@tommyturnstyles: Hahahahaha... Right on!

Send me some Sax Solo's my Mellow.      =)

@just-atlas: Hey, I'm glad I could entertain while helping you avoid a mighty Zeus slap! Hahaha... Share it with a friend (or a few) PEEEEEAAACE

Marc

Anacron pays tribute to hip hop legends Pete Rock and CL Smooth in celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Mecca And The Soul Brother", with his own interpretation of "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"

The re-imagined track is (re)written, performed, and produced by Anacron; with all live instrumentation (alto saxophone, keyboard, grand piano, bass, percussion, drum kit, drum programming, background vocals, & arrangements) handled by the West Coast underground's proverbial one man band himself.

Written and performed by Anacron
Produced and programmed by Anacron for Manoemusicc Productions
All live instrumentation arranged and played by Anacron
Mixed, recorded, and engineered by Anacron

Inspired by Pete Rock and CL Smooth's "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"
Dedicated to Drew of The World Famous LA Breakers Crew, REST IN PEACE

Dowload via Bandcamp at http://pntg.net/reminiscebc
Liner notes geeks, check out the blog post at http://pntg.net/trodblog
YouTube dorks, check out the audio video at http://pntg.net/trodvid

LYRICS
I reminisce, I reminisce

I reminisce for a spell, or shall I say think back
Hella great things that tell the way we act
Born on the 12th of October
Never smoked, never drank, life-long sober
Over-stated as underrated since the beginning
when in second grade it was stated that I was a musician
From piano to the sax and other woodwinds
Lessons with jazz legends where Inglewood ends
From the vinyl to the tracks and bumpin good blends
Breaking and tagging and banging with my 'hood friends
I was about that life for more than a minute
Even though my parents raised me different, I was in it
Irresponsible, plain not thinking
Peers and constables, years of obstacles
Finally hurdled and liquidated like Squirtle
when I verbally murdered derkles, underground never commercial
I make music because music made me
It seems you all forgot the value of it lately
Appreciation is missing, so I'm on a mission
To help you see it glisten when you close your eyes and listen
Positive over negative, gotta let it live
before it dies - that's a lesson in rhetoric
De ja vu, still the crew gets hella blue
when they reminisce over Drew
Good lord

I reminisce, I reminisce
Reminisce

Anacron - They Reminisce Over Drew (T.R.O.D.)

Written and performed by Anacron for Manoemusicc
Produced by Diles for Visceral View
Turntablism by DJ Daze Uno
From Green Chile In The Air: Volume III 
Download at http://pntg.net/gcita3

OFFICIAL VIDEO at http://youtu.be/a2V8x0OWuOY Watch, comment, share, ENJOY!

You know how I do. It's been about a month, so it's about that time to hit you with something new. Although, with all the saxophoning, singing, and instrumentation I've been doing lately; I thought it'd be best to let the next public heater be a good old-fashioned boom-bap beats and raps cut for my core fan-base -- the true blue underground hip hop heads.

Enter: "Unfamous Mindframe." You've seen it on events, you've heard it on records, you've even seen the logo on merchandise. On this, my second collaboration with ABQ-based producer Diles, I decided to take some time to explain what exactly "UNFAMOUS" means. For those that haven't gotten it up until now, this is the song that will open your eyes, ears, and mind to the UNFAMOUS movement, and why you should be involved.

In addition to all the goodness in it, what pure rap song is complete without a visit from my favorite DJ, The OG Daze Uno? Press play and turn the speakers up, this one's going to knoc your socs off.

LYRICS
My mindframe is UNFAMOUS
It's not a label, it's a lifestyle, language,
and love for music not that lack-luster lameness
It's not exclusive, any open mind can claim this

It's a movement, new improved knit
fabric woven holding golden intent
Indent the game and bent the frame
Started with The Gallery, and then became
the underground definitive, the indie blueprint
We found the limit, then we simply moved it
It's in me, dude it's the source of greatness
Undeniable, and of course UNFAMOUS

You like, "Don't forget us when you blow up!"
Then you forget my shows and never show up
So you know what?
I'll never forget the effort made to support my endeavors
It's just like karma: You get what you give
You're writing the future within the script that you live
Inviting my troopers and friends to kick it and hang, 'cause
they still showed love when I was just UNFAMOUS

