This was the first ever song I published, and I did so in January 2019, when I started an earlier project that sadly, got scrapped. However, this song has helped me build a schoolwide fanbase! The song's melody was in my head way back in 2016, when I just played the chord progression A-C-B-E several times over and over. The song's lyrics are meant to parody the state of modern hip-hop, and the whole track in general is reminiscent of a song Lil Pump did called "Boss".

Algebra - Single

Algebra

This song, produced by me, demonstrates how most people don't even pay attention to the lyrics in rap anymore. A typical playlist like RapCaviar or Get Turnt is usually more focused on the vibes and energy of the songs, especially the latter. Some of the lyrics are just silly, overused, and pretty much only worthy for memes on social media. That's what the premise of "Elliot Tebele" is—he's the controversial guy who runs the @fuckjerry Instagram meme account. Another theme of this song is standing out from the norm. Enjoy and just get hype. We all deserve it. It's been QUITE a while since I dropped an original track.

Note: The spat dialogue you hear in the beginning is sampled from the 2009 Pixar film 'Up'.

Elliot Tebele - Single

Elliot Tebele

Feel free to use this instrumental for whatever you want. You can make your own raps to the beat or use it in your videos. I might make an official version of this song later, though.

This instrumental samples "Green Light" by Paul Keogh, an instrumental from 1985 also known as "Cops on a Bike".

"Work It!" prod. The Gwynster - 80s sample type beat

In the first semester of English class, we were assigned to read this classic novel entitled 'Catcher in the Rye'. After various class projects (one of which I failed to turn in on time), and coming up with a concept for another track, I decided to come up with something that listeners can easily relate to. Many hits in the past few years have had some sort of awareness regarding mental health. (Logic, XXXTentacion, Juice WRLD, Chelsea Cutler, Lauv, Shawn Mendes, Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons) I should also mention that I wrote this song in two days at the Dr. Martin Luther King Library at San Jose State University while evacuating from the Kincade Fire, and the instrumental took about an hour to make. On November 15, 2019, the day I released my demo EP, I premiered this song for my English class.

Contains replayed elements of "Concerto in B Minor, RV580, 1st movement", composed by Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), and arranged by the Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra.

I Needed A Break (Demo) - EP

Real Talk

This song is closer to that of a G rating because I want to have at least one song and accompanying music video that I can show at school. On this song, I rap about the state of hip-hop music in 2019, and the generational divide of the genre which has caused a lot of controversy from both sides alike. You may remember J. Cole address this topic on "MIDDLE CHILD". As a 17-year-old, you'd expect me to be on that "trap Soundcloud meme rap" wave. But I just don't like that quality of music. I take the work I do very seriously, as you can hear on this track and "Fluorine Freestyle". The beat was a $40 lease from YoungKio, the same guy behind the record-breaking global smash "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X.

Pencil Box (prod. YoungKio)

This track has a strange history. I originally bought this beat for $150 (most of my birthday money!) in July 2019 from a producer named DigitalRamz, who had posted this on his Instagram story way back in 2018. (He's a graduate of Santa Rosa High School.) He told me someone else had leased the beat, but I thought it fit my style. Most of his other beats are typically trap-sounding, and I usually prefer to stay away from those types of beats and music.
The subject of the song also frequently changed. Originally, it was going to be about my long-distance best friend, and then about the culture of the school I go to. After the first rain of the water season came in November, I decided to pay homage to my favorite past time: jumping in rain puddles.
I think "puddle jumping" serves as the perfect metaphor for a lot of materialistic themes common in rap culture (jewelry, fashion, sex to name a few). Rappers also brag about their sneakers and Louboutin shoes and what not, so I decided I would flex about my galoshes from Big 5 Sporting Goods. Just another track where I can just be myself, have fun, and chill for a while, compared to tracks like "Real Talk".

Puddle Jumping (prod. DigitalRamz)

Political songs are very commonplace, but I wanted to make a song that could attempt to resonate with anyone no matter their beliefs. Some viewers may not agree with what I say in this song, others might. This song covers a variety of issues including politics, discrimination, unity, social differences, climate change, suicide, and the new coronavirus that is spreading all over the world. Besides, you don't really hear lots of protest songs from young artists like me.
I made the beat to this song over the winter break, but the whole thing didn't get released until March 2020, right around the time the coronavirus was causing increasing panic to the general public. I had wanted to do a political song for quite some time. My original idea was to have the whole thing be one extremely long verse and the song going for over 10 minutes. But I figured that would be a bore to my fans. So I kept it simple.
The cover art is designed by my friend Savannah Quihuis, a student from Santa Rosa High School's ArtQuest program. She sells her artwork at a lot of local shows around here.

When?

"Fluorine", which is one of my favorite tracks off the album, originally started as a part of a freestyle series I did in the summer of 2019. This one came out in June. Every freestyle in the series was named after a chemical element. Fluorine happens to be the most reactive element there is, so I decided to compare my wordplay and my lyrical skills to the pale-yellow gas. Not all the lyrics you hear in this re-release were in the original version of this song. 

When I first released the song, it was set to the 2014 Axel Thesleff instrumental composition "Bad Karma", which I first heard at a dance recital. We were not given permission from his management team to re-use the beat. So in March 2020, I found the beat "Cartoons" on BeatStars by the name of Tony Royal. I fell in love with it upon first hearing because I think it still has the same vibe as "Bad Karma". 

Overall, "Fluorine" is a song about how diverse, versatile and complex my lyrical skills can be, while also refusing to comply within the current trend standards of commercialized hip-hop.

Fluorine (prod. Tony Royal)

Keep Your Eyes Open (prod. Hugo Black)- ROUGH DRAFT

Fuck PG&E - ROUGH DRAFT

"Swine Flu" was written in response to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The lyrics contain various references to the insurrection, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, the Trump presidency, QAnon, and the 2020 presidential election. The song is basically meant to showcase the intense political divide the United States is in at the moment. I've written political songs before, but this is the first fiercely political one, as the lyrics go after several right- and left-wing activist groups. The song is lyrically dense, you can read the all the lyrics and the accompanying annotations on Genius here:
https://genius.com/Muyeol-swine-flu-lyrics

My buddy Andrew Leavitt, the guitarist of a band named Stone Salad, plays the electric guitar track you hear throughout the song. At first, I was going for an aggressive Scarlxrd/XXXTentacion/Juice WRLD kind of vibe, but after hearing Leavitt's parts, it started to sound more like the style of Rage Against the Machine, a band known for their political lyrics and activism. I also feel like this is my best effort at trying to mix the vocals. I had to do various re-recordings so that you can hear ALL of the lyrics clearly. Cause this song is a lot to handle.

So what happened at the Capitol? Basically, a mob of pro-Trump protestors, excuse me, rioters, broke into the building in a final [but failed] attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Joe Biden had won, but Donald Trump had repeatedly claimed the election was stolen in his favor. In the end, Biden still won the election. However, Trump's allies are still with him as he is facing his impeachment trial, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has actively promoted QAnon along with a bunch of other outrageous conspiracy theories. Sign this petition below to demand she resign or be expelled from Congress:
http://chng.it/Qv4dDdSTGf

Swine Flu

I'm a 18-year old DIY hip-hop artist and a graduate of Piner High School in Santa Rosa, California.
Current album release schedule (subject to change):
- I Needed A Break, March 2021
- M3 (yet to be titled), October 2021
- Art Imitating Real Life, August 2022

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