i'm starting to see why i should to keep pushing.
good lookin' fam~
custamato~
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Small Metal Objects...
so here it is...another ep.
(CLICK THIS PICTURE)
i'm pretty proud of this ep and the response its gotten so far. it was a lot of fun to make. i took a trip to albany and recorded it in roughly 48 hours. the fastest i've ever put a project down.
the whole thing has a fun vibe that was born from that spontaneity. i did some of the production at home, some while i was in new york. wrote some of the ep at home, some in new york...
it clocks in a little shorter than my last (which was "f*ck has day" if you don't know). 20:32 seconds to be exact.
so, here it is: Small Metal Objects
(in case you don't trust your boy and you want to listen to it first)
as a matter of fact...let me give you the track by track break down. i haven't done that before:
it was my second time in albany, ny. i was there visiting my dudes deejay tone and awar. i was kicking around the idea of a follow up ep. i was going to originally do it on a digi 8-track that a friend of mine let me hold. tone told me to just wait til i get there and we'd knock it out in his studio. who am i to say no to that? his set up is official-
see?
we screwed around for most of the week, got some other stuff out of the way, then set out (in the last 2 days that i was there) to record the 'small metal objects' ep...
1. intro- the very last thing i did for the ep. i had a sample in mind but i didn't think it would work. i had done a trial version of this loop earlier and didn't like the way it sounded. i decided to try again real quick and it looped up real nice that time. everyone in the studio with me just looked at me like "wtf are u talking about, Has?"
2. ain't got it in ya- i did this beat in my basement in philly. i wanted to do something similar to certain dilla beats where he'd chop the sample up, but wouldn't add drums. he'd just let the drums in the sample act as the pattern. i chopped this sample up and rearranged it, let the drums in the sample rock. added the 808 for some bottom...nice. my man deejay tone put together the crazy switch into the o.g.
i wrote part of that song in the studio.
3. small metal objects- again i laced that in my basement. i had this record that i wanted to use for a long time but i was never satisfied with what i came up with. so i would leave it alone, come back to it later. for whatever reason, i wanted to rock over that break. i hooked it, then i need something to go over it. i pulled that record and listened to it AGAIN. i finally figured out a way to lace it that felt good. i wanted this beat to have a strange, mysterious quality. i think it worked out. i wrote the song in albany. i got a rough version of the beat, and i stayed up all night writing it. it was hard to come up with the lyrics to that one for some reason...
4. the quiet things- about my ex. anyone who's been through a bad breakup knows the peaks and vallies that come with it. one day your fine, the next day you miss her so much you ache. this was the catalyst for s.m.o.
i had this song that broke down into this part...it touched me, maaaan. i threw my usual rules out the window for this one. some deep drums made this one thump. i wrote this one at home in philly. it kinda just flowed from the pen. this became a favorite on the ep.
5. inhuman interlude- made this beat at home. used some new techniques on that beat. it came out fresh. originally i wanted to do a posse cut with this one. it just didn't pan out though. i searched for a rhyme to throw over this beat but i didn't find anything i was satisfied with and i didn't have time to write anything new. a friend from college left me a voicemail about f*ck has day. he went on a drunk rant and i thought it was hilarious. i always saved it with the intention of using it on something and it worked really well on here.
6. dogma- i made this beat in albany. i was gonna put a different song on the ep. an old song called 'sub ether'. i had a sample in mind for it but as i was looking for it i came across these strings and stopped to fiddle around with them. about 15 later i had the beat for dogma. i usually don't make beats that fast but it happened and i just went with it.
the rhyme was for a song with another rapper. it had no chance of ever being done so i took it, switched some stuff around and added some bars. it was too fly to let go to waste. i asked awar to hop on the track and it came out real retarded. deejay tone let me use this story record he had to add the little quotes. classic.
7. the commentary pt.1- while i looked for a rhyme for the inhuman beat deejay tone looked through some old pro tools sessions he had recently rediscovered. one of them had the sample for what would become the commentary. as it played i spit that rhyme and a few bars in we stopped dead in our tracks, shut the door to the studio and went in. he parallel double parked that beat sideways. it's the only track on the ep that i did not produce. it's also a big favorite from the ep.
