The first show for the Spring Semester and 2009 (Show # 13 if your keeping total count at home)!!!
Chuck & Key chop it up regarding their Winter Vacations, Barack Obama's upcoming historic inauguration, George W. Bush's last week in office, The Porn Industry and their Ballout Request, Returning Back To The L, and The Case Of The Ex and The Kidney, And much more randomness.
New music from 88-Keys, J*Davey, Ludacris, Q-Tip, The Foreign Exchange, N.E.R.D, and MORE!!!!
Playlist 1) Pete Rock & INI- Step Up 2) The Procussions- Shabach 3) Gym Class Heroes feat. Estelle- Guilty As Charged 4) Ludacris- Everyone Hates Chris 5) 88-Keys- The Friend Zone 6) 88-Keys feat. Kanye West- Stay Up! (Viagra) 7) J* Davey- No More 8) The Game feat. Ludacris- Ya Heard 9) N.E.R.D- Sooner Or Later 10) Kanye West feat. Jay-Z & J. Ivy- Never Let You Down 11) The Notorious B.I.G- Juicy 12) Murs & 9th Wonder- Put Something Down On It 13) Strange Fruit Project- Soul Travelin' 14) The Foreign Exchange- If She Breaks Your Heart 15) Q-Tip feat. D'Angelo- Believe 16) Illa J feat. Debi Nova- Sounds Like Love 17) Flying Lotus- My Chippy 18) Wale- Nike Boots 19) Oh No, Roc C, & J. Dilla- Move Pt. 2 20) Black Milk feat. Melanie Rutherford- Bond 4 Life
A new one from The Poet and myself. The story behind it will come later. It's 3:30 AM right now on Christmas Eve, and I dont feel like typing the whole story right now, lol!!! Just for the time being, "bob your heads like someone is chokin ya'" (C) Eddie Murphy to Steve Wonder on SNL.
This joint right here... and I maybe speaking for Key as well on this, is one my favorite records I have ever been a part of; now and most likely for the rest of my life. Although there have been a many of song that have come out of the Hip-Hop community within the past year that have been in support of Barack Obama, none of them have really expressed how much the election means to people. Not just from a current standpoint (economics, the war, “enter any issue that been a part of the election here”, etc), but from a history context.
This election is the breaking of many a cycle. This election has change perceptions, and in some cases, displayed how some of those perceptions have not changed. It has showed that we, as a society, have a long way to go, and a lot of work in front of us. But on a positive note, it displayed the uniting of peoples from different backgrounds in an effort for one common goal.
The grassroots genus which was Obama’s campaign was something I had never seen before in my lifetime. Everywhere, and I mean everywhere, within the past year, I have seen incredible displays of support for Obama by the public: T-Shirts, bumper stickers, through various forms of art, public access media, and more so, and MORE IMPORANTLY, support in the sense that people have signed up to vote! That right there, is a victory in itself.
It has been said that “If you don’t take part in a democracy, then it will take you apart.” It seems as if the general public has learned from the travesties of the past eight years and decided to say something about it. Voting, in this scenario, is THE ULTIMATE form vocal expression; and never should be taken for granted. If you have some type of power to better your surrounding world… don’t think about it, use it.
This is the reason why I think people follow Obama, he empowers other people. People feel compelled to actually take control of their lives and make great things happen. And when you have the power to compel your fellow man or woman, you have, without question, earned the title of a leader. When a crowd follows an individual, they usually see something of themselves within that person. It can be a characteristic they possess or want to possess. Thus is the underlining topic of this song.
There is very interesting incident that birth the creation of this song, but I’ll wait until I write the liner notes for The B.L.A.C.K Odyssey to explain that one. If you want to hear the story now, just ask next time you see me.
“I See Me” features a good friend of my mine that attends LMU with Key and I named Chad Johnson (who sings the chorus and supplies background vocals) and Kerwin Tsang of Dorm 25 on bass (if you know the history of The Flow, you already know of Mr. Tsang and The Impeccable Dorm 25). If you were in attendance at the Hip-Hop The Vote show at LMU about 3 weeks ago, you heard Key and I close our set with this song.
Please past this link along to all of your peoples and feel free to give feed back on not just the song, but also what you think about this election itself. Peace and love to all of you, I hope you enjoy the song, AND DON’T FORGET TO EXERCISE YOUR POWER ON TUESDAY!!! VOTE!!!!!
