vox/Face of Einstein
Guitar/bass/vox/production: Nahlej
Nahlej: I love working with Face...he's a talented wordsmith, instrumentalist, and all around nice dude (to me anyways) he blew me out of the water on this one (and every one we've done together) but i like that, makes me strive to be better lol thanks face!
Face: adding a verse to such a good instrumental is easy. Always a pleasure working with you sir.
Face:
it's the truth
heard about it on the fake news
looked it up online
and you thought you saw a tweet too
now send it out to everyone you've met since you were 22
the more you're entertained
the more you miss what's right in front of you
he said he was a doctor
and he thought he had a breakthrough
well hey dude he paid dues
it's like 8 years for med school
but you get it bro, so that's cool
and that makes sense, so fuck that dude
the more you're entertained
the more you miss what's right in front of you
eyes burning
awake all night
one of them days when someone bumps you
it's like "fuck it lets fight"
we have an opening right now unless you settle it down
but it's just talk unless you catch me with the homies around
I have a terrible reputation for being a prick
and an immediate impulse for ending shit with a brick
if there's a serious problem it'll be blatantly obvious
but I tend to want to stay anonymous with the audience
I’m scratching at the walls of the prison in my mind, right? The clock is growing wings watch the time fly eye for an eye make us all blind the sun is just one star in the sky
Nahlej:
I’ll spit 1000 words until you get the picture totally shocked like I stuck a butter knife in a light fixture pills blunts and coffee all in the right mixture supplemental psychedelics and cough syrup snake oil and magical elixirs less of a rapper more like a minister hold still while I administer an a side of humble pie, I…really can’t say I mourn the passing of time life is but a dream a single blink of god’s eye burning karma, it gives a pretty good high, fine print, bigger picture, I got the bird’s eye,give an inch take a mile as the crow flies zero cool but I’m so fly I’m Icarus I’m so high my music is what it sounds like when my soul cries
I’m scratching at the walls of the prison in my mind, right? The clock is growing wings watch the time fly eye for an eye make us all blind the sun is just one star in the sky
@electrocelte Mar 2022
Very nice stuff guys, love the guitars and transitions throughout !!
@hanley Mar 2022
Dude, really loving your choice of breakbeats, so good!
And such a well rounded track, perfect blend of bass, guitars and extra percussion, an instant classic and solid funky with that wah wah!
Dig these lyrics/vocals too, such awesome flow and that chorus is super catchy and clever. Love it!
@stephenwordsmith Mar 2022
Shit, this is good. That sample is handled masterfully, both in its integration into the fabric of the piece and its aptness for the subject - amazing how topical it remains.
There are more than a few moments of sheer brilliance with the lyrics. The way you've used tone to chop and change the starts and ends of sentences to elevate words from mere lyrics to an instrument in themselves. There's a way in which the sets of rhymes slowly shift away from each other that is quite astute - such as picture to minister - we get to hear the big picture slowly evolve while the present answers itself in a very interesting way.
The same is also true of the genre, with the verses evolving from hip-hop to the Nu Metal of the chorus without any perceivable switch being hit. And the chorus is so very strong both in its words and its delivery.
#tit4tat
@splittybooms Mar 2022
OMG!!! I used this same vocal sample from whatever movie that is, waaaayyy back...nothing as cool as this; just so cool to hear someone else using it, is all.
Those guitars are lovely; I feel that's a signature @nahlej381 sound now that I'm getting more familiar with your music as I listen more and more. There's always this laid back, chill, breezy, guitar bed or line or riff over some kind of old school neck snapping or head bobbing drums - really love that sound.
Always works so well under some bars - both of you knock these rhymes out the park.
An MC duo? I'm all here for this - make more of this; make an album of it. Sell it. Make money.
This has thattouch of smooth hip hop that tickles me fancy.
@cts Mar 2022
I hate y'all. I straight up hate the both of yous. Sick beats. On-point lyrical spittin'. Cohesive verses with alternating styles. I told Nancy Rost yesterday that there's this feeling of crazy envy I get when I hear collabs because it sound so freakin' good and I FREAKIN' WANT IN! I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE....AND DONE SUPREMELY WELL ON TOP OF THAT!!
You'll excuse me now while I go get a bowl of cereal and rethink my musical priorities. #*#@! FAWM heavyweights....I can't stand y'all. And of course I'm comin' back to listen to more tracks.
@tjeff Feb 2022
Love the vibe and energy of this track. Excellent production, the relaxed flow and beat is a nice contrast to the rhythm of the rap. (Was the excerpts form the speech out of the film Network? Very creative.)
@nadine Feb 2022
Bro your beats are so sick. Top notch production. I'm not a listener if hip hop and rap but I just dig your stuff cause it is so well written and produced. I can't imagine doing THIS during FAWM or even when I have 3 months. And this flow. Two thumbs up.
@chipwithrow Feb 2022
Awesome! I dig the wordplay (incredible rhymes and near-rhymes) so much - I was just telling someone I wish I could lyricize like this.
And an infectious, adventurous groove, too. Wow!
@richaaaay Feb 2022
I listened to this when it was first posted but just realized I never commented. That's worked out well for me because I just got to listen to this all over again. It's awesome!!! The words, the delivery, the music, production, the wah wah, the bass, the samples...It's all spot on. Totally dig it. Great work!
@xfloorpunchx Feb 2022
Dope track as always! Very good collab ! You guys have both killer flows! Awesome!
@davidtaro Feb 2022
More crazy goodness, what a collab. Just mind-blowing stuff. Some really well chosen samples, then the words from both of you are so dense and dark, backed up with that chorus ('the sun is just one star in the sky' - what a line!). Special mention for all the creative delays you're fitting in there, and love that bit of percussion on the breakdowns. Too good.
@spazsquatch Feb 2022
Such an obscene amount of great wordplay and the track has an amazing amount of emotion to it.
@rayboneor Feb 2022
Wow, that's a pretty damned trenchant lyric. We do get the picture, and yet there's a subtlety along with the slap to the face. I like this a lot. What else to say?
@sw1n3flu Feb 2022
The combo of the spoken words and the two different rappin voices works beautifully... the song is simultaneously chilled but laced with lyrical cut.
The chorus is so good! Repeat listening essential.
@rshakesp Feb 2022
Really well put together song, lots of musical variety and a great flow to the wrapping. clever lyrics. Really enjoyed the listen, love the musical change up after Nahlej section and the slip back into the chorus. top production and great writing all round. Great work