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YEMENADE IS ABOUT A FICTITIOUS MOOD SUPPRESSANT USED BY THE MASSES TO NUMB THEM TO THE REALITIES OF INJUSTICE AROUND THEM AND BY THEM. YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN’T SIP THAT YEMENADE!

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If you know me, You know I really really really really really Love Sade. Its my plane music. Makes me forget everything.

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The Robotic cycle of Travel in our world.

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that Trip to Turkey, I dropped Mustard from a Halal Turkey Dog on my Jordan 1s.

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We Are the Medium

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This song itself was a commentary on the mundane lyrical, repetitive cycles of this style of hip-hop. We wanted to create a syndrome that has been created by the momentary, the fleeting, the distilled nature of fads in popular culture.

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Le Grind.

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I had literally just made it back from Istanbul the night before the studio session.

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