Dream big y'all.  Even if you've got to wait.  

Waiting Games (feat. Kaja Czulewicz)
written by Thaddeus James aka Jeff Mroz
Produced by Awesome Music Place

https://soundcloud.com/awesomemusicplace
http://www.awesomemusicplace.pl/
https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeMusicPlace
https://www.facebook.com/KajaCzulewiczMusic
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Waiting Games (feat. Kaja Czulewi

You can fall to pieces, or you can hold your ground.  We can both break even or we can go round for round.

Fall To Pieces (feat. Patree C)
Written by Thaddeus James aka Jeff Mroz
Produced by Awesome Music Place

https://soundcloud.com/awesomemusicplace
http://www.awesomemusicplace.pl/
https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeMusicPlace
https://www.facebook.com/NotebookNoise
https://www.facebook.com/patreecofficial


Fall To Pieces (feat. Patree C)

Figo stands for F**K It Go Out.  ALWAYS GO OUT.

Figo Figo (feat. Jeff CINCO)
Written by Thaddeus James aka Jeff Mroz and Jeff CINCO
Produced by Awesome Music Place

https://soundcloud.com/awesomemusicplace
http://www.awesomemusicplace.pl/
https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeMusicPlace
https://www.facebook.com/NotebookNoise
https://soundcloud.com/jeffcinco
Instagram: @jeffcinco


Figo Figo (feat. Jeff CINCO)

Another track from long time collaborators Notebook Noise and Pawloero.  The original track was produced by Pawloero as part of the #Ssc (Sunday sample club).  

Pawloero:
https://soundcloud.com/pawloero2
https://www.facebook.com/pawloEro-125271404225878/

Notebook Noise: 
https://soundcloud.com/notebook-noise
https://www.facebook.com/NotebookNoise/

The Most  - Notebook Noise X Pawloero

production:  Dj Jad
https://www.facebook.com/djjadofficial/
https://soundcloud.com/dj-jad-the-tailor

lyrics: Thaddeus James aka Jeff Mroz
https://www.facebook.com/NotebookNoise/
https://soundcloud.com/notebook-noise

The power and magic of the internet allowed Chicago based rapper Notebook Noise to be found on Soundcloud by Dj Jad, a legendary Dj from Italy's Hip Hop scene. I'm serious an absolute legend.  The end result is the whimsicial and catchy "Over The Moon".  A song about being completely in love, laced with infectious piano licks and riffs paired with a feel good old school hip hop beat produced by Dj Jad. 





Dj Jad x Notebook Noise - Over The Moon

This was the original version of Waiting Games produced by Asa Phelps that lead to the version heard on the Dirty Bird EP. 

Waiting Games ft. Kaja Czulewicz (Asa Phelps version)

Instrumental: Asa Phelps
Lyrics: Thaddeus James aka Jeff Mroz

This song is a biographical tale of a duel between James W. Denver and Edward Gilbert.  Their beef left a man dead.  Denver was a great shot.  I’ll tell you now Gilbert lost his life on August 2nd 1852.  Pride is a funny thing if you can’t shoot a gun.  Be wary of short fuses.

Why write this song about 1852?  
Asa read an article about the duel that inspired an instrumental named 40 Paces.  When it ended up in my inbox, I asked about the titles significance - to which Asa sent a link to the article.  How could I not write about the duel? 



40 Paces Notebook Noise X Asa Phelps

40 PACES Notebook Noise X Asa Phelps

This track was produced by Aro-13.09 https://soundcloud.com/anr13
and written/rapped by Notebook Noise

"I mean I like all your jams and I am always honest...this might be one of the coolest jams I've heard from you in a minute."  -Asa Phelps

"It's like the most fitting beat for your delivery in a long time!!" -Asa Phelps

Vision 20/20 on a thousand yard stare
But I'm more apt to a 100 foot glare
What's a thousand yard stare to a 100 foot scowl
Learned don't ever bite when you can get with a growl
Don't bug me I want to binge watch episodes 
Piss out the window with a funnel and rubber hose
order two pizzas eat one hot and one cold
just like that keep one lit and one rolled 
Notebook nonsense is absolute nuisance
say something you’ll regret your two cents
hence I never catch rest on laurels
or hold pints and quarts when found finding quarrels 
Prefer coral auras to envious green tones
Prefer explorers to those that seek thrones
Build unique homes for the homeless squat 
Sometimes the world you need is not what you've got 


Melee’s, mayhem, evil and greed
Sometimes the world you've got ain't the world you need 

ominous black clouds celestial sirens 
Fill in the xword for intellectual dry runs
nice to meet ya I'm Jeff or Thaddeus James
I know about rap, paint and cannabis names; 
those are synonymous I'm autonomous 
If I'm seen sorted I hope it weren't recorded
even secret squirrels is known to get snared
Even Notebook Noise is known to get blared 
Figure foxes obnoxious the way(since) they never get caught 
Three cheers for another good fight fought 
A good night sought and a raw life rolled 
A safety cone to pass and hold
When your passions bold your mood expands
Maybe use them hands to boot some grands
Trunk some crunk and consume some room
More Space a taste I could learn to groom
I can be that one plain Thaddeus James 
You can be the fun new cannabis names 
Yo expecting the worst just might make it so
but if you don’t give it no light to it just might help it grow

The World You've Got Notebook Noise X Aro-13.09

FREE DOWNLOAD.

Remixed and mastered by Neill Von Tally
Lyrics by Jeff Mroz aka Thaddeus James
Chorus sung by Johnny Cosmic

Original track Bloodshot Embers appeared on Strange Tongue.
https://notebooknoise.bandcamp.com/album/strange-tongue

This year I heard an album called Bone Music by The Last Artful Dodgr. It was produced by Neill Von Tally.  I was blown away by the production and overall chilling vibe of the album.  It was front to back emotion.  I had to reach out to Neill and inquired about working on a potential remix.  He couldn't have been more professional and easy to work with.  

His take on Bloodshot Embers is all about that bass.  I hope your speakers hit like mine.  

Art work: Photo by Ginger Peach Tree.  Photoshop by Asa Phelps

In the second verse I say the word Gza which refers to Gza/Genius from Wu-Tang Clan. So to simplify I'm saying it doesn't take a genius.

lyrics

I never really cared that she dated other dudes 
So how she gonna bitch that I’m picky with my foods 
I left her alone on all her imperfections 
But still she came back with her interjections 
Uh you’re so short, don’t you ever eat 
Did you get a job? What’s that on your feet? 
Are those fat laces? Did those come with the shoes? 
What were you thinking, when you got those tattoos? 

Bloodshot embers weakening to ashes 
Often I sat there, lost in those lashes 

I’m not too concerned with your thoughts on my physique 
Or if my clothes make me the wrong kind of unique 
You forgot to bitch about these songs I make 
So confused between the real and fake 
You know why I can’t work thanks for the low blow 
It doesn’t take a Gza to see this wont grow 
Lets let the last of these ashes float into the air 
And you can close your eyes and watch me disappear

Bloodshot Embers - Neill Von Tally Remix

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  

Tracks by Notebook Noise