Exodus

Music I Made.

last night was crazy

underground chicago

Soul Rap

studying

Control- Big Sean ft Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica

Kid Cudi & King Chip - Ask About Me  (Prod. By Rami & Dez)

FREDO SANTANA - JEALOUS (FT. KENDRICK LAMAR)

Around 2008, AMS was in grad school. 

2 years before, he met ESHR, who at the time, was strolling onto the campus of the University of Illinois as a freshman. 

They met at a member introduction for UC Hip-Hop Congress. 

AMS had been part of that crew for 6 years (since 2002). 

ESHR was interested in joining. 

They both rapped well. 

AMS felt a bit old. 

ESHR felt like he was working with an OG. 

And thus, Boombap Savant was born. 

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This was from an EP that we finished around 2008, and then lost track of. 

But, time has a wonderful way of reminding you of things you've made. Especially when you come across the DVD with the project files while cleaning house. 

This is our gift to you, in all of its unmastered and rough recording glory. 

Live from 2008, ladies and gentlemen: AMS & ESHR are Boombap Savant.

The rest of "The After School Special EP" can be downloaded at http://agentmos.bandcamp.com.

12 Credit Hours in the Life of.... -- FREE DOWNLOAD!!!!!!

WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXBLiZYzvM


A couple whiskeys at the speak easy - donnie make that trumpet breathe.  Midnight when I leave the lab, my lady would like a martini please/ Rosie Lipstick on the glass/ zip her dress up in the back . uptown on a rainy friday light a square throw at the match.  The city lights bright hale a cab up on the corner full moon in effect tonight. i feel like somethings in the air - I swear the city ghosts are real hop out the cab and hit the club that plays the music I like to hear. The mood is dim dank and wavy, and baby face grimm may hit the mic if you get him faded. yo conducter play my song i sing and watch my lady dance, pearls glowing bright inside this night ain't got no plans.

Pale moonlight in a red dress got my eyes wide im her head rest talk with made men handle business til the sun comes cause were in this.
She a witness to the life style that I never I knew Id be a part of. 

jewels brilliantine stardom and majesty. like a king to riches. pursue the brilliant skin thats me. cause I can't scream out loud. im a treasure quit like chicago crowd.

I know about this little spot that we could it  they never close its dimly lit the drinks are strong the music chill vibe is right its off the strip. cause baby im just tryin to ride your wave keep soaring.
So baby could you sing your til morning.

Pale moonlight in a red dress got my eyes wide im her head rest talk with made men handle business til the sun comes cause were in this.
She a witness to the life style that I never I knew Id be a part of.

WAVES

Waves

WATCH VIDEO

Pale Moonlight Ft. Donnie Trumpet and KSRA  **(VIDEO LINK BELOW)**

Sev Seveer:
"This remix was crafted shortly after my homies and I finished mixing AMS' album 'Natural (Self)'. Orginally intended for 45rpm double remix pressing that fell to the cutting room floor. enjoy!"



SEV SEVEER (REMIX) AMS King of the Nerds -  The Wire {unreleased}

These Days...
Ab-Soul feat. The O'My's
Produced by Blended Babies
• MixedByAli

#THESEDAYS... available June 24, 2014

Ab-Soul - These Days feat. The O'My's

So, in yet another trip through the AMS WAYBACK MACHINE...

We've discovered another remix that got finished...but never got released!

Flomatiks (a DOPE producer from South Korea) and I went to college together. We had always talked about collaborating, but never had the chance.

And waaaaay back in 2011, as Natural (Influence) was shaping up, this was one of the first cuts I recorded. After sending the song out to a few producer buddies, he (Flomatiks) asked if he could remix it.

Of course, we couldn't say no.

He finished it, sent it along...and it got lost in the GMail shuffle.

Flash forward: we're cleaning our inbox a bit, and what do we find...still with the "unread" tag on it. Jeez.

Flomatiks turns Amiel and I's little journey into "why is AMS awake at 4 AM" into an INCREDIBLY lush, jazz-noir re-work.

Catch your free download, and thanks for listening!

Insomnia (Flomatiks remix) -- FREE DOWNLOAD!!!!!!

Let's take a sec to think back.

In 2002, I had the distinct honor of linking up with UC Hip-Hop Congress as a freshman at Univ. of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Rap was a talent that was of recent discovery, and was still opening itself up to me at a blinding pace.

2 weeks into being there, I had come to meet with a group of friends and mentors I've known ever since. Some of these people include the musical likes of DJ limbs​, Melodic Scribes, and DJ Bozak​.

And then, there was DJ SPINNERTY​.

Spinnerty was just beginning to "get his feet wet" in terms of making instrumentals, but had one of the most versatile yet distinguishable sounds I had ever heard from a producer.

On a random shot, he tossed me an instrumental with a tag line.

"Let me know what you think of this."

That winter, I rose from a bout of very deep sleep to write a song that carried he and I into a strange little local, turned national, turned international whirlwind.

It went from being a release on Green St. Records in Champaign.
To OM Discovery, vol. 1 in San Francisco.
Unto awards for "Best Hip-Hop Song" in local music magazines.
And then, to iTunes.
Onto playlists for college radio shows around the country.
And, into INTERNATIONAL hip-hop radio show playlists to this day.

Last night, on a hunch, I was unpacking some of the last boxes for my new apartment, and found my pile of rap notebooks extending as far back as my Sophomore year of high school.

As I was digging through them, I found it.

