It's been several months since I've been on the BBS and over a year since I've made a news post or submitted any music. Don't hold your breath waiting for an explanation as to why because you aren't going to get one. Suffice it to say I'm back... for the time-being, at least.
It's pleasing to see that I've gotten a bit of increased attention since Color-Coded Killers was put on the Castle Crashers collection page as a special 'bonus track'. I sincerely appreciate all the positive reviews I've gotten as well as the fact that others found it good-enough to use in their own works. Lazyfeet used it at the end of his Halloween 2008 entry and lir10005 is using it as beginning intro for his upcoming machinima. I'm honestly a little surprised that it's gotten such good feedback considering how many NG fans dislike the rap genre.
Despite me not having contributed anything in a long time... the body of my work just grows larger and larger. Unfortunately, no one knows it because what's on scraps of notebook, dirty napkins, on the back of envelopes and scattered throughout random *.txt files hasn't been, uh... verbalized to waveform status yet. Basically I have a stack of material that's just aching to be recorded. It's frustrating in a sense; I keep writing and writing but never recording, and at this point I don't even know where or what to start with when I DO get back on the mic.
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For now, just as a teaser, I'll list which instrumentals I already have material fully prepared for. Maybe putting this list here will motivate me to finally get back to the microphone magic. If you thought I had some odd shit to say in Illusion+Reality then your brain will be fricasseed when you hear the verses I have in store for these tracks. I'll list the beats alphabetically by artist since I don't even remember what order I wrote stuff in anymore.
Treadz [profile]
Alone in the Dark
War-Spawn [profile]
Classical or Hip-Hop?
For the World
Protect the Innocent
Tha Jump Off
Yun Veroz [profile]
I Kill For You
Minutehand
Project 103 (a Yun/War-Spawn collab)
Zajed [profile]
Fuckaround
Sitting and Waiting
I also have a bunch of material written for commercially-released beats but I'm in the process of trying to find suitable Audio Portal replacements. I might just say "fuck it" and record over the original instrumentals though if I can't find any. Besides, it's not like I'm selling this stuff so nobody should give a fuck anyway.
The Alchemist
Let 'Em Hang
Dr. Dre/Mel-Man
The Watcher
Eminem
Hellbound
MF DOOM
Cedar
Coffin Nails
Coltsfoot Leaf
Saffron
Untitled (Meditation)
Wormwood
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Hopefully soon I can get cracking again and strike some of this shit off the 'To-Do' list.
Wish me luck.
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EDIT 2009.02.05 @ 4:26AM
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LOL, so basically... after the little exchange below in the comments, I decided to ask one of MY boys for his perspective on the matter seeing as how this has become a smidgen of a public thing and NG has been my spot for ages. I figured, with all these people hopping on my back, maybe I really AM bugging after all. So I explained the situation to him briefly and showed him this blog, and this is what he felt like saying... I have to post it here because he doesn't even have an NG account as far as I know.
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This is your man the Mayor on the record gonna set the record straight
Cuz sum of these broke producers tryin to show sum face
U tryin to get big and take back whats urs
But who the fuck are u, where ur awards?
You're a basement producer an MPC and a dream
but don't be scared ull be forgotten after a hot 16
I know what ur issue is, your not that conspicuous
But heres what the problem is, ITS ALL IN THE BUSINESS KID
This isn't your masters or a licensed LP
This is an internet forum for beats and MCs
You post up your songs and you upload your beats
But u beg people not to ride em like that wouldn't be a treat??
The thing where im stuck.... and help me if im wrong
Is a beats an instrumental but with acid it's a HOT SONG
So where is the foul?? And who did anyone harm?
Noone did nothing wrong except tryin to put together sum songs
So maybe im not hot and this isn't the acid yall crave
But if u don't help put people on ull be diggin ur own grave
Networking and talent is what everyone needs to succeed
So please let the boy steve take the pen and let it bleed
Give ur tracks that fresh life that they so desperately need
Or ull be stuck in your basement sampling old kung fu flicks
So please either get off of his nuts or stop bein a dick
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LOL... thanks DTH. That's the Mayor for ya. :P
Comments are closed now because... eh, because there's nothing else to really say. It's all out there already. Whether you agree or not or whether you want to throw a silly verse back or not... none of it really matters.
I'm doing this, it's getting done.