It’s always a special time when I get to visit Bristol, England again. Last time I was there, I took the opportunity to get a shot of the top of The Christmas Steps so I could do this illustration later on. It’s a really special place, and worth the trip for the nostalgia alone, for me anyway.
I fell in love with the beat on this track and then chopped it all to hell once I got it out of the Polyend Tracker and in to Logic Pro. This is the first track I’ve ever done where all the lyrics were written with a specific concept in mind. For this, it’s about finding yourself and believing in what you find.
The production of this music was kinda storied… I originally made this beat on my Polyend Tracker. It was one of the first joints I made on that machine, and I loved how fun it was to chop the samples. It was probably early 2022 or something… that’s how long I sat on this beat. But I’m learning that as soon as I pull stems into the DAW I gotta start mangling. It is the way. Or at least MY way. Now it’s thicker, more polished, and of course, saucy (sorry, had to). I met Sauce.K because he was always showing up at every NoCo hiphop event I was at. We got talking and built a connection through our mutual love of the hustle and hiphop. I’m a big fan of his flow, and inspired by his work ethic.
Dawningale wrote and performed an incredible chorus for this track. I was so excited to finally work with her. A lot of time, energy and collaboration went into this, and I hope ya’ll love it as much as we do!
