Dreaming Out Loud DELAYED
I'ma keep this quick, cuz I know people want me to vlog & stop writing (which won't happen anytime soon...writing>>>speaking), plus I'm mad it's even come to this...
Basically the plan was to smooth Dreaming Out Loud's edges over this past weekend, I could turn in the tracklisting & thank yous to my graphic designer (www.imtasha.com cheap plug, she's a beast) & everything would be wrapped up by Wednesday & Saturday morning I'd wake up & bless the masses. Unfortunately, this was not to be...
Friday evening my computer started to hiccup & somehow caught a virus. The virus wouldn't let me pull up any programs or anything to fix it. Working on it til Saturday afternoon I finally got it to work but when the antivirus asked me to restart, it refused to reboot & basically crashed on me...with all the master files for Dreaming Out Loud. Some songs I hadn't rendered yet & hadn't backed up.
So ultimately there's no way possible that I could re-record 6 songs & get them mixed down between now & Friday, plus I'm not settling over some funky release date, plus I'm sick as a dog & don't have the energy to record or re-record anything. So I have to push it back. How far?? HOPEFULLY no more than a month at the latest...I would say 2 weeks though. But don't hold me to that.
I prolly gotta give y'all something else in return too, huh...hit me up & give me suggestions. I'm sorry y'all...
*Day Twenty Two* “So Far Away”
1st Christmas in Japan...whoever's house this was could NOT cook...AT ALL!!!! Best thing they made was white rice, lol
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Armond- So Far Away (Right Click & Save As)
Ventilation...THE most sincere, open, & honest project I've done. I was going through a bout with depression & I let everything out on that CD. To this day it's hard for me to listen to because it takes me back to that time, how I felt, what I was going through. I listened to it last week for the 1st time in about a year & a half & felt victory.
"So Far Away" was the culmination of me missing my family & friends. A lot of people I had considered friends at that time weren't being very friendly & this track kinda let em have it. So yeah, this is one of the many reasons why I ain't so popular in Colorado nowadays, lol. Enjoy...
*Day Twenty One* Social Drugs
Jesus, look @ how young I was in this pic...Lawd'a'merrrcy
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Armond- Social Drugs (Right Click & Save As)
bong, this is some of y'alls favorite record that I've done. And I love it too...obviously I just took the end of a Lauryn Hill song & rapped over it. Genius...
Oh yeah...Social Drugs pt 2 is gonna be on Monday Morning. It's called "Deception" & my boy Pizzie did the beat. This is my most controversial record period...I love it.
*Day Twenty* Triangle Effect- Love (Orig & Remix)
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Triangle Effect- Love (Right Click & Save As)
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Triangle Effect- Love (Remix)- Bonus- (right click & save as)
It was the LOVE...I remember how organic this song came about. I had a beat tape @ work, just going through. And soon as I heard the sample I jumped up...and the melody of the hook came right to me, literally. I ran upstairs cuz Ca$h Rich worked a floor up, pitched him the idea & the song was created that day. I miss that...included the remix as well cuz that goes just as hard...
*Day Nineteen* Lust For Life
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Armond- Lust For Life (Right Click & Save As To Download)
i'm very up & down about this song...on one hand I think it's one of my favorite verses. The whole thing is a double entendre & I think only if you're around me 24 hours/day would you be able to understand. On the other hand, I wrote this at a very low point in my life & it kinda reminds me of that time. Regardless people love it, so who am I to be so selfish?? One day I'll break the whole song down...one day...
*Day Eighteen* Days Of Our Lives feat Rich Tunes
no that isn't photoshopped...Japan is just that sick
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Triangle Effect- Days Of Our Lives (right click & save as to download)
Out of the 8,000 songs Ca$h Rich Tunes & I have done, this is by far my favorite. Everytime this comes on in the ipod I end up doing 90 & above, SMH. I don't wanna start the circle jerk but Rich is one of the most talented dudes I know & we compliment each other very well. And yes, All Angles is done...kinda. lol...will it come out?? Maybe....
*Day Fifteen-Seventeen* Interview w/ The Movement Radio Show (3 Songs From Dreaming Out Loud)
smh...i need to do another photoshoot
Armond Interview w/ The Movement Radio Show
so yesterday I was invited to do an interview with an upstart podcast called "The Movement Radio Show", it's a Christian based show that talks about the things of God from an unconventional POV, which I love. seriously, if you can't tell by now that I'm totally against a lot of the things going on when it comes to Christianity, you ain't listening hard enough. ANYWAY (before I go on another rant), they asked about Dreaming Out Loud (12 days away!!!!) & they also asked how I felt about the state of hip hop & how it relates to God, and where did I see it going. it was a REALLY dope conversation & they've already offered me the opportunity to not only come back & do more shows with them as a co-host, but also to have my own radio show (as they're trying to expand their network)...SO, if y'all remember Effect Radio from last summer, that might be coming back *Dr. Claw laugh*.
