"Just Me & My Walkman"
Year created: 1998
Written & Performed by: Dutchmassive
Produced by: Deeskee
Recorded by: Dan Smith @ Bay Sound (Tampa, Florida)
Mixed & Mastered by: Celph Titled @ The Chrome Depot (NYC)
Album: "Junk Planet" (Released July 13, 2004) CD & 2xLP (double vinyl)
Label: Atomik / Freshchest Records / Caroline Distribution
Original Concept Drawing by FILTER - Recreated by Skawty Shaw and SlopFunkDust
Graphic design and layout by Open Mic
"Junk Planet" was created 1997-2002, Released world wide 2004.
https://dutchmassive.bandcamp.com/album/junk-planet-1997-2002
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Lyrics:
(Verse1)
"Yo a lot of credit due to sidekick / my get me through the day kid / my wake in the morning with a smile on my face thing / My energy, my mellow out in stressful times of need / my drug to block me out from the world when i feel / my man who keeps me new to all the music that I hear / the one who's always close to my pockets and my ears, / my man throughout the years, always been my best friend / and introduce to ya'll my one and only walkman!"
(Bridge)
"Yo did he say walkman? yo i know this cat ain't dedicating a song to walkman. What's this, some Me, Myself & My Microphone type ish?!"
(Verse 2)
"Yo, ya'll don't understand, damn, my headset is my man / first to play me Kris when he dissed MC Shan / Been there for Dividends (The World is Very different now) to Passing me By / Still bumping De La, Del, and what's left of Tribe / My god! the mixtapes that i've gone through / and the shoes i've worn out walking down waters avenue / my lunch money would go towards batteries / they was from the Dollar Store but that ain't matter to me / Sadly in the same predicament / I'm addicted to listening / Hoping that my kids will see the visions, that I had as child playing tag in the courtyard / dreams to proceed and overcome all the odds / The Gawd & his headset, Never will my ears rest / I stay zoning out listening to Common Sense / The best of all friends from beginning to the end / throughout all the problems it's just me and walkman"
(Chorus)
"It's Just Me & My Walkman, When I wanna hear the classics, I don't wanna hear that loud mouth ish / It's Just Me & My Walkman, When i'm stressed and I need to get away, I have nothing to say / It's Just Me & My Walkman, When I wanna just chill and sitback, relax and ill! It's Just Me & My Walkman, my Walkman, my Walkman"
(Verse 3)
"Now i've grown a little older / released Vinyl, got exposure / sold my memories on tape, to reach to lower side of what ya'll music / but it's polluted / I never buy hip hop anymore cus it's foolish / No excused\s, I need new Cassettes / hense you make better songs, then I might represent / my walkman would hate me if I played some wack ish / so please do me a favor and make more classics! / I push pause and wonder / What if he was gone, cus he died of hunger / Live in the past though, Never regretting / Trade all my tapes for Cd's, Forget it / never feed him wack tapes cus that would be a no no / Always rocking classics, never play a demo / to the dopest friend to ever touch this land / come on, give a hand to my mother-ucking Walkman! (The Best friend in the world, the best friend in the world, the world)
(Chorus)
"It's Just Me & My Walkman, When I wanna hear the classics, I don't wanna hear that loud mouth ish / It's Just Me & My Walkman, When i'm stressed and I need to get away, I have nothing to say / It's Just Me & My Walkman, When I wanna just chill and sitback, relax and ill! It's Just Me & My Walkman, my Walkman, my Walkman, my Walkman, my waaaalkmaaaan"
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Backstory:
"Just Me & My Walkman" was the 2nd song I wrote and recorded for my Debut solo album "Junk Planet" in 1998. At the time, I was also an emcee in the Tampa Bay native underground hip hop group "Equilibrium" (Celph Titled, Majik Most, Dutchmassive & DJ Kramtronix) We had been recording our full length album "Tropic States" (which still remains unreleased) since 1996, Celph moved to NYC to work at Buds Distribution & helped formed Demigodz & joined Army Of The Pharaohs. We had just released our 1st 12" vinyl as Equilibrium "Fahrenheit 813" B/W "Critical Conditions" (feat. Vex of The Boogiemonsters) & "Windows 98" and getting ready to release our 2nd 12" "Do that" B/W "Hold Something".
