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magicstar16 · 3 years

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Invader zim Sitcom au (Part 2)

Okay so this is gonna go over all the other famlies. For characters who’s last names I don’t know I just gave them random last names.

The membranes: AKA The next door neighbors who get a spinoff later or something

Professor Membrane: Doesn’t change much besides from being actually supportive this time. He’s like how he was in ETF. He’s still a successful scientist, but the “Smartest man in the world” thing is only just a title now. He let’s Gaz and Dib help him during some of his experiments as a fun, family bonding activity. (This does not mean they’re all safe, they can still be pretty chaotic, such as that one time where the house got overrun by gerbils). He still has robotic limbs from the shark incident, the incident actually left him deathly afraid of sharks (Yaaaaayyy PTSD)

Dib Membrane: Still a feral little paranormal investigator, he Zim go on crazy paranormal-hunting adventures together (YAAAYY Zadf), which Gaz joins sometimes. Sometimes it just ends up like a scooby-doo mystery where it turns out nothing supernatural was actually going on, sometimes they actually find some sort of paranormal thing. A lot of they’re hangouts are paranormal investigations. Dib’s still feral but he’s still calmer and more rational than Zim, while ZIm is much more rash and impulsive. Though Dib’s still more of a logical thinker, while Zim is a much more outside-the-box thinker, so they work well together. Sometimes they’ll butt heads and their competitiveness flares up again, but it’s more of a friendly, chaotic rivalry.

Gazlene “Gaz” Membrane: Gaz is a lot like how she was in the comics, still a jerk, but she still cares about her brother. Her care commonly shows in anger born of worry, she’s pretty much 80% of his impulse control.

Clembrane and Foodio 3000: Clembrane was a clone made by membrane so that membrane could get more stuff done, but the cloning didn’t go so well, which is why Clembrane is the way he is. Clembrane just ends up doing housework, and has an odd fixation on pudding. (Professor doesn’t know why, he thinks it might be because that was one of the first thing they taught him to cook that came out edible). Foodio’s pretty much the same, but was instead created as a robo-butler to clean the house and do chores when membrane was to busy.

Skoodge Brians: Zim’s best friend besides Dib, he’s gullible, but he’s got a good heart and he means well. He’s also a strong boy, physically and emotionally. He, Zim, Dib, and Gaz make up a ragtag bunch of misfits and stand up for eachother togther, and go on their own misadventures. Skoodge takes the bullying he receives in stride because he tells himself (Or at least tries to) that they’re just empty insults. He’s usually the shoulder to cry on for the group. He’s the type of friend to just let himself into the house if he’s close enough with whoever lives there (I.e, The Membrane sibs and Zim).

Tak Vessel: (I wanted her surname to be a reference to her ship in the show. Vessel is an actual surname, albeit rare, and is a synonym for ship). Tak is a transfer student from the UK (Hence her accent) causing occasional culture shock for her (”IT’S NOT CALELD SOCCER! IT’S CALLED FUTBOL!!!” “Tak please it’s just a game). She’s kind of a bully who usually targets Zim, but mostly because he keeps ticking her off. She does have her soft spots for the Membrane siblings and her little sister Mimi. She holds some begrudging respect for Skoodge for putting up with everyone’s BS, her included, she can’t even imagine having that kind of patience. She mellows down if you get on her good side and can be a good friend when she wants to, She’s not much of a bully as she is just able to go from 0 to 100 real easily.

Minerva “Mimi” Vessel: Tak’s “creepy” little sister around Gir’s age. Tak is really close to her, which comes as a surprise to most people since Tak is seen as the kind of person who’d bully their little sibling. Mimi is a creepy little Satan child, at least at surface level. She checks all the boxes on the creepy little kid list. She doesn’t talk, she has big ole eyes that stares into your soul, she usually plays or sits alone, and is into some dark things, like she’s the kid who’d read the original tale after watching a disney movie, and would prefer the original. But deep down she’s just shy. She opens up to Gir later in the series, and usually lets him talk for her (Either by whispering in his ear and having him repeat what she just said, or communicating in sign language and having him translate, Gir’s translations are the same quality as google translate, not entirely accurate but you can get what she’s trying to say if you connect the dots). Mimi only speaks when she deems it necessary, since she has a stutter and a bit of a lisp when she speaks, which she’s really insecure about.

Tennessee “Tenn” Michaels: (I know literally nothing about Tenn please forgive me) A lively girl who’s kind of a ditz, but always tries her best and is quick to know when she’s made a mistake. She’s a friend of Skoodge’s so she knows the main squad just by proximity. She’s much more of a girly girl then Tak and Gaz, but they humor her because it makes her happy. Her parents run a daycare which she helps with sometimes, although “Help” usually means “Be offered as a sacrifice to a bunch of insane toddlers” in her eyes (Kinda like being sent tons of defective sir units in the show, except she’s only stuck with them until they’re parents pick them up). Sometimes she joins the main squad with they’re paranormal investigations or general shenanigans, but usually she can’t because she’s busy helping her parents at the daycare. She’s pretty much the only main character who’s not unpopular and has more then 4 or 5 friends.

Floog Gregor: Floog is a shy boy who’s also friends with Skoodge. He’s timid but he tries to be a good leader, and he’s even vice president of the student council at Skool. He looks up to his Dad, Theen, who’s a commander serving in the navy seals. Floog doesn’t get to see his dad very often, at least not in person (They do things like phone calls and video chat, but it’s not the same) Floog knows that his dad’s very busy, and that he has to sacrifice family time for his job. But since Theen’s a navy seal (I’ll keep it vague where Theen is serving specifically because I don’t want to offend anyone) Floog feels selfish for wanting his dad to come home, because of this, Floog has a tendacy to put others before himself. Like Tenn, Floog sometimes joins the main gang in their misadventures, but he’s usually too scared. When he does join them, he’s the most hesitant to do anything, and pretty much takes orders from the others. He’s pretty much the Shaggy of the group.

Minimoose: The Invaedirs pet cat. (I made him a cat because cats go “Nyah!” like Minimoose) He’s a chubby lil good boi who waddles and causes trouble and cutes his way out of it. Zim found him in a dumpster and named him “Minimoose” because according to Zim, he looks like a miniature moose. Red and purple thought the name was stupid, Gir liked it, Miyuki thought it was hillarious, Spork didn’t really care, so Minimoose got his name via majority vote. Zim’s the closest with him, and Zim even talks to Minimoose sometimes. (”MINIMOOSE! Red pushed me again, how can I get him to stop pushing me?! “Nyah” “Good Idea Minimoose! Putting Red down means I WOULD get pushed less!” “Nyah” “Yes Minimoose, I love you too.”)