Ok, check this out. This past Saturday, my mother lend our house to a client of her's (that I found out later had family connections through some of her and my stepfather's friends), for her grandmother's 90th birthday. Now, LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR, this is NO ordinary 90 year old. She's lively and parties like she's still in her 30s. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw her getting dance on to all the new records. I mean, she was getting hyphy with the best of them! She had drink and was having a ball with her family.
Her family (especially her grandson) would go on to tell me about how she would go to the clubs with him. And don't mean the the old folks club. I mean the 21-30 year old clubs. How all the youngins would dance with her and she would be out till' 5 in the morning!!! I was in tears laughing, and in disbelief. You don't hear things like this everyday.
Futhermore, beyond the fact that she can still party, is the fact that here is a woman, beyond her twilight years, living her life like there's no tommorrow. Shit, just the fact that she is 90 and still cohesive is a blessing itself. But this woman is dancing and partying at 90!!! I know 70 year olds that can't even do that. That is a straight up miracle. I had to get a picture with the woman.
I told her she truly an inspiration. She told me no matter what, "Do what you love. Keep dancing, keep making music, do what makes you happy. Have fun with it, because that is what life is all about. Enjoy your life."
Don't worry Grandma, I got you.
Sidenote, here is some pics of Key and I taking a recording break last Friday and checking out the Lakers serving the Sixers in a blowout.
Lak Show is looking good this year. I predict them finishing at least, 5 in the West. You heard it hear first folks. You can quote me.
The other dude in the pictures is Hamilton, aka MC Like Minded. Ham went to high school with Key and I, and have been rockin' with us since The Flow's first mixtape early last year. Music runs in the family for him. His brother Hugh is also an MC and his father worked security for many huge bands, such as Aerosmith.
Funny enough, his father and my father went to high school together as well. Not mention my moms has known his moms since high school as well. Small world eh? But before he went back to The Bay to start the school year at UC Santa Clara, he wanted to get down for V.I.S.I.O.N.S. Key could not make it that day because he had a prior engagment with his family. But Ham and I still held it down and came out with a banga!!! Can't talk about it yet, ya'll just gotta wait for the album.
You can check out Ham's music @ http://www.myspace.com/therecipieforfresh
The Family Everyone came over to the crib to celebrate my grandmother's 75th birthday while we were recording. An opera trained singer with a masters in music, she is the music inspiration of the family; not to mention the most honest person I know. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMOMMY!!!!
(Taken myself during the week of my Freshman Orientation last summer)
It has been a busy week. Reason being I have not posted anything new in almost a week. This week has been made up putting some touches on beats for V.I.S.I.O.N.S (all the beats are done! Now, it's a 15 track jump off), and packing to move back to college. As I am typing this, I currently broadcasting live and direct from my new dorm from Marymount College and bumpin Justin Timberlake... lol!!! School does not begin until August 27, but the reason why I'm here so early is I'm a part of the S.O.S. Orientation crew and I gotta help the new incoming freshman get settled in properly, ya dig?
The last two days have been funny has hell. From the moment I stepped back on to the housing dorms, it seemed like the drama fest began, and my school IS FULL OF THAT SHIT!!! I don't wanna go into details (because there are other people involved and I don't spread rumors, ya dig?), but one of these stories involved my house already be occupied, some students from Korea, and a computer monitor... LMAO!!! I don't feel like typing out the whole story right now, but if you wanna know, just holla. Believe me, it was some funny shit.
There are some other some other funny details that I found about about this upcoming school year I cannot talk about just yet, but will in future entry. I know is this year is going to be eventful in various ways. I'm already in grind mode... bump what you heard, The Legendary General is back!!! LOL!!!
As packed up the other day, I started to think about what happened the around this time last year the day before I moved out. Peep the Scenario: for those of you who are just getting to know myself and my company, Honor Flow Productions, last year we released our first full L.P entitled "Fall 2 Greatness." The title was thought up by Key, in his thinking was this was not just any Fall, but THE FALL. The fall of new beginning and the new life we about to make ourselves. This L.P started as just a mixtape but over the course of a six month period (from June 2006-December 2006), after numerous changes and additions, it became the first original work from H.F.P. At this point in time, H.F.P. was only four members: Key, my best friend Anthony, my step-father's, best friend's son, D, who is a singer, and myself. Many other members of the crew had left had they left town for college. I met Buddha, A.D, Terry, and Paul all at college and they did not jump on the record until the last 2 and 1/2 months of recording.
