The folks at 2ksports and Duck Down Records are holding a contest to get on the soundtrack of NBA 2k11 and to get sent out to New York to perform the winning track.  Well this is me tryin to get in on that.  I personally went for the get your blood pumpin mind focused treatment lyrically and delivery wise.  Break ankles and embarrass someone mentality HA.

Produced by: Bay Root Productions
Lyrics by: Nepharius (nephariusepidemics.com)

Lyrics:
oh im comin, ha they see me comin/
now they know im comin, watch, becuz im comin/

first verse:
so do you see it, meticulous when I pick with the patience/
on the walls chiseled, my lyrics scripted,
they believe im an ancient/

when I leave, lungs vacant/
bring the heat, sun bathin/
in the street, none makes it/
victory, im attaining/

a lot of you get ahead of your self like a guillotine/
and if I added all of you up, average is what you mean to me/

thats untill, I take it/
express the real, no mistakin/
when revealed, im naked/
lips are sealed, I taste it/

on the tip my tongue, like a word that don’t exist,
and if your lyrics don’t stick, remember its
all in the wrist/

its like i took the words out your mouth/
evicted from your house/
left you in the cold with no self esteem and
a head full of doubt/

and your couch, thats what I slept on/
like your tracks, im on to the next one/
left you in ya place like a cast/
NOW
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hook: 2x
so try to speak now/
im a leavem speechless/
and then you get put 3 + 3 feet down/
im a leavem speechless/
you will see that you can’t breathe out/
im a leavem speechless/
I can see their weakness/
im a leavem speechless/
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2nd verse:
i was told if given the chance to breakem if they reachin/
keep them in complete fascination, erase them without reason/

leave them in dust, theyll eat the dirt off my
shoulders to survive/
move the rock like Sisyphus,
my assists statistics will rise/

my skills not capable of being expressed in words/
im a dead language
like cameras at intersections im watchin u turn/

tryin to get out of my way/
Im comin hard, and theres a price you have to pay/
cuz the refs wont call the charge/

ill defeat any team, its no sweat in my eyes like a headband/
you can’t get your mind right cuz left behind is where your heads at/

ur careers endin, im only statin the facts/
im a be a legend like im located on maps/
SO
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3rd verse:
im in ya brain, watch ya chemistry/
I call the bank, watch it shut down/
im in your lane, check ur memory/
I radiate, watch for fallout/

so just hold your applause, we need control on the floor,
the microphone has been exposed and no one cares anymore/

watch the seam, reactin/
off the screen, no actin/
halloween, we maskin/
ur whole team, distracted/

thats what you get, thought you knew me though/
you not prepared, you wont reach my goal/
ill be in the paint, like VanGogh/
i can see the light, headed to the hole/

I gotta sick crossover, I call it h1n1/
1 mistake its all over, on the floor youll end up/

call me Florida bay, im always on top of the key/
defeat me? thats like Stockton blockin a hook from Kareem/
NO

Free Download
Nostalgia Page

My Nostalgia Compilation is now out and available as a free download. These are old tracks that have been randomly sitting on other artists mixtapes, albums and on various sites. I felt that they needed to be put into one place to be easily accessible for anyone who wanted to hear some of my old tracks and some of my personal favorites.

Physical Copy $7

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      “Follow Me” the intro track brings a calm before the storm vibe, making you feel a slight drizzle and opening the album promising you a personal travel through his own storm.  Trailing off with a electric guitar leading into “Tha Incomparable” produced by Veinz where the beat and Tempest’s voice takes a switch into a epic tone, this is where the storm begins with lyrics like “…I ain’t gon’ lie to you, how you gon’ kill me son, Christ wouldn’t die for you”.  In “Tell Myself” Tempest shows his creative side with a beautiful ending, having a conversation with his self, this track further defines the turbulence that goes on in his mind.  Pezey Krack weaves a fleeting flute melody adding to a smooth flow that Tempest flawlessly delivers over the beat. 

     In “Heart of Stone” Tempest picks his flow up traversing a strong beat sampling Skid Row’s 18 and Life, produced by A Stylez. Tempest digs us deeper into his mind with “I know a few who betrayed my trust, maybe I was just betrayed by trust…”.  “Need to know” love it, love the hook and it never hurts to sample Elton.  Stewrat takes a mellow Elton John track and transform it into a single ready track.  This is one of my favorite tracks on the album, had to stop listening to the rest of it for this one.  After a couple of tracks Tempest picks it up with a high energy track “Don’t Hate Me”, still following the premise of the album he bleeds his heart out with a smooth flow and coincidently the words Heart of Stone seeps in from the sample connecting it with the “Heart of Stone” track, questioning himself. 