8. small metal outro- another one i did in albany. me and tone went record shopping and picked up some crazy crate gems. when we got back to the crib, i grabbed this from one of the records i picked up. hooked it up on site in the studio. later when we were wrapping the ep up, i got in the studio and just said whatever came to mind. as a side note, we'd been watching that eli porter video real heavy while i was in albany. in this track i shout out envy, marv-o, and eli himself. i also quote some things from the video. on the title track awar, deejay tone and his friend, heath, lent us some vocal ambiance for the intro to the song...heath also quotes the video.
speaking of videos, here's the video (if you haven't seen...or have) i put together for "the quiet things":
there you have it. download and enjoy...
Lo Custamato~
(CLICK THIS PICTURE)
i'm pretty proud of this ep and the response its gotten so far. it was a lot of fun to make. i took a trip to albany and recorded it in roughly 48 hours. the fastest i've ever put a project down.
the whole thing has a fun vibe that was born from that spontaneity. i did some of the production at home, some while i was in new york. wrote some of the ep at home, some in new york...
it clocks in a little shorter than my last (which was "f*ck has day" if you don't know). 20:32 seconds to be exact.
so, here it is: Small Metal Objects
(in case you don't trust your boy and you want to listen to it first)
as a matter of fact...let me give you the track by track break down. i haven't done that before:
it was my second time in albany, ny. i was there visiting my dudes deejay tone and awar. i was kicking around the idea of a follow up ep. i was going to originally do it on a digi 8-track that a friend of mine let me hold. tone told me to just wait til i get there and we'd knock it out in his studio. who am i to say no to that? his set up is official-
see?
we screwed around for most of the week, got some other stuff out of the way, then set out (in the last 2 days that i was there) to record the 'small metal objects' ep...
1. intro- the very last thing i did for the ep. i had a sample in mind but i didn't think it would work. i had done a trial version of this loop earlier and didn't like the way it sounded. i decided to try again real quick and it looped up real nice that time. everyone in the studio with me just looked at me like "wtf are u talking about, Has?"
2. ain't got it in ya- i did this beat in my basement in philly. i wanted to do something similar to certain dilla beats where he'd chop the sample up, but wouldn't add drums. he'd just let the drums in the sample act as the pattern. i chopped this sample up and rearranged it, let the drums in the sample rock. added the 808 for some bottom...nice. my man deejay tone put together the crazy switch into the o.g.
i wrote part of that song in the studio.
3. small metal objects- again i laced that in my basement. i had this record that i wanted to use for a long time but i was never satisfied with what i came up with. so i would leave it alone, come back to it later. for whatever reason, i wanted to rock over that break. i hooked it, then i need something to go over it. i pulled that record and listened to it AGAIN. i finally figured out a way to lace it that felt good. i wanted this beat to have a strange, mysterious quality. i think it worked out. i wrote the song in albany. i got a rough version of the beat, and i stayed up all night writing it. it was hard to come up with the lyrics to that one for some reason...
4. the quiet things- about my ex. anyone who's been through a bad breakup knows the peaks and vallies that come with it. one day your fine, the next day you miss her so much you ache. this was the catalyst for s.m.o.
i had this song that broke down into this part...it touched me, maaaan. i threw my usual rules out the window for this one. some deep drums made this one thump. i wrote this one at home in philly. it kinda just flowed from the pen. this became a favorite on the ep.
5. inhuman interlude- made this beat at home. used some new techniques on that beat. it came out fresh. originally i wanted to do a posse cut with this one. it just didn't pan out though. i searched for a rhyme to throw over this beat but i didn't find anything i was satisfied with and i didn't have time to write anything new. a friend from college left me a voicemail about f*ck has day. he went on a drunk rant and i thought it was hilarious. i always saved it with the intention of using it on something and it worked really well on here.
6. dogma- i made this beat in albany. i was gonna put a different song on the ep. an old song called 'sub ether'. i had a sample in mind for it but as i was looking for it i came across these strings and stopped to fiddle around with them. about 15 later i had the beat for dogma. i usually don't make beats that fast but it happened and i just went with it.
the rhyme was for a song with another rapper. it had no chance of ever being done so i took it, switched some stuff around and added some bars. it was too fly to let go to waste. i asked awar to hop on the track and it came out real retarded. deejay tone let me use this story record he had to add the little quotes. classic.
7. the commentary pt.1- while i looked for a rhyme for the inhuman beat deejay tone looked through some old pro tools sessions he had recently rediscovered. one of them had the sample for what would become the commentary. as it played i spit that rhyme and a few bars in we stopped dead in our tracks, shut the door to the studio and went in. he parallel double parked that beat sideways. it's the only track on the ep that i did not produce. it's also a big favorite from the ep.
