defiance

HER

my sophomore year so far

Alright so syllabus week was a forgettable one..... things just take a second to settle

there was this party though the first friday night.... i met her..... moving on

Sadly I've been a lesser me then in previous times; yeah I've been supporting leaks. Currently listening to GOOD AM a couple days before it comes out but we'll get to why some other time.... let me explain.... The entire semester and its current wave was kick started when Rodeo leaked... I was hesitant at first but you'd have to see the living room I spend a lot of my time in to understand just how the speakers drew me in. We can even put a lot of the blame on Nick who teased the whole listening event I'm going to get to when he played Antidote LOUD. I know Travis Scott has this whole Rager/Goth vibe that might be weird to listen to with a girl not far from perfection but after the magic of Sonic Slushies ran its course she was in attendance of our "listening party." It was past curfew so the speakers smoothly played the album as Vine Compilations blessed our TV with their humor.... I still listen to 90210 hoping it'll sound the same way it did that night.

That marked the beginning. Surprisingly the songs that stuck weren't the ones i thought would... Piss on your grave???

LAKE TAHOE NOT A-TOWN

thoughts from the present on the whole Rodeo release...... I'll write about how I think albums should be released now a days but WTF it only sole 75k copies... we got to support better for real

Four days after the official release of Rodeo Earl Sweatshirt came to Houston... I was there, with her. HUGE SHOUT OUT TO VERONICA who is kind enough to bless me with the definite opportunity to attend these shows at Warehouse Live. I had originally shown up solo dolo early enough to catch these openers I'd never heard of but when I found out the blessing included a second ticket I called her.... she was in the gym but agreed to let me pick her up and attend. I was high key nervous cause... well lets analyze this.

1) I had never brought a female to a concert of such

2) I didn't know how we could possibly have fun if the concert was as depressing as expected

3) this album

In my opinion the best album of 2015 had been my go to music since I saw Earl at SXSW hours before the release.

It is so good at defining this part of my life that was just dark and stupid negative. I mean good grief..... I think it's just a matter of understanding and not understanding when you listen to it and I nons want to try and elaborate BUT you can watch the video below if you're super interested

(SIDE NOTE: so I'm currently reading The Odyssey in one of my classes here at the private baptist university that houses me; the part of the book where Odysseus has to drag his men off the Land of Lotus Eaters reminded me of this album)

BACK TO THE SHOW

We showed up and I want to say Earl was performing Sunday but I really don't remember because I know it wasn't long at all until he was performing all of IDLSIDGO. It was pretty fucking euphoric if you ask me; the entire atmosphere was super positive.... i think it has a lot to do with the fact that she was there with me and being super cool with me shouting out the lyrics I knew. Looking back on it I think that was definitely a transitioning point in my life were everything in general was starting to look far more appealing and worth while then it had in quite some time. I think it was most apparent in the way my running career went from being a struggle back to fun and competitive like the days before I represented HBU when I raced.

DIPPIN ON COPS IN MY TRACK SHORTS

ON TO THE MOST CURRENT.... Crazy cause this artist has been providing soundtracks for me to live with/by since freshmen year of High School

WAIT WAIT WAIT before I get into the album I watched the interview below right around the time of the Earl Sweatshirt show

I really do think this whole sequence happened in the order it did for some odd reason... like some one had me consume it in this order on purpose but I don't go to church sooo scratch that right.

So by the last ten minutes of this interview I feel like the whole vibe has been killed because of just how obscure Mac answers to the repetitive questioning of what happened to him or what it is he went through. The best answer we get is that whatever it was it wasn't very productive or appealing to his mother and that we should simply trust him when he says "I'm Good"

I think it kind of solidified that life continues after the weird/dark phase.

I'M GOOD

On to the Album! GOOD AM

Sooo I had the opportunity to listen to it when he first tweeted the link.... but it just wasnt the right time. I can't go into detail on when it was the right time... but guess who was there; her. The intro track reminded me of the album that made my senior year in high school what it was, BECAUSE THE INTERNET, but all because the theme is about starting fresh... new beginnings... new day.... alarm sounds.... GOOD AM
Mac Miller has never failed to help improve the quality of my life!
You don't have to read all this purple text about how i remember Mac Miller stuffffff
Blue Slide Park came out my sophomore year in High School; first concert I went to at Warehouse Live with my then bestfriend, Queso... it was the first album I bought the day it came out. I listened to Macadelic the first time I drove to San Marcos to visit my brother... that route/drive and album are all too familiar now. That tour was odd but thats when my I was out there getting in line for the show hours before the doors open just to have a good spot. Delusional Thomas/You/The TV Show all were consumed. Watching Movies with the Sound Off came out the end of my junior year; I listened to that one through my beats while riding my bike in the early hours of the day. The Space Migration tour was ridiculous; vince staples, the internet, chance the rapper fresh off of Acid Rap, and the fresh acoustic way at which he tackled the show was all just.... beautiful. Then there was Faces that came out the night I had competed in the UIL Texas 5a State Championship 3200; it was so odd and hard that it set the perfect mood for the summer between graduation and the rest of my life.