Something about the Fall {Pack}

SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALL

Something about the fall. I wanted to release something as a time capsule to good weather and energy before I Promise, I'm Good. Thank you for continuing to go on this journey with me.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALL

T. Coop sent us Do You Even Know and Back Home back in May and we laced them rather quickly. Because of contributions from both Coop x ANT these are some of my favorite songs Ive been a part of.

I felt Back Home fit the mood of I Promise, I'm Good perfectly so this is definitely a preview to some of the sounds you are about to hear on the next tape. No More Poets was a writing exercise I composed while I was navigating between I Promise, I'm Good and Daydreams x Nightmares. The beat sounds like champagne poetry and I was in a pocket where I was writing great material to looped no drums beats (Westside Gunn Type).

As I'm writing this I'm really taking in the fall. Sometimes the fall and spring feel more like a, "New Beginning," than it does on January 1st. Those of you that checked out the pre-pack last year, or listened to some songs ahead of schedule I appreciate you. Thanks for articulating how some of the songs have connected with you. Time to get 1% better, it's Something about the Fall.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALL

01. DO YOU EVEN KNOW (FEAT. T. COOP & AYNT)

02 BACK HOME (FEAT. T. COOP & AYNT)

03 SOMETHING ABOUT THE FALL (REMIX) (FEAT. RETRO1920)

04 NO MORE POETS (BLUE TAPE COMING SOON)

Tape notes:

01 CHOPPED BY T. COOP

02 CHOPPED BY T. COOP

03 PROD. BY AYNT

04 PROD. BY SKEYEZ

Can I tell you something, baby

Hope it don't throw you off?

Love arrangements on November

it's Something about the fall - AYNT (Do You Even Know)

Safe travels,

- MCMXX

WEEKLY MEDITATION 6: 30 Days of Gratitude & Patience

M.06.23

Maybe it's just me, but this was the longest month of my life. I felt I had a couple mantras this week, to be the example that wasn't there and to meet myself where I was at. If I need coffee this month I'll have some. If I need to tone it down on my work out this month, I will. What impressed me last month was the ability to remind myself that I am capable of discipline. I was able to quickly identify things I can go without and also things I gravitate towards. I haven't done much writing but I have found time to stay motivated and stay inspired.

Before the new year I got heavy into Japanese jazz and a more modern alternative music scene overseas which has been like alternative music I listened to in college meets Nujabes, with women vocals at the forefront. I fell in love with several obi-strip vinyl covers I used as vision boards for Daydreams & Nightmares.

Sometimes I feel my algorithm is an anomaly that somehow gets uploaded in this Tron/Truman Show Universe and is exploited to the fullest. This year I have seen so many vinyl covers embody the Japanese cover obi-strip style I was diving into over the last year or so. I hate trying to bring something back but then it's global and I look like a poser. I'm trusting my instincts and my intentions to somehow tap into last years vision board and incorporate it into the world of Daydreams x Nightmares.

Anyways, last month I learned to give myself patience and gratitude, meaning if some of my day is geared towards family, or health, or artistry, I'll lean into my instincts and let it guide me in that direction a bit more than sticking to such a rigid schedule like I did in my twenties. I have also completed a mental reset by listening to a lot of genre-bending music that moves me either sonically or lyrically, without worrying if it sounds like a world that fits Daydreams x Nightmares. My main motivation this month is to not be so caught up on writing and be more caught up on being the best version of myself. I want to be in great mental, spiritual, and physical health on the back end of completing this project.

Even with all the high expectations I set for myself, and the failures I felt, I lost 6 pounds already this year. Nonetheless, I'm most proud about feeling as light mentally, as I do physically. The more I trust the journey I am on this year I am starting to embody the concept of everything I need is already in me.

02.12.23

- MCMXX

WEEKLY MEDITATION 5: A Meditation on Mental Fitness (S.C.A.T)

M.05.23

Evolution is a circle. I feel a lot of grace, being able to tap into things I did in my twenties and repurpose them when I need to. SCAT was never an issue for me in my twenties. I didn't start drinking coffee until I was 23/24 years of age. I barely drank in college. Born and raised in Miami, you've done it all by the time you've turned eighteen. Tobacco was a habit I picked up around COVID, sitting around with idle hands. Sugar, comes with the coffee most of the time.

I set out to go thirty days without SCAT and out of the thirty days, I probably had 20-22 days without sugar, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco. I'm at the point in my life where going out doesn't excite me. I like getting fresh air - going on hikes, going for a nature walk. When I'm bored though, and I don't want to move around I'll succumb to coffee, wine, or a cigar. What I noticed from this thirty day journey was a removal of a fuzzy or cloudy brain. Yes the days felt longer, but it was due to the fact my mind was sharp 24 hours in the day. It was easier to get up in the morning, it was easier to think. I could say something in my head with exactness.

Reverting back to this monk style of living didn't feel foreign. In my twenties I was very stiff when it came to my diet and workout routine. What was different this time was I didn't notice how long I hadn't gone without one of these things and once I removed all of them for at least three weeks, I could really see that the feeling of being "bloated" wasn't really a feeling I felt in my stomach or body but it was more so impacting my brain and thought process and my circadian rhythm in a sense.

Shay J and I have always talked about the concept of being high on life, and I really started to feel like Common did in that PETA commercial. Since I was so disciplined in most of my twenties this feeling was normal to me then, but coupled with how much wiser you are as you get older it's a powerful combination. As an older me, this power was kind of scary.... in a good way.

I'm hoping to go 60-66 days back to this mental exercise from April to Early June. I hope everyone out there is finding small improvements within themselves and sometimes you have to go back to what worked in the past.

2.05.23

- MCMXX