I Can't Replace Me (my new 4 part album series + updates)

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Spent a lot of years putting this project together and it will finally see the light of day. In a few days or so, I will be dropping the EP "Before I Replace You" and the album will be dropped in two parts: "I Can't Replace Me, Pt. 1: Improve" and "I Can't Replace Me, Pt. 2: Develop". Part 1 will be dropping on 12.04.14 which will be the same day as the album release party. Part 2 will dropped in the Spring of 2015. Will post up some sounds for you to check out real soon.

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looks good champ. will be waiting for the singles.
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Thanks man. And speaking of which, brotha, I got a single right here for ya.
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sounds like my man

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Hope some of you check out the single. Its been getting some good reviews.
EP should be dropping this week.
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New EP is out. In Promotion for the first part of the album.

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youtube vid for the album release party.
if some of y'all from PF are around on 12.04.14 in DC, come thru.
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damn man. here in DC for Thanks but leaving well before. Lookin forward to hearing it

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word, how long are you in DC for?
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Flight is 7 am Sunday morning. Just seeing family til then.

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Hit me up if you got time to hang out tomorrow night. I should be free.
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Dropped the first part of the album yesterday thru Delegation Music.
Features Open Mike Eagle, Kokayi, Seez Mics, Alison Carney, RNL, and Lady Maroo.
Production by Pig Pen, Oddisee, Engineer, Nick Tha 1da, Vintage, Kiza Beats, and Soulful!Image
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Album release party was a success.
Thanks to everyone who is giving this project a listen at least.
Cop it. If not, download the promo EP for free.
Worked extra hard on this to give it a certain feel.
"I Can't Replace Me, Pt. 2: Develop" will be out in 2015.
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Just got some hard copies in.
If you want one, order it here: https://ardamus.bandcamp.com/album/i-ca ... -1-improve

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Interview I did with WAMU.
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/track-work-ar ... i-gave-ah/
D.C. rapper Ardamus tends to write from his life experiences, but don’t call his music “conscious” hip-hop.

“In all honesty, I am probably more like Tha Alkaholiks or Devin the Dude” — MCs who fall closer to the party-rap end of the spectrum — “than I am Common or Mos Def,” writes the Fort Totten resident in an email.

ardamus-EP“It breaks down to me not being silent and trying to make sense of what confuses me. Everything from assimilation to social groups to the dangers of the advancement of technology,” Ardamus writes. “At the same time, I drink, like to party, and listen to raunchy comedians. So, yeah, my style is the dark side of conscious rap at this point.”

Dark side or not, Ardamus calls it like he sees it on his recent EP, I Can’t Replace Me Part 1: Improve. His unflappable honesty stands out on the release’s second track, “If Only I Gave Ah.”

Over a robotic march laid down by Diamond District’s Oddisee, Ardamus speaks about the grim realities facing kids who “cop gangsta rap out of vending machines,” declaring failure “a drug that’s spine-injected.” Fellow Washingtonian Kokayi frames the uneasy mood with a frank chorus, and Chicago’s Open Mike Eagle brings historical perspective with a thoughtful closing verse.

Asked about the song’s intent, Ardamus writes, “I feel like these kids get into these situations where they want to be the winner in every aspect of what they have been taught… I realized chasing all that when you’re young like that gives a warped perception of what else is out there.”

The artist says he has a personal tie to the issues he talks about. “I grew up in a middle class neighborhood where it was mixed races; yet still, we had dudes trying to sling and rob in the suburbs when they didn’t need to,” he writes. “On another end of it, I’m like, ‘It’s none of my business, so should I care?’ And yes. I do care.”

I Can’t Replace Me is the most recent release in prolific streak from Ardamus: Since November, he’s also dropped a single and an EP and plotted a string of live performances as a member of funk outfit The Lucky So and So’s and D.C. hip-hop supergroup FAR EXP. Next year, he plans to release a sequel to the EP called Part 2: Develop and a new project called DropLockers with local producer Edword Asis. He credits the surge to surviving a dicey encounter.

“I actually got robbed nearby my old place, and it freaked me out because it was situation where I could have ended up dead,” Ardamus writes. “After some months of adjusting to the loss of material things and counting my blessings of how was still living, I came up with that title. It’s an ode to going from one level to the next level, to always elevate.”
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New shit featuring production from Oddisee, Hezekiah, Kev Brown, Chase Moore & Hippie Sabbotage, and Vintage. Guest appearances by Lady Maroo and Chee Malabar.
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More press:
http://www.inquisitr.com/2592993/dexter-returns/
There is a mention of my song "Jordan Chase" in this article
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Blogger mentioned I was one of the top in 2015 as far as DC goes.
http://randomnerds.com/some-songs-consi ... h-reading/
New Years resolution: listen to more DC hip hop, ya dingus. I know I haven’t scratched the surface of what’s out there, but I did come across the extensive discography of Ardamus this year, and the third album in his I Can’t Replace Me series is packed with rock-leaning production and energetic, conscious rap.
“When The Truth Comes Out” is the smoothest and most biting track, courtesy of Oddisee’s production, but this year, I found myself more often dancing behind closed doors to “Gone.” Fuzzy but feverish beats back Ardamus’s most punching, charismatic delivery on the album, and while I know there’s a lot more to sink my teeth into in 2016, I feel confident with Aradmus as my jumping-off point (though please direct personal favorites and essential DC hip hop suggestions to my twitter self @LindsayHogan88).
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New feature on the homie Ryan Lucas's album.
https://soundcloud.com/ryanlucasdc/boat-party-feat-reel-ardamus
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Another feature with Slightly Faded & Will Arnold.
https://soundcloud.com/slightly-faded/saturn-valley
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Two new joints:

Lucid District feat. Ardamus - "The Martyr"
https://soundcloud.com/lucid-district/the-martyr-1

My group DropLockers (Edword Asis, RNL, Ardamus) dropped our first single, "S.O.P. (Remix)", from our "Beat Breakin Vol. 1" project. Coming up this spring.
https://soundcloud.com/drop-lockers/sop-remix
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New project out where I handle half the production along side my homie, Edword. Myself, RNL, and Edword form the group DropLockers.
https://droplockers.bandcamp.com/releases
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Last of the "I Can't Replace Me" series, "After I Replace You" comes out on 10/15. Features Prince Po (Organized Konfusion) and JANI Coral of Johnny Popcorn. All tracks produced by me except "Almost There" produced by Hezekiah.
https://ardamus.bandcamp.com/album/afte ... ace-you-ep
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new single in Germany i'm featured with the vinyl dropping in spring of 2017.
https://soundcloud.com/tortugasmusic/keep-on-walking
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