last night
my mind was blown. as in i think i found myself completely isolated yet mentally expanded.. in a whole new realm. call it an epiphany. a revelation. all i am sure of, is that it was real.
i was hanging out with a kid that’s 10 years younger than me. didn’t really think about how old he was at first bc we met, started singing/rapping to the acoustic and instantly jus got in the game. no holds bar style.
& yeah, this kids black. [but since i think i’m black some times..ok, most times.. skin color is ere-levant to me, i’m jus painting the picture for ya] 2 balls out rock folk & 1 hip hop dude… IF we’re stereo typing here.
stereo types go out the window with me as far as music is concerned. especially when rap & hard rock (call it “metal” if you will) go hand in hand in my world. SO. this kid. he sings. he raps. his influences are different yet the same. & were flip floppin vocals & lyrics to the acoustic.
apparently @ 11pm when you’re in a hotel room, your neighbors on the other side of the wall don’t appreciate your mad skillz… so w: a couple knock knock knocks on the wall.. we had to quiet down. ish.
so we started into this convo that got completely deep. like deep deep. realizing that this kid is ten years younger than me.. thinking of everything i did at his age & everything that’s changed, remained the same, progressed, ignited.. the music. the drugs. the game. the life. the world. the people. the kids. the differences in territory. i’m sorry but the south.. the dirty south & the Midwest… is SO different than east coast livin. in so many ways, yet the musical influences remain the same. it doesn’t matter your age, but what you’ve been through, your experiences.. life, mang. it’s all the same.
and in an effort to reinvent forever oeuvre.. sticking to our rock/metal roots, but adding a new feel (cause apparently my head is broken and i don’t write normal. my time signatures are screwed & all over the map -even though it ALWAYS works) jus makes it a lot more difficult yet challenging for my guitar player. it’s the only way i’d have it though.
so incorporation of rap & hip hop in all ALL aspects of the true sense, has been something i’ve always thrown in to my music. however…
& this is where my mind went all like what? oh-like wait. k.
huge HUGE realization that something has been missing in my music.. it’s been lying dormant somewhere in my mind.. and just surfaced last night. i’m 110% stoked about this and can’t wait to get these new songs out that are A. no doubt gonna be even more controversial than the “anti-positive/yet positive” alternative lyrics in our songs today. & B. will take us to a whole new level
it’s life man. life in it’s true form.. & not the genre labeled “hey it’s a rock band, so they’re automatically singin bout relationships, tour, partying & anger” - no. life. the real ish that this genre is too scared to talk about, yet the hip hop artists & rap artists go balls deep with it, leaving nothing out. i’m going there. & i’m going there without the daggon auto tuned mess the freaking industry has become.
cause this is real. & if you’re an “artist” a vocalist WITH talent.. then pa-leeeease, tell me. what’s the problem? if you can’t sing, get outta the booth & let someone who CAN take over. cause ya ain’t foolin me. this is real. so get real with it. i’m bout to blow my own mind… once again
& this isn’t selling out. this is life. can’t state it enough. just can’t wait to lay it down & let ya hear.
peace
