These were songs that were constantly getting rotation in my iPod yesterday and prompted any inspiration or creativity, or even deep thinking....
DJ SHADOW- "MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD"
The whole Endtroducing album I had always slept on (me being on Dilla's nuts when Donuts came out). But listening to this yesterday, just put me in a melancholy mindstate.
JAY-Z- "ALLURE"
I religiously bumped the Black Album back when CD players were still in style and always felt that this song was always underrated as fuck. But with all the other top-notch productions on there, I could see why. Plus, this Neptunes beat is smoothed out to death.
KENDRICK LAMAR- "THE HEART PT. 2" (FT. DASH SNOW)
I never really paid any attention to this guy until recently. The first track of his (O)verly (D)edicated album/mixtape, has him spazzing on a mellow beat until he can't no more and coughs on his own "spit". Check him out, when you get the chance.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
THIS LONG ASS ABSENCE PROVES ONE THING....
I need to step up my blog game.
The last two and a half months, I have kept a low profile from damn near everything. Dealing with a death in the family, going through writer's block, being forced to take a semester off of school, and having mentally imblanced ex-girlfriends with crimson red hair, freckles, and a thirst for everything 180 Proof, stalk you every minute of almost every day...not to mention my growing frustration with this "rap game" that I participate in.
So, that has led me to feel as if though I need to change the pace a little bit. For the last several months, despite all the things that I have done, the people I've seen, something was missing. I didn't feel like myself. I felt that I started making music, for all the wrong reasons, stuff that I use to be somewhat against. That's moreso, 'cause rap was more than just music, I've had memories that link to the music that I had got into at the time, being young, going through college, meeting new people, experiencing new things, that before, I would be afraid to put myself in those situations. Writing and music helped me get through troubling times in my life, from failed relationships, to dealing with anger, to accepting death. I don't regret ever getting noticed or wish I can take it back at all, however for me, while some see it as a business, I see it as an art.
With these last couple months, I have been trying to sort out and do a little cleansing of the thought process. Every step I take from here on out, is gonna be for my own benefit, in bringing back most of the DIY ethics that made me what I am. Quite frankly, I would say...that it is about time, that I bring some of the Madhatter back into Mad Static, where it is not me going to the past, but bringing him along into the future.
So I will keep you posted, hopefully daily, with these random ass thoughts of mine. Let's just hope I don't relapse into another leave of absence because of some stupid shit.
The last two and a half months, I have kept a low profile from damn near everything. Dealing with a death in the family, going through writer's block, being forced to take a semester off of school, and having mentally imblanced ex-girlfriends with crimson red hair, freckles, and a thirst for everything 180 Proof, stalk you every minute of almost every day...not to mention my growing frustration with this "rap game" that I participate in.
So, that has led me to feel as if though I need to change the pace a little bit. For the last several months, despite all the things that I have done, the people I've seen, something was missing. I didn't feel like myself. I felt that I started making music, for all the wrong reasons, stuff that I use to be somewhat against. That's moreso, 'cause rap was more than just music, I've had memories that link to the music that I had got into at the time, being young, going through college, meeting new people, experiencing new things, that before, I would be afraid to put myself in those situations. Writing and music helped me get through troubling times in my life, from failed relationships, to dealing with anger, to accepting death. I don't regret ever getting noticed or wish I can take it back at all, however for me, while some see it as a business, I see it as an art.
With these last couple months, I have been trying to sort out and do a little cleansing of the thought process. Every step I take from here on out, is gonna be for my own benefit, in bringing back most of the DIY ethics that made me what I am. Quite frankly, I would say...that it is about time, that I bring some of the Madhatter back into Mad Static, where it is not me going to the past, but bringing him along into the future.
So I will keep you posted, hopefully daily, with these random ass thoughts of mine. Let's just hope I don't relapse into another leave of absence because of some stupid shit.
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