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ArticulatedTexTiles

by Video Dave X Controller 7

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1.
ForeWord 00:20
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GoodBye 02:54
Fair warning I prefer to leave first thing in the morning Or late night Black skies Passengers delight I never fight sleep I close my eyes and embrace it Sweet Dreams Shut em tight, I can taste it I can't see I'm fallin thru the air of the night Dont know my left from my right I'll know my death from my life Right now I'm in between Em It's the voice of Vaud from up in the clouds I never snooze but steady dreamin Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky I look at life and say goodbye as it climbs Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky I look at life and say goodbye as it climbs Don't get me wrong, not that I wanna be gone I fly a lot and every time that the wheels leave the ground I'm astounded I'm amazed I been obsessed with paper planes I love the way a bird can naturally navigate and aviate It's great Who knew way back in a China flying a kite Would lead to me over the ocean at night What a sight I'm staring at the stars searching major ursine Pondering the bend of the wing vs the weight of the turbine Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky I look at life and say goodbye as it climbs Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky Sometimes I wonder if this plane is gonna stay in the sky I look at life and say goodbye as it climbs
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ScreenTime 02:02
Hey Happy New day Shoutout to people who are hard of hearing I got them hot tortilla fingers I got a bunch to eat It need to hit the skillet for a minute Chop it up and add spinach I've turned into my favorite cook No school or books to inspire I'm never shook to flip tortillas on an open fire Like chestnuts roasting Jack Frost was boasting he said he knocked you the fuck out And the part of the story that stuck out Was the part about the wailing He said he sent you sailing thru the air and when you landed over there You let out a deep and pitiful moan I know it's true cause people showed me video phone footage Lookin like you had a bad day I guess it's ok for you to say things that I can't say There's no way Jose Canseco could ever see Roberto Clemente Not even on his best day Sammy Sosa shoulda did commercials for Motorola When his arms were big like the size of boulders Back in like 1998, 1999 What a time I used to party hard I was in my prime I could run a suicide and still stop on a dime I could jump as high as the sun could shine I had books and books of rhymes I could spit out my mouth I could throw a tennis ball over the house I could do a back flip but just on a couch or mattress I used to sleep all night and play all day Now I rise before the sun it's still dark and I'm wide awake Thought I came to LA to relax my mind Jokes on me Clock struck 3 I'm up still stuck In a New York State of Time
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ThePlugTune 02:16
I'll just twist your arm and make you stay with me Are you ready for this Due to a clue of the naughty noise called plug tunin I drew my own views on what I should be doin I run around the world chasin money makin music People always like David I don't know how you do it How much you charge for a beat I never figured it out I kept em all to myself So selfish What do you make in a week I used to work steady Now it's steady workin on some shit I can't touch I can feel it tho So can You can Toucan follow your nose To the trees see the birds Mountain raps In the snow And the bees I'm absurd Bouncin tracks To my phone For three weeks disappear Out in vans On the road For free beers or four drink tickets The tickets only getcha well liquors I remember up only to a certain limit I Shoulda took a picture It woulda lasted longer I'm finna flip the scripture The book of Dave Which Video Any fuckin city yo Catch me outside blowin trees Spittin witty flows Wasting my time Let my momma tell it Due to a clue of the naughty noise called plug tunin I drew my own views on what I should be doin I run around the world chasin money makin music People always like David I don't know how you do it I do not know it either but I know I just do it I grew up watching tv taping radio for music I never could refuse it I had to try and do it Due to a clue of the naughty noise called plug tunin Im ruined I do not drive a Buick I do not own a home or have a baby no influence To keep me off the road from talkin crazy like a nuisance Loitering embroidering mammy lil baby likes shortening shortening bread That tune is in my head It got in there from different cartoons I was viewing So now when I review it Everything is due to a clue of the naughty noise called plug tunin I drew my own views on what I should be doin I run around the world chasin money makin music People always like David I don't know how you do it Fuck a pension I hope I work til die Unfinished opus outta focuscause I'm crazy and blind Final touches readjusted by my kids or my wife Oh what a life Oh what a life No one that I know can live my life for me Are you ready for this
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SoupJoumou 02:31
Inside the ghetto Or in a sunny meadow Ima make you dance weather woman or a fellow Inside the ghetto Or in a sunny meadow Ima make you dance weather woman or umm Or don't pick one Do what you want The world is yours Light up a blunt I love to stunt They call me Super Dave I'll eat the soup for days I bought a suit for Gabe and Nancy's wedding I was the best man Not the Better man I'll Do a whirling dervish While you do a spinning headstand Cat Poop scooper Rented out a scooter On Miami beach Gabe crashed it Smashed it like windows to a looter Oh Frabjous day Calooh Callay I got no words to describe this Inside this Is wildness And anger And danger Room holo-deck I got retrospecs and they x-ray I owe rain checks I used to tag FATE I rolled from Miami Beach to New York upstate Lazy Boy point guard Friday night Late to the party First drunk to fight One Too many drinks Not enough to eat I got it all Except a kitchen sink I wasn't no latchkey kid But I was that matchstick boy start a fire make it hot Let that petrol pour Gunpowder. - Strike a match Explosion. - Oh no Cinematic - What a catch Slow motion - SLO MO Cut Inside the ghetto Or in a sunny meadow Ima make you dance weather woman or a fellow Inside the ghetto Or in a sunny meadow Ima make you dance weather woman or a fellow Inside the ghetto Or in a sunny meadow Ima make you dance weather woman or a fellow Or don't pick one Do what you want The world is yours Light up a blunt I love to stunt They call me super Dave I'll eat the soup for days I'll eat the soup for days Garbanzo Lentil Broccoli and cheddar French onion But the number one soup is that Soup Joumou On Jan 1st you don't know about that? That's Haitian Independence day
