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Title [Sick Of Wasting ] ░██▓
Artist [Sage Francis ] ██▒
Label [SFR ] Genre [Hip-Hop ] ██░
Quality/Size [44.1 @VBR 54,5 MB] Ripped [05-20-2010 ] ▒██
Grabbed from [CDDA ] Enc [Lame 3.97 ] ▓██
Website [www.strangefamousrecords.com ] ▒██
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Track Time Title ██
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01 03:54 Strange Fame ██
02 00:27 S.A.G.E. Bastard ██
03 03:57 I Trusted You ██
04 04:02 Needle ██
05 02:32 House Of Bees Feat B. Dolan ██
06 02:46 Jaw Of Steel ██
07 04:18 If I Go To Hell (Demo) ██
08 04:41 Conspiracy To Riot ██
09 03:14 Be A Star ██
10 06:02 Sea Legs Feat B. Dolan & Sleep ██
11 03:10 Flashback 96 (Home Recording) ██
12 03:01 Masturbate Your Brain (Aoi Demo) ██
13 03:15 Sfr Pays Dues Feat B. Dolan & Prolyphic ██
14 03:17 Pump ██
15 00:13 Revenge Of The Ogre ██
16 02:39 Who Farted Part 1 ██
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16 51:28 min ██
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5th installment in the "Sick Of" mixtape series ██░
Sick of Wasting is a mix of songs recorded between 1996-2009 ██
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1) Strange Fame (2009) ██
2) S.A.G.E. Bastard (prod. by Buck 65, 2009) ██
3) I Trusted You (beat by Buck 65, 2009) ██
4) Needle (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace, 2009) ██
5) House of Bees (feat. B. Dolan, beat by Buck 65, 2009) ██
6) Jaw of Steel (beat and scratches by Reanimator, 2009) ██
7) If I Go To Hell (demo, 1997) ██
8) Conspiracy to Riot (beat & scratches by Reanimator, 2008) ██
9) Be a Star (beat by Buck 65, 2007) ██
10) Sea Legs (feat. B. Dolan & Sleep. Scratches by Buddy ██
Peace. Additional vocals by Jared Paul and Curtis Plum. Beat ██
by Aupheus, 2009.) ██
11) Flashback 96 (home recording, 1996) ██
12) Masturbate Your Brain (AOI demo, 1997) ██
13) SFR Pays Dues (feat. B. Dolan & Prolyphic, 2008) ██
14) Pump (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace & Reanimator, ██
2009) ██
15) Revenge of the Ogre (interlude w/ Trinity) ██
16) Who Farted? part 1 (courtesy of XAUL ZAN) ██
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Sage talks about the latest Sick Of... release, and tells ██
the stories behind the songs: ██
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I wasn't sure if I would ever release another mix of this ██
sort after the last one, but it's been a couple years since ██
my last official album and I've accumulated a large number ██
of "left over" tracks that never found their way onto an ██
official album. I also opened up the 4-track vault this year ██
and was able to unearth some solid material that dates back ██
to 1996. ██
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My music career, as most people know it, essentially began ██
with the "Sick of Waiting" mixtape in 1999. Now that I've ██
typed that out I've realized that we're essentially ██
celebrating the "Sick of" mixtape series' 10th birthday. Hot ██
damn. It seems like just yesterday I was dubbing all the ██
original tapes, cutting and pasting the album covers, ██
writing out the album info on the stickers, and selling them ██
hand-to-hand at shows. Time (f)lies. ██
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The first Sick installment was called "Sick of Waiting." ██
That title was inspired by my frustration in waiting around ██
for something official to pop off. I felt like the iron was ██
hot and I needed to strike whether the labels were willing ██
to scoop me up or not. So I threw together a batch of ██
recordings/demos/freestyles that I had hanging around and I ██
began selling the mix at shows. This was the beginning of ██
Strange Famous Records. ██
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10 years later the label has grown and expanded in ██
significant ways. It has become the home to many of my ██
favorite hiphop artists in the indie scene as well as a ██
constant reminder of how much work it takes to get ██
underground musicians the exposure they deserve. ██
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Like all of the "Sick of" mixes, "Sick of Wasting" is not ██
just an attempt to showcase my own material. It is also a ██
means to promote all the featured artists involved, most of ██
whom have projects of their own that have been released ██
recently or will be released by the end of the year. Be sure ██
to check for their respective projects. ██
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As this project is a free digital download, we certainly ██
don't expect this to be a big money maker. However, the ██
sales for the CD at our online store have gone well so I'd ██
like to thank everyone who has shown support. For anyone ██
without money to spend on music, the material is there for ██
you to download anyway. We hope you enjoy it. ██
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4 eva & always, ██
Sage Francis ██
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Here's a quick break down and explanation of each track: ██
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1) Strange Fame (2009) ██
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This is probably one of the fastest songs I've ever put ██
together. Self-produced, recorded, mixed and mastered in my ██
home studio over the course of 1 day. Due to the obvious ██
sample issue, this is something I could never officially ██
release but I've always wanted to jack this David Bowie song ██
for a Strange Famous anthem. ██
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2) S.A.G.E. Bastard (prod. by Buck 65, 2009) ██
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Buck 65 put together this interlude by chopping up an ██
obscure Blowfly recording. ██
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3) I Trusted You (beat by Buck 65, 2009) ██
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Buck 65 put together the beat. The intro and outro samples ██
are from a televised Andy Kaufman performance. Kurtis SP ██
sent me the "Sage" samples. I arranged all the vocal samples ██
which took longer than it probably should have. The ██
sentiment of this song is extended to more than a few people ██
I've had the displeasure of sharing portions of my life ██
with. That's all I will say about that. ██
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4) Needle (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace, 2009) ██
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These lyrics have been around for quite a while. I was ██
waiting for an opportunity to use them on an official album ██
but it just never happened. I eventually recorded this song ██
to another beat but wasn't too thrilled with the outcome. ██
When I sent it over to Buddy Peace he capped it off with ██
that incredible scratch-sentence outro. And then at some ██
