Written, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed by Jed Lapp.

A New Playbook

Music by DJ Polo.
"Teacher" vocals:  Lydia Matamoros-Lapp

Growing Up Different (music. DJ Polo)

Disclaimer: Since creating this song, I learned that DJ Kool Herc patterned his DJ sets, and style after Disco King Mario who came before the "3 founding fathers" and was forgotten by history and died young.
Produced, mixed, mastered and performed by Jed Lapp.
Amber Lapp on chorus and outro vocals.

Scorpio On A Buffalo (feat. Amber Lapp)

Written, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed by Jed Lapp.
Lydia Matamoros-Lapp, Jed's daughter singing chorus.

The System (feat. Lydia)

Female vocals by my daughters, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp and Merey Reed.

Portland Metro (feat. Merey Reed and Lydia)

Welcome to Skate Haven Farm
2 acres of Portland charm
This is where we have settled
Out here in the country calm

All of us in this giant house
My kids and my spouse
My son in law and the animals.
Runnin around and gettin down.

Merey and Korey livin upstairs
With Arlo that cat of theirs
And adam living in the giant suite
Waiting for his house repairs.

Lydia also living upstairs
With her cat called Cloud
livin 3600 square feet
no worry about an overcrowd.

Downstairs is me and Crissy
Livin life large
And our dog Charlotte
Playin frisbee in the yard

And lydia’s kittens, Hazel and Luna
Growing up to be our mousers.
So much energy runnin around
Like a couple of rabble rousers.

And those funky chickens
Outside and in the coop
Learning to take care of them
Sure has been a hoot

The surviving chickens out there
Laying all those eggs
Lucille, Eliza, Hilde, Gwendolyn
Feel those silky feathers.

Rest in peace to the chickens
That didn’t make it through
A hawk attack and natural causes
Sent them to their doom.

Peggy, Leona, Angelica, Jolene
Now we have a rooster.
Russel Crow watching over our flock
If only it were sooner.

Now we’ve been here for a year
Learnin to live the country life
It’s so peaceful for all of us
Specially me and my wife.

Rockin on our rockin chairs on the porch
Watchin the weather go by
Livin the peaceful life with my wife,
Man that’s so fly. yea!

Now we’re shakin and bakin at Skate Haven Farm
Plantin all the bamboo.
Soon it’s gonna be a bamboo paradise
You  too can walk throooooooough...

Skate Haven Farm, 2023, Hilde had a chic, Tristan comin to visit. in Hillsboro Portland Metro, Skate Haven Farm 2023

Skate Haven Farm

Written, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed by Jed Lapp.
Additional voices: Christina Matamoros-Lapp, Adam Putnam.

This is an autobiographical look
Of the most important farts I ever took
And the dope ones I’ve experienced
That deserve to be in my songbook

This first verse was made worse
Cause of the curse of a girl
Jessica my crush
Probably thought I needed a royal flush
After I ripped one in freshman English

I’ll set the scene for you now
How I could be such a cow wow
Just finished walking Jessica to class
Little did we know what was lurking in my ass

We all sat down to take a test
The silence was def (echo)
Me in the back row, relaxed at rest
(fart noise) Damn, I ripped one, what a mess.

It’s like time stood still
As everyone looked up from their test
As I sat there petrified, scared to death

Maybe they couldn’t figure it out
Who’s responsible for such a nasty out
Then adam, this anus in the front row
Turned around and made it a show

“Jed was that you?!”
Damn it I’m caught.
My embarrassment grew
As everyone looked at me in the room.

Walking with Jessica after class
I made a joke about my nasty ass
I said, “Did you enjoy my sound FX?”
She looked at me like, what the heck.

There was a fart that I was told
By my wife yo and it never gets old.
Thanksgiving turkey got her system mucked
The smell that was coming from her butt

The setting is during black Friday
This kind of fart makes you run away.

