GREENHOUSE (Blueprint & Illogic) in the studio
Illogic and me in the lab, working on the new greenhouse album:
Last Night = Bugged Out
(originally written dec 19th, 2008)
i had to tell this story…
so last night me and seance are at ladies 80s drinking beer, waiting to pass out some flyers for the new years show. we’re off in the cut standing right between the two bathrooms kickin it and this little ass dude walks up and just posts up next to us. dude was looking real serious. so we keep talking and clowning and dude is still there. dude is like “man, yall clowning over here!” but he still had that serious look in his face..real focused. at first i thought he might have thought we were in line for the bathroom, so i was like “we’re not in line for the bathroom” just so dude would know. and little dude is like “nah, i’m not going in the bathroom, i’m waiting on somebody to come out. i gotta handle some shit”. So i’m like “damn, you look real serious, is it about to go down?” and he’s like “yeah man, a muthafucka disrespected me and I’m about to handle that. hes in the bathroom, so i’m gonna wait for him to come out and see whats up.” so me and seance are like cool, we’re gonna post up here because this shit is about to get entertaining.
Best Quotes From Yesterday’s Conversations
Yesterday was a day where a lot of classic shit was being said:
Conspiracy Theory Revealed–Women’s Health Magazine
So I’m at this dinner party tonight, drinking wine and eating some amazing food, and while the food is cooking I pick up a magazine on the dinner table; Women’s Health magazine. I figured it couldn’t hurt to kill some time while we were waiting on the next course to be served.
So as i’m reading this magazine to myself, i instantly realize that some (if not most) of the articles in it are actually pretty funny if you read them out loud. So for a while i was reading them out loud and we were cracking jokes about it.
Notice Anything “Unusual” About This Picture?
(besides me looking goofy of course.)
Don’t front, you see that shit
Shit’s funny, right?
Word is blog
The Worst Thing About Being Cockblocked
It’s not the fact that you have to go home by yourself.
It’s not the fact that somebody stopped you from doing what you wanted to do, and from fucking who you wanted to fuck.
It’s not the fact that the person you wanted to fuck with totally backed down and left you out to dry when their friends questioned their decision-making.
Truthfully, all that shit is pretty easy to accept.
However…
The worst thing about being cockblocked, is that moment when you get home, and you lay down in your bed, and you realize that the person who stopped you from having sex is actually at home right now having sex and you’re not.
Be honest, that shit burns, don’t it?
Word is blog
The Wrong Way To Give Somebody Your Demo
Now, this is a sensitive one. Maybe the most sensitive blog I’ve written yet. Not because the topic in itself is controversial, but because undoubtedly there are some cats out there that read my blog and are artists. There’s a chance that yall do beats, or rhyme, or sing. And maybe some of you I have met before, and maybe at some point one of you has given me a CD to check out.
The difference between being talented & being a genius.
Every now and then when I’m on the road somebody will say something to me like, “such-and-such indie rapper or producer is a genius!“.
Then my face scrunches up.
And they say “what, you dont think so-and-so is talented?”
And i say “yes, they’re talented, but if I can’t say their name in the same sentence as Stevie Wonder then the word Genius shouldn’t be used fam.”
Get up on this shit:
And a little bit of this too:
And just to hit the point home for real:
That’s genius. Leave me alone with that other shit fam.
Greenhouse “E-F-F-E-C-T” snippet
For those that don’t know, Illogic and myself are working on a bunch of new Greenhouse projects. Here’s a snippet of what we’ve been working on:
Why Do People Hate Hippies So Much?
It’s not because they travel around the country for months on end, following bands as if they have nowhere to be.
It’s not because they wear tie-dyed shirts, clothes that never fit, flip flops in the coldest of temperatures, and have absolutely no sense of style.
It’s not because they have dreads, claim rasta because of their love of weed, and talk about peace & love to the point that even the most peaceful person would want to smack them repeatedly.
And it’s not because they never shower and smell like hot dog water, oh no.
It’s because of this:
Hippies can’t dance for shit.
Word is Blog.
Shout out to Possum for diggin this one up.
Handcuffin’ Hoes is Universal
I remember the first time i heard the term “handcuffin”. It was definitely a west coast rap record. I can’t remember who it was but they were talkin about cats “handcuffin hoes” (i.e. trying to stop girls from talking to other dudes by any means necessary). I used to think that shit was restricted to insecure hip-hop dudes, but trust me that shit is universal.
Blueprint “Numb”
Every now and again I guess I should actually talk about music on here. So here’s a new song from my instrumental album Sign Language now pre-ordering from Weightless Recordings. The song is called “Numb”. Enjoy, and spread the word.
If you like it order the CD or tell a friend to do the same:
http://www.divshare.com/download/6647714-fdb
Word is Blog
Because I’m A Basketball Fan
I had to post this. I was the bar when this shit came on:
Even if you don’t like the NBA, don’t front. That shit is amazing. Pay particular attention to how he gets that shit off right before the red light on the announcers table lights up behind him.
Word is Blog
Nike Boots Revisited (Wale was right)
I used to own some Nike Boots back in 2002. I remember I was on tour in Seattle and it was my first time seeing a “real” Nike store. See, I’m from Columbus, OH. We have plenty of shoe stores that sell Nikes, but no real Nike stores; you know, the ones that are like 3 levels and have tons of shit you don’t see anywhere else? Those are the ones I’m talking about.
What The Hell Have I Been Up To?
VIDEOS:
In preparation for my new album I have shot a couple of music videos; one for a song called “keep bouncing” and another for a song called “radioinactive”. The video for Keep Bouncing was shot at my favorite wateringhole in Columbus, Carabar. The video for Radioinactive was shot in New York while i was on tour this past fall with Atmosphere. I’ve noticed that a lot of cats will talk about shooting “low-budget” videos, but that can be very decieving because low budget is relative. One man’s low budget might be another mans feature film. Therefore I’ve decided that there should be a new term for shooting videos called “no-budget”. That’s how we’ve been rolling so far, and I want to thank the videographers (justin and shankar) that I’ve worked with thus far for believing in my music enough to do it. I have another shoot scheduled for March. I hope to shoot 1-2 more videos since I don’t have any shows for a while…might as well be productive.