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truetooblog · 7 years ago
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NBA2K19 PlayStation 4 review: Another flawed winner
NBA’s video game king is back, but micro-transactions get in the way of an otherwise great product. The yearly instalment of 2k Sport’s NBA franchise is here and it’s a big improvement on last year’s version. Though, that’s not exactly a high standard. NBA Basketball is so beloved worldwide for its unique blend of individual […]
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Gospel Legend Shirley Caesar’s Viral Leads to New Fame, More Charity
Going insane was a luxury. It’s the going, that’s the treat. Going suggests travel, moving. There was no going. The madness was constant and still, sitting there, like a place on a map. The women in the beautifully brutal film 12 Years A Slave were mangled and maliciously intertwined. It was where they lived, where […]
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Donors Raise Over $200,000 for Historic Black Church in Mississippi
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Plan Your Trip so You Can Celebrate Easter in This Historic Church
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Muslim Organizations Plan to Rebuild Old and Torched Black Churches
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House Leaders Came up Short in their Effort to Kill Obamacare
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Ladies Combat Health Issues in Black Community with Screenings
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Saving Hearts and Lives in the African-American Community
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Uninsured Blacks Eligible for More Aid under Affordable Care Act
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A Gay Gymnast’s Struggle To Come Out To His College Coach
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Woman Loves Costco so Much, She Made it Her Birthday Party Theme
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We’re all having “FUN.” with MastodonRare’s new single
It’s always a good day when we get new music from MastodonRare. The Arizona based artist just keeps getting better and better with each new project.
His latest effort is no different. Titled “FUN.,” the track gives light to a different side of Mas. The tempo is slowed down and is what feels like an acoustic rap song. “FUN.” has this early 2000’s R&B vibe to it, with some punk undertones. It’s just smooth, man.
None of my F.R.I.E.N.D.S. ever ask me what the Phoebe (fee be)
Mas said the song is all about “masking our problems. Whatever we feel makes us abnormal or ugly.” Sometimes we find ourselves doing things we normally wouldn’t, just to try and fit in or cover up a problem. Usually we all have our sanctuaries to save us, and luckily for us, MastodonRare’s is music.
Check out “FUN.” below:
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truetooblog · 7 years ago
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Neeko Crowe reflects on his grind with “Washed Out”
We are constantly measuring ourselves on a daily basis. This can either be motivating or it can turn sour and be an unhealthy habit. Setting goals is an important factor to life, and as important as it is to have goals, it’s equally as important to appreciate the work we put in to get there. Neeko Crowe is all about acknowledging and appreciating the ups and downs of his work as an artist on his latest single “Washed Out.”
“Washed Out” is a solid tablet of mellow summertime vibes; an easy-to-swallow dose of some of the finest rapping we’ve heard from the young Crowe so far in his career. It’s an appropriate track to begin admiring the Houston born, sometimes Nashville based artist, as it showcases his ability for witty wordplay (“beat it from the front, and in the back, like a palindrome”) and a timely flow that captures the essence of boom-bap and its classic allure. Crowe bares a deep register that is utterly captivating. He’s learned how to use his tone in a way that benefits the track to its greatest potential; making his voice feel buttery as he finds a way to glide over the track with a warmness that still finds time to feel cool.
I been shooting off the dribble for a while, still nothin’
Everyone goes through slumps at different points in life. Students, writers (hi), parents, and hell, even Kobe Bryant got in shooting slumps at points in his career. Having your creative flow blocked isn’t always easy to come out of, which is something Crowe knows firsthand. “Basically I fell out of writing a little bit back in December because I was frustrated with feeling like I wasn’t making enough progress.” Alongside rapping, Crowe also finds himself producing. During his break from writing, what ended up being the “Washed Out” beat is one that actually ended up not getting picked up by a fellow Nashville rapper, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise. “It broke my hiatus because it reminded me of something that would’ve been on The Yellow Album by Dom Kennedy, which is one of my favorite projects ever. It’s a feeling I’ve been tryna channel since high school. So when I started writing I just wrote about everything I felt at the moment. Whether it was, or wasn’t music related.”
