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Ricochet

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January 30, 2007 07:16 PM PST

Ricochet (The Alchemist Instrumental) An absolute cinematic display, a barrage of quick, fast-hitting rhyme wordplay. No edits, just a raw approach to the mic, I heard a melodic ambience / overtone to compliment and glue everything together. Art translates into different mediums . In other words, I believe that I used my skills as a Piecer to piece together this 4-track ruff draft. When I decide to rock an instrumental the outcome is not fully realized until playback, it is amazing what tones are delivered and how I will add more words or take out vocabulary accordingly. Adapting to the pace and other important ingredients of a song is important because it will create "the bigger picture".
Getting back to the aforementioned thought, I wanted to say that...when I put together this song I saw it as a drawing that was layered with 4 colors. The rap was the fill-in, the ad-libbed background vocal was the outline and shadowing. In short, the beat the inspiration. The Alchemist doing it real big with this ill instrumental. The Academic Artist Project...ricochet.

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A voice of a Teacher. Educational Media.

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Education is essential, and public education serves millions of children across the nation, and billions worldwide. In many of my songs I made a concerted effort to intertwine and sway the listener to new ideas and vocabulary. Many words yall'â„¢all know, but I wanted to include familiar diction to make it a part of everyones conventional wisdom. My intent with this album was to express my concern for education and its current state of affairs. Being on the frontline, I see things that Americans are not seeing and must be reported. I am a teacher in Boyle Heights, educating young minds who along the way has swallowed facts and now is spitting out a strong opinion. The issue, "Why are students not meeting nor exceeding the standard? Many issues than stem off, like ACCESSâ„¢? The bottom line is public education does not give all students a competitive advantage. Technology is essential, especially laptop computers, it is the tool that all students must be equipped with because it gives opportunities that are limitless when comparing it to many of the already resources available in the classroom. (i.e. books, notebooks, pens, and glue). Basically, the purpose to this educational mixtape is to offer listeners a verbal assault, knowledge, a showcase of diction & syntax. I want you to find your favorite track, play it over and over again and know why you like it. For more insight, you can also check my POV @ www.myspace.com/teachinlaâ„¢

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