🍋 🌶 🎙 LEMON PEPPER FREESTYLE... SNIPPET?

RETRO1920 - Lemon Pepper Freestyle

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S08.2021

Dear time travelers,

Here's a little doodle. Been recording lately since COVID struck. Just put me in a mindset of accomplishing a lot of things left on my bucket list. As I wrap up this non-fiction book, 2040, which was also something on my bucket list... I decided to spit on the lemon pepper beat and join the fun. This was more an exercise to practice mixing a record. I initially wrote this to an original beat, which would carry the length of this lemon pepper beat to six minutes. I decided to tweak the rhymes and suppress my rhyming ambitions for a bit until I wrap up this book. I'm pushing for a July release for 2040.

P.S. - feeling nostalgic with the zip file in this blog post.

Doodle, Leather Rose Verse used on Lemon Pepper Freestyle. Might spit whole freestyle. Dax always saying I should have never stopped rapping... Happy B-Day to my brother Dax. 06.10.21

- MCMXX

THIRDY | BATTLE RAP DOCUMENTARY [WORLD PREMIERE 8.10.20]

SO8.2020

Thirdy is finally here. This one was for the culture. I had a poster made to make the flick look more official and if I ever put it up on Amazon Prime for more traction. I hope you all enjoy the premiere. Feel free to hit me up on instagram or by e-mail and share with me some of your favorite moments.

Originally, my first idea was to only follow Dropz and get history... doing a documentary on his rise. Once we understood the exposure this doc might get from other things he and Miami had lined up in the upcoming years the documentary started to evolve. Still Dropz story was to be at the forefront. It was the most compelling, the most accessible, the most honest, the most intimate.

As he plugged me into the culture we started to realize the potential in the niche documentary we were presenting to the world and knew we had to branch out a bit but go deeper... Low key no one has done a cinematic feature documentary on battle rap.

I felt with the loads of content I was going to get it might be best to do webisodes to get the day in the life of artists outside of the ring. I wanted to pitch it to a network. After tons of research and entering a few film festivals, I found the best bet would be to produce my own project first. I needed to do the ground work on the subject, without a cosign.

I went back to documentary style editing with intentions to send to film festivals once it was done. I knew at some point I had an opportunity to get more voices and this would keep the element compelling. I pictured at some point following Bigg K for an episode to see if we could go to his old cell block and interact with former inmates he used to freestyle with on the yard, but I didn't get a chance to contact rep or K in a timely manner.

Once I had about 60% of content I needed I thought of the idea of rounds segmenting the documentary much like a battle rap... Round 1 The Come Up of Florida battle rap, Round 2 - It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop what is going on outside of the ring or octagon, and Round 3 - What's Ya Life Like... chapter titles to mirror angles rappers take in a battle rap.

For Round 2, I had contacted Daylyt, MyVerse, Dizaster, Saynt, Jae Millz (before his return), Dumbfoundead, Babs, Ms. Fit, Jayblac and Progrest amongst others. To my surprise half of the people I hit up were on board, but due to time constraints and scheduling conflicts I had to narrow down the 1st series of Thirdy to what you see today. My only regret is not having enough female representation in my first volume of the documentary, but being a male it was hard to navigate this space without a middle man or woman to vouch for me. Some dudes are creepy and I understand women keeping their guard up through unsolicited e-mails.

I want to thank everyone who gave me an opportunity to tell their story, especially Dropz. Without Dropz this was not possible. He was the first one to trust my vision. I also want to thank AYNT for the score of this documentary, without the score the documentary has no life.

I'm hoping down the road I can add at least two more volumes to the Thirdy documentary and make it a trilogy. I have a lot of love for the culture of California. Although I did Florida justice in Vol. 1, I hope Vol. 2 can focus on another state or region such as California and get different voices in the mix (women, etc...).

Thank you for viewing the documentary in advance. Hopefully I have more creative endeavors in store for us this year. There would be no Thirdy without Dropz. He was the cosign I needed. Thank you for making this possible and helping to create a format ( a lead subject, and narrator) that I can fall back on for volumes in the near future. 3-0

Film Notes. Director: RETRO1920 Producer: RETRO1920

Film Score: @AYNTJTC Consultancy: Shaydrian Jackson, Jazmine Mickey Interviewees: Dropz, Bruce "Ooops" Franks Jr., Goddie Lumenati, LOSO, Jonny Storm, Drect, Wrekonize, GullyTK, Lush One, Killahsiz, Quis, and Don Marino.

