Prowess

"Right Where I Left It" EP | August 2016 
Available for sale at prowessthetestament.bandcamp.com
Courtesy of Delegation Music
Features: Ardamus, Matta Fact, RNL, Enoch 7th Prophet
Producers: Grussle, P-Tech Santiago, RuffianKick, DubLohSkytzo 

Blood in the Water - ALBUM EDIT [prod. by P-Tech Santiago]

CLIMB feat. RNL [prod. by Grussle]

Verse 1

Designed by the pride of a divine countryside,
Sypha takes the lives of those who dare stare in the eyes,
in the wrong way, Sypha spits with a strong blade,
grips on mics with fang shaped knives,
scimitar marks left on the minds of mankind
the ascent of Autumn brought, a most devious scholar of thought,
and as Winter commenced, the words i sent put dents in the cement,
right thru the layers of ice, aiming my hate at earth, the relentless pricing of life,
I buy into the hype, selling my opinions to the minions of evil vengeance, but they still tell me that I’m the greatest…it’s not even debated…my fate demonstrated
A hero and a legend, destined, see you can hear it when he beckoned
I crush a soul in mere seconds…send 'em to the heavens…

You peasants…every time I’m in a session



Chorus (repeat)

Where you gonna run....

When Sypha comes...when Sypha comes



Where you gonna go...

When Sypha comes to take your soul...



Verse 2

Verbally with urgency, unfurling murderous wordery
my hyperbole surgery
Dropping whopping bombs, third degree onto your perjury
Words’re heard to scream emergency
These vamps want to eat, I’m a vegan to burger beef
And a virgin to defeat…but still they wanna compete…
Steal on crews and leave jewels, without the burglary, heard a me?
I ain’t even gotta spit a verse, I let the fire burn fervently and…
Cause an insurgency, Serving these beasts on beats that feast eternally
When Sypha starts reciting, Poseidon grabs his triton, it starts thunder and lightning, life lines get tightened…When my tongue slur, it be like death becomes her, Leaving ‘em unsure, who they even came for, or who they came with, portraits painted with blood stains, I take names from the shameless, and leave craniums brainless, don’t try to attain this…

with the aid of the blade, I invade your blockade

Save grenades, persuade a tirade

Did y'all sharpen your weapons?
Mines is steady prepped, whoever wanna step in,
I intercept em', I like the sound of cracking necks and…I reckon,
42 plays of power, I throw grenades at the tower, till bodies cower,
Helios in Tuscany, a gift of the Maggi, 

Shifting ‘dimes in pairs’ as I cross the finish line

Counting ‘nickels' with my kinfolks, never seemed so sinful

Now I leave signatures in end quotes that the pen spoke…
[END]

VPC6 Round 2

Sleeping Dragon- Symphony of Lost Souls

PLACE YOUR VOTES NOW!
CHALLENGE:
Just like hip hop has its Four Elements, a certain musical festival that is most assuredly not a donut (^_~) has elements of its own.

(Some of) those elements are: chiptune, video game music (VGM), visualism and nerdcore hip hop. This challenge will have teams integrating these elements into one track.

To start off this alignment, we bring you three videos, brought to you by none other than visual artist Pixelseed!

Crave: https://youtu.be/jnDDc_0CvJ4

Droids: https://youtu.be/YKvSww3lEhw

Mosquito: https://youtu.be/ZMfCpci01G4

Your job, as a team, is to pick the video you like the best, and then create the soundtrack to it! 

Seems easy enough, right?

Well, producers, your challenge is to tie in chiptune elements into your song.  You can go as minimal or maximized as you’d like, but the element(s) chosen need to be clear and identifiable.  Oh and if that wasn’t enough, we’re going to need you to build the hook of your track around an arpeggio. You can flex your muscles and write a completely original one yourself, but if that seems like too daunting a task, then you can borrow one – but it must be from a video game.

Vocalists, you’re here to represent nerdcore hip hop at it’s finest.  We want to see you whipping out your finest multisyllabic rhymes – at least 50% – to be precise.   Oh, and we need you to really get your point across by including some fire adlibs. 

So that’s it, really.  Not too bad huh? All you need to do is pay homage to your sister scenes. 

Oh, and don’t stress too much if you’re unable to edit your song to the video you choose, while you’re welcome to do it yourself to achieve perfection, we will also do it on behalf of anyone who isn’t able to.

VPC6 Round 3

Sleeping Dragon - C'est La Vie

Welcome back to Lady Blerds Sing the Blues! This week Prowess the Testament joins Kylie Toosmart and Sometimes V as they discuss Gamestop, eating the rich, and preserving spaces for black creators. We honor the life and works of Cicely Tyson, may she rest in peace. This weeks nerdy and dirty topic is all about Sapiosexuals and avoiding fuckboisms. MAGfest is getting a much needed facelift, hopefully we will see some more diversity! HeroicInnerKids is now offering personalized letters from Daredevil in BRAILLE! IAmProwess has dropped "A Tale of Two Masters" the DELUXE version! Big Move Monday goes to Black.outreach.sj on Instagram for their continual fight against injustice, most recently being their involvment in stopping evictions in Santa Clara County. Thank you for listening to Lady Blerds Sing the Blues. You can find us on Spotify, Apple pods, & our original home Soundcloud. Follow us on Instagram @LadyBlerdspodcast. For questions questions and suggestions about the show email us at dontcastndrive@gmail.com spelled Don'tCast N Drive. **Update: All Dont Cast n Drive interviews are now available within the same playlist as Lady Blerds Sings the Blues!!! Any podcast starting with "Dont Cast n Drive" is an interview segment of artistic folk near & far.

17. Preserving Nerdcore Spaces feat. Prowess the Testament

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