#invader zim #invader zim human au #sitcom au #invader floog #minimoose #iz zim #iz tak #invader tak #iz mimi #invader tenn #iz floog #iz tenn #membrane family #membrane siblings #professor membrane #gaz membrane #dib membrane #clembrane #foodio 3000

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weevil-wallflower · 4 years

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Alfred Pennyworth impressions:

This is a compilation of all my Alfie (Gotham tv series) impressions I’ve done so far, season 1 & 2. Both @horror-flick-chick & @jimbotnik seemed to enjoy them so I thought I’d post them here as well UwU

Alfie: e’ ca’ aardlee waak.

Bruce: define normal. Alfie: yer goin to bludee skool.

Alfie: I le’ em tri an’ kill youu. You ememba tha’ nex’ time.

Alfie: A trus’ warthee laaya.

Alfie: Butla maite. Butlaa.

Alfie: Ai wonce kneww a fellaa call’ed buutch.

Alfie: If youu daie, no on’e ‘mployys butlaas aenymoa’ :’(

Ivy: 20 bucks. Alfie: ‘Elight’ul fwiends you ‘ave maasta’ Bruce.

Alfie: E’s bloodee dangerus. Bruce: Alfred we alReAdy WenT thRouGh this.

Alfie: Wah’ ‘appennd’ ‘Eggie? Reggie: Drink Alfred. Drink.

Alfie: ‘Aardes’ job to ‘aaise a childe. Nuthin’ p’epareed mae fo’ eet.

Alfie: Slaaigh’t punctaar. Leeaakin'.

Alfie: Yoou lookain’ fore saecrets whaaile ‘ere’s a bludee waa’ ou’ theer’?

Bruce: WhY dO YoU loCk dOorS? Alfie: Th‘aaths whaa’ doors aare fo’ innit?

Bruce: WhaT iS tHiS? Alfie: Aye don’ caaree’, aye dun’ knoww an’ don’ youu daaree press tha’ bludee buttnn!

Alfie: Bludee ‘ell.

Bruce: Sometimes the right way is the ugly way. Alfie: Sumtaaimes tha’ mann caan’t taaike tha’ raaigh’ waayy.

Alfie: Fartalaaisa’? Whaa’ ‘ees youur gaame? Youu maaikin’ a bumb?

Alfie: Guuns aar’ fo’ gwown ups. Bruce: It’s a metaphor, Alfred >:|

Bruce: FiX tHaT comPuTer! Alfie: Fex eet? Howw on ‘aarth am aye gonna do tha’?

Alfie: Yar tha’ scaientific Mista’ Faaux chaap.

Alfie: Ee’ said ‘aaill taak youu uup laaike a kippaa. Fox: What is a kipper? -_- Alfie: Fish :3

Alfie: Haow do youu fex a c’mpuutaa? :3 Alfie asks after threatening Lucius

Bruce: It’s a waste of time >:| Alfie: Thaer’s gonna bae a magician. Youu laaike magicians don’ youu? :3 Bruce: I hate magicians -_- Alfie: Wha’ ded aye saay abouu’ beein’ noarmaa’l?

Alfie: Sao’ aye hea’ theere’s gonna bae a magician. Lee: confused smile

Lee: How do you become a butler from a marine? Alfie: Eet’s teedius. Youu knaoww, parashootin, waorloards, baunties on yer ‘ead. Boaw’ing st’uuf :3

Bruce: ÒwÓ Alfie: WHOT?

Alfie to Lee: Gud naaigh’. Aye do haoope to saee youu agaain. Lee and Jim kiss. Alfie: Aoh bugga’. Yau kneuu! Bruce: :0 Nope!

Bruce: YoU exPeCt mE tO wAlK? Alfie: Nao. Aye eexpact youu to ru’n.

Alfie: Staup praancin’ araoun’ laaike a ‘eetle shaow ga’al an’ faaeet maee! Bruce: >:O

Alfie: Aactulee eet’s paainwud miss baa’ than’k yau fore thee enthusiasm.

Alfie: Eet’s a bee’t dreeary dowwn ee’re innit? Bruce: Alfred he honest 😑

Bruce: Tell me my training will take a year or five! Alfie: Well a lo’ longaa’ tha’ thaat eef youu naee’d to be tha ma’an tha youu naee’d to be.

Bruce: I- Alfie: Raaigh’t maasta’ Bruce! Aye’ve gotaa coupl ‘o raaikes for youu.

Bruce: I thouGhT yoU weRe against TheRaPy :O Alfie: ‘Ell tha’s befo’are aye reaalaais’ed youu were stell keeapen’ seaacre’s.

Bruce: is angy Alfie: Mye fren’ youu’re aencapabel o’ caatchin’ a cowld le’ alown a stow’n col’d killaa!

Bruce: YOU CANT STOP ME! Alfie: Aye bludee ca’n, aye weell. Youu’re tow yung.

Mr Cupcake: Fite me. Alfie: e’excuuse mae? Mr Cupcake: Fite me, baby :3 Alfie: Ay’m not raelly a faitaa’. Aye caan’t sae ane’thin’ positiv comin’g owt of thes aultacation.

Bruce: HoW iS tHiS mY FaUlt??? Alfie: Aye tol’d youu ta le’t mae du tha taalkin’ ded aye not? An’ ded youu du tha taalkin? Yes, youu’’ll faain’d thes tha youu ded du tha taalkin. >:| Bruce: >:O

Alfie: Pek yer batt’les. Down’t le’ them pick youu.

Alfie: Aet’s taaimin. Aet’s fu’twark- oof

Alfie: Beeg masclse r’equaaire lo’ts o’ blud. Strengt’h r’equaaire’s s’weat.

Bruce: YOU OKAY? Alfie: Aye’m a’bsolutly fleepin paechee maaite.

Alfie: Pleasaa doin’ business weth youu mistaa cupcaeke - passes out

Alfie: E’s los’t ees maa’ind.

Alfie in Bruce’s mind: Tow beaat a beeg ma’an, aall youu ‘ave to dow ees ou’tlaast eem.

Jim: >:| Alfie: Youu caan’t unfriee a’n agg as mye dear ol’ mum uus’ed ta sayy.

Alfie: Aansa mae thes det’ectev. Do ya ‘ave anee ideaa h’oww youu’re goin’ ta ge’ owt o’ thes awwfu’ pick’l? Jim: Yas.

Alfie: Youu do knoww tha’ Mistaa Faux fix’d yer ol’ man’s compu’taa down’t youu? Bruce: WheN wErE yOu GoiNg tO tElL mE? >:0 Alfie: Aye traaed tellin’ youu thes morn’in aye’m tellin youu ‘gaain noww.

Alfie: Aye caan’t le’ youu pu’t tha’ gaal’s laaife in daainga. Eet’s eeitha waark or haa’r. Bruce: :0

Alfie: Youu’ve baen at it aall naaigh’t maasta Bruce. Aye thenk eet’s taaim youu ‘ave some food doww’n yer neck. Fox: Do I smell sausage? :3

Bruce: lowers gun :3 Alfie: Woaah whaa’t aa’re youu doin? Raaise yer gun, raaise yer gun! >:|

Alfie: Lis’en, aye don’ knoww whaa’t youu aare but wha’eveaa tha’ theng is, eet’s bludee daaingerus.