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YouTellMe 02:59
Unless you tell me I don't know I'm not a psychic I'm not clairvoyant But If the pilot pulls a Sully I know The seat bottom is buoyant Pay attention to instructions Don't be Russian Don't be a Democrat But please don't be a Republican Do not make assumptions Do ask questions Did ya sneeze or cough do you want gods blessing It don't always sound right But who the fuck would I look like tryin to be "gesundheit" Hooray One cheer let's hear it for the boy He's mediocre as fuck But the bar is on the floor If you open up a door be sure to let close again We're goin thru the same thing Here we go again I'm workin on my flow again Shoveling the snow for friends and neighbors And family Holding a baby over a balcony Is senseless Like Serengeti in Cincinnati betting on table tennis I Think it's Ping Pong Where I'm from we called the game ring and run Ding dong ditch in my opinion sounds dumb So if you did that shit for fun And you always got away You can't blame the youth for playin it today Look back at who you used to be Think about how you would feel if you were me That's called being considerate Reading and writing that is being literate You can gift your kid the world if you read to em every night Am I wrong or Am I Right? Aight then I'm writing rhymes in the sky again Check back on a text to advise my friend It's where I do my best work Making hats, drawing pictures, having drinks, sharing flirts Yo you're such a jerk Is what I would believe about myself if I believed you But what the fuck do you know I'm cool according to my crew And that is who I spend the most time with I got 100 best friends and we all fly as shit Hooray Two cheers let's hear it for the girl She's my Bullwinkle I could be her Rocky J Squirrel I wanna jump but I'll probably end up Dipping a toe again We're goin thru the same thing Here we go again I'm covering my nose again I'm tight behind the ears Everyone got different talents Everyone got different fears I be painting on a palette Mix my colors on a canvas Perfection is impossible Time for practice Phewww… ThankYou You're welcome I'm just speaking my mind Sometimes I tone it down because I like to be kind Sometimes I can't see or hear Sometimes I'm deaf and I'm blind I'm always dumb as hell We should all learn how to sign Cause you never know What's first to go Your mind or your body So whilst you got the energy Fight for your right to party To sum it up Never let nobody pull ya hoe card And When I Am Done I'll Punch it Hard UhUhhh I don't like that I'm bout to Fight back I need a night snack I like this flight path The lights in the plane go from day to night Seeing stars like you lost a fight son First stop is Brighton Ella Fitzgerald sang about it that just adds to my excitement Hooray
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You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I rode the passin lane From The US one to ninety-five You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I got pulled over from the PCH to Lake Shore Drive I got the best playlist like eight hours I got the easy pass Multi pass I got an ash tray Pass that trees I got some cheesy snacks Pass the cheese Different flavored bottled waters What flavor you want I got some chopped up fruit I got melons and berries I got a half a tank of gas Half empty or full But best of all I got you Half full Let's go to the beach It's too hot out there Let's go to mountains It's too cold out there Let's take a trip on a trip Pass the mushrooms See if we can find that fountain Look out the windows Of youth You wanna live forever Me and you Like forever ever We can find that fountain of youth try it out and if it works we can keep it for just me and you You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I rode the passin lane From the US one to ninety-five You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I got pulled over From the PCH to Lake Shore Drive We talkin bout my favorite movies LeeLoo Dallas Multipass We talkin bout your favorite shows He never got to see my bees You reading from a book you brought What's that book about Or we can find some local college radio What's that hook about We stop and buy some scratch offs I don't even like lotto Two for every state Big money and set for life You say you like to scan em first and you can scratch em off later You just want money all the playin can wait We can drive fast or slow Depending how the traffic flows We can pull over on the shoulder nobody has to know We can drive fast or slow Depending how the traffic flows We can pull over on the shoulder nobody has to know Peep it Buckle up can you keep a secret I'll tell you a personal embarrassing story You can tell me one back and if the stories get boring You can push your seat back relax take a nap In fact you can do what cha like It's like a whole new world when we're out for a ride Or a different world you could be my Jasmine guy If you ain't about that Princess Jasmine life Quarters in the cupholder, Brought em for the tollbooth Used to ball in high school so lemme me throw across you! Barefoot on the dash Petty cash for little snacks Goin nowhere pretty fast; If they mad, let em pass Out here the dust settles  Then the dust devils  I can hold your jacket sleeve, you just pull and work the pedals  Time together,  Cruise control can make me sentimental  Screw the schedules Roll it slow, pretend it's not a rental You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I rode the passin lane From the US one to ninety-five You'd never know it but Nobody never taught me how to drive I got pulled over From the PCH to Lake Shore Drive
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NothinMuch 01:38
Whatcha doing Whatcha been up to Keep it moving Get with the hup two Three Four Don't let the doorknob hit yeah Where the dirty dog shoulda bit ya I ain't never claim I'm writing scripture I ain't never aim so I missed ya I ain't never sat upon a pedestal I stand atop a stage but that is mainly for the better view And so there is a greenroom to retreat to After doing soundcheck maybe eat food Get my mind right Lights music showtime Did I get my rhymes tight Was a running in the flow time I can runback years a minute like the flash Tap into the time force and resurrect the past Call my future Can we try to have fun Squeezing in a bad pun Karma Sutra So if you Fuck with me good or bad Your stuck with me cause ima come back And ima ask for another one Try me I'd love it Sounds like tons of fun Is that how it's done?