Also I played 3 brand new songs off the mixtape since I hadn't updated this in so long. You're welcome...
*Day Fourteen* “Live Freestyle On 89.1FM*
am i a day ahead??? dah well...
the reason why I'm posting this is because I have an interview with The Movement Radio Show this Sunday, so I'm backtracking to give y'all a quick history lesson.
if you're unfamiliar, the gentlemen that are posing along side me are collectively known as the Triangle Effect; six individuals I met in Japan & ended up creating a brotherhood in the process. Ca$h, the other MC in the group & I released our CDs "Wake Up 2" & "Ca$hualty" & created a HUGE buzz for us in Japan. We were performing for as many as 2,000 people, & our CDs reached 10 countries & reached amass of 10k+ downloads. So yeah, we had a pretty good following at the time. We were invited to 89.1, the country's only American station for an interview. I've enclosed the full interview below. But here's the freestyle...and uhhhhhh yeah, nobody else can rhyme on Kingdom Come after this.
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Armond- Live Freestyle On 89.1 (Right Click & Save As To Download)
Triangle Effect- Full Interview Nov 10, 2006 (right click & save as to download)
*Day Nine-Thirteen* Columbus Day Megapost (5 Tracks, 2 Brand New)
Long story short, got wrapped up Friday, was in the studio all day Saturday so I figured since I missed two days, I might as well knock out this weekend in one shot, cuz I'ma be in the studio again all day tomorrow. so here goes...(the new tracks are the last two at the bottom)
Day Nine- "You Will Never Know" feat K. Wilder
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"You Will Never Know" (Right Click & Save As To Download)
Unless you've completely underminded my music over the last 4 years, you know I have a daughter. A goofy, silly, intelligent, beautiful daughter named Amaiya. And if you've listened (like you should) then you'd know all the circumstances surrounding my relationship with her over the years...being in Japan when she was born & ultimately missing the 1st year & a half of her life, ups & downs with her mother (we good now lol), and just her presence alone growing & stretching me as a father & overall person. I wrote this record the day before I left to go see her for the 1st time. I've never been that nervous in my entire life, but I emptied out everything I wanted to say to her on this record & it's a lot of folks favorite. Enjoy...
*Day Ten* "Close Your Eyes"
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Close Your Eyes (produced by Doc) (Right Click & Save As To Download)
This was basically a part two to "You Will Never Know". I was about to return home from Japan after being stationed there for 2 years & I was excited; I had grown weary of being 13 hours away from America & all my friends, & most of all my daughter. I was at work & my supervisor was playing a Kelly Price CD & this song came on where she was singing to her daughter about being away from home, not out of desire, but necessity. Sent the song to Doc that day & he cooked the track up by the next day. Ahhhhh to have no responsibility & all the time in the world to do music, I miss those days.
*Day Eleven* "Beautiful"
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Beautiful (Right Click & Save As To Download
everybody's favorite from Wake Up 2...basically God has His hand on EVERYTHING, so even in this chaos, everything is beautiful & there's something bigger & greater than RIGHT NOW, and trust that it's gonna come to pass...
EXCLUSIVE!!!!!!!!!*annoying Kay Slay echo with horrible mic*)
*Day Twelve* "Dealing REMIX feat Eric Roberson & Lalah Hathaway"
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Armond- Dealing (Remix) feat Eric Roberson & Lalah Hathaway (Right Click & Save As To Download)
so my homegirl has been trying to put me onto Eric Roberson ever since we met & I've blown her off. Finally I picked up his last album "Music Fan First" & I was floored. dude is DOPE...(check this record called "Two People"...sick) BUT!!!!! i heard this song & immediately it hit me. EVERYBODY has dealt with a person where you were either Forthenight's, cuddle buddy's, cutty buddies (keep it one million) & somebody catches feelings. It's downright impossible to pretend you're in a relationship & not feel the effects of BEING in a relationship. so based off a LOT of personal experience, it took me 10 minutes to crack this open. Love this joint...
*Day Thirteen* "Sky Might Fall"
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Sky Might Fall (Right Click & Save As To Download)
ok yeah...this is SICK!!! written on Friday, recorded on Saturday, halfway mixed on Sunday. i'll prolly play with the levels & re-release it in a few days but until then, this is good enough. Love this song (Cudi is still trash, sorry Doc...and Money Bagz...and Quote, lol)
*Day Eight* “Watching Over Me” (OG Monday Morning Intro) Exclusive
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i wasn't even planning on putting this out, but i ran across it on the ipod today.
i'ma try & post occasionally based on my mood. i did that yesterday w/ Anything Is Possible & I'm doing that here again. today was a VERY draining day, nothing went right & I've been really gloomy & moody all day. so i'm @ work listening to my ipod on shuffle & this comes on. i remember where i am mentally when i wrote this song. originally Monday Morning was gonna be VERY gloomy & moody. and this was the jump off. this is unmixed, VERY rough, but i'm not gonna use this anywhere else & frankly, this is how I feel today, so why not.
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