point I sent him the acapella at which point he remixed the ██
whole song and breathed new life into it. The funky sample ██
he uses reminds me a bit of the first KMD record, and the ██
drums definitely kill. I've never performed this song live ██
but I look forward to it. ██
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5) House of Bees (feat. B. Dolan, beat by Buck 65, 2009) ██
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Recorded at B. Dolan's studio dungeon, mixed and masted at ██
my home studio. I don't want to ruin any magic about this ██
song, so I will keep this explanation short. Buck 65 put ██
together a face smashing, boombap beat and we realized the ██
song had to be about a house of bees. I told B. Dolan the ██
concept of the song and he delivered some shit that made me ██
want to go back and rewrite my verse. I never did end up ██
rewriting my verse, but I think its all for the best. ██
There's a unique version of this track with Buddy Peace's ██
scratches at www.myspace.com/bernarddolan ██
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6) Jaw of Steel (beat and scratches by Reanimator, 2009) ██
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I fully intended on this song being on an official album, ██
but the way my new material is shaping up it just wouldn't ██
fit. This beat was first going to be used on Prolyphic and ██
Reanimator's "The Ugly Truth" album. When it ended up not ██
being used, I jumped at the opportunity to place some lyrics ██
on it. There were a lot of vinyl snaps in the record that ██
Reanimator sampled and I did my best to eliminate most of ██
them, but in the process I think I may have affected the ██
overall sound quality of the song. Whatever the case, I like ██
the pace and build of this song. ██
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7) If I Go To Hell (demo, 1997) ██
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Originally released as a "Track of the Week" on ██
SFRstore.com, this song was retrieved from the vault of my ██
4-track tapes. The sound quality is iffy, the music is ██
jacked from DJ Shadow, but I enjoy the lyrics for the most ██
part. I think this was the beginning of anti-religious ██
sentiment in my songs. ██
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8) Conspiracy to Riot (beat & scratches by Reanimator, 2008) ██
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Reanimator sent me this beat a while back and he labeled it ██
"militant." I kept it around not totally sure of what I ██
should do with it until all the pieces eventually fell into ██
place. Originally released on www.ConspiracyToRiot.com as a ██
way to raise funds for Jared Paul's defense lawyers, this ██
song joins the ranks of my other highly political tracks. ██
Performing this song in MN while having thousands of people ██
put their middle finger up for the police in their state was ██
a gas. ██
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9) Be a Star (beat by Buck 65, 2007) ██
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This song was made during the course of making my Human the ██
Death Dance album but it didn't seem to fit very well. Also, ██
the sample clearance would have been a headache. It's mainly ██
just an upbeat track that I did for fun. Perfect candidate ██
for a "Sick of" release. ██
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10) Sea Legs (feat. B. Dolan & Sleep. Scratches by Buddy ██
Peace. ██
Additional vocals by Jared Paul and Curtis Plum. Beat by ██
Aupheus, 2009.) ██
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This monster posse-cut was originally released as a free ██
download during the relaunch www.StrangeFamous.com to ██
celebrate our 2009 roster. Everyone featured on this song ██
recorded their material in their own studio and sent their ██
contributions to me via email. I had to paste it all ██
together and surprisingly it worked. I am a splice master. ██
I'd love to do a full album like this at some point with all ██
the SFR artists. Not only does B. Dolan completely slay this ██
track, but so does Sleep and this is the first song I've ██
ever done with him. Check for his new album "Hesitation ██
Wounds" which drops on June 30th, 2009. You can download his ██
single right now at www.StrangeFamous.com ██
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11) Flashback 96 (home recording, 1996) ██
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The lyrics of this song were originally written in 1993. ██
Since then, I have recorded various versions of the song. ██
The version most people would be familiar with is the "I ██
Keep Calling" song, however this stripped down version was ██
retrieved from old 4-track tapes and it's got a lot of ██
charm. I'm also amused by the idea of having flashbacks ██
during a time where it sounds like I'm still a little kid. ██
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12) Masturbate Your Brain (AOI demo, 1997) ██
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Another "lost tapes" discovery, this is a 4-track recording ██
of me with my first band before we hired a live drummer. The ██
rhymes are tightly packed and the accent is quite thick. ██
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13) SFR Pays Dues (feat. B. Dolan & Prolyphic. Scratches by ██
Reanimator. 2008) ██
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Originally made as a promo track for the Paid Dues Festival, ██
this song was recorded on the spot in the SFR studio. ██
Instrumental for this track was taken from the Beatnuts. ██
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14) Pump (beat and scratches by Buddy Peace & Reanimator, ██
2009) ██
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Boombastic, Mr. Fantastic. This song went through many ██
incarnations before a remix beat collaboration came together ██
between Buddy Peace and Reanimator. That mix of talent is ██
tough to deny. The beat knocks hard and the scratches are ██
ridiculous. Big up yaselves. ██
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15) Revenge of the Ogre (interlude w/ Trinity) ██
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Radio interview snippet between me and SFR forum's very own ██
Diane! ██
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16) Who Farted? part 1 (courtesy of XAUL ZAN, 2009) ██
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This is only part 1 because I fully expect more songs to ██
follow up where this one leaves off. While touring with ██
Grand Buffet a few years ago we came up with a rhyme game to ██
figure out who farted. It helped us stay sane during long ██
drives. Xaul Zan decided to take the worst of the worst and ██
make a song about it. He turned a beautiful song by The ██
Knife into something dirty and juvenile. Figures. ██
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