DLUX Sings!

Many of you already know that I work with young people. They are tomorrow's promise and I feel that I must do my part in empowering them to achieve their greatness. Over the past couple years, I have gotten the opportunity to create music with young people. Over the next few months I'm going to share the songs we created.

The 1^st is the most recent. The song is called "Trend Life" written by China Lundy and myself. It was for the Deep Roots Project (more info click here) that pair songwriters from Roosevelt High School with professional musicians to make platinum hit records or something like that.

This is probably the most fun I had making a song. It was a challenge and allowed me to tap into the whimsical side of my artistry (The "he ain't got no sense" part). Ultimately the song is about being you, and setting the trends instead of following them. Enjoy the listen. If you ain't dancing, tapping, shaking, or moving after listening to this, you need to check your pulse.

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Trend Life

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Isaiah's Lullaby

Isaiah's Lullaby on K.I.M. Album

With it being padre day, I thought it was a good time to share a song with you. "Isaiah's Lullaby" was written for my son and it tells a story about his trouble sleeping at times. He use to have intense nightmares where he was just crying in his sleep and wouldn't wake up.

He's turning seven this year and while he still gets scared when movies have the "dun dun dun" Music, the nightmares aren't that intense anymore. These are the times I'll remember because I truly felt the purpose of the father in those moments, to be the rock and foundation for your family.

This song serves as a reminder for me, not just to be a good example of what man should be, but also to show him all the greatness in the world so he can have big dreams for his life instead of nightmares. Enjoy the song? Let me know, below with a comment.....yo!

Isaiah's Lullaby

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Rhyme-a-Day: Unctuous

Unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective:

1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.

UNCTUOUS rappers, punks that have ta
Front like actors, Pumped on swagger

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Rhyme-a-Day: Unctuous

Rhyme-a-Day: Querulous

Querulous \KWER-uh-luhs; -yuh\, adjective:

1. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining.
2. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining.

No Blood, No Foul, End the querulous
Debates, play straight, hush all the fuss

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Meaning of fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun:
1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2. Something serving to rouse or excite; a stimulus.
3. A trivial addition; an embellishment.
4. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger.
5. To snap; to project quickly.
6. To urge on; to provide a stimulus, by or as if by a fillip.

Rhyme-a-Day: Querulous

Rhyme-a-Day: Fillip

Today's Word
fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun:

When the beat flips, the moving hips dip
The lyrics start to kick, hip hop the crow FILLIP

What's the meaning?

Yesterday Meaning
Pejorative
1. Tending to make or become worse.
2. Tending to disparage or belittle.
3. A belittling or disparaging word or expression.

 

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Rhyme-a-Day: Fillip

Silence Thoughts

silence thoughts

Realize the importance of meditation.
As nations race towards mind to mind communication.
With this welcomed invasion to self conversation, one must silence thoughts.
The knots of lies are easily unraveled when everyone lives behind the veil of your eyes.
So why hide when the seeking is played out by no doubt to where, what, why, and who you are.

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Rhyme-a-Day: Pejorative

Today's Word
Pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\, adjective:

Haters in the world, got one objective
To take you off your game, and be PEJORATIVE

What's the meaning?

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Yesterday's Meaning
Sagaicious: Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.

Rhyme-a-Day: Pejorative

Rhyme-a-Day: Sagacious

Today's Word

Sagacious \suh-GAY-shus\, adjective:

A SAGICIOUS mind, is needed to find
A place that's devine, a spirit sublime

What's the meaning?

 

Yesterday's Meaning
Sybarite: A person devoted to luxury and pleasure

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Rhyme-a-Day: Sagacious

Rhyme-a-Day: Sybarite

Yesterday's Definition

Buss \BUS\, noun, verb:

1. A kiss; a playful kiss; a smack.
2. To kiss; especially to kiss with a smack.

Today's Word
Sybarite \SIB-uh-ryt\, noun:

Devoted little Diva, loves the high life.
With those flashing lights, she's a SYBARITE.

What's the meaning?

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Rhyme-a-Day: Sybarite

Oh The Pressure

Something interesting happened Friday. For those who don't know, I teach freestyling to 4th and 5th graders. For those who don't know what freestyling is, it’s the art of improvised rhyme, emceeing, or rapping if you will. Think improv comedy for rapping, or rap battles, or rap cyphers.
Any what, I had 4 student in my class, 3 show up for this performance Friday, and only 1 wants to perform.
I explained how what they are demonstrating is easier than what we did in class. Still no go. I even talk to some of the parents and they couldn't convince them to perform.
I decided to not force to force them, but I had one trick up my sleeve. The host called the freeystyle class to the stage. I take the mic and demonstrate what freestyling is all about. Then I explain my game called freeystyle flash. On the projector screen are two words that rhyme. My willing student would rap a phrase using those two words. The phrase would be completely improvised by the student. He rocks the first two words "house" and "mouse." The crowd loves it.
I go to the next pair, "blue" and "shoe." Ask my second student if he wants to try. With a little hesitation, he agrees. Rocks it. My third student, which was like pulling teeth just to step on the stage, was still like "I ain't doing it." Time for my trick, I said to the crowd "Maybe you can get him to give it a try." They go crazy. There chanting his name, clapping, and screaming. In deciding to go for it he gives me the nod. Third pair of words go up "best" and "test." The kid that was so convinced he couldn't do it, rocked it the best.
I guess this proves to me that we are social creatures. Society can bring out the best in us just easily it can bring out the worse in us. As hard as we like to act sometimes, we all need someone to validate our existence before we begin to validate it for ourselves. What do you think?

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Rhyme-a-Day: Buss

After Date, lean in with a smooth pucker up
She gets silly turns me my head and gives me a BUSS!

 

What is the definition of the word? Put your guesses in the comments!

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Rhyme-a-Day: Buss