Dennisaurus Rex (https://soundcloud.com/dennisaurusrex) with The Author.

Beat by J. Dilla.

Questioning The Fire (feat. dENNISAURUS rEX)

Monthly Quarterly - Track 18 - Volume II: Not Normally

Production: Digs Deep (soundcloud.com/digs-deep)

What's good my peoples? As you know (if you follow my blog at: www.TheAuthorMC.com), I took a hiatus from the Monthly Quarterly to focus on writing tracks for my first full-length album, which will be titled "Pipe Dreams". I was attempting to work on both at the same time, though I quickly realized that it was stretching my creativity a bit too thin. I wasn't very happy with any of the stuff I was working on, and along with dealing with my financial difficulties (and life in general), I was overwhelmed. 

Those that know me well know that I deal with depression, and it's not something I like to talk about, or even mention. This recent stress triggered another bout of it however, and after getting through it I wanted to write a track about how it feels when it strikes. 

Shout-outs to Digs Deep, who made the dope beat which let me air my feelings out, and also to Allie from Hyperbole and a Half, who wrote an amazing (and very funny) post of how depression feels. It inspired me to do the same in song format. The image I used is from that, and you can check out the post here: (hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html)
I highly recommend checking her other stuff out too, she's hilarious. 

Though I'm still working on "Pipe Dreams", I've finished enough of it that I once again feel comfortable returning to the Monthly Quarterly and working on both. Hope you enjoy the track my peoples!

Not Normally

Dennisaurus Rex (https://soundcloud.com/dennisaurusrex) with The Author.

Beat by Lauryn Hill.

Arrangement and production by: Blackbird Productions (The Author)

No Strings Attached (feat. dENNISAURUS rEX)

Dennisaurus Rex with The Author.

Beat by DJ Nu-Mark. 

Arrangement and production by: Blackbird Productions (The Author)

Follow Money, Find Politics (feat. dENNISAURUS rEX)

Monthly Quarterly - Track 20 - Volume II: Half of a Bouquet

Production: Nujabes - Flowers (Modal Soul)

My peoples, I am ashamed. It's been a little over a year since my last post, way too long to go without posting new music, and especially way too long considering I was trying to go back to releasing four tracks a month! 

In all honesty though, I realized that my initial goal of creating and releasing new songs so often was a bit too lofty for me. I was starting to write songs I wasn't particularly feeling just to get something out, and I can't release something I'm not at least a little proud of. Ya'll deserve much better than that. With that being said, this is the return of the Monthly Quarterly in name only, it'll actually be more like a Quarterly now (though the name is staying, I like it).  

This beat, "Flowers", by Nujabes, is one I've been wanting to write to for a long time, and I wanted to do it justice. I believe that I have, and so this is "Half a Bouquet", my third "Micro-novel", and the first to grace volume two. I hope ya'll enjoy it, and be sure to be on the look out for more new music soon. I promise it won't be another year (11 months TOPS, hahaha). 

Half a Bouquet

Track 21 - Volume II
Production: The Author (Blackbird Productions -soundcloud.com/blackbird_productions) 
Track Art: Izxist (www.izxist.com) 

“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. 

Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." 

Man bursts into tears. 

Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.”

Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.

-Alan Moore, Watchmen



I Am Pagliacci

Track 22 - Volume II
Production: The Author (Blackbird Productions -@blackbird_productions) 

15-mile Radius (feat. dENNISAURUS rEX)

Track 23 - Volume II
Original Beat by: Dallas Austin
Additional Production & Arrangement: The Author (Blackbird Productions -@blackbird_productions)

Patriarchy (feat. dENNISAURUS rEX)

Gulliver's Gun - The Node, The Treason - Track 3: It Lets me Know

My peoples, I apologize for taking so long in uploading the third Gulliver's Gun track, but as you know, shit/life happens, and it prevented us from releasing when we intended to. This one is over the quite funky "Plunge part 3", and it's one of the songs that directly ties into "The Traveler's" journey, if you know what to listen for. We've got another one coming out very soon to make up for the lost time, so stay tuned!

And don't forget, And The Traveler's Album is coming out in just a short week and a half! More details are below.  

**And The Traveler will be playing a record release show on May 10th at Webster Hall as well, so make sure to get tickets to support one of the best bands to come out of Westchester, and make sure to pick up a copy of their CD on May 7th, available on Amazon, itunes, and Spotify, I've put links to their stuff below, check it out!**

www.AndTheTraveler.com

Facebook.com/AndTheTraveler

Tickets to the May 10th show: 
www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEven…FERRAL_ID=studio

It Lets Me Know (Over ATT's "Plunge Part 3")

Monthly Quarterly - Track 17 - Volume II: Loving the Struggle

Production: Digs Deep (soundcloud.com/digs-deep)

Welcome back to volume two of my Monthly Quarterly my peoples! I took a short break to promote And The Traveler who just released their debut album (which you can cop here: www.AndTheTraveler.com). Gion Ra and I took the rough copy and started making tracks from it, a few of which I've posted already. There will be a full mixtape to come. 

Anyways, this track is the title track of volume two, titled "Loving the Struggle". The beat made me realize that even though I've told a bunch of stories so far, I never told my story. Shout outs to Digs Deep who graciously let me use this very dope beat, and also a shout out to White Plains; Battle Hill in particular. This is not only dedicated to where I grew up, but also to the people I grew up with. Ya'll know who you are. 

Loving the Struggle

A young writer and musician discovered hip-hop after years of playing the drums and piano in completely different genres. He fell in love almost immediately, and soon started making his own beats. After trying and failing to find any emcees to work with, he decided he would try his own hand at it. 

After practicing for a few years, the producer became an adept emcee; technically, lyrically, and stylistically. He used his skills as a drummer to develop a quick and tight flow, one that can be sped up or slowed down to match up with any type of drumbeat. His skills as a writer allow him to tell any kind of story, and some songs are even written as micro-novels. Literature and Hip Hop combined. The producer became an emcee, and the emcee needed a name that represented what he stood for, as well as his roots. 

The Author.

(If you're an emcee, producer, singer, or a musician of any sort, and you like what you hear, hit me up for any kind of collaboration, be it recorded or live. If you like any track, feel free to download it so that you can listen to it at anytime. And if you want a physical copy of my EP (Prologue to the Epilogue), or my mixtapes (The Author's Monthly Quarterly, Volume 1 & 2), visit:)

www.TheAuthorMC.com

The Author MC