Fatfinger Forever: Nick Croom tribute and appreciation post

    

     Only in retrospect can you see the fuller picture. The great comic book scribe Grant Morrison wrote in the Invisibles about how your true body is the caterpillar across the earth that your life story is, the sum total of everything you’ve done, looked upon without the illusion of time to obfuscate as one big picture from a helicopter or spaceship perspective. This is how I feel about Nick Croom right now. Croom or Fatfinger as many of us knew him was a talented producer, teacher, MC, friend, partner and father with an enormous heart that we lost this last weekend and the Inland Empire music community is still processing it. We’re still in shock and anger to be perfectly honest at having lost someone so genuine and positive so soon. 

        It didn’t occur to me just how many of us had created with him until everyone stood up in the wake of his passing to share their sense of astonishment and loss. I didn’t know he grew up with the people he grew up with, or had been doing things for so long with so many corners of the community. He was one of those people you feel like was just finally getting his due. 
          
           Even within the realm of my own little life, it took Nick’s passing for me to grasp how much I actually did with him in the brief time we spent together. We met at a Sunny Days & Vibes show; he was one of our first friends in the community. Now I know that that wasn’t a coincidence…he was friendly and nice and didn’t hide if he liked what you did at all because he was real and kind. He sent us a few beats almost right after we met and he asked for nothing in return. My first video cypher was produced by him. He headlined a New Year’s Eve show my crew threw as 2015 became 2016 because I fell in love with a beat he dropped on New Year’s eve the year before. He taught kids with me with Edwin Johnson and the CHORDS program. We dropped a summer single with him in 2016. He saw The Force Awakens with me and my best friend on the opening weekend. Studio sessions at Dean’s, playing MC Lyfe shows together...he was always just down and was hella cool to chill out with. 

        It feels foolish and cliché to say things that were obvious truths about him so let me try to do better: he was so kind, talented and humble that you could miss how talented, smart and prolific he was. I knew him for less than 5 years. I enjoyed his company immensely and I think he liked my crew the West Coast Avengers and I but we weren’t close friends that hung out a lot; I regret that now. He was generous of spirit, aid and music to his friends, to kids, to the world. He had great taste; he was always up on something you were into whether it was super heroes, teaching, sports, or cannabis and music culture. 

      I’ve lost family members as many of us have but given his very young age I personally cannot imagine what his family must be going through and I won’t pretend to. You can help his family and donate to his legacy fund here. This post broadly was intended as a tribute and memorial post to him from a few of his hip-hop friends in addition to all of the lovely words folks are sharing for Nick on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and in personal conversations.

     IE staple Notiz Yong released this pretty and thoughtful beat in Croom’s honor as well as providing Jooseboxx with this statement: Nick always went out of his way to check up on you during hard times, or to congratulate you on your latest accomplishments. The most giving person the world had to offer. He will be missed by everybody that was blessed to have met him. Love ya brotha!

                                                    Art by Isaac “knamean” Asimoff 

Veteran producer Rok3m also made a tribute production that particularly made me think of Nick at the beginning and end but is a beautiful and wide-ranging piece throughout. 

Friend of Croom’s Jay Bester aka JB Swift provided Jooseboxx with dedication for Nick:

The King of Metaphors. There will never be another Nick Neech. 
RIP Bro. Primexample Forever.

There will be more hip-hop community tributes, works, and shows for Fatfinger in the weeks and months to come and I’ll do my best to share them on here and online in general. Many musicians I know including myself are gathering unfinished works we had produced by and featuring Nick for release in the hopefully near future so I expect that to be the form a lot of the forthcoming tributes may take and look forward to hearing the sweet melodies in his mind once more. Rest in Peace Nick, my friend. Fatfinger forever. 

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is staff writer for JooseBoxx, a youth hip-hop and poetry tutor, and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

Recent Video Round Up with Notiz Yong, Kill C Rey, Greaseball, Hvlloween, Theez, Pak, West Coast Avengers, Asend, Monocle and more

                              FTP by Notiz Yong 
                              Produced by Notiz Yong & Theez
                              Video by Chris "Kill C Rey" Reyes

             Fresh State fam killed it on this strident little ditty- peep that Theez co-production credit too!
                                  

