#nym lyrics

[tmbmtb]

What are you doing? People have died Shame on you for being alive No, there’s no shame in it Everybody does it It’s not unnatural It’s not illegal We've all had better times to shine

✯ I Wanna Sweat, Car Seat Headrest

[solitairepyramid]

ok but will toledo popped off when he wrote “i don’t know how to make you happy”

[nymika-arts]

Hi, I love your Fall Out Boy keychains! I'm wondering what lyrics are written on the album keychains not pictured on your website?

hi!! sooo the short answer is that I haven't chosen yet 😂 I was planning to finish designing those ones before I opened pre-orders, but ran into some issues and didn't end up having time. I tried to delete those options before offering the rest for sale, but the site glitched somehow and kept them available, and I didn't notice until a few people had purchased already, so I just left them up. so it's kind of a lil surprise right now! I haven't 100% nailed down which lyrics are going on each one, and it’s totally understandable if you'd rather not purchase without knowing for sure what will be written on them. they will eventually be available in my store again (though possibly with my summer update rather than this next one).

anyway yeah! not exactly how I meant to offer them lmao but it happened

[offonaherosjourney]

Someone please tell me that Armenia is not singing "fart in my face" because I swear that's what I keep hearing

[changeling-fae]

1, 14, & 21 (not Nemo, haha!) for the Dark Urge askmeme! also any other numbers you desperately want an excuse to share ^^

I’ll post for both my Durge’s, Nym and Casira.

And also I apologize for its length. It’s a chonker.

Nym:

1. What circumstances led to your Dark Urge becoming their class/subclass?

Nym’s an abyssal tiefling (granddaughter to Graz’zt) and her bio-father (not Bhaal) was a divine soul sorcerer to Eilistraee, so normally she’d be a a divine soul sorcerer but I have her as a wild magic sorcerer because her abyssal blood and her spark of divinity doesn’t play nice with each other. It’s a constant war inside of her.

She’s a bhaalspawn because her abyssal cambion mother basically at one point had sex with a bhaalspawn, and I headcanon that succubi/incubi steal the essence of people they sleep with and their bodies then corrupt it with whoever they knock up/get knocked up by. I know technically cambions aren’t succubi/incubi but being the daughter of Graz’zt, I’m giving her some leeway. So she stole the sperm/essence of a bhaalspawn and for funsies, mixed it in with the child of the divine soul sorcerer man she was currently tricking/banging. So Nym has three parentages technically.

But yeah, she’s mechanically a wild magic sorcerer because her particular concoction of existence doesn’t play nice with each other.

She’s multiclass bard because she loves music and her day job when not doing stuff with the cult (which she was already trying to pull away from) is entertainment. Only time she ever feels at peace.

14. How good of a liar is your Dark Urge? How do they feel about lying?

Nym is an excellent liar and feels nothing when she does it. She’s not a habitual liar, she only does it when she feels she needs to to protect herself, but she has no qualms about doing so. I think if she has to do it around someone she cares about, is the only time she feels some guilt. Or at least, discomfort.

21. What are 2-3 songs that your Durge would relate to?

Paint It, Black by Ciara - Nym feels so much darkness and bitterness and she doesn’t want to.

Big God by Florence and the Machine - Definitely one of her main songs, not just for lyrics but the dancing in the music video. She secretly worships Eilistraee as her father did but she’s so conflicted and desperate for some form of salvation but also laments and despairs against the gods.

Death Wish by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - My girl has got bad depression and she’s definitely the girl in this song’s scenario. The lines “Who’s gonna save you, who’s left to pray to? What’s the difference in a breakdown and a breakthrough?” fits her like a glove.

Bonus question for her:

2. Did your Durge have any romantic and/or sexual relationships prior to their illithid adventure? If yes, who was it with and what was it like? If no, how did they feel about being single?

Ok so Nym has a very complicated and messy relationship to both sex and romance. She’s had a few romantic partners, whom she usually breaks up with because she feels she’s a danger to them and/or she feels they deserve someone without her baggage.

