new Mindbender video - Thank God For Toronto

Mindbender Futurama · Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:44 pm

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:52 pm

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:53 pm

mods?

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:02 pm

nice beat
toronto sucks though

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:06 pm

A fitting anthem.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:15 pm

For every time this thread is modded, I will repost it.

Reggie · Post by **Reggie** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:26 pm

Had some fun to it, but was still largely painful to sit through.

Voss · Post by **Voss** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:28 pm

What kinda setup do you use to record?
As in what kind of mic and mixing program?

The vocals are so rough it makes this hard to listen to.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:28 pm

Employee wrote:For every time this thread is modded, I will repost it.

Thread aint about you, faggot.

MB, this is the kind of beat you should find a way to rap on.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:44 pm

blastmaster wrote:
Employee wrote:For every time this thread is modded, I will repost it.
Thread aint about you, faggot.

MB, this is the kind of beat you should find a way to rap on.

I'll mod the fuck out of you with no mod status, faggot.

Go buy some more black people.

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:55 am

WTF THERE IS A BEAT, YOU SHOULD RAP NEAR IT.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:59 am

IthiKKKle, IDAL and/or Thun: Please provide a three-to-four sentence paragraph deconstructing this video and why it is wack.

Male Ass Master, go watch some more BIW porn.

- Qualified rappers are also welcome to deconstruct this video and explain why it is wack in a single paragraph.

supnick · Post by **supnick** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:59 am

cut it out with all that funny hand jive will ya

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:00 am

supnick wrote:cut it out with all that funny hand jive will ya

Don't post like a faggot and it might happen.

Sylissez · Post by **Sylissez** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:04 am

Made it to about halfway through the second verse. Had to turn it off.

The hook wasn't bad. And the beat was cool. But man, the rapping...not my style.

MB, if I were to buy a CD off of you, would I hear the same shoddy production values? Even if you're giving away songs for free, do you really expect people to want to listen to such poorly put together music? Hell, would YOU listen to it? I doubt it.

It tells us that for all the shit you talk about getting your shit together and whatnot, you really don't give a fuck because you're putting shit out that is barely listenable. Un-mixed, or terribly mixed, not mastered, no refinement to it. If you're putting forth such a lack of effort, why should we be expected to sit through it?

And if this is truly you getting on your grind and putting out your best effort, then it really is time to look for another career. I know this is just some throwaway song, but really dude, quality control.

Pre-emptive :didntread:

and

maclethal · Post by **maclethal** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:12 am

This isn't as bad as the old stuff.

You actually had like 5 or 6 parts where you were in pocket for 1 or 2 bars.

MB, you need to learn how to mix your music. Do you use any compression? At all?

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:19 am

CHER1 · Post by **CHER1** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:30 am

the beat change ups are kinda tight.
Its weird but i like it.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:03 am

CHER1 wrote:the beat change ups are kinda tight.
Its weird but i like it.

thanks man! yeah, i thought so too. the horns are odd, but they work somehow. quite a few references are local, i dunno how much y'all can appreciate them, but yeah, it's still Toronto-tinged hiffop!, in my humble opinion. Tried to make it Canadian but not corny.

peace to Conspiracy :ff:

maclethalcuntfucker wrote:This isn't as bad as the old stuff.

You actually had like 5 or 6 parts where you were in pocket for 1 or 2 bars.

MB, you need to learn how to mix your music. Do you use any compression? At all?

on the new stuff, I sound shiny. this song is at least 3-4 years old.

i still wanted to do an anthem to my city just for fun. will do more, probably. Toronto is the spizzot.

blastmaster wrote:
Employee wrote:For every time this thread is modded, I will repost it.
Thread aint about you, faggot.

MB, this is the kind of beat you should find a way to rap on.

thought about doing a Toronto All-Stars remix. Maybe it'll happen for the summer.

Sylissez wrote:Made it to about halfway through the second verse. Had to turn it off.

The hook wasn't bad. And the beat was cool. But man, the rapping...not my style.

MB, if I were to buy a CD off of you, would I hear the same shoddy production values? Even if you're giving away songs for free, do you really expect people to want to listen to such poorly put together music? Hell, would YOU listen to it? I doubt it.

It tells us that for all the shit you talk about getting your shit together and whatnot, you really don't give a fuck because you're putting shit out that is barely listenable. Un-mixed, or terribly mixed, not mastered, no refinement to it. If you're putting forth such a lack of effort, why should we be expected to sit through it?

And if this is truly you getting on your grind and putting out your best effort, then it really is time to look for another career. I know this is just some throwaway song, but really dude, quality control.