At this point, the album was 12 tracks and I though was almost done. But time was running close, and Key and I wanted to get everything recorded before we moved out for college. But time went by, compilations arose, and as it would turn out, we would only have one day to write AND record the remaining 8 songs. And really, we did not have a full day, because Key at first could not get up to my crib. Thank God Stephen offered to give him a ride (I still owe you for that one dawg). It was around 11:30 in the morning by the time he arrived at my house. Mind you, except for one, all of the beats were done, the concepts for these records were already thought out, and Ant and D's vocals had aready been recorded over a period of that month when they came to visit me. For Key and I, it was now just a matter of execution.
Key and I would end up finishing all eight songs that day. Funny this is, only 3 of those songs recorded that day the final 19 track album. As a matter of fact, only 5 joints from the orignial 12 track demo made the final cut; 2 of those later I re-recorded the vocals and D's solo track "Why I Can't (Be The One For You)", I ended up redoing the beat and removing my 16 bar rap after the bridge. Many of these demos had been laying on my hard drive and only listened to by myself for my own personal amusement, until now.
I thought this would be fun to post those eight songs Key and I recorded that day and give a brief liner note on each track. Some of these tracks are the original demos, some of these are the album versions because I do not have the demo versions anymore. So, with out further ado, let me take you back to that hot August day in my room...
1) Fall 2 Greatness (Original Demo)
Key and I had recorded a version of this song with the same lyrics about a week before over this 9th Wonder instrumental I found online. But neither of us did not liked the finish product. It was that same week I had decide to do more original production on F2G and less "mixtape style" songs with us rapping over all artist's beats. A title track to any album is important because it is supposed to define the what the album is about. This song is that, as it reflect Key and I putting a close on our high school lives and saying hello to manhood. This why the beat has such a dramatic feel to it and has always reminded me of a scene in a movie where the hero is racing to the finish line and he or she finds that inner strength to finish; hince the military sounding drum pattern and synth bell loops. This was the first song we recorded that day, and I actually did get my verse in the first take. Nice was to start the day. This song remains one Key's favorites.
2) Vibin
I remember writing the first verse of this song while riding the D.C Metro Subway. I was in D.C while there for the NAACP Act-So competition. For some reason that trip, I was listening to "Bring It On" by Jay-Z on repeat. So the the song's instrumental, provided by NY's boom-bap king, DJ Premier, was stick in my head as I wrote this rhyme. So when I went home, and tried to make a beat for this song, I wanted to create my own Preemo boom-bap sounding beat... close but no cigar.
3)On My Mind
The "Females Are Complicated" joint. The first verse was me talking about my previous relationship from that past school year (FYI, I just found out this week she getting married), while Key's verses found him talking about his then girlfriend at time, Tarasha, with D providing the hook. I remember being stuck while trying to write my last 12 bars of the 3rd verse and puting on The Roots' "Complexity" for inspiration. This why my last 12 bars has a Black Thought-est feel to it. Plus the line of "like J. Clark rise above it" was a nod to a teammate of Key and I's on our High School track team. He actually won the California state championship in high jump this year and will be attending UCLA this fall on a full scholarship.
4) Move Around
My attempt at a Hypty beat... LMAO!!!! This beat was actually produced by D and myself. Since he is from San Jose, he wanted to make a tribute to his beloved Bay Area. He also begged me to let him rap of this. So this is why he is rapping at the beginning of the song. The "Hey Hey Heys" in the back was recorded in my bathroom at about 3 in the morning by D and I to avoid waking anyone up. Unfortunately, I still ended up waking up my sister out of a cold sleep. Although I still love the storyteling feel to the song, this shit make me wonder what I was thinking in even contemplating leaving this on the album. Thank you Ant for talking some sense into me on this one, lol!!!
5) Last Stand
Next to "Summer Madness," this was my favorite "mixtape" style joint we have done. All you Blackstar fantatics may recognize this as the Pete Rock Remix to "Respiration." The concept was I wanted all the orignial H.F.P members to come together for one more song before everyone went to college. Problem was two them had a fall out the night of graduation at the party they threw and could not stand being near each other anymore (they still have not talked to each other to this day). That is why I had to rap on the third verse. That was not planned at first. I even addressed this on the verse if you listen closely. Another reason I love this song was because this was of my favorite verses from Ant. The "I don't lean with it, I don't rock with it/I just step on my board, I just grind with it," line makes us laugh to this day. Shit, I have tears in my ears right now while type this from laughing about it now!!! What makes it even more funny was when the line came with it, Ant and I thought it would be great to put some snaps in the back to give it an "authentic" snap music feel. The other thing I love about this verse was my scratching at the end. The line was taken from Eminem joint "Encore." The line "Let's rally, hands up for the grand finally" couldn't has spoke truer. This was going to be the closing track.