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BabyTalk 01:30
So long Farewell Goodnight Baby Go to bed So long Farewell Goodnight Baby Ha! Auf Wiedersehen So long Farewell Goodnight Baby Time to Go to bed So long Farewell Goodnight Baby One, Two, Three - Shut Up Hush now baby Baby Lay down your head You ain't never gon be shit if you listen to what the TV says Ima tell you the truth Im long in the tooth Baby I know you don't understand me Your parents be workin all day and workin all night to support yo ungrateful family Hold tight Baby Learn to fight Baby If you try Try with all your might Baby Say what you mean Baby Mean what you say Baby Don't plan to do nothin tomorrow You can do it today Baby Baby Always Tell the truth Baby Cross your heart but do not hope to die Baby Even when you learn your words Baby Just know It's ok to cry Baby Seize the moment Baby Do not wait on no happenstance Baby It's crazy Baby I can tell you all this But you won't believe it til it happens Baby
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I grew up and grew out But somehow I still feel like half a man I feel like I never followed through on any long term plans Only twice in my life can I remember walking in the sand holding hands Once with your mom once with your Grams I dream in memories Future, present, past I can't remember them And I can't make them last So every wake up is a shake up If you got no foundation it all ends up looking like clown make up Enough with bread already til I get my cake up Too much on my plate All the space is getting take up La la la la Wait til I get my money right Wish away the rain Sing a song for the sunny times Bunny rhymes hopping high Subject to subject Judging everything I do Your honor I object It's all subtext And loose implications Where you live Who you know What's your affiliation That's the translation for Yo What you be about? Nothin I'm just kicking it, right there that is my Tio's house Might get you outta trouble If your primos don't play Or that might leave you seeing double after catching a fade My uncle had to fix my haircut One time My momma bungled it You could never guess her name It's unusual like a rumplestilt Damn it all to hell Bite your tongue Hide your anger Make new friends Accept some candy from a stranger I'm running with some scissors chasing down a stack of paper Tryin to cut it up in California like the Lakers Movin more than a shaker Grooving like a record player A dog and a phonograph What an iconic photograph I remember that image from back in the day I been smiling at infants since seven or eight Cause I'm ahead of my years My peers could never run with me Warmed the bench all winter but won the neighborhood summer league Coaches couldn't recognize my endless potential My upside was bigger than a Lincoln continental My downside was smaller than economy rental My tempers temperamental My output is incremental I ain't never drove a Bentley Never rode in the back I ain't never killed nobody Never sold any cracks But I flew around the world and rocked the stage with my raps And really can't nobody tell me nothin bout that I never drove in a Bentley Never rode in the back I ain't never killed nobody Never sold any cracks But I still fly around the world rock any stage with my raps I'm sayin What the fuck you got to say about that Baby
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In summation In conclusion Me and 7 mixed our brainwaves convoluted Im staying patient Building movement I just visited my dreams out there touring Europe In train stations And airplanes Cars and hotel rooms I got a 101 stories that I can tell you If I have the time If I can keep my mind If I can find the perfect way to make em shine And make em rhyme If they tingle down my spine When I spit em out my mouth Then I know I found combination waiting to get out Like a tiger in the town square Tell everybody that you know to meet me there And we maybe we can catch it Catch What Catch The vibe I name a few of my most favorite things after the Tribe I got a lot of questions I'm Inconsistently rested I'm Waiting on the sun To make me feel more directed But back to life Back to reality Another day Another tragedy Well shit not a tragedy But that there's the malady I Been better And I been worse Peaks and Valleys and peaks again Stay on the ride or take a leap and then Land on another ride A new chapter Stuck on the once upon a time But chasing happily ever afterwards But that's not how it works Hey You can write your own way But ain't nobody reading your screenplay Sir this is a Wendy's take that shit to the BK Don't mistake a jukebox with a DJ Hey I just got back But now I gotta go again Retrace my tracks I'm gone I'm on the road again Kiss my ass I'm no prince I'm just a toad again Sometimes every rhymes an explanation Sometimes it's just word association It's all the same to me It's just one life to live I need to some wins to anchor to all the advice I give Hey Hey It's No flex when I press my armrest Just less stress on my spine in the seat Guess it's cloudy down in Texas but from thirty thousand feet It looks like a flock of sheep I be high without no weed I used to wanna be a pilot And fly for a living Now I felt like a stylist Sew fly sew appealing You could never catch this feeling I sew fly around the world I live above the clouds Fuck a glass ceiling Really I'm reeling Delirium Tremendously revealing Bring em out And lay the cards down Face up Wake up put on your make up Face your fears See it clear Looming like a break up Hey wait up Thats the Same as sayin slow down I'm on the road now Shut up I'm on the phone clown It's about to go down Showdown At high noon I spoon with the best of them Swinging like a pendulum Guarded like defensive ones A Gary Payton I'm sayin He is the glove Rushing thru the terminal I said I live above The clouds the sun be shining Even when she went away Life's a caucus race There ain't no sheep to count in space See it Say it Sorted I never won the race I never won the race But I finished it It felt like running up mountain I'm stuck inside my head But I got galaxies (The clock is counting down I'm watching people shrink It's hard to sleep when people leave as quick as just a blink And that's precisely why I'm unconcerned with what you think You never heard of me before tonight And baby that's alright I bet you some merch you won't forget me This earth will keep spinning It won't protect me But I stay on schedule Keep the mission I'm chasing dragons Man I got a bad addiction But there's not steps for this Just 2 steps and dub steps and club reps That's the medicine) I gotta go again I'm on the road again I gotta go again I'm on the road again

