Brown Co.- Never Left

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Here’s a gift not to be scoffed at. The first Brown Co. song recorded in over two years, produced by LO (for L’Orange Productions). Featured on the album, Eternal.

Pffft, maaaan, just download the motherfreakin’ song!

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Bruh’man

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“Oooooh snap! Only a month and two days before Neighborhood Kid is released, and Haji P is still dropping jams!?”

Pffft, yup! Gon’head and add this to your collection of songs I didnt know what to do with. Also, be advised, all the songs I’ve previously released under the title, Home Repair, WILL NOT BE ON NEIGHBORHOOD KID! *ahem* WILL NOT BE ON NEIGHBORHOOD KID!

…and now, I’d like to introduce you to the newest addition of Home Repair…”Bruh’man!”

Haji P – Mouth Fulla Gold

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You know how some rappers just be writin’ raps? Y’know…just chilling in the room, lab, or whatever respective confines of their choosing for conjuring enlightened lyrical stimulation? Well, this song was an exercise in that. Me, just writin’ some raps. Only, instead of all that enlightenment bull crap, I decided to go with some witty lines and hearty spoon full of good ol’ fashion ig’nance. The end result was a song, an ode to southern rap (if you will), that people who frequent my live showings tend to enjoy. Produced by DJ MF Shalem, I present to you, the newest addition to Home Repair, “Mouth Fulla Gold.” Bling!

Regular

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You may recognize this weeks installment of Home Repair as the opening sequence to the widely unpopular web series, “So Freakin Regular.”  A series in which, similar to the song itself, is a painfully mundane walk through a plain grass field of normalcy.  *Yawn*. Generic? Ordinary? Common? Yup. I was blessed with the coveted fortune to be all of the above. Who’s got time to be socially relevant, and worldly idolized when there’s bills to pay and dogs to walk? Not me. This dinner aint gon microwave itself. So, with that, I present to you my newest release, “Regular.” Produced and cut by DJ MF Shalem. And if you cant get down with it…you’re just way too special for me. Which I think is awesome. You should go get yourself a pedicure, tough guy!

Get It

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I know, I know, I was supposed to have this available on Monday. Well, dont be such a jerk…geez. Sometimes people make mistakes. But honestly,  arent you so much more elated that I’ve appropriately equipped your insatiable appetite for song before the weekend? Of course you are! Now, when youre the grinder or grindee of some random tail at the club, you’ll think of me. And after all, thats the real reason I make music.

This weeks installment of Home Repair is an energetic tune that’s sure to get your toes-a-tappin. I mean, for real son…titties are coming out the shirt when you play this jammy. “Get It“, produced by DJ MF Shalem.

*titties are not guaranteed to come out of any shirts when you play this song.

People’s Court

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Here it is, for your audible consumption…the first installment of a project I call, “Home Repair,” the worlds first do-it-yourself Haji P. album. An album in which you, the highly motivated and self sufficient listener, will be given all the tools necessary to comprise your own compilation of  my crooning. Until the release date of my full length LP, Neighborhood Kid, every other Monday  I will provide a new, exclusive, and/or previously unreleased song. If you build your home properly, you’ll have two discs worth of fun-filled lyrical adventure. However, if you fail to properly construct your home…you lose. Dont be a loser.

People’s Court, produced by DJ MF Shalem. Its a rap about rap…and youre gonna love it.

Stepping Outside

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This is not a new song  by any means. I  had to go diggin in the crates (…err, diggin in the files, as it were) to get this jammy. Actually, its not even that old…we made it 2007 . Which seems like a long time ago…but I guess that information is highly irrelevant…or boring. Whatever. Dont be a dick. I like this song.  Point is, before I start letting loose on some of the new music Shalem and I put together, I felt the need to dust this 0ff and put it back on the mantle for display. Here it is for your enjoyment (or berating criticism), a song from a project swiftly concocted by me and Stranger Day. “Stepping Outside” produced by DJ Battle. (Oh my gawd.)

Stay tuned. Next Monday I’ll be releasing the first installment from Home Repair , me and Shalem’s “Do It Yourself” downloadable mixtape.

