#PhenomenalCake

original instrumental: Strange World! from Fellowship by Ascience, Aud.One, Illoquence, & Rythmatical. rythmatical.bandcamp.com/track/strange-world

original sample: Yael Naim - New Soul

original instrumental: Funny Bunny from Glorious new era by Ogi Feel The Beat. ogifeelthebeat.bandcamp.com/track/funny-bunny

Hunny Bunny by Burt The Turtle

original instrumental: doesn't seem to be online any more but it was called Bang Bang from Cruise Control vol. 1 by Ante antehiphop.bandcamp.com

Food Court Phenomenon

original instrumental: Illoquence - Fall Apart from Fellowship by Ascience, Aud.One, lloquence, & Rythmatical rythmatical.bandcamp.com/track/fall-apart

Take The Scar

original instrumental: Lay My Head To Sleep from Lorisoul - No Regrets Instrumentals by Rythmatical rythmatical.bandcamp.com/track/lay-my-head-to-sleep-2

Brazenly Humble

original instrumental: Priveledged Information from Spy Vs. Spy by Batsauce batsauce.bandcamp.com/track/priveledged-information

Black Market Breast Milk (o)(o)

original beat "No Mockery" was taken from Melodic Deliverance by Rythmatical.  http://rythmatical.bandcamp.com/track/no-mockery 

lyrics by J. Mroz aka Thaddeus James

Quicksand

Reward my Music : http://reward-my-music.com/28713 This is the intro track for the new project Phenomenal Cake by Thaddeus James.  I rap into a tin can for this track which adds some nice effects.  This song is also rapped as a turtle named Burt and it's about life around the lake with his sweet heart Ruby.

The original track was taken from http://rythmatical.bandcamp.com/track/green-tea 

#tincanturtle by Burt The Turtle

original track is called Good Old Times. http://www.reverbnation.com/ogifeelthebeat/song/14407263-good-old-times?utm_campaign=opengraph&utm_content=song&utm_medium=link&utm_source=facebook 

Hella Mega (too old to yolo)

Notebook Noise cashed in on the iconic artwork of 2012’s release Strange Tongue that featured front man Thaddeus James riding the neck of a giraffe. He used the momentum from music blog posts and released Strange Tongue's acapellas and instrumentals as: The Giraffter Party Acapellas & Instrumentals. The online response from producers remixing the acapellas was far greater than Thaddeus could’ve ever anticipated. Remixes have been coming in from all over the planet on a regular basis. A solid representation of this response can be seen on the final installment of the Strange Tongue trilogy: Giraffter Hours. Graphic artist Joe Sampson did an amazing job on all three album covers. And of course the trilogy is free and features production from John Gray aka Johnny Cosmic 

Thaddeus James has also released #PhenomenalCake. It’s not quite an album, but bigger than an EP and in the style of a mixtape. Instrumentals for the project were selected from Soundcloud and Bandcamp. #PhenomenalCake features a two track intro by Burt The Turtle. He raps into a tin can and loves a turtle named Ruby. The remaining 7 tracks play out like a soundtrack to a party at the turtle's lake house. When Thaddeus wasn’t writing as a turtle or rapping as himself about cake, he was also rapping about breast milk and being too old to yolo. Long time collaborator Asa Phelps continues to send instrumentals and Thaddeus is writing as quickly as Asa is sending them. The collection of tracks between the two will be released under the title Shits Creek. Expect to hear the introspective, soul-searching rhymes you’ve grown to love from Notebook Noise. Thaddeus has also teamed up with Polish based record label Awesome Music Place to put out an EP and has worked as a writer for the label as well penning a song for Kaja Czulewicz.  There is also a new project in the works between Thaddeus James and Vin Rizzo aka Rizzly Bear on production. 

The group has come a long way from Snares, Hooks and RhymeBooks, the debut that landed them on URB’s Next 1000 list back in 2008. The guys followed that up with 2009’s Debonair Wit, which earned them ‘leak of the week’ accolades from ThePier.org for the song “The Art of Throwing ft. Knowledgeborn07”. In February 2010 Notebook Noise started officially playing live and by October they had landed on WGN for a morning spot promoting the event Fashion Mash that took place at Double Door and Flat Iron Art Institute. With the release of 2012’s Strange Tongue; Notebook Noise was featured on several music blogs and even some food blogs for the daddy/daughter duet Cookies ft. LULUTRON.  Releasing the acapellas has even gotten Thaddeus’ vocals mashed up with Polish emcees and an emcee from Japan and many others. You can even catch some kids from the UK skateboarding on youtube to NN instrumentals. Here’s to the future. 

All music can be downloaded for free at www.notebooknoise.com  