I Just Died - Starting From Scratch - The Illestrated EP (2004)
0I still don't know why I used so many samples/remixes. I think I hit the nail on the head in the description of "In The Air Tonight" when I said it would be relatable because kids would've grown up with their parents listening to this stuff and it would be familiar to everyone's ear. However, I do remember writing this and being extremely proud of how "on beat" I was. I used to spend so much time in math class not paying attention and filling a notebook with rhyme after rhyme matching up the various syllables so that each word rhymed with each other.
It's also funny because, this song is apparently the one people low-key seem to remember me rapping on. I've had a person who was a few grades lower strike up a conversation with me at the bar and the conversation turned to where I went to high school and he specifically remembered this song and was like "oh shit, you're the exalted 1ne" You and Shane! That one song you did was tight (he couldn't remember the name, but I played it for him on my phone haha). There was also another person who left me a comment on youtube recently about it too. I'm low key blushing, but you don't see that.
In 2004, $uga Shane, B-Savage, and Exalted 1ne combined our skills to create Starting From Scratch... The Illestrated EP. Illestrated was sort of our group name. It was a combination of Illest-rated and illustrated. We would draw you a picture and show you our skills.
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Starting From Scratch - The Illest Rated EP
Released May, 2004
Exalted Entertainment
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