2 Recordings at 2am from my Car Studio

I just bought a recording mic!!!

Enjoy these free MP3s!!

∞Beginning Blessings.zip (3.1mb)
   § 01_Just Beginning (prod. by DJ Premier)
   § 02_What A Blessing (prod. by DJ Premier)

Download ^that while you read this, it's only 2 song files.

I grab the microphoneme, hold it tight.

I recently got a mic to record higher quality audios for my audience. Though not a typical sound booth, it turns out that a CAR, while in park, has naturally good acoustics. The vibes are contained without dissipation, that's why music sounds great in the car.

Not my car, but the scene set-up looked something like this, but at 2am.

The beats are not mine, they are instrumentals from the 2012 album KOLEXXXION by Bumpy Knuckles and DJ Premier, so I'm not gonna charge money for Premo's production.

The first track is an opening verse, my first real audio release to the world, so it's just the beginning! The verse is legit though (no bias), starting with the first 2-4 bars til the end... PEEP, DON'T SLEEP.

And the 2nd recording... It really inspired this whole thing. After I got home from session on Monday, I had this rhyme come to my head, went like this:

I miss that old feeling of having a first kiss.

Thinking back to moments of bliss, I reminisce

About girls once really cool with... now we're through with.

We vibed together like music and our love was deep-rooted.

I cared for them all...

I wrote the whole thing, then recorded it immediately, along with a few other tracks Monday night. Finished my recording session in the early AM hours.

Disclaimer though, I haven't had that many girlfriends (I count 3 real ones), but that's from the heart! I'm not with them now, but when I was, I really cared a lot for them. They were my world, joy and inspiration at the time. I hope I was a decent bf; if I had yelp reviews, I think they'd be mainly positive. And the last 6-7 bars are for my current gf, Mi Amore. I made her a song about 9 months into our relationship, and she still inspires me to write. Peace love.


Now that you've downloaded the songs, I recommend you listen to it in the car, or on headphones, because this music isn't meant to be played on a laptop/computer or while multi-tasking. At least don't judge it til you give it a good listen.


 This is the journal entry I wrote right after writing "What a Blessing":

2/23/15
I just made one of the best verse I ever made. Brand new from pure inspiration. What a blessing. And it's almost a letter to my exes, but in a positive way, not a usual misogynistic hip hop way, which turns off a lot of people. I make a note to refer to all the women as queens and nothing less. I will share in the mp3 shortly.

Enjoy!

Re-vised material from 2010 and new 2014 @4:00am

I thought it was whatever so I never shared it. It's not bad though, but it's still whatever. I just revised it and made it a little better. Have it for free. Wrote this early 2010, in my 4th year at college.



Spare Me the Hype

Break beats, break stereotypes.
I'm not a passive child,
Developed my rapping style
so i don't get smoked
like a joint or a roach, or a black and mild.
i like boo's, shoes, and acting wild.
it's been a long and lasting while
since an Asian brother like me,
got the chance to get free. I can't mask my smile.
so like the Nile, I flow and give life.
i bring peace/piece like a paper or a pipe.
and, i like melons when they ripe.
but Bite? not quite. stay polite with insights
hide when you within sight.
I'm the son, I been bright.
First came matter, and then light.
Don't get shocked like Dendrites*

 Ooooh thunderous! I like that one now. I remember exactly where I was, and what was going on, the day/moment I wrote the original.

 Also written just earlier that year. I was asked to write a short bio for myself:

Tom T. Nguyen
is not good at writing biographies for himself. He has been a difficult person since the womb. He is not easy to put up with, or understand. He grew up in in the Garden Grove School District when it was bad, and believes that this is what makes him a little bit cool and "Mexican-washed." After moving to the Fountain Valley School District, he became a dork, and has remained that way since. This has allowed him to do well in school and be awkward around girls. In 2003, he thought learning to dance would make him cool, but it didn't. Sometimes he will devilishly advocate, and this causes arguments.  He grew up atheist, but lately he has been feeling spiritual. He is now good friends with God.

Hell yeah! I find that sh!t hilarious, and it's actually very true. It's not a bad sum-up of me, in the style that I would do it, back in 2010. I guess that "style that I would do it" changes constantly. Something I would write in 8th grade would be different from what I would write now, right now. So the message is to write! Just write! Always be writing. I have so much written. "Write anything you don't want forgotten." At least keep a journal, but personal recording sake!




Also wrote this this morning:

10/17, Friday morning, 4:00-4:30am

I think I'm gonna be Wolverine for Halloween.
It's my second year in New Orleans.
Gettin that green, got myself into the scene.
I know my royal lineage so I found myself a queen.
It's easy to be lazy, and nothing's what it seems.
What you need to do is find a winning team.
And then work hard and never give up on your dream.
That's how you rise about the average, if you know what I mean.

