Rhyme flight, deck the second … this one … another slate from the terset crate … another tunage tetrad burgeoned from a freestyle mixwork conversession … another squad assembled by roundabout way of serato beat per sixty sorting … so … without further ado … let’s spin a flight taste notation, in the conceptual realm of M5 — cheers and godspeed, enjoi
: : Rhyme Flight, Deck 2 : “M5” :
: [ Relative Thread : Terset Crate, ~82bpm* ] : :
· : : “M5” Pilot Fleet : Recs On Deck : : ·
| Record | Artist (Vintage) | Album; Label |
|---|---|---|
| “Million Dollar Bills” | Lorde (2013) | Pure Heroine (Extended) ; Republic Records |
| “Incredible” ft. General Levy | M-Beat (1994) | Incredible — Single ; Renk Records |
| “Your Girl” | Mariah Carey (2005) | The Emancipation of Mimi ; Island Def Jam |
| “Mirror Mirror” | Mid-Air! (2007) | Mid-Air! ; Independent [CD Baby] |
· · ·
: Flight Taste Note Referentials :
| Aspect | Description |
|---|---|
| Modality | Describes intensity and energy in music |
| Valence | Describes the spectrum of emotions in music (e.g. sad, happy) |
| Depth | Describes intellect and sophistication in music |
| Texture | Describes sensory “feel” of music (e.g. organic / natural, processed / engineered) |
| Physique | Describes build, body, silhouette of music (e.g. minimal, full ; angular / rigid, contouring / elastic ) |
| Evocation | Describes experiential or conceptual resonance brought forth in music (e.g. any elemental, essential, emblematic associations) |
“Million Dollar Bills” — Lorde (2013)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Bassy mid-tempo ; capricious continuity |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Wanderlust ambivalence |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Aught adolescent clever |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Sythologue hybrid; 808s & break beats |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied perc, stocky hops with a kick stomp |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Lifestyles of the Zillennial and Libertine Zealand |
· · ·
“Incredible” ft. General Levy — M-Beat (1994)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | High ; layered flux |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Frenetic ; wicked hyphy |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Underground MC |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Roland percolation; turntablist |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Hard-bodied, break beast |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Subterranean battalion beat stallion ; concrete jungle brigadier tings |
· · ·
“Your Girl” — Mariah Carey (2005)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Cresting serenade |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Gallant romantic |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Evolved enamor |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Soulful melodious rhythmic blues ; bonafide vocals |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Full-bodied balladry |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Canon crescendo ; Solid gold ode to the emancipation of harmony |
· · ·
“Mirror Mirror” — Mid-Air! (2007)
| Aspect | Notes |
|---|---|
| Modality ( intensity / energy ) | Mid-tempo cusp |
| Valence ( emotional spectrum ) | Considered whimsy ; whimsical consideration |
| Depth ( sophistication / intellect ) | Heuristic |
| Texture ( sensory “feel” ) | Analogue pastiche ; electroniclectica |
| Physique ( body, build, silhouette ) | Plucky, nimble ; craftwork in progress |
| Evocation ( experiential / conceptual resonance ) | Gaze in the sprite of a learning lab’s music box ; steampunk undercurrents of sampling synthphonia ; mid-air collision in concert, prelude to a tryst |
· · Final Notes and Flight Impressions · ·
| “Record,” Artist (Vintage) | Taste Notes |
|---|---|
| “Million Dollar Bills,” Lorde (2013) | Electropop base with jungle trop sensibility, alt-scene zillennial vantage echoing post-aught global media atmosphere … currenscene |
| “Incredible” ft. General Levy, M-Beat (1994) | Jungle base with dancehall sensibility, wicked wicket vantage echoing Londunderground atmosphere … junglistmassive |
| “Your Girl,” Mariah Carey (2005) | R&B base with doo-wop sensibility, phoenix canary vantage echoing diamond mine industrial atmosphere … post-chrysalis |
| “Mirror Mirror,” Mid-Air! (2007) | Jungledub base with trip-hop sensibility, looking glass lullaby vantage echoing waking life atmosphere … somnambulectronica |
| [ On the Whole ] “M5,” ibid. (2022) | Drawn to the percussive playground ; progressions build balance in the boomerang ; cadence dwells in the cardiac attest ; distinct scope of self and spacial awareness ; inherent sense of acquired guilelessness |
· : Last Call, Maestro Pilot Mix : ·
So … this flight conjured reminiscence of a genuine canon mixset … this mix, in many ways, begat my overarching free flow music journo foray … twas the first album i proper reviewed in that sort of signature epochauserie form, for my first quasi-proper music column … and, in immediate retrospect, the form and function of the mix itself is quite aligned in said refereinclusive pastiche genesis regard … so, as always, thus abstruced … without further ado … M5’s maestro pilot … rhymes with silly allen’s my first mixtape / lily allen’s mixtape 1 … and with that, a toast, to all … enjoi :
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