[my old room/studio in bmore. 2003. 17 year old Jeph]I just found alot of my old stuff, and wow...
turns out I lied on the 88.9 interview, because my first beats date back to 2002, not 2004
I sh!t you not, I even made my own breakdancing game.
"Dance Pheeva (2003)".exe
http://www.zshare.net/download/589508845656afaa/
Looking back, I'm realizing that even my old stuff was experimental and somewhat complex. Yes, the beats aren't compressed and don't have the greatest mixing of elements (alot of times missing bass lines), but they were never regular drum patterns or rhymes, it was my own brand of weird...here is one of my first recorded songs:
Jeph "MiniXL" (2004).mp3
http://www.zshare.net/audio/589509566cffcd92/
Anyone who's heard The Album (2007) might feel like they've heard that verse before, and I did that on purpose. If you couldn't tell yet, I reflect on the past very often. I think about how good something was, how stupid I was, how much I might miss it, and always how much I've grown. I've always believed in the importance of knowing your origins in order to progress in the present and future. The intro really said that more concisely, as my very first words were:
"...uh!...before you see where I'm goin....I want you to see where I came from..."
So I won't get overly reminiscent, but it's always good to take a quick walk down memory lane.