She was in a relationship with one of my Tav’s, Cillian Baker, and he was her last serious romantic relationship before she broke up with him.

She’s rather hyper-sexual but uses it as way of self-harm tbh. She’s a CSA survivor and her relationship with sex is rather unhealthy. She likes sex in the moment but afterward deals with extreme self-loathing. She also tends to choose dangerous or questionable men for ONS because sometimes she wants an excuse to murder someone, always a toss-up.

Right before the game, going on for several months, she actually had a relationship with Raphael at the Devil’s Den. It wasn’t sexual or romantic; she originally came to his presence because a woman she was close to and had feelings for liked to party (using it as a coping method herself) and they ended up in the DD.

Nym clocked him for a devil right away and he knew she was Durge and found her a novelty/would be a yummy soul but more an idle interest. She was worried her friend would get in trouble around him (I’m picturing him catering intimate sinful little parties for him to find souls in).

They slowly danced around each other over the course of months, and came to play lanceboard as a regular occurrence. Eventually her friend basically met someone and got clean and while Nym was happy for her, she’s just so damn lonely. I’ll probably post a separate post on her and Raphael’s relationship because it’s long but basically she comes back to the DD and resumes their game nights.

He finds her amusing and they have a weirdass connection that can’t quite be described. At some point they do get into a tiff, she got too close to his little spark of humanity on accident and it made him lash out.

She doesn’t show up for a number of weeks and he doesn’t think much of it and then oh, would you look at that, she’s one of the abducted and has some memory loss. That’s when his interest spikes immensely and then the ingame stuff. She feels a connection to him but doesn’t know why and it pisses her off, lol.

Ok, now onto my second Durge:

Casira:

1. What circumstances led to your Dark Urge becoming their class/subclass?

Casira is a cleric of Selûne (light domain). How that happened is basically, the Bhaal cultists used the corpse of an aasimar of Selûne (one of Aylin’s sisters) in a profane ritual that used Bhaal’s blood to fill the empty vessel. Created a baby bhaalspawn but that tiny spark of Selûne remained.

She grew up conflicted, raised in the cult but never feeling right. Selûne tried to reach her a few times in her life but it was too dangerous/Sceleritas Fel was always watching and it put Casira in danger.

Her cleric powers really only came forward once Casira was abducted and no memory because Selûne took that as her chance to influence her.

14. How good of a liar is your Dark Urge? How do they feel about lying?

Not that good, tbh. She’s fairly honest and upfront if you ask her questions. She finds lying difficult to understand and doesn’t like doing it. It gets her into a lot of trouble.

21. What are 2-3 songs that your Durge would relate to?

Eva by Nightwish - Definitely her in both lyrics and vibes.

The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives - “I shine only with the light you gave me” is very her.

Fake Wings by Kajiura Yuki - The solemn/melancholy tone fits her.

Bonus question for her:

25. How does your Durge feel about Sceleritas Fel?

Terrified. Even without the memory loss, she was terrified of him. He was put in her life because he/Bhaal could sense Selûne on the sidelines. If she didn’t do the murders and rituals enough times or ever showed reluctance, she was severely punished and Bhaal would overtake her body and control her (where the really nasty Durge lines happen, like necrophilia, etc). So she learned that to keep her body in her control, she had to do the serial killing.

His “naughty naughty” was usually a precursor to her punishments so when she got that dream in the third act she was so terrified of falling asleep for weeks.

[bizlybebo]

what's ur fave crh song(s) :3

HEEHEHE HIIII !!!!

it changes so often but currently i’m fuckin jamming out to the live albums ^__^ so i’d say:

-drunk drivers/killer whales (commit yourself completely version)

-crows (faces from the masquerade version)

-something soon (fftm version)

-dreams fall hard (nervous young man)

-homes (nym)

-jerks (nym)

-misheard lyrics (monomania)

-hey space cadet (how to leave town)

[blackcr0wkingart]

The ebbing of your ebullience / Is evident in every dent / Come on, let's kick some car doors in

playing around with making more collages recently, and it's been pretty fun to learn.

this one features my satyr druid, Róisín, and one of his party members, Nym, a wood elf rogue who belongs to my friend Lyss. they made up half of the party that adventured through Barovia, and i really, really loved their dynamic.