We don't do hype, we don't do trends
We don't feel like the means should bend for ends
And we kept the friends that actually know us
instead of dissing them for Yes-Men that practically blow us
Some of yawl are trying to re-write history
how you went from what you were to how you are is a mystery
Abandoned values you was taught when you came up
You lame, cuz - you'd never make it UNFAMOUS

'Nuff respect to all the artists in here
None object that this the hardest career
But unlike most, it wasn't a choice
It's the only thing you know, and so you trust in your voice
But you speak from the soul, you speak from the heart
Hard to reach are your goals when you're speaking through art
Most don't understand it all the same
just maintain and be you, stay UNFAMOUS

My mindframe is UNFAMOUS
It's not a label, it's a lifestyle, language,
and love for music not that lack-luster lameness
It's not exclusive, any open mind can claim this
UNFAMOUS

Anacron - Unfamous Mindframe ft. DJ Daze Uno [Prod. by Diles]

Looking back on all the things I went through to get here. It was all worth it. It's a blessing that I can write about it all. #4evaKRIT - BIG K.R.I.T.

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K.R.I.T. 4eva (Chapter One)

I put this beat together in 2007, with a few MCs in mind who I thought could rap over the track. In the end no one got back to me, but what-evs I say, it stands on its own in my mind. But if you're a budding M.I.A., Missy Elliot or Rakim, well download this track and get back to me with a remix!

Sources:

- The main groove comes from from "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones, from the 1973 album You've Got it Bad Girl (organ player: Eddie Louis). This riff has been sampled quite a few times by other artists, notably the Pharcyde on their track "Passin' Me By" from 1992's Bizarre Ride II, and Nightmares On Wax's track "Night's Introlude" from 1995's Smokers Delight. I actually played this riff on my own Hammond organ in my home studio, with a Leslie speaker that I purchased through Craigslist. The riff came to me as I heard the sound of my organ transformed once plugged through the Leslie -- it was as though interacting with the technology raised a sonic memory for me. I figured out the riff on the keys, not really sure where I was remembering it from. I used to work at a hair salon in Montreal called Coupe Bizzarre. I answered the phone and took appointments. I was also in charge of choosing what CDs to play on our in house system (a practice that is now illegal, but this is another copyright story….). Smokers' Delight by "Nightmares on Wax" was one of my favorites, and track 1 ("Nights Introlude ") of this 1995 album uses the Jones sample extensively. I had never heard the original Quincy Jones track before acquiring the CD re-issue of You've Got it Bad Girl this past June (2009).

- The "wind" sound comes from an Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer that I found at the Écocentre de La Petite-Patrie 1100 rue des Carrières, Montreal, which is a place that I also find tons of records, including others used on this album. Residents of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie are required to bring scraps from demolitions to this location, along with all household hazardous goods. This includes batteries, CRT televisions, vinyl records and lots of other goodies, including the occasional piece of vintage audio gear, such as the ESQ-1, and the odd Electronic Organ (Hammond, Yamaha, etc…sometimes with early Roland drum machines attached!).

- The first vocal sample, I have to admit, comes from a record that I have misplaced. I've looked, I swear. The singer is named Demis Roussos. The song was a minor international hit for him -- "Goodbye my love, goodbye." Roussos was once a member of a band called "Aphrodite's child" in the 60's. "Goodbye my love, goodbye" seems to have been released by Roussos on a solo album in the early 70s, but I can't find reliable information. Those reading though the notes provided with each track on this album will recognize this is a common problem for me, but I'm working on my record keeping practices, and promise to update this site as I find the records I have lost in my collection.

- The drums were played by myself in my basement, sampled, cleaned-up, layered, looped and delayed. I started playing the drums 2+ years ago because I was starting to get tired of searching for perfect drum breaks within my record collection. Perhaps this also has something to do with its increasingly unmanageable size in terms of record quantity….

- The kind of squiggly synthesizer motif was something I played on the ESQ, recording the riff in MIDI on my computer, editing and quantizing the elements, and then sending it back to the ESQ as a loop. The ESQ doesn't have many pre-set sounds that I like, but this is definitely one of them.

- The "Come to Me" sample, like Roussos, also came from a disco record I purchased at the Écocentre de La Petite-Patrie. But I can't find this record either. In trying to remember, I thought the sample was Diana Ross - but I was wrong (I had this feeling all along). Having some 2000 records in my collection, many that I have not even listened to yet, not to mention the 45s! --I had to search for the lyrics on Google - and then I found / remembered that it was France Joli's disco track "Come to Me" that I had sampled while working on the track 2 years ago. In "googling" her, I found out that she is from Montreal! The song was released in 1979 - her official website - http://francejoli.com. Born in 1963 - she was 16 when the single went to #1 on the Billboard disco charts. It's an excellent song, super catchy, and definitely worth listening to in its entirety. I passed the sample through a "cosmonaut voice" filter, which is what makes it sound "walkie-talkie-like".