Someone was following her around the store
For about 10 minutes (echo)
Then she dropped a ninja fart
As this person moved into the fart cloud
The perpetrator took a wiff and was out.

Another tasty one that I remember
Me and my wife one September
Swimming alone in a pool
Swam between her legs like a fool

Then came this noise I’ll never forget (wooooopppppp!)
Like an underwater gas jet.
I surfaced, “Was that an underwater fart?”
“You bet it was sweetheart”

This one had impeccable timing
That’s Why it’s mentioned in my rhyming
My step daughter, her boyfriend, wife and me
Playing cards against humanity.

As always we were having a fabulous time
Like the funkiest of funky fresh rhymes.
Boyfriend played the card that said quote
Farting and little came out, unquote

And then he ripped one right on cue.
Aw man, damn.
We all cracked up, it couldn’t have been more perfect
Even if boyfriend was a fart architect.

So those are the most influential farts of my life
Some great some full of strife
I make a song like this, why?
Just for fun, good bye.

Gas Emergency

Music by DJ Real.
Rappers: Jed Lapp, DJ Real, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp
Additional voice, Christina Matamoros-Lapp

(DJ Real)
Todays special from the DJ Real
From the depths of my crates and the wheels of steel
2023 My roof's on fire
Bringing rhymes old school funk for your desire.

My beat is free for the worlds emcees that got clout
And Bass that blows your mother fuckin windows out.

Jed Lapp's 12 inch subs will bump no doubt
As Et Al brings the dope that makes you wanna shout.

(Jed Lapp)
Another classic beat from DJ Real
Woke up this morning, hopped in my automobile.
Me and wife riding down the road.
Cued up this beat, we're like, "Man that's dope!"

Dropped off my wife so she could pick up her whip.
As I bumped to work to DJ Real's dope shit.
My 12 inch subs, vibratin like a night club.
Can't wait to get on the mic so I can rip it up.

As I ride down the road in Portland Metro
The boomin system, LL Cool J said so.
Rocked I tunes, w/my bass playlist.
The volume up high so some folks be pissed.
But the hip hop heads, they can't resist.
When my wife hears this, it's a swiss kiss bliss.

Then "The Real Broom Broom" by Et Al comes on.
His classic bass ace vibratin my face.
Then "Posse's on Broadway" by Sir Mix A Lot"
The drop with heart, that yall forgot.
Then there's Ant Banks, Macklemore and Too $hort.
My 12 inch subs almost bust my eardrums.

(Lydia)
My dad and I rockin down the road
to DJ Real's beats with the dope show flows.
DJ Real droppin beats from the sky.
Dude's rippin it up, his beats are so fly.

(Mr. Roboto)
Her dad and him rockin down the road
to DJ Real's beats with the dope show flows.
DJ Real droppin beats from the sky.
Dude's rippin it up, his beats are so fly.

(Jed Lapp)
Now I gotta give a shout out to James Ashburn, my homie.
On of my boys in our Dodomyte Posse.
Me and him and 4 other members
from the 8th grade through high school at Columbia River.

You see he is the one responsible for my audio.
Installin the equipment in my car yo.
Without him I couldn't roll down the road.
Blasting these beats like it's a car show.

He's been installin my systems since 1997
as i drive around, sounds like 7th heaven.
Because of him, my biggidybass sounds dope.
Measure it with a seismograph or an oscilloscope.
It's like boom boom, shake shake the room.
as I drive my car like an earthquake in a jar. 

(Lydia)
My dad and I rockin down the road
to DJ Real's beats with the dope show flows.
DJ Real droppin beats from the sky.
Dude's rippin it up, his beats are so fly.

(Mr. Roboto)
Her dad and him rockin down the road
to DJ Real's beats with the dope show flows.
DJ Real droppin beats from the sky.
Dude's rippin it up, his beats are so fly.

(Jed Lapp)
So to sum it up, I say, "Waz up?"
With DJ Real blowin it up.
Yea, we're a little older but we aint washed up.
Rockin rhymes and beats like we are young pups.