8.10.20

safe travels,

- MCMXX

THIRDY DOCUMENTARY (2020) | ADVANCE PREMIERE Feb. 1st-3rd

THIRDY Documentary

SO8.2020

To future time travelers,

Today I received my second rejection letter for a documentary titled, ""THIRDY." My journey, my purpose, has always been to find a way to push my ideas in the most independent way possible. Hence, the reason this site has been created. Nipsey Hussle has been an inspiration in the way I move as a creative. All Money In, No Money Out. Forget the middle man.

I conceptualized the idea for THIRDY back in 2016, prior to any talks of a satirical battle rap film titled "Bodied." Although I owe most of my apprenticeship phase to the practice of film and broadcast production I sustained while at the University of Florida, I consider my rookie year as a filmmaker to be 2016. This is the year I purchased my own equipment. I entered the game with a GH4, a 12-35mm (24-70mm equivalent), and a nifty fifty. I immediately grabbed a few filters. I purchased my camera from B&H and they threw in a Rode Mic Pro. Over time I purchased smart, to phone, lav mics and an 18-35mm Sigma Art Lens (with speedbooster) to get a 35mm eq. frame/depth of field.

I didn't enter a film festival to get an award. I entered it so I didn't think what if years later. My research brought me to the same conclusion; The number one regret filmmakers have when they don't enter a film festival is the constant thought of what if?

If entering a festival with no inside connects does nothing for you, it will at least help you meet a deadline. This year I entered three festivals: (1) SXSW (2) Gasprilla Film Festival (3) Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. With the Full Frame Doc as the only festival I'm still waiting to hear back from, I feel good about the final leg of this documentary.

This one was for us. They say when you start off with a camera, you should shoot what you know. Your first project should be something you can easily take command of as a director. I've been around hip-hop and the art of emceeing my whole life. It only felt right to bring an audience to such a niche culture which has kept Hip-Hop alive and exciting for so many years, behind the scenes.

My original intention was to only follow Dropz. We met in a coffee shop in 2016, I pitched the idea to him. I let him know I went to school for this and he understood if anyone would tell his story I would do it justice. Dropz and I go way back.

As he plugged me into the culture we started to realize the potential in the niche documentary we were presenting to the world.... Low key no one has done a cinematic feature documentary on battle rap. Time was going to be dedicated to have a sequence in the battle rap documentary that went beyond the battle rap arena. This was the main glue for my documentary. I wanted to see how the element of Hip-Hop kept people doing positive things in this environment.

This documentary became an opportunity to first (Round 1) give the audience background on the local battle rap scene booming in Miami, and the new talent emerging in the South Florida movement. Amongst it all, I gave the audience a quick backstory on the history of online battle rap and how Florida cemented it's place in the online culture of battle rap. Second (Round 2), was to show how battle rap has become a platform which is utilized beyond the battle rap community. It has become a revolving door for artists to express themselves and gain an audience outside and within the culture. For this round I had reached out to Dumbfoundead, Queen of the Ring, the host of Champion, and a few others.

The third (Round 3) aspect was to dig deeper into the Why. Due to time constraints and schedules, I was not able to get more from some artists, and I was not able to connect with certain artists who would have brought some issues we are dealing with as a society to the forefront (mental health, addiction, etc..). I wanted to show how much impact the platform has had on the artists; this way for people to escape, and express themselves. I have tons of footage, and interviews I recorded (ex. No Coast interviews/content) that didn't make the cut.

I want to thank everyone who gave me an opportunity to tell their story, especially Dropz. Without Dropz this was not possible. He was the first one to trust my vision. I also want to thank AYNT for the score of this documentary, without the score the documentary has no life.

Advance Screening: Feb 1st - 3rd.

Update 2/4: Advance screening is now closed. World Premiere set for 08/10/20. Film Notes. Director: RETRO1920 Producer: RETRO1920

Film Score: @AYNTJTC , additional score credit by Syndrome Consultancy: Shaydrian Jackson, Jazmine Mickey Interviewees: Dropz, Bruce "Ooops" Franks Jr., Goddie Lumenati, LOSO, Jonny Storm, Drect, Wrekonize, GullyTK, Lush One, Killahsiz, Quis, and Don Marino.

Safe travels,

- MCMXX