            

Alligator King by Greaseball
Video shot and edited by Alexis Reynoso of Monoclecollective

Greaseball is a Hunter Thompson meets the Kingpin in a Wes Anderson directed horror movie and the Monocle Collective just keeps upping their cinematic skills game- don't miss this!

                      Ment to Be by Hvlloween
                      Produced by Ac3 Beats
                      Video by New High Filmz

Hvlloween gets more personal and real in his work all the time- this song about counting on yourself continues that trend with  tuneful production from Ac3 Beats and relatable smart writing.

                      Metamorph (Up in the Head) by Pak
                      Produced by Sinima Beats
                      Video by DJ Wunda                       

It's refreshing to see this style done so earnestly- the nice vid by Wunda doesn't hurt! Nice message and flow here from a cat I am just learning about this year Pak.

                    Saison by West Coast Avengers
                    Produced by Asend
                    Video by Alexis Reynoso for Monocle Collective

Monocle Collective helped WCA promote the American Airror mixtape earlier this year with this collab!

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is staff writer for JooseBoxx, a youth hip-hop and poetry tutor, and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

Music Monday with Noa James, Guccidamus, Asend, Calligraphy, OhGoshLeotus, and Notiz Yong

The flip side to the February "Phone Rang" single, an original and sweet mood expressing stoner serenade, spark one to this.

Some crazy new beat sounds from the homie Guccidamus and his collaborator Infinity- take a walk into darkness if you dare.

                                    Chilltastic new instrumental from the I.E. vet Asend!

Speaking of I.E. vets, Calligraphy has always been a distinctive quirky and intellectual voice in the community and I am happy to hear this OhGoshLeotus produced gem of a single recently dropped to add some flavor and rhythm to your winter nights. 

I love the double meaning Notiz employs here as he figuratively journeys his way to fatherhood on the track- peep the blood vessels on this self-produced piece.

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is staff writer for JooseBoxx, a youth hip-hop and poetry tutor, and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

MUSIC MONDAYS with Notiz Yong & Nameless

New segment starting today for new music releases that don't have visuals (yet)!

Grown Some by Notiz Yong / Fatfinger 
The wisdom of growth compels new fire from Notiz Yong on a Fatfinger banger….

Willow Sky by Nameless

As if Nameless didn’t have enough going on with his Linkedin billboard and upcoming Beyond project release, he also had to take out some trash today…..

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is a staff writer for JooseBoxx, youth hip-hop writing instructor with CHORDS Enrichment Youth program (chordseyp.org) and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

4Square: JooseBoxx's New Album Covers Series with Notiz Yong, King Dice, Hvlloween, D'zyl 5k1 and more!

This year we wanted to do something different at the end of the year than just more reviews, profiles and video round ups. We wanted to add a little retrospect and creativity to the pieces so we're putting our year end content under the banner of The Wrap Up. To start off 2017's Wrap Up, we bring you the first installment of a series that will explore album covers we like, 4square. We're getting quotes from the artists and the visual artists they teamed up with for their album covers about some of our favorite releases from 2017.

In this series, we're asking musicians and the visual artists that helped them with their album art for quotes and stories about the covers to their records. I'll add a little commentary and perhaps on occasion some additional relevant imagery. We haven't failed to notice that our readership has tripled in the last 2 years and we want to reward y'all for that with some fun content, so thank you for reading as always!

MUSICIAN: Notiz Yong
ALBUM TITLE: BRB
ALBUM ART CONSULTANT: Apostrophe
ALBUM ART BY: Kast One

Notiz
"I had the concept of havin every title in acronyms, but Apostrophe was the one that threw the idea saying it'd be dope to have it look like a ransom note."
Apostrophe
"  I think i was having a talk with Notiz - cant remember where i think it was at his house and he was explaining to me how he was working on the BRB project and how every song on the album was an acronym. I complimented him on the originallity before asking if he had thought about his album art? He replied nah not yet. So i asked him " have you ever see the sun of sam? or like mysteries where they cut a letter from different magazines and stuff for there ransom letters? After shot him the suggestion of the mysterious cut and paste idea. He told me it was a good idea, i didnt think he would remember and thats pretty much how it happened. "
KastOne 

