Ilwil - Tanya Morgan presents Beat Thieves 2 Mixed by DJ Low Key

for those of you that have been waiting patiently* here it is all mixed and zipped up for you. click the image to download & go show www.rappersiknow.com some love while you are at it. good lookin out frank! enjoy

1. Ilwil – Beat Thieves 2 Intro
2. Ilwil – 711 ( Sunrise ) - prod suburb
3. Ilwil - The Ilwil Theme - prod ilyas
4. Ilwil & Jermiside - Easy - prod big nan
5. Ilwil & Buggs Tha Rocka - Keep Ya Head High - prod beataholic
6. Ilwil - The Beginning of the End - prod Legacey
7. Donwill - Go Head - prod wale oyejide
8. Tanya Morgan - How Low - prod mysterious
9. Ilyas - One More Dance - prod ???
10. Ilwil - From Love - prod Aeon
11. Ilyas - Telepathy - prod ???
12. Ilyas - Fire & Brimstone - prod Brickbeats
13. Ilyas - State Of Emergency - prod ???
14. Donwill - Camp Cupcake - prod Brickbeats
15. Ilyas - Free - prod ???
16. Ilyas - Get Ghost - prod Von Pea
17. Donwill & Kay of the Foundation - Fly Guys With Glasses - prod The Are
18. Donwill, Fresh Daily, Finale & Che Grand - Life’s Pie - Prod Oddissee
19. Ilyas – Dreamskape PSA
20. Ilyas & Rae Faith - Otherworldly - prod Obsidian Blue
21. Donwill - The Champ - prod Suburb
22. Donwill – All You Need To Know - prod CJ
23. Ilwil - Name Changes PSA
24. Donwill – Get Up - prod Wale Oyejide
25. Ilyas - Ayo Sexology
26. Ilyas & Ill Poetic – The New Young - prod Ill Poetic
27. Ilwil & 3rd Element - Souldiers - prod ???
28. Ilwil & Rye Bred - Booth Snitches - prod ???
29. Ilwil, Moxy Monster & Lance Manson - 513
30. Ilwil & Ride Out - Beat It Up - prod ???
31. Ilwil – Beat Thieves 2 Outro

(ill find out who the question marks are, i dont remember offhand)

HEY DAVE! HERE! MERRY TUESDAY NIGGA!*

rap is outta control: best industry couple evAr

meet the niggars

writers strike

BROOKLYNATI COMING SOON...

i have a confession to make: i havent quiet clocked back in yet.

see its not that i dont know what to write, its that i have no desire to write. its weird cus while i still have the the words and ideas i'm just kinda blah about making the music right now. ive sat in the studio day in and day out and did the same thing, nothing. the most ive done is played the beats and pondered rewrites/concepts.

its not like ive been totally uncreative. i've been feeding my creativity in a few ways and absorbing source files in the form of film, sound and just visual art. but i havent been turning that over by way of written music.

i wont say exactly why i dont feel like writing but i know exactly what is preventing me from putting the pen to paper and ill shake it soon. its not like i havent had the time, its not that i havent had the urge, its truely something else.

that is all...

(right now von is somewhere cringing... (or maybe relating))

Rap Is Outta Control: Nas @ the Grammy's

Im the N now, just one syllable

if you click the picture you can see the actual video footage (found at nahright)

godspeed my nigga, godspeed...

fresh daily*

you may remember a while back i was working on a project with brooklyn based mc fresh daily that we had named 'NO WORK'** but it never got done due in large part to me not having enough time to dedicate to it. thats neither here nor there....

a few days ago he was involved in a pretty bad accident (i will leave it up to him to divulge any further details) and is currently laid up in ALOT of pain. we dropped by the hosipital today to see him and while he is doing pretty good it kinda fucked me up to see him in any condition other than hangin out, on stage and/or drinking. but as all things go it could always be worse and the fact that he is in well enough spirits to hold a lighthearted convo was very comforting.

life is precious indeed and you never know what can happen to you at the hands of another person, there are some things we just cant control no matter how careful we are. while some of you may know fresh and some of you may not, regardless could you shoot a prayer up for my man and his family for a speedy recovery? lord knows he needs it...

godspeed my nigga, godspeed...

*click the photo to go to his myspace page
**anybody got the link to the songs that he posted a while back?

Rap is Outta Control: Rick Ross @ the Fader

"i rub em every morning to wake em up, like come to daddy" - rick ross on his tattoo's

i wont lie to yall, im in a bit of a funk today. some of that good M.I.A.M.I.* shit so how befitting is it that this rick ross clip smooth had me dying laughing. from the self portrait chain to the grand tour of his tatt'ed torso this is some grade a shit. you can watch for yourself by clicking the picture and hear ross tell you all about fashion or you can just look at those vidcap's and listen to a dj khalid song, same shit.

