FREE DOWNLOAD! The first single from "ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN SANDWICHES", the new album from Providence, RI emcee STORM DAVIS. 

Produced by ENTITY of The RumRunners. 

Order "OB4CS" on CD and Limited Edition Purple Cassette from Poorly Drawn Recordings: http://tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4PDP or from Strange Famous Records: http://tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4SFR 

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Providence, RI emcee Storm Davis brings you Only Built 4 Cuban Sandwiches, a collection of smooth, sun-soaked party anthems of frustration, introspection, and emotional exfoliation that SD describes as "the world's first Adult-Contemporary hip hop album".

"We need to consider what happens when the yacht stops rocking, when the washboard player of Aught-rock becomes the turntablist of nu-metal. Because it will happen," Davis muses, apropos of nothing. 

"What will you do when Brooklyn rises up and takes back Brooklyn? If you stop making music after you realize that you'll never sell enough records to afford the things that you claim on those records that you don't need, should you have been making music in the first place? Probably not. So the alternative is to hope that you grew a soul somewhere along the line and use it to make some 'Old Man Rap.' That's what this album is. Get-Off-My-Lawncore."

The concept of 'Grown Man Rap' is not a new one in hip hop, but the self-professed 'Thinking Man's Idiot' claims that his Purple Tape isn't that: "In my experience, 'Grown Man Rap' bears a suspicious resemblance to the rap that it claims to be distancing itself from. The only thing that OB4CS claims to distance itself from is itself. And Raekwon's legal team."

Recorded in the summer of 2010 and, for reasons no one can quite explain, released four years later, Only Built 4 Cuban Sandwiches features soul-inspired, classic underground hip hop production from The RumRunners (Entity & Luckee Luciano), plus guest appearances from Juan Deuce, Jon Hope, Reason of Poorly Drawn People, and Seez Mics (ex-Educated Consumers). 

While the music contained on the album bears no resemblance to the Wu Tang classic that the title pays homage to, it has one thing in common: both albums exist.

"You can paint a crown on a wall, but that doesn't make you Basquiat, at best it encourages a homeless person to open a Burger King." Davis pauses, choking on a wad of Big League Chew. He expels it on to the spiky part of a nearby hedgehog, and martyrdom is averted. 

He breathes deeply and looks up. "Then again, I released an album on a cassette tape in 2014 primarily so that I could mock those who don't understand why someone would do that. No one should listen to anything I have to say."

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A quick synopsis for those unfamiliar with the history of SD: 

Defying the notion that there are no second acts in American politics, he returned to the public consciousness when he was exposed to be the fat girl referenced by Redman on De La Soul's hit single "Oooh". 

After the turn of the century, he enjoyed a run of regional underground success (or, in music industry terms, "dry humping") in the Northeastern US, mostly with the indie rap collective Poorly Drawn People. 

He released his debut album Kegstand Poetry for the Recovering Alcoholic in 2006. A compilation of his work with PDP, ingeniously called Songs I Made With Poorly Drawn People, followed in 2011. He has acted as Label Manager of Strange Famous Records since 2008.

He is best known for not being cast in the role of Brandon Walsh in the 1990s FOX TV series Beverly Hills 90210. 

"SNUGGLEBUNNY" - Storm Davis

FREE DOWNLOAD! From "ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN SANDWICHES", the new album from Providence, RI emcee STORM DAVIS.

Hey there, friends, supporters, and mysterious onlookers. Hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend.

As Labor Day is the traditional end of summer, I've decided to make my new song "A Summer Greater Than Its Parts" available for FREE download to mark the occasion. Unlike last week's free download, which was completely for my financial benefit, this one is just calendar-appropriate. 

Produced by LUCKEE LUCIANO & ENTITY of The RumRunners.

Order "OB4CS" on CD and Limited Edition Purple Cassette from Poorly Drawn Recordings: tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4PDP or from Strange Famous Records: tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4SFR

MP3 downloads are available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Bandcamp, and all the most exclusive retailers in the digital skymall. 

