tiron2.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>DOWNLOAD: <a href="http://www.djlowkey.com/TiRon-Ketchup_mixed_by_DJ_Low_Key.zip" target="_blank">TiRon – Ketchup (Mixed by DJ Low Key)</a></p>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-28810528782785118372010-05-11T09:49:00.000-07:002010-05-11T10:16:53.339-07:00Futuristic - Flow Sessions v. 2I met Futuristic, 2/10/2010, when he opened for Binary Star at the Terrace in Pasadena. I was pretty impressed at his ability to command a crowd and really brought the art of MCing alive that night.<br /><br />Since then, I've helped him rock a show and lent a helping hand on his newest FREE offering--Flow Sessions vol.2.<br /><br />The tape is hosted by DJ Kris Stylez of Black Wallstreet and you can find me on two tracks, "Letter Man" and "Plauge Mics."<br /><br /><a href="http://omg.ly/XrA7">Check it (click image for download):<br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://omg.ly/XrA7"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqnokuuz3wEf63nkkA4zxMlBIsYJUDdnnGOhDwgQPSgahcWvFZeOIO9_AyrSNLEHxWhNGXbcJINnxISrIL-99bNf8WC0RHByFFO_AP3X51G_M-BdLwbMHPFJFYzkHTGGwX8x73bI9E5vD/s320/Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470058690200968482" border="0" /></a><a href="http://omg.ly/XrA7"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://omg.ly/XrA7"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkkrSpERrDmB5UPU7q3uE8NlZgbN5wkCyXBbKLDzB2Y90KRa3YB845Z7ztTGkucOnD-nRrdPwGBtSUe5P39mxY112Q873QZ0HaU02TETPt-lrhJ1j0Rtk4LfVyO0IU2lfMKDLvsrix-yU/s320/Back+Cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470058856661272930" border="0" /></a><a href="http://omg.ly/XrA7"><br /></a>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-4450241287648723472010-03-04T10:27:00.000-08:002010-03-04T11:47:52.154-08:00We're going international!Yep, right to the motherland--Korea.<br /><br />Korea's an interesting place for me because my heritage is rooted there. Not many people know, but there's an almost eerie, parallel past to what certain Africans experienced in the early days of the United States' history. Not in the sense of specifics as it was "yellow on yellow" crime, but the Japanese-Korean struggle is something that is very much along the lines of enslavement and cultural erasement.<br /><br />These kinds of issues can be further discussed privately or on a college campus, so what I want to focus on specifically is Korean Hip-Hop. The Korean Hip-Hop scene has exploded since the early nineties and a lot of great MC's have emerged from the industry boom. Artists like 3534, Seotaiji, Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger, Jinusean, 1Tym, and DJ Doc, have all pioneered Hip-Hop's integration into Korean pop music. Those early industry leaders spawned what I would tag the "new generation" of Korean MC's. At the forefront of this "new generation" you would have the The Quiett, Tablo of Epik High, Dynamic Duo, Verbal Jint, Palo Alto, and many others.<br /><br />However, one artist in particular intrigued me--a gentleman known as The Quiett.<br /><br />I was hipped to The Quiett in 2007 while I was vacationing in Korea. I was on a personal journey to find a record store that had wax so I could craft new beats...and I have to say, trying to find records in Korea was like mining for gold--near impossible. The records that I did find were mostly turds, so after a day of searching I got fed up and wandered into a tiny little CD store that was about to close. I still remember that day, the weather was terrible...I was soaked from the rain...and bummed out that I didn't have any music to bring back with me to California. I walked up to the register, and in my terrible Korean I asked..."Do you have any good Hip-Hop? Not like hip-pop, but...that boom-bap stuff." The guy at the register looked at me so confused, and thinking about it...if someone asked me that I would have just said "eh, I don't know."<br /><br />Anyway, the gentleman at the register was kind enough to direct me to The Quiett's <a href="http://soulcompany.net/xe/?mid=discography&page=2&document_srl=1088"><span style="font-style: italic;">Music</span> (2006 Re-issue)</a>. I checked it out on the listening station and I was <span style="font-weight: bold;">blown</span> away.<br /><br />Did Korea just really bring that boom-bap?! This record had everything I love about underground Hip-Hop back home...scratching, hard thumping drums, samples...my face lit up with a huge smile. It hit me. Though it took me a while to understand what he was saying (the rapid fire delivery was faster than any Korean I was used to), I could relate to the music.<br /><br />Recently, I was exited to hear about his upcoming 4th album (man, has it really been that long?), <span style="font-style: italic;">Quiet Storm: a Night Record</span>. With production from heavyweights Jake One, Slakah the Beatchild, Kev Brown, and DJ Mitsu...The Quiett is poised to once again create some facemelting, true Hip-Hop. Check it out.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br />The Quiett - Quiet Storm: a Night Record</span><br />01 Welcome To The Show<br />02 Never Q.U.I.T.T.<br />03 Be My Luv<br />04 Stars (feat. Verbal Jint & Swings)<br />05 Lonely One<br />06 Q's Way (feat. 샛별)<br />07 Game Theory<br />08 Airplane Music (feat. Basick, Rimi, Beenzino, Fana & San E)<br />09 시간이 왔나봐 (feat. Dead'P)<br />10 Old Records<br />11 Love/Hate (feat. Jinbo)<br />12 Shine 'Em<br />13 Be My Luv Remix (feat. B-Free, 'NUCK'넋업샨, Paloalto & junggigo)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Releases: 3.11.10 </span></span><br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRC4el-WBeU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sRC4el-WBeU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-24630419064469667172010-02-25T11:07:00.000-08:002010-03-04T09:43:05.113-08:00What they're listening to v.2I felt as if it was time to do a new version of what people are listening to. <a href="http://descrybeats.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-crackin-wednesdays.html">The last one I did featured Flying Lotus, DJ Benzi</a>...was almost 2.5 years ago! So, here we go...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a656.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/94/l_7f3a6d7025f3ddced5f5eacef1e7ba07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://a656.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/94/l_7f3a6d7025f3ddced5f5eacef1e7ba07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Descry:</span><br />1. One Be Lo - B.A.B.Y. (Being A Black Youth)<br />2. Kidkanevil - Basho Basho<br />3. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?nnjdmfnjxlw">Sonnymoon - Golden Age</a><br />4. Broken Bells - Broken Bells<br />5. Alicia Keys - Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://online.wsj.com/media/outasight_E_20091218214939.jpg%22"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://online.wsj.com/media/outasight_E_20091218214939.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Outasight:</span><br />1. Janelle Monae - Cold War/Tightrope<br />2. Vampire Weekend - Contra<br />3. The New Morning Benders - Excuses<br />4. Erykah Badu - Window Seat ft. ?uestlove<br />5. Freeway and Jake One - The Stimulus Package<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs132.snc3/17937_547838989885_77400356_31498131_4019821_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs132.snc3/17937_547838989885_77400356_31498131_4019821_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Kevin Robinson (<a href="http://www.uncovered3rd.com/">Uncovered 3rd</a>):</span><br />1. Ayomari - PB&J Solution<br />2. Cam'ron - Boss of All Bosses 2<br />3. Bloc Party - Intimacy<br />4. Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream<br />5. <a href="http://www.livemixtapes.com/download/10828/jfuturistic_yung_la_batman_robin.html">J. Futuristic & Yung L.A. - Batman & Robin</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0hIZOdRIU-F_yLpemnbdANi-WhlMMXy833tQkpfYziECFONo-P7m4BtCfrJZz1G1ZwK0tACJWjedDU3xui_iR9RsoPKhWE0-uqN1aC_4zSNxK_awLyAMeiRSDSKBcdW-6G7Q4X_kx4Q3/s400/keelay17840015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0hIZOdRIU-F_yLpemnbdANi-WhlMMXy833tQkpfYziECFONo-P7m4BtCfrJZz1G1ZwK0tACJWjedDU3xui_iR9RsoPKhWE0-uqN1aC_4zSNxK_awLyAMeiRSDSKBcdW-6G7Q4X_kx4Q3/s400/keelay17840015.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Keelay:</span><br />1. The Jaspects - The Polkadotted Stripe<br />2. Johnny Polygon - Rebel Without Applause<br />3. Hudson Mowhawke - Room Mist EP/Butter<br />4. Emilio Rojas - Bold and Arrogant Remix<br />5. Robert Glasper - Double Booked<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs196.snc1/6613_104617764300_508644300_1991159_220737_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs196.snc1/6613_104617764300_508644300_1991159_220737_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Daniel Chae (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/featsininches">Feats in Inches</a>/<br /><a href="http://thenehemiahband.com/">The Nehemiah Band</a>):</span><br />1. Kanye West - Graduation<br />2. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes<br />3. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood<br />4. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast<br />5. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/21/l_c1c2bf3050ff4d65b0c38142e0442cac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/21/l_c1c2bf3050ff4d65b0c38142e0442cac.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Aspect 1:</span><br />1. <a href="http://www.thekoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/The-Koalition-Presents-DJ-Khalil-Chinatown-Wars-Beat-Tape.zip">DJ Khalil - Chinatown Wars</a><br />2. Darkleaf - Beneath the Surface compilation<br />3. Afta 1 - unreleased LP<br />4. J.Bizness and Aiyro - Cali Fire Commission<br />5. Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs159.snc3/18671_839889697211_6000790_46707271_1169005_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs159.snc3/18671_839889697211_6000790_46707271_1169005_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">TOKiMONSTA:</span><br />1. Jimmi Hendrix - Purple Haze<br />2. Flying Lotus - Computer Face/Pure Being<br />3. Damfunk - Hood Pass Intact<br />4. Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous<br />5. DJ Krush - Krush<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/45/l_7f2dabb525b85fb933161b36b3009df0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/45/l_7f2dabb525b85fb933161b36b3009df0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Jackson Perry (<a href="http://www.asideworldwide.com/">A-Side Worldwide/Now On</a>):</span><br />1. Miike Snow – Miike Snow<br />2. Empire of The Sun – Walking On A Dream<br />3. Yeasayer – Odd Blood<br />4. After The Smoke – Under The Influence EP (coming soon)<br />5. Denny Dreutron (Mayer Hawthorne + 14KT) – Black Future/People Change (coming soon on Stones Throw)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs251.ash1/17877_232675027946_506907946_3387854_6812598_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs251.ash1/17877_232675027946_506907946_3387854_6812598_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">Incise:</span><br />1. Apparat - Fractales pt I<br />2. Shapeshifter - When I Return<br />3. Koushik - Nothings The Same<br />4. Apparat - Headup<br />5. Cranberries - Ode To My Family<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs037.snc3/12464_575124463934_13303476_34122468_6039113_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 90px;" src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs037.snc3/12464_575124463934_13303476_34122468_6039113_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Cook Classics:</span><br />1. Miike Snow - Miike Snow<br />2. The Beatles - Abbey Road<br />3. Common - Electric Circus<br />4. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder they Come<br />5. The XX - XXDescryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-10288006247821678222010-02-11T10:45:00.000-08:002010-03-03T09:49:53.947-08:00Paved Paths f. Von Pea, MED, aDaD & Danny Brown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPwb3dm4W4B1lISj0fwukTCBEw1JAEZoc-yi9lH0T2Apnk9DnGDtylws9g4kHu7y3tOFk__5LXY2wvVOBYDihdn1xm2iACjV0XIGF_NuzJmS7-gd1SWYY6YtbHRdG8koE4sIcsvipqVd0/s1600-h/20100209-DESCRY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPwb3dm4W4B1lISj0fwukTCBEw1JAEZoc-yi9lH0T2Apnk9DnGDtylws9g4kHu7y3tOFk__5LXY2wvVOBYDihdn1xm2iACjV0XIGF_NuzJmS7-gd1SWYY6YtbHRdG8koE4sIcsvipqVd0/s320/20100209-DESCRY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437060098559903746" /></a><center>Illustrated by Jane Choi Design</center><br /><br />I present to you "Paved Paths" off of my upcoming album "As Serenity Approaches."<br /><br />The song was programmed by DJ Incise and features Von Pea of Tanya Morgan, Stones Throw's MED, Chicago MC ADaD, and Detroit MC Danny "The Hybrid" Brown.<br /><blockquote><br />My sophomore LP titled "As Serenity Approaches" will feature Oddisee, Dumbfoundead, Donwill, Ohmega Watts, Substantial, Raashan Ahmad, John Robinson, TiRon, Theo Martins, Nieve and more....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJV_ZmsDWC_poLpucpTr1dZUZDXYYjJbuTcSUfcLWD6S2DiC2ck4whGUeAhGJ45jcKGXysqwqfFoTKbPUUNysyHW7avbcHMkUjF5aqN8bt-6D0j-4sky7lGGdff8Dk4_CkVdaoMDbQvEGe/s1600-h/20100209-DESCRY1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJV_ZmsDWC_poLpucpTr1dZUZDXYYjJbuTcSUfcLWD6S2DiC2ck4whGUeAhGJ45jcKGXysqwqfFoTKbPUUNysyHW7avbcHMkUjF5aqN8bt-6D0j-4sky7lGGdff8Dk4_CkVdaoMDbQvEGe/s320/20100209-DESCRY1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437060585751704498" /></a><center>Illustrated by Vanessa Maynard of <a href="http://vanessanoheart.net/">No Heart</a></center></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Check out the track <a href="http://descry.bandcamp.com/album/paved-paths-single">HERE</a></span>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-24755942245482754252010-02-04T15:27:00.000-08:002010-02-04T17:09:47.089-08:00Ninja Starz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mountain-bar-gig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 300px; height: 368px;" src="http://2dopeboyz.okayplayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mountain-bar-gig.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Almost 9 months ago (6/14/2009, when the Lakers won the championship), I threw a concert featuring some of my friends/colleagues under the guise "Ninja Starz." <br /><br />Being Asian-American, it was only natural that I would have called it Ninja Starz seeing as I'm a part of a crew called Shinobeats. <br /><br />Anyhow, the show featured Rathmatixx, TOKiMONSTA, U-N-I, Tiron, Ayomari, Tunji, Diz Gibran, Dom Kennedy, El Prez, H.O.P.E., and 2dopeboy's own Meka. Each of whom I respect and am a huge fan of. I'm proud that Los Angeles is starting to make its comeback and as a part of LA's next generation, I wanted to share this night with you. Enjoy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">H.O.P.E.