I'm backed by statistics, play with linguistics
When I'm feeling uplifted, Young, Fresh and Gifted.
Wicked slickness, get wit this and bear witness.
Love the bare wetness. Don't compare weakness,
Just peep this. Make the main point, my thesis.
If we ALL work TOGETHER, it's harder to defeat us.

So let's not be cheaters, let's be high achievers.
I expand like the Uni-verse, stay balanced like Libras.

That is all for now. Have a great day!

9/20 SPILL Rhymes for the Day

Wrote these today.


9/20
Look around, that's using eyesight.
Look back, that's using hindsight.
Look ahead, that's called foresight.
Look within, that's gaining insight.




Check this out, you got quarters and dimes.
Make up 2 equations, can you solve it on time?
It's easy and it's challenging, you gotta use your mind.
That's how you climb. - It's called an incline.

Rise over run, you should rise and become
A positively-minded person, not one that's dumb.
Yo that wouldn't be right. - So just do right.
If you ask me, then I'll tell you that I do write.

 - But I kick flows, free style of poetry.
I'm the one who knows. Guess that's why y'all blowing me
When You Act Outta Line, and try to avoid ya problems.
That's no real solution, you should really try to solve 'em.

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The original problem was:
If you have a total of 100 quarters and dimes, with a value of $14.05, how many quarters do you have?

Linear systems, solve 2 equations at once.


Video with music coming soon,  I'm about to update it. But gonna go to session first, get my rock on. Peace!

Classroom Flows!

Actually wrote this in my car in an inspired moment.

Outside the mall. Then I bought shoes. It was a dope day.

States of Matter

by Tom T.

This is to my country like American Bandstand.

With the strength that allows my friends to easily get up into a handstand,

I take a panoramic scan, from Louisiana land to Uzbekistan.

Sometimes take a seat. Sometimes take a stand.

Sometimes take a walk, sometimes have a dance.

Sometimes you can advance investing summertime for a chance.

Searched for that rare knowledge.

With thirst for that air mileage.

My days back in college were amazing, life was solid.

Since then I learned to flow. Had to know, so I scholar'd.

(some Asian shit)

Aqueous. Rhyme spontaneous. No caging this.

It's hot like a Cajun dish.

Had to calculate the changing ex (change in x).

Say what's next, way complex.

Yet it's not hard to get like the distance to the vertex.

T encourage wrecks on the musical sets, burning flesh.

Breaking beats, earning cash.

Running fast as I mentally dash,

And flashback to my days late for class, chasing ass.

Learned enough to pass, hope I don't miss the Bruin Bash.

Out in Westwood, felt the blessing, It was Good.

Understood. Burn like a candle,

Know what you can do and determine what you should.

It's good to think but it's also good to act.

Can't be indecisive saying should this and should that.

You'll become a should-head, and fall on your ass flat.

That would be wack, so get on the right track. 

Say the wrong thing and you might get smacked.

It's time to take it back, like zoo animals to they habitat.

Shoutout to the bboys who don't need a mat.

No love for the ones who still don't know how to act.

We break on our back without breaking our back.

Strangers in the street get impressed and give us cash.

Straight up, no tax, now we can pay for gas.

Might get a 20 bag, hope to make it last.

Get that paper back.

Do the math.

Or feel the wrath.

I call it "States of Matter" cuz I play with that solid-liquid gas theme, and also, the United States... that matters.

Stream the Audio, or start to follow:

https://soundcloud.com/tomt-2/classroom-flow-states-of

You can't really force yourself to become inspired,

It just has to strike you like a cranky bitch that's tired.

Don't like to waste my time, arguing over Pro Keds.

Cuz I seen them Occupyin', I been there with the Broke Heads.

And in the streets they're crying, the fucked up lives of Coke Heads.

Which industries are hiring? Who's rising? Who Rose from the Red?

Leaving No Shreds of Old Ev, Some get their Nose bled

For a Loaf of Bread. It ain't funny, the Joke's Dead.

We can't stay stagnant, gotta get around like Mopeds.

To keep it moving. And keep improving.

Winning or losing, the life you design is your choosing.

So what are YOU doing? With your life, are you boozing?

Vice pursuing and screwing, or schoolin' like a student?

It's neither nor; but both if you know how to read the score.

Explains why some people poor, and eagles soar. 

Opportunity knocks, so step outside your Ego's door.

Look beyond the surface, with a purpose, see the core.

See the SEA, or see the shore.

Me or yours, who needs it more? 

Probably the hero who needs to be more secure.

With a wife and two kids, you'd have to feed all four.

I'll battle with myself just to defeat the floor.

Wouldn't wanna get with a schemy whore, 

West coast, do it for the beaches, and bikini tour!

Find me at the frontier, I'll be in the front here.