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Yodeling Boy, if you’re reading this, Some Guy Ty will stew you up a beat
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I would put Riff Raff and Yodel Boy on a tape, and I’d make the beats.
It’s the lifelong dream of the past three weeks for Ty Graham, known by his producer moniker Some Guy Ty. No really, the guy is currently obsessed with Yodeling Boy. He even yodels around the house, pissing off his girlfriend almost daily. But that’s just another day in the life of Ty. And spoiler alert: his life story is captivating, his work ethic is second to none (hint hint Yodeling Boy’s agent).
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Some Guy Ty hails from North Carolina but was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He relocated to Wilmington, North Carolina to study Biology at UNCW. Ty always remembers how lit it was growing up when Wiz and Mac were putting the Burgh’ on the map. And how one of his idols, J Cole, reps Fayetteville, a NC town “in bumfuck nowhere” about an hour up the road. Ty represents the fusion of these two regions, assiduously.
Furthermore, Some Guy Ty is an entrepreneur to the core. He has a successful catering business, a beach-side cajun seafood spot named Cape Fear Boil Company: . He started it in college as a senior project, where he and his classmates got a “piss poor grade on it.” Apparently they stepped their game up, and from the sounds of it, it’s a dope gig. He brings a big ass pot to the beach, does a Cajun style boil with every type of seafood imaginable, and drinks beer with vacationers.
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But when he’s not cooking skrimps and getting lobster money, Ty is making moves with his music. During his tenure in college, he received an apprenticeship opportunity at the famous Electric Lady Studios, working alongside the likes of Danger Mouse, Lady Gaga, and (lo and behold) J Cole. But let’s be real; working an unpaid internship in NYC is financially inconceivable. Plus, he “didn’t want to be anybody’s bitch,” as defined verbatim by the professional responsibilities of any entertainment business internship. He chose to continue the burgeoning catering biz instead, electing to stay on the beach, that is, preferring one coveted lifestyle for another. And he does not regret his decision: “I can do music still. I don’t need this.”
Way back in high school, Some Guy Ty played guitar in a reggae band. He uses this experience alongside his learned proficiency in music theory to create and chop up samples for his beats. It’s refreshing when a producer can actually physically produce the sounds that they compose with, but it’s not just him in the studio building samples. He hosts his former hip hop group Collective Dialect boys and other fellow musicians as well. In fact, Some Guy Ty has frequently featured guitar samples from David Von Mering, 1/2 of the Billboard Charting duo Aer. Ty says about David, “he’s fucking nice on the guitar, and he sends me loops of guitar riffs he lays down every now and then.”
To this day, Ty’s mom still asks him: Why not go back to his old happy go lucky music? Sorry Mama Some Guy Ty, but he’s simply better at making his current type of music:
One of my favorites from Some Guy Ty is his Beat Botany instrumental tape series. As a biologist, it’s only fitting he has produced three projects alluding to his “scientific study of sound, including it’s properties, structure, classification and importance.” And he named them after scientific terms. The inspiration quite literally comes from his college degree; he was on his laptop in Botany class messing around on FL Studio instead of taking notes. He paired the terms they studied with the beats he was making at the time, representing a synthesis of his life at that point. Always staying humble, Ty told me that the album covers, designed by his boy Mr. E, were his favorite part.
Beyond producing his own beats to rap on, Some Guy Ty successfully produces for other artists, one standout piece being Belgium based rapper Woodie Smalls’s Gold Certified “Lucky Strike.” It happened one day, out of the blue; Woodie reached out to him interested in buying one of Ty’s beats. Woodie dropped the track in 2016, and it received serious airplay. And Ty loves it. He is genuinely fulfilled with running the behind the scenes production work, being “the 6ix to (someone’s) Logic.” It’s what he succeeds at.
