Some weird savory hip-hop shit with an arcade bleeps-and-boops reduction, garnished with locally sourced scratches. All produced by me. 

© T.R.Ash

8-bit Fly

8-bit Fly | hip-hop

Am Not | acoustic

A song that switches back and forth between hip-hop and alt-rock in an attempt to be an homage to my musical influences, but likely just pisses off people who like either genre. Or both. Pick a lane to suck in, bro.

Got Something For You

Got Something For You | hip-hop/alt-rock

An old school classic using comic and sci-fi references. 
Produced and recorded by Noel Goff. Written by T.R.Ash
Noel Goff: https://soundcloud.com/noelgoff
Trash & Kurb: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdrfWJir4pFLuAVHO7ha1Jg

Graphic Novel

Graphic Novel | hip-hop

Some old-school 90's style mixtape battle rhymes. 

T.R.Ash: production, verses, scratches 
Kurbside: Chorus

Sub-Freezing

Sub-Freezing | hip-hop

My oldskool hip-hop homage to one of my very favorite bands of all time: Queens of the Stone Age.

Cuts and rhymes by T.R.Ash

I picked up a copy of Villains on vinyl and when I heard those little half bars of drums at 00:36 and 00:38  'The Evil has Landed' I thought, "Someone should juggle that and make a hip-hop beat out of it." So, I just decided to do it myself. 

Then I figured, why not make the rhymes out of nothing but QOTSA and Desert Sessions references. Done. 

Drums come from 'The Evil has Landed', as does the "come close" scratch. 

Bass cut is from the intro to 'Unreborn Again'. 

Cut from the last part of each verse is from the intro to 'Fortress'

Add an oldskool 808 bass drop and and viola! It's 1987 again in your dual cassette boombox... Much love to QOTSA. You bring a lot of joy to the world with your kick ass songs.

LYRICS:

I’m GOING ON A LIVING SPREE, been feeling dead like chivalry
FAR BEYOND THE DESERT ROAD to shed shackles of misery
Shine on the microphone like desert sun intensity
And when you mention me REGULAR JOHNs react defensively
So old school, man, I’m STONE AGE and no page
Or trope took from your notebook won’t get cooked when I blow flames
Fuck your shade, I’m the MONSTER[s] IN THE PARASOL
And really lack the wherewithal or empathy to care for y’all 
I’m just a VILLAIN[s] with a HEAD just LIKE A HAUNTED HOUSE
That won’t announce my presence so just KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED watching out
But I NEVER CAME and if you ever paid attention
You would see THE SKY IS FALLING and it’s too late to prevent it, so I’m…

GOING ON A LIVING SPREE

Now I could weep for dreams deferred till there’s a RIVER IN THE ROAD
Cuz no one knows that there’s a stain across my heart like CREOSOTE
It awoke my spirit animal, now SOMEONES IN THE WOLF
Proof that IF I HAD A TAIL you sure as hell won’t try to pull it
But it’s, SMOOTH SAILING and this LULLABY is MEDICATION
And now I think I THINK I LOST MY HEADACHE and regained my patience
Accept this gift I’m giving as a form of MISFIT LOVE
And lets resist the urge to BURN THE WITCH or kick and hit and shove
Cuz life can keep you buttoned down or TANGLED UP IN PLAID
Trouble TURNIN’ THE SCREW? Adjust the angle that you have
For now I’ll ride the beat because I like the way we MOVE TOGETHER
3’S AND 7’S or eight counts, no one can do it better when I’m…

GOING ON A LIVING SPREE

COME CLOSE

I SAT BY THE OCEAN drinking potions in high doses
But BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY often exposes
Cracks in the FORTRESS now I just WANT GOD TO COME AND TAKE ME HOME
THE VAMP[yre] OF TIME AND MEMORY HAS DIED but left a hateful note
FIRST IT GIVETH, then it taketh by the fistful,
SUTURE UP YOUR FUTURE but them stitches gotta get pulled
Don’t be though, cuz it’s QUICK AND TO THE POINTLESS
And afterwards this living spree is free for you to join us
Cuz if GOD IS IN THE RADIO repeating the slogan, that’s an ill omen
There’s more to life than gathering tokens
So throw your hands up like THE WAY YOU USED TO DO
And we can rock it from atop a BROKEN BOX until we’re through, cuz we’re…

GOING ON A LIVING SPREE

COME CLOSE

Living Spree

Living Spree | hip-hop

© T.R.Ash

Beats, rhymes and cuts by a very spaced-out  T.R.Ash.

Radiate

Radiate | hip-hop

© T.R.Ash

Rhymes, drum programming, synth, bass guitar, and scratches/cuts by your friendly neighborhood T.R.Ash.

This Piece of Trash

This Piece of Trash | hip-hop

Produced, written, and recorded  by your friendly neighborhood T.R.Ash 

TV and media obviously have a huge influence on all of us, regardless of whether we want to admit it or not. I'll admit that shit. I absorbed A LOT of TV as a child in the 80's. My absolute favorite show back then was Transformers. At that same time, I was also joyfully and eagerly discovering and absorbing  the new and  rapidly expanding hip-hop scene. Somehow. That's another story.

There was this one episode of Transformers that I saw in 86 as a very young kid, and I immediately loved it to death because it seemed *almost somehow aware of the 80's breakdancing/hip-hop scene. At least to my 8-year old mind.  It was called "Auto-bop" and it focused on these 3 breakdancing graffiti kids that were getting hassled by the owners and patrons of the new hot nightclub. This was not Shakespeare y'all. But I loved it. 

Whenever they would show scenes in the club, they'd have this one particular musical composition playing in the background. It was pretty interesting for an 80's cartoon, and I had also heard it used before in a club scene in G.I. JOE. I always kind of dug it even as an 8-year old, and thought, "I wish RUN DMC or Beastie Boys would rap to this."

I now know that the piece was  composed & conducted by: 
Johnny Douglas & Robert J. Walsh
Transformers G1 Soundtrack 
 (1984-1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-OzdMyrs0s

Flash forward.

As an adult, I ended up buying the Transformers DVD boxed set because I am—at my core—an insufferable and often nostalgic dork. And, as someone who had already been making music for years, I thought, "Man, *I'M gonna fucking rap to this shit!"

So here we are. I love hip-hop. I love Transformers G1 despite its often near-unwatchable level of quality. And, now I have my hip-hop homage to my favorite childhood show. Much love to Johnny Douglas & Robert J. Walsh for captivating my young 80's-kid mind. I hope this is received in the way in which it is intended.

I'm not selling this, making money off of it, or claiming it as my own.

I should also mention that the rhymes/lyrics  have absolutely NOTHING to do with Transformers. Even my nerdiness has limits. It's more of a wink to people who know what's up.

That's what's up.

Stop the Cameras

Stop the Cameras (Transformers G1 Autobop mix) | hip-hop

Cloud of My Sleep | acoustic

© T.R.Ash

Drum programming, bass, guitar, scratching, and vocals by T.R.Ash

A song about one of those days. You know the one.

What a Day for the Rain (hip-hop)

1/2 of Trash&Kurb. An amalgamation of influences and genres. My sonic refrigerator art reflects that. Hip-hop, alt-rock, acoustic singer/songwriter... Just making noise for the sweet release of it. Mostly 1-Player these days, but 2+ Players is my favorite.

T.R.Ash

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