Some lessons hit different when you grow into them.
This one’s for the late realizations, the good hurt, and every moment that made you feel something real.

Worth the Squeeze

This one is about Boss man, always pushin for more- cookin book to get ahead

Blindman's Ledger

Rap Battle Devil vs Angel

"Uh huh…
[Devil]
They all fall sooner or later..."
[Angel]
"Not all of 'em… not the ones I hold."

Devil 
I came down ridin’ fire in the wind
Boots made of brimstone, crown full of sin
They say the world’s cracked, let me in
I’m the cure when y’all pretend to mend
I burn fields, flood towns with greed
Trade your soul for a hit, for a screen
Preach that gospel when the lights go red
But y’all sleep easy when the poor drop dead

 Angel 
Devil’s beatin’ the drum in the valley below,
But I sing soft over hills of gold.
You don’t have to fall, don’t follow his road,
There’s still a light where mercy flows... 

Devil 
I got saints dancin' on a needle tip
They quote scripture but still let it rip
Sellin' halos dipped in tar
Fake prophets flexin' from luxury cars
Thunder ain’t God, that’s my applause
When I clap back with your unjust laws
You thought the war was on battlefields?
Nah — it’s cash, it’s pride, it’s dollar deals.

 Angel 
You can’t unburn what’s already ash,
But you can still rise from your past…
I’m not the storm, I’m the after-rain,
I heal hearts… he just sells pain. 

Devil 
You call on grace when your world breaks
But where was faith when you raised them stakes?
Y’all turned cold, I ain’t had to lie
I just gave you matches, watched you fry
So I beat this drum, while the skies still turn
Y’all pray up, but you never learn
Ain’t no savin’ those who sold their spine
So tell that angel... the rest are mine!

Angel 
Devil’s beatin’ the drum in the valley below,
But I still shine where the wild winds blow.
You don’t have to burn, don’t carry that load,
Even dust can rise when the grace is bold... 

Angel 
“Drum... drum... in the dust again...”
 “I shine... I shine... where the winds begin...”
 “Fire don’t win... if you don’t let it in...”

Dust & Steel

Dust in Heaven, Fire Below

Dust In Heaven, Fire Below

Wrote this when performing with 4 On The Floor, a mainly covers band from Wellington NZ in the 1990s. This was the B side to a release of When a Child is Born.
Band members: 
Keyboards, Programming, & Arrangements - Wayne Mills
Lead Guitar & Backing Vocals - Dave Allan
Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, BVs, and Recording Engineer/Producer - Kevin Findlater
Lead & Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar - Phil Darkins

WHY DON'T YOU JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN - 4 on the Floor

If i was a swamp producer (Swamp Edition)

“Late August” captures that end-of-summer haze - cicadas fading, the Texas air cooling just enough, and love that feels like it might carry into fall. It’s groove-heavy, soulful, and laced with the kind of storytelling that ties back to the Coffee Shop Bangerz project. If you’ve been vibin’ with Worth the Squeeze and Thicker Than Honey, this one pulls those threads forward while bringing in a fresh, upbeat push to close out the summer.

Late August

A gritty, raw, and soulful Southern Blues Rock track with a nocturnal, smoky, and worn-in feel. 

The instrumentation features a distorted, tube-amp lead electric guitar, a clean rhythm guitar with a subtle tremolo, a swelling Hammond B3 organ with gospel-inflected licks, and a deep, round fretless bass. The drums sound heavy and live, with a powerful backbeat and a thick snare hit. The overall production has an analog warmth, like a classic 70s recording, with minimal processing. 

The female vocal quintet creates a dense, spectral harmony, with contraltos providing a chest-dominant pad, the mezzo-soprano adding a bright mid-cut, and the soprano adding an airy top. The dynamics are key: verses are restrained and intimate, led by the solo vocalist with a low contralto hum. 