Nym was very grumpy and aggressive, didn't really trust anybody, and Róisín was the sunshine of the party who was just trying very hard to keep everyone safe (spoiler alert: my boy was bad at his job :') ). through his fondness for baking and Nym's fondness for sweets, the pair became very unlikely best friends. no matter where they went they were holding hands (you know, for safety).

Unfortunately, Nym died near the end of the campaign, and though she returned to us as a revenant, the whole thing really destroyed Ró, after we had lost another party member early on, and we were subsequently watching just about every other companion we had either die or leave us.

But, Nym came back. she was going to leave us again, but she was back, and Róisín could take her hand in his again, for a time. It was strange, though, how she had changed. Nym was the biggest shit starter in the party, the first to cause trouble, to play needless pranks just for the reaction, and she returned to the party with a one track mind and little care for anything or anyone else. At some point she let go of Róisín's hand in the mad dash through Ravenloft and they never touched again.

The final battle came and went, and Nym with it, and there were no goodbyes. She would've wanted it that way, and Ró buried her with great care before living out the rest of his days in Barovia as a baker with like 9 mountain barbarian husbands, lmao. gotta pepper in some sillycute shit where you can.

But, anyway. this was sort of meant as a send-off piece for the unlikeliest of best friends, who drank ghostwine and held hands through their brief days together.

lyrics from saintseneca's song How Many Blankets Are In The World?

[deceitedspades]

Identity

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Names:

Ace

Aiko (아이코)

Borealis

Chae (채)

Fennec

Jihoon (지훈)

Kamiko (かみぉ)

Kiani

Kopi (커피)

Lumie

Lyric

Mystery

Naida

Ocean

Orcana

Raine

Seojin (서진)

Seungri (승리)

Styx

Tao (陶)

Vyri

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Gender:

Non-Binary!

They/Them, Nae/Nym, Fae/Faem, Vae, Vaem, Wy/Wym. (I use most Neopronouns!)

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Sexuality and Romantic Orientation:

Sexuality- Demi-sexual and ace-spike

Romantic Orientation- Demi-Romantic, panromantic, and polyamorous

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Quick note:

I came out as Non-Binay 5, almost 6, years ago. It was a struggle to be recognized as such because my parents didn't understand. My father, a religious cult member. My mother, clueless and still 2 years fresh out of the said religious cult. My identity is very important to me because I *fought* for it.

Do NOT misgender me on my page or you will be blocked and reported, I take that kind of thing very seriously.

[the-celestial-court]

Hi! Welcome to our system!

This is your main host speaking~

As a collective, They/Them is fine. Pronouns vary by person!

I suppose I should introduce myself~

I have way too many names, you're welcome to pick one.

💠 name; Ace, Aiko, Bijou, Borealis, Carinae, Chae, Fennec, Illusi, Jihoon, Kamiko, Kiani, Kopi, Lumie, Lyric, Mahé, Mystery, Naida, Ocean, Orcana, Raine, Seojin, Seungri, Styx, Tao, & Vyri

💠 age; 18

💠 species; Fae

💠 pronouns; They/It/Nym/Faem. (And most other neo pronouns)

💠 gender ID; Non-Binary

💠 sexuality; Panromantic, Demi-romantic, Demi-sexual, Ace-spike

💠 role; Host, trauma holder, depression holder, anxiety holder, tic holder, PTSD holder, OCD holder, little

💠 type; fusion

💠 proxy; ♠️

💠 source; Woozi (Jihoon) and Seungri fusion (Seventeen and BigBang)

I've been the host for a while😅

My special interests are:

- The Ocean and its inhabitants

- Orcas and sharks are the main focus

- Korean music

- Sweet Home (Both webtoon and show)

- Horror (as a genre)

- Stardew Valley

- Musicals/Theatre

We'll probably introduce ourselves as we see fit! ~♠️

[funkylildragonfella]

My hoards of names & pronouns!

