Saturday, 04 August 2007

  • Behind The Music: The Mind's Mixtape volume II (2005) - The Champ Is Here (Intro)

    So way back when, I did a Behind The Music entry on my first mixtape The Mind's Mixtape volume 1 (Download).  I tried to do something similar for The Mind's Mixtape volume II shortly after, but just wasn't into it.  So since I've been listening to volume II today, I've decided to try again but this time, I'm including the audio so that everyone can listen to what I'm talking about!

    Track 1: The Champ Is Here (Intro)

    So the last track on volume 1 was "Never Change".  I always had a plan to make at least three Mind's Mixtape's and I wanted them to go together.  So I started out with the "Never Change" beat and then I had it fade into thunderstorm sound effects (foreshadowing?).  *On another note, I just listened to the last track of volume 1 and the first track of volume II together and they do go together well.  Anyway, I didn't want to use the storm effect too long so I found a sound byte of Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction (Gunshot. "Oh I'm sorry did I break you're concentration?").  The track starts and the first thing you hear is a Will Smith sound byte from Ali (Drumming. "The Champ Is Here!").  For some reason around this time, I was mad cocky.  I mean, I was calling myself the champ!  My main goal with the track was to set the mixtape off on a high note and let everyone know that the first mixtape wasn't a fluke and I was still around.  I think I accomplished that pretty well.  This is one of the tracks that I didn't count bars on, which means some bars are longer than others, which throws off the rhythm of the track.  But I think I still managed to ride the track okay for a bar novice.  lol.  I wish I could get back to this level of confidence sometimes.  I over think it too much now.

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