Karen: These people will kill you! Alfie: Aye’ve baeen tryin’ ta t’ell ‘eem tha’t. Bruce: I’m NoT aFrAid tO diE!

Alfie: Shae’s maaide a bludee tee laee’f ou’ o’ youu.

Bruce: PulL oVeR. Alfie: Maasta Bruce, aare ye ow’t o’ ya’ bludee maaind? ‘Eer’s a maadman runnin’ loose on tha straee’ts, now’s not tha taaiim to gow runnin’g arownd on youur owwn es eit?

Bruce: I’m fine on my own ÒwÓ Alfie: With aall du respec’t saar, whaa’t gud wouul’d a fifte’n yeaar ol’d l’ettle garl do even ef Galavan does tur’n up?

Man honking: Hey move your car! Alfie: Yeeah aalraigh’ maaite jus’t kaaep youur bludee hai’r onn.

Bruce: What’s wrong? Alfie: Galavan maasta Bruce. Theo bludee Galavan is whaat’s wrowng.

Bruce: You’re not just my guardian, you’re my friend :’) Alfie: Youu’r taaimin’g es quite empeccabl maasta Bruce but we haven’ got taaiim for sentimental nonsense raaigh’ noww, we ‘ave to maaike suur’ aall tha doors aare locked aall tha wendowws aare clowse’d aall tha laaigh’ts aare auff- Bruce: :3

Theo: You will show me to the boy -_- Alfie: Owvaa mae ded bodee >:|

Alfie: Strange wouuld’nt le’ youu en withen a bludee maaile o’ tha plaiice! Jim: >:|

Harv: Jim that son of a bi- Alfie: Are ya lisenin’ ta mae? Grab yer gun an’ badge and yer bets and yer bobs an’ le’s gow!

Alfie: Noww tha’ tha’s done with- Bruce: There’s a secret council Alfred. Alfie: Oowh bludee ‘ell -_- Bruce: A secret council that runs everything Alfie: Oowh bludee ‘ell >:| Bruce: 🥺 Alfie: Aalraaih’t aalraaigh’t!

And some memorable Alfie moments:

Bruce: Alfred is hurt I can’t leave him! Alfie: kicking butt like there’s no tomorrow.

What’s Alfie saying while teaching Bruce boxing? “Cha cha chaaa”?

Selina: What’s with Alfie? Bruce: >:( Selina: damn now what’s with him?

Bruce: puts down gun :3 Alfie: picks up gun >:|

#my writing #alfred pennyworth #gotham #gotham tv series #gotham bruce wayne #gotham alfred pennyworth #gotham jim gordon #selina kyle #love alfie's accent #despite not being able to understand it #incorrect quotes #maybe?#basically a mix of correct and incorrect quotes #Alfred ''king of snotty england'' Pennyworth #Bruce ''edgy teen'' Wayne #Jim ''cop turned fugitive turned antihero'' Gordon #Harvey ''gotham can eat my socks'' Bullock #wallflower writes

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galfrommars · 4 years

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Ever since I was young, life has been hard for me to adjust to. At the age of twelve, I had fallen ill to a disease known as meningitis, and it damaged my hearing. As a result, I became deaf. Sure, I had learned sign language and become part of a wonderful community, full of other people like me. Aside of that, my life at school had changed drastically. People were looking at me like I was some disabled little girl who needed twenty four hour assistance. They made me feel that my brain didn't work, when it was just my ears that failed me. I would always beg my dad to buy me hearing aids so I could be like everyone else again, but we could never afford them. As an adult, I still can't afford them. It doesn't matter how much I've matured since then, people are still mean. Almost nobody didn't want me work in their facility, since I'm a-- and I quote, "hazard." Dating has even been a headache and a half. As soon as I mention that I'm deaf, hearing people are instantly intimidated and give me sympathy. That was my mindset until this one guy came along. His name is Peter, but he says everyone calls him Bruno. It was kind of funny how we met. Not really funny when you think of what actually happened, but still...

Three Years Ago...

Bruno's POV

"Yeah. I know. I love you too, ma. Take care of yourself," I said, ending the phone conversation with my mother, and shoving my phone in my back pocket. Eric nudged me, making me look at the smirk playing on his face. "Aww, Bru loves his mommy," he teased, in a childish voice, and I raised my eyebrow at him, "Don't act like she doesn't still kiss your boo boos." He laughed and we both got into our separate cars. I was jamming to Let Me Clear My Throat, while cruising through the traffic of LA. "Yeah! Rock to the rhythm of the funky rhyme. So I can get busy just one more time, to the beat and ya don't quit. It's dat ol' skool rap with dat new skool hit," I rapped, getting way into the music. I turned the volume down some, only to hear a series of cars honking. They weren't honking at me because I wasn't doing anything wrong. I looked to the left and I saw this woman crossing the street into oncoming traffic. She didn't seem to mind it though. What really got me was when an eighteen-wheeler was coming fast her way, and he was honking trying to get her attention. I hurriedly unbuckled my seat belt, and ran as fast as I could over to her, and swooped her out of the way just in the nick of time. We ran back to my car, and I helped her in, and I got back on the driver's side. I took a minute to catch my breath, and then I turned to look at her. She was quite pretty. "Are you okay," I asked her, but she didn't even look up. It had gotten pretty awkward after some minutes. She finally raised her head up, and looked at me. "What the hell," she said, in some sort of accent. She hit me with all the power she had, and I grabbed her hands. "What's wrong with you, woman? I literally just saved your life, and all you can do is hit me," I yelled, but she kept frowning and staring at my lips.

Nadeen's POV

I punched this guy in the shoulder as many times as I could before he took hold of my hands. He furrowed his eyebrows and started rambling on about something, and I looked at his lips to try and catch what he was saying. He was talking too fast, and I only caught saved your life....hit me. "Hey. I need you to slow down please. I'm deaf," I said, pointing to my ears and watching as his eyes softened. "Oh. I'm sorry," he said, smiling innocently. I cracked a smile too, knowing that he didn't take pity on me. "I was just saying that you could have thanked me for saving you from that truck," he said, a bit slower this time. I politely smiled and shook his hand that was still holding mine. "Wait. What do you mean saved my life," I asked to clarify. He just shook his head, and turned to face the road, and I kept my focus on his lips. They were small, but they were so adorable. "When you were walking across the street, there were a bunch of cars honking at you to tell you that a big truck was coming your way," he then said, and I nodded. "Well, if you would just drop me off

Present Day....

