What Happened To You Musically Raf?
What's up everyone? Hope everyone is having a happy holiday season. I'm up late on a Monday night/Tuesday morning, listening to this, "Some Love Lost," album by Joe Budden, and it has me thinking all kinds of thoughts, so I thought I'd blog for you guys and share my thoughts.
First and foremost, this album is amazing, and absolutely one of the best albums released in 2014 in my opinion. It hits on everything that I love about music. It's right to the point, no filler, and great content. It's real! It's personal! There's no bullshit throughout the album. Just one man, a microphone, and complete honesty. I love it. There's not too many times that these famous musicians release music and I feel it the way that I feel this record. The closest thing I can think of off the top of the head, is Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or 808's and Heartbreak. The feeling this album gives me is rare to say the least.
The reason that this album hits home for me so much is because, this is the album that I've been trying to make for the past 3 years at least. This is the album, that my last album, "The Miserable Mind of Marques," was supposed to be. I remember sitting in my home in Colorado, and wanting to write what became M3, and being afraid to write it, because I feared the results of those thoughts and that complete honesty in my music. Of all people, it took my wife to tell me to write it, if for nothing, then to get the thoughts off my chest and out of my mind. So I did, but I still wasn't completely honest throughout that album. I held back because I felt some things were best left unsaid. So my mind remained miserable. I still haven't made that album that I want to give you all, and I'll probably never deliver it to you. It'll just continue to eat away in my mind, with maybe a glimpse into it here and there. But Some Love Lost? That was what I was aiming to write, right there.
A question I'm often asked, is What changed from Blaze vs Doom, to Lyrical Renaissance? Or Blaze vs Doom to M3? Or even Blaze vs Doom till now? What's missing? What happened Raf? Well, I've narrowed it down to two things. Back when I was recording Blaze vs Doom (which is considered to be my best work musically), I was still young minded, and the Hip Hop dream came before my career. It was rap or bust back then. I didn't want to be anything else but a rapper. Sure, I wanted to excel in my career, but the music came first, and because of that, I suffered in my career, but made the best music of my life. Not the smartest move I've made, but that's the honest truth. Now, my career comes first to support my family, and the music comes second.
The second thing that was different about Blaze vs Doom in comparison to the albums that followed it, was the fact that, when I recorded BvD, it was just me, the music, and the microphone. I recorded that project all by myself, all alone, sitting in my man cave. I wasn't in someone's studio with them watching me, or listening to me, it was just me, alone with my thoughts and creativity. Nobody could stop me or say that I should make it sound this way or that way. It was all me. When I recorded L.R just 6 months later, I was recording with a new individual, and kinda held back a bit because I wasn't as comfortable really being me musically in his studio. He's a great guy, and we wound up working together again on M3, but it was a completely different vibe working with him, than when I did it myself. There was nothing he did wrong at all, he kind of even stayed out of my way musically, but I held back for some reason. Not quite sure why.
Go back and listen to an Ohh Gianna in comparison to something like, The Filth, from M3, and there's a total difference there. I can hear it myself folks. Something is missing, and I don't know how to balance it back. I recently recorded a new track called, Still Spittin, and I feel like that's the beginning of the turnaround, so I'm excited musically. I have some stories to tell, whether they're miserable or not. Hopefully those who love and support my rhymes, are enjoying what you're hearing and are excited for what's to come.
Anyway, that's been it. Just thought I'd drop a blog and get these thoughts off my chest. What do you all think? Is Blaze vs Doom the standard record by what my music should be judged, or do you have a different favorite? Let me know what you'd like to hear from me or what's your favorite style. As always folks, thanks for reading, and I'll talk to you on the next one. Peace.
First and foremost, this album is amazing, and absolutely one of the best albums released in 2014 in my opinion. It hits on everything that I love about music. It's right to the point, no filler, and great content. It's real! It's personal! There's no bullshit throughout the album. Just one man, a microphone, and complete honesty. I love it. There's not too many times that these famous musicians release music and I feel it the way that I feel this record. The closest thing I can think of off the top of the head, is Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy or 808's and Heartbreak. The feeling this album gives me is rare to say the least.
The reason that this album hits home for me so much is because, this is the album that I've been trying to make for the past 3 years at least. This is the album, that my last album, "The Miserable Mind of Marques," was supposed to be. I remember sitting in my home in Colorado, and wanting to write what became M3, and being afraid to write it, because I feared the results of those thoughts and that complete honesty in my music. Of all people, it took my wife to tell me to write it, if for nothing, then to get the thoughts off my chest and out of my mind. So I did, but I still wasn't completely honest throughout that album. I held back because I felt some things were best left unsaid. So my mind remained miserable. I still haven't made that album that I want to give you all, and I'll probably never deliver it to you. It'll just continue to eat away in my mind, with maybe a glimpse into it here and there. But Some Love Lost? That was what I was aiming to write, right there.
A question I'm often asked, is What changed from Blaze vs Doom, to Lyrical Renaissance? Or Blaze vs Doom to M3? Or even Blaze vs Doom till now? What's missing? What happened Raf? Well, I've narrowed it down to two things. Back when I was recording Blaze vs Doom (which is considered to be my best work musically), I was still young minded, and the Hip Hop dream came before my career. It was rap or bust back then. I didn't want to be anything else but a rapper. Sure, I wanted to excel in my career, but the music came first, and because of that, I suffered in my career, but made the best music of my life. Not the smartest move I've made, but that's the honest truth. Now, my career comes first to support my family, and the music comes second.
The second thing that was different about Blaze vs Doom in comparison to the albums that followed it, was the fact that, when I recorded BvD, it was just me, the music, and the microphone. I recorded that project all by myself, all alone, sitting in my man cave. I wasn't in someone's studio with them watching me, or listening to me, it was just me, alone with my thoughts and creativity. Nobody could stop me or say that I should make it sound this way or that way. It was all me. When I recorded L.R just 6 months later, I was recording with a new individual, and kinda held back a bit because I wasn't as comfortable really being me musically in his studio. He's a great guy, and we wound up working together again on M3, but it was a completely different vibe working with him, than when I did it myself. There was nothing he did wrong at all, he kind of even stayed out of my way musically, but I held back for some reason. Not quite sure why.
Go back and listen to an Ohh Gianna in comparison to something like, The Filth, from M3, and there's a total difference there. I can hear it myself folks. Something is missing, and I don't know how to balance it back. I recently recorded a new track called, Still Spittin, and I feel like that's the beginning of the turnaround, so I'm excited musically. I have some stories to tell, whether they're miserable or not. Hopefully those who love and support my rhymes, are enjoying what you're hearing and are excited for what's to come.
Anyway, that's been it. Just thought I'd drop a blog and get these thoughts off my chest. What do you all think? Is Blaze vs Doom the standard record by what my music should be judged, or do you have a different favorite? Let me know what you'd like to hear from me or what's your favorite style. As always folks, thanks for reading, and I'll talk to you on the next one. Peace.
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