This is the sampler we were handing out the last few months at our shows. We’re out of the hard copies but you can still slap it on your favorite mp3 player for all your friends. We are considering doing a lot of free comps like this… if you enjoy them, maybe hit the store and pick up a t-shirt eh?
Click HERE for the download info.
Track list after the jump
A totally real picture of Grip Grand (R) and Seprock (L) in the lab
Captain vs. Frogman Remix
By Grip Grand and Seprock/Prod. by Grip Grand (with Seprock)
Now for sure THIS shit has never been released. “Captain vs. Frogman” is the first rap song I ever produced, and (not counting the pause tape experiments of my youth) it is also the second song on which I appeared as Grip Grand. It was created under the wise tutelage of my man Seprock, who taught me how to use the Force (and also loaned me his sampler and four-track tape machine to hook this beat up). Mixed and recorded (if I recall) in Portland, OR, at the Space Age Bachelor Pad (aka my apartment on Powell, across the street from Plaid Pantry).
NEW GRIP!!! D.O.A.!!! CRAAAAAZYYYYY!!!!!!!
Ahem.
OK, I know you wanna hear the whole song. But I really didn’t feel like making a video for the whole song. I’m a very lazy man. However, you can hear it at www.myspace.com/gripgrand, just like all the randos. Sorry you have to go to my other site to get your free music fix, but hey…I could use the traffic.
I thought I told you we don’t play,
Grip Grand
Texas in the BUILDING! Fab Deuce came down to rock the last couple shows with us. The F2 kids went down with Richie Cunning to The Greatest Show On Earth with Kevvy Kev and did their damn thing.
Fab Deuce Live On The Drum Pt. 1
Fab Deuce Live On The Drum Pt. 2
It’s that time again! Two whole months of playoff basketball… and honestly, I’m not really that excited.
Few things are more self-indulgent than a blog about itself. It’s like a taking a champagne bubble bath in a mirrored ballroom. But I wanted the world to know that, while Grip’s Pull List and Yo!Tube (my regular weekly blogs) have been off-the-air in recent weeks, it doesn’t mean that I love you any less. In fact, it means that I love you more.
In response to your decided lack of interest in comic books and classic rap videos, I’ve chosen to discontinue my regular columns and instead find something else to focus on (plus, I’ve been hella busy recording, so sue me). I’m open to suggestions (Recipes? Record reviews? Tips on why your beats suck?)…so if there’s some topic you’re just dying to hear my opinion on every week, lemme know. I assume there isn’t, and until I hear from you, maybe I’ll just keep my mouth shut. Besides, the removal of my ramblings will serve to focus more attention on the musical antics of your very own Rec-League All-Stars, and that’s what we’re all here for anyway. Sure, this means that some weeks on Routine Fly will be virtually post-free. Well, you can’t have it both ways, America. Love it or leave it.
That’s my spiel. Thanks for indulging me. The lines are open, and we’re accepting your calls now. 1-800-NEW-BLOG. Holler with your suggestions.
Reading Geek Monthly magazine,
Grip Grand
New old songs! How exciting for us all. A couple of tracks I did a while back were recently released on a Japanese compilation called The Light. I don’t think this album is available domestically, but perhaps you can find it at better retailers of fine imported hip-hop/downtempo/acid-and-or-nu-jazz compilations. And I bet it’s on iTunes, too. If you buy a million copies, maybe I can afford a turkey this year for Thanksgiving.
The songs in question are Secondhand Smoke (produced by yours truly) and Rain Rain (Yesterday), miscredited here as Rain Rain Go Away (Yesterday) and produced by my man Mystro out of Portland, OR. The former cut has been on MySpace forever, and the latter you’ve probably heard if you know me personally. If you don’t…welcome to our website. First time here? I bet we have some mutual friends. Anyway, whether you’ve heard them before or not, you’ve never heard these songs quite like this…which is to say, mastered. So, without further ado…enjoy.
SECONDHAND SMOKE (prod. by Grip Grand)
RAIN RAIN (YESTERDAY) (prod. by Mystro)
Laid back,
Grip Grand
Does it count as getting the cover if the magazine is all digital? Maybe not. But I did it anyway. Legend Mag gave the kid an interview and some shine. Big up to them. BIG Big up to Trevor Traynor who hooked me up with Legend and took all the photos. Trev is pretty much the boss of this whole camera shit. Check out his site and his blog to see some of the many stars that he has blessed with the gift. Cop a t-shirt if you’re feeling fashionable. I gotta run. I’m doing a High Times cover shoot today for their Champions of Chirp issue.
