Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
No news today, so here's a YouTube
BLUNTED CONFESSIONS: A Series Where Jake Palumbo tells stories that go nowhere, like a stoned Grandpa.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Brief weekend re-cap.
Got some song ideas. Realized some songs I already have are probably OK to be on the record. Made another beat. Kicked it with the honey dips after work each night. Chiefed Dutches until I was a clueless retard. Finally ate fried chicken with string beans and want to sleep now. But I have a session from 3-11.
I've been getting steady side work as an engineer this week, which has provided some much needed guap before my unemployment benefits kick in (whooo...I'm interested to see how a check every week is going to kick-start my writing). However, one of the artists was a no-show, and one cat in particular I had to record, was the musical equivalent of getting kicked in the balls repeatedly.
The thangs I do for money....
I've been getting steady side work as an engineer this week, which has provided some much needed guap before my unemployment benefits kick in (whooo...I'm interested to see how a check every week is going to kick-start my writing). However, one of the artists was a no-show, and one cat in particular I had to record, was the musical equivalent of getting kicked in the balls repeatedly.
The thangs I do for money....
Monday, December 1, 2008
When in doubt, make beats...
I made beats tonight. And last night. And the night before.
I've been pretty prolific over the last two years, and I'm sitting on a lot of beats at the moment. Over 200 beats, some are absolute bangers, others have varying degrees of bang. I've got crazy, crazy potential instrumentals for this album. I'm just too un-focused to write the damn thing.
Some nights I just can't shit out any rhymes. I've not really been one of those "Yo-check-me-out, elbowing-my-way-into-the-cipher, rap-rap-rappity-rap" emcees since my...um, my early twenties. However some nights I'm really on point. Catch me on another night and I will rap, write and even freestyle up a funnel cloud.
One point that I think alot of purists nowdays don't credit is the live show aspect. Sure you can freestlye off the top while pointing at objects around you, but can you hold down a 45-minute live set of jam after jam, and keep it interesting? I can. THAT shit I feel makes you an emcee, so what if you're spitting writtens. Anyway moving onward...
I just think at this stage in the game I'm far more effective as a speaker and storyteller (how pretentious was that?) making my strange observations about the world, than as a battle emcee.
On the same tip though, I've found that in my vast rapping experience I've gotten to where I can shit out a Typical Palumbo Verse with relative ease now; i.e. couplets about how I'm realer than you, how I work harder and am more creative, the obligatory drug reference, obligatory wrestling reference, etc. etc. rinse, repeat. I don't want to fall into the trap of being stagnant because I want to please my audience. So I feel the need to really talk about some unique topics and always be funny and intense 100% of the time, and not waste anyone's time when I'm on the mic. So this makes lyricism difficult for me at times.
On the opposite tip however, I don't want to make a bunch of fucking "Ballad-of-Bilbo-Baggins" outer space shit that doesn't make any sense to anybody. Hip-hop needs a degree of nut-grabbing and egomania and hardcore feeling yourself...or it's not Hip-hop.
So on the nights I just can't figure any of this shit out...I make beats. Making beats is fun. Making beats is low-pressure. When making beats I can zone out and do whatever the fuck I feel. I can blaze, put porn on in the background and just get busy. I find that if I can close my eyes, nod my head, and eventually pass out to the beat, then it's a keeper. I like sound. I like notes, melody, samples, drums, FX, the studio...I like music. Music is the best.
I've been pretty prolific over the last two years, and I'm sitting on a lot of beats at the moment. Over 200 beats, some are absolute bangers, others have varying degrees of bang. I've got crazy, crazy potential instrumentals for this album. I'm just too un-focused to write the damn thing.
Some nights I just can't shit out any rhymes. I've not really been one of those "Yo-check-me-out, elbowing-my-way-into-the-cipher, rap-rap-rappity-rap" emcees since my...um, my early twenties. However some nights I'm really on point. Catch me on another night and I will rap, write and even freestyle up a funnel cloud.
One point that I think alot of purists nowdays don't credit is the live show aspect. Sure you can freestlye off the top while pointing at objects around you, but can you hold down a 45-minute live set of jam after jam, and keep it interesting? I can. THAT shit I feel makes you an emcee, so what if you're spitting writtens. Anyway moving onward...
I just think at this stage in the game I'm far more effective as a speaker and storyteller (how pretentious was that?) making my strange observations about the world, than as a battle emcee.
On the same tip though, I've found that in my vast rapping experience I've gotten to where I can shit out a Typical Palumbo Verse with relative ease now; i.e. couplets about how I'm realer than you, how I work harder and am more creative, the obligatory drug reference, obligatory wrestling reference, etc. etc. rinse, repeat. I don't want to fall into the trap of being stagnant because I want to please my audience. So I feel the need to really talk about some unique topics and always be funny and intense 100% of the time, and not waste anyone's time when I'm on the mic. So this makes lyricism difficult for me at times.
On the opposite tip however, I don't want to make a bunch of fucking "Ballad-of-Bilbo-Baggins" outer space shit that doesn't make any sense to anybody. Hip-hop needs a degree of nut-grabbing and egomania and hardcore feeling yourself...or it's not Hip-hop.
So on the nights I just can't figure any of this shit out...I make beats. Making beats is fun. Making beats is low-pressure. When making beats I can zone out and do whatever the fuck I feel. I can blaze, put porn on in the background and just get busy. I find that if I can close my eyes, nod my head, and eventually pass out to the beat, then it's a keeper. I like sound. I like notes, melody, samples, drums, FX, the studio...I like music. Music is the best.
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