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Past 5 years I've taken on so many hats. And I've excelled at a lot of them. 2022, I'm taking on my greatest one to date. Leader. And I'm ready for it. Hope you'll join (us) for the ride. 📸:@aperturestudios.co (at Mattapan Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX4jucMvRFN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I told @domsos_ we're gonna make mistakes and it's going to be a marathon not a sprint. But at the end of the day, it's gonna be our own learning experiences. After working on new music for almost 3 years, I'm proud to say that I'm going to be starting my own company. I just wanted to make sure all my ducks were in order before I made certain things happen. It was a long process, but in 2022 I'll be stepping back into the light. Wish I could tag my lawyers, any producers involved in this new project and artists. And I will, in due time... But for now, I'm ready to control my own destiny. (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXg4BFWvivj/?utm_medium=tumblr

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So close to finishing my project.

The plan was to record until December 1st, pic the best 5-10 songs and spend all December producing up and mixing.

This has been the best, most therapeutic and stressful experiences of my life so far. I've reflected so much in the past year.

I have almost 20 tracks, with about 9 favorites right now. This is gonna be tough to cut down. But I'm excited to try.

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Update in the wind

Sorry to those few of you who’ve been waiting on an update to what I’ve been doing. I don’t even remember the last time I posted to be honest, but I feel like I owe it to anybody who supports me in any way to let y’all know what’s been going on.

I’ve been locked into this album cycle heavy for about 1-2 months now. I’m planning on recording a bunch of songs until the end of November (probably 20-25, I’m at about 8-9 now but we’ll see how things go), then me and about 5-6 of my closest friends and family are gonna listen to them all and see what to cut. Then I’m gonna spend all December mixing and doing post-production on the songs we end up choosing and most likely drop in Winter 2021. I’m hoping for something short, like 7-10 songs. I technically could release something now, but I want to make sure this next effort is the absolute best thing I could come up with during this pandemic. I even promised not to cut my hair until I finish this project, so it’s do or die from here.

All the while I’ve been balancing community service (I have to do 500 hours total, and I’ve done 150 in the past 6 weeks to bring me up to 250+) and trying to stay active to combat depression. Shot a video for a promo song I’m gonna put out at some point. Been producing a lot more and trying to write everyday. I do a bunch of rewrites, too. I’m really pushing myself again and it feels good.

But most of all, I’m having fun again. I really love what I have now and I can’t wait to see what else I come up with from this point. I haven’t been excited about doing this for a while now, so I’m in a great space. Corona has been a blessing and a curse, so I’ll just make it work. Thanks for y’all patience

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This has been the most random week I've had in a long time...

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First day of working on this, just starting off whipping up a beat. It's straight, maybe I'll come back to it later. This is gonna be a process, but I'm up for it.

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Diary Entry #0: Starting from Scratch...again.

I’ve always wanted to write stuff. And I know it’s probably best that I keep all of the stuff I want to write to myself...but I figure what’s the use in that? 

Maybe I’ll be able to look back at whatever I write here in a few years to remind myself of who I was at this time, in the middle of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Or maybe somebody close to me will find this to find out where I went wrong? 

Life is funny like that.

Sorry, where are my manners? Allow me to introduce myself...

My name is Frandy Brown, but most people know me as Mr. Fritz. I’m from Boston, MA. I’m an artist. I’m a producer. I’m a flawed person. I’m a person who’s been broken and took the steps to try to repair myself in a lot of ways. Through music, reading, therapy and just trying to be proactive in regards to dealing with my own mental health.

Now most people would read that and ask “why should I care?”

Maybe you shouldn’t. But I’m mainly writing this for myself. I want to compartmentalize my thoughts and experiences while I go through this year (and maybe beyond). I know people say that Tumblr is “dying” but I just want to have a platform to write a diary.

I honestly wanted to do this on Youtube, but I don’t really feel comfortable speaking on camera yet. I’ve been writing consistently for almost all my life. I’m at home with words. I’m not just saying this as a rapper, either. I used to write poetry when I was really little. I used to read a whole lot, too. I’m most comfortable writing my thoughts, so I think that Tumblr is the best platform for me at this time.

I have a lot of things I want to write about when it comes to myself. My experiences with pursuing this music career. My lifelong battle with depression. My experiences growing up in the hoods I grew up with. My general thoughts about this thing called life. I want to put it all into music and writing. I want to make great music. But that’s going to take time to get it how I want it. Doing this diary to me is the best way for me to write out this stuff consistently.

I also want to blog about me working on this new project I’m starting now. 

I was having a conversation with my cousin last night around 2 am in front of my house. We were talking about a lot of stuff, but mainly how messed up and dysfunctional my family is. And it inspired me to talk about how I got to where I am now. I want to make a personal record. Something that forces me to look within a lot more than I ever had. And maybe this blog will help me with that process. I’ll start to look back at things that may or may not have shaped me. It’d be tough for me to vlog about a project without revealing the music before it’s ready. I don’t know exactly how I’m going to do this, I’m just going to work on being consistent with this. 

I’m not expecting to go viral or anything. I may truly be irrelevant in this day and age. But the main reason I’m doing this is out of love.

When I moved to California back in 2017, I had every intention of quitting music. People that claimed to be friends turned their backs on me (and I’ll probably get into that in a future blog, I just feel like this one is already been too long). I just lost faith in myself at that time. I was just going to get a regular job and be a beach bum or something. But that wouldn’t be true to myself. ��Failure is apart of growth” is something I learned out west. And being creative affords you a certain freedom nothing else I’ve experienced in my lifetime could provide.

So if I didn’t bore you to death, welcome to my blog. Hopefully we could laugh, cry and inspire each other in one way or another. I’m going to try to write every night from now on. 

Every journey begins with a step.

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Sorry I'm late, had a long weekend. Obvious sample is obvious, but we having fun on this side🤷🏿‍♂️ (at Maybach Music Group) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCb77NdHfof/?igshid=nw4hjt2d7v4c

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Download "Surviving the times" by @tef_poe I produced "Black Messiah" and "SOSA" so make sure to show support. https://tefpoe1.bandcamp.com/album/surviving-the-times (at St. Louis, Missouri) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZzP2aHvCS/?igshid=12nxhfb6ix9k8

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Breakups suck...It was a good 6 months, but I gotta do what's best for me.

I'll be back to making content tomorrow.

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#belairathletics #blackman #boston #mattapan #sixfive #fatboi

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Quarantined, so I made a music video!

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I'm putting one up everyday for at least a month. This one a vibe. Link to my YouTube for the full version in my bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCMXZDGnoJH/?igshid=5oftpks74b58

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Still love this verse

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I'm not really good at social media or promotions or anything like that. But I've decided to just upload a lot of music from now on. At least a few times a week. If I fail, so be it. But I won't not try.

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(Mr. Fritz)