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2Tramp'd-Out! -by Everlasting Darkness
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PRESENTING My Brother Eugene's Rap Group, EVERLASTING DARKNESS, and the ONLY track I've done with them (as OSMOSIS), in 2002!
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An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
Song Info
Charts
#1,998 in subgenre Peak #2
Charts
Peak #73
Author
E.Wise,R.Graves,L.Wise/C.Reid
Rights
2002, 2007
Uploaded
July 07, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.4 MB 128 kbps 3:46
Story behind the song
EVERLASTING DARKNESS. That's the rap thang of my youngest brother, Eugene Wise. Basically, it's ONLY him--and a loose collective of his buddies. He's been doing it since he left TOTAL GROOVE CONNECTION (as a Conga Player) in 1992. On Saturday evening, May 4, 2002, Eugene (a.k.a. "Mr. Y's") and his boys had a sampler/studio hooked-up in the living room and were in party mode---recording as they went along. All-in-All, about 3 tracks were done that night. THIS ONE, well, I became involved. I did the final verse of "Life Is Really Strange", and added another chant. Rico Graves (soon-to-be of WATERLOG)took the sampler/mixer to that, and inserted it in the middle of the track. The FINISHED (original) version of this track, and album, had awful sound quality (we were ALL Fucked-up Drunk!!). What I did today (Saturday, July 7, 2007) was take that same track, shoot it thru some noise-reduction filters, embellish it with some echo/reverb, mix a section here-and-there, and came up with this 'cleaner' version (which got Eugene's approval, so you can say that it is--ahem--'sanctioned'!). It's also (technically) a Collab, so here goes the License: TITLE: "2Tramped-Out! (Mirror, Mirror)" ARTIST: Everlasting Darkness (featuring Mr. Y's, Rico, and OSMOSIS) MUSIC (Sampled Track): "Mirror, Mirror (On The Wall)" by BLOWFLY (Clarence Reid, (c)1972 Weird World Music, Inc. (BMI) All Rights Reserved.) LYRICS: Eugene Wise, Rico Graves, Lawrence Wise. PUBLISHING: Everlasting Darkness Music, Inc. PRODUCERS: Eugene Wise and Rico Graves LABEL: (c)2002 Everlasting Darkness Recs., Inc./Starcase Rec. Co., Ltd. (original issue)
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CWicked
May 16, 2013
how is a song with poor lyrics and terrible sound quality even in the charts at all? and its ancient, arent you pumpin new tunes out?