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Tuesday, July 27, 2004
DenialThis song was originally called "Seventies Again". It was one of first songs I had ever recorded and appeared only in a few mixtapes that I made for people, and then up on the Internet through my old producer's site. Here, I have redone all the cellos, re-composed the drums, sequences, and half of the lyrics. The first verse remains pretty much the same since I had first written it when I was seventeen or eighteen. It was really just a half-baked idea; it introduces the topic, then talks about the futility of gangs, which, back then, seemed to be important for social advancement, power, and recognition. It was cool then to say you'd die for your brother, and then run away the moment you saw the glint of steel inside someone else's pocket. The second verse wasn't edited much, save for four lines; even back then I had realized how much rap songs revolved around a shallow fascination with sex. The third verse was cleaned up a little bit this year, it concludes with a little side-rant about how acidic modern literature is towards Christianity. A quick dive into such books as "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies, Fugard's "Road to Mecca", "Power of One" by Bryce Courtenay, and basically any secularly praised book off a store shelf these days has a disdainful slight towards Christianity. It makes Christians look like ritualistic traditionalists; rigid apparatchiks blindly following a faith with no warrant. Yet, the funny thing is that some of the books get key principles of Christianity wrong in their accounts. I suppose more loaded than my other lyrics, the third verse also concludes with what is a thin thread throughout the song: that science, our own knowledge, and our education has become our religion, in that we believe anything they tell us. Though this is all that's hinted at within the song, throughout the years, I've noticed people cite scientific facts only insomuch that they help with a religious debate. However, when under this same science the Cross gets strengthened, along with its brothers archaeology and technology, all we get are complacent shrugs. Ep noted to me that this song, like Hollow, stands at 2:50. We both think this is neat. Denial Vocals, Cello, Production: 8W, Adrian Fung Recorded: July 27, 2004. Sunday, July 11, 2004
Freestyle Sundays, Week SevenWe just recorded this freestyle a few hours ago. Ep's skill in coming up with immediate rhyme schemes is growing to the point where it's a little scary. Freestyle Sundays, Week Seven 8W, Adrian Fung epideMIC, Gerald Chan Recorded: July 11, 2004. Sunday, July 04, 2004
Freestyle Sundays, Week SixI guess there's not so much to say. This is just a get-and-go freestyle. I'm pretty happy with most of it -- there's a lot of smooth flows in this one, surprisingly innovative rhyme schemes. I almost reverted back to Week One's coarse gracelessness when I started a line with "I don't know, I say things that I don't mean", but then I bounced back with my patented cockiness: "But you the type to admit that this is a dope scheme." As I had this tag blank when I posted Week Six, a few emails came in with regards to the freestyle: This one isn't as funny as the other ones. But you sound cooler. Rachel I don't know what you're doing, but some of this is really trippy and cool. I'm not a rapper but I love the "exponentially mentally" thing before the 3 minute [mark]. Greco Gecko This is your best one. MC Blaze Freestyle Sundays, Week Six 8W, Adrian Fung Recorded: July 4, 2004. 
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