"So my bro Notiz Yong hit me up said he had an idea for a cover and wanted to know if i could try and create it for him...his project titled BRB (be right back ) was a project fully song titled in acronyms , he said he wanted to make it look like a ransom note, so we got to work with his help of course went through hundred of font individually choosing what letters (font ) he wanted to use, we pretty much sat there and pasted every piece of font onto the cover which i suggested we used a crumbled paper background to give it that real feel. It worked out great; took some time but well worth it. He loved it, I loved it. It came out dope. Added the actual title names in Korean as well I believe. Anyways, Notiz Yong is that dude and my brother for life! Make sure y'all download BRB, Sincerely, Kast One ( Yo mamas favorite rapper )"

MUSICIAN: King Dice
ALBUM TITLE: Shalu Avenue
ALBUM ART BY: King Dice

Dice
"As far as Shalu’s cover. I knew it was going to be Shalu when I started. I took the pic myself. That street sign is the actual place where the intro to the album takes you if you follow the turn by turn directions given. It’s where much of Dante’s Theme took place. When I was up to no good as a troubled youth it’s where I used to kick it everyday."

* for comparative reference, the cover to Dice's last album, RED MAHOGANY DRIVE*

MUSICIAN: Hvlloween
ALBUM TITLE: Grey Day
ALBUM ART BY: Ken Maddskillz

Hvlloween
"I wanted it to be a new age Dre day."
Ken Maddskillz
"Hvlloween had a vision and it was my privilege to make that vision a reality."

*for comparative reference, the Chronic album cover*

MUSICIAN: D'zyl 5k1
ALBUM TITLE: Delusions of a Commoner
ALBUM ART BY: D'zyl 5k1 /  April McPherson

D'zyl 5k1
"My idea. Photographer: April McPherson who I've used for all my albums except the Sauce. It's on the top of Perris Hill in San Bernardino. I wanted to express that the sky is the limit and that someone from my area can achieve great things...or at least dream it. Albums traditionally have the artists face on the cover. I wanted to show my back to convey that everything I've done is behind me and it doesn't matter. Only what's in front of me. I treated the album like it's my first. A reemergence and reintroduction of who I am....letting my face be a mystery and my words and actions speak for me.

I did that photoshoot in December of '15

Made the cover in the middle of '16. Album released March 31st of 17. I try to stay ahead of myself. From that same photoshoot I got the pictures for the Golden State Blues ep

I wanted the artwork to be done by me. I feel like most of my artistic expression should be personal and organic. When I brush up on my beat making skills I will start producing my own albums as well."

McPherson

"The main thing that comes to mind about the album cover and photoshoot we did was how it started raining on us. D’zyl is full of fun ideas whenever we do a shoot and this was no exception and was still a blast. Plenty of clothing changes, locations and laughs - he’s really a diva deep down but we still love him!"

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is a staff writer for JooseBoxx, youth hip-hop writing instructor with CHORDS Enrichment Youth program (chordseyp.org) and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

The Time Is Near: Review of BRB by Notiz Yong

 An astute listener would tell you I.E. hip-hop veteran Notiz Yong has always used music to vent his negative feelings. In BRB, he extrapolates the practice into a major theme for an album. In Dear Rappers… he owned his negativity, on BRB he attempts a spiritual cleansing, turning the aggressive feelings into blessings like squeezing water from stones.

Sonically, this is his most brain-massaging album since Rappers in my opinion. He smartly deploys his own production skills in conjunction with young but experienced I.E. beatmakers like Asend and Kordisepz to create an11 track record with a unified feel. His maturity and his anger on display side by side, the candor of Notiz’ concerns and dreams and frustrations are human and soothing to hear whether it’s over keyboardy boom-bap or nu-rap electro-bangers.

Notiz continues to wield his singing voice with confidence such as on the opening song and “RIL”. “NTW” is the second video for the album, after the hip-hop homie cameo-laden “FYH”, and it’s a great demonstration of Notiz’ updating his sound for new years while staying true to his aesthetic. It’s one of the most impressive things about his catalog, the consistent style within works by numerous producers.

