drewschermickblindone- The Accidic Hassidic 9-  

Salva - 40 Karats ft. Zackey Force Funk
Pegasus Warning- Try So Hard (JKriv Remix) 
Young  Fathers- Romance
The xx- 08 - On Hold
Open Mike Eagle- Bucciarati (feat. Kari Faux)
Panda Bear- Token
Killah Priest- 13 Star Tide Floor Lamps
1000 Apes in a Room - Attack of the Apes- Death and Destruction (with Brzowski)
Loden- Paint Escape Artist
Pictureplane & Fish Narc- Underwater Panther
Chromatics- faded now
Danny Brown- Shine (feat. Blood Orange)
Psychadelic Ensemble- A Rather Special Visitor Indeed! feat. Blu
the gumshoe strut- healththoughtodo (ft. yy and john smith)
Madlib & Hemlock Ernst- Celebrity Vision
PanAssassin- The Greys (Ft.Persons Unknown)
Yoni Wolf- Broken Crow (Shook Mix)
D33J-  Rot (feat. Corbin & Shlohmo)
Daedelus- California
MF GRIMM- fame
yungmorpheus- Chateau d'Yquem
Of Montreal & Locate S,1- Gypsy That Remains
shpongle- mycelium labyrinth

Drewschermickblindone- The Accidic Hassidic 9

Thunderstorms instrumental

It’s not that ironic that the person who chose “kidDEAD” for a moniker brought an uncompromising passion for life into this world. After all, one of Ross’ many gifts was messing with your expectations and challenging your deepest beliefs with both compassion and humor.  I’m grateful that Ross left us some piece of that passion in his music and our memories, and I imagine he’d like nothing better than to celebrate his life and art alongside the comrades that loved him.  Thank you for being a part of our lives, my friend.  We’ll carry you with us always in our hearts and in our headphones. 

Words and music from:

OneWerd 

kidDEAD -"Imaginary Friends" feat. OneWerd

Spoken Nerd

kidDEAD - I Wish All My Friends Would Never Die feat. Spoken Nerd and Charles Bradley

Adder 

Adder & kidDEAD - Much Less a Song

Ialive

kidDEAD - All Gonna Die feat. iAlive(produced by iAlive)

Ceschi

kidDEAD -  Cut the Kite String feat. Ceschi

Dope KNife 

Bailey 

Farout

kidDEAD - Fangs feat. Farout

Juan Cosby & AP Counterfeit 

AP Counterfeit - Blackout (feat. kidDEAD) 

Height Keech

kidDEAD - We Won't Wait

BRZOWSKI

Brzowski - In Between feat. kidDEAD & Ialive

sole

kidDEAD - mettā feat. Sole and Phantom Farmer

kidDEAD Memorial Episode:  We'll miss you, Ross Norton.

Preconcieved Notions Ft Sev

“Pink Slip From Rhymesayers” is not about Rhymesayers. 
It’s about the dudes out there who use art, money, and/or influence as a way to gain access to and manipulate admirers. 
The dudes who assume admiration implies consent. The dudes who don't see that manipulated admiration is muddy consent. 
That giant man-child’s ego is incapable of empathy. He is unwilling to consider how his actions are damaging to all those who encounter it.
"Pink Slip From Rhymesayers" is not about Rhymesayers.  
Rhymesayers is part of a system that benefits from manipulated admiration, and in the song, Rhymesayers represents the system itself. If you’ve navigated arts communities or the publishing world or academia or really just breathed air outside of your house, you’ve experienced this system. And if you like to watch movies, you’ve most likely been complicit with your dollars. 
Harvey Weinstein doesn't exist in isolation. He had many enablers.  I'd argue most of his enablers -- movie ticket purchasers -- didn’t actively know they were enabling him. But liking Silver Linings Playbook doesn’t make you a trash person. The Weinstein Company produced Paddington for god’s sake. Is nothing sacred? 
 You do have a choice here. To the best of your knowledge, you can support producers of art who align with your values 
Pink Slip From Rhymesayers is ruthless. I have a friend in Georgia named Ruth, and he did not help me make this song. Therefore, this song is Ruthless. 
This song is also ruthless in how it attempts to confront problematic language.  This song is plagiarized. “You are not cancelled. You are broken” is not my line. This song isn’t even a song. This song does not have a chorus. This song is a poem. This song is an impulse. This song is a reflex to the injustices in the system. This song is denouncing hero-worship in all of its incarnations.
This song is a call to action. This song is a crossroads. This song is an opportunity to go in a different direction. This song is a pivot point. This song is a step-back-3 that might be an air ball. This song could miss the mark. This song could fail. This song is a Hail Mary.  
I have to confront my record shelf. Why have I been supporting these artists?  This community?  Who did that community support?  Who did that community hurt?  Who did that community exclude?  Why was it such a big deal to get on the bill and open the show when these artists came to town?   
This song is an announcement saying that I am committed to supporting people in our community who’ve have been ignored and silenced.
This song is a contract.  Or rather, this song is the end of a contract.  This song is a pink slip. This song will change how I tour. This song will change how I do business.

kidDEAD Memorial Episode: We'll miss you, Ross Norton.

The Imaginary Friends Podcast

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