Names

Doctor/Doc

Lu/Lucifer

Void

Eleven/11

Ouroboros/Ouri

Nemo/Nem/Nemmy

Ophion/Ophis

Mnemosyne/Mneme

Jinx

Dot

Solace

Clover

Nexus

Vortex

Limbo

Nova

Veil

Ghost

Echo

Sirpa

Sephtis

Achlys

Reeva

Ness

Glitch

Cian

Teal

Calypso

Trinket

Fidget

Cavity

Doll

Static

Scythe

Abyss

Crow

Kelpie

Wisp

Vig

Onyx

Opal

Thistle

Diamont

Nettle

Oran

Obsidian

Palloc

Juniper

Solace

Alden

Kay

Key

Lock

Puppet

Echo

Birdie

Ash

Shep

Nydia

Shadow

Fenn

Gill

Canto

Coral

Linu

Scar

pronouns

abyss/abyss

algae/algaes

antique/antiques

babble/babbles

bat/bats

beep/beeps

bite/bites

bizarre/bizarres

blendy/blendys

blob/blobs

blub/blubs

blue/blues

blur/blurs

boing/boings

bouncy/bouncys

bow/tie

bubble/bubbles

bug/bugs

bun/buns

cae/caer

cat/cats

chain/chains

chameo/chameos

chaos/chaoss

chomp/chomps

chord/chords

claw/claws

clock/clocks

cloud/clouds

clover/clovers

coin/coins

comet/comets

confusy/confusys

cool/cools

coral/coral

crab/crabs

creature/creatures

crow/crows

cry/crys

crypt/crypts

cub/cubs

cuddle/cuddles

cyan/cyans

cy/cyber

dark/darks

deep/deeps

deer/deers

depth/depths

dino/dinos

dipper/dippers

dive/dives

doc/docs

doll/dolls

dragon/dragons

drake/drakes

dream/dreams

drift/drifts

drizz/drizzles

drop/drops

dust/dusts

eclipse/eclipses

eerie/eeries

end/ends

eon/eons

eternity/eternitys

explodey/explodeys

ey/em

fade/fades

fall/fallen

fang/fangs

fawn/fawns

feather/feathers

fez/fezzes

fin/fins

fish/fishes

fizz/fizz

flame/flames

flap/flaps

flare/flares

flick/flicks

flight/flights

flinch/flinchs

float/floats

flock/flocks

fluff/fluffs

fog/fogs

fractal/fractals

frill/frills

frisk/frisks

fur/furs

fuzzy/fuzzys

gill/gills

glacier/glaciers

glide/glides

glimmer/glimmers

glitch/glitch's

gloom/glooms

glow/glows

gravity/gravity's

grawr/grawrs

growl/growls

gull/gulls

gup/gups

harmony/harmonys

haunt/haunts

he/him

hiss/hiss

hoard/hoards

hour/glass

howl/howls

hug/hugs

hum/hums

hydra/hydras

ice/ices

it/its

ix/ixs

jam/jams

jelly/jellys

jelly/fish

jinx/jinxs

jump/jumps

kelpie/kelpies

key/keys

leviathan/leviathans

liminal/liminals

lock/locks

loop/loops

lu/lu's

lumi/lumis

lyric/lyrics

mar/mars

mavity/mavity's

meep/meeps

meow/meows

mer/mers

mix/mex

moon/light

moon/moons

moss/mosses

mud/muds

myst/mysts

myth/myths

nap/naps

ne/nym

nebula/nebulas

nem/nems

nest/nests

night/light

night/mare

nix/nix

nom/noms

nova/novas

oak/oaks

ocean/oceans

odd/odds

orb/orbs

orbit/orbits

other/others

paint/paints

past/pasts

pastel/pastels

paw/paws

pebble/pebbles

per/pers

phantom/phantoms

pin/pins

pit/pits

planet/planets

play/plays

plushie/plushies

pond/ponds

puff/puffs

punk/punks

pup/pups

purr/purrs

quail/quails

quest/quests

rai/rais

rain/rains

rarity/raritys

rat/rats

rattle/rattles

rawr/rawrs

ray/rays

reef/reef

ribbon/ribbons

ripple/ripples

river/rivers

rock/rocks

rot/rots

ruffle/ruffles

rumble/rumbles

rune/runes

sand/sands

scale/scales

scratch/scratches

sea/seas

seal/seals

serpent/serpents

shadow/shadows

shark/sharks

sharp/sharps

shed/sheds

shell/shells

shore/shores

