I’ve always been someone who’s fascinated by PROCESS, especially when it comes to music and art. Learning that Nas did the entire first verse of “NY State of Mind” in one take with his whole crew in the booth with him, or that Slum Village laid all the vocals for “Fan-Tas-Tic (Volume 1)” to a click track and then Dilla created the beats after the fact (what???? ), or that Bill Withers’ band grooved on “Use Me” for 10 minutes straight in the studio before Bill laid his vocals (so that what we hear as the downbeat of the album track is actually preceded by a long stretch of hypnotic grooving that went straight to the cutting room floor… there’s one way to make sure the pocket is deep right from the “first notes”)… this is the type of stuff that really gets me fired up.
For myself as a rapper, PROCESS has always been a huge part of my story. Freestyling off-top is all about improvising new lyrics in the spur of the moment. Fans of Freestyle Rappers are typically less interested in hearing them recite their pre-existing lyrics verbatim, and much more excited to watch the PROCESS unfold as the emcee cooks up brand new lyrics in the moment, based on their mood, the latest article they read, the vibe of the beat, the energy in the room, visual stimuli, or the topic suggestion they’ve just been given. “Freestyling” quite literally describes a PROCESS, and thus a Freestyle Rapper is someone known for their mastery of a particular PROCESS.
With this project, I wanted to experiment with a few different PROCESSES to challenge myself creatively and see what emotions/vibes I could channel. The first 2 songs are extremely raw and vulnerable, the last song is much more polished. I think both approaches have merit and can lead to interesting results. In general, it’s much scarier to release music that isn’t based on someone else’s words (a la Omegle Bars) because I don’t have that safety net of saying “oh yeah, well I just rapped about that because they asked me to.” But as I say in the last song: “my theory is embrace fear”, so that’s what I’ve done in deciding to release these tracks out into the wild. I hope you enjoy, and I’m super curious to hear which PROCESS yielded the most enjoyable results for you as a listener- let me know in the comments.
Much love!
Mack
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