New Nextday One Takes: Shad Robinson “Peace” (Produced by Edwin Tovar)
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Peace
Nextday One Takes: Shad Robinson “Peace”
– December 18, 2011Posted in: Edwin Tovar, NextDay One Takes, Shad Robinson
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Nextday One Takes: Shad Robinson “The Watcher III”
– December 10, 2011Posted in: NextDay One Takes, Shad Robinson
Whats good world…I ain’t put out new music in a minute, been working though. I got some dope music in the NextDay vault for next year… We’re also shooting and editing 4 videos off the 1989 album that y’all will being seeing soon.
In the meantime, every week in December I’ll be giving y’all these “NextDay One Takes” videos. This first one is the “Watcher III”. I first heard the Watcher 2 back in 2003 after The Blueprint 2 dropped. Its one of my favorite collaboration records.When I first heard Rakim’s and Jay-Z’s verse, I loved the concept and themes put into each lyric. Back in 2003/9th grade, I use to come home from school and listen to the song every day for about 4 months…Its all truth.
Its crazy how they mixed the voices whispering “the watcher” or “watching” in to the beat. Those voices gave it a little mystery to me. I didn’t want to just make a remix where I just rap over the beat keeping similar rhyme patterns as Jay Z, Rakim, or Dr. Dre. I didn’t want to keep the same format or template, I wanted to come at it different, I wanted to tell a story, paint a scene, write a short script. A few years back I wanted to be a screen writer, but as I put more focus on music and writing 1989, all that got pushed to the back. I thought this song would be a good way to mix the two worlds… Go put this one in your iPod.
“They say love can turn hate within a minute but we’ll still take that chance to find love within an instant.”
-Shad Robinson
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The Watcher III
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Terrace Martin “Locke High 2 Intro” [Co-Produced by Edwin Tovar]
– October 23, 2011Posted in: Edwin Tovar
This is the first visual of Terrace Martin‘s new Album “Locke High 2″ that drops October 25th, 2011. This song is Co-Produced by Edwin Tovar, who produced Shad Robinson‘s album “1989″
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SHAD ROBINSON – “1989″ ALBUM REVIEW
– October 23, 2011Posted in: 1989, Review, Shad Robinson
“Ok. so, I listened to Shad Robinson’s “1989.” And then I listened again.
And again. And again.
If you knew anything about me at all–you’d know this:
I am a perfectionist, and therefore- very hard to please.
I’ve been trained in the recording arts to listen with a critical ear. Each track individually, then the whole album all the way through. The whole point is to absorb as much as possible of what the artist is putting out there. Whether it’s tape hiss or an extra strum on the guitar, this is what they want you to hear. A lot of the time, they are bearing their soul, and it’s up to you to what degree that you receive their messages.
I listened, I absorbed. Here’s what I got out of “1989″.
For this kid, Shad Robinson, to be writing about what he does, and saying what his album says- if he was in fact born in 1989, he is well beyond his years. Sure, he is a little vulgar in some of his lyrics, but you know what? The words that surround the vulgarity aren’t just useless babble. Sometimes you need a few choice and strategically placed “fucks” and “shits” to get your point across clearly. These words were not over or misused.