silly/sillys

silk/silks

sing/sings

siren/sirens

sleep/sleeps

slither/slithers

sly/slys

smol/smols

snap/snaps

soft/softs

sol/solar

song/songs

soul/souls

space/spaces

spacey/wacey

spark/sparks

spike/spike

spin/spins

spirit/spirits

splash/splashes

squeak/squeaks

squeal/squeals

squid/squids

star/stars

static/statics

steam/punk

stellar/stellars

stim/stims

sting/stings

stream/streams

stuffie/stuffies

swamp/swamps

tail/tails

thalassa/thalassas

they/them

thing/things

thorn/thorns

tide/tides

tilt/tilts

time/times

timey/wimey

tiredy/tiredys

torn/torns

toy/toys

travel/travels

trinket/trinkets

tune/tunes

twirl/twirls

uh/uhm

uncanny/uncannys

unknown/unknowns

vast/vasts

void/voids

water/waters

wave/waves

weep/weeps

whale/whales

whisp/whisp

who/whom

wibbly/wobbly

wolf/wolfs

worm/worms

wyrm/wyrms

zey/zem

[tmbmtb]

My ghost sleeps on the floor He can't sleep 'cause there's music next door I stay awake in case they need a band He stays awake 'cause he's a nervous young man I can't drink because the bars are closed I can't go out 'cause I don't have nice clothes Katie brought a deck of Tarot with her I got my fortune read, I didn't hear a word

✯ Knife in the Coffee, Car Seat Headrest

[the-force-awakens]

OH MY GOSH, NYM NYM NYM NYM NYM- YOUR LAYOUT!!!!! 👏👏👏👏

First of all, your header- It's so pleasing to look at

Second of all, your icon- POE AND THE COLOR PURPLE 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Thirdly, your whole theme colors that just, pop????

AAAAAAAAAA THANK YOU, ORB!! <33 I wanted to fresh up a little (I always get the urge to reinvent a little bit ahead of my birthday lol), and the lyric video for Style by Taylor Swift had that BEAUTIFUL shot of the pavement and I was like...I can't not use this.

But as for the icon!! I take 0 credit for, that honor goes to my best friend, @hermitmoss. Braigwen is a wizard in all things but especially computer crafts! You should check out faer icons, they're amazing.

hehehe thank you!!!!! there was a lot of color dropping in photoshop to figure out what looked best for the colors lol

[blatantlybluntblog]

NE$$ - Illegal Business (feat. Coach Nym & Rukus) (prod. by Baby J)

In the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary underground hip-hop, where artists often blur the lines between musical expression and sociopolitical commentary, RBG MC’s NE$$ and Coach NYM, in collaboration with UK producer Baby J deliver ‘Illegal Business’, a powerful sonic manifesto inspired by the KRS One/BDP classic of the same name. Featuring the distinctive voice of UK rapper Rukus on chorus, this track emerges as a striking commentary on the ‘The Trap’ and the systemic injustices that have woven themselves into the fabric of America.

The song opens with Rukus on the haunting chorus, echoing the assertion that the illicit drug trade and the prison-industrial complex exert a vice-like grip on the very heart of America. This recurring refrain serves as a stark reminder that individuals from marginalized communities are pushed to risk everything in their quest for financial security, in a society where the underbelly wields immense control.  