On “FYR”, Yong tackles religion in America and explains how he sees tribalism. The concept of blessing has become mantra to him, a reflexive defense against not only external but internal negativity. The single “FYH”  is the one moment where he lets himself go off on the haters with no Zen guardrails on his trains of thought. The ideas of people taking up your personal space, of haters, of being taken for granted are pervasive in an almost paranoid way. Yong’s MC persona’s wit and melody are his weapons against these encroaching forces.

“DTD”, like “FYR”, shows Yong’ consciousness expanding beyond the I.E. and on America at large. I can’t help but wonder if he would have made such songs if we were not in the era of Trump. Like “FYR”, “DTD” meditates on tribalism and Yong’s willingness to make the listener part of his, the distance people will travel to follow their dreams. Yong’s dreamers that he refers to throughout the whole album, usually including himself in that grouping, are particularly present on “DTD” and I couldn’t help but hear them as DREAMers as Notiz croons “You ain’t got to fear/the time is near”. Perhaps an artistic sign of hope for the day when people can come out of the shadows and live their best lives.

“Through the Pain” has one of my favorite sung choruses from Yong so far and makes explicit the idea of him squeezing blessings out of his pain. He reiterates all the album’s biggest themes on this closer, with this entreaty to the audience: “live a lot and just shine”. Yong’s funny vocalizations and laughs throughout the album, singing “bonus” over and over on the intro, the recorded phone call “be right back..” at the very end and more, give this, his most thoughtful work yet, relatable flourishes of personality.

In 2017, balancing boom-bap sound with modern styled double time songs is a factor I look at with underground hip-hop albums since we’re at a point when versatile MCs can’t ignore the existence of these poles on the spectrum of rap. Notiz has delivered what I think represents the best balance of these styles in an album I’ve heard all year- weaving seamlessly from tempo to tempo, choosing beats that still feel of one piece, and taking his craft seriously throughout; there’s something on this record for a lot of different kinds of hip-hop listeners. In Be Right Back / Bless Right Back Notiz Yong has reached the religious phase of his artistic career and the time has come for us all to reap the spiritual harvest.

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is a staff writer for JooseBoxx, youth hip-hop writing instructor with CHORDS Enrichment Youth program (chordseyp.org) and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

RIBS for the week of 2/22/2017 featuring Besatree, Araless, Avant-Garde and Notiz Yong

For this first installment of R.I.B.S. (Reviews In Brief) of 2017 I thought I'd catch up on some noteworthy releases from 2015 and 2016.

1. WildLife by Besatree of CLDMKRS

http://music.besatree.com/album/wildlife

Only Besatree would come up with such a musically rebellious way of reminding the world that he is a f**king professional. These electronic punk rock raps tell a story of self affirmation of worth, a statement of purpose and a warning to haters. Besatree creates minimalist metric soundscapes for him to let loose his humanity on. His humanity usually manifests itself in the form of razor-sharp raps observing the tendency of society to take shortcuts and try to get one over on him and his. He eloquently spits and earnestly croons over his own productions as well as those of fellow CLDMKRS Noearth and Rokem, who contribute melodic gems that don’t feel out of place alongside subtle indie rock beauties like “Everything You Wanted”, “Stuck With Me”, and “All Gonna Die”. Rather, these tracks stretch the aural playground the album weaves. Songs like “Nobody Knows” and “Paranoid” go to dark places but never drag with despair. Contrasted with the sunny Rokem bangers, the record reflects the range of someone grown and secure with themselves. The record feels tight; a set of songs lesser songwriter performers would have tried to stretch into an LP. Besatree does a solid balancing of including his talented colleagues the CLDMKRS on the record while revealing another chunk of his own psyche with this strikingly deft record of eclectic and forward looking indie hip-hop.

2.

