Dugee F. Buller "Black Dynamite" featuring New Retro

Heidi Fleiss (Delegation Reprise)Live 1/22  ft. Brain Rapp

Live rehearsal with Brain Rapp Saturday 6/14 for his live band performance with New Retro at Rock and Roll Hotel 6/23.  Check out the studio version at https://soundcloud.com/brainrapp/get-down-artifacts-cmon-wit-da 

Brain Rapp Get Down feat New Retro

Footsteps (Live At DC9)

Outstanding (Live At DC9)

No Good (Live At DC9)

The first single from the New Retro Album, "Song About Singing" is a feel good track expressing the power of music:  To uplift spirits, enhance your mood, or just provide the soundtrack to every day life.  Vocals by Che Adams and The General, music written by The New Retro.  (Mixed/Mastered by Lineup Room, Artwork courtesy of the VANDL)

Chorus
Singin a song about singin...
Singin a song without thinkin...
Singin a song while I'm drinkin...
Singin a song about singin.

Verse
I never know what’s gonna happen when I grab pen
How can I get you to grasp what I'm imagining
Through the grass, bags of it with a glass of hen, I zone
No long hair, a ceaser, my mind roams, I'm home
A sinner so I'm stoned, writing my wrongs
A brother wearing tracks out I ain't just trying ‘em on
Ripping tags off, stepping out, fly as a drone
Shining never failing, exhaling the ‘la or capones
And then I'm sailing, in air to minds, understand a pair of lines
Feel it and you share the vibe, get lower than the carolines
Every line carries life, each verse a terabyte
Words hold weight, drug dealing as I bury mics
Pitching love by pound, ounce to dub
Slump keys, jab bass and roundhouse the drums
With phrase, the quotes spray as a matter of fact
Go back to ashing the jack after rapping about rap like that

Chorus
Singin a song about singin...
Singin a song without thinkin...
Singin a song while I'm drinkin...
Singin a song about singin.

Verse 
Live... love life's what it is
Breathing is a blessing in the burbs or under bridge
Herb or puffing cigs keep the feelings in line
Or sipping brews at barbecues, grub, grilling the side
Just with the crew, couple youngins and they building the vibe
They ‘tryna go, from the cup or pass of the hydro
“We just wanna feel good”, General: The maestro
Make ‘em hit the right notes, rocking with my eyes closed
Aye young, i got my window down with my arm out it
The donkeys and the youngins filling out the bras scouted
A big tipper, sipping even if the bar crowded
If you think you seeing anybody in my squad, doubt it
But I'm just ‘tryna cruise, smoke to Devin the Dude
Watch the wizards with a youngin that's the best in her crew
Ain't from the hood but hood niggas be respecting him too
I'm just ‘tryna paint pictures in my irregular hue...it's how I do

Chorus
Singin a song about singin...
Singin a song without thinkin...
Singin a song while I'm drinkin...
Singin a song about singin.

Verse
I know you wanna be my future,
But you're stuck back in my past
Girl, I'm closing up the sutures
But I know the pain will last
I been running, running, running
But it's comin, comin, comin
I need somethin, somethin, somethin 
I got nothin, nothin, nothin 
I just go about my business l
Let the music fight the stress
Every word and every sentence 
Make me hurt a little less
I let it go
I sing a song
I let it flow
As i move on

Chorus
Singin a song about singin...
Singin a song without thinkin...
Singin a song while I'm drinkin...
Singin a song about singin.


9.  Song About Singing

The New Retro Album is a collection of original songs composed between 2010 and present which were recorded, mixed and mastered in conjunction with Line Up Room Studios& House Studio.  Combining the roots of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the project is a culmination of both the group’s and the cities’ backgrounds. Having released an EP in 2013, our debut album encompasses the evolution and maturation of our sound.

13. #Eaglegang

12. Hydroplaning (Prod. The General, Ft. The General, Samu - L, G - Two, & Dugee F)

11. Sky Thoughts (Prod. The General, Ft. The General & Samu - L)

10. Family Ties (Prod. Samu - L Ft. Samu - L, The General, Brain Rapp, Rob Regal, & DMV Mac)

The New Retro Album is a collection of original songs composed between 2010 and present which were recorded, mixed and mastered in conjunction with Line Up Room Studios& House Studio.  Combining the roots of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the project is a culmination of both the group’s and the cities’ backgrounds. Having released an EP in 2013, our debut album encompasses the evolution and maturation of our sound.  This particular track was mastered by House Studio DC by Jake Vicious.


