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Love.Life.INten(t)sion.

Whats the deal, people? It’s been a long minute, but I’m back. I’m gonna try to keep it pretty consistent from here on out..but I’m sure I’ll get caught up in something soon enough. I’ve been real busy as of late, taking care of school, working on new music, promoting The Basement Chronicle (which you can DOWNLOAD FOR FREE @ FourHourFuture.com), throwing shows/parties, and plotting the next moves….along with living life and continuing on the journey to wherever it is that I’m going.

As far as music, I’ve been working on a few different projects and exploring a bunch of directions.

Might have been a little confused by the title of the post, but Love.Life.Intension. is one project that’s been slowly manifesting…I’ve got a whole bunch of songs, beats, verses, hooks, and ideas that are coming together to form this album.  It’s got a really specific theme, and I’m trying to focus on the idea of relationships, life, love, and a person’s intention in all of this.

 And nooooo, I didn’t spell the title wrong…that’s right, i said ” Love.Life.Intension. ”  You can interpret that how you want to, but there’s a whole bunch of meanings in my mind that are going to collide together in the content.  INTENSION is actually a separate word from INTENTION that most people are unfamiliar with(even though, I mean to refer to both in the title, cuz they both apply here, hopefully using the less familiar term will make people look twice and either think i mispelled that shit or just be interested into what i might mean)…but I’m using that word for a few other reasons. Firstly, to say In Tension (like there is tension (stress) in the love life…or in love, or life, or whatever combination of these) AND also, intension is a word that means connotation or, from the dictionary:  [intension - what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression]  So, I’m really also asking a question by saying, what does Love actually mean???  Also, kind of trying to explore the use of connotation in words when we’re communicating with each other. It’s important to bring this up…Which brings it all back to INTENTION…and me being very INTENTIONAL about what I’m putting together…you gotta understand the INTENSION, in order to realize the INTENTION.  Sorry if im taking you in circles, but thats the whoooole point, I’m tying it all together…stay with me people. If that’s too much for you to take in…then forget about all that, and just enjoy the MUSIC…cuz the joints are gonna be CRAZY.  I just gotta do all that extra shit to satisfy my own artistic drive, keep myself motivated, and make sure I’m making something real special.

I’ll explain more, and fill you in about the other projects in the works later on.

OH, and also…Here’s some footage of Mr. Lif and I tearing it down at Johnny Brenda’s last week in Philly..I appreciate you bringing me out with you homie!!  (peep how the record skips after Lif’s verse, kinda threw me off, but I we kept it moving like nothin happened!!)

Mr. Lif and Scanz -\”The Gauntlet\” LIVE

everyone enjoy the holiday, and the Monday off….PEACE!

-Scanz

IT’S HERE.

So, we’re back in here, and The Basement Chronicle has officially been released on FourHourFuture.com.  

We’ve been working real hard to bring this to you, and we got a bunch of dope things that we’re releasing to go along with it in the upcoming weeks.We got the short documentary that goes through interviews with a bunch of people I’ve worked with, we got live show footage, studio session footage(+ from the session with KRS-One)…and of course, we got footage of what goes down in The Basement.  My boy, Tim, who created the trailer that’s up on FourHourFuture.com, has been working real hard editing this documentary, so I’m really looking forward to putting that out.  

We also got a music video that I put together for the song “The Gauntlet” which features Mr. Lif and Akrobatik.  This went down only with the help of a lot of people, especially Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, and Bunker Seyfert who directed and edited.  Also, shout to Al for coming up with the original concept and Diego for doing the dope digital media work that you see during the webcam sequence during Lif’s verse.

I also got T-SHIRTS!!!  You (definitely) might wanna grab one of these…there’s 3 design choices, all by 3 different designers (MIlosz, Vanessa, Al!).

Rope-A-Dope is making these shirts, and have them up for PRE-SALE on their site.  Type in “Scanz” as the COUPON CODE and you should be able to get 15% off until April 17th.  (E-mail Louis@Ropeadope.com if that promo code doesn’t work for you)

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Dont Sleep.

mrMann here with my FHF blog debut.

Since no one has filled the blog in with whats going on, its now April, the FHF team helped me put on an awesome record release party for The Basement Chronicle, which is out for free download at fourhourfuture.com. The CD is absolute fire and Scanz is an animal. seriously dont come around during breakfast lunch or dinner. he will eat your weak rhymes. 

Otherwise everything is moving forward as planned, progress is the main thing here at FourHourFuture, and we dont intend to stop moving forward, so dont sleep.

mrMann out.

Scanz Presents: The Murder Files

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Scanz Blogs from Myspace about the New Year

I took this off his myspace…

“My New Year’s Revolution. The Basement Chronicle.
Current mood: READY.
Category: READY. Music

What’s the deal Myspace fam?