                                Hear No. See No. Speak No by Avant-Garde and Notiz Yong

                     https://hearnoseenospeakno.bandcamp.com/album/hear-no-see-no-speak-no

Notiz Yong sets up a series of seven beatbreaks that he and his compatriots AwestOne and Atlas, I.E. staples Avant-Garde, proceed to rock with a youthful energy that makes the record float a little more with each listen. The MCs display a mastery and love of rhythm that manifests itself into a constant forward momentum that keeps the EP light on its feet. With rhymes about stony So Cal life, AG and Yong keep it cracking with strong tracks that would go well with a workout, a drive or a blunt. The rhythms are so solid but don’t miss the bars these dudes are exhibiting. Yong’s production palette is a balance of hittin' drums, occasional samples and effective melodic synth flares helping the record steer from faster boom-bap anthems like the single “By All Means” to more modern sounding chill tracks like “Left Coastin’” and the closer “Til I’m Gone”. The collaborative choruses are nice to hear and I personally always want to hear more of that from rap groups. Hear No. See No. Speak No stands as another clear reminder that the Inland Empire hip-hop community will continue to cook up some gold both as individual artists and together. 

3. Proletariat Rock by Araless of BMN

http://araless.com/album/proletariat-rock

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the essay that is Seattle-area standout Araless’ Proletariat Rock EP is how musical of an essay it is. Araless’ sung choruses give a window into a deeply rooted funk that he is keeping in control, in service of the rhythm: “Money makes the man a roooobot!” he stretches on the record’s opening track. This is a man who knows his tools. His mastery of rhyme and his own voice is captivating, the sound of one of the most incisive poets I’ve yet to hear. The catchy deceptive simplicity of choruses of songs like “Status Quid Pro Quo” and “PR Campaign” are so effective and intuitive in the way the phrases and music connect it makes one wonder how these phrases were never put together quite like this before. Araless is brimming with such stanzas and he makes it seem utterly natural. In the last song he weaves his modern spare protest-march rhythms into an appropriately climactic reggae-tinged poet ode to peace and consciousness, hinting at the traditions his subtle but textured and modern productions are part of. The liner notes on his website's album page say each track is a perspective but just as an audience member and reader of the text, the songs felt like 7 facets of one perspective; an important articulation of the century’s burgeoning progressive consciousness among today’s young artists in the west and beyond.

Tristan "Tanjint Wiggy" Acker is a staff writer for JooseBoxx, youth hip-hop writing instructor with CHORDS Enrichment Youth program (chordseyp.org) and member of the Inland Empire nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers. Catch more of their work at westcoastavengers.com, follow Tristan on Twitter @Tanjint or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com

Reviews in Brief Week of 07/31/2015 feat. Notiz Yong, RasJosh Beats, Herbalistics, Noa James, Curtiss King, Nat the Lioness, Spok, Mega, Bonnie Blue

Reviews In Brief from staff writer Tristan Douglas

1. SoundCloud Overview: Notiz Yong.


Late last year I listened to all of Notiz Yong's SoundCloud. Y'all should do the same. His voice is crazy. It's like hella low and different and he uses that shit like an instrument. His style is just as seasoned on the oldest tracks as the newest on his playlist SoundCloud so the whole list plays like one huge album. He produced most of the beats. He’s an outstanding musical force. In the words of Johnny Greaseball from the Herbalistics “ Looking at Notiz Yong get down and seeing the raw rap machine this fool really is. He's not a newcomer. He's not a tourist in unfamiliar territory, Notiz Yong is a staple of the hip-hop community in his own right, dependable as ever to be at a show tearing down everything in his path.” This is my favorite song of his so far check it: https://soundcloud.com/notiz-yong/before-she-gone#t=0:02

2. RasJosh Beats – Rastrumental 12: Ras Reggae Dub.


I keep bumping this. RasJosh Beats lays down a chill reggae dub using only the sounds from his Maschine. One to puff and chill to. http://soundcloud.com/rasjosh-beats/rastrumental-12-ras-reggae-dub-1 more Ras Josh at http://www.westcoastavengers.com/ and @rasjoshbeats on Instagram

3. They Say by Spok Beats, Bonnie Blue, MC Mega, Nat the Lioness.


https://soundcloud.com/bonitaazul/they-say-mc-mega-bonnie-blue#t=0:29 Beautiful organic drum and guitar sounds with an eye popping set of MCs. All 4 artists (MC Mega,Bonnie Blue, Nat the Lioness, Spok Beats) involved in this song are super dope. You won’t go wrong listening to all the work of all of these artists.

