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Tuesday 31 March 2009
Friday 27 March 2009
Sunday 22 March 2009
All Night Long Video (Unofficial)!
I made a quick video of the song I put up in the last post...Enjoy...
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P.s If you like this, leave a comment and see the first episode in this "Cartoon video series" HERE
Right Click the play button for full screen
P.s If you like this, leave a comment and see the first episode in this "Cartoon video series" HERE
Monday 16 March 2009
The Seed : Beggar (mp3 snippet)
Following my new years resolution to do more collabs...I did a collab!!
"The Seed" is a collective of musicians put together by Bass player/producer Jack Blundell with the aim to encourage LIVE Pop/Hip Hop/Soul RnB in the Uk. Jack hooked up with me and shax after seeing shax on myspace and seeing him perform. I met Jack personally when I did the shoreditch performance a couple weeks ago (See my "shoreditch encore" post).
Basically, he sent a song (the beat done by live musicians including himself) to shax who wrote a verse and chorus for it, then sent it to me - I wrote a verse for it too and sent Jack a rough copy. Jack was happy with it so we all hooked up at my house on the weekend to record the song - unfortunately, I didnt record much of the session in terms of video but you can listen to the final product...ive included my LYRICS below (I remembered today that I loved reading lyrics in album inlays - downloads take that away...thought id use the net to bring that back)
Anyway...enjoy and rap along!!
The Seed ft Shax and Incisive: Beggar (Snippet)
Incisive Beggar Lyrics:
"Yea babes, ill be there babes"/Thats what he says
And she smiles, says "Ok"/and drops the phone
Then he prays like "Oh god!"/cause he is prone/to misbehave
See he aint going nowhere, no how,/no way HOSEI!
Already got an excuse/ to make it A-Ok
And shes all ready to introduce/dudes to pops and mums
Playing with her food/twidiling her thumbs
Looking at her watch/but he's watching the game
I tried to tell her/but she aint clocking his game
and you cant hate a bredda/hot on his game
He's got the ball/so when she gets home, its nutmeg
See - a text is all he needs to execute/his excuse
"My batt died-tried to get this charged
but she just got discharged/i couldnt leave my marge.
hope your parents didnt mind-plan to do another time -
honest, promise. xxxxxxxx"
After you've rapped along, listen to the FULL version here (trust me, its worth it!)
"The Seed" is a collective of musicians put together by Bass player/producer Jack Blundell with the aim to encourage LIVE Pop/Hip Hop/Soul RnB in the Uk. Jack hooked up with me and shax after seeing shax on myspace and seeing him perform. I met Jack personally when I did the shoreditch performance a couple weeks ago (See my "shoreditch encore" post).
Basically, he sent a song (the beat done by live musicians including himself) to shax who wrote a verse and chorus for it, then sent it to me - I wrote a verse for it too and sent Jack a rough copy. Jack was happy with it so we all hooked up at my house on the weekend to record the song - unfortunately, I didnt record much of the session in terms of video but you can listen to the final product...ive included my LYRICS below (I remembered today that I loved reading lyrics in album inlays - downloads take that away...thought id use the net to bring that back)
Anyway...enjoy and rap along!!
The Seed ft Shax and Incisive: Beggar (Snippet)
Incisive Beggar Lyrics:
"Yea babes, ill be there babes"/Thats what he says
And she smiles, says "Ok"/and drops the phone
Then he prays like "Oh god!"/cause he is prone/to misbehave
See he aint going nowhere, no how,/no way HOSEI!
Already got an excuse/ to make it A-Ok
And shes all ready to introduce/dudes to pops and mums
Playing with her food/twidiling her thumbs
Looking at her watch/but he's watching the game
I tried to tell her/but she aint clocking his game
and you cant hate a bredda/hot on his game
He's got the ball/so when she gets home, its nutmeg
See - a text is all he needs to execute/his excuse
"My batt died-tried to get this charged
but she just got discharged/i couldnt leave my marge.
hope your parents didnt mind-plan to do another time -
honest, promise. xxxxxxxx"
After you've rapped along, listen to the FULL version here (trust me, its worth it!)
All Night Long...(free mp3)
Sup people,
So I realised today that ive been taking too long to update my blog. I guess to keep people really interested and to get them to check it everyday, I gotta update it everyday. Its not really practical to do this due to either my busy schedule - or because I just cant think of what to post - Dunno if you've noticed but I like to add a video or song (that I personally made) with every post so if I havent got anything new - I dont really post.