6) 2 Many Rappers
This is how Key and I felt fell about Hip-Hop last summer, and honestly, we still feel like this. I'm sure many of you have heard a song before and go "How in the hell did (Fill in a Wack MC's name here) get signed?" This is what Key and I were touching on in this song. For the song's intro, I was trying to find a wack song playing on the radio to play through the mic and then do my little "goin' off" moment of how wack it was. For some old reason, that day, the radio was not playing any wack songs. At the time, Key and I were hungry as hell and could not think of a wack song to play. If you know Key as well as I do, you know he starts acting real goofy he does not get something in his stomach. This is when the golden moment struck. I could not stand D4L's "Laffy Taffy," (and to this day I still can't even listen to even 5 Seconds of that song!). I thought those niggas should be arrested if they ever touch a mic again. And Key, at his goofyness highest, out the blue, started to sing the hook to Laffy Taffy. That's when the idea hit. I went in the booth and started to vocally mimic the synth loop from the song, then I told Key to go in the booth and start singing "Laffy Taffy." Once my sister came in and added Fabo's "Candy Girl" line, it was a rap, lol!!! This is the actual album version.
7) 1,2,3
This song contains another favorite verse of my mine from Ant. This beat reminded me of crusing down the Vence Boardwalk on a Skateboard or a Bike (or a Razor Scooter that day in that case, lol). This song contains the H.F.P term, "50 Skittles." This is play off what Jay-Z said at the beginning of the remix of Missy Elliot's "One Minute Man," "50 Grand I get this in one take!!!" Shit, we don't have 50 Grand to throw around like Hov. However, we can afford the big movie size bag of skittles for $2.00, lol!!! So we would say "50 Skittles I get this in one take," instead of 50 grand. The thing makes me crunge about this song is, so the album could fit on the 80 Minute CD, had to cut down Key's show stealing verse, which was too long. Actually, that is the album version and the second time I had to cut the verse down, because he rewrote his verse and re-recorded. But it was STILL to long! You can hear his verse actually cut off at the end. Sorry dawg.
8) Comin' To The Stage
This track was made in not the 11th hour, but in the 11th minute. This was the one beat that was not made before that day. I made this beat in 30 minutes, right before Key had to leave. It is very minimalistic, but that why it bangs so much. I remember Key in front of the microphone, shuffing about 3 pages of raps while delilvering this. At the part when he says "I'm gonna change up the flow," that him shuffing paper. He rips this beat apart!! He was a little mad when I ended up taking this off the album. Maybe one of these days we'll revamp this joint and go at it again.
9) On The Verge (Intro)
This was the orignial intro to the album. This was recorded actually a week before the eight track jam session. It was a continuation of our conversation intro from the "Summer Madness Vol. 1" mixtape. This was just us choppin it up. No script or anything, this was just Key and I pressing record and talking about what is going on in our lives at time. Some of the inside jokes you would only get if you heard the S.M Vol. 1 intro would be first, the phone always ringing during our conversation, two, the term "Seductive Sweat," which is is a term that is used between the homies and I describing how a girl looks sexy sweating, while dancing in the club (fellas you know what I'm talking about right?), and three, my dreams of meeting different celebrities (after taking Psychology last semester, I can only guess it reflects my inner ambitions, as dreams can do for people). The last part was us talking about Ant and I going to a club the week before and madness that went down. Key didn't want to go with us that night because he did not want to do something that he might regret (he was with Tarasha at time). He made a wise decision... LOL!!!!
I hope all of you have enjoyed this little walk down H.F.P. memory lane. I really enjoyed writing this and revisiting these tracks. This was the beginning of what you know now. So when you hear V.I.S.I.O.N.S, you will understand how all this started, and see how far we have come.
7 Years of writing rhymes, hundreds of pause tape beats, 4 years of DJing, 2 Mixtapes, 1 Group L.P, 1 Group E.P, a radio show, 19 years of growth, a dream and the grace of God has brought me to this point. I have been waiting to record my official debut album for a long time. As it would turn out, I will not be making this journey alone. But I couldn't have been blessed more with a better friend and "partner in rhyme" then Keyon. His thoughts and point of view helps broaden this album, while helping maintain the tread essence of our message. We have one of those working relationships where our chemistry can be non-verbal. We know what needs to be done and how to do it without saying a word. I guess that is in part why we are close friends.
