So, I find myself surfing thru blogs and ran across some goodies on Baby Grandpa..... One download in particular that stood out like a sore thumb. The post is a few months old but it's new to me since I been away... check out the post featuring Brooklyns own The Stuyvesants. Brooklyn's Finest by The Stuyvesants is a nice, raw blend of the perfect samples, crisp drums, and good ol creativity, this instrumental album sparked ideas for a few joints and got my pen moving early in the A.M.. after giving a brief listen (bullshit, I listened from start to finish) I was inspired to write some real shit.. The Stuyesants consist of Darien Victor Birks aka Flwrpt and Allan Cole aka Algorythm.... These brothas are living proof that HIP HOP is still alive..... Click on their names for their own pages and click HERE for the OFFICIAL The Stuyvesants website.
Monday, August 16, 2010
.......It's been quite a while but I'm back
Whats good everybody!!!! It's been quite some time but Im back. First and foremost I would like to give a shout out to all real MC's, producers, beatmakers, street teams and everybody on the grind to keep HIP HOP alive.. Since Im still unemployed I dedicated majorit of my time into what I do best, writing and making beats. I've been kinda slow as to catch up with the digital edge and my mind was blown with the discovery of VST plug-ins and instruments.. At times I feel like a kid in the candy store with a range of whatever sound I need.. Currently Im in the process of making a compilation of beats made in the previous 2 years. No more sitting on my ass because it's time to grind... Overall 2010 is a good year so far. Catalogue is now 600+ beatsand about half is unfinished (thanks to a scatterbrain with many ideas and programs with a "new project" button). Im not gonna beat yall upside the head with my rambling so Im going to end it on this note... Shout out to all of the bloggers that kept me on point with classics since Im too lazy to dust of my vinyl.... Last but not least, check out my other blogs, leave comments and bridge gaps.... P.E.A.C.E.
&
Thursday, September 3, 2009
.......start what u finish
todays a new day..... shit it's late as hell and I feel like Im starting my day.. anyways, I've come to the conclusion that im not making any new beats for the rest of the year... the dilemma: a large number of beats sitting in the cut; a few are finished the rest need to be mixed down. I got my work cutout for me but fuck it, a brotha doin' what he want.. anyways, this shit gonna be short cause Im in the process of mixing now.... moral of the story: START WHAT U FINISH -ya digg
Friday, August 14, 2009
.......follow me (not the club song)
damn, i get on here to post and forgot the main reason I signed on... follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/brothawize
follow me and I'll follow u
keep it 100, bitch!!!
follow me and I'll follow u
keep it 100, bitch!!!
.......love, lust and lyrics
sometimes I wanna give this shit up.. at the same time that force is driving me to go at it stronger and harder.. theres alot of heavy shit I've been going thru since I last posted on here.... today I realized that music is more than love, more than therapy, and more than just sound itself..... music is the reasomn Im alive to this day... music is the reason why I aint go stupid and bang myself in the head with a mag..... but music was the chick who I wifed up.. any other woman, who I claimed to be serious about, knew they were second.. music came first... I lost love and gained love, but music was that bottom bitch that held me down from day one.... my mind been on this other bitch, but I think shes more of a distraction than ever... from the sideways approach to the secrets I kept, a muthafuckin' distraction.. so Im cuttin off everybody and get back to me and my first love.... thats my bitch. lolz
so, this recent project I've been workin on is scrapped... I had to do it... just one of those songs that shouldnt be... the funny part is I shared the song with her but she had no idea of the girl I was talkin bout...... basically its some cliche 'I want you' type song... funny cause thats the name of the song.. maybe its me, or just the fact I've been forced to listen to all this wack shit out here, but I think the song is weak..... Im my own biggest critic and I must say, it's a dope song but not for me.. in a way I wish I never wrote the shit 'cause alot popped in my head....... oh fuckin well.. it's been written and recorded already and deleted as fast as I could
I told myself Im not gonna chase that bitch and I stuck to my words... however I got back into my old ways... Im not puttin names on blast but yall are the reason why Im sayin fuck everything and gettin back on my writing shit... yall are fuckin funny... makes madd shit to write about.........................fuck this Im about to write a verse.. I'll pick up where I left off later....... ya digg
so, this recent project I've been workin on is scrapped... I had to do it... just one of those songs that shouldnt be... the funny part is I shared the song with her but she had no idea of the girl I was talkin bout...... basically its some cliche 'I want you' type song... funny cause thats the name of the song.. maybe its me, or just the fact I've been forced to listen to all this wack shit out here, but I think the song is weak..... Im my own biggest critic and I must say, it's a dope song but not for me.. in a way I wish I never wrote the shit 'cause alot popped in my head....... oh fuckin well.. it's been written and recorded already and deleted as fast as I could
I told myself Im not gonna chase that bitch and I stuck to my words... however I got back into my old ways... Im not puttin names on blast but yall are the reason why Im sayin fuck everything and gettin back on my writing shit... yall are fuckin funny... makes madd shit to write about.........................fuck this Im about to write a verse.. I'll pick up where I left off later....... ya digg
Monday, November 24, 2008
.......as of now