The chorus explodes into a full gospel choir stack, a "sonic wall" of sacred rage and righteous contempt. The bridge features a slow, wailing, emotionally driven guitar solo before a somber, deconstructed outro where the vocal pad collapses to a single, sustained whisper.

Can't

Back street kid

 Hollow Pines – “God Don't Ride This Far”

A gothic country requiem 

Genre: Gothic Country / Country Trap / Southern Gothic

“If He still rides, He don’t ride this far.”

⚰️ Recorded under dust, whiskey, and dead faith.


#GothicCountry #SouthernGothic #OutlawTrap #HollowPines #WarDawgRecords #DarkCountry #GothTrap #CountryRap #Americana #LoFiCountry

Smoke On The Cross

Black Dirt Gospel

God Don't Ride This Far

Grave In My Gut

Sunday Never Came

Isabelle Blue Meets Mr. Wright  (0317)  ft. SUNO

Second Class Friend

https://the-lost-connection.com  is the place to learn about me and my history.  Although I am just a Warehouse Picker, I am also a songwriter/keyboard player (IPI.  1069682323).  I have written over 1000 song lyrics since 1989 and have released 12 albums.  My productions have never been good enough to promote and I'm happy being an unknown artist, writing and recording music for pleasure rather than as a professional.  In April of 2017 I created my own website.  If you are interested in my songs then please save and stream on internet streaming sites, such as YT Music and Spotify.   If you like my words then check out my book ‘The Words Behind The Music Volume One: Lost In Reality’.  There will be a 2nd book within the next year, The Other Ones Before (Then After).
 
I released my first album, 'Lost Property' in December 2019. In the following months I released 5 Best Of albums.  They contained 87 tracks which I'd recorded between 2011 -2019.  In March I decided to release another album of songs which I'd recorded on tape (1994 - 1998) although 'Love Music' was updated in 2018 and the poem , Arrival... In Due Time', was recorded to complete the 'Reality In Dreamland' story not long before the album release.  

'2020 Vision' was the last album release of 2020.  This contains the single 'Voluntary Redundancy' which is very significant in regard to the album and the year in general. 

The next album release was  'New Lost World 19-20-21' (released on 1-9-2021 and features songs recorded in that 3 year period) which does feature one song that was re-written in a collaborative format.  Many of the songs were recorded (or re-recorded) during my year break after redundancy.

Soon after my 9th album, I released 'The Lost & Found History', which was a duo that never had enough time to get ideas up and running, but the brief recording moments occurred and this album shows the results.  The recordings were done between 1999 - 2013, but a couple of the tracks were initially just music.  Lyrics were added and, in 2021, the vocals were added to complete the songs.  Other songs were meant to recorded but we never found the time.  

Progress was made during the COVID years and 'Whatever Happened' is an album that reveals the results of attending a sync-writing course for 6 months; writing to briefs and collaborating.  It is mixed with personal, poignant and humorous songs.  it features lyrics from as far back as 1990. Before the release of the album 2 singles were promoted on Spotify: Won't Stop' and 'I Am Just Me'.  I am glad to reveal that the album will contain another version of 'Won't Stop' but called 'We Won't Stop' featuring Tim (the other half of The Lost & Found') on guitar and vocals (and co-writer of the music).

I may promote 'Voluntary Redundancy' from 2020 as I never gave it much exposure when first released.

Prior to focusing on my website and my  own releases I was in a heavy rock band...

At the beginning of 2013 I became the keyboard player with Innovator.    At the beginning of 2015, 'Time Is Running Out' but the first album was recorded before I joined the band.  'Spare Time' I introduced to the band and it was modified into an Innovator collaboration.  The song has been pre-recorded in it's original musical format , but lyrics amended since 2009 and is on '2020 Vision'.  A single was released on DistroKid in January 2016 for which I had a very big influence, called 'Southern Lady'.  It was a variation of a piece of music called 'The Lost And Found' recorded as a song many years before, but never released (as vocals not added until more recent years).  On this SoundCloud site I have deleted all the Innovator songs as I left the band in June 2017.  ‘Trapped Behind The Looking Glass’ was the 3rd album whi ch was released in August 2018,  on which I played on 6 of the songs and did backing vocals on ‘Dogs Of War’ (the deep chorus vocals).

