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| Free mix tape recently released, but currently unavailable for download :( sad face |
I was sitting on a boat
floating down the Mis'sippi
down to New Orleans
where the girls are so pretty
got my glasses I'm out the door
I'm gonna hit this city
and on the radio all I heard
was "a milli, a milli"
so I got out a notebook
and wrote a rhyme of my own
I sang it over synthesizers
and a dial tone
but I was too scared to see if the people
liked it or not
so you know I missed out
on when that opportunity knocked
- "Opportunity Knocks"
How I heard of Mouth's Cradle
I am a fairly active YouTube user, as I am sure a lot of people who have computers and Internet are. It is a great way to learn about different topics and check out some videos from people who share the same interests. I started checking out Modern Warfare 2 videos by a guy who goes by the name "Hutch". For those unfamiliar with the gaming YouTube family, Hutch now gets paid to play and comment on video games by the company Machinima. Hutch's personal channel is shaun0728. (For the record, my favorite YouTube gamer is seananners). At some point Hutch re-posted a video from a user name joehands0me. Joe is a video editor, and would take game play video from Modern Warfare 1 and edit it to music in a music video style which was amazing. The video that really pulled me in is Double Dare:
At this point I was like "this is awesome, SUBSCRIBBBBEEEE". Joe also, however, does a lot of projects not involving video games. Surprising, I know. After following him for a short period of time, he released a live action music video for Mouth's Cradle's "Demon", and the rest is history. It's funny that I just realised this video was posted about 9 months ago, which feels weird because of the amount I have listened to Mouth's Cradle.
The Band
Mouth's Cradle consists of two members, Mouf and Master Rodgers. It's safe to assume these are their stage names. They incorporate many different sounds and genres in a great blend, with clever and contemporary lyrics. They can pull off simpler/softer tracks, while maintaining an edge. What has really impressed me about Mouth's Cradle is the high production value of their tracks, and the great vocals. They write some pretty catchy choruses, as well as blend into some up-tempo raps. One of my favorite songs, New York Border, starts out:
crash my Maserati
too much gin and toddy
put my mask on like somebody stop me
but the coppers got me
put me in a padded cell
kind of like a players club for those who used to have it well
put me in a padded cell
kind of like a players club for those who used to have it well
- "New York Border"
MC goes to Syracuse University (or least Moufy does), and seem to stay fairly local to the Northeast as far as shows go. Understandably. I would love to see these guys in person, but I don't see them coming to the Ory-gun anytime soon. On the bright side, new material is in the works. I am stoked. Their YouTube channel has a wide selection of the majority of their published tracks.
Recently, to promote the new music to be soon released, they have been "MC'ing" up fan photos for fun
Happy Listening!!!
fun link time!
Gilbert Gottfried recently got fired from Aflac for making a Japan tsunami joke. However, double G has been doing this his whole career so what do you expect. He infamously made 9/11 jokes at the Hugh Hefner roast something like 10 days after it happened. Double G, btw, is the voice of the duck who screams "AFFFLAAAAACCCC". To parody this, he recently did a video with Funny or Die, called "Too Soon Gilbert Gottfried"
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