Pre-emptive and

this song is from 2006, it's on "Better Late Than Never Made" (Urbnet Records). I may do new versions of this song/video... but the main point of this was to capture that location where the rubble is, cause it's a famous spot where a humongous fire happened in Toronto a few years ago. It's about to become a Home Depot soon and it's gonna erase like a century of Toronto history. It's just a regular song, I ain't think to remix it, it's on an old CD. Just did a lil tribute to my hometown. This is not my new stuff. Just something I threw out there. I have many old songs I'm gonna release that might get remixed, but I ain't going overboard on them. You'll know the new stuff when you hear it.

Thanks for the career advice, but I'm going to have the entire spectrum of stuff. Raw, direct from my life videos and blog writings, to top shelf high production value songs, shows and videos in 2010. Keepin it real AND surreal, yo.

peace to Employee

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:49 am

Is the Spankmaster steez already gone?

IKH5150 · Post by **IKH5150** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:15 pm

.....no.

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:13 pm

you should concentrate on biggin up your current stuff. let your old stuff go away...

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:42 pm

Philaflava wrote:Is the Spankmaster steez already gone?

that's so weird you say that. I'm not trying to bite Kool Keith, I never was. you guys know i've never been a Kool Keith biter in any way. i simply respect the man to the utmost.

I have a flashy jacket that I wore for the 'P.I.M.P.' performance, that's it.

and I change my exterior all the time. I dress up, dress down, get naked, wear crazy shit... i'm not one-dimensional

and cenzi, i'm sitting on too much old stuff to not put it out. also, these days, people's entire catalogues are available as a Zip file. when people get The Mindbender Collection later this year, and get 9 albums of music from me and hear where I've been sonically the last 15 years... everything will make more sense.

thanks to all who watched.

more is coming

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:50 pm

no it won't make more sense....

People would rather hear Kool G Rap's 2010 shit and not that slower stuff he did in 1985. Only die hard fans care. I don't think you have to omany die hard fans yet...

Invest your energy and your resources on new shit.

When's the last time any record label made any noise about their records edited in 1991? Never. Only if they are about to put out a collections CD or something...

If you want to make a career with this shit.. then treat it as such. a business, not a hobby. No one cares about your outtakes, leftovers or such... yet. Put out your BEST track, make a video for THAT one and get GOOD reactions.

Rob Sonic · Post by **Rob Sonic** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:57 pm

Mindbender Futurama wrote:get naked

Thread Is Useless Without Pics

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:31 pm

Cool vest bro.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:07 pm

thanks for your thoughts, Cenzi. but you know how Grim Reaper of the Gravediggaz had their solo Tommy Boy record from 1989 just get released from the vault of Tom Silverman last week? yeah, sure it's not going to go platinum, but it's good that it's out.

i can't stand when people tell me what to do like only their way will work.

is this going to ruin my year, by putting out old songs from the archives? will a Mindbender Lost Tapes record REALLY deep six my career? people neeed to chill out with the "this is the ONLY way to do things" mentality. there's a million roads to success.

i'm really not like anyone else doing this shit, so I don't know what way will be my way. i have A LOT of thoughts and art to share though, i don't need to be J. Cole and be all minimal and shit.

ROB, YOU AINT WANNA SEE ME NEKKID, BROHAM. YOUR GIRL WILL LEAVE YOU AND ELOPE TO CANADIA AND STAKE OUT MY APARTMENT UNTIL I DANGLE MY SCROTUM BABIES FROM MY BALCONY LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON'S BLANKET

battlecatmeowstab212 · Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:11 pm

Rob Sonic · Post by **Rob Sonic** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:36 pm

Mindbender Futurama wrote:ROB, YOU AINT WANNA SEE ME NEKKID, BROHAM. YOUR GIRL WILL LEAVE YOU AND ELOPE TO CANADIA AND STAKE OUT MY APARTMENT UNTIL I DANGLE MY SCROTUM BABIES FROM MY BALCONY LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON'S BLANKET

Thread is uselesser now w/o pics, big boy...

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:39 pm

Mindbender Futurama wrote:thanks for your thoughts, Cenzi. but you know how Grim Reaper of the Gravediggaz had their solo Tommy Boy record from 1989 just get released from the vault of Tom Silverman last week? yeah, sure it's not going to go platinum, but it's good that it's out.

i can't stand when people tell me what to do like only their way will work.

is this going to ruin my year, by putting out old songs from the archives? will a Mindbender Lost Tapes record REALLY deep six my career? people neeed to chill out with the "this is the ONLY way to do things" mentality. there's a million roads to success.

i'm really not like anyone else doing this shit, so I don't know what way will be my way. i have A LOT of thoughts and art to share though, i don't need to be J. Cole and be all minimal and shit.

ROB, YOU AINT WANNA SEE ME NEKKID, BROHAM. YOUR GIRL WILL LEAVE YOU AND ELOPE TO CANADIA AND STAKE OUT MY APARTMENT UNTIL I DANGLE MY SCROTUM BABIES FROM MY BALCONY LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON'S BLANKET

and you have seen that YOUR way hasn't given shit except lousy sounding demos with typical 80's rap videos, but 30 years late.