I guess I got tired of talking about myself. I decided it was time to help promote some other artists. Of course I will start right here at home in Phoenix Arizona. Check out this MC.
Awhile ago I received a message on myspace from an artist named Passtime, he was very complimentary, and seemed to be a person I would get along with. I really like people who compliment my music...go figure. Passtime had intelligent and meaningful things to say however, those kind of compliments are few and far between.
I decided to stop by his page and listen to some tracks, since he was pretty green, and maybe I could give some sort of constructive criticism. I saw a huge amount of potential, but wasn't completely happy with the recording quality or the fact that all of his tracks were on instrumentals by artists such as RJD2, and DJ Shadow. I kept in touch, hoping to see some growth, and man did I.....quicker than I would ever have imagined.
My man Phil (Passtime) picked up a beat from Orchestra Record's MC and beat-maker L a.k.a. I....and came up with a track entitled "Another Phase". Dope wordplay, a seriously smoothed out flow reminiscent of Arrested Development's Speech, and nice work with a theme (something we all know I'm big on.) A great song!! I was more than impressed when I first heard it. And not only could this kid rhyme, he had some serious pipes. I got caught up in some of my own musical jargon, but made sure to let him know he had done a great job. It would be a month or two before I heard anything, music wise, from Passtime.
Phil and I stay in touch fairly often, because we will be working on some songs together in the future. I knew he had been going through some personal drama, so I made sure I dropped him a line of encouragement whenever I thought about it. I stopped by his page to see what was up one day, and there it was, another new song. This time the producer was Richard Davey, and the beat was energetic and full of momentum. Passtime called the song "In the Moment", and had me stuck in exactly that the whole time I listened. Thick vocal harmonies, a nice grimy flow, this track was NICE!! I couldn't believe it....this kid picks up two beats from producers.....and BAM....two BANGERS! Give this kid a couple more beats and he'll hand out a classic album, I have know doubt about it. If this guy keeps improving at the rate he has, time might stop passing, and just stop to jam-out for a minute.
Hip Hop, as I am always extremely vocal about, is monotonous. I am often turned off by overly saturated copy-cats. I am turned off everyday by MC's who over MC and under art. I get tired quickly when old formulas are revisited to often. "Too many metaphors, not enough life" as I always say. Passtime seems to pass his time far above all of this, and I really enjoy that. An extremely talented MC, Poet, and Singer, this artist deserves your ears.....so stop by and hand em' over for a couple of minutes.......you won't regret it.
http://myspace.com/bypasstime
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