Rewind: Dude, nice beat! Especially for what you were working with. It has a bit of a vibe like this song to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em7Etu4pLS4
I followed you on SoundCloud. Follow back?

As for my mixtape, I can't wait to drop that thing man!! I'm obviously biased towards my own music, but I definitely think I'm sitting on a goldmine. I'll be posting it everywhere. Here, SoundCloud, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, HNHH, Datpiff...

Valleyboy was the man! Pawnluv is one of the best to ever play this game. And getting on a Cuz blog was the crowning accomplishment back in the day. Everybody used to look at that thing just like everybody would look at Lb. I really wish there was a way to look at the mags right now. If anybody knows, lemme know! Personally, I did a photoshoot with Derk. It's definitely the fake skate accomplishment I'm most proud of and I think it was either 4 or 5. Definitely miss the old days, but things are going pretty nicely for me right now. Cole, Poppin, and I had a nice sesh last night and we're trying to put out a video soon so be on the lookout for that...

Antwan: COTW was the shit!! EA Skate rap? Didn't MagicNarcosis do that for the Skate 2 soundtrack? As for production, I ripped FL Studio 10 off of the internet during my junior year of high school. Right around the time I stopped playing this game. Until about a few months ago, I had never been in a studio either and learned to use it through trial and error as well as tutorials on YouTube, and by listening to music I love and letting it inspire me to some extent. Samples are key. I don't have very many plug-ins so utilizing digital crate digging via YouTube is KEY. For example:

Here's a sample I used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdKFS6mcnM (sample from 0:16-0:20)

Here's a song I made currently on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ca-renegade/2...ture-ft-nimbus

The sound quality isn't as good as what I've got going on now, but the idea is definitely there. Plus I'm a fan of the flow at the beginning.

I also had a homie in high school who made music as well and he gave me a tip or two. I try to get studio time in because I think my music is good enough to make something legitimately happen with it, but it's hard balancing all of the things I have going on in my life and being able to afford it at the same time. It's worth it, I know it, and I'm willing to put some of my own money into it, but responsibilities constantly demand attention.

I'd be down to send you guys a song or two that I haven't gotten cleaned up to show you guys what I've got made, but they definitely can't go on SoundCloud at the moment. Email maybe?