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Robosonic & Mat.Joe – Got Game

This is a bad to the bone, sexy, bass heavy, head nodding, club rocking banger. It samples one of the dopest Hip Hop tracks, 50 & Games Hate It or Love It, which Robosonic  flips with that classic deep house/hip hop flavor only he can bring. Got Game, I love that title because it represents everything I’m about right now.

Since the 3rd grade I’ve lived in a highly competitive performance based world – entertainment. It’s a world where your shit has to be tight or you don’t make the cut. You deliver or you’re done, you’re aware, you know what’s up, you’re really fucking good at what you do and that’s the bottom line. Often times the things expected of you are complex, i.e. deliver something totally subjective that a lot of people agree with, be compelling to strangers, predict the future, amaze and delight – you get the idea. It sounds rough but when it’s your lifestyle you learn the consistencies and you figure it out.

All the while you develop and appreciation for details because in this world it’s the details that separate the good from the great.  You appreciate when someone consistently delivers, you appreciate high level communication, when someone has intention and conviction, when they take care of their appearance, have wisdom, charm or anything else that represents an effort. It says they’re on top of their shit. I know what you’re thinking, materialistism, phoniness, etc but that’s a cope out; what I’m referring to is top to bottom excellence. We all dream about ideals right? For example in love, women want that tough, super sensitive, romantic, handsome, intelligent, highly spiritual and loving man. Guys want that homely, innocent yet sexual, beautiful, stylish and stunning girl who melts your heart with her looks, flowing fairy tale hair and smells so good when she leaves you can’t think of anything else.  That’s called game tight and let me tell you something, it’s real. What you want, it’s out there, it’s no fantasy.

Often times we settle for less because we undervalue ourselves! We don’t love or believe in ourselves enough to keep fighting and searching for what will truly make us happy, not just what’s right in front at the moment. On top of that, to get what you want you have to be what you want. You also have to understand that the world isn’t a fixed thing, you can literally create anything you want but first you have to get free.

I know many people hate on LA and for the right reasons, I know people hate on NYC, for the right reasons as well. Many people despise the entertainment industry but when you grow in those places you distinguish between the real and the fake and trust me when you find real in NY or LA or entertain, it’s real. Those 3 have shown me what game is, what truly being exceptional in ALL facets of life is about. Get game, enjoy.

Robosonic & Mat.Joe – Got Game

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Dreams – Inlove.

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I think it’s safe to say that my past 24 hours have been the sickest (not like SICK DUDE!, but sick sick) I’ve ever had. Thank God for Gatorade, Ibuprofen, soup, and Robitussin because this little piggy would have missed his first day at his new job and spent another day immobile in bed. Phew. While I was basically incapable of doing anything outside of trying to breathe (even raising my phone to text became laborious) I was able to pull my laptop to the lonely side of my full-size bed (you know…that side that’s supposed to sleep another person?) and use my limited muscle ability to navigate iTunes and Tumblr before falling asleep again and again.

This track – according to my iTunes counter – played over 20 times yesterday. While I’ve had this track going for a solid couple months now, I’ve never given it a proper, let alone 20x, listen through. Is it tacky to say I’m in love with “Inlove.”? It ambient and chill with a solid funk base – something I haven’t heard so well executed. Dreams is somewhat of an internet god. His whole aesthetic screams internet-art, 8-bit, and Windows 98 but his music has a timeless quality to it. Perhaps it’s his dedication to the funk of it all. Here he incorporates a melodic bass line that swoops in and around chopped up vocals and old-school keyboard jams. It all adds up to a lush soundscape worthy of laying in bed listening to on repeat (the dreams it can induce are quite something).

So while I wish none of you the day I had yesterday, I hope you get into the groove with this oldie-but-goodie for the modern day.

Dreams – Inlove.