Produced by MNtality
"Sister Jones" Art by Colby Swanson aka JAFO (@colby_trice)
www.patreon.com/colbyink

JAFO and MNtality co-created this music and art together, 2012, in Merriam Park, Saint Paul, MN. Music made by sampling VHS and Vinyl via MPC2000XL and Pro Tools. Art made on card stock canvas with watercolor and ink.

Reverend Jones, Octoknaut (InstruMNtal)

Loop Pedal Slapper
80bpm
What do you need for proper creative irrigation?

Swamp Riddim
(M. Jarvi)
Written, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by MNtality

Gee You Are You Music // ASCAP
©Forth Word 2021

Swamp Riddim

(I. Francesca, G. Gore, M. Jarvi)
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Solaceloquent
Written by Izabella Francesca, MNtality & Solaceloquent)

thewind [by Solaceloquent::MNtality::Izabella Francesca]

Felt inspired by daFLOW so I cooked this up on the loop pedal with an acapella Yev posted a while ago.

HarveYevraH - raWithin

1, 2, on the mic we checkin'/
we transmit these lessons/
so we can pass it on to the children/
for the next 7 generations/

Original loop pedal production by MNtality (M. Jarvi)
Gee You Are You Music (ASCAP) 
©Forth Word 2022

7 Generations Loop 11.26.22

Recorded between the hours of 12-4am CST in and around the key of D-minor with an 80's pump organ, Casio CT-638, Pro Tools VST's, a Hmong-crafted mini gong, rainstick, chimes, Meinl Mbira, pan flute, various percussion, and the eternal flow of breath, vital life force, Prana/Chi/Qi. Musically Planting Seeds. 

Written, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by MNtality (M.Jarvi) for Gee You Are You Music // ASCAP
©Forth Word 2023

Matt Jarvi's Album

Kishaua Incari

Felt like making something to zone out with.
CAN'T STOP WONT STOP thaCREATIVITY!

222
(M.Jarvi)
Produced by MNtality
Unmixed & Unmastered

©Forth Word 2023 
Gee You Are You Music // ASCAP

"Rise Empowered"
(M. Jarvi, B.Wimberly)
Produced by One Good Ear aka @enablemind
Written, Performed, Recorded and Mixed by MNtality


This song was written and recorded in 2018 during solitary-artistic-confinement inside a classic brownstone home in the heart of Harlem, NY, while processing a string of deaths of close friends due to the common thread of heroin/fentanyl overdoses. This single-verse song is a prayer and an expression of Love, mourning and frustration directly to those who left us too soon. Energy never dies, it only transforms -- May we keep our feelers open to all the ways our loved ones who have crossed over will continue to visit us throughout our lives. 

Rise Empowered my brothers! Zach (Duplus) Sanders, Emil (Scarrlito) Ebrahimi, and Joe (FortyPopsicle) McLane, you all are missed dearly. May we keep the memories of you alive in our hearts always. 

Scarrlito and Duplus were dedicated musicians, please help us keep their music alive! 

- Scarrlito - https://soundcloud.com/scarrhiphop

- ParaDuplus Helix aka Zaq R Eye- https://soundcloud.com/zaqarye-sanders

- FortyPopsocle was just greeat guy and downright FOOOO! - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2039896322787921&set=a.102538159857090

LYRICS)

Yeah
This one's for the ones who left us too soon
for the healing of the souls in transition

-- Paraduplus, FortyPopsicle and Scarrlito --

Old souls with young bodies become ancestors/
God's humble messengers bring out the best in us/
Rollin' deep, awaitin' to greet us at the pearly gates/
But y'all left too soon/
We ain't got no time to waste/
I can still see your face/
I can still hear your voice/
But y'all made your choice/
I aint mad atchya, I'm just sayin'/
We glad you found liberation, no more pain/
but y'all had so much life to live, I don't mean to complain/
but we coulda been each others' shelter underneath the rain/
In this world so cold/
I know that it can be daunting thinkin 'bout growin' old/
When life is so agonizing/
Full of nonsense, it's surprising that we're still here/
But we gotta keep risin'/
Like the sun over new horizons/
All I see when I close my eyes is you SMILIN'!/
Wakey wakey, eggz n bakey, RISE n SHINE!/
It's a new day and I feel so divine!/
Your effervescence brings a tingle up n down my spine/
I got no doubt in my mind that we gon meet in due time/
Once again I'll get to hang with my friend/
Cuz energy is never-endin'/
Prayers I'm still sendin' to ya/
To bless ya up on yer transition/
I know that this is just another chapter of your mission!/
YEAH!

Rise in Power Scarrlito/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
All I wanna do is work and Love on all my people yeah, hey!/
Rise in Power Scarrlito/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
All we gonna do is work and Love on our people yeah, hey!/
Rise in Power FortyPopsicle!/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
You know we came to overcome these obstacles, yeah/
Rise in Power FortyPopsicle!/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
I know you knew we capable of the impossible, yeah/
Rise in Power Paraduplus!/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
Help us open up to let God use us!
Rise in Power Paraduplus!/ (Rise Empowered, Rise Empowered)
Touch my hands every time I hit the drum!/

Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered
Rise Empowered!

PHLAWJ HAWRD 2 REMOVE UR SORROWZ

Rise Empowered

This mix first premiered March 7, 2018 on "Wright About Now", a show on 89.3FM The Current, hosted by Toki Wright.  

Produced/Mixed/Arranged by Matt Jarvi (MNtality)
Vocals by Cassieopia & Desdamona

Peep the whole show and archives here ----> https://www.thecurrent.org/programs/wright-about-now/2018/03/07

MNtality March MashUp

This is from a series of riddims I made for Irreducible Grace Foundation's video series, "IGF Kids" - check it out on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOH-JDUQBD4bpSQOWU9XqQ/videos

(M. Jarvi)
Gee You Are You Music // ASCAP
©Forth Word 2020

Phat Drum Loop 8.5.2020

Big Time // Worldwide // Producer

Peep the international compilation album, "El Itinerario" by US Cuba Artist Exchange **LINK BELOW** #USCAE

From Saint Paul, MN
Living in Asheville, NC

Gee You Are You Music / ASCAP

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