Limited Edition physical CD version of Tonedeff's seminal release The Monotone EP, completely re-mastered from the ground up. Includes Tonedeff STICKER!
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TONEDEFF TRIPTYCH SET [AUTOGRAPHED]
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Save $10 and get all 3 of Tonedeff's "Emblem" projects (The Monotone EP, Archetype & Polymer) with this exclusive TRIPTYCH SET. See and hear the development over 20+ years in three stages of an artist's life. Includes the incredible POLYOPTICS: The Formation of Polymer and ARCHETEXTURE documentaries on DVD, the bonus digital assets for The Monotone EP Deluxe Remaster and a Tonedeff sticker. AUTOGRAPHED.
Includes unlimited streaming of The Monotone EP (Deluxe Remaster)
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lyrics
V1
It’s time for me to ride my invitation to the room/
A product of them baby-boomers, but I never believed in kids blowin’ up Into celebrities/
With no indemnities these cartoon characters makin’ tunes/
But you can’t pay no dues in wombs/
But In return, I burn my etching on the moon/
I learned my lesson on the loom, in essence, I will truly bloom/
I paint with all the colors of the wind like I was Judy Kuhn/
I tend to hit that booty soon, type of pum-pum I will consume/
When I’m bangin’, I’m goin’ ‘Boom-Boom-Boom’/
And brothers think I’m out there, Raining pain in your contained monsoon/
I’ll play your game like Final Doom. Where there’s no eNd take it to 64 levels of graphic planes/
And you can feel the texture mappin’ on your brain/
What’s next to happen doesn’t change-/
I resume, so don’t assume I flex to rappin’ just for cappin/
I’m laughin At these wannabe MC’s, desolated like dune/
My tracks are more anticipated than the month of June in public schoolrooms/
I’ve got that ‘Boom-Boom-Bap, Original Rap’/
I wanna track it back, so fuck the clappin’ gats and satin macks/
Cause I’ve got tons of backing that’s available to crack A stack/
of the wackest actors trying to rap- They’re gettin’ flat/
Like the bitches I used to Peep in 7th grade/
It’s 7 days till dawn, while RBM we breakin’ the norm to keep it on/
And even though I’m Monotone at certain points within my diction/
My depiction of reality is fixed within your vision
‘Cause you’re Fixed.
Chorus:
Creatively castrated. (Niggas be Fixed)
Critically/Publicly overrated. (Niggas be Fixed)
And, yo, Nothing’s innovated. (Niggas be Fixed)
V2
So, Skiddly-Bebop, We-Rock, Scooby Doo/
Guess what, America? “We Love You”/
With a ‘Rock’ and a ‘Roll’, and there’s so much soul/
Yo, we’ll be rockin’ till we’re a hundred and one years old/
Now, I don’t mean to brag and yo, I don’t mean to boast/
But I’m the host with the most that rocks shows Coast to coast/
East-West meets best. (305) like, whatever, hops/
I format the rhythm to give you the whole big picture like its letterbox/
And, yo, it never stops. I’m that bunny energizing/
Purgatori’s under the pink, don’t play boy scouts when I’m exercising/
But, I digress. I press the bench for time, your dead-lines make me late/
Don’t stall to sell me a quarter pounder for $6.50, yo, cause that ain’t worth the wait/weight/
I’m wizzin’ on your click, and still you insist I’m on your dick/
You’re just a sparkle-puss, like David Copperfield’s hookers are Magic Tricks/
Imagine this… you’re smoking cannabis while I’m becoming the man at this/
Amateur panelist, plan to turn purple like an amethyst/
In a world with no Quartz/Courts, basketballs, laws, or gems/
To which it applies, the moment I visualize the bitter demise of them/
I hit ‘em when eyes are blind to minimalize their literal lies, and then/
I sit and I fiddle with the rhymes they’ve crafted and they get shafted in the end/
Ask the question- Who’s got the rhythm? I’m coming off like Janet’s panties/
Ever since 1814, and greatfully she don’t wear Grannies/
‘Cause that’s deader than Jerry Garcia, but via his fans I need a fix/
To crack the heads of these self-pipe-tootin’, lyrical bitches sucking dicks.
Your Fixed.
Chorus
V3
MC’s are fixed but never mended, they get blue in the face/
And that be, like, true in the case where there’s no space for Gravity/
‘I Breathe Deep’, ‘cause the malady that salary’s the strategy/
Of the modern rap academy saddens me/
Studied the anatomy of musicality where Critics are the analogy observed/
Don’t give a shit about the Comp-U-Serve/
You virtually can’t escape the net reality casts/
Because my web be world wide… Better believe I got my sign-on your ass/
I be that Prodigy that raves On-lines of text in America/
I still refuse to be your fuckin’ cartoon character/
‘Cause, babe, I keep it pure/
So, maybe if my death was premature, then, I’d be sure to win an award/
And you can quote that from the source, I criticize my critics…/
Shit, it must’ve broken down some doors, so now we minimize the limits/
That’s set inside us by the cynics; and those who wanna mimic this with tricks/
Get diminished down the River of Styx.
Cause you’re fixed.
Lucy Camp is the future. Beyond her unbelievable rapping capabilities, she's completely fearless and versatile with her sound. You literally never know what to expect from her. Tonedeff
Substantial is one of the greatest living emcees on the planet. Adultish is a masterwork of self-produced music about ageing gracefully, handled with a stunning level of emotional & artistic maturity. Tonedeff
This album saved my life. It's instrumental. Maybe that's what I needed at the time, but it got me through when I needed it most. Fantastic melodies and memorable moments. LOVE it. Tonedeff
I think this is the most Cunninlynguists’ underrated project and glad to have this as a vinyl. Cunninlynguists are probably the most unique, exciting group in hip hop history.. cheers from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 BLQLYTE