Small Publisher exploiting primarily own works.

DO NOT APPROCH ME WITH PROMOTIONS!
https://soundcloud.com/rplayin/roaches-sick-of-scammers
HOPELESS ROMANTIC. STREET-BORN. SOUL-WRITTEN.
I don’t just write songs. I live them.
Every verse bleeds. Every bar breathes. Every line carries truth.
I don’t chase clout. I craft emotion.
My words have weight — they lift, they break, they heal.
This is lyrical fire. This is emotional depth. This is rplayin.
Welcome to my world.
Where rhythm speaks what the heart can’t say.
Where nothing is off-limits — not the pain, not the passion, not the past.
Let the words play.
Let the feelings in.
Search “rplayin” and feel the story.

Bobby Ticklez
R&B, soul, neo soul. AI assisted demos.
Jerdal Whitaker. Coffee Shop Bangerz playlist:
https://on.soundcloud.com/W2bl6G06QdNLVrBbEa

Support good music.
My friend Belle J: https://on.soundcloud.com/FrRe9fHwUCd2oUj2Pe

This ongoing project rises from heart, soul, curiosity, experience — and a couple of programs that help me piece it all together. Share if you care! :)
Rap, trap, indie, grunge, country, trance — just some of the sounds I’ve been shaping along the way.

My music changes with the day. No plan, no limits — just feeling, rhythm, and the joy of creating something that might make someone else feel too.
Thanks for being here — check out my other pages if you want to dive deeper. Q&A in the mail please.

PEEP THE MESSAGE

War Dawg Records is an independent music collective and experimental label blending raw human lyricism, street-born artistry, and cutting-edge production. We're building a digital battalion of artists — from virtual groups & personas to living, breathing musicians — each pushing sound, identity, and expression to the edge.

Hear it on SoundCloud FIRST. Always.

IN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH AMPLIFIRE COLLECTIVE
📧 amplifirecollective@consultant.com

🎤 Current Brands:

Neo-Kensei
Dead Wax Ensemble
Back Room Benny (BRB)
No Dust Kept (NDK)
Bluprint-X (Moving to Jukebox)
Classical Trap
Division 9 (Moving to Jukebox)
Gr!mKern3l
Stewee Tonez
Zion-9
SINCERELY D3AD
The Dark Funk Society (Moving to Jukebox)
Hollow Pines (Moving to Jukebox)

All works produced by War Dawg Records utilize AI tools, creative software, and strategic consulting.

Final ownership and direction remain exclusively with War Dawg Records.

🔊 What We Are:

War Dawg is a record label for the post-digital era.

We build ecosystems, launch brands, and architect personas with lasting impact.

This is about expanding talent and reach.

Every track. Every artist. Every drop.

We are setting the Blueprint.

I am Allan Stevens lyric writer, I create Demo songs for pitching to established artists and rising stars using various connections. All my songs are registered for "global copyright" and are for pitching to the music industry. I have a large portfolio of demo tracks for consideration and do not wish to become a star myself. ( I prefer to be respected as a songwriter) also I'm too bloody old. lol

From bands to DJ sets to full-scale productions, I’ve lived music in every form. Now? I create sounds you don’t just hear—you feel.

I blend what shouldn’t mix—Texas blues with UK drill, Mississippi stomp with crunk, Bollywood grooves over trap—and make it work. No formulas. No rules. Just instinct, rhythm, and soul.

🎶 Moe Money on the track—turn it up! Still Representing the 7-1-3, 4-2-0, and 2-2-3-4.

New tracks tagged #SOuthern Blues