The rollout begins! Every Friday until my 31st birthday on January 19th I’ll be releasing a song from my upcoming album, In/Stability: The Ultimate Ending. The songs will be released in the order they appear on the project and each will be accompanied by a Rootbeer Report right here on rappinrootbeer.com.
To kick things off, here is the album cover along with the intro, which is called “Return of the Failure.” It’s an instrumental track produced by The Rawhide Kid. Technically that makes it his song, but possession is 9/10ths of the law and I doubt he’ll want to spend the gas money to come here and take it back. The cover was shot by Andrea Malatesta and the album was mastered by Scoops Dardaris.
The origins of In/Stability date all the way back to 2013. By the time I developed an outline for Fear of Success, it was clear some songs would not fit the concept. I continued writing until the songs felt connected and wrote even more until the story was complete.
Each song on this project represents some aspect of my life falling apart. It sounds depressing but I promise you, every song taps into a completely different emotion. We face struggles every day. Sometimes we stumble, sometimes we take it in strides, sometimes we can even laugh at ourselves. So while the 11 songs are linked through the general concept, they are each very different from one another perceptively, thematically and sonically. The same could be said about my 2009 album, Alternate Ending, so In/Stability also functions as a sequel – hence the subtitle “The Ultimate Ending.” Long time fans will recognize plenty of call-backs to that project while newer fans can simply enjoy some authentic 518 hip-hop.
Coming this Friday: “Place Beyond the Pines”