Mission Statement for the Summer

Some of y’all might have wondered why I’ve been largely absentee from this website in the last year. There’s a couple reasons for that, but the main one is that I’m in graduate school now and my free time to do music and post it online has been basically non-existent for the last 9 months or so. But it’s (just about) summer vacation, and I’ve got some biz to take care of. So with that in mind, I’ve got four goals for this summer, and can’t nobody stop me:

1. Everything must go.

I’m sitting on a big back catalog of pretty damn good beats that people have expressed interest in but never used. Eff that. If you’ve got songs, I’ve got beats. It helps to have a previous relationship with me, but I’ll entertain offers from anybody. Twitter is a good way to reach out to me, but make it clear that you’re interested in doing business. If it looks like spam, I’m gonna treat it like spam. Nothing would make me happier than to clear this old crap out.

2. New Chop s**t.

In January, I started work on my debut solo album, which I’m currently calling Polite Society. I’m going to get that finished in the next few weeks and in your hands by fall. Yell at me if I don’t have a progress update by about mid-July. To whatever extent I have fans, I think they’re really going to be impressed by this one.

3. Conspicuous consumption.

Still working with @thehonestape on a promotions company that’s largely focused on dance music. We already pushed a soft launch with DJ Diamond Tip‘s Energy Crisis mixtape and you should expect more soon.

4. New collaborations.

I got heat in the chamber with Crew54, and everybody’s been real supportive of my work with the League of Extraordinary G’z in the last year, so expect more projects with them. Still in the process of laying some stuff down with Feddi Man, and I also plan to work with Tip some more.

There’s a lot on my plate, but I’m resolving that this summer will be full of new music. Let’s get it.

Fasciculatin’ nerves, son.

Yes, I had to look that up.  I was bored this weekend, so I took a little time out from working on tracks for my own album to remix a joint from last summer’s Milk & Donuts mixtape by Mike & Ike.  Cuts courtesy of DJ Diamond Tip.  Enjoy, and let me know what you think via the comments section.  Any emcees or singers looking for production, have your people email my people.

Mike & Ike | Contra (Chop Steak Remix)

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