The Sub​.​Urban Sessions (EP)

by Allen Mask with Contradiction

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about

A throwback from the vault.
Tapes that remind us of when music meant the most.

credits

released 25 June 2008
For our parents.
Thank you for your patience and infinite sponsorship.
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Contradiction:
Allen Mask - Vocals
Brittney Jenkins - Vocals
Andrew Van Tassel - Horns
Alex Van Gils - Pianos
David Wilson - Bass
Cory Rogers - Drums

Executive Producer: Taylor Roberts

Written and performed by ContraDiction on behalf of PlayHouse Music
Recorded and Mixed at Sub.Urban Studios - Raleigh, NC
Mastered by David Franz at Underground Sun Studios - Venice, CA

Special Thanks:
Jordan Woodson - Cover Design

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tags: hip hop hip hop/rap San Francisco

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al·len mask
noun /’alən,mask/ [singular]

20something recording artist whose compositions and productions are suggestive of musically innovative yet universally accepted hip hop.

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Track Name: Reason2Write
Verse 1:

Briefly I beseech thee, come for just another min.
Never takin credit less my peoples getting published in it
Im very subtle with it…cant be recognized, bigger than hip hop’s genre size
Cant call it poetry, cuz that associates with the preach
Not a prophet I aint never need a reason to teach, this inspirational speech
Not me you never heard it B, careful on the record they cant be rewording me
This…aint just another blind shot or attempt
To revolutionize the industry that aint what I meant, your cranberry scent
Flowers 20 layers of gloss…unnecessary I can get my message across in like half that
I don’t understand you seein past that
Records in the comedy cuz you be getting laughed at
Homie let me grab that, we got next and came
Right up to the microphone checkin the game

Chorus:

Lady
Just gimme the mic cuz i don’t need a reason to write cuz tonight we thinking we on top
Baby
And at the show we introducing you to, the other side of this
Starting with a new live crew
And so you can
Stand Up
And then rest will too with me
This one is for everyone, like it used to be, hip hop truthfully
Soulricheous
You aint never heard a jam band groove like this
Right

Verse 2:

Without a formal introduction to you, a couple cats, we doin what we lovin to do
And this aint new, well im speakin for me
If everybody did it similar im sure that we’d be
Way incredibly
And so they call it a fact, tell a mother run her kid around a musical track
Its so unusual that, to be exact i speak frankly
Look at this musicianship, later you can thank me
Wait
Did i forget to mention the words? you’ll never listen to a verse holdin negative slurs
My verbs
My thoughts and raw rhymes, cuz you wont see me write about dimes and tek-9’s
Not me
Cuz we so beyond that, rise above politics, then surpass rap right back
But still you gotta follow the dream, but we appreciate the love if you like what i mean

Chorus

Solo section

Chorus x2
Track Name: I'll Be Watching
Verse 1: (MC Status)

I'll you know tell it slow pen and motion all my truth leaks
You can look see the lyrics when you proofread
Back home to Korea where my roots be
My roots be within the lines of a looseleaf
I let loose on the mic in the booth B
The Bruce Lee of hip hop don't confuse me
The minute I spit it the critics don't even listen yo
When they seen an asian MC they omit him now
Stop the division and - let all the beef go
Im on a mission you should listen when I speak so
You need to keep hold the fact that we equal
Rap's getting tainted but I see hope
Yeah Im feeding the mic
As my beacon of light
Aint a revolution but I got a reason to fight
And im fighting for the right reasons the truth is
Biggie and Pac never put a color to Music

Chorus:

Mind you baby
Wont you save a place
For me
When I'm gone forgotten
I'll be watching from above
For you my love

Verse 2:

So just take a second and listen
And try to understand my ambition
And look at all the music that we missing
Dogg if you and me would listen
Then we could go and sing it off the page
And never have to worry bout the race
Bout the age bout the place bout the day
Cuz you and me the same
We sing the same harmony but say a different name
But the frame
Cuz you reflect a different set or shade
But I aint see a color off the track that we made
Cuz the rap never gave
A hint or even question
Its all about the music and the melody a blessing
Im teaching you a lesson over 5 layers live
And we can multiply cuz we on the same side
But the vibe
Is so much more than just a simple rhyme
One time for your mind
And you're not gonna find any better
I wrote it in the bars of a letter
You can put it on a header
We did it for the music

Bridge:

Thats why we told em that we did it for the music
Its God given use it
Power move with
Capabilities from here to the Philippines
Forgettin all the little things
So you can get the gist of what the riddle means

(MC Status)
And I could use a melody to go distances
I'm telling it the way it is never sensitive no differences
In skin color brothers or blood type
No religious background but vocals on a plugged Mic

Yeah you can ask who or get a note tattoo
But they wont put it past you cuz you have to
Get a grasp dude

(MC Status)
Give us the simple jazz tools and we'll match you
All authentic harmony we rap too
Track Name: Lady Listen
Dear love,
I wrote a letter need to read it aloud
I'm sure your knowing that im speaking's even makin you proud
Never told you how I felt that day
Even though my lost words were the reason that I felt that way
You see if I could recreate it again
I'd try to make it clear I never wanted nothing more than a friend
I know its only leading up to an end
But not to justify the state of my mind
You see its always been a matter of time
Relativity is brief at its best
Its not you
I just rarely get it off of my chest
Four letters drawn short and we ignoring the rest
And I refuse to have to deal with the stress
Call it shallow or not
Well maybe I just need a reason for me
And you can call it my excuse tragic flaw and a flee
But understand when you're sleeping at night
I only keep you in the dark so never seeing what I hide in the light
But for real...

Chorus:

I know you're questioning my dedication to this love affair
And spinning in the silent circles was a love that wasnt there
We wont always be together even if I'd say to you
Come lady listen for a moment just a second maybe two

Verse 2:

Or you can give me even three or just a couple more
But both ways swing twice on a double door
Its what you're wishing for
And I know you'll thank me when its done
Because theres so much more to come you see
Breaking a heart is like
Taking a life but more than once G
And I appreciate that you could more than love me but
If i could let myself remember you then well
Then I'd be home before November too
Maybe its true
My mistake was situational things
Never saw the consequences that escaping it brings
To this day
We blink and never saw to even speak about the problematics
Speaking only with the automatics
And lady I can only vouch for P
But I would never jeopardize what Im bout to be
So understand just the moment in time
But yo you gotta listen up before you call it a crime
For real

Bridge:

Well I just wanna tell you
Kid I just wanna tell you
The things I never got a chance to say but yo
Just listen to me lady
You know you drive me crazy
Dont mind it being kinda different today
But know that I just wanna tell you
Hey I just wanna tell you
The things I never got a chance to say but yo
Just listen to me lady
You know you drive me crazy
Dont mind it being kinda different today you know
Dont mind it being kinda different baby