"A SUMMER GREATER THAN ITS PARTS" - Storm Davis

“MUCH LIKE MOST OF JOHN CUSACK’S MOVIES, STORM DAVIS DID THE BEST HE COULD WITH WHAT HE WAS GIVEN. THE FIRST SIX TIMES I HEARD IT, I FUCKING HATED IT. ...SHOULD I NOT HAVE SAID THAT?” - Mike Vish of Whalebone Jackson

Storm Davis has known Mike Vish of Whalebone Jackson for over 20 years. A trusted collaborator since his earliest days of music-making, SD gave Mike the very first copy of the master for "Only Built 4 Cuban Sandwiches", months before it was released. 

In August of 2014, just days after the record's street date, SD and Maverick Awesome sit down with the Whalebone Jackson frontman to get his raw and in-depth take on an album he claims to have listened to "thousands" of times. 

"WHALEBONE JACKSON REVIEWS OB4CS" - A Roundtable Discussion hosted by Storm Davis & Maverick Awesome

FREE DOWNLOAD! The third single from "ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN SANDWICHES", the latest album from Providence, RI emcee STORM DAVIS.

"Day After Drunk" is an anthem for a day that needs no anthem, a day that pleads for no noise whatsoever: the day after. Hummable empathy to compliment the pounding of the drums in your head. 

"Day After Drunk" features REASON, the former Poorly Drawn People emcee-turned-visual-artist, in one of his last recorded vocal performances. 

Reason now indulges his creative impulse with paint and stencil, making pop-culture commentary through image rather than lyric, all the while refusing to make any statement at all. His art can be seen on Instagram at @ArtByReason. 

His first solo exhibition is October 18 in Pawtucket, RI at the One Way Gallery in Hope Artiste Village. Info can be found at http://onewaygallery.com.

"Bill Murray" painting pictured in the "Day After Drunk" single cover art by Reason. Design & layout by Storm Davis. 

"Day After Drunk" was produced by ENTITY of The RumRunners.

Order "OB4CS" on CD and Limited Edition Purple Cassette from Poorly Drawn Recordings: tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4PDP or from Strange Famous Records: tinyurl.com/OnlyBuilt4SFR

"DAY AFTER DRUNK" - Storm Davis feat. Reason of Poorly Drawn People

For all things Storm Davis, please visit http://stormdavis.com.

Originally released in 2006 on Storm Davis' debut LP "Kegstand Poetry for the Recovering Alcoholic", "Spartan" was reissued on a limited edition Opaque-White Colored 7-Inch Lathe Cut record for its 10th anniversary in 2016. 

Side A:
"Spartan (Original 2006 Version)"
Produced by MUMU
Recorded & Mixed by Storm Davis & Entity in The Makeshift Lab, Providence, RI in 2004. 

Side B:
"Spartan (2008 ReDox)"
Produced by Dox Ellis
Recorded by Storm Davis on Branch Ave, Providence, RI.
Mixed & Remixed by Dox Ellis on Taylor Street, Providence, RI. 
Originally appeared on the Poorly Drawn People LP "Shoot For The Stars, Hit The Ceiling". 

Additional content respectfully repurposed from Val Kilmer & David Mamet.

LYRICS:
High art Spartan
One man holding onto the something 
that's become the nothing
in the days of the dreamers derailed by greener pastures,
Astroturf that the masters have painted so well that it looks like life
You dreamed like a champ, now you cook like a wife. 
You danced like alone, now the blade on the knife that spreads that butter on the Wonder is the sharpest that thoughts ever get
Dig deep in the debt
Never wonder
or wander
or consider regret
It's nice to be a number - you always know your place
It slices to be dumb enough to choose your own fate
Think Christ was the only one with blood in his eye?
There was another dozen frozen rolling right by his side
Seems to make some noise, you've got to take some chances
Let some people call you crazy and lift their lances. 

SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

So when you die, who do you think is going to remember you? 
Is that why you had kids, to force the earth to? 
Can't stand on your own two, so you made two more,
unsure, clawing at destiny's floor
Staring at the sun, wondering what's it all for? 
Glaring at your son because you did it all wrong
Did you sit in any good cubicles today?
Did you sit in any great ones, and contemplate the grey?
Did anyone great sit in your office today?
Was it you? And if so, why don't you get on your way?
Because you've still got time
I ain't saying you've got to rhyme - because my mistakes would make yours look like genius
My mission isn't to spit fiction or flip disses
Or wish that other religions switch quick to Christian
So if these epistles are pissing you off, maybe what you're really feeling is real, real lost
But the only place you can find that answer is inside
So put aside your ignorance, and aside your pride
Take these words home, and think them all through
Or that next rhyme I write might be about you. 

SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

I'm a lapsed Catholic, excommunicado 
Me and the clergy, incommunicado
My crew is interested in brew, broads, and lotto
and might wet heads like the cat at Romen Rahlo's
I'm not the one to follow, I'm not the role model
Bound to be found at the bottom of a bottle
Right about now my advice sounds hollow
But my life has proven that it's wasteful to wallow
Got a plate full of vinyl, a heart full of sorrow 
If these words be my final, the day after tomorrow
Someone may pull me off a library shelf
In the aftermath of disaster, maybe I can help
This is an unspoken, unfinished conversation
This is a battle for planetary placement
Either take up arms or rest your chin on them
Either speak up now, or the end begins.
SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

Spartan (10th Anniversary Edition)

"SPARTAN (Original 2006 Version)" - Storm Davis

For all things Storm Davis, please visit http://stormdavis.com

Originally released in 2006 on Storm Davis' debut LP "Kegstand Poetry for the Recovering Alcoholic", "Spartan" was reissued on a limited edition Opaque-White Colored 7-Inch Lathe Cut record for its 10th anniversary in 2016.  

Side A:
"Spartan (Original 2006 Version)"
Produced by MUMU
Recorded & Mixed by Storm Davis & Entity in The Makeshift Lab, Providence, RI in 2004. 

Side B:
"Spartan (2008 ReDox)"
Produced by Dox Ellis
Recorded by Storm Davis on Branch Ave, Providence, RI.
Mixed & Remixed by Dox Ellis on Taylor Street, Providence, RI. 
Originally appeared on the Poorly Drawn People LP "Shoot For The Stars, Hit The Ceiling". 

Additional content respectfully repurposed from Val Kilmer & David Mamet.

LYRICS:
High art Spartan
One man holding onto the something 
that's become the nothing
in the days of the dreamers derailed by greener pastures,
Astroturf that the masters have painted so well that it looks like life
You dreamed like a champ, now you cook like a wife. 
You danced like alone, now the blade on the knife that spreads that butter on the Wonder is the sharpest that thoughts ever get
Dig deep in the debt
Never wonder
or wander
or consider regret
It's nice to be a number - you always know your place
It slices to be dumb enough to choose your own fate
Think Christ was the only one with blood in his eye?
There was another dozen frozen rolling right by his side
Seems to make some noise, you've got to take some chances
Let some people call you crazy and lift their lances. 

SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

So when you die, who do you think is going to remember you? 
Is that why you had kids, to force the earth to? 
Can't stand on your own two, so you made two more,
unsure, clawing at destiny's floor
Staring at the sun, wondering what's it all for? 
Glaring at your son because you did it all wrong
Did you sit in any good cubicles today?
Did you sit in any great ones, and contemplate the grey?
Did anyone great sit in your office today?
Was it you? And if so, why don't you get on your way?
Because you've still got time
I ain't saying you've got to rhyme - because my mistakes would make yours look like genius
My mission isn't to spit fiction or flip disses
Or wish that other religions switch quick to Christian
So if these epistles are pissing you off, maybe what you're really feeling is real, real lost
But the only place you can find that answer is inside
So put aside your ignorance, and aside your pride
Take these words home, and think them all through
Or that next rhyme I write might be about you. 

SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

I'm a lapsed Catholic, excommunicado 
Me and the clergy, incommunicado
My crew is interested in brew, broads, and lotto
and might wet heads like the cat at Romen Rahlo's
I'm not the one to follow, I'm not the role model
Bound to be found at the bottom of a bottle
Right about now my advice sounds hollow
But my life has proven that it's wasteful to wallow
Got a plate full of vinyl, a heart full of sorrow 
If these words be my final, the day after tomorrow
Someone may pull me off a library shelf
In the aftermath of disaster, maybe I can help
This is an unspoken, unfinished conversation
This is a battle for planetary placement
Either take up arms or rest your chin on them
Either speak up now, or the end begins.
SOME WILL CLAP
SOME WILL TURN THEIR BACKS
IN THE END, IT'S ALL THE SAME
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'VE BEEN 
JUST FROM WHERE YOU CAME
SO TO THEM IT STAYS THE SAME

StormDavis

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