Good Grief

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Well, here it is boys and girls…the pioneering ditty from an album thats been years in the making. I’ll spare you the unnecessarily tiresome write-up, and allow you time to enjoy the song. Rest assured, there will be a lengthy and self-glorifying exposition soon to follow. But for now, just immerse yourself in the rhythmically euphoric sounds of my voice. “Good Grief” Produced by DJ MF Shalem. The song is yours now. Enjoy.

…and thank you.

 See what I did there? With the title? Thats because I’m pretty brilliant with the word thingys. Well, that, and because the following tracks were songs specifically made for Verizon commercials about three years ago. They were both produced and made by the request of my homeboy, Steaknife. You may or may not know him from the Universal recording group, Rehab.You know who Rehab is, right? They did the song “ Bartender .”  No? You never heard of ‘em? Dang, you need to get out more.

Neither song was ever given a proper title. So, for the sake of cataloging, we’ll call them :

The Juke Song

The Pirateship Song

Here’s the skinny. Steaknife used to get work orders to produce tracks for a myriad of reasons. Verizon commercials being one. Either way, when it was time to add sultry vocal stylings to his rhythms, who do you think he turned to? Yup, me. The goose with the golden butt-babies.  And I let him down every single time!

I think The Juke Song may have been a contest, Im not really certain.  It was for the release of their, then new, Juke phone. He told me that a few other people were sending in submissions as well, and Verizon would select from those. The idea behind the song (as written in the instructions) was to create the new dance, a la Watch My Feet. Most importantly, throughout the song, the words “Check it out” were of the highest importance. While I did employ the requested phrase, my song failed to evoke the squiggly feet motion. Mission: Incomplete.  Here’s a look at the commercial, aired with the selected rendition. Juke.

The Pirateship Song was my favorite. It was made for a cross promotion between Verizons Vcast phone and Disney’s newest Pirates of the Carribean movie. The script for the commercial was off the hook. In short, this is how it was supposed to happen:

A man goes to an all female baby shower with his wife. He’s bored. The mother-to-be opens the gifts (rattlers, bottles, etc…) and when she opens his…she finds a skull. Camera looks at the man, and voice cuts in, “Wish you were somewhere else?” Camera cuts to a pirateship (Black Pearl) and there’s pirates shooting dice, dancing, drinking, women in hot tubs, gold everywhere…and his friend is on the ship trying to call him. (I promise to everything I love Im not making that up!)

The best part is what the treatment called for.  It asked the artist to “Rap like a gangtsa pirate…If Jay-Z were a pirate, what would he say?” It was a must that I reference  Jack Sparrows ship, “The Black Pearl”  and “A Pirates Life.” So, I crammed in every possible pirate reference I could I could think of…and the result was another commercial that never made it to the big screen.  Whomp. While Verizon okayed the song, Disney pulled out of the promotion at the last minute. Disney ruins everything (See Muppets & Marvel Comics). Oh, the singer on the track, I forget her name, but she was on some real diva biz. Everybody had to be removed from the studio room, so she could do thirty seconds of “La La La” in private. Get a freakin grip! Aarrrgggh!

Not a total bust tho,  because now you can download these songs for yourself. And now, anytime a Verzion commercial comes on, you can totally mute the screen and turn my jams on. BING!

Fun Fact: I actually wrote this on the plane, whilst seated betwixt a portly pair of women, during my move to California. You may be asking yourself, ” Haji P., wasnt that well over a year ago?”  Well, Im glad you asked that question. The answer is as simple as this…yes.  Unfortunately thats how rap works sometimes. It can be a real boner killer, I know.  Ive  been told that within recent times, another rapper may have also released a song similar. I make no claims to having any knowledge of that. Though Im sure it was amazing.  Anyhow,  this track will be featured on the upcoming Rec League compilation, “Season 2″ 

 Hear it here first!  But, only if you promise to cop Season 2.  You promise? Okay. Cool!

The Fresh Prints

*DJ MF Shalem on the cuts & crayola.