Nadeen's POV

Bruno and I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. Later in our relationship, I learned that he was a famous singer. Even though I've been with him to the studio, and watched him practice, I would just love to hear him sing. To make me feel better, he's canceled numerous of practice sessions to learn his songs in sign language for me. Despite not being able to hear him, I'm just lucky that I can see him as he sings. There's this little vein on the side of his neck that appears when he's really getting into whatever he's singing. I fall more in love with him everyday. Currently, we were in our luxury suite, just cuddling up on the bed. He softly rubbed my arm to get my attention, and I turned to him and smiled. His brown eyes peered through mine as he sat up. I sat up with him and looked at him. "You know I love you right," he signed, and I couldn't help but blush. I nodded and signed, "I love you much more Bruno." He looked down sheepishly, and I watched as his cheeks turned a dark shade of red. "I got a gift for you," he said, and I grabbed his hands and kissed them. "You didn't have to get me anything," I said verbally. Being the stubborn person that he is, he instructed me to close my eyes, and I did.

Bruno's POV

I remember Nadeen telling me how much she wanted hearing aids, because she wanted to hear the sounds around her again. I went to one of the audiologists. Since I did not bring her in for a fitting, I bought a universal pair, and she does not know it. He even installed the battery and everything. All I wanted was for her to be happy. She was still facing me, with her eyes closed. I carefully took them out of the box, and placed one on either ear, and turned them on. I smiled widely, and just waited for the magic to begin. Her eyes fluttered open, and they stared at me. "You got me earrings," she signed, and I shook my head. "Something better," I said, and she gasped. My heart was pounding against my chest. Did she actually hear me? "Bru- wait! Is that my voice," she asked, a smile beginning to show on her face. "Can you hear me," I asked, and her eyes filled with tears. "Peter. What did yo," she cut herself off, and took one of the hearing aids out and stared at it in her hand. "I love you so much," she signed, engulfing me in a bear hug, and I hugged back. She suddenly pulled away and I smiled at her. "Would you sing to me, please?" I blushed. "My voice isn't anything special," I said, and she playfully hit my arm. "That's not what Twitter says. Now sing," she giggled, poking my belly. I cleared my throat and sang Just The Way You Are to her, and when I finished, she just cried even more. "You're so beautiful Bruno. Don't ever change." From that point, she made me sing to her everyday. I'm more than glad that I was the one to make her wish come true.

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ole-skool · 6 years

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Adreanna in the Ole Skool ‘Ski Mask Series’.

#ski mask

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mangasainthilare · 7 years

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MANGA ST HILAIRE – OUTBURSTS FROM THE OUTSKIRTS

The reluctant Adventurer returns with a defining project, not just shaping the sound but the direction from here on.

First of all, shout out to Mikill Pane, I guess I’ve been sleeping on his craft, as he sums up the theme of the EP within this poetic display.

“I go home and start Thinking Out Loud..on some Ed Sheeran shit..”

With the Intro, titled En Dehors, French for ‘Outside’, also musically referring to a melody/line that needs to stand out, I’m already unravelling layers.

Outsiderism, it’s Manga on a mission, skipping over the beat effortlessly, with his self-belief at an all time high, “They call man a vet, and the youngers show respect, all because I earned it”. It’s towards the end where as you’re locked in to his flow, he brushes the canvas with nostalgia, as he takes it back, with the aggression in the flow. A little reminder if you were unaware of the levels. “Hol’tight Stryder, hol’tight the Ruff Sqwad”, the little edit at the end, further accentuating the classic Grime feel.

“Hol’tight Master Steps though!”

Never Been, plays on the biographical stance that this EP seems to project, it’s an assured level of self-confidence, bold and braggadocios but honest and witty, that’s been Manga from the get go. “Dem man are Jpegs..just silent stills”, it’s the third track in, and you can already appreciate the effort. I’m here wondering how he is SO overlooked, but can argue that him making it seem so effortless doesn’t help,“Nang then, I’m still nang now, ten years in and I’m firing still. Still, cah dem man know..it’s never been dat, humble yout, I ain’t never been gas..”. Leading to the standout single from the project, Different Pattern, it’s definitely Manga in his element, “No joke man, they can’t take man for meme”, sure the track is boasted with the big boy features of JME & President T, but that further proves his status, as he holds his own amongst them, not to mention a surprise verse from the tempo specialist, Mercston.

“I can see why they hatin’, cah I got the sauce, she got the juice..we hydrated”

My One/God Save The Queens, another example of Manga’s versatility, able to deliver Grime with substance. This ode to the one and our queens with no conformity to the sound or style fits perfectly within the project. Not many have been able to tackle the subject, let alone to this standard. It’s definitely important and required in today’s times, where our queens are often subjected to negativity.

“Fuck these skets, God save the Queens..”

I’m quite impressed with this project, I was expecting a follow up to his Reluctant Adventurer, but not to his degree, Manga’s evolution is beyond music, he’s taking lead, as track 6 shows, the first of the Outburst series, showcasing the young talent, Izzie Gibbs.

Today, most projects would have ended by now, but we’re listening to one of Grime’s unsung heroes, overshadowed by the ‘greaze’, his ability was often playing second to appearance, but then it was being judged by I guess what we could call competition, there has to be something to be a part of the legendary Roll Deep crew. Those that know, are well aware that Manga was ahead of the curve, and as someone who believes in the universe’s timing, this EP proves that notion. Manga maintains the consistency, “all right hair..like cassie in her prime”, he spits on Far Away. I have to praise producer Lewi B, who has assisted the versatility with these beats, and I would like to think is as underrated when it comes to “top boy” producers within our scene.

A journey of an EP thus far, you begin to hear the depth of the project, with the Grim Seekers featured, ‘Shell’, and it’s infectious hook, to the structure of the project, the Outburst series, next one up (Track 9), introducing to many, Nottingham’s Snowy. This Outburst series is like a project within the project, and while it shows Manga’s growth into a leader in this ting, there’s aspects of visionary and pioneer glimmering through. The more introspective Outburst holds the EP together as if a diamond being fitted within a diamond, it’s quality, innovative and that scale of creativity has been scarce in Grime of late, if ever present in the first place. Before you can even digest, you’re back to ‘vibezing’ to Never Invited and Slew, both which help elaborate Manga’s position, connecting the ol’ skool with the new, featuring Flowdan with Novelist, and P Money and Jamakabi, not to be taken for granted, as few can pull off such riddims.

I want to find a negative or a criticism in Outbursts From The Outskirts, but there really isn’t. The only thing I can say is that the quality of the project, I would love to have heard the likes of Rival, AJ Tracey and Wiley (for example), and possibly they would have helped garnered the adequate attention, but I’m hopeful for the follow up. Very few projects hold weight from the start to finish, and as you’re enjoying ‘Young’, featuring up and comer Jammz, you realise this does just that, not long before it fades out and the Outburst beat returns, to hear one of Manga’s most open verses, as he spits his truth, the authenticity has always been present, “I had to learn to let things go, can’t help the things that weren’t meant for me, I can’t spend my time looking back, ‘cos I miss things that I’m yet to see..”, but this time there’s and air of vulnerability that touches the soul.

