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September
October
Sept.21 The 32nd song for Dead In A Dream II was written. It is entitled "My Downfall" on P. Diddy's "Satisfy You Remix" instrumental. Sept. 19 Three songs were recorded for the bootleg album "The Days Of A Knight". The songs include "Ride", "No Hesitation" and "To The One Who Loves Me". This is the first time I have recorded in two months due to computer problems and the moving of the studio. Sept. 16 The Days Of A Knight album is underway. This album consists of some songs I had written back in 2001-2002 but were never recorded or placed on an album. I have begun looking for beats for the songs and reworking them to fit their new instrumentals. It should end up being roughly 15 songs and although mostly solo, there will be guest appearances by affiliates of the former Royal Kingdom including NYF and Maega.
Oct. 29 I recorded the fourth track for The Days Of A Knight album entitled " The Mystery". It was written back in May of 2000 and was the title track for the unreleased Mystery Of Man album. I recorded it on RZA's "Tragedy" instrumental. The song touches on different aspects of mankind from the scientific to the religious to the way we are living. Oct. 21 I have finally gotten my music program up and running again and all the beats are back in the correct place and are once again operational. The program and computer have been down since early July this year. Oct. 10 Another one written for Urban Legacy Vol. III. The yet to be titled track discusses America's war on drugs and the truth and reasoning behind it. This one is just relaying the information in rhyme form, not an easy thing to do to say the least. Did you know that there are more people locked up for marijuana offenses than murder, rape, assault and robbery combined? Oct. 8 I wrote a song named "Rain Down", it's one verse about 2:30 long with a chorus at the end of it. I wrote it on Killarmy's "Blood For Blood" beat. I'm not sure what album this will end up on but it's got some deep stuff in it. Oct. 3 Work on Urban Legacy Vol. III is under way. On this one I plan to go back to my old style of writing albums and do about 30 songs or so and pick the ones I want to go on the album. Today I wrote another politically active song entitled "Murder They Wrote" on Tragedy Khadafi's "Walk Wit Me" instrumental.
November
December
Nov. 29 Today I recorded "Mercy" for The Days Of A Knight album. The 3 verses were written back in 2000 so I had to do a little re-adjusting in order to make them fit the beat but it worked. Nov. 22 I recorded "Lost For Words" for The Days Of A Knight album. That makes five songs completed for it and there are close to 20 written so a few will probably be cut. The album will probably include an intro and a poem interlude. Nov. 18 I recorded "A Warrior's Life" today for the remastered version of Urban Legacy Vol. II. Kari videotaped most of the recording session and she also raps the chorus at the end of the song with me and although she isn't a rapper, it sounded great and was actually the first time a female appeared rapping on one of my songs. This is also one of my only tracks that I did not dub over the vocals on (for those who don't know, dubbing is when you rap parts of your verse on top of eachother). Nov. 1 Today I turned 22 years old. I'm going to take a break from music for a few days and go back to CT to spend some time with my family. I have a cold anyway so I wouldn't be able to record, hopefully when I get back it'll be gone.
Dec. 15 Today I recorded my verse for a song entitled "Remember Our Names" with Muru and Concept. They laid their verses back in 2004 and I used one of my verses from that time period to finish it off. It was originally supposed to feature myself and No Nucks but we never got around to doing our part. At this time it is not scheduled to appear on any particular album but will most likely end up on the Urban Legacy Vol. II bonus disc. Dec. 14 I recorded "Lost Bodies" today for The Days Of A Knight album. I have two verses and one of my old partners in rhyme, NYF has the third verse. The song was originally started for his solo album back in 2002 but was never completed.