Ive been sitting here for most of the evening and now all of the night trying to find something to post but then realised that I spoil you - most bloggers just write stuff and dont neccessarily post content or those who do, normally post content that not even bloody there own and is available on 100 other blog pages - so why am I searching my brain and hard drive to upload new content - do you know how long these videos I upload take to edit!?!?!?
Anyway...I guess ill update you with whats going on - still pushing "Release" - my lead single/album - the video and single so look out for that - video is taking longer than expected to surface but these things happen.....the radio side is not bad though...couple people call me a couple times a week saying that "YOU'RE ON THE RADIO" which is cool - even though they normally call me when im at work so I answer with my mad work voice, talking all funny like "oh...really...that is excellent...speak to you more about it later"....
err what else....oh yea...
Im thinking of reorganising strategy again and put out a mixtape...a FREE mixtape..and then the album. After having new artist Drakes "So far gone" free mixtape on heavy rotation (Listen Here)- im not sure I can justify selling a mixtape - his mixtape is better than most albums I have heard in the last couple years - real talk - check that out if you can - its a free download.
Speaking of free download - I guess I cant post without giving you something....
Incisive & Hazardous : All Night Long (Produced by Nutty P)
The story behind this is as follows....
You may or may not know that I have been making music for like ever....like since I was 9 (1993...) I was actually RECORDING songs...(I find that impressive and pathetic at the same time - like..."wow you been making music for time!!!...you still aint blown??!")..anyway...ive done countless random songs but in terms of actual albums put together 3 ACTUAL albums with the guy I used to rap with (Hazardous) so these albums/mixtapes I put out this year will be my 4th and 5th studio albums. (I know its alot of stuff but my earliest stuff wasnt...lets say "commercially ready")...
However...All night long, the song I have attached was on the 3rd album we done in 2003 called "Checkmate". So yea...enjoy - I personally this song was ahead of its time and you can hear (hopefully) that by then, we had honed our skills to a mainstream level....my voice is deeper than it is now though...I think im happier now and so a brighter tone in my voice!!
Enjoy... and leave a comment
Incisive & Hazardous : All Night Long (Produced By Nutty P)
'Cisive
(Yes I posted the same song twice in this post in case you didnt see it earlier)
So I realised today that ive been taking too long to update my blog. I guess to keep people really interested and to get them to check it everyday, I gotta update it everyday. Its not really practical to do this due to either my busy schedule - or because I just cant think of what to post - Dunno if you've noticed but I like to add a video or song (that I personally made) with every post so if I havent got anything new - I dont really post.
Ive been sitting here for most of the evening and now all of the night trying to find something to post but then realised that I spoil you - most bloggers just write stuff and dont neccessarily post content or those who do, normally post content that not even bloody there own and is available on 100 other blog pages - so why am I searching my brain and hard drive to upload new content - do you know how long these videos I upload take to edit!?!?!?
Anyway...I guess ill update you with whats going on - still pushing "Release" - my lead single/album - the video and single so look out for that - video is taking longer than expected to surface but these things happen.....the radio side is not bad though...couple people call me a couple times a week saying that "YOU'RE ON THE RADIO" which is cool - even though they normally call me when im at work so I answer with my mad work voice, talking all funny like "oh...really...that is excellent...speak to you more about it later"....
err what else....oh yea...
Im thinking of reorganising strategy again and put out a mixtape...a FREE mixtape..and then the album. After having new artist Drakes "So far gone" free mixtape on heavy rotation (Listen Here)- im not sure I can justify selling a mixtape - his mixtape is better than most albums I have heard in the last couple years - real talk - check that out if you can - its a free download.
Speaking of free download - I guess I cant post without giving you something....
Incisive & Hazardous : All Night Long (Produced by Nutty P)
The story behind this is as follows....
You may or may not know that I have been making music for like ever....like since I was 9 (1993...) I was actually RECORDING songs...(I find that impressive and pathetic at the same time - like..."wow you been making music for time!!!...you still aint blown??!")..anyway...ive done countless random songs but in terms of actual albums put together 3 ACTUAL albums with the guy I used to rap with (Hazardous) so these albums/mixtapes I put out this year will be my 4th and 5th studio albums. (I know its alot of stuff but my earliest stuff wasnt...lets say "commercially ready")...
However...All night long, the song I have attached was on the 3rd album we done in 2003 called "Checkmate". So yea...enjoy - I personally this song was ahead of its time and you can hear (hopefully) that by then, we had honed our skills to a mainstream level....my voice is deeper than it is now though...I think im happier now and so a brighter tone in my voice!!