(Mr. Roboto)
DJ Real, Jed Lapp, and Lydia, 2023.

Today's Special (feat. DJ Real and Lydia) (music. DJ Real)

Music and scratching by DJ Real
Rap by Jed Lapp (Cozmo Jethro)

Who is he? That’s DJ Real.
The scratch and beat master, the real deal.
Not only that, he can flow like a mother,
Shiiiiittt, dude has skills like a brother.

DJ Real, like a light in a mine.
I love marrying his beats to my rhymes.
When I hear his beats, I know it’s time to shine.
Makes me wanna flow and spit rhymes all the time.

Who am I? I’m Cozmo Jethro
Hello. In case you don’t know.
Love to spit rhymes to a show audio glow.
This show audio flow, to this slow tempo.

I heard this beat yesterday and I’m like what should I do.
Should I rap to it, or let it fall through.
Then my homie Et Al, called me out.
He said, “Where’s your rhymes?”
I was like, “Alright now.” 

Now this dude Et Al
I’ll tell ya bout him now.
He’s got the versatile flow that makes me go Wow!
For the last year he’s been my creative consultant.
Yea you yiggidy diggidy wiggidy know it.

Et Al kinda took me under his wing. 
He even taught me how to better sing.
And for that, I will always be grateful.
So to Et Al, I say thank you.

He’s not just a teacher, he’s a student of the craft.
Yeeaaaaa
He encouraged me to feature.
He’s always honing his skills and always having fun.
You can hear it in his tracks
As he records a home run.

Now who are we?
DJ Real, Et Al and me?
Just three guys, making hip hop come alive.
Havin fun as we survive the ride.
And continue to make tracks on the fly.

We could make rap tracks like a miner mines gold.
Bustin rhymes and beats with the dope flows.
Me DJ Real and Et Al you know.
As we ride into the sunset with the hip hop glow.

Who Are We (feat. DJ Real) (Music by DJ Real)

Written, produced, performed, mixed, and mastered by Jed Lapp.
Mark Workhoven on intro news cast vocal.
True story of my manic episode in 1999 that almost completely ruined my life.

The Portland Trailblazers Want Me  (feat. Mark Workhoven)

A song for my wife recounting our 11 year journey.
Written, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed by Jed Lapp.

To My Wife (Our Story)

"A Rexing Journey" (Lapp/Saturn/Lapp) 
 Arranged by Cozmo Jethro & Jack Saturn 
 Recorded at Recursive Delete Audio-Visual, Portland, Oregon, between 2014-2015 
 Produced, Engineered, Mixed by Jack Saturn 

 Cozmo Jethro - Casio XW-P1 synthesizer, piano, samples, Roland VT-3, lead vocals, backing vocals 
 Jack Saturn - Casio XW-P1 synthesizer, piano, bongos, tambourine, shaker, samples, backing vocals, "hexing" voice 
 Amber Lapp - lead vocals, backing vocals 
 Jov Luke - drums 
 Mike Larson - bass guitar 
 Johnny Zeigler - piano 
 Moriah Navarra - "crazy legging" voice 
 Justin "Gunther" Cress - "boogie bouncing" voice 
 Gary Scovell - "jamming" voice 
 Sarah "Bear" Cress - "downtowning" voice 
 Christina Matamoros-Lapp - "break skating" voice 
 Marcy Bruce - "Who is that?" voice

Follow Recursive Delete A/V on Soundcloud: @recursivedelete

Get more free music downloads from Recursive Delete Audio/Visual: 
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A Rexing Journey (feat. Amber Lapp)

"Lydia" (Lapp/Matamoros-Lapp/Saturn)
Arranged by Cozmo Jethro & Jack Saturn
Additional bridge piano arrangement by Alison Dennis
Recorded at Recursive Delete Audio-Visual, Portland, Oregon, between 2014-2015
Produced, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Jack Saturn

