hey guys its been a minute but i hope you have all been well. i apologize for this website not rly being used as much as it could've i had more ideas for it that just never happened, and that was mainly because i had to actually worry about getting the music itself done. doin a rollout mostly by yourself in addition to making the music is hard as fuck but i think i did the most i can. anyways i wanted to just talk about where ive been, and what i plan on doing moving forward.
i think ive stated already that 4now was (by numbers) easily my most successful release to date. if were talking full length projects, 4now blew asphyxia out the fucking water and i cant thank everybody enough who pushed the album; it means the world to me. wit that being said, the release of that album and what would come after it was something i thought about literally every single day for the past 2 years leading up to its release. i had really high expectations for where this album would take me to the point where it was unrealistic and that ultimately crushed me when i finally put this out to the world. as i have said to my friends, i describe this album as a "fake it to you make it" moment that didn't pan out the way i had intended for it to. I've never really explained the whole idea of 4now x 4ever, but the whole idea was that it was intended to be a double album, where 4ever was supposed to be an album thats more carefully thought out, more personal, and just a reflection on my life as it goes on, while 4now personifies the impulsive and confident side of me that i guess longed for a rapidly changing life ? idk seein artists in the ug scene go up in the blink of an eye n seeing them do all this cool shit when theyre still teenagers was really inspiring to me, and that was something i strived for. i banked on this album shifting my every day routine, where i could finally keep myself busy, be around people, and not be in my house all the fucking time. unfortunately, aint shit changed lmfao i still dont talk to nobody and im still in my house all the time. it also didn't help that i was obsessively checking wht people thought of the album just to have a wave of people who told me the album felt "uninspired" among other negative comments, and i get it cuz a lot of rage shit sounds the same but if i didn't have a true passion to make it i wouldnt have made it. i think ultimately though i know now thats its not a sound that really resonates w me and ive been trying a lot of different shit since. thats not to say i dont fw making rage shit that album was fun asl, and i definitely wanna try doing something similar to it in the future but i couldn't tell you when. not being able to meet the crazy high expectations i had for this album has made it really hard for me to come back to the work ethic i had last year, but im slowly coming back to it. i rly wanted to do everything i could to not end the era of this album on a bitter note, so i hope you all enjoyed the new music video, as thats prolly gna be the last thing i do for this album. (besides the project breakdown i wanna do that for the 1 yr anniversary)
to the people who ask me abt "4ever: part ii", im ngl that shit is postponed indefinitely. i have a handful of projects id much rather finish first before i come back to 4ever, and thats probably a good thing too because it means ill be able work on that album the way i intended to, which is to slowly work on it over a long span of time. right now i have 2 projects that i am trying to get done within the next year, and one of them will come sooner than you think. both of these are gonna be p much all self prod, and im really excited for you all to hear it when its done. in the past 6 months ive been focusing rly hard on perfecting my sound when it comes to production to the point where im mad picky with hopping on other peoples beats just because its not the sound im going for anymore. im still a soundfont demon that will never ever change. one of the projects i planned to release this year would've dropped on my birthday (7/21), but it became increasingly ambitious to the point where i dont feel comfortable putting a strict deadline on it. to make up for that im working on a pretty short mixtape to set the stage for whts to come next, and im gonna just drop that whenever its done (i dont rly have a deadline). hopefully itll be done within the next couple of months but no promises. im trying not to rly tease anything until either of those projects are done, cuz i hate starting a rollout for shit thats not even close to done. im saying all of this just for you to know that IM STILL ACTIVE!! music is the #1 joy in my life n that will never change. ive been working on music with a much healthier mindset recently and its done wonders for me. im sure you have heard this advice a million times, but if you wanna do the best you possibly can in this music shit, you HAVE to do it for yourself. you have to do it because you love it, and people will recognize that and fw you for that.
anyways im sorry that i havent really spoken on anything until now, ive become kinda intimidated to post any updates on anything esp on twitter cuz the algorithm on twitter sucks dick and i get really sad when i tweet some shit that gets 2 likes but whatever. just know that i have wonderful plans and music in the works and im excited to share it wit yal. thank you guys for all the love and support and for still fw my shit despite my absence i love yall so so much. thank you once again to everybody who had a hand in making 4now come to life, that album was truly a team effort n i couldnt have done it without my lovely & talented friends. thank you to everybody who tapped into the album, gave it a listen, fucked wit it, shared it to Family and friends, i do it all 4 u guys
ALSO WE RUNNIN IT BACK IN NY THIS YEAR SUMTIME IN JULY MORE INFO WILL BE POSTED FOR THAT BUT I WANNA SEE YOU AT THAT SHOW IF U CAN PULL UP!! aight im out now goodbye <3