</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5190694&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5190694&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5190694">H.O.P.E - H-O-P-E (Live @ Mountain Bar in Los Angeles, 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191284&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191284&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5191284">H.O.P.E - The Girlfriend Song (Live @ Mountain Bar in Los Angeles, 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">El Prez</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5192709&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5192709&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5192709">El Prez & Basicali - Revolutionary Cali Muzik (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dom Kennedy</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5224343&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5224343&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5224343">Dom Kennedy Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tunji (True Greatness programmed by Incise/recorded & cuts by Descry.)</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5192914&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5192914&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5192914">Tunji - True Greatness (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Diz Gibran</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191412&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191412&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5191412">Diz Gibran - Run Around (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angles 6/14/09</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191628&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5191628&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5191628">Diz Gibran - Capital D (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">TiRon & Ayomari</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193315&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193315&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5193315">Tiron - Sydney feat Ayomari (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">U-N-I</span><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193414&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193414&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5193414">U-N-I - Voltron (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193479&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193479&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5193479">U-N-I - Castle Vee (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193964&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5193964&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/5193964">U-N-I - Land Of The Kings (Live @ Mountain Bar, Los Angeles 6/14/09)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/alwayshustle">AlwaysHustle.com</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-13305621464284250102009-11-19T09:38:00.000-08:002009-11-19T10:23:06.225-08:00Cookie's are Classics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_c0af56c993f946419f145db59fcee556.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 261px;" src="http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_c0af56c993f946419f145db59fcee556.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Meet one of dopest producers this side of the west coast--Cook Classics.<br /><br />Born and raised in NYC, this LA transplant has already made huge moves producing tracks for artists like Diamond D, Pacific Division, Amanda Diva, Buff1, TiRon, Outasight, 6th Sense, and a whole slew of other DOPE lyricists.<br /><br />I met Cook when I was chillin' with Tunji and we rolled to Cook's crib trying to finalize a track on Inverse's So Far tape...the track was "Sunnycalifornia." The beat came on and it was what I like to call...instavibe. Drums were knockin'...bass was thumpin'...I wanted to quit making beats if this dude was my competition. Wow.<br /><br />Since then, I've been checking for his work and if you' haven't heard any of it...<a href="http://sharebee.com/68e39938">time to get up</a> because the tracks are incredible!<br /><br />You can find more of his work on these releases:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Huge-Hefner-Chronicles-Diamond-D/dp/B001EAWN96">Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles</a> (I Getz It In)<br /><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nievecook">Nieve & Cook - Away With Words</a><br /><br />Get to know him a little bit better with this past Hip-Hop Official feature:<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WUUGMXMYZbY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WUUGMXMYZbY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-74946449391539042012009-09-18T14:36:00.000-07:002009-09-18T14:47:30.445-07:00Check, @olatunji<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2218/tunji3ks6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 320px;" src="http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2218/tunji3ks6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Earlier in the week I had a chance to interview one of my favorite MC's....Tunji. I interviewed him back in 2007-08 when Inverse was just starting to make some noise...what more do I need to say?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Last time I interviewed you was the end of 2007, tell us what's been goin’ on with you and your crew?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> </span>Well, a lot has changed since then...My group Inverse put out two projects - So Far (The Collection) in early '08 and and So True EP in early '09 - and a music video this summer that won a big contest on MTVU. But we're actually working separately now, on solo projects. So I'm pretty much just focusing on getting my solo stuff out there in the near future and building the Tunji name and brand.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Solo project? Is that what you've got on deck next? Tell us about that!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> Well, I can't really tell you too much about it because I'm still very much in the beginning stages of planning and writing, but it feels really good right now. I'm working with a lot of the same people who we worked with for Inverse, and a bunch of new faces as well. I'll probably actually end up releasing a free project first, with some stuff people have heard and some new exclusive music, and then follow it up with a more official EP or album soon after. I'm still figuring it all out, but I'm pretty sure I'll put a project out before '09 is over.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Definitely excited about that. We've seen you feature on a few prominent LP's such as Keelay & Zaire's debut...what is the process you take for making collaborations happen?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> Man, honestly, I just work with my friends...I'm a pretty social person, and I actually work in the industry, so I just meet a lot of people who make music and end up becoming cool with them. Then they might hear some of my stuff and think its dope, and a collaboration comes out of it. I'm not the type to collab with people I don't know. There has to be some sort of personal connection with who I'm working with or it just doesn't feel right.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> On that note, what kind of advice can you give to a fledgling rapper who's trying to make it in the business these days?