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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

AND1 MIXTAPE TOUR IS ON HULU. I REPEAT, THE AND1 MIXTAPE TOUR IS ON HULU.

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@defcee

3 months

If you're talking second acts in hip-hop, it's Sean Price and DOOM who laid the groundwork for how to make the best music of your career after being unceremoniously discarded by the industry. That's in addition to being two of the best rappers who ever lived.

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2 months

Speaking of punchline rappers, when Suga Free said, "You say goodbye for 30 minutes cuz you got no game," I felt targeted and seen simultaneously

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@defcee

1 year

Okay, so Andre 3000 is…*checks notes*…still getting better at rapping. At age 48. While spending most of his time traveling internationally playing an assortment of woodwind instruments.

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@defcee

7 months

Ka will say the illest shit you’ve felt and never been able to put into language. One of the best.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

People on here really hate E-40? That’s a rap style KING right there. AND he still finds ways to update how he rhymes when he’s been dropping music since 1990.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

10 months

Stop amplifying the voices proclaiming the death of hip-hop and save that energy for those who are keeping it going. If you need recommendations--and you're actually open-minded--I can help you out.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

8 months

Maybe the real Andre 3000 solo record was the friends we made along the way...

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@defcee

3 months

Cole tried to flip the shit Hov did with Nas' discography on "Takeover," but...it...just...nah hahahahahahahaha. NOPE

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@defcee

2 months

The corniest thing about this beef is that women keep catching strays for no reason at all...

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@defcee

3 months

This is your annual reminder that Ghostface Killah’s one of the best rappers ever. Carry on.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Met @Alchemist and @therealelp last night and didn’t embarrass myself. Mission accomplished

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

“Lockjaw” freestyle. Many thanks to @OfficialBekoe @IllinoisJones88 @iLLANOiZE and @illanoizeradio for having me.

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@defcee

5 months

Pardon me while I head down to HR to quit my job

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@defcee

5 months

LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER A KID CAME INTO MY OFFICE HAVING PHOTOSHOPPED TRAVIS KELCE'S PHOTO ON THE COVER OF THE SPOTIFY "THIS IS DEFCEE" PLAYLIST

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 years

Erykah Badu's "Telephone" isn't discussed as often as it should be. That song is a masterpiece.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

billy woods landing at or near the top of several different Billboard charts is a remarkable accomplishment. What a career, man.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

11 days

State of things in the U.S.: Shelter space is dwindling. Costs of housing are rising beyond the average person's income. Houselessness is criminalized. Prison labor is free for corporations. Super wealthy are investing in carceral industries. Those are the dots. Connect them.

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@defcee

2 years

What’s your favorite MC Serch lie? Mine is that he ghostwrote for Rakim

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@defcee

1 year

“Chiney Brush” freestyle. Many thanks to @OfficialBekoe @IllinoisJones88 @iLLANOiZE and @illanoizeradio for having me.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

7 months

@wavy_bagels "You waiting on Santa when you could do for self. knocked the elf off the shelf with the Gucci belt."

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 months

"Kept waiting in this age of instant gratification. The only real commodity to have is patience."

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

If you make very good music, it will find an audience. It’s a matter of time and self-improvement. Sometimes, it’s months. Sometimes, it’s years. In my case, it’s been over a decade and a half. Keep getting better. Keep going. Treat other people well. It’ll happen.

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@defcee

3 months

Goodie Mob’s Soul Food is one of the best albums ever

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

7 months

@CineMasai_ I got one word for you: “…WATER.”

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

11 months

Met Common last night and told him Like Water for Chocolate was the first album I bought with my own money, then saw him rock a surprise set that had a packed crowd turned up 1,000%. It was amazing.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Man. @AugustFanon beats being played for Timbaland and 2 Chainz. This is also my favorite Mach project, too

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@coolshortss

1 year

2 Chainz and Timbaland talking about Mach-hommy and the G.A.T .. Why do they gotta play it on the suitcase player tho !??! Lol ??