Enjoy... and leave a comment
Incisive & Hazardous : All Night Long (Produced By Nutty P)
'Cisive
(Yes I posted the same song twice in this post in case you didnt see it earlier)
Sunday 8 March 2009
Not Where but Who...
Encore performance @ Shoreditch House - Watch then read!!!!
(Right click play button for full screen!!)
Ive had a crazy week this week with two quite big performances with shax and his band - on Monday at Shoreditch House, and on Friday just gone, I, Incisive, was live on stage at the Indigo02, again, with shax and his band. Ive realised something this week that I wanna share with ya...sit up...
I really didnt know what to expect from either of them because truth be told, I didnt know what either what the nights were about!! They were basically Shax's performances that he brought me in to do the "Release" Track on. Thats the reason I didnt REALLY invite people down like that - it wasnt REALLY MY show!! I just happened to be doing one song with shax out of the four that he would be performing.
I did know that I was REALLY looking forward to the Indigo02 performance. I had heard that Shoreditch House is like a private members club and the people that go there are normally "Media" people. For this reason, I was a bit weary because "Media" crowds tend to be the WORST...no interaction, and minimal clapping!!!
The Indigo02 on the other hand has housed BUSTA RHYMES, NAS and several huge acts - it was a student sorta event as well so I was soooo excited about performing there and visualised a crazy "Dr. Dre" type concert when I performed (You gotta visualise your performances!!) - as for shoreditch - I didnt know WHAT to visualise!!!
Now that week is done though, Ive come to realise that its not about WHERE, but WHO.... In reality, the Indig02, even though it was on a huge stage, with proper lights, huge concert speakers, and we were filmed in HD and projected on two HUGE plasma screens for those too far back to see....the audience was DEAD.....Ive heard it all about there being "no such thing as a dead audience"...but na bruv...this audience was DEAD...and they were seated...so they were sitting down and comfortably DEAD!! We done our thing though and performed and that performance is something I will never forget because it was such a big place etc...we got off to a dodgy start but the performance and band was solid...ill have a video up for you later...
Thing is, Shoreditch house on the other hand, with a capacity of NO more than like 300 people compared to the 02's 2,400, was like i said before, the BEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE!!! a small carpeted, non raised area for a stage, no flashy lights, no HD camera and plasma screen projection...just us (the band) and them (the audience)...and by them, i mean the most multicultral and "Colourful" group of people I have ever seen. But they loved good music...they were responsive once we proved ourselves, they interacted and the vibe in this small bar/room was the most energetic vibe Ive EVER felt - I went home literally BUZZING....
So yea....like I said, and I guess this can apply to all aspects of life....dates.....your job....holidays...everything.....
Dont be fooled by the flashy, shiny look of things...because sometimes....its not about where you are....but who you are with!!!
Ive had a crazy week this week with two quite big performances with shax and his band - on Monday at Shoreditch House, and on Friday just gone, I, Incisive, was live on stage at the Indigo02, again, with shax and his band. Ive realised something this week that I wanna share with ya...sit up...
I really didnt know what to expect from either of them because truth be told, I didnt know what either what the nights were about!! They were basically Shax's performances that he brought me in to do the "Release" Track on. Thats the reason I didnt REALLY invite people down like that - it wasnt REALLY MY show!! I just happened to be doing one song with shax out of the four that he would be performing.
I did know that I was REALLY looking forward to the Indigo02 performance. I had heard that Shoreditch House is like a private members club and the people that go there are normally "Media" people. For this reason, I was a bit weary because "Media" crowds tend to be the WORST...no interaction, and minimal clapping!!!
The Indigo02 on the other hand has housed BUSTA RHYMES, NAS and several huge acts - it was a student sorta event as well so I was soooo excited about performing there and visualised a crazy "Dr. Dre" type concert when I performed (You gotta visualise your performances!!) - as for shoreditch - I didnt know WHAT to visualise!!!
Now that week is done though, Ive come to realise that its not about WHERE, but WHO.... In reality, the Indig02, even though it was on a huge stage, with proper lights, huge concert speakers, and we were filmed in HD and projected on two HUGE plasma screens for those too far back to see....the audience was DEAD.....Ive heard it all about there being "no such thing as a dead audience"...but na bruv...this audience was DEAD...and they were seated...so they were sitting down and comfortably DEAD!! We done our thing though and performed and that performance is something I will never forget because it was such a big place etc...we got off to a dodgy start but the performance and band was solid...ill have a video up for you later...