We were friends way before I founded H.F.P. As a matter of fact, he did not know I rhymed until late into our Freshman year of High School. We met through trying out for the basketbal team (he played all four years, I was cut all four years). I also did not know he wrote poetry until late sophomore year. Is was not until the end of our junior year did I ask him if he wanted to start turning those poems to songs. The concept of us recording an album together was conceived almost a year and a half ago. But I going to leave the full story behind the album for the liner notes. I will have those posted here and on H.F.P's Myspace page once the album is out.
Sidenote, the dark brotha in the first picture is Stephen, a homeboy of Key & I's that went to high school with us. Keep came through to hang out with us and kick one of the funniest freestyles I have ever heard. I may posted it up here one of these days. Oh, one other thing, I usually not one to give out details on projects I'm working on until right up to the release, but I can tell you this...
1. The album's name (if you don't know by now)- V.I.S.I.O.N.S
2. The MCs that are so cold, they make mics freeze- DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL" & Key-Real "The Poet"
3. Production- All handled by your truly
4. Guest Appearances- Some people I've worked with before, somebody I have not worked with before.
5. How many tracks?- 14 Bangas with 2 Interlude Beats stuck somewhere in between (a la Pete Rock, Soulquarians).
6. When Does It Drop?- This September
DJ Chuck & Key-Real- V.I.S.I.O.N.S. In 2007 We're Gonna Help You See Clear... Coming September 2007
Yahoo has finally posted that Common show Key, P, and myself was at 2 and a half weeks ago. Just go to Yahoo, click on music, and you'll see it under "Nissan Live Sets." Three of us were on the left side of the stage and could be seen clearly at some points (if you look hard). It was easy to point myself out because I had a hat on (plus my glasses were reflecting off the camera like a mirror). Just look for a skinny brotha, wearing a Navy Blue and sliver Kangol hat and a black "J Dilla Changed My Life" T-Shirt on. You'll find me along with Key & fellow blogger Patrick.
This made my Friday when I saw this...
I have bought 12 albums in the last week, this is one of them (took me a while to get this)....
Another must have from the HOJ team... Getback is next...
I did something on Friday I have not done in a cool minute. That's seeing two movies in one day. I didn't plan on it, it was straight up random. I saw "The Simpsons Movie" and "Talk To Me" last night with my little sister. Needless to say, it was a full 6 hours of entertainment and inside jokes. That is why I love going to movies with my sister, there are just some inside jokes or plan goofy ass jokes that I tell that no one with get (or laugh at) but my sister. I may make a crazy observation about what is seen on screen and whisper to my sister. She does the same as well. It creates a series of inside jokes that may continue days, weeks, months, EVEN years. Makes the experience that much better.
Not to give anything way, I will say this about "The Simpsons Movie." If you love the show, you will think this movie is straight up and down classic. As a long time viewer and fan of the show, I am VERY pleased how the movie turned out. It was 90 straight minutes of laughter and madness, as only The Simpsons can deliver. It was 18 years worth the wait. And even if your not a avid watcher of the show, you will still enjoy this movie.
Ya boy guest starring on The Simpsons (I got pretty close with my likeness. But it could be better).
Like I said before, it was not planned to see two movies in one day. My sister and I got outta The Simpsons around 6:45. As we are walking down the escalator I just said, "Yo, we still have daylight. Do you feel like seeing another movie?" Of course my sister is all one for getting out the house, so she was down. The showing started at 7:10. Could not have timed it better.
I have trying to peep this movie since I saw the ad one day watching t.v. As a radio DJ myself, I had to check this out. Plus Don Cheadle is one of my favorite actors. As a side note, I cannot wait to see him portray Miles Davis in his autobio flick next year. That's going to be mad ill. But back to "Talk To Me," before I saw the movie, I was trying to figure out, since this dude "Peedy" Greene had such an impact in the field of talk radio, why have I not heard of this dude before? But then again, I thought there have been SO many impactful Blacks in history that we have never heard of,(or who's history had been played down in pop culture), so go figure. I remember saying to my sister, after overviewing age range in the audience, "I bet money we are the young people in here." This one lady overheard me and started laughing, I didn't know untill we were walking out the movie that it was friend of the family I had not see in a cool minute. It was cool to talking to Floyd again, because she is one to always to real in a conversation.