* money IS a major issue

Dondub's Home Videos - We Be

funny how time flies, especially when its time to turn around and do it all over again. after a really long talk with ilyas i opened the brooklynati folder today to discover that i have alot of work ahead of me. hopefully its as fun as the last ride was....

may as well cancel that netflix subscription

last time cincinnati and brooklyn got together...

and it sounds so sweet (c) me

a classic was made, wether you like it or not! donwill, ilyas, and i'm von pea; and we are tanya morgan. welcome to the bridge. you comin over with us? how!?

ps - next stop brooklynati...

im so glad they didnt ask me about politics

click the photo to read the interview

i did an interview with lady and fluff via email the other day and they work pretty damn fast. i mean that shit was up in a matter of hours. the questions were pretty damn interesting but im really, REALLY happy they didnt ask me about politics. i will say this regarding super tuesday, please dont cast an uniformed ballot. i could rant on and name names but i wont, not yet anyway. the mingling of entertainment and politics bothers the shit out of me and always has and im just waiting for it to reach critical mass before i really go in. shit the news coverage of it all, no the news in general pisses me the fuck off. but again, i wont rant... not yet anyway

congrats to those ny giants and get your asses out there and vote for whoever it is you believe is fit to run this country.

that will be all

Suburban Sprawl Progress Report

art courtesy of scott free

right now as we speak dj noumenon is adding the zigga zigga's (you know cuts and scratches) and after that all thats really left is for me and von to sit down and pick the sequence out. (lucy lee) i have two video clips in production* and i am interested in doing a third, but we'll see how these two work out first. im not in either of them so that should prove to be very interesting.

while i do have a general plan for the implementation and release of the project there is no official single or none of that shit. (olivia o'lovely) right now im tryna retool my myspace page for the release but im not too swift with that whole thing. im sure i can figure it out tho.

tanya is still doin what they do (bridge ep 90% done, dj soul mixtape in progress, brooklynati being demo'd, tour being planned) so thats about it for now

godspeed...

*yall thought i was bullshittin when i said i was shooting a video huh? lets see how this turns out, so far its lookin pretty good.

pick one, anyone, its all the same thing, dope!

donwill is...

ilwill is...

tanya morgan to go!

BLAST FROM THE PAST MP3 DOWNLOAD: Rockin It! - Donwill

this is the song that bound me and dj low key for life. last time we were out there for the low key, dondub, che grand b-day extravaganza fest o rama bonanza between drunkenly espousing* 'i love my life' mantra and partying he requested that i do this song. to this day i dont really know the words, alot of times i write em and abandon em for a myriad of reasons. well i was off that sparks (YO CHE GRAND! GO IN NIGGA! GO IN!) so i was like fuck it okay and i tried to do it and failed, miserably. amazingly enough the crowd knew this shit! maybe im buggin but i remember them doing my verse for me, a mixtape song at that! damn that was a good time...

*did i use this word right?

i am going to shoot a video

click the picture to see the video, if you are into that kinda thing

after waking up to this on youtube and thinking about the ambition of a kid and their digital camera i have decided to bankroll* my own video shoot. i will shoot, direct and star in it. there may or may not be cameos depending on if i feel like dragging my friends down with me, more that likey there wont be unless i use uncleared footage of them from all the times ive just been shooting at random.

it will probably involve me in my junky ass box of an apartment doing non rapperish things while rapping. there will not be a shout out section at the top of my video just a very simple sequence of very boring shots cut in some sort of entertaining manner. im already building a list of shots in my head such as:

• classic long shot
• classic close up shot
• classic sitting down shot
• classic walking down the street shot
• classic getting dressed shot
• classic in the booth shot
• and several others...

i will then share my video with the world via youtube. when people comment on how poorly shot the noticeably low budget clip is i will then say it just shows that i dont take myself too seriously, but some people will think that from jump.

i will do this all in one day because well its not that hard and it wont be that complicated of a shoot. maybe i will break down the shooting and editing to 2 days but that probably wont even be necessary. i dont have a song in mind, it may be for a song nobody has ever heard but it will NOT be for anything_related_to_tanya_morgan_at_all_period.mp3

suburban sprawl maybe? we'll see... that still does not usurp the original idea that i have not shared with anyone besides suhBURB, scott and von. (btw george if you are reading this and i dont mention it ask me about it so i can see if you can help me out)

you may be asking your self "why don, why?" well simply put, because i can.

this blog is in no way taking shots at tokyo diva or parodying her thought process in shooting the linked video. i actually find it really invigorating that the kids arent waiting on handouts due to feelings of entitlement. we can ALL take notes from that cus nobody is going to save your life fam. may as well believe in yourself right?

