Taking a turn at combining the Jay-Z "Black Album" acapella tracks with other music (a la Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album", Spose's "Marcy & The Infinite Sadness"), marrying the vocals of this elite turn-of-the-century hip hop album with mostly the beats of another giant from the era and genre, Dr. Dre's "2001". Observing and conveying how these two orchestras complement each other in surprising, unforeseen ways. An unusual musical.

Fusion Festival, my home away from home. So honoured to be part of this festival, it gave me my distant family.
 
This set is dedicated to the Fusion fam and to all of you who attend my shows and are always there for me. None of this would mean anything without you.

I really hope you enjoy this. And we shall reunite at the next Fusion ❤️

Fusion Festival 2023 set recording

samples: fashion killa // asap rocky
where you are // pinkpantheress feat. willow [acapella]

pinkpantheress where you are + fashion killa [remix]

1. Dreams (intro)

Lamest In Town

[verse one]
i just wanted to feel pretty,
paid the price since i was thirteen.
i signed my name on a contract
i didn’t fully read.
so now eight years later,
i still hate her,
that girl in the mirror.
i starve myself,
point my flaws out,
until i’m in tears.

[verse two]
sitting in a doctor’s office,
i’ve got weights in every pocket.
how can i be sad
when this is everything i wanted?
a nurse said through teared eyes,
i’ll die if i
stay the way i am.
but i don’t mind,
‘cause if she’s right,
would it be that bad?

[chorus one]
told myself i’d stop 
when the scale read 119.
but tonight i’m 103,
so why the hell am i not happy?
i’ve got gaps in all my clothes,
stranger stares and collarbones.
but everything i have,
i have alone.

[verse three]
was it models on the tv?
or the boys who didn’t see me?
‘thought that being thin would have 
made my mom start to like me.
oh, but no matter why,
every day i’m 
losing more than weight;
i’m losing friends,
i’m losing him,
and i’m losing me.

[chorus two]
told myself i’d stop 
when the scale read 119.
but tonight i’m 103,
so why the hell am i not happy?
i’ve got gaps in all my clothes,
stranger stares and collarbones.
but everything i have,
i have alone.

[bridge]
maybe my body will please me
when i turn blue and i stop breathing,
‘cause i'll know that i died
long before my heart stopped beating…
when i canceled on the lunch dates 
with my friends ‘til they stopped calling,
when i wore hoodies with my dad
so he won’t see how thin i’ve gotten.
when i pass out in my apartment 
next to emptying kitchen closets,
screaming at myself to stop it,
look at everything you’ve lost and
what it’s costed.
you got what you wanted.

[chorus three]
told myself i’d stop 
when the scale read 119.
but tonight i’m 103,
i don’t think i’ll ever be happy.
‘cause my body’s not a home,
just pallor skin that’s always cold.
and everything i have,
i have alone.
and everything i have,
i have alone.

losing more than weight

Earthquake

EPISODE 18 of MAKING A SCENE

Art Garfunkel - Waters of March
Joni Mitchell - Coyote
Arthur Russell - Habit of You 
Norah Jones - Sunrise 
Bedouine - Nice and Quiet 
Pavement- Harness Your Hopes
Smog - Ex-Con
Broadcast - Come On Let’s Go 
800 Cherries - la pa ti ta
The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning

SCENE 18: Waking up in the morning

i love everybody - raw

is you?!?!

thank you Supa King for making this gem
prod. by me

IIBTPUIYGTOM!?!?

A day that will never be forgot, thanks fusion for this, this was a day in heaven.

PSA

Blewmind

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