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> Basically, work hard as hell. Both at your craft and your promotion of the music you're making. Meet every single person you can in your city, on every level of music. That's producers, promoters, other rappers, other musicians who don't even make hip hop...just meet EVERYBODY. Make connections, and get online. The internet is the greatest marketing tool in the history of indie music, but you have to take advantage of the tools provided and present yourself in a unique and professional way<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Definitely. What are some of your highlighted albums of 2009?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> This has been the year of the mixtape. Drake, J. Cole, TiRon Pac Div and Diz Gibran all put out incredible mixtapes. Drake's is easily my most played and favorite hip hop record of the year... Some of the veterans came back with good stuff too. I liked Em's album, Rae's album is insane. I enjoyed the Slaughterhouse and Fabolous albums a lot too. Jay's album really disappointed me. But yeah, as far as my favorites...it's all those mixtapes from rookies. I know I'm forgetting something... Oh, I forgot about Brother Ali's EP. That was great too. and Mos Def's The Ecstatic. Right now I love this group from Sweden called Little Dragon...it's like really quirky trip hop, but superdope. Maxwell's new album is really dope. Mayer Hawthorne's album is absolutely wonderful.and I'm late, but The Wire is the greatest show.....EVER<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> I tried w/ the wire, but couldn't do it.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji</span>:</span> :-o<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Slept through the first few eps!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> :-o!!!!!!!!!!! :-/<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> I heard it picks up around s.3?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> Dude, season one is the ish...Season 2 was the boring one.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Forreal? Everyone was saying it was dope so I copped the whole series…couldn't get past ep 3<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> man, are we talking about the same show?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> The wire, right?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> </span>cops drug dealers? in baltimore? hahaha<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> I have to recheck then<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> You like Entourage, right?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> Yeah, only show I'm following<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji:</span> okay, we agree there then. haha<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">me:</span> lol. Nah, i thought something was wrong ‘cause I was the only dude who didn't feel the first few eps…and I really like gangster flicks AND drug dealer entertainment. Anyway, thanks for the interview fam! Always fun.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Tunji</span>:</span> indeedDescryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-39877408663100738222009-09-14T10:03:00.001-07:002010-03-01T10:00:53.189-08:00Check, @tokimonsta<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs125.snc3/17271_428520310240_100447225240_10547115_7064595_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: center; cursor: pointer; " src="http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs125.snc3/17271_428520310240_100447225240_10547115_7064595_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Today’s interview feature is with both friend and peer, <a href="http://www.tokimonsta.com/">Jennifer aka toki aka TOKiMONSTA</a>. She’s known most notably as the first lady of <a href="http://www.brainfeedersite.com/">Brainfeeder</a> (Flying Lotus’ “squad” consisting of artists such as Samiyam, Ras G, Gas Lamp Killer, Mono/Poly, Teebs, Lorn, etc.) and is best known for her infectious melodies and creative glitch use. She’s definitely one to watch and it’s exciting to see her make moves in the LA scene.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">State Ya' Name, gangsta:</span><br /><a href="http://www.tokimonsta.com/">TOKiMONSTA</a> aka toki aka Jennifer Lee<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What hood do you represent?</span><br />310 Southbay<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Race/color/ethnicity all have no bearing on making great music, but to finally clarify to the people...what nationality are you?</span><br />Korean-American<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What inspired you to start making Hip-hop? A form a music which is traditionally portrayed by the media as misogynistic towards women:</span><br />When you have an understanding for how the culture is, men show the biggest support for females that can hold their own. Hip-hop has this really magnetic essence that's raw and yet it maintains this nonchalant artistic integrity—I want to use my musicality to be apart of this.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Seeing as you're from the South Bay area, does your location factor into your creativity? Meaning, does the city you live in influence your music at all?</span><br />Well, the general South Bay area has been the home of many dope hip hop artists, but there's not much going on in Torrance. I think it's the lack thereof that has forced me to reach out and gain creativity from other areas---not just LA, but the world.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Does identifying as a Korean-American, play a significant role in your life as an artist? Being Korean myself, I remember being forced into piano lessons and hating music when I was young. Have you experienced much of the same?</span><br />The 10 years of retarded classical piano lessons actually turned out to be one of the best things I was ever forced to endure. Being K-A is probably the driving force behind my mentality towards my music. Without trying to generalize, the Korean culture is very pride-based and we tend to feel the need to prove ourselves to the rest of the world—disprove of any doubts regarding what we are capable of. I think that’s what happens after centuries of oppression and control by outside forces. I will never be able to shake the feeling that I need to affirm that I'm a legit producer and not just a gimmick.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What it is like trying to do music full time? Do you get pressure from your parents at all (as typical Asian parents expect you to graduate from college and have a flourishing career as a dr. or lawyer) to just get a day job and do music for fun? What would you say to those who look to you as inspiration? Meaning, if there's another Korean-American female who wants to pursue what you do, what would you say to her?</span><br />My family was tripping in the beginning, but now they are fully supportive of my music. Especially since they know that I've tried the white collar work route—working 10 hour salaried corporate positions—and it just wasn't cracking for me. I have to admit the money was nice, but now I'm 100% in love with what I do. If there's anyone of any nationality that has a passion they want to pursue, just do it. It's cliché, but don't live your life wondering, "What if?" If you fail, you will make due with your losses and move on with life as it would've been.... but you will know you tried.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">As a gearhead myself, what are you using to make your music? </span><br />Without getting too into specifics: PC for production, Mac for live performances, vinyl, an array of diff midi controllers (pads, keyboards, effects), mixer, portable digital condenser mic for real life sampling, my clarinet, piano, these 2 weird wooden wind instruments, SP404, and anything I can bang on for percussion.