about

What began in January 2022 as an idea to maybe do a couple songs or an EP quickly became a full length project with the only stated guideline being a shared love for Prince Paul and the Native Tongues movement. Dave -traveling constantly for work and music tours- visited no less than 60 cities in 10 different countries while working on the album, while Controller 7 kept a steady supply of beats in Dave’s inbox. Controller 7 suggested prompts when he had them, or tried sampling things Dave suggested. The trove of beats allowed Dave to pick and choose from an outsized variety of beats and go wherever he wanted sonically. The album became all kinds of different things, travel reflections, personal mantras, letters to self, and fun with words- all held together by Dave's point of view, and Controller 7’s unpredictable sounds. Dave tells a story of Prince Paul casually, saying if he and Mike would have been around back in the Native Tongue days that they would have been in the crew.

This album is the album that comes out of Dave visiting that dream world and making a project that can somehow fit in the family of his favorites.

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released July 7, 2023

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released July 7, 2023

Produced by Controller 7
controller7.bandcamp.com

Mastered by DeeSkee

VideoDave- 3rdEyelander Productions
Controller7- Grey Carpet Records

For Video Dave inquiries contact - DavidCMaxime@gmail.com
For Controller 7 inquiries contact - Controllerseven@gmail.com

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Video Dave Los Angeles, California

Video Dave is a Chicago-bred rapper, TV producer, beat maker and writer. A true multi-hyphenate artist, he has had a creative hand in seemingly disparate corners of modern-day culture. From reality TV shows, to Prince performing at the SuperBowl, somehow Dave has a connection.

His latest album with Controller 7, ArticulatedTexTiles is a window into his world of ideas and memories
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