4. Noa James and Curtis King – It’s the Common Ground.


Since I finally did my Noa James research late last year,this song has consistently been a staple of my chill playlists. https://soundcloud.com/noajames/03-its-the-common-ground-feat

5. Smooth Biscuits – The Herbalistics. https://soundcloud.com/mc-lyfe-the-herbalistics/smooth-biscuits?in=mc-lyfe-the-herbalistics/sets/the-herbalistics-download-free My fave chill 'Listics song.


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --Tristan Acker

Tristan “Tanjint the Wiggy Woo” Acker is a San Bernardino based writer, performer and musician; he holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from California State University at San Bernardino.

You can read his poetry at Squalorly, Inlandia, El Portal, Dead Flowers and other print and online magazines.

Check out his work with nerdcore hip-hop group the West Coast Avengers at westcoastavengers.com.

Follow him on twitter @Wiggism or e-mail him at tristanacker@gmail.com. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Notiz Yong- Dear Rappers EP (Album Stream) #NotizYong #DearRappers

Notiz Yong drops his latest project on us featuring production by Slick C, Bobby Lo, Mega, King Dice, Kor'Disepz, Dan Diggable, and Owbese. You are also going to hear the hip-hop stylings of Atlas and King Dice who lend a hand on the songs One for the Books and Don't Blame IE. Notiz tells JooseBoxx.com "Dear Rappers EP was inspired from what I've experienced and witnessed in the hiphop scene. Whether it was with artists, promoters, fans, good or bad, it's just my personal opinion, but maybe a wake up call for some of you. Know your worth! ". Word up to that! Have a listen after the break....

Notiz YONG- What's Free (Prod. by MC Mega)

June 9th we are set for the release of rapper Notiz Yong's EP entitled Dear Rappers.  He was gracious enough to drop off the first single produced by MC Mega called What's Free. You can check out the cover art to the project, the track-list on the back, and the music after the break...

West Coast Avengers' The Inland Empire Strikes Back Album Release Party (05/20/2015 @ Cal State San Bernardino in San Bernardino, Ca)

From Left to Right Top: Aldo Manuel, Ras Josh, and Jordan "Calmfixup" Meneses
Bottom: Wiggy Woo Tanjint and Sham

The collective? Wait, no, the band? The rap group? It's hard trying to label these guys but what I do know about them is they are a talented and DIVERSE group of musicians that go by the name West Coast Avengers. West Coast Avengers (or WCA) had the release party for their newest album The Inland Empire Strikes Back on Wednesday and it was dope! Live performances from Zzay, Notiz Yong, Nat the Lioness and Nikki Harlin were the accompanying side dishes to a superset main course mixture of cuts from the first WCA project (W.C.A.) and their latest. The night featured emcees spitting flows, poetry, turntablism, and dope beat sets from WCA's Ras Josh, Jordan "Calmfixup" Meneses, and Aldo Manuel. Check out some pics from the event below.  More after the break...

YOU CAN BUY THE ALBUM BY CLICKING HERE

JooseBoxx.com Presents Testimony- Notiz Yong #Testimony

Notiz Yong testifies in JooseBoxx.com's latest web series. if you like what you hear you can get more music here: 

https://notizyong.bandcamp.com/

Follow Notiz Yong: www.twitter.com/NotizYong

Follow JooseBoxx.com: www.twitter.com/TheJooseBoxx

Notiz Yong- Permanent Smudge (Album Stream)

Notiz Yong's newest release is here for all to enjoy. Notiz had this to say about the work "permanent Smudge was created on the concept of knowing we are not perfect, but we sure can try to be. Inspired by my troubles in life, from legal issues, addictions, to family matters, you can get a grasp of what I've been going through in this project, and how I've grown from it."

Permanent Smudge was written, produced, and engineered by: Notiz YONG with Artwork by Jon May (Besatree) Stream it after the break.....

Notiz YONG - You Don't Know (Prod. by Notiz YONG) (Audio)

Notiz YONG strives for creativity and originality, while sticking to the roots of hip-hop and what is more hip-hop than writing, producing, and engineering your own track? Notiz is dropping the long awaited album Permanent Smudge this May. Check out the first single off the album called You Don't Know after the break...