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I've recently noticed that you're repping the Brainfeeder crew. How did you come to hook up with Flying Lotus and co.?</span><br />I guess it was just the course of nature bringing like-minded people together. I didn't see it coming though. It's made a big impact in a short period of time and I'm really appreciative of everyone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What does it feel like to get recognized in such a short amount of time? Do you get recognized walking down the street these days?</span><br />HA. Most people still have a hard time grasping that I make beats. Also, LA is flooded with talented people. You can go anywhere and see your favorite emcee/producer/dj just floating around in the crowd—If you even know what they actually look like.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Now that you have the outlet, when should we expect a full length TOKiMONSTA LP?</span><br />I can't say I know exactly when, but I'm hoping sometime early next year. I have a few other things coming out in the meantime, but I realize none of these are stateside. So, I may do a private press/digital release in the meantime<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I saw that you've also done tracks (in FlyLo fashion) for local LA rappers such as Surrilla and Dumbfoundead, but do you differentiate what beats become TOKi tracks and which ones become rap beats?</span><br />To be honest, I don't work with emcees lately because of the nature of my music. Surrilla and Dumb are great friends of mine, so I've made exceptions to contribute to their body of work. The music I contribute to emcees is different than my personal instrumental work--it's more boom bappy. I haven't grown out of that style either.. I go back here and there. I have musical ADD.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you have any other passions other than music?</span><br />I love to cook and bake. I'm a foodie in the least pretentious sense of the word. Also, I draw and paint--which is my refuge from my occasional music blocks. In addition to all that, I'm big on fashion. I think I check more fashion blogs than music—what can I say? Fashion and shopping is another creative outlet.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thanks toki!</span>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-85960636712893902082009-09-10T09:38:00.000-07:002009-09-14T16:32:10.160-07:00Check, @14KT<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.asideworldwide.com/images/355.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 339px;" src="http://www.asideworldwide.com/images/355.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Today was spent interviewing an mc/producer from the Athletic Mic League (my favorite Michigan rap crew), 14KT.<br /><br />You can find his quick biography <a href="http://asideworldwide.com/artists/14kt">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> State ya name and where are you from?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> 14KT, I'm from Ypsilanti, Michigan.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> You spoke to <a href="http://potholesinmyblog.com/open-mic-presents-14kt-interview-series-ep-_/">Potholes</a> briefly about the album with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/othello">Othello</a>, how far is that in terms of being released?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> We're still developing concepts for songs, but we do have a title and were about 8-9 joints deep! Should be done by top of next year hopefully!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> Speaking of new one...you just dropped <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jn2hvteudli">Nowalataz</a> which received alot of praise on twitter. How do you feel about the immediate access you have to your fans through social media?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> Much love to EVERYONE who showed love on the <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?jn2hvteudli">nowalataz</a> album! I think that the immediate access to fans is a great networking tool. I actually tested the nowalataz album out using nothing, but social media to get the word out. I was hoping that if people liked the album, word of mouth would carry it into its success. So far so good. Thank you everyone!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> From a producer to another producer, what are equipment are you using? Do you quantize? What are some of your go to pieces?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> I'm using adobe audition, a few synth vsts, motif, turntables, bass, guitar, percussion, and still getting feet wet with Reason. Naw, I don't quantize. My go to pieces are records. I try not to sample sometimes, but vinyl is my vice.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> Do you have a day job? if so, how do you juggle between life and music?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> Naw, no day job. Since 06', when I finished college, nothing but music full-time and boy has it been hard..<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> Do you have any other passions other than music?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> That's a good question. I'm still in the soulsearching phase, but I do have a love for God so I've been thinking of ways to apply whatever my skills are to living more for God. Also, I have a passion for investing and entrepreneurship. I like coming up with ideas/concepts for businesses and projects.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry:</span> What's some advice you can give to other producers? Any particular ways to give out beat CDs or the like?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> My only advice is to embrace your uniqueness as a person and learn how to incorporate that into your style of production. Also, learn music theory so you can expand on your ideas with production and work better with other musicians.<br /><br />As far as beat cds, I've tried many methods and some work for different situations. I usually work on beats for a certain artist and send them the joints personally. If I don't do that, I make a small batch of beats and send them to a list of cats. Not really up on just giving out beat cds bcuz cats just leak/bootleg the ish, therefore making it hard for you to get work bcuz artists already heard the. That's something I really hate about the music production game.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry: </span>Thanks KT, always a pleasure!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KT:</span> Thank you for taking time out to interview a brother. I really appreciate it!!Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-37329720762439134762009-09-09T08:52:00.001-07:002009-09-09T08:52:15.748-07:00Check, @6thSense<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsRRJTujJlinkoAK7Ke35e4jjHbdyQNKq9eAHIEW9z2QXe-nVGREAji_YbJciMdcHzuthJDycVesB3OYlb37lBNknUOzFRj0xv1Q4ns11bN3cvzYSlbD8U-SF1iyg_YV3wJzUN5wRvpLw/s400/l_65ddf697e566e81e9b07690e87d1aa8c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsRRJTujJlinkoAK7Ke35e4jjHbdyQNKq9eAHIEW9z2QXe-nVGREAji_YbJciMdcHzuthJDycVesB3OYlb37lBNknUOzFRj0xv1Q4ns11bN3cvzYSlbD8U-SF1iyg_YV3wJzUN5wRvpLw/s400/l_65ddf697e566e81e9b07690e87d1aa8c.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<br />New York City...birthplace of hip-hop. The standard makers for the music I fell in love with--hip-hop. Today features an interview with a Bronx born MC/Producer named 6th Sense who is definitely on the next level.
