February 2011
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“Passion is terrifying, it can rock you, change you, bring your head under, as when a wind rises from the bottom of the sea, and you’re out there in the craft of your mortality, alone.”
—James Baldwin (via belljar-)
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march 24th, show at Bradley University.
#ftw.
Valentine
Ryan Leslie
Ryan Leslie
Valentine
Ryan Leslie
May the Fest: [EXCLUSIVE] Interview with Chet Haze →
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Interview’s Decent, they renamed me C. Rick instead of C. Rich tho lol.
Before Chet Haze dropped “Get Hazed” today, he sat down with May the Fest in our offices to talk about his influences, making the new mix tape and daily life here at Northwestern.
May The Fest: First off, how did you start off and get into the rap scene?
Chet Haze: First of all, I’d…
writer's block pt 15
i spend my days thinking of what I’m going to write about next. Thinking of lyrics, being distracted, running red lights and everything just to think of the next best line. Someone told me the other day that “writer’s block” is only writers block because I think it so.
I think i’ve come up with a hit and the next morning when I resing it tomyslf I’ve either forgotten the melody or forgotten it all period.
In all honesty, i feel pressured. Something in me feels a deep need for this next project to be better than Voice of Reason. I think VoR came out so well because I was happy, unemployed and without a care. I simply wanted to make good music. I’m on a new road to happiness, but right now the only thing that’s the same is that I’m unemployed. Maybe I’m giving myself unneeded stress.
My Aunt isn’t leaving posts on my wall, simply because as she would say, “it’s a bunch of people who can sing like Luther, but only one Luther. A bunch of men that can play like mike, but still playing on 79th.”
I’m sleepy.
listening to Dwele.
listening to Tank.
must get inspired.
now.
le sigh.
I Still Don't Love Me
C. Rich
So, last year or more like in 2009, I recorded a track over that Fear beat that I never really released…
I was listening to it right now and thought to myself I’m gonna tumbl it. Here’s the track accompanied by the lyrics…
Mama left when I was 5 years
And she left before she taught me how to conquer fear
But family always kept my lil head straight
Nothing there to debate, kept me off the streets but fuck that
So my tears formed with hate
Times that I heard from her grew few and far between
And when I finally saw her it was something like a dream
Better yet, a nightmare as she got prepared to leave
And when she left me, my soul died
Nothing telling me to, so I never cried
Stopped praying, cause my god don’t love me
And even with the truth, yea I still don’t trust me
And so I fought through the struggles as an early teen
I couldn’t give a fuck less about school I mean
These people all around, I hope they don’t judge me
It’s so far fetched but I still don’t love me
And alcohol is my only fan, I get drunk, time and time, night and night again
My girl love me but she say I’m getting distant,
And I can’t even tell her that I’m feeling so listless
What the fuck is wrong with me?!
Depression setting in, and my bottles on empty
No money cause I live off unemployment, and I shouldn’t even buy it cause I really can’t afford it
But I buy it anyway, and take another sip to try and drown em all away
Problems that is, my baggage
And I won’t hear the world when I’m laying in a casket
Dear God, I beg just save my soul
I wanna take the world by storm as I’m growing old
If music aint the way to really do it
Just give your boy a sign and I swear that I’ll take heed
Because this pain I don’t need
Something heavy on my heart, but it don’t bleed
I just need another chance at this life
Show me what I did wrong, cause I wanna make it right
I bend knees every time I try to pray
But when I start to stand I never feel amazing grace
These people all around, I hope they don’t judge me
It’s so far fetched but I still don’t love me
If you wanna DL it, lemmie know I’ll shoot the file to ya.
Kay?
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Vocal Exercise 3 (Fall For Your Type)
C. Rich
I haven’t been posting a lot lately, been trying to figure out some things…. check out this lil vocal exercise I did to Drake/Jamie Foxx’s Fall For Your Type.
Rewrote a few lyrics, and I was bored/blazed when I recorded this so there’s heavy autotune on it. (You’ve been forewarned)
Check it out, and if you like it, DL it at http://bit.ly/eZj3Id