The movie was excellent. It shows that anybody can make something of themselves... if they want to. Don Cheadle gave another award winning performance. The thing I love about his work is when you see him a flick, you feel like your watching the character, not Don. I have seen him do it in EVERY film I've watched him in. Honestly, I have to agree with my moms, Don is better with the "chameleon" acting techinque then Denzel. With Denzel, although he loses himself in the role as well, Denzel still has his little signatures where you know it's still Denzel. EVERY movie he's in has that ONE line that everyone remembers. Examples: "This ain't no bank robbery!" - Inside Man
"I am not going to bury my son, my son is going to bury me!" - John Q
And of course... "King Kong ain't got shit on me!" - Training Day
Get the point?
All the acting performances were top notch, and I cannot forget about Taraji P. Henson. (Visualizes Taraji for a moment), to quote De La, "Oooh Oooh, Ooh, ooh," damn that girl is bomb!!!! 70's dresses and afros on chicks were made sexy again for me while watching that movie. The soundtrack always had me bobbin' my head as well. I'm fan of old school Soul and R&B. I was defiantly happy I wore my James Brown T-Shirt that day. It felt like a honor. This movie has mad quotables! I would restate them here, but I don't want to give them away. You have to see the movie for yourself. It's worth your time and money, no doubt.
Lastly, while trying to kill time before the 1st movie, I finally copped the deluxe edition of Jaylib's "Champion Sound." This was the classic collaboration album between J. Dilla and Madlib. If you don't know about this album, let me give you a quick lesson history behind it. Around 2000, DJ J-Rocc (founder of L.A based DJ crew, The Beat Junkies, also with DJ Babu from Dilated Peoples), passed a beat tape full of unreleased joints by Dilla to Madlib. Madlib, inspirited by these beats, record his own vocals over them. Madlib had no intentions of releasing them, but after Stones Throw put out one of the Jaylib cuts on a mixtape, the track started to catch fire; eventually becoming a sought after bootleged 12". This is when Dilla found out. Jay had worked with Madlib before on his ill-fated (and still unreleased) album for MCA Records. When Dilla called Madlib to see what the deal was, this is when two decided to start sending beat to each other and make the Jaylib project official. According to Jay Dee, the album was recorded in a two-track recording, mixtape/Dub style; just the beat and the MC's vocals. That's why the album as such a raw feel to it.
The deluxe edition is a 2-disk set with unreleased remixes, b-sides, and all the instrumentals from the album. Although I have a original pressing of "Champion Sound," it was cool for me as a DJ because I am one to collect remixes, b-sides, and instrumentals. This album is banging from beginning to end, and is a must have for any one that loves real Hip-Hop. However, there is only one complaint have regarding the re-issue. The beat for "The Red," which is not only one of the most popular tracks on the album, but also in the whole Stones Throw discography, had to be change because the sample for the track came to light all over internet message boards, and Chis Williamson, the aritst of "The Red's" sample, "Shine On," issued a cease-and-desist against Stones Throw. This is what held up the re-release of the album.
You cannot get mad a Williamson for doing this, you gotta clear your samples man (or chop them up beyond recondition). But damn, "The Red" is one of the best songs on the album! The new version is still dope, but it cannot top the original. As a matter of fact, that was one of my favorite Jay Dee beats that made me declare him as my favorite producer. The song also holds another special place in my heart because my homeboy Keyon and I rhymed over it last summer for H.F.P's second mixtape entitled "Summer Madness Vol. 1." I still love how that record came out. I highly recommend picking up this album, and getting a hold of the original version of "The Red." It should be on the internet and it's on Stones Throw's 10 Years Compilation LP(which is also worth copping as well).
As a matter of fact, I'm gonna give 2 ya'll...
And, I'll even bring the DJ Chuck & Key-Real remix outta the H.F.P. vault.This was recorded in my room, in my home studio I call "The Cotton Club" (named after the famous Black Jazz club once located in Harlem), on a dynamic mic, with our mic stand being a broom stick, held up by some boxes and books, and the mic holder being my step-father's old PDA case taped to the top of the stick. We have come along way since then... trust me. LOL!!!
Los Angeles AKA DA Wild Wild West, California, United States
DJ Chuck "thE oLd SouL," prez & owner of The Mighty, Mighty, Honor Flow Productions and a Young Black Man with a lot of his mind that "thinks too much" (c) A.D.
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