(This is part two of a series of blogs leading up to the release of Songs For… on Saturday) Sometime in 1996Baltimore, MD My father beat me. My father in 1942. Yes, he was thatold. That’s not one of those things that’s too out of the ordinary. I’m “black” and my parents were older than most. […]
Read moreThe Road to Songs For…, Part One (#FiveTilFOR)
(This series of blogs fleshes out some of the incidents that led to the creation and finalization of the no-fi masterpiece Songs For…) July 24, 2012Hyattsville Circuit CourtHyattsville, MD10:30 AM I just walked out of a courthouse in Hyattsville, family in tow. Holding a paper with the two words that secured my freedom, “Nolle Prosequi,” I […]
Read more@TrueGodImmortal – Crown the Champion (prod. by Speed on the Beat)
DK aka Wayne Watts – SomewhereInDenver
He’s back. UMD alum DK aka Wayne Watts drops a freestyle over Jay’s “SomewhereInAmerica” instrumental. I can’t even lie. Hearing Wayne curse on a track kind of took me off-guard, as he’s usually a pretty clean artist. I guess it’s like he said. He had to “to show [them he’s] still putting work in.” Overall, […]
Read moreAn Interview with @GageDC
The following is an exclusive interview I conducted with DMV artist Gage. In it, we discuss, among other topics, his latest release Victory Lap, his thoughts on music today, his thoughts on the DMV scene, and the story of his verification on Twitter. SOTB: What’s up, world? It is I, the No-Fi King, Speed on […]
Read moreThe Issue Of My Heart (or "Why Speed Sounds The Way He Does")
I always knew I was different. One of my legs was slightly shorter than the other, but I still kicked ass in baseball and soccer. OK, not really soccer, but that’s besides the point. I’m five-foot-seven (on a good day) with size 12 feet. I have a larger tongue than most–which is great for some […]
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