Kats and I have been building together via tracks for the past 3-4 years. We met through my homie Nathaniel, a mutual friend of ours who had a dope hip-hop blog, HipHopLinguistics.com. (We need you posting again Nat!) Kats has always been creative with his content and flow – he was the perfect addition to this track.
First verse:
Take a good look / every scar a tall tale / so far who came for the belt / they all failed / emcees packaged in bubble-rap / so frail / a bunch of glass jaws smashed / ball game! / so when the call came / I ain’t let it ring twice / I can spit a gutter ugly rap before i sing nice / my persona king sized / what you think holmes? / You won’t catch me with my mink on, fight night, ring side… / think twice / but blink once and miss the whole show / best approval ratings of my life is what the polls show / fo’ sho’ me and scholarman got the all pro / dope flow / got the crowd jumping like a pogo / plus the ice cream’s free and organic / we got joints in the vault so don’t panic / soganic music is known to all damnit / all around the globe and all planets
Second Verse:
I got tough alligator skin / haters been / steady trying to fade my kin / but we’re too great within….
so label him conscious rap / me? i’m that obnoxious cat / show up uninvited if i find out where your function’s at / so action-packed they say my catalog’s the cadillac of battle raps / and scholar swings a mean battle axe / I splatter tracks, matter of fact, examined closely or just at a glance /
ain’t another motherfucker bad as kats
More beats from my new instrumental project “The Lasting,” check them out below. Look for the completed digital project in a few weeks. This preview features beats Eyes Up, Everything Black and Worthy.
I met JonBlaq via Silent War; a few conversations about future projects prompted War to recommend Blaq’s music – Im glad I checked him out. Just as War, Blaq is a dope lyricist with a new project out, “The Book of Jon.” Check out his lyrics from Search below.
I see you search / you lurkin to find fame /swerving inside of your lane / what I feel inside of my veins / its so significant / me and the mic are intimate / find the heartbeat of the track inside of my sentences living inside the booth / while your roaming around the premices /still admire my penmenship / waiting for me to finish it /ending it aint an option or even a possibility so toxic the opposite of a remedy /hoping you’ll see it visibly / dealing with opposition / rap is like a sport / one eye on the competition / God given wisdom / Im driven by his ambition /had to learn to listen and find out what I was missing / pride is like poison / I needed an intermission /thats why I write rhymes like Im holding an intervention / JonBlaq Im the leader of the resistance / still I gotta holla at Scholar to keep em guessing / yall just see the symptoms we dealing with the infection / this is old testament evidence of a bigger plan / I understand what I never knew I could comprehend / everything you hearing is something I probably bottled in
In prepping my 2011 album ExiSTANCE, I recorded several tracks to choose from. Obviously not all of them made the cut. Here is the first track of this bunch that I decided to share. Vocalize….
Today’s verse of the day is by my homie Silent War. War and I met via my Facebook page almost two years ago and have been building over tracks ever since. He was on my album ExiSTANCE and also worked with me on a couple of my free projects. As always, he dropped some ill poetics on this track.
I’m like Gator wit’ a new dance / 2 stepping to life / who ripping the mic tonight / WAR, Scholar, Blaq …the life / of the party / by Nature I’m Naughty / hardly your average MC / soul of a griot / story teller on beats / lyrically guided by the force / divorce childish ways / married to my manhood / I got a son to raise / I raise my feet to blaze the beat / I run lyrical marathons / inspiration’s my water, the strength to carry on / on deck is the resurgence of the lyricist / cause dudes is sounding real wrist bent like Deliverance / I’m a full grown man / with full grown plans / to disband the brand of the ignorant black man son / I’m like Coltrane with a gold chain / rap enthusiast / clap to the music / just…feel the vibe / and come alive like Lazarus / cause to your mental health / a lot of music is hazardous / I’d rather just sit back and listen to Sketches of Spain / Embrace Horizon / eyes is on the prize mayne / WAR…the artist currently known as unknown / so I grind hard / define God through poems and microphones…Yeah.
In May I will be dropping a new instrumental project with over 20 beats. From hip-hop to r&b, this project will have some of everything I have been cooking up over the past two years or so. Check out the clip below that contains two of the joints on the digital album. “I Got Plenty” & “The Lasting”
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