Author: FREE MUSIC EMPIRE
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State of The Game Vol. 30-A Unique Approach
by Dan-O (and K Diggy) This weeks agenda: ● Look at a grouping of 2020 releases and identify what is unique aboutthem.● How does an artist with a left field perspective or sound create a placefor themselves in the marketplace? NOTES● Fat Tony- Exotica . Fat Tony is an established Houston rapper whosereleases go back…
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5 QUESTIONS FOR ELUCID
I want us to think about what liberation means. I want us to think about and imagine what a free and just and liberated world looks like. I want you to think about yourself and what you bring to the table to vision these things possible. by Dan-O It took me too long to realize…
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Hold This Date-11/13/2020 FlySiifu’s
by Dan-O FlySiifu’s is a collaboration album between Fly Anakin and Pink Siifu. The cover by Jacob Rochester is just beautiful. It manages to be striking, explain the simple premise that this is a record shop the two run, and convey via the body language of the MC’s captured what kind of ride this is…
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5 QUESTIONS FOR DAVIS
I wanted my music to sound like the synapses in my mind firing off, stream of consciousness type. That’s why you might get a Lone Wolf & Cub or Martin Lawrence reference next to theories of perpetual motion machines and thermodynamics. by Dan-O Some people just have that thing. They can make sticks and mud…
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Song Review-Timeless Interlude by Bryson Tiller
by Dan-O Tiller is so pure; the kind of dude who releases his new album (Anniversary )with the cover as him in a backwards hat and long sleeve shirt then releases a video from it in the same gear. The kind of dude who doesn’t ever reach for new/exotic/current sounds to poach and only has one…
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5 QUESTIONS FOR ALASKA ATOMS
by Dan-O I have really learned how to get what is in my head and my heart onto the track. I think when I was younger I was way more concerned with trying to sound smart, or clever, or complex. I don’t really care about that anymore, because that does not necessarily allow me to…
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SCORCESE INTERVIEW!
–That’s what I mean by organic. None of my guests were forced. Not a single person on my album was a person that didn’t connect or didn’t get a piece of this record or do anything. These are all people who said ‘Yo, I want to get a part of this album, I want to…
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2 Albums that Represent Hip Hop Essentialism
2 Albums that Represent Hip Hop Essentialism by Dan-O I remember when everyone started freely using the term “conscious rap” and how bad it made me feel. On one side the conscious artists were going to be expecting to think deep thoughts all the time. Any Common fart joke would elicit a gasp, meanwhile the…
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5 Questions for Niko Is
every project is like a child to me. Some are more mild mannered, some have ADD, some are class clowns, some are vibe sommeliers… u know… different Lives, personalities and outlooks on life –Niko Is by Dan-O It is possible that after about a decade of doing FME that Niko Is remains the most interesting…