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<br />Co-signed by everyone from Mick Boogie to internet tastemakers like Eskay, 6th Sense is definitely someone you should be checking for!
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<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Word, I've seen a mpc1000 in a couple of the videos online. Is that your main weapon of choice—any other pieces that you co-sign?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">6th</span></b>: Yeah the MPC1000 is the baby. Not to knock the software out there, I just like the mental process of sequencing drums on the MPC as opposed to clicking the mouse. It's also easy to travel with. I use Reason to play sounds into Pro Tools. There are some other odds and ends that I dabble with, but that's pretty much the core for my basement setup.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Any swing settings or other tips you recommend for newer producers who want to get a mpc1000?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">6th</span></b>: None in particular.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: I'm from the west coast, so besides the cats you work with like Outasight, Fresh </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Daily, and Kid Daytona...who else should I be checking for?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">6th</span></b>: That's funny you mention Fresh, cause me and Fresh never did anything together, although he did play me something he did to a beat of mine. Maybe we'll do some music in the future. As far as other folks to check for, just check for everyone that will be on "It's A 6th Sense Mixtape Yo!!" that will be coming out soon.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Hmm, I think he showed me that track as well. Didn’t know you didn’t get up in the lab with him.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>6th</b>: I think it was called "Gutter Man"<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Yeah, something like that.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">6th</span></b>: Shout out to Fresh Daily and the whole AOK, great people.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Do you have an exact date for the new mixtape?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>6th</b>: Not at the moment. Just tying up the last bits and pieces of it. There's a whole lot of material on it. I'd say it's looking at a late October release.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Word, thanks for the time homie!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">6th</span></b>: Not a problem. Any time.<o:p></o:p></p> </span></span></span></span></span></span>
<br />Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-52037657898303527102009-09-08T09:43:00.000-07:002009-09-13T23:15:11.132-07:00Check, @OneBeLo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQVuEa3en7I/R9YfEAaa5oI/AAAAAAAACaM/hn5mFOpnEUA/s320/lo6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dQVuEa3en7I/R9YfEAaa5oI/AAAAAAAACaM/hn5mFOpnEUA/s320/lo6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I was chillin' w/ the homie One Be Lo, and we got into a discussion about various projects/trading ideas to see how we could smash on you foos for 2010. What resulted at the end of that discussion is this a quick impromptu video interview (conducted with my Blackberry Curve, so excuse the poor quality).<br /><br />In the video he talks about his anticipated album entitled, <span style="font-style: italic;">B.A.B.Y.</span> (being a black youth), a new Binary Star project (of which I'm helping engineer some of the beats... 'Lo produced some incredible joints), an album with Black Milk (the bonus track on Black Milk's <span style="font-style: italic;">Popular Demand</span> is a track from these sessions), Bean One, a project with Zumbi from Zion-I, various other collaborations, and a brand new show set in the works that I can guarantee will blow your mind.<br /><br />As was leaked early in September 2009, <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://usershare.net/ajcvaageig9x">Pigs</a></span> is a track that was recorded during the B.A.B.Y. sessions and features Mike Posner on vox. The album itself is amazing and hasn't left my car stereo since 'Lo dropped it off a week ago. It's gonna be released on the MYX Music label and features a host of great underdog MC's and vocalists. Rappers like Freeway (it's the ROC!), Phonte, Jean Grae, Longshot, Supastition, and other dope, <span style="font-weight: bold;">DOPE</span> cats rip their features with swift ninja-like skills. Producer Eric G is a relative new comer to the scene, but he contributes ALL of the beats...ALL of them. A few live musicians were contacted as well to really the album some edge, guys like Miles Bonney easily weave through Eric G's production and add great sparkle to beats that already shine...anyhow, enough about that...onto the interview!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMfZKsMeouk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMfZKsMeouk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-64092180809725705302009-09-04T15:21:00.000-07:002009-09-04T15:35:15.529-07:00Check, @_INSIGHT_<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.djouls.com/nocturne/images/Insight-Targeting_Zone_Deluxe_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 355px;" src="http://www.djouls.com/nocturne/images/Insight-Targeting_Zone_Deluxe_b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<br />Today's interview is with quadruple threat (programmer, DJ, MC, producer), Virgin Island born, hip-hop artist--Insight. <span class="style4 style9 style42"></span><span class="style43">He has been releasing music since 1997 and has a staggering 60 releases under his discography. He has done music for and/or recorded with: </span><span class="style6 style9 style42">KRS One, Consequence, Ed Og, Mr Lif, Edan, OC, Opio, AG, and more.
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<br />This guy was the first one to ever teach me about the music business (back in...2003) and how to keep moving in such a fast paced industry. I owe alot of my industry knowledge to this guy! Check out a quick conversation we had in AIM (AOL Instant Messsenger) about what he's been up to lately.
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<br />Check out his <a href="www.insight.fm">site</a> or <a href="insightfm.blogspot.com">blog</a> for more info!
