Agreement, Opposition, In-between?

Photo credit by Aldrich Sabac (the same guy who took the picture The Pinoy Wonder Mixtape)

As some folks may know, this record actually has been around for about a year now. I believe that timing is important and I feel that this record has become more relevant than when it was initially recorded. This record is a result of struggling and growing as a producer as well as an emcee/lyricist. I will admit this will be a record that is not as playful, lyricism-wise, than the mixtape, but I am hoping that the content presented will spark a discussion or dialogue among the different spaces that the listener may find themselves in, particularly on race, schooling, activism, and even the role of an artist or musician. I am hoping that in such discussion or at the least in self-reflection, what will be brought to one's attention, is this tendency for us to categorize ourselves and others as either evil or good (villain or hero). Where I will fall in terms of good or evil is not so much my concern, as I am always willing to engage in a constructive discussion with those who are in agreement, opposition, or in-between with the work, what concerns me most is the willingness in which people will dialogue and/or act on issues that are often ignored or marked as taboo. Perhaps the question is: How can America move towards an open honest discussion in a such a closed minded world drunken by arrogant ignorance and selective memory?

-ARISTYLES