Video☆Davey Croppit Numero. 01

Wrote this years ago on a whim at the piano and was encouraged by someone to record it finally. This record is a very personal account of parts of my life. I hope this inspires others to hang on and aspire to new heights despite their personal challenges!

4-22-22

Mountain

I went to the Louvre on tour a few years ago, it hurt


The Everlasting International Detective Caper

Doc and Marty Rick and Morty
Time traveling 

You still don’t know me tho

I’m in Amsterdam again
I pierced my ears again 
I’m with my friends again
I have new friends again
I have no girl again
I have no friends again
My life is great again
I have no life again

Once more I am not poor for now
One more magic bean for that cow
One more tragic scene fore that bow
Then the lights come up and they empty out the house

Mouse levels of creepery
Time travel and sleepery 

Time space clouds lines luggage and drinks
The judgiest thinks hold grudges like the pose on the Sphinx 
Forever

Lost it In the louvre when I seen  the grave robbery show
Y’all stole a million statues outta tombs and knocked off they nose
And then you put em in a glass case and tell me I’m not supposed
To touch em, shit you ain’t supposed to have it 

All of a sudden Paris ain’t feelin so romantic actually this this is fuckin tragic 

Cryin at the museum I caught the curse of the Black magic

That’s when 

You connect with your race across time place and space

Feel the feeling of hate 
Amazing disgrace

But hey 
they took their lumps and made a way
How I know
Because they are still here today

It me
I am they 
I am her 
I am he

all of them are we
all of them are me

Immortals in a portal
On some Malkovich shit 

Time traveling

Video Dave - Time Travel produced by Smoke Bonito

After The Rain feat Iowa Rockwell and CRĀVE produced by Smoke Bonito

Component System with the Auto Reverse

Kites (feat. video dave & STILL RIFT)

Multi Game Arcade Cabinet

Multi-Game Arcade Cabinet (feat. R.A.P. Ferreira, video dave & STILL RIFT)

Circuit City

Circuit City (feat. video dave & STILL RIFT)

WFLD 32

WFLD 32 (feat. Eshu Tune, video dave & STILL RIFT)

another triumph of ghetto engineering

the grand prize game on the bozo show (feat. video dave & STILL RIFT)

A song to start the year off from Video Dave, Iowa Rockwell, and CRĀVE

Recorded on in Chicago on Dec 24th 2023

I have been working on plenty of music longer than this track but I always get in my head about how few projects I actually release every year, so my version of the holiday blues usually includes trying to finish something and put it out for the new year. This song could have been ready by Jan 1 if we would have just been more stuck on a date, but I have to let go of both trying to perfect something and also of rushing something out just to fit some self set deadline. I have both problems. 

Last time I did one of these it turned into me and Controller 7 making ArticulatedTexTiles, we'll see what comes of this.

Words by:
Video Dave
Iowa Rockwell
CRĀVE

Produced by: 
Iowa Rockwell
Video Dave

Mixed & Mastered by:
Iowa Rockwell

Video Dave-
You heard of elf on a shelf? 
Well here’s some raps for that ass

You heard of doin for self?
You heard of doin it fast?

I seen a peanut stand 
I seen a rubber band 
I seen a needle that winked It’s eye 

I seen a dream get canned 
I seen a book get banned
I seen an evil try to be an empire 

I seen an elephant fly 
I seen an elephant fly 
Oh what a shit of a guy
Oh what a shit of a guy

And I’m bout as much of an expert 
As the next jerk
I gotta go to work
My neck and shoulder hurt 
I’m getting over it

But I’d rather not mention it
I thought my publicist let you know
I am my publicist so you know

I am my doctor, 
I'm not my lawyer 
But guess what? 

I am the manger 


Iowa Rockwell-
Rat-race runnin fast tryna catch the cheese
Catch and squeeze, catch and release
Lady Eloise 
Baby please, baby please be my everything
Don't say no
If you do?
...Ok... you know

Life goes on, I mean it's like those songs
We used to sing growin up when the night was young
We used to be so young, 
We used to be so fun 
It's the same old song, 
I guess life goes on

We should play punch-buggy just for old times sake
We should plan a pic-nic for a cute lunch date 

We should fly around the world
We could fly around the world 
I could promise you the world
I might break your heart

Still life goes on, but still life goes on
Pro-tip sip slow, watch the night turn dawn
While the lights still on
While the mics still on
I'ma sing my song
All while life goes on

CRĀVE-
The suns too hot
Look what they got
The vibes and beats like De La
The flows water
Like Fela
May the 
Force Be With You

Live your best life 
Put your past in the back
Look forward
Strategize, 
Plan ahead, and work towards- a goal to maximize all resources in your life fore you can end up
A Menace II Society
Practice sobriety for the most part
Like Blackstar 

