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Unlike the other collaborators of Nujabes, I already had a friendship with Pase Rock. When I contacted Nujabes about the particular beat, he mentioned that Pase Rock had already taken interest, so I would have to take it up with him. The space will invite you inside so you can place your vocals in it. I’m picky when it comes to choosing beats, because I really want to be inspired, and envisioning your voice on a track is much like predicting the future.

That day, we played each other’s music and parted ways.Īs I listed more to Nujabes' beat tape, one song really stood out. You can always tell how good the producer is instantly by listening to the drum track. I was impressed by his simple yet soulful layering of samples and chopped drums. When we met up in Tokyo, we listen to beats in his minivan. I had no idea who he was or where he came from, I was actually surprised to find out that he was a Japanese guy named Jun Seba, diminutive and shy. One day, Nujabes emailed me about wanting to collaborate for a 12' single. Obviously, there’s many classic hip-hop songs in the form of love letters, such as LL Cool J’s “I Need Love,” or Common’s “I Used to Love H.E.R”, but to me it was important to write something personal, a song that spoke about my own vulnerability about wanting to have a lasting relationship with music. The way Luv(Sic) is spelled (as in the Latin sic, for a misspelled quote) symbolizes how it wasn’t a straightforward love song, there’s a layer of obscured honesty. There is a certain voice that unites the chapters, a character if you will.

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I first dedicated “Luv(Sic)” to the goddess of music in the end of 2000, and fifteen years later, we have a six-part series (Hexalogy). Are simply a happenstance, or do we attract each other (things included) by metaphysical means, Love defies formula, it borders on insanity and spirituality, No matter how slim the chances, one you meet the love of your life, you might just end up creating something that may outlast your lifetime… It’s all timing though, you can’t ever plan on it, one day when you look back everything makes sense and scripted. How long that dream-like infatuated period will last, whether days, years, or a lifetime, is entirely up to you. That true love, it turns your world upside down, a feeling that can transform your constitution and render you helpless. eloquently so evidently (I hope that you listen) Oh, how I could write a book on how you make me feel But how about this song that I wrote for you? What I feel like, I wanna put my trusts in these simple words For you to feel what I'm saying, what you feel like? Reminisce about the little episodes that we shared together Remember the time that you told me In the cold night, to relax when all I knew was to hold tight Remember the time that I spoke to the crowd in a full house and Realized that you was my ace? I was the joker on the stage singing the blues All eyes on me and had nothing to prove But yo, I thought I knew what a diamond shine like But I felt a sharper love in the limelight From the queen of hearts watching me quietly from the upper deck balcony Sometimes I do suspect, I'm an actor in a well-scripted live divine comedy When I look back, that frozen slice of time and try to defrost the senses lost Now enough with the metaphors, the motivation that I wrote this letter for For you to know that the music helps carry on Like you say, a new day will bring us tomorrow

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eloquently so evidently (I mean that from my heart 'cause you make me feel good as a person) 'Cause the beat plus the melody Makes me speak of L.O.V.E.

'Cause the beat plus the melody Makes me speak of L.O.V.E. eloquently so evidently Good gracious, every process has a genesis and ends with a revelation God bless this opportunity for me to find a voice For some words that have waited for way too long Low wages, small tips on the avenue Never wasted, all hits for a revenue Haven't you heard the news lately? Seems we've been living for some time in a purgatory But yo, I thought I knew what a love song sound like But I felt a warmer tune in the sunlight I could still hear it in my room past midnight Gotta move, take a solo cruise in the moon light Sometimes I do forget, oh how much we could ease the lives we lead If we learn to let go, the reins that we hold Return to our souls, and the spirit let flow So you see, upon everyday faced there's a million shades to Express definition of grace But the method I choose my prerogative There's so much love in me I got to give eloquently so evidently (I mean that from my heart cause you make me feel good as a person) Cause the beat plus the melody Makes me speak of L.O.V.E. Cause the beat plus the melody Makes me speak of L.O.V.E.