NE$$’ first verse is a canvas painted with vivid strokes of street life, where survival often depends on a perpetual hustle. His verses are a masterful blend of historical allusions, evoking the horrors of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, with contemporary snapshots of life on the streets. With unapologetic lyricism, he traces the arduous journey of those navigating a world where dodging law enforcement has become a daily ritual, and incarceration feels like an inescapable rite of passage.  

[changeling-fae]

Thanks @inaconstantstateofchange for the tag!

1. Three Ships: Astarion/Nym/Raphael, Zelda and Link in BotW/TotK, Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy.

2. First Ever Ship: Seto Kaiba/Serenity Wheeler from YuGiOh in terms of my conception of shipping. And then first ship I ever created content for was Sesshomaru/Kagome from Inuyasha.

3. Last Song: Bat Out Of Hell by Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman. One of my favorite songs, never fails to get my blood pumping. Also certain lyrics make me think of Raphael/my Tav’s.

4. Last Film: Technically Pulse/Kairo by Kurosawa Kiyoshi for my final paper for one of my classes. The last film I watched just for entertainment was John Carpenter’s The Thing. Practical effects my beloved.

5. Currently Reading: Mostly just Raphael x Tav (x Haarlep) fics I find on Ao3 or on here. I’m horribly behind on my book reading.

6. Currently Watching: Just finished rewatching Hbomberguy’s plagiarism video and before that a rewatch of Lindsay Ellis’ Love Never Dies video. Oh and Columbo, one of my favorite tv shows.

7. Currently Consuming: Soon gonna have some pizza, once I get myself ready, lol.

8. Currently Craving: Idk, probably fish. But only because I always lowkey crave fish.

Tagging @int9 @kiss-inferna @red-dead-sakharine @meowsaidmissy and whoever else wants to do it!

[letras2wi]

MYNTA LASHAI LASHISNGI - JESSIE LYNGDOH Lyrics

MYNTA LASHAI LASHISNGI – JESSIE LYNGDOH [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] Lyrics, Letra Jessie Lyngdoh Kane kadei Ka jingieid jong nga Tang ia phi Kane Ka dei ka jingieid Nga ri Man ka sngi Wat nym jngai Wat sngewsih Da leilei Nga ieid ia phi Kane ka dei Ka jingieid jong nga Haduh ki por ba kut ki sngi Chorus La u ther u slap ruh Wat sngew pher You know that I’ll be there Mynta, lashai bad la shisngi Kane…

[airadam]

Episode 169 : Thirteen Squared, Fourteen Years

"Paid my dues, now pay my fee."

- Pete Rock

Another year in the books! This is the fourteenth birthday episode of the podcast, and it's wild to look back at how different the landscape looked back in 2009 when I started it off. At least nowadays, I don't have to explain what a podcast is! 

I needed a selection worthy of the milestone, and I think you'll enjoy it - Hip-Hop basically end-to-end, with some virtuoso performances on the mics, the boards, and the turntables. Turn the volume up and check the styles...

Book a ticket to see me play live in Salford with the 45 Kings and Queens on July 8th here!

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Playlist/Notes

Swizz Beatz ft. Jadakiss, Benny the Butcher, and Scar Lip : Take 'Em Out

Huge new single to open things up for this month, and a track I can already tell is going to make my list of top Spotify tracks this year. As part of the 50th year of Hip-Hop celebrations, Mass Appeal have released a couple of producer-led EPs with a selection of MCs, and this is of course from Swizz' contribution. It's not the production style most would think of when Swizz Beatz is mentioned, but listen for the classic "The Bridge Is Over" drums accompanied by what sounds like a pipe organ with the "evil" stop pulled all the way out - vicious. And the MCs, my goodness! LOX legend Jadakiss opens up, hands off to modern-day street rap giant Benny the Butcher, and cleanup duty is handled in fine style by the young and hungry Scar Lip. The video is great as well - chaotic, dark, monochrome, giving me just a taste of the same energy as the visuals for Ice Cube's "Wicked" back in the day. The whole package is hard like titanium.