Beej Lyrics written by Chris Henri and Aubrey Adams

Verse
Chilling on the sofa I’m watching a movie with a youngin' I'm bout to roll up
We both ain't watching—waiting on the right timing to go nuts
If we do it when she walk through the door she feel like a roller
So (uh) I put a flick on, converse and rub her shoulders
‘Til we get to the reason she's coming over (over) 
I need it at night and in the morning like Dunkin' Donuts
Mid-day as I get paid with no buzz I'm blown up
I get it in the whip couple ni**as I’m running over
Freshman year I hit the shoulder that's how mean this youngin’s throat was
But I digress “I suggest you come a little closer
I go by ‘the General’, you like me?..take care of my soldier”
Aye get back to it as buddah’s in the air, light the ‘doja'
Youngin' hit it long ‘cause she was turned on by the nice aroma
I’m always blowing strong she feel when we high we closer
I turn any youngin' from nice to ‘go-er' (goer)

Bridge
Let me let you get back to the ‘beej’
Let me let you get back to the beej

Chorus
‘Cause we just wanna feel good
‘Cause we just wanna feel good

Verse
I still respect them don't mistake my suggestion
But my joint in high school said I'd get em all if more aggressive
From then on started going smack from light to dark complexion
Stay clean as dryer sheets don't trust them they lie with ease when they want it
I like the ‘beej' and knowing when they plan to do it
One grabs my basketball shorts when she wanna get back to it (to it)
I say “just do it” word to the shoes I'm in 
Vintage Max Ninety-Five Two Thousand-Nine or Penny line the kicks is
Cargo shorts and a spliff in my hand make my eyes squinted
Dos Equis cause I'm interesting—I love beer drinking women 
If she white liquor sipping it don't matter if she's with it
I'll accommodate, dominate, then ganja in papers twisted (twisted)
Exhale then lifted she hit it—feel like we kissing
Lick her lips then turn on the camera because she wants to witness
The game tape for statistics ‘cause all she hears when I speak is “let me
(aye let me let me let me) let you get back to the ‘beej’”

Bridge
Let me let you get back to the ‘beej’
Let me let you get back to the beej

Chorus
‘Cause we just wanna feel good
‘Cause we just wanna feel good

4. Beej

"Two Step" begs one simple question…"Can I have this dance"? Lyrics written by Che Adams featuring The General, music by The New Retro. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Lineup Room in Baltimore MD. (Artwork courtesy of Billi French Studios)

Chorus
Can I have this dance?
May I have this kiss?
Can I take your hand?
Can you grant my wish?
Can I have this night?
Can I have this dream?
Can I have this life?
‘Cause you you got all of me
Can I have this dance?..

Verse
My mans hit me with a plan
He got the move and wheels, I got the liq and grams
Fitting like it shoot to kill, the shirt, kicks and pants
So when the nights ended we dipping with women, stamped
But you know I won’t be licking that just isn’t in the plans
Not for me, but she go, cause she know I’m in a band
New Retro, hotter than a nigga with a tan
Now my egos stroked like Beal:  Flick his wrist and hand
The hour glass flipped, dropping liquor with the sand
Think I’m traveling with pets got some bishes in the bag
Already, no “tens”, just some “sixes” with an ass
Since the night still young, resort to hitting them is last
My eyes caught a dime resemble women in my past
So I know it ain’t a difference, I just sip what’s in my glass
Make small talk, like my words a midget it’s a wrap
Youngin hopping in the whip and I ain’t even get a dance

Chorus
Can I have this dance?
May I have this kiss?
Can I take your hand?
Can you grant my wish?
Can I have this night?
Can I have this dream?
Can I have this life?
‘Cause you you got all of me
Can I have this dance?..

Bridge
We’re just a two step away
From a good thing
We’re just a few steps away
From a sure thing
Girl I see you over there moving your thing
Come on swing it over here, move it my way

2. Two Step

New Retro is a funk/hip-hop band from College Park MD, performing live in the greater Washington DC region. The core membership of funk (lead vocalist Che Adams, percussionist Jason Stewart, and bassist Enoch Rowe) have been performing together since 2005. The introduction of hip-hop came with lyricist Chris "I Go By the General" Henri (2010) and producer/lyricist Sam "Samu-L" Chafin (2011).