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<br /></span><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cdlee%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Yo, ‘sight<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: Yooo.<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> </span>Sup kid, I’m in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">me</span></b>: haha, I knew you were somewhere—world traveler</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>insight</b>: lol. I’ve been busy programming a VST that has an iPhone version, but its 16 tracks with time stretch, automation and a sampler. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: sounds similar to FXpansion’s Guru?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: This is a step sequencer with swing settings that is touch based. It also has an internal puncher, compresser, and effects and a sequencer. I’ve been [working on this project] so I can do music 100 percent without worrying about financial stability.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: So, your vst, you're a programmer and a rapper? How do they go hand in hand How did you get into programming?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>insight</b>: I started out as an artist, DJ and producer. Instead of simply being a producer, I wanted to create a machine. Instead of being limited to functions in particular software, I wanted to develop my own. There is nothing wrong with having goals greater than your reach. By working towards those dreams, I still arrived to a new territory. I believe that since music will become more interactive, programming builds the bridge to it's future. Society is ready. Music files should include other interactive forms of media…especially since we have devices capable of handling and syncing technologies. When I say that the music should be interactive, it's that simple</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Will you also be including new insight music in the VST package?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: I will feature some songs in the vst as demos<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: How did you come to learn programming languages? Which ones are you most adept in?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: One big thing that got me into programming was a C toolkit called Juce.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="float: left;">But now I only code using C, C++ or Objective C. I started programming php, mysql and actionscript when Flash was Flash Paper. That was almost nine years ago. Three years ago I started learning C, and I also started programming basic midi applications. Although my goal then was a full fledged sequencer, I didnt know how much information I’d really need. So, I started programming basic windows applications. A year an a half ago, I got a mac, and learned objective C<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><b>insight</b>: No doubt bro!<o:p></o:p><span style="float: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: What's your direction after the VST is finished?<span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>insight</b>: Some big companies want me to develop applications based on music synthesis. But another Insight album will drop at the same time due to the unsteadiness of the music industry. Something like a co-release with the VST will greatly help the marketing of the new product.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: Are you still using the mpc 3000?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: Yes 3000, although I've been using whatever I'm around.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <span style="float: left;"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>me</b>: What're some tips you can give to a cat who just finds himself on the 3k or any other drum machine?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>insight</b>: Use swig functions more!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">
<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">me</span></b>: What're some swing settings you'd recommend?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="float: left;">insight</span></b>: Experiment with adjusting start time offset to allow drums to punch more, but understand that simply syncing sounds with the machine using midi, wont actually give you the benefit of the machines quality. Understand that simply syncing sounds with the machine using midi, won’t actually give you the benefit of the machines quality.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>
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Always appreciate it ‘Sight</p><p class="MsoNormal"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Cdlee%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>insight</b>: No doubt bro!<o:p></o:p></p> <p></p> </span><o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></span>insight: No doubt bro!Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-74487574486671073012009-09-03T11:19:00.000-07:002009-09-03T15:51:37.217-07:00Check, @imOutasight<a style="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.encorestatus.com/wp-content/uploads/outasight_feat_blog200.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 120px;" src="http://www.encorestatus.com/wp-content/uploads/outasight_feat_blog200.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The first interview of the series kicks off with my dude from NYC, Outasight. This east coast native has seen a lot in the past few months. There's so much back story about the past few months...where do I begin?<br /><br />In any case, he just dropped a new track yesterday (September 02, 2009) entitled <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/650410301533ccdd/">"Downtown In My Mind"</a> produced by D/Will...so, I took the time to catch up with him this morning.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What's up OU? Right off the bat as a fan....I gotta ask, where's your album [From Here To Eternity] at? I was hoping my summer bbq's would be filled with your music playing in the background.</span></span><br />Well, thank you for the props…The album is just taking time in terms of distribution and getting the right people behind it. Trust me, it’ll be worth the wait. When I drop my album, I want it to be done the right way, so as many people as possible can hear it….<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">You leaked Downtown in My Mind yesterday, what's the story behind the track?</span></span><br />Downtown in My Mind is a joint that reflects when someone who wants to get away from everything, including their own thoughts. I’m a New York City cat, so downtown is a place of vibrancy, a place that is different than say the usual drudges of everyday hustle. Going downtown in your mind is basically opening yourself up from those routine moments…<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />We've seen you and 6th Sense collaborate on a ton of tracks, how did that initial meeting come about?</span></span><br />6th and I met last December through a mutual friend by the name of Black Element. We live in the same area and are both music geeks, so we hit it off right away and have been making music ever since.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">We've also seen a good friend, Cook Classics, on a few of your tracks as well. Matter of fact, I think "What I Know" is my favorite song in 2009. How did that relationship develop?</span></span><br />Cook and I met through 6th actually, as Cook was in NYC at the Knitting Factory at a small show 6th had put together. I rocked a song or two and afterwards Cook and I chopped it up. He sent me some joints the next day and I knew he was a monster from then on. We got a lot of dope joints people haven’t even heard yet, some really big stuff. Cook is definitely the homie too for allowing 6th and I to crash on his couches for over a month this past winter as we mixed and recorded records!