I just feel like typing.. Been writin my ass of recently and I'm ready to submit some lyrics to BMI... at the moment I've been writin a lot of r&b songs.. I never pictured myself fuckin with r&b and never thought I would move towards that form of music.. I can't classify the sound as just r&b 'cause that's just a box... it's more like soul/ neo-soul.. currently I'm making a few tracks to go along with the vibe but I'm keeping my ears open in search of those who can lay down a melody to some of my shit. music is music and I love what I do no matter what form it is.. ideas keep flowin freely so I'm gonna take it and run.. my computer is still dead so Im gonna keep writing my ass off for now.. when I get back into beats I think I'm gonna fuck with some electronica, trip hop and some experimental shit... u know I gotta put my spin to this shit so look out for that.. also Im getting better at the bass guitar so I'm gonna lay some live bass on more of my tracks.. It's funny 'cause I waited til now to start fuckin with instruments while all yall privilaged asses had them since day one.. to those who missed the point, I stayed with samplers & digital equipment.... well, enough of this shit, I'm about to get back to penning some shit. just keepin yall informed....... ya digg
Friday, October 31, 2008
.......some bullshit
I havent posted in a while... I havent made beats in a while.. why??? my computer is officially dead.. this shit is killing me because I have so many ideas building up.. ever since I switched to computer programs I've been hooked to that format... I want to go back to my old set up but I've grown so familiar to the way I bang out beats nowdays I can't help but go crazy.. this shit is serious now because ideaas are flowing like the nile and I cant lay shit down like I want to... some people say I should just go to the studio and lay shit down.... I know you are reading this and I say this to you: FUCK YOU IGNORANT ASSHOLES TELLING ME TO STOP COMPLAINING AND GO TO THE STUDIO. U KNOW IM UNEMPLOYED YET YOU TELL ME TO SPEND MONEY TO GO TO THE STUDIO JUST TO LAY DOWN BEATS.. ARE YOU PAYING FOR THIS SHIT.. HELL NO SO KEEP YOUR 2 CENTS IN YOUR POCKETS (I'm not being mean.. honestly.. we're still cool)
so far so good.. I'll be patient enough to wait it out till I get the home studio up and running.. to keep myself from going psycho I've been writing alot.. some that know me well know that I picked my mic up again.. that was my love before I got into beats.... I realized that things happen for the strangest reasons and it's always a must to go back to your roots... the other day I thought back to the moment when I had my first set up.. That shit was crazy because I came from an era where u had to improvise if you dont have it.. what do yall know about using a set of headphones as a mic.. huh.. yall protools and instant mc's or producers are scratchin ya heads right now like "WTF".. I had no way to track out shit.. just used my infinate black mind to take what I had and use the best of my abilities.. no MPC no sound modules no digital recorders.... just a 2 sampling keyboards, 2 tapedecks, a walkman, and a record player... thats right record player no turn tables.... a fuckin record player.. but used it to the best of my abilities... home made cords from radioshack saved my life.. even tho I didn't have multi track recording I was able to sync up all that I had to bang out beats..... some time after I fucked up the headphones I got kinda smart and stole a mic from the church my mom made me go to... god dammit I said it.. I stole a mic from church.... collection plate money as well.. fuck it... but the mics came in handy after I brought some mic chords.. without a mic stand I got creative and hung the mic from my ceiling using duct tape... shit worked like magic and I made my first few recordings... the quality sounded like shit but I was able to do what I had to... all that rambling on about the past lead me to this point.. I learned to appreciate what I have and learned to appreciate my mind for stepping beyond the limits and making it possible to express myself further.. I appreciate making music just to make music... it's the little things that bring me back to where I need to be... even tho I'm as hell that I cant record right now I can't complain... it's giving me a time to reflect and write more..... so I'm gonna stop typing on this sidekick and crack open this book of rhymes... no beats till I get a new computer... until then yall be good and check out the joints on my myspace page.. www.myspace.com/elementalsoundproductions .. let me know what u think....... ya digg
so far so good.. I'll be patient enough to wait it out till I get the home studio up and running.. to keep myself from going psycho I've been writing alot.. some that know me well know that I picked my mic up again.. that was my love before I got into beats.... I realized that things happen for the strangest reasons and it's always a must to go back to your roots... the other day I thought back to the moment when I had my first set up.. That shit was crazy because I came from an era where u had to improvise if you dont have it.. what do yall know about using a set of headphones as a mic.. huh.. yall protools and instant mc's or producers are scratchin ya heads right now like "WTF".. I had no way to track out shit.. just used my infinate black mind to take what I had and use the best of my abilities.. no MPC no sound modules no digital recorders.... just a 2 sampling keyboards, 2 tapedecks, a walkman, and a record player... thats right record player no turn tables.... a fuckin record player.. but used it to the best of my abilities... home made cords from radioshack saved my life.. even tho I didn't have multi track recording I was able to sync up all that I had to bang out beats..... some time after I fucked up the headphones I got kinda smart and stole a mic from the church my mom made me go to... god dammit I said it.. I stole a mic from church.... collection plate money as well.. fuck it... but the mics came in handy after I brought some mic chords.. without a mic stand I got creative and hung the mic from my ceiling using duct tape... shit worked like magic and I made my first few recordings... the quality sounded like shit but I was able to do what I had to... all that rambling on about the past lead me to this point.. I learned to appreciate what I have and learned to appreciate my mind for stepping beyond the limits and making it possible to express myself further.. I appreciate making music just to make music... it's the little things that bring me back to where I need to be... even tho I'm as hell that I cant record right now I can't complain... it's giving me a time to reflect and write more..... so I'm gonna stop typing on this sidekick and crack open this book of rhymes... no beats till I get a new computer... until then yall be good and check out the joints on my myspace page.. www.myspace.com/elementalsoundproductions .. let me know what u think....... ya digg
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)