Run down justice like a track-star in a hundred meter race
Find your pace, it's a marathon

But I'm that far, 
Ahead of my time
I rap like cars don't need asphalt

Hats off to the real ones
Everybody plays a part
But cats are not as good as dogs

Unlimited Data Plan

Unlimited Data Plan featuring Iowa Rockwell and CRĀVE

Best Of All Possible Worlds

Candles Of Love (Open Mike Eagle Remix)

Welcome to the Transformation Age

We are living in one of the most extraordinary moments in human history. The world is shifting beneath our feet — politically, economically, technologically, ecologically, and spiritually. This new era is characterized by rapid, self-reinforcing transformations across all aspects of life. Unlike previous historical shifts, change itself has become the dominant force, creating a world that is increasingly difficult to navigate with traditional ways of thinking.

This is the mission of The Big Picture Mind — to cultivate a way of thinking that can navigate these vast changes, helping us make sense of complexity rather than being overwhelmed by it.

Why Big Picture Thinking?

Too often, our world is shaped by small ideologies masquerading as big pictures—fragmented views that fail to address the depth and interconnectedness of our crises. “Big picture” minds are those that can rise above these limitations, synthesizing knowledge across disciplines, paradigms, and perspectives.

Robb introduces the idea that knowledge has evolved through four key stages:

Disciplinary – Specialized fields of study (economics, psychology, physics, etc.).

Interdisciplinary – The blending of fields to generate new insights (e.g., behavioral economics).

Transdisciplinary – Actual big pictures in the 21st century, identifying patterns that connect across all knowledge.

Arch-Disciplinary – An emerging, speculative level that distills the core onto-epistemic primitives of the universe common to all big pictures.

To meet the demands of the Transformation Age, we must think more holographically, learning to see the interwoven nature of reality with greater clarity and wisdom.

The Five Crises Defining Our Time

Robb outlines five seismic shifts reshaping our world:

Ecological Transformation
We are transitioning from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, where human activity is the dominant force shaping the planet. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecological degradation are no longer distant threats—they are shaping our societies now.

The Rise of Hyperreality
Borrowing from philosopher Jean Baudrillard, Robb describes how we increasingly live in a world of symbols detached from reality—a world where a meme coin can represent political power, and narratives are engineered rather than discovered. This disconnect is creating a profound crisis of discernment.

The Meaning Crisis
Across the world, people are struggling with existential confusion, depression, and a loss of purpose. Without a credible story of wholeness, individuals feel unmoored, caught between outdated mythologies and an arid, reductionist modernism.

The Technological Singularity
AI is accelerating toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and beyond. If left unchecked, this could reify neo-feudal social structures, concentrating power among a small elite while diminishing social mobility. Governance systems are woefully unprepared for the scale of these disruptions.

The Breakdown of Global Governance
The world order that has existed since World War II—often referred to as Pax Americana—is fracturing. In its place, we see the return of realist imperialism, economic volatility, and social instability. Populism and reactionary authoritarianism are symptoms of this deeper structural unraveling.

The Metacrisis and the Integral Response

These crises do not exist in isolation — they form a “metacrisis”, an interlocking systemic breakdown of coherence at all levels of human life. This calls for a new kind of intelligence — one that is capable of integrating perspectives rather than getting lost in fragmentation.

The Big Picture Mind:  What Every Elite is Missing

The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle is a socially aware stand-up and music series showcasing a collection of new and established comedians and musicians airing on Fridays at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central with a simulcast on BET.

"Eat Your Feelings" Open Mike Eagle (feat. Method Man and Video Dave)

The VHS David Maxi-Single

The This Is It remix

The DiveBarFly

this is my resume and a job interview, with references attached

The Video Dave Theme Song

The Video Dave Theme Song guest starring Open Mike Eagle

Basement Life with Hannibal Buress

Week 1560

Saturday

Sunday

Tuesday

New Single: 10,000 Winks out 12/20/2024!!
First Album Release ~The Funkadelic Jo-E is: Jan. 27, 2024 
Wat, You missed the release party!
Please share and repost tracks you enjoy!
So I've downloaded a DAW, yay! I'm Fire for hip-hop, electronic, and bluesy & alt-rock!! Hope to Zap with the other raindeer on my own synth someday, big anime and Square/rpg fan, and MORE??
Sumoned Ruby carbuncle for 1st time on 10/29/2022!
Put down Ifrit on 11/16?/2022
On SoundCloud circa 2022 [Late bloomer :) :)]
I'm a Libra & an Earth Dragon (I think)
That is the Saint Vincent's Saginaw orphanage circa 18/1900's in background
-PEACE and the Quizotic Ephemeral, the goal being our own masters :) ;) ;0
Just bought the  FF 14 Art books for my B-Day !!

Video☆Davey Croppit Numero. 01

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