“To anybody feels that they’re unheard, to everyone that feels they ain’t seen, don’t let your big heart get disheartened, don’t ever discard your dreams. To all my overlooked outsiders, all dem talented Kings and Queens, don’t let the fact that you were once lost makes you scared to take the lead, believe.”

There’s no need for me to say anything after that, Manga’s ability has been undeniable, but with such a new found energy and hunger, he connects with the listener beyond any trend or phase, and can only improve on this evolution and continue to progress further.

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holytheoristtastemaker · 4 years

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If you've been around as long as I have, you've probably noticed something remarkable about JavaScript (as compared to other languages). It's evolving at a breakneck pace. In general, this is a very good thing (although it can make it quite challenging to keep your skills current). And if you're part of the "new generation" of coders - many of whom only code in JavaScript - this might not even strike you as extraordinary. But as someone who's watched numerous languages evolve over the better part of three decades, let me assure you that, in this category, JavaScript is in a class of its own.

History

Most "modern" languages are maintained (in the worst-case scenario) by a single company. Or they're maintained (in the best-case scenario) by a vast, (virtually) nameless, open-source consortium. Single-company stewardship isn't necessarily "bad". On one hand, it can allow the (small) braintrust of stewards to make quick-and-decisive corrections wherever the language is deemed to be "lacking". On the other hand, it can lead to stagnation if the company's braintrust doesn't favor Improvement X, even in the face of a development community that may be clamoring for Feature X. It can also cause serious headaches if the parent company has objectives that clash with the broader community - or if they ever decide to abandon the project altogether. Open-source projects are generally assumed to be "better". But even they have their downsides. Open-source projects are often plagued with "groupthink" and "analysis paralysis". If you think it's difficult to get a single room of people in your company to agree on anything, try getting a new feature proposal approved in a well-established open-source project. You can submit a proposal saying that, "Bugs are bad." And you can almost be assured that someone in the open-source community (probably, a well-established and respected senior voice in the community) will chime in and say, "Ummm... No, they're not. And we definitely don't need a removeBugs() function in the core language."

JavaScript's Accidental Solution

If you're part of the latest-generation of JavaScript devs, you can be forgiven if you think that the language has always evolved at its current pace. After all, the 2010s have seen an impressive array of new features and syntactic shortcuts added to the language. But let me assure you, it hasn't always been so. The early days of JavaScript were strikingly similar to other trying-to-get-a-foothold languages. The ECMAScript committee had good intentions - but change was slowwwww. (Like it is for nearly any decision-by-large-committee process.) If you don't believe me, just look at what happened (or... didn't happen) with the ECMAScript standard for nearly 10 years, starting in the early 00s. We went many years without having any substantive improvements to the language. And for most of those years, JavaScript was much more of a "toy" than a serious programming language. This was, perhaps, best illustrated by TypeScript. TypeScript wasn't supposed to be a separate "language". It was supposed to be a major enhancement to core JavaScript - an enhancement that was heralded by none other than: Microsoft. But through a series of last-minute backtracking decisions that would require multiple blog posts to explain, MS's TypeScript modifications ended up being rejected. This eventually led to MS releasing TypeScript as its own, separate, open-source project. It also led to years of stagnation in JavaScript. We might still be wallowing in that general malaise if it weren't for the introduction of several key technologies. I'm talking about:

Node.JS

Node Package Manager (NPM)

Babel

[NOTE: If you're part of the adoring Yarn crowd, this isn't meant to sidestep you in any way. Yarn's wonderful. It's great. But I firmly believe that, with respect to the evolution that I'm trying to outline in this article, Node/NPM/Babel were the "sparks" that drove this initial advancement.]

Sidestepping Committees

There's nothing "magical" about JavaScript. Like any other language, it has its strength (and its flaws). And like any other language, if a broad internet consortium needs to reach consensus about the language's newest features, we could well be waiting a decade-or-more for such improvements. But a funny thing happened on the way to the endless open-source release-candidate debates. The Node folks spurred a dynamic package model called NPM. (Which has had its own share of growing pains - but that's for another article...) And NPM spurred a fantastical, automagical package called Babel. For the first time, Babel gave the burgeoning JavaScript community an incredible ability to evolve the language on their own. Babel created a vast, real-world "proving ground" for advancements in the JavaScript language. If you look at the major advancements in the ECMAScript spec over the last 10+ years, you'd be hard-pressed to find any improvements that weren't first encapsulated in NPM packages, that were then transpiled to backward-compatible JavaScript in Babel, before they were eventually absorbed into the core language itself.

"Innovations" Are Rarely... Inventions

Maybe you're thinking that an NPM package is not an innovation in the language itself. And many times, I would agree with you. But when something becomes sufficiently-useful to a huge portion of the programming ecosystem, it can, in fact, become an innovation in the underlying language. Let's imagine that, in your JavaScript applications, you repeatedly have the need to makeToast(). Of course, JavaScript has no native makeToast() functionality - so you've coded up some grand, extensive, convoluted utility function that will allow you to makeToast() right in the middle of any application where you feel the need to, well, you know... make toast. After a while, you find yourself copying-and-pasting this amazing utility into all of your applications. Eventually, you feel a bit of developer guilt over this repeated copying-and-pasting, so you encapsulate your awesome makeToast() functionality into an NPM package. The NPM package allows you to do this:

import toast from 'make-toast'; const noToastHere = 'plain ol bread'; const itsToasted = toast.make(noToastHere);

There's a good chance that your incredible toast.make() function utilizes a ton of non-ECMA-standard language constructs. But that's OK. Because all of your non-ECMA-standard language constructs are just a pile of syntactic sugar for things that you could always do in JavaScript - but with a lot more hellacious-looking code. And when you run your revolutionary new toast.make() function through Babel, it transpiles it back down into that old, ugly, IE7-compliant JavaScript that you never wanna have to type out manually. You see, there's a good chance that your amazing toast.make() functionality isn't doing anything that you couldn't always, theoretically, do with old-skool JavaScript. toast.make() presumably just gives you a faster, sleeker, more-efficient way to make toast, rather than relying on every dev team, in every codebase, having to manually figure out how to make their own toast from scratch. To be clear, such "advancements" aren't just about semantics. They absolutely are advancements. If we always had to do this:

export default function makeToast() { // here are my 200 lines of custom, painfully crafted, // cross-browser-compliant code that allows me to makeToast() }

And now we can just do this:

import toast from 'make-toast'; const noToastHere = 'plain ol bread'; const itsToasted = toast.make(noToastHere);

And, if many thousands of developers all around the world find themselves repeatedly having to either A) import your make-toast package, or B) figure out a way to manually craft the functionality from scratch, then your amazing toast.make() feature is a potentially-significant advancement in the language. More important, if your toast.make() feature becomes so ubiquitous that it's more-or-less "standard" in modern codebases, there's a chance that the ECMAScript committee might actually decide to promote it to the level of being a language construct. (Granted, they may not choose to implement it in the exact same way that you did in your NPM package. But the point is that they might eventually look at what's happening in the broader JS community, realize that vast numbers of codebases now see a need to make toast, and find a way to incorporate this as a base feature in the core language itself.)