Thing is, Shoreditch house on the other hand, with a capacity of NO more than like 300 people compared to the 02's 2,400, was like i said before, the BEST PERFORMANCE OF MY LIFE!!! a small carpeted, non raised area for a stage, no flashy lights, no HD camera and plasma screen projection...just us (the band) and them (the audience)...and by them, i mean the most multicultral and "Colourful" group of people I have ever seen. But they loved good music...they were responsive once we proved ourselves, they interacted and the vibe in this small bar/room was the most energetic vibe Ive EVER felt - I went home literally BUZZING....
So yea....like I said, and I guess this can apply to all aspects of life....dates.....your job....holidays...everything.....
Dont be fooled by the flashy, shiny look of things...because sometimes....its not about where you are....but who you are with!!!
(Feel like Im talking at the end of Run's House huh....lol!!!!)
Nice one!!
'Cisive
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Shoreditch House Perfomance video : Encore!
If you dont wanna read, the vid of the performance is at the bottom of this post!!!
This week has and still is a real exciting week for me. On monday night I performed with Shax and his band at Shoreditch House at a night called "Wired". Its a night of performances from all genres in a nice intimate environment with a good crowd.
We were meant to be on at 10pm but things were out of sync so we didnt get on till about 23:30 as the LAST act of the night. Just before us was some dude called Rhys Morgan singing with an acoustic band (guitar and piano) some VERY slow songs - I personally think he was VERY VERY good though - hollared at him on myspace after and all sorts...but it was the end of the night and he sorta brought the mood down with the vibe of his good, but downtempo songs - we had alot to do to catch up on...shax came out first and jumped in straight with his tunes and captured the audience IMMEDIATELY - I sat on the side in awe - after his first song, was my time to get up and perform release with him - I was soooo soo happy with the performance - we woke up and captured the crowd so much we got a standing ovation AND encore....below is the encore we did luckily someone recorded it - our camera died after shax's third song - ima put up the video of the whole performance later but for now...enjoy....
THIS I THINK IS MY FAVOURITE PERFORMANCE EVER!!! I wish you could see the whole crowd through the whole thing - the vibe was crazy!! WATCH TO THE END - THATS THE BEST PART!!
Right click on the play button for full screen!!
Oh yea - at the START of the performance, where the band comes in wrong, thats down to a "game" we play on stage - Basically, I give them a half a bar intro (two counts - "one, two") and they come in there - the problem is, on every performance, the count comes at ANY time and its in the form of "one, two, uh" - normal bands start songs with a full bar count like "one, two, three, four" so its much harder for my band to catch it especially when I say it at any given time!! - in this peformance, the first time i say it, they miss it!! I was being sly with the count anyway!!! I think it adds to the vibe though - they catch it on the next one!!!
This week has and still is a real exciting week for me. On monday night I performed with Shax and his band at Shoreditch House at a night called "Wired". Its a night of performances from all genres in a nice intimate environment with a good crowd.
We were meant to be on at 10pm but things were out of sync so we didnt get on till about 23:30 as the LAST act of the night. Just before us was some dude called Rhys Morgan singing with an acoustic band (guitar and piano) some VERY slow songs - I personally think he was VERY VERY good though - hollared at him on myspace after and all sorts...but it was the end of the night and he sorta brought the mood down with the vibe of his good, but downtempo songs - we had alot to do to catch up on...shax came out first and jumped in straight with his tunes and captured the audience IMMEDIATELY - I sat on the side in awe - after his first song, was my time to get up and perform release with him - I was soooo soo happy with the performance - we woke up and captured the crowd so much we got a standing ovation AND encore....below is the encore we did luckily someone recorded it - our camera died after shax's third song - ima put up the video of the whole performance later but for now...enjoy....
THIS I THINK IS MY FAVOURITE PERFORMANCE EVER!!! I wish you could see the whole crowd through the whole thing - the vibe was crazy!! WATCH TO THE END - THATS THE BEST PART!!
Right click on the play button for full screen!!
Oh yea - at the START of the performance, where the band comes in wrong, thats down to a "game" we play on stage - Basically, I give them a half a bar intro (two counts - "one, two") and they come in there - the problem is, on every performance, the count comes at ANY time and its in the form of "one, two, uh" - normal bands start songs with a full bar count like "one, two, three, four" so its much harder for my band to catch it especially when I say it at any given time!! - in this peformance, the first time i say it, they miss it!! I was being sly with the count anyway!!! I think it adds to the vibe though - they catch it on the next one!!!
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