*bankroll meaning spend my time, not money. well they are the same thing essentially tho right? whatever

Che Grand - Everything's Good Ugly EPK

Che Grand - Everything's Good Ugly EPK
Uploaded by dreamchasers

PEOPLE BOOWLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

UPDATE: this is the rough draft version, that may explain the audio being so *low* on parts

what day is it again?

filthy says: shit iontknow!
spec says: who cares anyway?!

i been pretty fucking busy lately and while i have a few unfinished thoughts drafted im really just around handling other business. im an instrumental part of 5 releases this year so as you can imagine my workload changes at a moments notice. here is a quick status report:

tanya morgan is a rap group (aka the as of yet unnamed dj soul mixtape): i dont think ilyas even knows the name of the mixtape yet, the title is THAT new lol. but the bulk of the songs have been picked and we are in the middle of getting the special treats in order right now.
-february 08 (??)

the bridge: see the last entry for info the tracklist. save 2 verses from ilyas, a sang hook and a few mixes it is done to the point where i could sit down and play it for you if i saw you on the street. honestly its all ive been listening to for the past 1-2 weeks so if you see me rockin the ipod ask can you hear it lol. i have to comp out some cover art ideas and i need to get that done today.
-april 08 (??)

brooklynati: we have had a few tracks demo'd out for a while now, like a few months but with the bridge wrapped im shifting my focus to this. we have decided on how the cover art should look and all thats left is to just do the music. im so warmed up from workin on the bridge, should be pretty interesting
-around fall 08

suburban sprawl: waiting on one more mix and we are goin over cover art comps right now. that shit has been done for a while it was just figuring out how to get it to yall. im going to release it via a digital distribution service. by the time that tanya hits the road i may have a few hard copies to sell for the die hard's out there but basically its gonna be available online only.
-any fucking day now

the beat thieves vol 2: fresh outta my gmail...

SENT 10 HOURS AGO:

Frank,

Below is the final tracklist, logos and copy for the "Tanya Morgan presents Ilwil - Beat Thieves 2 (mixed by DJ Low Key)" cover (I can't believe it's finally done). Ilyas said he already sent the Ilwil pic, Dreamskape and Fusicology logos a while back and the rest are attached. Please hit me or him up with any questions. Thanks again, you're the man....

Low Key

1. Ilwil – Beat Thieves
2 Intro
2. Ilwil – 711 (Sunrise)
3. Ilwil - The Ilwil Theme
4. Ilwil & Jermiside - Easy
5. Ilwil & Buggs Tha Rocka - Keep Ya Head High
6. Ilwil - The Beginning of the End
7. Donwill - Go Head
8. Tanya Morgan - How Low
9. Ilyas - One More Dance
10. Ilwil - From Love
11. Ilyas - Telepathy
12. Ilyas - Fire & Brimstone
13. Ilyas - State Of Emergency
14. Donwill - Camp Cupcake
15. Ilyas - Free
16. Ilyas - Get Ghost
17. Donwill & Kay of the Foundation - Fly Guys With Glasses
18. Donwill, Fresh Daily, Finale & Che Grand - Life’s Pie
19. Ilyas – Dreamskape PSA
20. Ilyas & Rae Faith - Otherworldly
21. Donwill - The Champ
22. Donwill – All You Need To Know
23. Ilwil - Name Changes PSA 24. Donwill – Get Up
25. Ilyas - Ayo Sexology
26. Ilyas & Ill Poetic – The New Young
27. Ilwil & 3^rd Element - Souldiers
28. Ilwil & Rye Bred - Booth Snitches
29. Ilwil, Moxy Monster & Lance Manson - 513
30. Ilwil & Ride Out - Beat It Up
31. Ilwil – Beat Thieves 2 Outro

SENT 36 MINUTES AGO:

Awesome, lemme go thru my things and get started on it

***should be dropping any day now over at rappers i know, i still feel like thats too much music to be just givin away for free but its too late now...

baby, if you ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me (c) wkrp's theme song

*almost there*

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
!!!THE BRIDGE!!!

the bridge
we doin our
place (filthier interlude)
the takeoff
be you
HHID part 2
got to get done
get me inside
how low

von pea - brickbeats - mysterious - 88 keys

next stop brooklynati...

footnote: the roebling bridge (cincinnati's main bridge) was designed after the brooklyn bridge. it is a miniature version made to scale and everything. in the given context thats kinda strange huh?

Cover me im goin in (c) method man

late to the party but here nonetheless, when i figure out what the hell im doing it is SO the fuck on.