Lodash & Underscore

To see this in action, look at many of the core functions that are available under the Underscore or Lodash libraries. When those libraries first rose to prominence, they provided a ton of functionality that you just couldn't do in JavaScript without manually coding out all the functions yourself. Nowadays, those libraries still offer some useful functionality that simply doesn't exist in core JavaScript. But many of their features have actually been adopted into the core language. A good example of this is the Array.prototype functions. One of my pet peeves is when I see a dev import Lodash so they can loop through an array. When Lodash was first introduced, there was no one-liner available in JavaScript that did that. Now... we have Array.prototype functions. But that's not a knock on Lodash. Lodash, Underscore, and other similar libraries did their jobs so well, and become so ubiquitous, that some of their core features ended up being adopted into the language itself. And this all happened in a relatively short period of time (by the standard of typical language evolution).

Innovation vs Stagnation

If you think that JavaScript's recent barrage of advancements is "normal" for a programming language, let me assure you: It's not. I could probably come up with 50 sad examples of language stagnation, but let me give you one very-specific scenario where one language (JavaScript) shines and another (Java) has crawled into a corner to hide. In JavaScript, I can now do this:

import Switch as SlidingSwitch from '@material-ui/core/Switch'; import {Switch as RouterSwitch} from 'react-router-dom'; import Switch as CustomSwitch from './common/form-elements/Switch'; export default function Foo() { return ( <> <RouterSwitch> <Route path={'/path1'} component={Path1Component}/> <Route path={'/path2'} component={Path2Component}/> </RouterSwitch> <div>Here is my SlidingSwitch <SlidingSwitch/></div> <div>Here is my CustomSwitch <CustomSwitch/></div> </> ); }

There's nothing too rocket-sciencey going on here. I'm importing three different components into my code. It just so happens that all three of them were originally written with the same name. But that's OK. JavaScript gives us an easy way to deal with the naming collisions by aliasing them at the point where they're imported. This doesn't make JavaScript unique or special. Other languages have import aliasing features. But it's worthwhile to note that, a decade-or-more ago, you couldn't do this in JavaScript. So how do we handle such naming collisions in Java??? It would look something like this:

import material.ui.core.Switch; import react.router.dom.Switch; import com.companydomain.common.utils.Switch; public class MyClass { material.ui.core.Switch slidingSwitch = new material.ui.core.Switch; react.router.dom.Switch routerSwitch = new react.router.dom.Switch; com.companydomain.common.utils.Switch customSwitch = new com.companydomain.common.utils.Switch; }

If that looks like a vomiting of word soup, that's because... it is. Since you can't alias imports in Java, the only way to deal with the issue is to handle each different type of Switch by using its fully-qualified name. To be fair, every language has quirks and, at times, some annoying little limitations. The point of this post is: When the language runs into limitations, how are those limitations resolved?? Five years ago there were no imports in JavaScript. But now we have imports, with import aliasing thrown in as a bonus. Java's had import capabilities since it was introduced. But it's never had import aliasing. Is that because no one wants import aliasing in Java? Nope. Import aliasing has been proposed as a new feature numerous times over the last twenty+ years. Every single time, it's been shot down - usually by a single, senior member of the Java open-source committee who just looks at the proposal and says, "Ummm... No. You don't need that. DENIED." This is where Node/NPM/Babel is so critical in vaulting JavaScript past other languages. In Java, if you really want to have import aliasing, this is what that process looks like:

Submit a JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP).

Have your JEP summarily dismissed with a one-line rejection like, "You don't need that."

Just accept that the language doesn't have your desired feature and trudge along accordingly.

Maybe, a few years later, submit a new JEP (and probably have it denied again).

This is the way it worked in JavaScript:

No one had to sit around and wait for imports or import aliasing to be added to JavaScript by a committee. They went out and made their own packages - like, RequireJS.

As it became clear that third-party import solutions were becoming ubiquitous, the ECMAScript committee began working on a formal spec.

Even if the ECMAScript committee had ignored imports altogether, or had denied import aliasing as a feature, anyone who wanted it could continue to use the third-party packages such as RequireJS - so no one was ever beholden to the whims of a stodgy old committee.

Agility... By Accident

First it bears mentioning that JavaScript's NPM/Babel ecosystem is not a magic cure-all for the administrative hurdles inherent in upgrading an entire programming language. With these tools, we can do an amazing "end-around" to get non-standard functionality that would take years - or decades - to get approved through regular channels. But it can still only provide features that could already be done, in some longer and more-manual form, through the language itself. If you want JavaScript to to do something that it simply cannot do today, you still have to go through the ECMAScript committee. But for everything else, NPM/Babel provide a dynamic playground in which proposed features can be tested in live apps. And the download/installation of those features serves as a de facto vote in favor of those approaches. I don't pretend for an instant that this state-of-affairs was a conscious strategy devised by anyone involved in the planning process for JavaScript. In fact, JavaScript's early history shows that it's just as susceptible to "analysis paralysis" as any other language. But the Babel/NPM revolution has allowed for the ecosystem of devs to put natural pressure on the planning committees by allowing us to install-and-run experimental packages without the fear that they won't compile on our users' systems (i.e., browsers). This, in turn, has sparked rapid evolution from a sleepy little language, in the early part of the the century, to a full-bore programming juggernaut today. Of course, this doesn't make JavaScript any "better" than Java (or any other language). There are certain virtues to waiting a quarter century (or more) for something as simple and as basic as import aliasing. Waiting builds character. Waiting helps you appreciate life's more refined pleasures - like, Tiger King, or WWE wrestling. If Zen Buddhists had created software development, they would have most certainly included vast amounts of waiting. And multiple layers of petty denials. I'm pretty sure that if I can just live to be 100, I'll probably see the day when Java finally implements import aliasing. And ohhhhh man! Will that day be grand!

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clublegacy · 6 years

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PRINCE

PRINCE ANTHOLOGY: 1995-2010 Y 23 TÍTULOS DE CATÁLOGO

Legacy Recordings y The Prince Estate publican la primera serie de lanzamientos digitales del catálogo de Prince. 23 títulos de catálogo (incluyendo grabaciones descatalogadas y rarezas) y Prince Anthology: 1995-2010, una nueva selección con 37 canciones esenciales. Ya disponible en servicios de streaming y tiendas digitales.

Legacy Recordings, una división de Sony Music Entertainment, publica la primera ronda de lanzamientos digitales del catálogo de Prince hoy 17 de agosto.