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

If you told me I’d be in the same room as these two ten years ago, let alone the same photo, I wouldn’t have believed you. Judging by my expression, I still didn’t believe it as the photo was being taken. Thanks @fakeshoredrive for waving me into the frame. 📸 @MrJesusJMontero

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Nahhhh woods said, “Today’s price non-negotiable I spent ten years on a rookie deal.” SMH

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Binary Star’s Masters of the Universe is still craaaaaazy. @OneBeLo is an all-time favorite. One of the nicest and most underrated

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

9 months

I'm very happy for Conductor Williams.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 months

Look @elucidwho ’s rapping and writing on Shrines? All-time great. Perfection. Go back and listen today. Right now.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

4 months

If you're an artist with any kind of platform, pay forward what your big homies did for you by putting on for young artists, as well. Buy their work. Link them with likeminded artists. All we got is us...

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 years

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mayor be this corny before, except for the time I heard Rahm Emanuel read, “Still I Rise,” by Maya Angelou at an open mic.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Royce da 5’9” still one of my favorite rappers ever

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

It has always irritated me that Ghostface Killah’s Iron-Man cameo wound up on the cutting room floor, and if Marvel screws up anything MF DOOM-related, it’s gonna be a problem. He bolstered that character’s legacy and mythology way more than the movies based on the comics did…

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 months

Stop what you’re doing and listen to all of the music Rico Wade was apart of. Then take a look at the Organized Noize production discography. Then take a look at who they influenced and how they did it.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Shoutout to the fine people at @BackwoodzHipHop for offering me a home away from home and sending me this FIRE hoodie like it’s my jersey on draft night. You can purchase one for yourself at their website. They’re great people who do even better business with indie artists.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

All the rappers in my circle are about to go on all-time runs of productivity this year, myself included. Quality AND quantity. Good luck picking a 2023 MVP. (Like this tweet.)

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Rapping that is written and/or delivered perfectly is magic. The right combination of sounds, pockets, and words can bring a visceral reaction out of somebody involuntarily. It’s real life spell casting

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Got a feeling rappity rap Twitter might abandon me after I drop an album about love and relationships but ohhhhhhh well.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

4 months

MIKE out here succeeding at doing what I been trying to do with my own catalogue: the highest levels of versatility, rapping, and songwriting over multiple styles of production

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. TWO @BrownsvilleKa ALBUMS DROPPED? TWO???

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Analyze "Agriculture" in creative writing classes. The setting is pastoral and the subtext is survivor's remorse. Shit is amazing. billy woods, people.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Aethiopes is @thefader 's album of the year--any genre. Congratulations @BackwoodzHipHop !

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@defcee

1 year

Bigg Jus told me I was NICE at the show the other night. Got me charged up

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@defcee

2 years

Really wanna work with @QuelleChris

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@defcee

2 years

Ah yes. Fall. The time of year where I listen to Mobb Deep the most often…

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Boldy James’ run the past few years has been crazy.

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@defcee

2 years

One year ago today.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

The rhyme scheme doesn't have to live on the 4, even if the cadence does. Hell, what happens between the 1 and the 4 can be damn near as chaotic as you want as long as it's intentional.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

11,000+ monthly listeners. That shit is ridiculous. Thank you to everyone who’s been tuning in…

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@defcee

2 months

My own personal rap summer school workshop starts today.

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@defcee

19 days

Jay Rock doesn’t get the flowers he deserves as a rapper. Fire to see this whole crowd go up for him

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

If you were a young kid in the ‘90s and liked hip-hop, you liked a Coolio song. I don’t make the rules… Also dope to see him getting his flowers as a rapper. Fam could rhyme and always got respect and co-signs from a lot of masters of the craft and had a standout career.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 months

Man… @steeltippeddove and I cooked up 14 songs between Monday afternoon and Thursday night. If you are from Chicago, and you need to work on music with a new producer and/or record when you’re in New Yorker…hit up Dove.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

10 months

OH SHIT I'M GETTING A SONG PREMIERED ON @StretchandBob ! TUNE IN!

BOBBITO GARCIA

@koolboblove

10 months

@StretchandBob on @applemusic hits live today 12-2pm ET! NY Times bestselling author @adammansbach joins to world premiere @defcee “Hipster Kabob,” song from his new book Golem of Brooklyn @OneWorldBook Preorder now at my online bookshop: Wooooord up!

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 month

Engineering is a very difficult job. However, if you are mixing my vocals on a song and I sent them to you via email, match them to the beat according to the reference track I also sent you. Please! For the love of all that is holy do not make me sound like I rap offbeat!

