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Rapper, producer, author, & podcaster | Order "Falling Down" EP at . For beats and features hit me at
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The music video for "Falling Down" is here! If you're a supporter, please do me a solid and hit the repost button to help me spread the word!
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Rest in Peace to Malik B of The Roots. "Step into The Realm" from Things Fall Apart was always one of my favorite performances from him.
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Y'all let clowns like Kodak Black in the game, THEN try to regulate them. But y'all fucked up by letting them have a mic in the first place. Y'all gotta wear that.
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"I fascinate as I assassinate, it's no task"
Malik B's verse from "I Remain Calm" had so much style in it. RIP.
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Making art is much easier when you do it for yourself first and view other people liking it as a bonus.
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A lotta rappers gets a pass for doing what Milli Vanilli had their reputations ruined for back in the days.
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Old enough to remember when people got on social media to escape the real world. Now people go into the real world to escape social media.
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People who don’t have their shit together greatly underestimate how much they impact everybody around them. They think their dysfunction exists in a vacuum.
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People get mad when you don’t get mad about what they mad about.
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Unpopular opinion: popular drum breaks should never be retired for the same reason jazz standards should never be retired. They are canon to the culture and important for showing an artists skill. Drum breaks are the jazz standards of hip-hop.
Producers or anyone:
Name a drum break that should be retired FOREVER.... 🤔
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Q-Tip was so ahead of his time with diggin. Every time I stumble upon a record he sampled I’m always amazed that he was only 18 years old and already had that record.
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Buckshot from Black Moon speaking about underground artists feeling the need to change it up because the media made being underground seem corny.
I feel this on many levels.
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Eyedea was such a special talent. Really miss him being around.
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Artists: working a full time job does not make your art less valuable. Dope art is dope art, whether you do it full time or in your spare time.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but it’s ok to be an artist and have a job. Having a job doesn’t diminish your art.
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You can change your entire life with just one year of discipline and sacrifice. Never underestimate how powerful you really are.
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I don’t care what nobody say The Bee Gees made some fire ass music bruh.
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Thankful to have experienced life before cell phones existed.
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Eric Sermon doesn’t get the respect he deserved as a producer.
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Spending hours on social media consuming traumatic content is bad for your mental health. Give it a rest, g
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Never let people who ain’t doin shit with their lives treat you like you ain’t doin shit with your life
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“In blues, you ain’t official until you fifty…”
If you’re a little older and still making or listening to hip-hop music, this clip of Ka is a must watch. I write about him in my upcoming book
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So many rappers got solid bars but no charisma. Sound like they reading their rhymes off a crumpled up piece of paper.
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The irony of Megan Thee Stallion constantly rapping about finessing dudes out of money while simultaneously getting finessed out of millions by her record label is uncanny.
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Nothing has done more to improve my mental health and relationships than staying the hell off Facebook.
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Just because it pays your bills doesn’t make it your purpose
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Completed my first sewing class yesterday where the project was to make this dress shirt. Not perfect but pretty dope. Looking forward to the next one!
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All artists are a little delusional. You gotta have some unrealistic self-belief to achieve anything beyond what is expected of you.
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When you’re younger you think it’s all about finding inspiration. When you get older you understand it’s all about developing a process.
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The biggest lie ever told is that you have to wait until you're 65 years old and retired to live the life you've always want to live.
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It’s perfectly ok to disagree with someone and not tell them.
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Life is so much easier once you stop stressing about things you can’t control.
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Certified classic album right here that I was blessed to be a part of. What's your favorite song of this joint?
I think mine is "Smoke and Mirrors"
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Artists: it’s not your responsibility to put your city on the map. Your only responsibility is to be great. And that’s hard enough.
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A little birthday gift to myself. Thankful for another year of life!
WORD!!
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Rappers who rap over their vocals should automatically have half of their performance fee withheld and donated to the largest performing arts schools in that state.
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If you know then you know!!
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Every time I stay up super-late working, I regret it the next day.
Don't believe the hype, people.
Life is better with a full night's sleep.
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My reply to anybody who says music fans don't buy physical music anymore.
you can press up 100 CDs for under $200.
sell them for $10, $20 a piece and bring in an exponential profit.
CDs are not obsolete. don't let social media fool you out of getting a bag!
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One of the easiest ways to get out of a creative slump is to read. Even if the material isn’t directly in your field, it can spark an idea that you can apply to your field.
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Every ambitious project has a not-so-fun stage where you're absolutely sick of it.
Once you make it thru that part it gets way easier.
Don't get discouraged.
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Jazz is one of the most difficult genres to find great samples in because it requires more focus to listen to. They could be doing something boring for 10 minutes straight but minute 10-11 will be the most incredible shit you ever heard
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🎥NEW MUSIC VIDEO🎥
Just dropped a brand new music video for my song “A Hero Dies Once” from my Two-Headed Monster album! Pls help spread the word w/ a RT. and pick up the album at
WATCH:
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With so many dudes making dope beats nowadays there’s almost no excuse for rapping over wack beats anymore.
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Learning how to shut the fuck up will legit get you far as hell in life. Lightweight superpower.