On a piece of well-beaten college rule from 2005, there it was. A bunch of notes, breath control marks, and chicken-scratched chatter from phone conversations under a scrawled title:

"AGENT MOS & SPINNERTY -- 'CITY LIFE' -- GREEN ST RECORDS, 2/17/2005"

"City Life" was the first of over 20 cuts that Spinnerty and I crafted together. He produced nearly ALL of "ILLuminate," we wrote and recorded "Amnesia Lane" during a visit I made to San Francisco in 2008, and our last collaboration, "Perhaps (the Itch)," brought two 5-year separated generations of UC Hip-Hop onto the same track.

But it all started here.

Written on 2/17/2005. Recorded at Pogo Studios, Champaign, on 2/19/2005.

The tenth year anniversary of AMS and Spinenrty's "City Life." A love letter to home.

City Life (Original 2005 Recording)

For those of you that have been waiting, here's a treat.

"Zero."

Raps by AMS.
Produced by @hookedonmellotronics.

"Strange Days, Stranger Tomorrows."

Coming soon.

#FCLA.

Zero

Watch the music video here: http://bit.ly/1Tgdl5E
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"Sunbreak" EP now available on Spotify (http://spoti.fi/29zYuQj) & iTunes (http://apple.co/29GzHNi)
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Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Bob Curtin at The Alamo
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LYRICS:
Things won't be the same when you get up and walk out the room
Who knew,
I'd even care at all but it's hard when all the oxygen leaves when you do

Your vibe is straight from a myth
A color new to exist
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced

This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you’re running without your head? 

Say it isn't so you're the part of me that plays on repeat,
For weeks
You're messing with my sleep, I can't tell if you some type of lucid dream, or real

You are the trip I let slip
Too deep into the abyss
How'd you bend time and space?
Making life slower paced

This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head?

Please don't make me go
Please don't make me go
It would be fatal

Please don't make me go, please don't make me go back to real life
It could be fatal
Please don't make me go back to my mind

This has to be more than just an emotion
Does love feel like you're running without your head

Don't make me go
Don't make me go
It would be fatal


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Surprise Yourself

Surprise Yourself (AlunaGeorge Remix)

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N 30 #8

Just came back from our showcases in Shanghai and Beijing, and I am feeling super invigorated. Being able to converse in Mandarin with Howie Lee and the Do Hits! crew certainly brought us closer together, and we are currently planning a quarterly residency with them in Beijing - Keep an eye out for that, but in the meantime, soak up the latest IN 30. Slightly rough around the edges in certain segments, but hey there's the beauty of improvisation. I hope you enjoy the selections nonetheless.

#wemove



FUNK B

IN 30 #8

One Day At A Time

Vitamin just came thru one day and we knocked this out, ENJOY! 

Kwote Ft. Vitamin D - Culture (Prod By. Orange Field)

We are excited to bring you some new "ye."
~ Follow @pronouncedyea ~

~ "bby" by "ye." is the next release for "Aftergold", a multi-genre label for both producers and visual artists. ~

~ Follow @Aftergoldsound

bby (Ciara Flip) - ye.

Something me and Loose put together for a project that never came. So decided to share it with you all! 

Kwote - My Journey (Prod. Loose Cannon)

The Gold Describes The Everyday Wants Of A Nigga From The Hood But Then He Realizes That None Of This Shit Brings You Happiness.

The Gold

Love Letter prod. By Mr.Tosado

beat: https://soundcloud.com/craniumnoirbeats
first verse: https://soundcloud.com/marvolus-jay

Mass Appeal ft. MARVOLUS JAY (prod. CRANIUMNOIR)

Tracklist:
1. BETH (Prod. Rakim Sarrah)
2. Been There Came From (Prod. Curtis Williams)
3. Talk to Me Again (Prod. beatsinmybackpack)
4. Blind ft. Curtis Williams (Prod. Black Metaphor)
5. Fast Lane ft. Tru (Prod. Tru)
6. Figure It Out ft. Tru & Chriz Vaughn (Prod. Tru)
7. Listening (Prod. Cedric Hearn Jr.)

Greed. 2017.

Before Every Thing Happens. By: Zah Garner

LILSUM 4 THA SUMMER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5rWmXa0OcA&t=54s

@smwun

ASCENSION (PROD. SUMWUN)(VIDEO OUT NOW)

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Follow Me On Facebook!

Facebook.com/TheRealNellyNel

Flowing With Spirit (Prod. By Elm Beats)

An Ode to a more simple time when Marshall Fields still existed and you did your Christmas shopping at the Brickyard Mall circa 1993. You most likely bought a House mixtape by Julian Jumpin Perez at a mall Kiosk around this time.

Produced and Recorded by DJ ALO

SILK BOXERS

Kendrick Lamar-Cartoons & Cereal

Another track off Dizzy Wright's upcoming mixtape. Album title and release date will be announced soon.

Funk Volume
http://www.myfunkvolume.com

Produced by AF $upreme
http://twitter.com/TheHappyAfghan 

Dizzy Wright - Killem Wit Kindness

Chain Smoker

J. Cole - Let Nas Down (REMIX) feat. Nas

Hey. I'm AMS. 

Future Cult Leaders of America. #FCLA. Chicago.

I make sometimes nerdy, sometimes deep, often reflective, usually aggressive, punchline-laden, multi-rhyme fueled hip-hop music. This space will be for rough drafts and previews of projects I'm knee-deep in. BAM.

If you're looking for my mixes, find me on Mixcloud (link below).

For all bookings, collaboratons, etc, please contact me at nerdking.music@gmail.com