Ty has also featured on another popular broadcast, HGTV. It’s quite a comical story actually. He and his girlfriend of four years had recently bought a condo in Wilmington right on the beach. They received a tip to feature on the popular show House Hunters, because nowadays most people their age can’t afford to invest in real estate (Thanks Baby Boomers!). The thing is, they had already closed on the place, yet were asked to spoof the entire “discovery” script. Fake budget and everything. He was also wasted the entire time during production. I mean, completely trashed. To the point where the producer actually said, “Hey man, we’re going to be doing 13 hours or so of filming today, so remember, try not to drink too much, okay?” He did anyway.
Regardless, Some Guy Ty currently has a “shit load” of unreleased music at his disposal. Two tracks with one of his old Collective Dialect buddies. Another full beat tape. Loose singles as well. He especially wants to compose a tape of his instrumentals with a bunch of rappers on it, referencing along the lines of a Harry Fraud type production. And of course, there’s the inevitable collaboration with Yodeling Boy and Riff Raff…Let’s get that show on the road bruh, we’re waiting!
All things considered, the 26 year old Some Guy Ty works his ass off like a middle aged man but is forever young at heart: “I’m never too old for music. Age is just a number. I’m getting better with time and experience.” The goal is to always one up himself every single time. No half-finished “Lift Yourself” bullshit. Always forging, always improving.
If Yodeling Boy out there listening, HIT ME UP. Let’s get it! He’s a fucking wizard! He did everything we were just talking about for the past hour in a week! It’s crazy.
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truetooblog · 7 years ago
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$uicideboy$ Just Dropped My Favorite Instrumental of the Year
I’ll be frank. The entire premise of $uicideboy$ is, well, a bit depressing to start. But hear me out. Have you ever listened to a song with an incredibly upbeat instrumental paired to rather dark and negative lyrics, or vice versa? There’s something internally fascinating about the oxymoron going on. Normally, and by that I mean almost every second of my day, I’m listening to music that tangibly affects my personal atmosphere. I take heed from a combination of how the instrumental makes my body move and the words make me think, reminisce, let go. There’s something refreshing about having these conflict. I want to gig, but fuck, this song makes me sad. Or these lines are cheering, but the beat has me lethargic.
The duo $uicideboy$’ newest single, “Either Hated or Ignored” is definitely the former. The samples are phenomenal. The timing is on point. The drums hit hard and lay the often neglected groundwork. But wow, these are fightin’ words. Right out of the gate:
Playa hataz surround me // like vultures on a dead body // get the fuck from around me // ain’t tryna be your fuckin’ friend.
Okay, you’ve got my attention.
For me, Ruby steals this one on the second verse. Dudes flow is unbelievable. Wow. So while he’s dancing the syllable dance with lines like “Tomorrow ain’t promised a tough pill to swallow // but oxycodone ain’t a tough pill to snort // it’s a tough pill to kick,” I’m speechless.
But don’t worry Scrim, you’re pulled your weight. The instrumental is flawless. I could listen to it on repeat, so if you could, you know, post that, that’d be rad.
I digress.
Basically, listen to this song. It’s really dope. It’s definitely an ode to all those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad people in your life. And how you can use their sleeziness as en example to make yourself a better person. So cheers!
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Kali Uchis Dazzles in Her Genre-Bending Debut
Wow!
I had always been extremely pleased with Kali Uchis as a vocalist, and as a feature artist. Especially in recent years; two of my favorite songs from 2017 were “See You Again,” by Tyler, and “Get You,” from Daniel Caesar. Both owed a lot to Kali for how damn good they were. But Kali’s solo stuff never really grabbed me. I always placed her in a category with other R&B artists like Steve Lacy, Rex Orange County, or Jorja Smith where I loved them as a feature artist but didn’t think they could hold up on their own.
Isolation proves I was super wrong on Kali (and hopefully will soon be wrong on the others) because… Wow. This far exceeds any stupid expectations I had. The collaborators here are stacked. But Kali leaves her effortless charm on each song, none of them feeling like she is trying to conform. There’s elements of doo-wop, reggaeton, psychedelia, funk, pop, but she glosses though all of them and makes it feel more cohesive than anything else I’ve heard in 2018. This album sounds like the first warm summer night on a tropical vacation.
And her voice, though.
