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#ControlSystem

So what started off as being a tweet about this album, turned into me wanting to do a review of the album. But I don’t want to call this a review, this is more so a small piece into just how powerful music truly is.

Crazy how as soon as I vocalized my intent to finally boss up and claim control over my life while cutting off control systems such as TV, Ab-Soul and TDE drop control system and the intro tells me the exact same thing. Damn, almost feels like these past few years of bumping all Top Dawg releases have been influencing me and opening up my mind and preparing me for this day. Yea I know this sounds crazy but it is the only way that I can describe it. They’ve kept me going with their music for the past few years, put me on to some deep and insightful philosophies, and have been a shining example of superb intelligence, all while remaining true to themselves and being an inspiration to all who were willing to listen. They’ve helped me find myself through their profound works. It’s ironic that on the day that I feel I have finally begun my journey after being an indirect student of theirs, TDE unleashed the ultimate weapon to the world, the immaculate Ab-Soul, and he in turn gives me a final lesson before sending me off into the world. I can’t speak for everyone but I am incredibly happy for the entire Top Dawg for being here and becoming the generator that our generation so desperately needed. At just 20 years old, I feel as though I have grown greatly in the past year. This time last year I was coming home from college, knowing that I wouldn’t go back due to being on academic suspension. I felt as if my world was ending and that things would never get better. During this time, music became my escape, and I thank God for leading me to discover TDE. Initially I kept listening because there was this great humility and realness to their work. I then started to change my thinking and try to emulate the good examples and individuality(Longterm 1&2, KL EP, Setbacks, etc) in their music in my own life. As time went on I started looking into the different topics that they rapped about, such as Napoleon HIll, The Pineal Gland, and Race relations in the US. Which then caused me to go out and read more of the Bible the works of Lao Tzu, Khalil Gibran, and Keorapetse Kgositsile to further open my mind. After doing all this I became stuck and couldn’t accurately convey what i had been learning through the music, and the various readings and began to doubt my relationship with God. I became very stressful and instead of using what I was learning, I was just copying them. That was the case until just a few hours ago, after watching “Jean-Michel Basquit: The Radiant Child” on netflix, smoking, and talking to friends old and new. Everything just clicked. It was at that exact moment where I decided that it was time for me to GET OFF MY ASS and take control of my life, and to stop letting life drive me crazy. I want to thank all of TDE, but especially Ab-Soul for reigniting that fire, that drive, within me to succeed in all aspects of this thing called life. I will be the victor in this situation, and all things to come. I will take advantage of all opportunities presented to me. I will no longer sit by and watch the revolution from afar. Just wishing and hoping that things will change. No. I will stand besides the new greats of our time. I will be among them, whether it be through music, art, animation, film, international business, or through ALL OF THEM. I, from this point on, am no longer just a student of TDE, I have taken the locks off my soul and have broken down the vault, letting it all out. I am a man with an unrelenting desire, an explosive imagination, and a ridiculous work ethic. No I have not been brainwashed by TDE, I have learned from them in order to better myself. I will use what I’ve obtained from their ingenious insight and just as Jean-Michel more or less said “I will take their old ideas and run them through my new mind.” Paying homage all while starting true to myself. I will accomplish great thing, starting with reconnecting with myself in the Congo over the summer, and getting my body fit as companion to my mind. Now all that’s left is for me to DO IT! “CAUSE ALL WE DO IS DO IT! DO IT NIGGA SQUAD”

coolroysays:

Pieces of Nine. 

I’m ready. 

If you don’t mind vibin…

∞

Thicker than blood.

jeffbernat:

My friends are like my family. It’s only every once in a while that we all get to see each other and kick it since we all live in different places, but each time I get to spend with them, I swear it’s always a life changing experience. Even if it’s just simple conversations with them about music, family, money, life, etc. It’s not every day that you meet friends who become brothers to you.

There are just some people in this world that you know will be around until the end.

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