- The arpeggiated synth sound comes also from a preset sound on the Ensoniq ESQ. I played the riff live, edited and quantized the MIDI notes, and then played it back to the synth, running the audio output though two Moogerfooger pedals - an analog delay combined with a ring modulator. I may also have used a Moogerfooger Freqbox as well, but I can't remember now.

01 Hear The Wind

In the summer of 2003 we joined forces with arguably one of the world's best Soul vocalists, Fat Freddy's Drop frontman Dallas Tamaira. Just before release the label folded and as a result the EP was never released... until now. Head over to The Nextmen website now to download this 4 track EP, absolutely free.

FREE DOWNLOAD: http://thenextmen.com/unreleased

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The Nextmen vs Joe Dukie - Hold Me Now

Track 2 on the "Green Chile In The Air: Volume 2" compilation.

Written and performed by Anacron for Manoemusicc / PNTGLLRYNTWRK
Produced by Diles for Visceral View
Horn arrangements and performance by Anacron

LYRICS:

She was a fine Spanish princess
Met her somewhere in between Venecia and Venice
She'd been blessed; a slimmie with a beautiful face,
shapely waist, brains, and good taste
My game was 'hood-laced, she liked that angle
Then in the blink of an eye, our lives entangled
Hours nicely wrangled, missed not an instance
incidents of distance rinsed in inconsistence
But I wanted my carino close
So she headed for the states to meet me on the West Coast
Now that's true love, the type of dedication
that was more than enough to cross the borders of a nation

Give me your tired, poor, and huddled masses
Yearning to breathe free? Never breathing air with us
Liberty barb-wired door and none passes
It ain't easy, coming to America

On the day of her arrival, 
I was liable to spread the word like the Bible
Preach! My Latin-European peach
was a flight away and brighter days were just beyond reach
At the main baggage claim, I could barely breathe,
in the throes with a rose and my heart on my sleeve
LAX man, hours in the airport
Then a text came I wasn't prepared for
"Que problema?" Customs got her wrapped up
TSA is wack, cuz; fool, don't make me act up
When she came down, I was glad that she made it
after being profiled, strip-searched, and degraded
Tried to file a complaint; "Oh, is that right"
Patriotic Act need some patriotic act-right
Ya'll mall security, eff the badge you're wearing, bruh
Giving visitors the worst welcome to America

Give me your tired, poor, and huddled masses
Yearning to breathe free? Never breathing air with us
Liberty barb-wired door and none passes
It ain't easy, coming to America

Land of the free, home of the brave
I guess you're only welcome if you come in as a slave
From the jump, she was treated like a criminal
Some of it was outright, other times subliminal
Even though she looks White; accent, annunciation
got her facing all types of discrimination
This silly cracker though my Spanish girl was Mexican
Talking about he wished our country never let them in
Damn, fool! Gotta get it clear, nerd
Spanish found America, and Mexicans was here first...
stupid! And the Government's no better, jerks 
charge hella for a Visa, but they won't let her work
I know exactly what it's like; my skin's brown
"The Man" has a plan designed to keep us down
and if you doubt the "Self-Evident Truths"-hype is fake,
try to smuggle LOVE into the United States

Give me your tired, poor, and huddled masses
Yearning to breathe free? Never breathing air with us
Liberty barb-wired door and none passes
It ain't easy, coming to America

So basically, what I'm saying is
If you're interested in new and exciting opportunities,
or making a better life for yourself and for your family,
or maybe even just finding true love;
Americas the place do it.
Come on over!

...SIKE!!!

Anacron - Coming To America [Prod. by Diles]

Quintessential music producer, composer/arranger, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, & break-dancer. Defining versatile, his music touches people of all types, inspiring awe with his amazing performances. Recognized by many, and having collaborated with some of the most well-known and legendary names in underground hip-hop; Anacron maintains a thick catalog built on a lengthy and successful, yet quiet and unassuming history in the music industry. Comfortably celebrating his "UNFAMOUS" status, Anacron defies fleeting hype and continues to find success the old-fashioned way: through hard work and pure, potent talent.

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