HOW YOUTUBE HELPED ME MAKE AN ALBUM

TRACKLIST

01. P. DIDDY INTRO
02. METHOD MAN & REDMAN - HOW HIGH ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
03. EVIDENCE & PLANET ASIA - GOLD CHAIN MUSIC ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
04. ARTIFACTS - ART OF FACTS ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
05. ONYX - LAST DAYZ ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
06. BEATNUTS - SIMPLE MURDER ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
07. NOREAGA, BROWN, MAZE - THUG POETRY ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
08. THA ALKAHOLIKS - MARY JANE ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
09. OC - HALF GOOD HALF SINNER ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
10. EL P - NO KINGS ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
11. GOODIE MOB - CELL THERAPY ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
12. BRAND NUBIAN - THE LUMP LUMP ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
13. M.O.P. - ANTE UP ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
14. 112, P.DIDDY, BEANIE SIGEL - DANCE WITH ME ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
15. OUTKAST - B.O.B. ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
16. ILL AL SKRATCH - DONT SHUT DOWN ON A PLAYER ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
17. DAS EFX - REAL HIP HOP ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )
18. DE LA SOUL - THE GRIND DATE ( TOKYO CIGAR REMIX )



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I made this album after seeing a CRAZY interview with Diddy ( the best one i've ever seen from him ) He really dropped knowledge about making an album here. The interviewer spoke with him bout making Ready to Die with Biggie. The Jewels are in THE DETAILS people.

I based my album around parts of the interview and used that as the theme of the project.

All producers need to check this joint out ( especially in this era of singles and ringtones ) cause cats need to go back to making FULL ALBUMS. ( remember when Side A AND side B had to knock for the album to be considered good? )

Check it



part 2



Part 3

The 7 year theory

The 7 year Theory
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This was a cool joint to put together. It's like an audio scrapbook of my production life over the past 7 years. A lot of memories in this joint right here.

Damn i miss my niggas.

Part 2 coming soon.

Hi Haters i'm back off hiatus

Wow. Bullshiting really is a full time job. I actaully forgot i had a blog. To my 2 followers sorry bout not keeping up with this.

Well, since we last spoke i put out more remix albums ( finally did one for wu ), did sample based projects using Depeche mode and the beatles white album ( whut up Danger mouse i see you ),got placements on the Soul movement fam remix album and Illtravis, linked up with a MC from chi town that i'm doing an album for and finally got a manager. The Soul movement fam joint is out right now ( i did the "new wave" remix by notion and Whisper ) and i'm waiting to hear what Trav does with the beat he picked.

Dutch and i also finished the black tobacco album. That shit came out sick as hell. Probably the best i've ever spit on the mic. Dutch came extra chunky with the beats too.

I'm so used to constantly working on stuff that i dont really focus on promoting it when it's done. In '09 i'm trying to limit the stuff i put out and actually promote the shit i get done. ( and keep up with my muthafuckin blog )

I also quit smoking ( YAYYYYY!!! ), but i've quit 5 times in 2 months ( BOOOOOO!!! ) Matter of fact i'm typing this with an almost empty pack in my pocket. One day i'm gonna get it right and stop the lung abuse.

I was trying to get up with some singers to collaborate with but cats are fronting hard. I'm doing the MZM album with my sister but it takes her forever to write shit. I did an albums worth of beats for the project but we only have 2 actual songs done. Check out the myspace to hear it.

I got 2 other moves i'm working on but i'm gonna keep them on the low till i actually make moves with them.

I also hit 30 in Febuary. ( WHOAAAAAA ) Even though i'm crazy hardbody and in the best shape of my life i'm coping with the frequent panic attacks that comes with the realization that due to personal RETARDEDNESS and being surrounded by idots in life i have'nt really realized my full potential yet. I'm not gonna quit though, cause the amount of people that still root for me to make it would beat my ass up something brutal.

Well thats about it for now. See ya soon

Here go some links to my newest ish

The 9 diagram phonix starring Wu tang clan

http://www.zshare.net/download/201690857e081e5b/

The White Australian album starring Notion and the Beatles

http://sharebee.com/2d539d6f

Tokyo Cigar and Depeche mode "kill the violator"

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXL78QII

Black Tobacco "snares and Cinema" ( produced By Dutchmasters )

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Rhyme Design season

YO whut up. I know i been running my mouth about some rhyming shit. But here's where those darts i spoke about went to.

Black Tobacco is a project that i'm doing with Dutchmasters productions.
We linked up through the Kevin Nottingham site and the mutual respect musically led to this EP ( album is on deck ).
Writing this joint came easy cause Dutch is a producer i really fuck with. He makes the type of beats that i zone out heavy to. Psycologically it's easier to write to someones else's beat anyway, but when they are this hot it's beyond being a cakewalk.
When I was rhyming to his joints i found myself blacking out extra hard. Like on "20 grand exit" when the beat switched i just started singing with the record cause emotionally it just took the kid there. Son is still hitting me with joints so we will make an album.

