Posting tracks that fell through the cracks.

Let Me Live (Kevin Notthingham.com A3C Festival Exclusive) - Prod. by The Commission

@TheCase on Twitter ripped this from a live show on my Myspace page 8 years ago in 2005.  I just heard it for the first time now.  #TBT.  Good to know who I was is who I am. (FranzDiego hosting)

I Ain't Buying That (Live Recording  From 2005) - Produced by Benzilla

A reflective new release from Toki Wright.  Updated and upgraded.  Produced by Mamadu.  Video release 3/6/24.

Toki Wright - What I Do (Prod. By Mamadu)

Here's a previously unreleased track from Toki Wright produced by Doomtree's Lazerbeak. "I'm Not Lying" is part of the Unreleased Exclusive series as part of the Rome Sessions (tracks written while Toki Wright was touring Europe in 2012 between album releases). 

Available for purchase at https://soultools.bandcamp.com/

Photo taken at The Colosseum in Rome

I'm Not Lying 
Lyrics by Toki Wright 
Rome Sessions - Unreleased Exclusive 

you put yourself inside my shoes 
whenever listening to tunes 
it's my positioning it proves 
how much our distance moves 

so fish into this pool 
to see what you can catch 
I'm underpaid and overstressed 
and stepping out the waters wet 
couldn't overstep 

some preparing for the second coming 
some are daring yet their running 
funny some will say they getting money 
but the money doesn't run me (it don't) 
Toki 

I wrote this poem in Rome on Via Giuseppe 
with a liter of the fountain water 
and a bag of Nestle 
out a dream about a nest egg 

to lay away 'cause Labor Day 
be playing with my paper chase 
so I just grip a Paper Mate 

and sketch a way up our of debt 
through what I could do best 
I could have fly a jet to Budapest, you bet 
but what do you expect? 
(I'm gonna sit around waiting on somebody to tell me where I can go and what I can do? Not this dude!) 

No I'm not the biggest artist on my label 
but I got a space to place 
my paper plate up at the table 
got my videos on cable 
and I play in San Diego 
just me and my microphone 
to keep my life at home stable 

so I bust it like I got a budget 
gotta love it 
ain't afraid to show my heart in public 
and I'm not a pundit 
not a puppet 

people tell me I should talk about more politics 
but life is politics 
so yahll should follow this 
acknowledge its 

punishment to spit positive 
but hey I gotta live 
I've got a kid 
I've got to say exactly how it is 
not these fibs 
('cause rappers be straight lying. Straight up!) 

I got a beat from Lazerbeak 
the other week 
I told him that I need to speak 
I couldn't sleep 
I wrote a speech 

I seen a rapper on TV 
he beat a woman to the ground 
while his homies looked around 
as he rose into the air to stomp the ground 

It made me think about the generation 
that's about to take over the nation 
and what we could do to save them 

'cause if we just waiting patient 
then my daughter'd be a patient 
and I couldn't try to justify complaining 

I know the world is yours 
the world is mine 
so it's about that time 
that we drew the line 
and grew a spine 

cause there's no moment better 
than the present for the timing 

I'm not lying!!!
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released 13 February 2015 
Written by Toki Wright - Nanjotokimitsu Music (ASCAP). Produced by Lazerbeak - Legend Recognize Legend (ASCAP)



Toki Wright - I'm Not Lying (Produced By Lazerbeak)- Rome Sessions​/​Unreleased Exclusive

Liberated from the archives heres a new free verse for "Salute."  Upcoming shows:

Thursday, March 19th - Chicago http://bit.ly/1CB5RRr
Saturday, March 28th - Minneapolis http://ticketf.ly/1MyEAlP
Saturday, April 4th - Ashland, WI - Northland College
Sunday, April 12th - Denver, CO - The Roxy http://bit.ly/1BH5RhJ


  

Toki Wright - Salute (Free Verse)

Rise high or go low.  "Music is High Culture."  

8/28/15 - TONIGHT Sioux Falls, SD (Hip-Hop Performance)  That Sounds Decent Block Party ft. Soulcrate & Later Babes, Sean Anonymous and more.  -  5-11:30PM

8/29/15 - Saturday Tune into Soul Tools Radio 9-11PM CST hosted by Toki Wright, Ms. Brit, and Reggie Reg with special guests DJ Todda and Finding Novyon on #TheBarExam.  90.3FM Minneapolis / 106.7FM St. Paul.  Online at www.kfai.org/soultoolsradio.

8/30/15 - Sunday (House/Afrobeat/Dancehall Set)       BassMent Alchemy - 10PM (RSVP Invite Only)
Minneapolis 

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Toki Wright - Ascension Aesthetic

It's not a footrace.  Last Thursday night I was inspired to take another distance run.  Free download.  Share to show support.  #SoulTools

Toki Wright - Distance Run (Prod. by  Mamadu)

Yesterday I was reflecting on life and took some time to write this rhyme and cook the instrumental.  Coincidentally I found out Blowfly (Clarence Reid) passed away after making the reference.  Help his funeral fund at https://www.youcaring.com/clarence-reid-507339.   
Take a listen and share #MamaduMondays every Monday at no cost.   

Twitter - @mrwrighttc.  Facebook.com/tokiwright.  Instagram - @tokiwright.