8. small metal outro- another one i did in albany. me and tone went record shopping and picked up some crazy crate gems. when we got back to the crib, i grabbed this from one of the records i picked up. hooked it up on site in the studio. later when we were wrapping the ep up, i got in the studio and just said whatever came to mind. as a side note, we'd been watching that eli porter video real heavy while i was in albany. in this track i shout out envy, marv-o, and eli himself. i also quote some things from the video. on the title track awar, deejay tone and his friend, heath, lent us some vocal ambiance for the intro to the song...heath also quotes the video.
speaking of videos, here's the video (if you haven't seen...or have) i put together for "the quiet things":
there you have it. download and enjoy...
Lo Custamato~
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
look at me, look at you...
here are some fun facts about me, my family, and 'friends':
1. my family and friends spend a sizable part of our existence ensuring that we don't coexist peacefully. they do this by refusing to live and let live. instead they find any and every opportunity to drill into my head that i and all that i am emotionally invested in, or believe is wrong. it breeds deep contempt on my part. i resent that i can not think and feel as i like...as i allow them to. it always ends in an argument or me conceding defeat in some way so as not to have to argue.
2. i was an only child. i was not spoiled. as an only child i was alone a lot. i value privacy and space.
3. that having been said, i wish i did not have to deal with many of the people that i do. they are, for the most part, passive/aggressive pricks. if i'm nice to them, they're suspicious. if i speak to them, they're nasty. if i don't, they're offended. fuck them all...how many of them are gonna cry for me when i'm gone? i think, not many.
this next part is not so much an admission about me, and family/friendly strained relationships than it is words of advice:
1. don't bother yourself with acknowledging other's points of view. don't value their opinions. don't take any responsibility for your own actions.
why?
because other people don't acknowledge YOURS, they more often than not don't value YOUR opinion and they never take responsibility for THEIR actions.
i spent a lot of time having this whole 'take responsibility for your actions' bullshit drilled into my head. so much so that i now have a complex about it. yet, no one ever takes responsibility for their actions or shortcomings...they just spend the whole time pointing out yours...over and over and over again.
2. don't be afraid to take a 'fuck you' stance on someone. your 'friends' more than likely say that about you all the time. and i can guarantee they take that stance on you more often than makes you comfortable.
3. don't let your friends gas you into thinking they're really there for you. for a while i tried to oppose the stance that you're born alone and you will die that way. but this was mainly because as selfish as my immediate family and my so-called close friends think i am, i am not selfish. i just don't have a lot. to the person who equates money with emotional support, this can be jarring. if they took you to the movies and paid for it...you can expect them to throw it in your face at some point in your relationship. however, the countless nights you stayed up late with them while they cried on the phone about some asshole...well, let's just say, the only way to get brownie points with most people is to 'buy' them. don't expect them to remember the positive things you bring to the relationship.
if you guys can't 'trade dollars' then you're probably not as close as you think. true story-
since i'm sure someone will be offended after reading this, i'll save any other thoughts for another post or something. to the people offended in reading this, go get your own blog. call it 'Fuck Has' or something clever like that. i'd read that...in fact you can use the links to my ep and give it to people. yea! tell them to download it and join in on the fuckfest. FUCK HAS!!
otherwise...gofuckyourself. uno
custamato~
1. my family and friends spend a sizable part of our existence ensuring that we don't coexist peacefully. they do this by refusing to live and let live. instead they find any and every opportunity to drill into my head that i and all that i am emotionally invested in, or believe is wrong. it breeds deep contempt on my part. i resent that i can not think and feel as i like...as i allow them to. it always ends in an argument or me conceding defeat in some way so as not to have to argue.
2. i was an only child. i was not spoiled. as an only child i was alone a lot. i value privacy and space.
3. that having been said, i wish i did not have to deal with many of the people that i do. they are, for the most part, passive/aggressive pricks. if i'm nice to them, they're suspicious. if i speak to them, they're nasty. if i don't, they're offended. fuck them all...how many of them are gonna cry for me when i'm gone? i think, not many.
this next part is not so much an admission about me, and family/friendly strained relationships than it is words of advice:
1. don't bother yourself with acknowledging other's points of view. don't value their opinions. don't take any responsibility for your own actions.
why?
because other people don't acknowledge YOURS, they more often than not don't value YOUR opinion and they never take responsibility for THEIR actions.
i spent a lot of time having this whole 'take responsibility for your actions' bullshit drilled into my head. so much so that i now have a complex about it. yet, no one ever takes responsibility for their actions or shortcomings...they just spend the whole time pointing out yours...over and over and over again.
