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BTB: Ralph Lauren Ties

A few months back, Chukwudum and I were discussing ideas for the album. And he came up with a cool idea: Naming each song after the imaginary things we wanted as kids. He came up with A LOT of things, and I really couldn't come up with anything from my childhood that I wanted. I thought about it for a few days, and I wondered why I couldn't come up with anything. It wasn't until later I realized it's because I hated watching most  of the cartoons that had imaginary things, PLUS most of the stuff I wanted as a kid I ended up getting. The one thing I REALLY loved as kid though was ties . My Mom always told me stories about how I'd run to the ties/suit section at most stores. Fun-fact about me: Most of my childhood pictures I'm usually wearing a suit and tie. I think the one thing I wanted as a kid was more ties, so I decided to put " Ralph Lauren Tie " on the list. When I made the beat, I really liked it because I used a technique to make the sample more...

TAKE FOUR: BEHIND THE BEAT

 - Rhoro. "... I hope I find myself, I hope I'm doing well "

8 DEGREES: Behind The Beat

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Azụrho (@stillazurho) - Rhoro What up y'all? It's Rhoro here today, and I'm here to tell you the story behind the beat. The day before I made the beat. I was wrestling with a few of the massive decisions I made (studying a my particular degree ( if you know, you know ), applying to jobs then getting rejected or ghosted). I was also struggling with my time management a lot, just the sheer weight of missing the opportunity to be there for people. I genuinely didn't have access to a bus-pass either, so it was all weighing down on me mentally. The guilt was getting to me that week, so on Sunday. I decided to turn on a livestream from my Church (FAC, shoutout to my FA people!) and the sermon was titled "2 Roads, 1 Way" by Ben Johnson. Pastor Ben spoke about how the Christian path is narrow and difficult to traverse, but it is the right way, and that's all that matters. I made the (uncomfortable) ...