Onyx : Throw Ya Gunz (Instrumental)

After starting the show with a track sampling the yelled into Onyx's first single, which was a big tune in its day, I decided to follow up with the instrumental as I hadn't heard it in so long. RIP to Chyskillz, the producer, who passed away in 2018.

Coach NYM : Work Ethic

One from my gym playlist for you, taken from the "Healthy Gangsta" LP. Part of the RBG movement, NYM gives a message on this track and the rest of the album that very much aligns with the innovative "Workout" LPs that stic of dead prez (their lowercasing, btw) released in 2011 and 2020. Turn this track up and get your motivation right!

Bronx Slang : Excuse Me Again

My man Jerry Beeks accurately and sadly points out that the subject of this track will continue to be relevant into the foreseeable future. Following up from the original "Excuse Me Officer" from the "Bronx Slang" LP, this is, in Beeks' distinctive style, a run-down of yet more Black people who have been murdered by the police. The producer Fake Blood gives it a soundtrack with just a hint of melancholy that still makes you nod your head thanks to his drum programming, and leaves enough space for you to hear every work clearly. Find this on the appropriately-named "Substance" album.

Blak Twang ft. Fallacy : Homegrown

I promise I didn't just try to find every track that sampled Onyx and throw them into this episode! The b-side of the incredible 1996 "Real Estate" 12", this is not only pure lyrical rawness from both MCs (Blak Twang/Taipanic/Tony Rotton and Fallacy) over a beat from V.R.S, but it's also the source of an incredible number of samples. If you go and check the excellent Blak Twang LP "19 Long Time", you'll be amazed how many times he samples himself, and from this specific cut - EPMD would be proud :)

The Musalini ft. Pete Rock and 9th Wonder : Carmel City 2

The vast majority of times, a sequel track is done by the original artist (for example, EPMD's "Jane" series, Ice Cube with the "Gangsta's Fairytale" pair), but this is an interesting exception. Pete Rock, the producer of the original "Carmel City" from his and CL Smooth's "The Main Ingredient" LP is here...but only on the mic, and even then only as the featured guest! Lead duties are taken by Bronx native The Musalini, and production is by a man who would absolutely name Pete Rock as an influence, North Carolina's 9th Wonder. This track has had a lot of rewinds in my headphones over the last month!

BusCrates : Get It Going

The brand new BusCrates LP, "Control Center" released this week, and it starts off with this serious groove, one which I had to let you get a good helping of before my voiceover! The new LP is overally lower in tempo than his "Blasting Off" album, and leans a little more in the direction of Hip-Hop while maintaining his funky and soulful style. BusCrates is an exceptionally skilled producer and DJ - as well as a thoroughly nice guy - who absolutely deserves your support. 

Little Brother : Sittin Alone

This track will, depending on your age, inspire mocking laughter or wry recognition! The time comes to all of us where the thought of hitting the clubs on a Saturday night sounds...kind of tiring. If nothing else, I'm sure everyone can relate to the flyer with eight different fonts on it :)  Mixing real feelings with a great bit of humour, it's just one example of the grown man rap on the "May The Lord Watch" album. As an aside - paying child support is not, of course, just a Black thing!

Kev Brown : Homework Part 1

Like most of the tracks on the "Homework" album, I wish this were a touch longer, but the man from Landover has a gift for leaving everyone wanting more! You can certainly hear his characteristic bassline action, while the high end is actually really prominent on this too, in a lo-fi fashion - almost sounds like a rough draft, but you know it's all intentional and provides a canvas for him to kick some lyrics, in case you forgot he puts in work on the mic too :)

Prodigy & Nas : Self Conscience

One of those great mixtape tracks from a previous era that you just don't hear around anymore, but absolutely deserves an airing. A concept piece lyrically, this has the late great Prodigy talking to his conscience, going back and forth, before Nas closes things out. The beat is by Infinite Arkatechz, who were basically the patron saints of sampling New Age and prog rock records (you might recognise this one). Find this somewhat forgotten classic on the "Nas & Ill Will Records Prsents...QB Finest" compilation.