I’m just chillin in the Basement right now, cooking up some new heat, now that the Basement Chronicle is actually finished. The mixes are being polished as we speak, and we are just preparing all of the necessary components for its release.

We’re going to release the album for FREE!

Right on our website thefutureblog.com. It Features Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, KRS-One, Reef the Lost Cause, Chaundon (Justus League), Big Dho, Hakim of Channel Live, and of course Wesley Simpson and Yasin of Four Hour Future. There are some other features as well.

All of the production is by your boy Scanz (ME!) and my dude Frank G. You get a taste of each of our production styles on this album, as we each produced a lot of the tracks on here…and then you’ll also be blessed to hear the collaborations that me and this dude have composed together. Two minds combined to create some real dope music. INspiring. Producers, you’re gonna need to step your game up, on some real shit. No samples on a lot of these joints, but they sound organic as fuck.

I’m real proud of this project, and it’s been a lot of work putting together, and releasing a project INDEPENDENTLY. No Label, just my own company.

We got a video for the track called “The Gauntlet” featuring Akrobatik and Mr. Lif (Perceptionists). I produced this joint. We shot the video last week, and I got the team working on finalizing that joint right now.

We’re also putting together a nice short documentary on the evolution of Four Hour Future and my career leading up to this album.

My dude Milosz (miloszmedia.com) is finishing up the album artwork.

And I also got some T-shirts and hoodies coming from my people over at Ropeadope!! Watch for that.

My partner Sherm and I will be releasing a couple joints off the album within the next couple weeks to get everyone prepared. Look out on your favorite blog.

Word. Get ready for The Basement Chronicle.
This is the chronicle of what i’ve been doing since the release of Prelude To A Legacy on Rawkus. Building off the foundation. I already have a few other projects in the works, so get accustomed and familiar if you don’t know.

Happy New Year to all. Organize and resolve. Evolve and Revolutionize.

-Scanz”

Happy Holidays

Ayo-Happy Holidays to everyone..whatever you celebrate–have a good one…Lets make 2009 one to remember…2008 was definitely a crazy year for myself, so i’m looking forward to moving on from it–
On another tip–the blog isn’t even close to done…but i’m gonna be blogging anyway…check the new media on the sidebar…and i’ll be adding more stuff progressively.

-sherm

And then I run that shit

M-Audio saved their rep in my book.. sent me some new deluxe bx8a’s! an upgrade from my older bx8 joints. Manny’s Music however are just fuckin up. i brought my speakers in with problems and these murfuckers tried to tell me it was gonna take 2 weeks. A month later I get a call to come through the shop, at which point i’d been blowin up their lines for a week. These fuckas gave me back the same pair of monitors with an additional dent on them shits. I turns them on and they sound like an old lady right before she gets hit by a mini cooper or some shit. I had to call M-Audio to get the shit figured out. Cut manny’s middle man music and sent them directly back to M-Audio. 2 weeks later these niggas send me the ill package. damn these bitches sittin pretty in the lab. Now i can make some real noise bwa!

Pardon the appearance/lack of updates/me being lazy

Re-designing the blog…Trying to put an album out…Dealing with regular life…Dealing with people not getting shit done (including myself) = this blog being dead for the past month…

Give us 3 weeks and this shit gonna look beautiful–

until then check me out at rappersiknow…

yerp!

Moving Forward…

So….as you already know by now, Obama is president.  Happy, sad, or indifferent… it doesn’t matter, because it is what it is right now.  All I know is.. we are all in for a wild time for the next 4 years. 2012 approaches.  Regardless, my boy Rob Alesiani has an interesting blog named MY AIM IS TRUTH. COM Check it out. Leave a comment.

On a movement tip, the other night Scanz and I was up til late mixing and finalizing some of the final touches for Basement Chronicles.  We even went back to some of the joints we have leaked previously and made them even fresher for the album.  Bottom line is an album that is gonna hit your speakers like nothing you have heard.  Joints for everyone AND ITS FREE!!! Start letting everyone you know to hit up thefutureblog.com and myspace.com/theishpro to join mailing lists so they can also download the CD for free.

For the last two weeks, I have been spending some time hitting up Rutgers Campus, giving away free ISH Productions CD’s to people signing up on the mailing list, promoting the Basement Chronicles.  So shout to Lisa, Jen, Jenn, Antoan, Sharief, Mike Deez, Syrion, and Bryson for helping out and signing on to the movement.  This weekend I will be returning to the campus for another wave of promotion, so if you’re around between 11am and 1 pm on College Ave New Brunswick, I will be standing by the student center and WRSU promoting.  Get your free CD!!

Rest In Peace Shakir Stewart

VP of Def Jam died of an alleged suicide. Shakir was one of few influences of mine in this business-and it’s most definitely a tragedy–especially seeing he had children.

Been following him since he took over for Jay-and I’m definitely saddened by the news.