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

"Learning Gravity," produced by @BlockheadNYC . Drops via @ClosedSessions on 2/15. Let's start the year off right--with one of my best songs produced by someone I've admired for half my life.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

My logical side: there's so much great music out right now. It's a blessing that ANYONE listens to my music, and feeling any other way about it is a distraction. My rapper side: I DON'T SEE MY NAME ON ENOUGH OF THESE LISTS AND I FEEL A WAY ABOUT IT...

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

It's Always a Time Like This, the first album from defprez, is out now on @ClosedSessions . We are incredibly proud of this music. Raps: Me and @CRASHprez Beats/cover art: knowsthetime.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

6 months

When @elucidwho said, "Legalese is designed to overwhelm you" multiple times in a row, it became a guiding principle of how I look at politics and legislation now, then, and will look at them in the future.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Insane. Twenty-two years ago I started writing raps cuz I needed to. The numbers don't mean much other than knowing what I do isn't for nothing. Salute to @dj_rtc @_BoatHouse @ClosedSessions @emceedecay @FiltheRecords @themessiahmusik @BackwoodzHipHop for making this happen.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Freddie Gibbs still has the best rap album dropped by any major label this year.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Calling Big L a “what if” story always feels reductive. He was already a legend years before he died—he just didn’t have the record sales people wish he’d had. He left behind a legacy strong enough to influence sooooo many rappers, myself included.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

A. Being included in a @SPIN feature is a major check off the bucket list. B. Being interviewed and written about by @TheeMaxB is another major check off the same list. Read the new edition of the Blue Chips column here.

Defcee Pays It Forward - SPIN

Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. Water sloshes in the background when

www.spin.com

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

4 months

In the studio with @steeltippeddove and I may have lost my mind on this beat. Let me check in with Dove to confirm

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

“SPARE ME THE HALLMARK KARL MARX.”

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@defcee

3 years

My response to today’s statement from @YoungChiAuthors ’ board of directors.

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@defcee

2 years

"It's a freedom in admitting it's not gonna get better."

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@defcee

2 years

Yo I gotta make a song with @mickjenkins happen sooner rather than later…

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Trapdoor—my album with @theMessiahMusik —dropped a year ago today. 📸 @AlexandeRichter

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

Major shoutout to @thefader for premiering For All Debts Public and Private, my new album with @_BoatHouse , a day early! Out everywhere tomorrow via @ClosedSessions . Check it here now!

The FADER

@thefader

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. @defcee forgives but doesn't forget on his new album, 'For All Debts Public and Private,' produced by @_BoatHouse , premiering today with The FADER and out tomorrow via @ClosedSessions .

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

9 months

Seeing my name on an album produced by someone I've admired since I was 15 would have been enough, but to be on there alongside rappers whose music has saved and/or enriched my life is even crazier. HUGE thank you to @BlockheadNYC and @BackwoodzHipHop for the opportunity

Blockhead

@BlockheadNYC

9 months

Oh and peep the track listing while you're here 👀👀👀👀

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

2 years

“I looked up to the sky, and asked God what to do. He said, ‘Get money.’ I said, ‘Aight, true.’ I said, ‘What’s the meaning of life?’ He said, ‘Man, Q, I been tryna figure that one out just like you…’” - @QuelleChris SMH

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

5 months

Video for defprez’ “Endless” out now. Shot and directed by @damnyafai . Full video:

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

1 year

Every time the white rapper conversation comes up, I'm reminded of the white rapper who asked me to be on an all-white rapper compilation because there "weren't enough" white rappers becoming famous. I told him, "No," cuz it sounded like some KKK shit. Never heard back.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

4 months

Just a quick demonstration…full cypher here shoutout NFO and @GAWDemcee @rufus_sims_now @GTVII73 and Mosey Dough…

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 years

Preview of “Snares,” a new joint produced by @theMessiahMusik that’ll be dropping sometime this spring. Stay tuned...

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

3 years

I don't take any of this music shit for granted anymore. I'm lucky even one person rocks with what I do. I started writing raps and poems because they fulfilled me in ways nothing else did, and gave me purpose when I didn't have any. Thank you for listening.

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

5 months

LESS THAN AN HOUR LATER A KID CAME INTO MY OFFICE HAVING PHOTOSHOPPED TRAVIS KELCE'S PHOTO ON THE COVER OF THE SPOTIFY "THIS IS DEFCEE" PLAYLIST

toni jewkoč.

