PAYDAY: BASKIAT X NONNE MC (Prod. Beano the Great)

The 2nd release from the upcoming Hip-Hopera, Sophisticated Fiending, available for FREE download at http://baskiat.bandcamp.com

Berlin

Inter-state collaboration off the debut album Sophisticated Fiending, available for FREE download at baskiat.bandcamp.com

Seshe' IV XX (feat. Siege - A)

Collaboration from two of Sydney's finest, featuring the very talented Jakob Keysell of The Dinlows on trumpet.

Deeper Love (feat. Ltl Gzeus)

Mr. Carmack Remix from 2 of Sydney's most exciting upcoming MC's. 

A 2015 Golden Island Production.

Mr. Carmack Remix "Throw Your Chains Off" (feat. JuJu)

LYRICS

Is this where it began?

Will I leave this place?

The Fire starts to burn

Then the pouring rain

-

And when it rains it pours melodies

This heavenly energy brings us closer to God

If we ever believed anything

Believe in the art as it talks me through therapy

Developing pictures from all of these memories

Steadily rhyming he takes us through everything there ever was

Whether it's avant-garde or whack as fuck

I'm a dogday away from something special I can almost taste it

Yet a waste of space is what the music is

So my opinion's like a pendulum

From a solipsistic disposition I see everything

Never miss a beat, now I'm rhyming like Gambino do

Never had a clue about anything original

I'm with you, I could show the world a fucking thing or two

I'm with you, I don't ever wanna be invisible

I'm with you, I'm the dopest poet that you ever knew

I just did everything I said I couldn't do

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Is this where it began?

Will I leave this place?

(No time, and we got no jobs

I'm fine but tell me what you're on)

The Fire starts to burn

Then the pouring rain

(Yessir, wel it got too real

I'm fine but tell me how you feel.)

-

The only thing I fear now is fear itself

I only wish this snapback could wear itself

I only wish my rat pack would grow together

Fuck the weather, no vendettas

If only I could hear myself



Then maybe I'd have something new that's smart to say

Be done with sax and done with rap

Like that's the part I used to play

I'm used to playing upper crust intelligence

Not playing up or playing drums or playing dumb - irrelevance



I'm playing down all my appearances

But when they're playing Baski, if the shoe fits boy I'll wear it

No gapless raps could ever undermine the fact

I've never wondered why I gotta try to shine

Or hide my pleasure



And maybe that's a minor error

Putting all my hopes and dreams that's on my mind inside this letter

I'll only open up on Letterman

And if a friend wants anything to do with me

I'll never let her





And whether I'm terrified more of blowing up

Or staying tethered to a 9-5 I just don't know

But one thing's sure before I leave em all in awe

I'll pack heat like the oven door

And cook up something left for later



And I dedicate it to the haters

Designate a demonstration just to show them how I've made this

Delineate directly where The Devil is;

In the desperation of devotion to the human spirit



It is the theory that I hold as secretest 

I can't be truly happy without half my team in tears again

Fear again switching up our perception

My perspective won't be worth it, just perverted

Til I spit a perfect 10



Coz the artists, it's said, hold the cure

The teachers, the key to the soul

The rich man won't speak of the poor

But the preaching of the pauper is pure

Til his fame makes him sure that he'll lead again

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Chorus

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Out.








DogDay (Open Letter)

1st collaboration from upcoming Sydney MC's Baskiat and Dobby, production courtesy of Siege-A of Velvet Sand

Doubtin' (Fame and Money) feat. Dobby, prod. Siege-A

Wisdom (Prod. Flume)

Celebrate (prod. D-Corp)

ACID RAIN (CHANCE THE RAPPER FREEVERSE)

FREE DL OF THE DEBUT ALBUM: https://baskiat.bandcamp.com/

Hailing from Sydney's Northern Beaches, 23 y/o concept rapper Baskiat (who also plays sax and produces his own beats) combines elements of Future Electronica with jazz orchestration to create the Hip-Hop Opera, or "Hip-Hopera" of his debut album "Sophisticated Fiending."

In 2012 he released his first single "Wisdom," co-produced by Flume, to a great reception online and rotation on Triple J. Since then he has expanded as an artist, performing regularly throughout Sydney as both a solo act and with Golden Island Collective, consisting of:

//DECYPHER US//
https://soundcloud.com/decypher-us

//NONNE MC//
https://soundcloud.com/nonne-mc

//316//
https://soundcloud.com/316themenace


Baski also performs regularly with the hella dope psychedelic reggae fusion rock band Little Coyote:

//LITTLE COYOTE//
https://soundcloud.com/little_coyote


The young poet is now working with Australian Hip Hop pioneer DJ A$K and the aforementioned artists on several upcoming projects scheduled for release throughout 2015.


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