Tracklist

1. New Saga

2. Fly Mindstate

3. Cinema Stackz

4. Summer of the 90's

5. The 20 grand Exit

All tracks produced by Dutchmasters Productions

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LONG AWAITED HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ( yeah right )
Here's the Megaman Theory EP. ( yeah i dropped it june 9th but i been doing promo for the God Son remix, going outta town a lot etc etc so i'm posting it up now )

Self produced. A compilation of old and new joints.
I was in a little bit of an experimental mindstate with this. ( 2 of the joints are instrumentals made in Akira Parker mode ) But it's still got straightforward hip hop joints too ( and some inbetween shit )
The rhymes vary from personal to story telling and it is a slight prequel to my OFFICIAL album. ( that is my heaviest body of work ever )

Tracklist

1. The Megaman Theory

2. The Flip Tip

3. Breathe

4. Digital Tokenz ( instrumental )

5. Complex

6. SM27EB

7. Akira tried to kill Tokyo ( instrumental )

all tracks produced by Tokyo Cigar

Check out the joint.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7P74Q6I9

God sons tokyo drift

Whoa. I got a little bit of a nice reaction with this one. I threw it together mad quick ( like 2 weeks on and off )

I was supposed to do "I am" ( i had the acapellas for that album ready and everything ) but i found these vocals and fate did the rest.

The original was mainly somber so i decided to give mine a hard feel.

Like for "get down" the harshness of the lyrics were overtaken by the jazzyness of the beat. So i went for some straight razorblade cold bone hard shit. I mean come on, he was talking bout being a kid and almost shooting someone, watching a friends murder trial go to hell in a basket and was almost murdered himself in the tracks storylines so what i gave the track was TENSION.

Each song on the album required a different feel but i think i did my thing on "zone out" ( whut up bgeezie thanks for the love u gave this track ). I liked how quirky the original was but i went for that straight QB hard hip hop sound with my remix. ( with some xtra sprinkles on top ).

Remixing shit has been pretty fun. I started doing it febuary this year and it has helped me get my name out a little. Plus i got MAD BEATS so it helps me put them out rather than let em sit till i sell em.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2MD02SMG

Peace

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

Yo Kevin Nottingham just posted the THIS IS HIP HOP REMIXTAPE NEW YORK EDITION. It feels crazy to know one of my joints made it on the album. Kevin really looked out for the kid cause he put it on on the strenght of him liking it. Makin moves yall makin moves word to Royal Flush and Mic Geronimo. Mad love to everyone involed in that joint.

check it out.

http://kevinnottingham.com/myblog/2008/05/24/this-is-hip-hop-remixtape-new-york-edition

Mood Muzik 3 The Tokyo Cigar Remix Album

Remixing this joint was some shit. My boy Mason kept on yelling out that Joe Budden was the truth and even though tracks like "calm down" from his debut caught my attention, he still flew below my radar most times. But dude blessed me with a copy of mood muzik 3 and i was blown the fuck away. The brutal honesty did it for me. Hip Hop really need to hear an artist like this cause he really is the voice of A LOT of stressed people out there.

Lets face it life is iller than ever right now and the are a lot more Joe budden's than Jay z's walking around.

With the AZ joint ( big up to those that gave the kid props on that like Dan Love and BGeezie i really appreciate that ) i went cinematic, so with this joint it was pure EMOTION involved. Like on "warfare" I wanted to make the beat have cats ready to wild out and break sumthin. I gave "Hiatus" that nervous breakdown feel where you damn near feel the walls are closing in. Joe was spitting nothing but that shit that you feel so i wanted the music to get in your veins. But real talk, Dub b, The Klassics and the other producers that did the original put in a lot of work so half stepping was not an option. ( well honestly it never really is an option ) Check it out

Peace

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Tokyo Cigar "The Meagman Theory" EP

Production on The Morbid Zombie Massacre EP and album

Akira Parker "Cyborgs Riding Trains" ( instrumental album ) and more joints on deck.

A.W.O.L Tokyo Cigar remix album

As promised. The A.W.O.L. remix album.

Now some back story on the joint.

It was all a dream i used to read word up magazine, then years later i saw AWOL 1.5 at Best Buy and decided it would be fun to remix this joint.
AZ had been ripping up a lot of soul tracks at the time and i decided to switch up the steezo a little. So rather than soulfull i went for a more cinematic sound. ( i mean hey, he was always one of hip hop's most visual m.c.'s so why not do it? ). I did this joint a while back just for la burnin enjoyment and only sent a few copies out to my peoples, so i wound up rhyming on two of the beats ( big up my myspace peoples that bumped those joints ) for some "throw out there" joints to warm up the new isht.
Then my man Kevin Nottingham at This is Hip Hop ( great blog by the way same thing goes for From da bricks, whut up Dan ) threw up the remix contest and i dug this joint out for the New York track then listened to it again and decided i should let cats peep this. As usual apart from the vocal samples i incorporate in some of my beats ALL THIS SHIT IS SAMPLE FREE. Thats just how i make beats ( i'll get into details about that later ).
Well that's all i feel like typing up about the subject. Hope you enjoy it.

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JUNE 9th THE MEGAMAN THEORY E.P.

JUNE 9th.

The Megaman Theory E.P. will be available for

FREE download.

The EP has 7 tracks all produced by Tokyo Cigar and the bonus instrumental track "Akira tried to kill Tokyo" produced as Akira Parker.