2. don't be afraid to take a 'fuck you' stance on someone. your 'friends' more than likely say that about you all the time. and i can guarantee they take that stance on you more often than makes you comfortable.
3. don't let your friends gas you into thinking they're really there for you. for a while i tried to oppose the stance that you're born alone and you will die that way. but this was mainly because as selfish as my immediate family and my so-called close friends think i am, i am not selfish. i just don't have a lot. to the person who equates money with emotional support, this can be jarring. if they took you to the movies and paid for it...you can expect them to throw it in your face at some point in your relationship. however, the countless nights you stayed up late with them while they cried on the phone about some asshole...well, let's just say, the only way to get brownie points with most people is to 'buy' them. don't expect them to remember the positive things you bring to the relationship.
if you guys can't 'trade dollars' then you're probably not as close as you think. true story-
since i'm sure someone will be offended after reading this, i'll save any other thoughts for another post or something. to the people offended in reading this, go get your own blog. call it 'Fuck Has' or something clever like that. i'd read that...in fact you can use the links to my ep and give it to people. yea! tell them to download it and join in on the fuckfest. FUCK HAS!!
otherwise...gofuckyourself. uno
custamato~
Thursday, August 21, 2008
publicity
man,
i gotta stop lining up so many projects at once. if you don't know, i'm a rapper (if you really didn't know, shame on you).
i have a tendency to plan and begin projects only to abandon them for some reason of other. i've had a change happen deep in my cold heart though. for a while now i have resigned myself to finishing each and every one of these ideas and albums no matter how long it takes. of course time is not always on my side.
so my list is as follows (in no order)-
1. Has-Lo - Cold War lp
2. Has-Lo - C.O.B.R/A lp
3. Has-Lo/Small Professor - Dead End Kids lp
4. Has-Lo - In Case I Don't Make It lp
5. The Train & Dial - Gods and Pets and Robots
that's my release therapy for the next 2 years about...give or take.
well...back to writing for me and small pro's opus. a lot of funny stories will undoubtedly come from this one so stay tuned...all 2 of you.
custamato~
Thursday, August 14, 2008
from this day forward...
here's one for you einsteins that know it all about life: eat a dick
here's one for you bum bitches that think you're so special because you look good: eat a dick
here's one for for you fake motherfuckers with your tired ass observations about how i'm living: eat a fucking dick
here's one for you geniuses who find pleasure in stating the obvious: eat a dick
and the assholes who try and play you so they feel better about their meaningless lives: eat a dick
here's one for you pea brains with whom i've wasted precious time i'll never get back, listening to your weak ass problems, only to have the favor not be repayed when i needed to talk to somebody:
eat.
a.
goddamn.
dick.
dig a hole. go fall in.
you've all succefully made me more jaded about people than i already am. so here's where we go from here: don't expect me to give a fuck about you or your problems. if you need someone to talk to, pay me. otherwise, fuck yourself.
if what you have to say doesn't gel with me, don't be surprised if i completely cut you off. if you think you're so important that i'll be hurt somehow by never speaking to you again in life...go mouth-fuck a magnum. it's been a loooong time since i met anyone i cared that much about.
thank you all for making life just a little bit more tedious. i appreciate it.
i hope you die, i hope your cunt-mouth mothers and fathers die, i hope your sisters get fist fucked before your eyes, i hope your brothers commit suicide.
wait...
take it back i hope you don't die. i hope you live to see your family disentegrate and live in helpless agony for the rest of your lives...and i hope i'm there to see it all.
your friendly punching bag,
-Anwar
Saturday, July 26, 2008
random thing
strange.
there is someone i miss right now. not the usual suspect...she's kind of a wrap at this point. i mean, you never know how your feelings for a person will pester you in the future but for now...eh, i digress. it's not the person any of you who know me would think it is.
the arsonist plays with fire. i am an arsonist i suppose.
or is it my inquisitive and curious nature as an aquarius? i'm not a huge astrology person but still, if the cosmic shoe fits.