     Some tracks that don’t particularly come hard defer from the rest of the album like “Weekend Girl” or “Pandora’s Box” which the album could have done with out but the storm picks back up with “The March” leading into a few collabo tracks with JYoung from their Stick 2 Tha Script group.  “Domino Effect” stands out with Tempest and Vs Stylez switching back and forth throughout the whole track bar after bar over a A Stylez beat.  “I’s Closed” running at 7 minutes didn’t seem like it, when it ended I didn’t know that much time went by, great track. 
     “I of Tha Storm” shows that Tempest has a good ear for picking beats and with lyrics that keep you listening no matter how the beat sounds, but for this album the majority of the beats meld his delivery and content together.  Tempest pulls you in and lets you know how he feels to understand how the center of his own storm is emotionally charged showing off his versatility in topics and style.  The album closes off with “My Reply”, making you feel like you weathered the storm.  Overall “I of Tha Storm” is beyond a solid album, it is the stepping stool that Tempest will be put on when he releases again, the tracks that don’t stand out is not saying much because they are still good, they just stand next to too many other great tracks that outshine them.

Support him and purchase a CD, send $5 to datnikkatempest@gmail.com at Paypal OR you can download the album for free, click on the covers.

Hear more from Tempest:

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AIM: datnikkatempest

Nostalgia

An idea came to me a few years ago to release some of my old tracks, since I have so many, to organize them and put them in a place where it can collect dust ’till I miss them and want to hear them again and for anyone who stumbles across my music can “catch up” and hear old material.  Some of these tracks were recorded on a Shure stage mic with a wire hanger with a sock over it to stop the Pops. Hence the creation of a Compilation named: Nostalgia Volume 1 (2002-2008) . All proceeds will go to nowhere since it will be available for free download but will sell some physical copies (recoup the cost of pressing). This will be coming out in March and more information can be found HERE. Here is a track from Nostalgia: Nepharius & HizEternal – Our Words (Beat By: Audiology – 03′ Track) One of my personal favorites and one of the first tracks me and Hizzy did together.

Nepharius Presents: A Mixtape

Now, this mixtape has been taking FOREVER. I had 2 covers for it and then eventually I trashed both of them and made that one up above, which I am most pleased with. The mixtape will be pressed and sold for a small amount, just to get some funds for my Simply Complex Album. It will be released in the summer. The track Ill put up is called Once Again with Maineman, straight spittin over a beautiful beat.

Simply Complex

By the end of the year my “official” 2nd album will be out, pressed, ituned up and all of that stuff by the end of the year. I am still working on the cover art, or actually it’s in my head just need to start drawing it up. It’s going to be about a good 5 years since Rhyme(s) In Va(e)in(s) was released, and will be “featuring artist” minimal. More info on this later…

Other Projects

I am working on random tracks and projects some of them are The Zeitgeist Mixtape which will be released March 15, 2010. Paper Chasers Mixtape Volume 2 later this year, I am currently working with Kava 1 on a track, just wrote my verse, I need to record it.  Also, some on going projects with Maineman for our Logical Fear group and some things with Mystery.

That is about it.

Paper Cha$ers Reverbnation

Mixtape Download

Paper Cha$erz Music announces the release of it’s debut: The Paper Cha$erz Mixtape, Vol. I, the first hip-hop mixtape to be created using Indaba Music, the leading destination for online music creation. Indaba Music facilitated collaborations between independent artists and producers from the U.S., Canada, Asia, Europe, and Africa. The artists and producers collaborated with one another from across the globe using Indaba Music, and their eclectic mix styles created The Paper Cha$erz Mixtape, Vol. I.

From conscious to dirty south to backpack to political, The Paper Cha$erz Mixtape, Vol. I showcases hip-hop in all forms. The mixtape is Executive Produced by rap artist Kavawon, from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada and hip-hop producer St. Paul, from Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Participating Artists:
Jah I Witness(Host MC) – Petersburg, VA
DNA – Stockholm, Sweden
Sunny Tuff – Virginia Beach, VA
Dirty Uncle Herb – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Aledelu – Rome, Italy
Versatile Stylez – Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
Nepharius – Cerritos, CA
Relik – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Yunique D. – Cape Town, South Africa
Psych The Passenger – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Dikk Dastardly – Camden, NJ
Doxcity – Cincinnati, OH
Allin Gator – Atlanta, GA
Evo. Freez – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Yunique D. – Cape Town, South Africa
P. Atomz – Canton, OH
Nucleous – Phoenix, AZ
Reveal – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Zachariah X – Philadelphia, PA
Kavawon – Nanaimo, BC, Canada
St Paul – Philadelphia, PA
Smarts – Bellflower, CA

Thanks!

The PaperCha$erz Mixtape is a collaboration between artists from Africa, Europe all the way back to the U.S. and Canada. These artists met through Indaba Music. Noted as the first rap album to be created with members of indaba, it showcases all genres, moods and styles of hip-hop; from conscious to dirty south, backpack to political. It was conceptualized by Rap Artist Kavawon, from the Rock (Vancouver Island, BC, Canada) and Hip-Hop Producer St. Paul, from the Illadelph (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

To get a preview of the mixtape listen to the samples they uploaded:

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Thanks. Ill put up the download link when the mixtape is available.

Bygones is a track off my mixtape – Nepharius Presents: A Mixtape. Produced by Sean Divine. Its about being stuck in the past, because we are always affected by what we have done. Our past actions and behaviors is an accumulation of who we are today. Stream it or download it. Don’t forget to let me know what you think about it or what you don’t think about it.