La primera serie de títulos del catálogo de Prince —que sale a la venta a través de un acuerdo exclusivo firmado en junio entre SME y The Prince Estate— se centra en el periodo 1995-2010, una época fundamental en la historia de Prince. Los 23 títulos coleccionables de catálogo (muchos de ellos, descatalogados o rarezas) y Prince Anthology: 1995-2010 (una antología con una nueva selección de 37 canciones esenciales de la época) ya están disponibles en los servicios de streaming y tiendas digitales.

Muchos de estos álbumes, muy buscados por los fans y coleccionistas, están disponibles por primera vez para descarga y streaming, añadiendo así más de 300 canciones esenciales de Prince al catálogo online del artista.

Para Prince, 1995-2010 fue un periodo de creatividad prolífica y constante sin precedentes. Durante esa época publicaba nuevas grabaciones a la velocidad del rayo utilizando varias estrategias de distribución, incluyendo su propio NPG Music Club online, y ofreciendo la música más provocativa, experimental y llena de sentimiento de su carrera. Liberado de las exigencias y expectativas de los grandes sellos, Prince pudo escribir, grabar y publicar su propia música según sus propias condiciones.

Seleccionadas y supervisadas por The Prince Estate, Prince Anthology: 1995-2010 reúne 37 grabaciones fundamentales de esta época. Comenzando con el título que da nombre aEmancipation (“Este es el disco más importante para mí”, dijo Prince cuando publicó el álbum en 1996) y cerrando con el himno “We March” (de The Gold Experience de 1995), esta nueva recopilación ofrece una crónica musical coherente con la evolución espiritual y artística de Prince durante los años finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI a través de canciones que continúan formando parte de la cultura en la actualidad.

Prince Anthology: 1995- 2010 incluye canciones destacadas pertenecientes a The Gold Experience, Emancipation, Chaos and Disorder, Crystal Ball, The Truth, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic,Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, The Rainbow Children, One Nite Alone..., C-Note, N.E.W.S., Xpectation, Musicology (incluye la ganadora del Grammy 2005 a la Mejor interpretación R&B masculina “Call My Name”), The Slaughterhouse, The Chocolate Invasion, 3121 (el primer álbum de Prince que debutó en el No.1 de la lista Billboard 200), Planet Earth, LOtUSFLOW3R, MPLSoUND y 20Ten.

Los títulos del catálogo de Prince, ya disponibles en formato digital a través de SME/Legacy son:

1. The Gold Experience (1995) ("The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" está deshabilitada, solo se puede escuchar el álbum de manera parcial; el álbum no está disponible para descarga)

2. Chaos and Disorder (1996)

3. Emancipation (1996)

4. Crystal Ball (1998)

5. The Truth (1998)

6. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (1999)

7. Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic (2001)

8. The Rainbow Children (2001)

9. One Nite Alone… (2002)

10. One Nite Alone…Live! (2002)

11. One Nite Alone...Live - The Aftershow: It Ain't Over (Up Late with Prince & The NPG) (2002)

12. Xpectation (2003)

13. N.E.W.S. (2003)

14. C-Note (2004)

15. Musicology (2004)

16. The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 1) (2004)

17. The Slaughterhouse (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 2) (2004)

18. 3121 (2006)

19. Planet Earth (2007)

20. Indigo Nights (2008)

21. LOtUSFLOW3R (2009)

22. MPLSoUND (2009)

23. 20Ten (2010)

24. Prince Anthology: 1995-2010

Prince Anthology: 1995-2010

01. Emancipation (Emancipation, 1996)

02. Black Sweat (3121, 2006)

03. P. Control (The Gold Experience, 1995)

04. Crucial (Crystal Ball, 1998)

05. The Love We Make (Emancipation, 1996)

06. Eye Hate U (The Gold Experience, 1995)

07. The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, 1999)

08. Eye Love U, But Eye Don't Trust U (Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic, 1999)

09. Gold (The Gold Experience, 1995)

10. Guitar (Planet Earth, 2007)

11. Dream Factory (Crystal Ball, 1998)

12. The Work Part 1 (The Rainbow Children, 2001)

13. Call My Name (Musicology, 2004)

14. Strays of The World (Crystal Ball, 1998)

15. Shhh (The Gold Experience, 1995)

16. Dreamer (LOtUSFLOW3R, 2009)

17. Chaos and Disorder (Chaos and Disorder, 1996)

18. Endorphinmachine (The Gold Experience, 1995)

19. Musicology (Musicology, 2004)

20. Northside (The Slaughterhouse, 2004)

21. When Eye Lay My Hands on U (The Chocolate Invasion, 2004)

22. Beautiful Strange (Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic, 2001)

23. Future Soul Song (20Ten, 2010)

24. Empty Room (C-Note, 2004)

25. 3rd Eye (The Truth, 1998)

26. U're Gonna C Me (One Nite Alone..., 2002)

27. Dinner With Delores (Chaos and Disorder, 1996)

28. Ol' Skool Company (MPLSoUND, 2009)

29. 4ever (LOtUSFLOW3R, 2009)

30. West (N.E.W.S., 2003)

31. Xpedition (Xpectation, 2003)

32. Muse 2 The Pharaoh (The Rainbow Children, 2001)

33. Somewhere Here On Earth (Planet Earth, 2007)

34. U Make My Sun Shine (The Chocolate Invasion, 2004)

35. 1+1+1 Is 3 (The Rainbow Children, 2001)

36. Chelsea Rodgers (Planet Earth, 2007)

37. We March (The Gold Experience, 1995)

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Interviews – Sketch

“I started MC-ing,writing around 1992 around my early to mid high school days approximately in that hip-hop golden era timeframe when Big Daddy Kane was still somewhat doin his thing, and I was also influenced by that Rakim song:”Mahogany”…(actually was amazed by that song to the point where I copied the verse of that song on a sheet of paper)….then started messing with a group wit a long-time friend of mine. Then in 94′ was part of another group wit a friend on my old block, around that time I was taking it a lil’ more seriously putting together a demo-tape networking at certain events and trying to get our name out at a couple of underground radio stations, as well as gettin my 1st taste of booking studio-time etc., I was always torn between rapping & artwork….so I took a break from my rap group and went to Art School..(graduated with an Associates Degree in illustration)….but I was always dabbling wit the rap and went to a couple of open mics and recording with a few friends in somewhat of a rap-group as well as doing solo stuff hooking up wit another friend and laying down recordings to do my independent thing. I currently rest in Queens, but I rep Brooklyn…(born&raised). My style is lyrical, flow is kinda jazzy at times story-telling with somewhat of alternative subject matter & content, but at the same time relate-able for the masses.

1. Sketch what’s good? How’s things your way?

I’m good man, thanks…….jus tryin to survive & stay positive..

2. We have seen you making appearances on Digital Dynasty for almost a decade. How did you first get involved with the mixtape series?

I got on the mixtape series thru my boy Tha Advocate, I’ve known him for years now, we’ve always had a kool business relationship, da homie iz always on his grind, respect……whatup Advo!..