That, I could never take away from her. She has that effort-free seductiveness that’s so powerful, yet so subtle. Only Lana Del Rey comes to find in terms of that subtlety. And she flexes all over with the album with that. The way she kind of half-whispers her own name at the beginning of “Miami,” is equally as impressive to when she hits the falsetto “All my girls say that I’m acting a foo-ooo-ooo-ooo-l.” on “Flight 22.” Or the contrast between the “ooh’s,” the latin guitar stabs, and her singing voice on “Tyrant.” That voice and those basslines? Shit.
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Speaking of the basslines: Thundercat did the work on “Miami,” and the world is better because of it. Thematically, it sets the tone for the rest of the album. It’s an American Dream anthem, but it’s sinister soundscape hints that not everything’s perfect (Another Lana parallel). And let’s talk about that beat – probably the finest on the album. I don’t know if DJ Dahi is responsible for those horns that come in for the first chorus, but, god damn, those are lush. The song is empowering, a rejection of the sexualization of her career all while sounding sexier than anything from R&B this year. Kali said in an interview with the Fader last year, “They were starting all kinds of rumors about me back home in Colombia, [saying] that I was a prostitute.” This song embodies that. I’ve never been to Miami. I don’t know what it’s like to drive at night in Miami. But this song makes me feel like I have.
This sets off a four-song, album-opening stretch matched in quality only by the likes SZA’s CTRL and Daniel Caesar’s Freudian. “Just a Stranger” feels like a 3-minute chorus where the chemistry between Kali and Steve Lacy is ineffable. “Flight 22” introduces this vintage, burlesque sound and she nails it. It’s her strongest vocal performance backed by a string section reminiscent of Etta friggin’ James. And the tempo-shifting, anti-capitalism theme of “Your Teeth In My Neck” is just pure fun.
Where SZA’s CTRL gradually dips in quality, this catches a second wind thanks to the psychedelic dizziness of “Tomorrow” assisted by Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker. She caps an incredible chorus with the lines “Come on, let’s go, we’ll think about it tomorrow,” and the atmosphere Parker backs her with leaves us no choice. The song is sandwiched by two impressive interludes. The second features a fucking sick beat switch courtesy of Sounwave who provides the album’s best bassline on an album that features Thundercat. And Bootsy Collins (!) comes around to provide the funkiest cut on the album with “After The Storm.”
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The album perhaps could have ended stronger with that song, but it’s worth it to hear another vintage-sounding “Feel Like A Fool,” whose horn section sounds fresh out of Motown; and the cinematic strings on “Killer.”
Isolation is remarkably consistent. For an album that dips its toe in a number of genres while sticking to a sonic blueprint that never feels out of place, it’s an ambitious accomplishment. Kali is swaggering, and always feels in charge. Her vulnerability is always coated in decadence, and it makes for some of the more intriguing love songs in recent memory. “I’m too skinny, I’m too fat. I’m too this and I’m too that;” Kali has her insecurities like the rest of us, but at the same time she knows her worth. “Why would I be Kim I could be Kanye? In the land of opportunities and palm trees,” she sings on “Miami.” She has the capabilities of a pop star, but is unwilling to conform to any generalities. That should entrench her as an artistic darling to both critics and fans alike for years to come. Isolation is the perfect introduction.
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Cardi B is so much more than “Bodak Yellow”
In today’s industry we throw artists under the microscope really quick and toss them aside even quicker. If you don’t keep following your success with something equally as compelling, you might find yourself out the door before you’ve even moved in. That’s just the nature of 2018 and the smash single. Cardi B was one of those artists sitting on the bubble. The world knows her for “Bodak Yellow,” a song that erupted her into the stratosphere. She is now a Tonight Show Co-host and SNL slayer because of it. I mean the song was even nominated at the damn Grammys. Would Cardi be able to come close to following this up? Or would she end up fading away? There were doubts. But Invasion of Privacy offers up more than enough answers.
