DutyFree Heartbreak

Beat by DJ Real.
Rappers: Cozmo Jethro, DJ Real, Lydia 
Additional voice, Crissy
Mixed and Mastered, Cozmo Jethro

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

(Cozmo Jethro)
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.

(Cozmo Jethro)
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.

(Cozmo Jethro)
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, and Lydia, 2023.

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

Official Music Video | Clip officiel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtBGDlIAyEQ

Voici le single de notre nouvel album, 2 est égal à 3, qui paraîtra le 16 septembre prochain.

Our newest album, 2 equals 3, will be coming out on September 16th 2024.

2 est égal à 3

Le suicide artistique

Découvrez notre nouvel album sur
Discover our new album on
https://marienoelleoftherecord.bandcamp.com/album/2-est-gal-3
et sur toutes les autres plateformes.

2 est égal à 3 est un opéra pop. Lors d'une conversation avec sa mère, une femme de 40 ans cherche à comprendre les incohérences de sa vie passée.

2 equals 3 is mnOTR's second album and the soundtrack to the upcoming film of the same name.

Credits
Released September 16, 2024

mnOTR is Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens + Shane Watt

Music & lyrics by Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens
+ piano, lead and back-up vocals

Production and arrangements by Shane Watt
+ bass, guitar, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboard, accordéon, back-up vocals

Back-up vocals on 5 by MoMeTi

Mastering by Fran Ashcroft

Artwork by Elléonne

Le grand déséquilibre

“Livid”
Dreamy LoFi/ambient track from our Eastern LoFi Lab.
Cover pic: Arpad Kajel www.facebook.com/arpikirandul

Livid

Hold On

System Break

Master Funk

This song I wrote way back in 2003 about the little lies that lurk in between the lines that people say sometimes or that you say to yourself too! I was in between marriages and was in a full-blown mid-life crisis mode at the time! 😂 6 years of way too much partying! It was fun while it lasted though! 😉 I re-recorded it during the pandemic and sang it myself. Sorry about that! Here's the video link: 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/MAlGPaWTXBQ

I put in a lot of visual eye-candy in the video and had a lot of fun producing it! I can't remember anything else special about the song except that I probably wrote it after a hang over, I'm sure!😂 It's no fun living in between the lies! Thanks for listening and take care everybody! Party on!

“IN BETWEEN THE LIES”

SUNDAY MORNING, WHERE’S MY COFFEE?  
I DRANK TOO MUCH AGAIN LAST NIGHT,    
BUT LATELY THAT’S THE ONLY TIME,     
I FEEL AT HOME,                  

OUTSIDE IT’S RAINING, BUT WHO’S COMPLAINING?    
BITCHIN’ ABOUT IT WON’T MAKE IT RIGHT,    
KILLIN’ YOURSELF IS ALWAYS EASIER,     
WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE,

NO ONE WINS LIVIN’ IN BETWEEN THE LIES,        
IN AND OUT, NO DOUBT, I’M LEFT BEHIND          
WITH EVERY ROUND, I DROWN, MY LONELINESS,           
I GUESS I’LL NEVER FIND,         
TRUE LOVE IN BETWEEN THE LIES,
     
AND SO IT GOES AND I SUPPOSE,    
I’LL BELLY UP TO THE BAR AGAIN,         
AND HAVE A DRINK, TO EASE THE PAIN,  
OF MY SOLITUDE,        
        
NO ONE WINS LIVIN’ IN BETWEEN THE LIES,       
IN AND OUT, NO DOUBT, I’M LEFT BEHIND,        
WITH EVERY ROUND, I DROWN, MY LONELINESS,          
I GUESS I’LL NEVER FIND,         
TRUE LOVE IN BETWEEN THE LIES,        
GUESS I’LL NEVER FIND,        
TRUE LOVE IN BETWEEN THE LIES,       
GUESS I’LL NEVER FIND,        
TRUE LOVE IN BETWEEN THE LIES,        
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH.

BY JIM VALDES
 © 2003

"IN BETWEEN THE LIES" (Video - https://youtu.be/MAlGPaWTXBQ)

Here’s a side project that our friend Brian Young (Wull) composed, performed the music and produced. A few years back Brian asked us if we would add vocals and Nat and I came up with this recording. Brian later released a modified version. We wanted to keep this version as well and hope you’ll enjoy it. Our thanks to Brian for inviting us into this beautiful composition that features his terrific guitar work to which we greatly enjoyed singing along. The words were authored by “NewBeginnings” (Jimmy Osborne) DUPoetry.com, but you’ll hear some minor changes made to best fit with Brian’s music.
Cover art based on a photo by Jeffry S.S. (Pixels) and banner art based on a photo by TotumRevolution (Pixabay).

I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Jimmy Osborne

Standing in the pouring rain
Soaked to the bone in sorrow,
I met a fellow mourner’s pain,
Along this road to no tomorrow.

She was drowning in defeat,
She braced this raging storm alone,
But she had the cutest little tweet,
I knew I had to take her home.

So, I took that bird beneath my wing,
And nursed her back to perfect health,
Then, one day I heard that angel sing
Perched so bravely upon her shelf.

Her wings no longer wet and cold,
Her broken heart no longer cried, 
With feathers no longer too stiff to turn,
I asked that beautiful bird to fly.

Underneath the misty glow of streetlamps,
Kissed by the lovelight in her eyes,
We lay locked within this fleeting dance,
Until the peeking sun began to rise.

With a final glance, and a simple kiss
We said our last goodbye…
Forever planted on her gentle lips,
Beneath that vibrant crimson sky.

The Caged Bird Sings

The Caged Bird Sings (with Wull)

New song written and performed by David Cooper and Glen Granthem.

David Cooper - Lyrics and all vocals

Glen Granthem - Music - All instruments

The Battle of Culloden was a battle fought on April 16, 1746, near Inverness, Scotland. It was the final battle of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and the last pitched battle on British soil.

The Jacobite army, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, fought against the British government army, led by the Duke of Cumberland. 

The Jacobites were defeated, with around 1,600 men killed, mostly Jacobites. 

The British lost only 50 men.

The battle ended the Jacobite Rising and settled a dispute over the monarchy that had lasted almost 60 years.

Lyrics:

They marched towards the battlefield
Many of them were starving
The clans all together
And they refused to yield

They charged across the boggy ground
That slowed them down
Onwards towards the canon fire
From the redcoat lines

Chorus

Oh the legend of Culloden
Where many brave men died
It will never be forgotten
Still hear the battle cries

Some say their ghosts walk there
On that forbidden moor
Haunted by those that had fallen
Echoes of brave souls

The gallant highlanders fought that day
Though outnumbered 2 to 1
Onward they kept on going
But were massacred one by one

Bridge

Chorus

Soon the battle it was over
The British army had won
Dead and dying around them lay
The Jacobites' dream died that day

Legend of Culloden (Cooper/Granthem Collaboration)

Two song writers, two kindred spirits... that found each other by pure happenstance and great fortune, to collaborate and create music together.
To see our separate artist pages, please click on the following links:
Nat Daniels   https://soundcloud.com/natdaniels
Craig Durgy  https://soundcloud.com/durge

The Caged Bird Sings (with Wull)

Daniels & Durgy