Cozmo Jethro - Casio XW-P1 synthesizer, piano, finger snaps, handclaps, samples, lead vocals, backing vocals
Jack Saturn - Casio XW-P1 synthesizer, piano, FM8 sequencer, music box, ebow guitar, glockenspiel, finger snaps, handclaps, chimes, bongos, tambourine, shaker, bass guitar, samples, backing vocals, pizza man voice
Lydia - voice
Amber Lapp - backing vocals
Jov Luke - drums, "ah" voice
Tom Trotter - concert toms
Alison Dennis - piano 

Lydia (feat. Lydia)

My tribute song to my highschool crew, The Dodomyte Posse.  Picture of the Dodomyte Posse taken summer 1996.  Intro sample unwittingly recorded to my answering machine, May 1995 by Steve Hammond, James "Jim" Ashburn III, and Micah Eldredge.  Outro sample recorded at my wedding reception August 2014 by Steve Hammond, James "Jim" Ashburn III, Micah Eldredge, Rachel Breyta, and Sonny Jordan.  Two second sample taken from "Gimme That Nut" by Easy E.

Dodomyte Posse

My tribute to my mom, Carol Lapp.  Picture of my mom taken in 1964. Samples recorded by my mom featuring her and me in December 1978.

Fearless Mom

Picture of me and my car, late 90s.  Additional voice: Adam Putnam.

Free Gas

Crisis After The Macklemore Concert (feat. Carol Lapp)

Written, produced, performed, mixed, and mastered by Jed Lapp.
Featuring Christina Matamoros-Lapp.
Additional voices: Merey Reed, Zihan Su, Lydia Matamoros-Lapp.
Album art picture of Christina Matamoros-Lapp taken by Jed Lapp.

Failed Proposal (feat. Christina Matamoros-Lapp)

Written by: Jed Lapp and Brian Harper.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Jed Lapp.
Jed Lapp performing vocals, synthesizer, and voice transformer.
Brian Harper performing metal guitar.
Tristan Paris performing additional vocals.

Chili Spill (feat. Tristan Paris)

Produced, Written, Performed, Mixed and Mastered by Jed Lapp (Cozmo Jethro) Featuring Uriah Hill.

Hip Hop Back in the Day (feat. Uriah Hill)

Produced, written, performed, mixed and mastered by Jed Lapp.

Tristan Paris on short intro vocals.  Featuring Christina Matamoros-Lapp on chorus vocals.

I was in my old neighborhood near my old high school.
When I thought I’d grab a bite to eat.
I walked into the lobby at Applebees
Looked at the stuff on the wall and what did I see?
Columbia River basketball jersey.

And when I saw that
the bad memories flooded back.
I know the bully who wore that
And how him and his buddies treated me way back.

They bullied me over 20 years ago
Writing this song, I still haven’t let go.
Miles, Adam, Newcomb, and Scott
They were miserable bullies, and I never forgot.

I had a great High school experience
But these bullies were the worst of it
My time spent with them was shit.
When I still think of it, it makes me sick.

As a kid, I wanted to be a basketball player.
I knew all the players and all the teams.
Basketball was wrapped up in all my dreams.
Worked my ass off to become part of the team.

Got to high school and had some good luck.
Made the team where others got cut.
But I was injured, most of the time.
Due to a health condition that kept me sidelined.

But I showed up at every practice.
So I could learn the plays for when I was healthy.
But these four bullies had lots of fun.
Causing misery to the injured one.

These four are the ones we look at.
The good looking, popular ones with the talent.
but some popular kids go bad.
and get enjoyment from making others sad.

All throughout the season it was the titty twister.
They would grab my nipples and twist hard.
This was so much fun, they would laugh.
And revel in my embarrassment.
During basketball season I had the blues.
Around both nipples were a bunch of bruises.