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There’s a certain wall that rappers have in front of them. Either you break it down and show all sides of you, or it can be left up to keep the rest of you locked in. While “Bodak Yellow” was a fierce and fiery chart topper, Cardi has decided to emphatically knock down this wall, something I did not see coming at all. Invasion of Privacy features Cardi being vulnerable and open to the world. “Be Careful” was the third single off the album and really opened eyes to what Cardi can do. This is Cardi owning up to her fragility and expressing her fears rooted in love. One of the most eye opening lines here is “You even got me trippin’, you got me lookin’ in the mirror different / Thinkin’ I’m flawed because you inconsistent.” This is the moment of peak self reflection during an unhealthy relationship. Cardi is realizing how the other person is pushing their faults onto her, and spinning it into her issue. This type of awakening is hard to admit to, and hearing Cardi own it on a song is amazing. To top it off, on one of her most emotional and vulnerable songs yet she decides to sing the hook herself, which is a whole other obstacle of stripping yourself down.
Cardi continues her emotional streak later on the album, with “Ring” and her hunt for love and the sanctuary of settling down. Then on “Thru Your Phone” she addresses her man leaving behind evidence and the aftermath of what would follow. Cardi is vicious on the mic and has made it clear she’s not one to be fucked with, but that doesn’t mean her heart is incapable of breaking. That’s what’s nice about Invasion of Privacy. We get a chance to see all angles of what makes Cardi B, Cardi B. On “I Do” Cardi states she’s “a gangster in a dress” which is something I’ve come to find very true. It’s been a long time since we’ve felt a female presence like this in rap. When Nicki first came on the scene we were getting a taste, but with her dabbling more and more in the pop-sphere she hasn’t main stayed being that big figure in rap like early on in her career. Cardi is what Nicki was, right now, and might have the trajectory to do it long-term. (Disclosure: this is not me condoning or promoting a Cardi B & Nicki Minaj beef. I would love for them to run rap together. It would be great for the game to witness. Can you imagine if they did a joint project?!) The way Cardi takes on her braggadocios persona is impeccable. Not only is she empowering herself individually, she’s showing women that they are badass and need to own it. The display on “I Do” is one of the best on the album and it’s featuring SZA. Not only does this combine two of the most prominent women in music right now, but Cardi just absolutely crushes this thing.
Her opening verse starts as such: “I think us bad bitches is a gift from God. I think you broke hoes need to get a job. / Now I’m a boss I write my own name on the checks / PUSSY SO GOOD I SAY MY OWN NAME DURING SEX!” Wow wow wow. The song just gets filthier and filthier as it goes. And I mean filthy in a really good way. Like the best. Like give Cardi the mic PLEASE.
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If longevity was the main concern with Cardi, Invasion of Privacy clears that up as well because apparently she can just crank out hits at will. “Bickenhead” is just a straight onslaught of rhymes – and if you haven’t figured it out yet – the B in Cardi B stands for Bars because she’s got lots of them. Then there’s the Chance the Rapper assisted “Best Life,” which after the last couple years both have had, there couldn’t be a more perfect pair for this track. If you came in looking to nitpick Cardi on her debut album it’s going to be hard to do. Her team-up with Migos might actually be the least special song on here, and that’s not necessarily a knock because you know it’s still going to blow. Cardi has one of the most fun personalities in rap right now and it makes her stand out not just in the media but in her music as well. She sticks true to being the girl from the Bronx and her heritage. “I Like It” is the perfect nod to her roots and is really the icing on the cake to a great album.
I went in to Invasion of Privacy skeptical, but I am leaving fully aboard the Cardi B train. It doesn’t happen often where an album makes me this excited about the trajectory of a career. Cardi has taken the right steps forward here and has positioned herself in a spot prime for success in the music industry. She’s already shown her ability for crossover with Bruno Mar’s “Finesse,” and now with this body of work behind her she’s appearing more versatile than ever. Everyone is going to want a Cardi B feature and I can’t blame them. She’s shown what she can bring to the table and it’s a strong list of pros. As far as new and rising rappers go, Cardi is easily one of the most skilled rhymers to make her voice heard. The most surprising thing? Invasion of Privacy made “Bodak Yellow” an afterthought.
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