01 Drama Everywhere

My guav Mean Joe fwded a Bodega Bamz tweet where he challenged producers to flip this sample.  I had a few drinks, was about to go to sleep but said "fuck it".  I like how it turned out, and also that's me singing in the back.

BEAMS on the way
Everything is G U A V A

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Optiks - Boo Boo Dolls

Recorded on April 28, 2018 LIVE from the Fool's Gold shop in Brooklyn, NY

Boiler Room asked me to participate in their Mixtape series by picking a genre of music that I grew up on... So I chose Mid- to Late-90s undergorund/backpack Hip Hop. This was the scene that I really embraced when I was starting to DJ. And the indie mentality of that era was a huge influence on starting Fool's Gold 10 years later. 

Unfortunately half of the video was lost!! But we were able to preserve the audio of the full set. So here it is in full, for your enjoyment... and here is the link for the partial video: 
https://boilerroom.tv/session/mixtape-nyc-atrak

Tracklist: 

Mos Def - Universal Magnetic (instrumental - intro)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Definition
The High & Mighty ft. Mike Zoot, Mos Def & El-P - B-Boy Document
Big L - Ebonics
Rasco - Unassisted
Dilated Peoples - Work The Angles
De La Soul ft. Common - The Business
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Reflection Eternal - Fortified Live
Natural Resource - Bum Deal
The High & Mighty - Open Mic Night
Frankenstein - The Rain Is Gone
Street Smartz ft. OC & Pharoahe Monch - Metal Thangz
D.I.T.C. - Day One
Company Flow - Vital Nerve
Company Flow - 8 Steps To Perfection
Defari - Bionic
Gang Starr - The Planet
Show & AG - Spit
Large Professor - The Mad Scientist (Instrumental)
Kazi - A.V.E.R.A.G.E.
Ill Bill - Gangsta Rap
Mos Def - If You Can Huh You Can Hear
Da Bush Babees ft. Mos Def - The Love Song
MF Doom - Gas Drawls
Slum Village - I Don't Know
Erule - Listen Up
Arsonists - Session
Bahamadia - UKNOWHOWWEDU
Lootpack - WhenImondamic
L-Fudge ft. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Talib Kweli & Skam - What If?
Blahzay Blahzay - Danger
J-Live - Braggin Writes
D&D All-Stars - 1,2 Pass It (Remix)
Royal Flush - Worldwide
Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn
East Flatbush Project - Tried By 12
Afu-Ra - Whirlwind Thru Cities
Shadez Of Brooklyn - Change
Non Phixion - Black Helicopters
Big L - The Big Picture
Cru - Pronto
Smut Peddlers - One By One (Instrumental)

Boiler Room

Boiler Room Mixtape: 90s Backpacker Rap Set

Produced by Optiks & Brett Cimbalik

All instruments by Brett Cimbalik

Mean Joe Scheme - Nola X Mars, Part II

FIVE FEET BIG (PROD BY OPTIKS)

30Pack feat. Lia Mack (Prod. By Optiks)

SICKER THAN (Prod. By Optiks)

Us & Ours ft. Ash Riser, Niko Is, & Theez (Prod. By Optiks)

Song from our upcoming record: Ayowolf Presents: Teddy Brown Brown
Produced and mixed by ALXNDRBRWN
Vocals written and recorded by Teddy Faley

Lyrics:
With where we’ve all been at of late
I think it's safe to say we all could use an extra nap today
Panic’s kinda creeping in
So everybody’s sleeping in!
We can reconvene tomorrow afternoon and by the weekend,
We’ll be straight
I've always been a fan of sleeping late
I've always been the man at being great
I've always been a canopy of pain
Not understanding that my only job’s the rain
Some things are only built to file complaints
So I'm walking with my homie, 
I said “Gus, these assholes think they know me...” 
Know what he then told me?
Nothing, he’s a dog, but I was thinking about it closely
Realizing all this mess has been my whole stee
So it’s just another Saturday
Just a couple stores open, keep your dads away 
Our president got half a brain
He shits his pants, comes on out for accolades
And half my graduating class claps away 
Sometimes I wish I wasn't here on this earth
Sometimes my dog tries to play with deer and his feelings get hurt
That’s all the same gear
No matter what I do I'll still be fighting how I feel
And Gus will always scare away the deer 

What the hell is up now, I'm stuck now?
Ain't had a cigarette since uptown, I shoulda took the bus down

I try to be discreet but my whole shit is no composure
See me coughing in the street, I'm just smoking, it's not Corona 
We decided the whole world’s going home, I been at home, son 
Call me when the last of the drink stores’s doors shut
I’ve been around a block or two, just never seen so many empty
Usually there's broads that's say “Oh hey, it's Teddy”
Usually there's bars and people sit inside them
Usually it's hard to do, but people trying
Back when masks were metaphors for hide behind-in 
So holler at your boy, but keep it stealth
CDC says keep it six feet in-between us, I say twelve
Clean your room and try to cook up something something for yourself
I learned to turn the oven on today myself, I'm feeling swell

Deer Friends

Optiks has quietly made a mark as a go-to producer and engineer for a diverse range of clients.  He's worked with a host of notable artists/corporations such as Blitz the Ambassador, Talib Kweli, Homeboy Sandman & Aesop Rock, Heltah Skeltah & Buckshot, Styles P, Freeway, Jon Connor, Psalm One, Kap Kallous, Brisk Ice Tea, ESPN, MTV, Vice, The World Cup, and PBS, amongst others.

opvizion@gmail.com for all inquiries

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