I came to practice with a buzz cut.
Reminded the four of a scrotum nut.
So after that, that’s what they called me.
“Scrode” complements of the bullies.

Now titty twisters and a shitty nickname.
You think that’s just part of the game.
After 20 years I can’t remember all their deeds.
But I still remember how they made me feel.

Like an outsider who was 10 inches tall.
When they’d bully me during basketball.
To them, I wasn’t part of the team.
Had to be healthy and popular to be part of their scheme.

I had a great High school experience.
But these bullies were the worst of it.
My time spent with them was shit.
When I think of it, it makes me sick.

After 2 years of that I’d had enough.
Too many injuries and too many bullies.
I decided to try my hand.
At something new, the school band.

Next year I was sitting in the stands.
With my saxophone in the pep band.
Playing tunes while the bullies played basketball.
Hoping someone would totally FUCK THEM UP!

Our senior year the bullies went to state.
Adam stopped me in the hall full of attitude.
“You didn’t support our team, where were you?”
Some bullies just have no clue.

I write this song cause I never forgot.
To this day it still bothers me.
Maybe they’re not the assholes they were in high school.
Maybe 20 years later their totally cool.
Or maybe they’re still four fuckin fools.

In any event, always to me.
Shiiiiitttt.  They’ll always be.
Four totally miserable asshole bullies.
Who had a great time abusing me.

So to Miles, Adam, Newcomb, and Scott
FUCK YOU GUYS, I hope you rot rot rot rot rot.

Bullies

Swing Rap From Way Back

Weekend

Jed And Crissy History, 15 Years

Written, produced, mixed, mastered, and performed by Jed Lapp.

These are the things that I believe
Gonna lay them out here as I perceive
My name is Jed Lapp, this is me
Don’t get mad if you disagree

Takes all kinds of people, different views
Not everybodys the same as you
So listen to my song What I Believe
Maybe you agree with me, we’ll see

I believe minorities have things hard
The odds are stacked against them, raw
Minorities are more worried about an attacker
Damn right I believe Black Lives Matter

As of this recording Covid is out of control
In the US it has been completely mishandled
As of today, over 3 million cases
Many places no masks on faces.

How is it there are people who won’t wear a mask?
How unbelievably selfish is that.
With over 100 000 dead,
Our president finally wore one on his head.

I believe Donald Trump is a lying con man
Who has half the country under his spell
As the Dali llama said so well
Hes’ a threat to humanity (delay….)

I believe those working hard should  afford rent
Minimum wage barely pays dollars and cents
It’s just not fair for those working hard
Who can’t even afford to buy a car.

I believe everybody is fighting a battle.
Be nice and kind, we’re all intertwined.
A little kindness can go a long way
And brighten up somebody’s day.

These are the things that I believe
Gonna lay them out here as I perceive
My name is Jed Lapp, this is me
Don’t get mad if you disagree

Takes all kinds of people, different views
Not everybody’s the same as you
So listen to my song What I Believe
Maybe you agree with me, we’ll see

I believe there’s a holocaust for animals
At factory farms the conditions are hell
This is where we get much of our food
As we pay the tormentors for what they do.

I believe there’s something greater than ourselves
Something I can’t understand well.
Like where did we come from and where are we going
It’s beyond me, I don’t claim to be knowing.

I believe that family is life
And life is family, and I love my wife.
And I love my kids, yes
And I love the journey as they get big.

Those are all important issues
I believe one’s higher on the ladder.
Cause if this one’s not solved,
Nothing else after will matter.

I believe we may be headed for a disaster
The climate is changing that’s for sure
Will the human race be here?
I’m completely unsure.

So there’s some things that I believe 
In the summer of 2020
A lot to take in a lot to deal with.
Many issues that are heavy.

What I Believe

Our 2020

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I write, create and compose original story songs sharing my life through music.  On some of my tracks,  I compose the music using various instruments, samples and a little help from my friends. Thanks for stopping by my page.

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