dead prez : The Game Of Life (Score)

The "Soul In The Hole" soundtrack may be better known to many than the excellent film, but either way, here's the top-notch opening track, bringing a message to set the tone and frame the events of the story in a much wider context. This is actually my favourite iteration of the dead prez sound - tracks like this and "Sellin' Dope (Drugs Oppress People Everyday)" really stood out sonically from the mass of releases of the same time period. The production is provided by Da Heads - according to Discogs, only ever credited for this one song, but I'm wondering if somehow, somewhere, DJ Spinna is in the mix...

[Swizz Beatz] Nas : Salute Me (The General) (Instrumental)

Thumping, militaristic instrumental from the keyboard era. I love the opening on this before it settles down into the rhythm of the verses, which is even better on the vocal version with the opening adlibs.

Gunshot : Clear From Present Danger

RIP MC Alkaline. For those that don't know, Gunshot were truly one of the defining groups of their era, standard bearers for what became known to many as the "Britcore" style. The beats were almost always uptempo (this isn't even that fast compared to many), dramatic and dense, with a clear influence of The Bomb Squad - as time went on, this style went on to help give birth to other UK electronic music genres. The lyrics and delivery were always aggressive - as I say on the voiceover, think "action film" rather than trying to make you believe they were gangsters. This is one of the classic singles from this crew out of Leyton, East London, complete with a full lyric sheet on the back of the sleeve if you can get hold of the vinyl.

DJ Supreme ft. Son Of Noise : R.I.P.

More UK Hip-Hop royalty from the same era as Gunshot - the legendary DJ Supreme of Hijack producing for the mic-destroying Son of Noise on a 2016/7 release that shows that neither half of this combo have lost a step since they first came out. Raw, hard-edged, unapologetic British Hip-Hop on a battle tip.

Rob Swift ft. DJ Klever and Melo-D : 2-3 Break

One of the greatest DJs of all time and also a fierce defender of DJing ethics, rights, and responsibilities, Rob Swift is a man that should be held up high by all those who claim to represent Hip-Hop culture. On this 2002 cut, he pays tribute to the original "Two, Three, Break" by The B Boys (with the great Chuck Chillout on the wheels), and combines with two other turntable titans, Klever and Melo-D of Beat Junkies for a turntable workout over some classic beats and breaks. I was pleased to find that Rob's second LP "Sound Event" that this is drawn from is on streaming platforms, so don't miss out having a listen to the rest of the album.

Tobi Sunmola : Not The One

If you've heard me DJ on Twitch in the last few years, you may well have heard me play this absolute heater to great response! From Lagos to Manchester, Tobi Sunmola is a real talent with his own style, and kills it on this uptempo cut from his 2018 EP "Good Guys Don't Survive". Let's hope that this one does.

Ilajide : INDYNSUMRLUV

Faithful podcast listeners will already know how I rate this man, an incredible producer out of Detroit who hammers the funk into a sequencer like few can. The bassline is simple, but is just what's needed underneath those drums, where the hi-hats are doing the work of bringing the complexity while the kick and snare keep time. Very dope business from January's "NO SAUCEPAN TUESDAYS" album/beat tape. I'm assuming Tuesdays are for air fryers only.

Tobe Nwigwe ft. Coast Contra : DESTRUCTION

Tobe Nwigwe and his team are continuing to have success which is great to see - it's been four years since I first played him here (which is not when he started), and it's been constant elevation from there. This cut from last year's "moMINTs" album is big, booming, and as heavy as the title suggests, with Tobe, Nick Humes and Nick Baker on production. Guesting on several mics are the crew of dangerous Los Angeles MCs that is Coast Contra, who bring the heat to help close the episode in dramatic fashion. By the way, I realised how much time is flying when I realised that two members of Coast Contra are the sons of Ras Kass!

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