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">In your pictures of shows and your last mixtape [From Here to There] cover, you're dressed very differently that an average hip-hopper--almost gq-ish. what's your inspiration? Are there any brands you recommend to someone who's trying to get their gentleman game up?</span></span><br />I have always been into more classic styling’s. Basically, a no logo approach. I figure that you should be in style today...what if someone took a photo, 40 years from now? There are a lot of great brands out today, from J Lindeberg, APC, and Dior. But times are hard, so people can even hit places like H&M or Banana Republic and piece it together. The key to fashion is to be yourself, and wear $-!t that fits well, never too baggy and never too tight either!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What are some of your passions besides music?</span></span><br />I’m and avid sports fan-Knicks, Yankees, and Giants. Football is great because it’s once a week so following is way easier than the day in day out grind of baseball or basketball. I play basketball still, regularly, great exercise and I can shoot…<br /><br />I also enjoy reading and fashion as well.<br /><br />I am a simple man in a complex world ahaha!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">How's the daily grind? Do you currently hold a day job? How're you surviving in a city that has a notioriously high standard of living?</span></span><br />I have not had a day job since October of last year! I am a working artist, via writing, placements, and of course putting out records. I am surviving pretty well. Truly I feel blessed that in these hard times I am able to make a living doing what I want to do. I am thankful on a daily basis!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Time to get tourist. What are some of your fave spots to grub in NYC?<br />If I were to visit, what kind of food would I be looking at?</span></span><br />First off, you gotta get Pizza. I recommend a spot called Stromboli’s on St Marks and 1st Ave in the East Village. Totally Underrated.<br /><br />Then on 2nd ave, there’s a spot called Paul’s Burgers. Insanely greasy, insanely delicious.<br /><br />Sunday brunch at 7A on 7th street and Ave A is where it’s at, just get there before 1 if you want to sit outside, and have a bloody mary, they're delicious!<br /><br />And if you can, travel up to the Bronx and have authentic Italian food at a little spot known as Patricia’s, their Gnocchi Bolognese is beyond incredible.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Lastly, what will we be seeing from you in the couple of months?</span></span><br />Well I got a new project I’m going to drop September 28th, called the Brand New Day Sessions, which will have a slew of new stuff for the listeners to enjoy. It’s a way to keep people in the know and happy as we prep the album. I’m also rocking the A3C festival in Atlanta and look forward to doing some more show across the land as time goes on. Oh, and the video for Brand New Day!Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-45273492283453367042009-09-02T16:19:00.000-07:002009-09-02T16:26:28.398-07:00Artist on Artists Series (Pause)The next series of posts will be interviews with some of my friends. Check soon for interviews with Reyn @ potholes in my blog, One Be Lo, Jern Eye, The Farralones, El Prez, Trek Life, Tunji of Inverse, and loads more! Be on the lookout!Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-1018230181194180252009-07-09T08:01:00.000-07:002009-07-09T08:27:38.408-07:00Descry - Experiences in Full Duplex<img src="http://bandcamp.com/files/38/97/3897549204-1.jpg"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Descry</span><br><a href="http://is.gd/1sjVd">Experiences In Full Duplex: Episodes</a><br>[2006, no label]<br /><br /><br /><br />In 2005, I collaborated with Swamburger from the Sol.illaquists of Sound (if you're not familiar, check them out here: <a href="http://www.epitaph.com/artists/artist/227/SoliLLaquists_of_Sound">Epitaph Site</a> and <a href="http://www.solilla.com/">Solilla Site</a>). It was my 2nd year into production, and I was extremely excited to work with such an incredible MC.<br /><br />At the time of the release, music was going through a transition phase. Hip-hop was starting to see a return to form through Common's "BE," and other incredible albums were released that year such as the self titled Clap Your Hand Say Yeah LP, Sufjan Steven's "Illinois," Bloc Party's "Silent Alarm," and the proper revealing of John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk's live performance at Carnegie Hall. <br /><br />Thinking about it, 2005 was a great year for music. <br /><br />In any case, check out the tracks which saw a limited release of 200 copies. <br /><br />Artwork was helmed by <a href="http://www.davidychun.com/">David Chun</a><br /><br /><a href="http://is.gd/1sjVd">Enjoy!</a>Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-84824598464169408822009-04-14T21:56:00.000-07:002009-04-14T22:12:37.145-07:00MusicI'm sorry folks, I've been MIA for quite a while...alot has happened since. <br /><br /><br />In mid October 20080, my garage was set ablaze by the Porter Ranch Fires. It's about mid April 2009 I still have yet to move back into my home....<br /><br /><br />No worries though, God is good and He is sovereign so I don't stay up worrying. <br /><br /><br />Since my departure, I've made sporadic posts here and there and can definitely say that I can now devote a chunk of time back into the blog. I'll start doing audio equipment reviews and the like. <br /><br /><br />In the meantime, there's a great deal of music released by artists that I respect. I won't post links because there are loads of blogs that can supply you with the needed information (ala 2dopeboyz.com). <br /><br />The first being U-N-I. Their debut album entitled "A Love Supreme" is heralded everywhere from Okayplayer to XXL and boy what a release this is. Production completely handled by Ro BLVD, these cats (Thurzday and Y-O) definitely have a bright future ahead. <br /><br />The next is Outasight's "From Here to There." Outasight delivers my favorite mixtape so far in 2009 and is one of the artists I'm watching out for when the summer hits. <br /><br /><br />Third, we've got Cook Classic's "The New Classics." The homie Cook delivers some heavy hitters with this Vimby collaboration. This is one of those albums you can play it on repeat and discover something new every time.<br /><br /><br />Lastly, <a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/586430232f6b620c/">Print - Comic Book: Unlimited</a>. This is THE BEST concept album to date this year. It features an awesome lineup of all stars and is based upon every 80's/90's kid's dreams...comic books. This is one you don't want to miss. <br /><br /><br />More to come...Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-1523139731460429662009-01-26T15:20:00.001-08:002009-01-26T15:20:35.815-08:002009It’s definitely been a while, and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with the blog<br /><br />Definitely changes will be coming.<br /><br />Happy New Year.Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3580926095729835576.post-2515105700825757232008-07-29T09:43:00.000-07:002008-07-29T10:00:48.717-07:00FREE!So, it's definitely been a while since I last updated...but I hope you excuse me with the offer of FREE MUSIC!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dragonfliempire%20%20">Dragon Fli Empire</a> - Intermission EP</span><br /><a href="http://lowmoneybeats.com/DragonFliEmpire-IntermissionEP%282008%29.rar">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kidcudi">Kid Cudi</a> - A Kid Named Cudi<br /><a href="http://sharebee.com/3194c039">DOWNLOAD</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Cool Kids</span> - That's Stupid<br /><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/14580043b6909190/">Download</a><br /><br />More to come...Descryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17960768780744556455noreply@blogger.com0