ha, funny. an air sign (that's me, the aquarius) playing with fire...get it? yea. that's a doosy. doozey? however that's spelled.
anyway...i miss you.
divshare is being ass so no song.
custamato~
Thursday, May 29, 2008
scapegoats
i got an email from someone today. the email was an attempt at comedy, but i didn't even crack a smile while reading it.
it was supposed to be an email conversation between some couple. a girl (who cheated) and a guy (who has a "hilarious response"). according to his response, there was some kind of weak justification on her part...which makes sense. there aren't many people who can operate without the aid of some sort of scapegoating for their actions.
still...i felt that old soreness creeping back into my body.
there's something about that soreness that i do actually find funny...although not in a "ha-ha" kind of way. when i first got hurt i figured i'd just work through it. eventually i would heal and it would go away. oddly enough (or maybe not) it never did. it still hurts. i read that email with the feeling that this real or imagined girl could shove her fake apologies. all those sensible assessments and gracious compliments were just a means to an end.
they were just a way for her to not feel guilty anymore.
is anyone who steps out on a relationship truly sorry? do they just think they are?
i don't know for sure, but my gut tells me their regret only runs as deep as their guilt. they're only sorry they got caught. when they were inches deep in the damp comfort of the act...they were certain that the bliss they were feeling was right. it had to be. when they were pulverizing your heart for a cheap orgasm, you never crossed their mind. they wished you were never in the picture, they wanted to "get back" at you...to spit in your face as some kind of retribution for what you supposedly did to them.
so chivalrous. L-O-L.
let's be real for a second. it was about a nut. you (the cheaters) know it, i know it. sometimes you didn't even GET the nut. pathetic.
but it begs the question...why do people who cheat think it's not cheap?
why do they put their actions on this pedestal? as if somehow the laws that govern monogamy should be thrown to the dogs because of their...connection. *le sigh*
give me a christ-punching break.
what these "people" believe is so nonsensical. if you have such a connection, why couldn't you break it off with you current (in)significant other? why couldn't you use the same restraint that us normal folks use when peer pressures like drugs and alcohol enter our lives? fuck it, when other people interlope in our relationships?
i might respect you more if you just admitted that the only power you had was good pussy.
here's the truth as i see it. there are 2 kinds of people in the world we're in...
you friend through all seasons, and seasonal friends. no different with lovers.
custamato~
it was supposed to be an email conversation between some couple. a girl (who cheated) and a guy (who has a "hilarious response"). according to his response, there was some kind of weak justification on her part...which makes sense. there aren't many people who can operate without the aid of some sort of scapegoating for their actions.
still...i felt that old soreness creeping back into my body.
there's something about that soreness that i do actually find funny...although not in a "ha-ha" kind of way. when i first got hurt i figured i'd just work through it. eventually i would heal and it would go away. oddly enough (or maybe not) it never did. it still hurts. i read that email with the feeling that this real or imagined girl could shove her fake apologies. all those sensible assessments and gracious compliments were just a means to an end.
they were just a way for her to not feel guilty anymore.
is anyone who steps out on a relationship truly sorry? do they just think they are?
i don't know for sure, but my gut tells me their regret only runs as deep as their guilt. they're only sorry they got caught. when they were inches deep in the damp comfort of the act...they were certain that the bliss they were feeling was right. it had to be. when they were pulverizing your heart for a cheap orgasm, you never crossed their mind. they wished you were never in the picture, they wanted to "get back" at you...to spit in your face as some kind of retribution for what you supposedly did to them.
so chivalrous. L-O-L.
let's be real for a second. it was about a nut. you (the cheaters) know it, i know it. sometimes you didn't even GET the nut. pathetic.
but it begs the question...why do people who cheat think it's not cheap?
why do they put their actions on this pedestal? as if somehow the laws that govern monogamy should be thrown to the dogs because of their...connection. *le sigh*
give me a christ-punching break.
what these "people" believe is so nonsensical. if you have such a connection, why couldn't you break it off with you current (in)significant other? why couldn't you use the same restraint that us normal folks use when peer pressures like drugs and alcohol enter our lives? fuck it, when other people interlope in our relationships?
i might respect you more if you just admitted that the only power you had was good pussy.
here's the truth as i see it. there are 2 kinds of people in the world we're in...
you friend through all seasons, and seasonal friends. no different with lovers.
custamato~
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