The Honorable Sleaze

Album Reviews - http://soundsofrva.tumblr.com/post/20093539487/justplainsounds

Part 2 of a 3-part EP series. Album Sightings: http://producersiknow.com/2012/03/19/dont-sleep-the-honorable-sleaze-old-roses-ep-2-of-3-beat-tape/ http://thecheatsmovement.com/2012/01/31/cheats-movement-day-one-exclusive-the-honorable-sleaze-old-roses/

Part One of a 3-Part EP Series.

Album Sightings: http://blocsonic.com/releases/show/this-funk http://halfevilclothing.blogspot.com/2011/08/httpblocsonic.html http://rvamag.com/articles/full/12018/out-now-the-honorable-sleaze-this-funk http://rvamag.com/articles/full/12113/daily-record-the-honorable-sleaze http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/This+Funk/6928497 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Honorable_Sleaze/This_Funk/ http://chuuchmuzak.blogspot.com/2012/04/honorable-sleaze-this-funk.html http://komczech.blogspot.com/2011/07/honorable-sleaze-this-funk.html http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/1832-the-honorable-sleaze---this-funk The road to completing this album has been a long, twisting sort. Originally conceived in 2009, I wrote this project directly after writing my last full album ((Hear)), My Dear. They were set to be released together; needless to say, that did not happen., I felt like This Funk was something so totally different that it needed to stand on its own. The ((Hear)), My Dear album was so deep in it’s intentions to be a tribute album to Marvin Gaye, I eventually felt like the sound of the album wasn’t my own. On This Funk, I tried new song concepts, rhyme schemes, sampling techniques and overall envisioning of how I wanted it to be perceived. Basically more of me went into it. So I hope you enjoy what I have created as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

TheFistFight is a musical pilgrimage to the Motherland. These songs were created out of a general disgust for modern American society. Enjoy.

Fresh out the oven, My Krispy Kremes is a face-slap of beat music for lovers of hip-hop. Constructed from the sample selections found on the groundbreaking instrumental album "Donuts". Respectfully dedicated to the memory of James Dewitt Yancey AKA J Dilla.

A very heartfelt tribute to Marvin Gaye. Sleaze shows pure emotion on this album and is sure to say something you can relate to. Partake!

A rose, by any other name…is just as sweet, and just as lovely. This beat tape was a mental process I had with myself. It is a project of growth, determination and renewed spirits. A rose is formed, it grows, bears seeds, and dies, only to be reborn to repeat the cycle. But in this “death”, it is multiplied many times over. It becomes a bush, full of life and luster. So my musical “death” and “rebirth” is captured in this project. For friends, fellow musicians and everyone else to enjoy. All in all, I’m an artist. I want to be more though. Let me…

I started creating this off a hunch. It's nothing really major... No overdrawn concepts. Just me and a mic. I wanted to use most of these beats on a sampler project, sorta like a beat tape. But I just felt like I needed to rhyme and let people hear where I was coming from. Most of the songs remind me of lazy days or off-the-hook nights we experience in this crazy City of Richmond. I had two weeks off from school so I said what the hell and just dropped the joint. Recorded in my house, raw as fuck, all soul. I mean, we used to fuck around and record vocals through the headphones on to tapes and just pass the lil' tapes around like we was sweet. I'm trying to bring that fun back. That spontaneity. That love. We was kids, happy as fuck that we could do something we liked. It didn't hurt anyone. And it was honest. Hate it or love it, Summer Fresh is here. Let the music speak. Enjoy the rest of the summer....I got a b-day coming up!

Mom's Spaghetti Incident is a mash-up project combining the raw-yet-humorous lyrics of Eminem with the powerful hard-rock of Guns N' Roses. I always wanted to remix Eminem, who is an excellent wordsmith. I just felt like the hardcore sound of Axl Rose & Co. best suited the sound I was going for. Most of the beats are direct samples from Guns N' Roses' final album containing the full original lineup, The Spaghetti Incident?. The rest of the samples come from GNR's breakout album Appetite For Destruction.

As the title suggests, it will be dedicated to the best game ever created; The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. As if it is possible, I really identify with the green guy. You know, being that he isn't real. But that game came out in a time where things weren't so great in my home, so it was an excellent form of escapism. Nothing like slicing up imaginary villains instead of ice-picking the parents...anywho. All that said, the most fascinating aspect of the game was the extraordinary score attached to it. the music was bananas! I remember being more interested in the damn tracks than beating the effing thing. Needless to say, I beat the thing(albeit, a few years later on a new console to boot), but the music never left my mind. Cut to 2009 - I started playing the game again and the old memories hit me like a mack truck. I know I had to use these songs to tell my own story. The same way they helped tell the story of Link.