@defcee

5 months

IT ONLY TOOK FORTY-FIVE SECONDS OF STANDING IN A CLASSROOM MINDING MY BUSINESS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TODAY

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

9 months

Been making music long enough to have transitioned from wanting to prove myself to people who doubted me to challenging myself to do things I didn’t think I was capable of doing. It’s a good feeling.

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@defcee

1 year

Today I asked kids to write down a funny moment from school. A kid wrote, "Finding out who Defcee is." My response: "If I lose my job over my music I'm gonna have an issue with it." Student: "Oh ... Everybody already knows." Me: *stunned silence*

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@defcee

3 months

I give zero fucks about an industry that gives zero fucks about me or other independent artists in return. We're disposable commodities to them, and always have been. Might be time for us to build some shit on our own...

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@defcee

1 year

Too many rappers running around right now rhyming REMARKABLY well. You disagree then you’re not listening…

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@defcee

2 years

It’s incredible that @theMessiahMusik has a family and a 9-to-5 and still produces so many beats that are really good to great by the dozen…

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@defcee

2 months

"You must be a terrible person. Everyone inside your team is whispering you deserve it. Can't Toosie Slide outta this one, it's just got resurface. Every dog gotta have his day, now live your purpose." GodDAMN

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@defcee

11 months

My next project will be the original soundtrack for the forthcoming @adammansbach novel, The Golem of Brooklyn. fully produced by @theMessiahMusik , and will be released on @ClosedSessions . More details soon. In the meantime, preorder the book here:

The Golem of Brooklyn by Adam Mansbach: 9780593729823 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The dazzlingly imaginative, ferociously funny story of an art teacher, a bodega clerk, and a five-thousand-year-old clay crisis monster, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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toni jewkoč.

@defcee

7 months

For me, rapping is a passion project/secondary source of income. I appreciate streaming numbers cuz they let me know I'm not screaming into the void anymore, and the scale of where my music has reached geographically. Interpersonal engagement means much more, though.

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@defcee

1 year

Knocked out six songs in two hours. Feels great to be back in the studio…

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@defcee

7 months

Please give eLZhi his flowers as both a rapper and a storyteller. This album with Oh No is fire.

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@defcee

2 years

"It's not an aberration. This how it work." - billy woods.

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7 months

Normalize keeping your fucking phone in your pocket and/or turning the cameras off when someone is clearly going through something traumatic.

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@defcee

10 months

The Golem of Brooklyn Original Soundtrack, the new album from myself and @theMessiahMusik , drops on @ClosedSessions in less than four weeks. The lone feature on the album is @koolboblove , a hero of mine since I was a teenager. Preorder the album here:

The Golem of Brooklyn Original Soundtrack, by Defcee & Messiah Musik

12 track album

defcee.bandcamp.com

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@defcee

2 years

Favorite rappers of all time (after Sean Price, there’s no particular order): 1. Sean Price 2 (tie). Noname Freddie Gibbs billy woods Andre 3000 Lamon Manuel Scarface SKECH185 DOOM Jean Grae E L U C I D Ghostface Killah Ka Roc Marci Joseph Chilliams greenSLLIME SolarFive Twista

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@defcee

3 years

Chicago hip-hop does not get the respect it's earned. Whatever style of the music you're a fan of, not only are there hella people in the city who make it, but they make it VERY well.

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8 months

The new album is a beautiful capstone for the best era of Aes’ rapping. I have a fondness for the work of his I grew up on, but everything from Skelethon through ITS has been on a different echelon entirely, and he’s only gotten better and sharper. VERY inspiring work.

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@defcee

2 years

TOMORROW NIGHT. The LEGENDARY @StatikSelekt is premiering the “Dunk Contest” remix from myself and @_BoatHouse featuring @MeyhemLauren and @Metasota on @Shade45 ! 7-9pm EST. Major bucket list item crossed off for me

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@defcee

3 years

The local media coverage about what's happening at @YoungChiAuthors is--predictably and unsurprisingly--giving the board of directors (and, oddly, CPS) credit for collective action taken by YCA staff and the YEARS of public and private calls for change from artists and activists.

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1 year

I was 15 when I heard Ill Bill say, “Jesus Christ was a gangsta rapper—they killed him, he came back and made a platinum album.” Haven’t recovered since tbh

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