With Celph in NYC taking on more projects and responsibilities and Majik Most no longer in the group for a short period of time, I was getting antsy waiting to unleash all this creative energy I had pent up as a Teenager. Celph Introduced me to the producer Deeskee, who he met while working on Braille's first album Lifefirst: Half The Battle. Which was half produced by Celph & half produced by Deeskee. I fell in Love with Deeskee's Production on Braille's album so we linked over the phone and he sent me a demo of his upcoming instrumental album "In Loving Memory Of..." which still remains one of my favorite and most influential albums of my life. Deeskee was very good at creating music that fit the vision of the emcee he was working with. He wouldn't allow me to choose any existing beats and wanted the challenge of creating new and very specific beats designed around my voice and the concepts I wanted to execute. He Produced 5 tracks on "Junk Planet"
"Bus Stop Building Block" which was the very first song I recorded as a solo artist.
"Just Me & My Walkman" which was the 2nd track I recorded for this album.
"My own sh*t"
"Pipe Dreams" & "Take A Break" (interlude)
I wanted the first single on vinyl to be "Just Me & My Walkman" b/w "My Own Sh*t" & "Bus Stop Building Block" but the Label wanted to release the more "Battle Rap" Aggressive tracks as the singles that had Alot of at the time "Famous" features. A Decision I'm sad about to this day. The Label told me, we could release the tracks I want as the 3rd single but 3 months after the album was released. The Label "Freshchest" filed for bankruptcy not only killing any chances of a 3rd single but also sealing the fate of no artists on the label getting paid. The album was created from 1997-2002, This was prior to home studio's being the norm so the amount of my I invested into studio time, flights, and just years of expression never saw a single penny of return. This dismantled me hard at the time. I was riding this high with my CD being in every store worldwide and the vinyl being in all the record shops across the globe. Write ups in the Source, XXL, Blaze, URB etc.. I really thought my life was going to change and my family would stop saying I'm wasting my time putting so much effort into music. This gave them and everyone else who doubted me the ammo they needed to rub in "I told you so" which hurt more than not getting paid. "Junk Planet" took 2 years to be released after I finished recording it, So by the time it was released to the world, it was old to me and I was well into into recording my sophomore album "Crush Your System" with Production from Samiyam, 14KT, Illmind, Dela, SlopFunkDust, etc which would eventually be released in 2007 on Rawkus Records and meet pretty much the exact fate, Almost to a T, where the Labeled filed for bankruptcy 3 months after release and for those who aren't familiar with how Major / Independent releases went at the time. You didn't get your first payment until after 3 months.
As for the backstory around the song, I think the song speaks for itself. I've been very reluctant to mint music on my Dutchmassive Artist Profile since the music is nearly 3 decades old and pretty dated. Also, I don't think "web3" is very familiar with History as an artist and how long I've been creating as Dutchmassive and as Dutchyyy. I know not everyone takes time to read these long backstories and I only have 2 official albums as Dutchmassive, that were pretty momental releases for their time so I've been holding off because I don't want people to think I'm insane when I set the auction prices for songs from the releases. I've come to terms with that now though. It doesn't matter when or if these tracks get collected. It's just important to me, they are on chain and my history and story is solidified.
I chose to lead with "Just Me & My Walkman" because I think it's Audible Proof and provenance that not Only am I one of the OG artists that helped pave the way for underground / independent hip hop but I am also one of the OG Collectors and I haven't slowed down on creating or collecting ever. Music truly is the healer, it is the utility. Music saved my life as a teenager and it's never let me down spiritually or emotionally. I haven't Recorded a new album as Dutchmassive in well over a decade, but I never stopped rhyming, I just pivoted to recording daily Freestyles to stay sharp and have fun in private. In a world where everyone has a soap box and we spend all day and night reading each other's thoughts. The Magic of words and expressing thoughts kinda lost its special place in my heart. There's more to expand on that but I'll save that for another backstory.
*Collector will receive a sealed copy of "Junk Planet" on CD & and a sealed copy of "Junk Planet" on Double Vinyl.
*Collector will also receive a 1TB Samsung SSD filled with my nearly my full released & unreleased Discography as Dutchmassive / Dutchyyy
Thank you for taking time to read the backstory, and thank you for listening.
Sincerely,
Dutch
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