3. To date, we know you haven’t dropped a solo mixtape or album yet, what’s on the agenda? Anything for 2017?

Yeah, I def got plans for 2017, I do however got an EP out dat I did awhile back….”Tha Sketch Factor” dat I recorded wit my boy Medina, it’s on Cdbaby, but I got a mixtape in the works for 2017, expected to drop around Summer, Im excited about dat.

Get that here- http://bit.ly/2pN18fy

4. Any idea for a title or anything like that?

Yeah I got some title ideas, but nothing etched in stone just yet, but it’ll be a kool & catchy title defining myself as an artist, not really stressin the title, I’m more concentrating on the music, content, lyrics, beats etc., tha quality of material is more my focal point, the title is jus the icing on the cake.

5. A lot of people may not know, but you got your acting in Tha Advocate’s “Best Friend” music video. Youre role was very believable. What was it like to play that role?

Thanx man I appreciate dat, that was a great experience, I enjoyed doin dat alot, got a chance to get my Al Pachino on…..lol, I’m not gonna front…I was kinda nervous at 1st but once it was lights,camera,action….I was comfortable, it felt natural transforming myself in a role of a dude dat was bad,sinister,decietful etc., To me acting is a form of art, I got natural artistic ability in my DNA so I felt confident dat I could pull it off, I was fortunate to get the opportunity, I’d be open-minded to fuck wit some acting in the future as well.

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6. Out of all the songs you have done to date, which is your favorite and why?

Aw man, dats kind of a tough one…..I liked “Rays of the Summer” dat was on the latest Digital Dynasty mixtape, this otha joint “Persevere”, “Sunbeam”, I did a joint awhile back I believe was called “Storytellin”…I got some good feedback from dat song…I tell stories sometimes in my raps, so it felt good to get good feedback from dat song, I got a handful of joints dat I put out, and some I didn’t yet, oh yeah…”So Hard” was a joint I liked too….I don’t know if I have a favorite song….I’m always excited off of what I’m gonna write nex, sorta like wit my artwork.

LISTEN TO SO HARD HERE — http://bit.ly/2oZLnid

7. Outside of music we know you have an Associates Degree in illustration. What avenues are you pursuing when it comes to your art?

Yeah I got a degree in Illustration, well since I graduated I’ve done some freelance work, did some animation related stuff which was a great experience, been in a few galleries etc., got some gallery shows comin up in the near future, I would like to do my own independent thing….I like to have full creative control, so I got some ideas in the works.

8. Which type of art lets you paint a picture better, your words on the mic, or your illustrations?

I think both help me paint a picture, I think one compliments the other sometimes….95-100percent of the time both my art & music is based off of me tryin to express myself….what I’m goin thru….how I’m feeling, experiences etc……….Artwork most people would say is my truest calling, even though I get kool feedback wit my music, but there’s times when I go thru moods that the music can express better or exactly what I’m tryin to convey….and other times my artwork would express things I’m tryin to say……my art always paints a picture….but my music paints a picture too….dat basically da definition of my name “sketch”.

9. So you started in the Golden era, back when NYC had the bull by the horns. Now the rap game turned a full 180! How do you feel about today’s hiphop climate?

Well, I’m not really trying to knock the new skool….there’s some good artist out there….especially underground….but of course you got your wack artist out here too….lol….I think because HipHop is gettin older, it has evolutionized….So artists now can get away wit stuff now dat they couldn’t get away wit back then…..and yeah dat hurts da culture…cats rhymin simple or at times not even rhymin…..lol…..Back then, you couldn’t get away wit dat, or some cats now dat might have ghostwriters….not tryin to take a shot at Drake….some of his shit I like….he makes some kool songs, but skill-wise, originality especially…I’m reppin the old skool all day…..I grew up in tha 80’s….so basically I grew up when hip-hop was born in it’s infancy stages growin….eventhough I was a kid growin up too, I feel kinda fortunate growin up round dat time, I was educated well……so I saw hip-hop before it got commercial & global….when it was still underground & raw…..then the late 80’s goin into the 90’s golden era-time, when I started fuckin wit writin,rhymin…I started studying cats dat are now considered legends so artistically I feel fortunate to learn around dat time…..Slick Rick,Puba & Brand Nubians,Big Daddy Kane,Rakim,Gangstarr,Nas even Eminem….even a whole bunch of artists before them!…..Growin up I use to be anticipating how this or that MC was gonna spit or what they had to say….now? Im not dat excited…maybe cuz the bar was much higher back then, maybe now since I know how to rhyme….some cats jus don’t impress me like when I was younger….I jus think now….there should be more of a balance…..Kool…have your ABC mumble rapper sayin tha typical shit…..but at the same time, give an opportunity to da rapper dats lyrical,original,on some different shit….give him da same amount of spins on da radio, da same amount of opportunities for him to make a living off his craft dat da typical rapper gets…and hip-hop would be better.

10. Any new era artists that catch your ear?

I like J.Cole….I really neva listened to his catalog but some of his shit I heard in a car one time….I felt it was good…some of Drakes shit is kool…I like how he rides a beat sometimes….I neva really listened to Kendrick Lamar but some of his shit I heard was kool….there was a cat named Ol’ Droog dat I thought was good….cats was sayin he sounds like Nas….haven’t heard anything from Droog in da hottest minute though….I really can’t remember anybody else comin to mind right now…so I basically listen to Ol Skool….not even really rap….I was listening Old time Reggae,Rocksteady and some old Rock&Roll.

11. How do you feel about Donald Trump as President?

Donald Trump….man..I don’t know where to start…….lol….dats kinda complex……..but at da same time I wasn’t 100percent agreeable wit Hillary either…..lol……..I plead the 5th man…..lol, I’m not too deep in da politics, but I definitely like gettin educated on what’s goin on & up on politics,current events etc.

12. Back to you and your craft. Can you give us some insight on what exactly you want to put together as your latest project and when you think you would drop it? Any producers or features?

Id like to put a solid album out…like 25 tracks deep….but nowadays a mixtape is jus as kool so I’m aiming for that first….the beats are more instrumental production….but I’m open for dope producers….I’m kinda picky wit da beats though….I feel you gotta be at times, I can basically rhyme over any dope beat…but there’s times when I feel not every beat is tailor made for the type of artist I am….but yeah I’m open-minded for producers.

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13. It was good chopping it up with you and we look forward to hearing more from you homie. The floor is yours, let the world know where to catch up with you on social media or the streets!

Thanx man….good lookin out….support dat EP “Tha Sketch Factor”- Sketch Architec lookout for more EP’s I may put out on there as well….check my artwork on Facebook as well as Instagram…..check some of my joints on Advo’s Digital Dynasty series as well as some more shit on future Digital Dynasty volumes….and stay-tuned for my mixtape droppin around summer 2017…..thanx for politikin wit me on this interview……OnE..

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