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Focus on problems, all you see is problems.
Focus on solutions, all you see is solutions.
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If you ever feel discouraged about not having success when you’re younger, find solace In the fact that my first solo album didn’t come out until I was 30 years old. It’s not a race.
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MF DOOM will never get enough credit for flipping this (3:00 minute mark for those who unfamiliar).
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Negative inner-dialog has killed more dreams than outside opposition ever has.
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Nothing hits harder than a rap song that speaks to exactly what you’re currently going through.
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I hate that Mos Def even spoke on Drake. All it does is feed into the stereotype that older hip-hop artists hate on younger artists for no reason.
Artists: just because somebody asks you a question about another artist doesn't mean you have to answer it. Politely decline to…
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People who don’t invest in themselves love to complain about what other people aren’t doing for them.
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"I don't try to be different, I am. So inevitably my style will survive when your now turns to then" - El P
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The problem with jobs is that they always expect you to do some sort of work. I’m not feeling that.
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I can’t trust you if you never made a beat with sleigh bells in it.
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The sooner you fix your own shit the sooner you can be an asset to people around you.
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Which is actually what hip-hop producers do to drum breaks as well. The way Primo used impeach the president on “unbelievable” is different than how Salaam Remi used it on “I know I can” by Nas. Countless examples of breaks being changed and used differently.
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Counterpoint: jazz standards are sustained by players reinterpreting them, changing them, or as vehicles for their personal sound.
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Make a beat with a sample in it.
Then recreate the same beat without the sample.
Every time you do this you will learn new lessons about music.
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If you’re making timeless music or have a classic album under your belt then being “relevant” means absolutely nothing to you. Ppl use that word as an insult to artists to make them think they need to always chase relevance to be successful but it’s not true at all.
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Parked my semi truck and officially transitioned back to doing music full-time. God is good.🙏🏾
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Her mother is absolutely right. Never let somebody who grew up on Spotify make you feel bad about keeping physical copies of music that means something to you.
The mother’s reasoning about keeping her CDs is correct and the person filming her should listen.
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Every artist rides around bumping their own music and there ain’t nothing wrong with that.
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Classic material!
February 5, 2002
@AesopRockWins
released the EP titled Daylight
Some Production Includes Aesop Rock,
@therealelp
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Some Features Include
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Once you reach a certain age nobody cares about how smart you are. All they care about is whether or not you can execute. And if you can’t execute then you’re not smart as you think you are.
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Life is so much easier once you realize that everything doesn’t need or deserve a response. It’s ok to just listen and think in silence sometimes. There’s a lot of strength in that.
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The ability to bounce back from losses is one of the most important personality traits in existence.
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People never understand the vision until it’s fully realized and obvious. Prior to that they’ll sleep on you. Don’t even trip.
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Once you understand beat-making at a high level it doesn’t matter what program or gear you use. All of your skills will transfer to whatever tool you’re using at the time and you’ll still make dope sh*t.
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You’re not sad and depressed because your life sucks.
You’re sad and depressed because you haven’t worked on any art lately.
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Everybody understands it after you build it. Nobody understood it when it was just an idea.
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Producers: a beat with too many changes in it is difficult to write to and might be why some vocalists don't use your beats. As a rapper and producer, trust me on this. You can always add more changes after the vocals are laid.
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So much anxiety can be eliminated by simply minding your damn business.
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Classic joint right here!
Rap History: Aesop Rock - ‘Daylight, released February 5, 2002.
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Those who got to witness how dope college and community radio was in the late 90’s and early 2000’s got to witness something special. Hard to describe now.
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Never forget what makes you special.
There will be times when you need to remind yourself
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11 years sober today. Check out the new blog I wrote about it
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If you’re an artist who loves the art but hates the business, the key to getting good at the business side is seeing the art in it. Once you see that everything will click.
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Funny how people who never achieved anything tend to talk the most shit on social media.
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Being genuinely nice to people will take you much further than being a sarcastic jerk ever will.
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Done is always better than perfect. Especially since perfect doesn’t exist.
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My advice to anyone who feels like they’ve fallen behind: don’t try to get it back all at once. That only leads to more frustration. Small consistent progress is the way.
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Instead of complaining about what certain rappers rap about, start listening to rappers who rap about what you wanna hear.
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Believing in yourself is only perceived as arrogance by people who don’t believe in themselves.
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Insecure people be telling on themselves with the shit they post on social media.
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Not sure why people are so amazed albums are being produced on iPads when most iPads still have ten times more processing power and memory than producers in the 90’s had and they still made classics.
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Here's the music video for my new single "Fix Your Own Plate"! If you're a supporter, please do me a solid and hit the repost button. And if you haven't yet, pls preorder today!
Preorder:
Full video:
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Be as careful about the media you consume as you are about the food you consume. Your mental health is just as important as your physical.
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Dilla is given credit for drum swing in hip-hop production but the Rza had some drunken master drum swing on a lot of his early shit too.
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If everybody making hip-hop right now agreed to speed up the tempo 10 bpm for a year straight it would have tremendous impact on the culture.
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Everybody loves sampling, but getting sued for sampling have you contemplating never sampling again.
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