Toki Wright - Lo-Fi Paradise (prod. by Mamadu)

This week on #MamaduMondays we have G.B. Jacob of Off-10 Publications with the brand new track "Initiative" produced by Mamadu.  Listen, share, and download and spread the word!  #SoulTools 

G.P. Jacob - Initiative (Prod. By Mamadu)

On our weekly showcase of new music #MamaduMondays we have Lansing to NY to MN emcee Niles.  Featuring Delaware native singer/songwriter CJ Pitts, this track has a lot of different flavors.  Produced by Mamadu (Toki Wright) and Co-Produced by Mike Frey.  

Niles f/ CJ Pitts - To Be A King (Prod. by Mamadu/Co-Prod. by Mike Frey)

From beginning drums to final recording in 3 hours.  Trading bars with the Fam.  #MamaduMondays is free art every Monday for free 99.  #SoulTools

Winter Advisory - Toki Wright f/ Farrington Llewellyn, G.P. Jacob & Dre Highway (Prod. Mamadu)

Flexing on Instagram?  Beefing on Twitter?  Turn it off and turn up some good music.  #MamaduMondays is new original productions every Monday produced by Mamadu (Toki Wright).  This week we're joined by Dre Highway, singer/songwriter Mayda, G.P. Jacob of Off-10 Publications, and Farrington Llewellyn of Khem Clan.  Available for purchase at www. soultools.bandcamp.com.

Falling From Nothing - Dre Highway f/ Mayda, G.P. Jacob & Farrington Llewellyn (Prod. Mamadu)

Here's the soundtrack for the good weather.  Toki Wright and Manny Phesto join forces and drop new bars on Cloud 9 for this week's #MamaduMonday.  

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Cloud 9 - Toki Wright feat. Manny Phesto (Prod. Mamadu)

Khem Clan (ShaVunda & Farrington Llewellyn)are a "radical Hip-Hop duo representative of the male/female duality; challenging 2-dimensional images of Blackness perpetuated by dominant American culture." Listen to "Jump Down(Prod. by Mamadu)" the first single from their project "Khem Clan; The Introduction" (dropping this Weds March, 23rd at https://khemclan.bandcamp.com/releases).  #MamaduMondays is new original music every Monday produced by Mamadu (Toki Wright)

Khem Clan - Jump Down (Prod. Mamadu)

HEAT.  New big collab for your speakers!  Ced Linus f/ Mally, Prizm, G.P. Jacob, Sti-Lo Reel & Toki Wright!  Produced by Mamadu for #MamaduMondays.  New music every Monday for the love.

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Let's Get It - Ced Linus f/ Mally, Prizm, G.P. Jacob, Sti-Lo Reel, & Toki Wright (Prod. Mamadu)

Everybody has a reason to be thankful.  Heat for the Summer from Spencer Virden (Off-10) produced by Mamadu for #MamaduMondays.  New music every Monday for the love.

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Spencer Virden - Thankful (Prod. Mamadu)

Beats. Rhymes.  Life.  Peep the new #MamaduMondays from Toki Wright.  
#SoulTools 

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Another Case - Toki Wright (Prod. by Mamadu)

Toki Wright releases the first track from At The Speed of Life 3 (#ATSOL), a series where he writes, produces, records, mixes, and designs a new track a day for a week.  Look out for 7 new songs and show your support by sharing and purchasing.  The first offering is "In Gods We Trust."

Available for download at www.soultools.bandcamp.com

In Gods We Trust - Toki Wright

Toki Wright releases the second track from At The Speed of Life 3 (#ATSOL), a series where he writes, produces, records, mixes, and designs a new track a day for a week. Look out for 7 new songs and show your support by sharing and purchasing. The second offering is the banger "The Situation."
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Available for purchase/download at soultools.bandcamp.com

Toki Wright - The Situation (Prod. Mamadu)

Toki Wright releases the 3rd track from At The Speed of Life 3 in a new genre he calls Wake House blending Afrofuturism, Spoken Word, and House Music. #ATSOL is a series where he writes, produces, records, mixes, and designs a new track a day for a week. Look out for 7 new songs and show your support by sharing and purchasing. The 3rd offering is "See My People Through."

Purchase at soultools.bandcamp.com.

Toki Wright - See My People Through (Prod. Mamadu)

We buried my Grandmother today.  She wasn't afraid of anything.  She fought for her family.  She was an entrepreneur.  She taught us manners.  She dedicated every day of her life to her faith and loved ones.    May her soul rest peacefully and our family become that much closer.
Love,
Toki

**At The Speed of Life - 7 songs in 7 days.  Fully created each day by Toki Wright (Mamadu).

Open The Gates  - Toki Wright F/ Dre Highway (prod. Mamadu)

​Day 7 of 7:  At The Speed of Life 3 has been a dope experience.  Got a chance to go all over the map with it and it's dope.  Here's "Negative Space Ain't The Place."

Negative Space Ain't The Place - Toki Wright (prod. Mamadu)

New music from Toki Wright! Toki talks with his daughter Asata about how to make the right decisions in life.  Download now at https://soultools.bandcamp.com/track/lose-the-path-find-the-way-prod-mamadu.

Lose The Path, Find The Way (Prod. Mamadu)

Is there a relationship between the climate (weather) and the climate {society/politics/economics)?

Climate Change [Prod. Mamadu] - Toki Wright (Original Mix)

P.O.S. needs a new kidney. Finding out made me make this song. Check out http://bit.ly/StefNeedsAKidney to donate. Fight for affordable health care everywhere.

Toki Wright

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