Tour Recap: Rob Viktum (Yes…There’s a free download in here somewhere)

whaddup folks,

Since I wasn’t able to update you regularly from the road I decided I will give you some recaps on the tour.  They will be out of order and probably a bit jumbled, but whatever…just meet Rob already.

haven't we taken this back pack thing a little too far already. lol.

I had the pleasure of meeting Rob Viktum down in Austin at SXSW through my man Chief who I will have to do a whole other blog on later (google the name for now and get familiar or follow him at www.twitter.com/mr_chief).  As you meet about 5 million people at SXSW it is admittedly not the best situation to really build with someone.  Fortunately, the monday after SXSW was a day off on the tour and we told ourselves we would maximize everyday and Rob resides in Dallas so as we had gas to burn…

When we got to his spot we (me, Dante LaSalle, Chief, and Rob) just shot the shit for a little and then we went up to the lab to see what he was cooking up in the studio.  He played the first beat and I was like DOPE.  He played another and I was like DOPE.  This continued more times than I feel like typing.  At some point I ran downstairs for the weaponry of a pad and pen and to get some beer from the corner store (it’s not a problem I swear. lol).  When I got back a beat was going so I cracked a tall boy High Life and wrote out a verse.  As we were writing he asks us if he can work on another beat as he likes to stay busy.  We all had the tempo down so this was more than fine.  So he pulls out a record and starts finding another sample.  I finish my verse (I’ve been becoming a quicker writer these days) so me and Chief go down for a cigarette and chill out for a minute.  He finishes his verse outside and then we head back up and…..

HE’S ALREADY DONE WITH THE OTHER BEAT AND IT’S BANGERIFFIC (yeah I said that).  From the original record I couldn’t believe that beat came from that, and then I think he starts working on a new beat cause it was sounding completely different, but he’s like “I just think the beat needs a break”.  I’m just thinking I need to pick the pad up and get to another verse.  10-15 minutes to write and it had nothing to do with me.  I was inspired by the work ethic and had to show and prove.  Sometimes others can just push you to work harder without saying a word and Rob’s beats did that for me.

Outside of the beats, we had a great time in Dallas.  We went to a bar after the vibe session and just hung out.  The bar had a kick ass juke box (but I had to wait until bar close to hear my killer selections…don’t you just hate that. lol.) and dope pizza.  We also got to meet his beautiful wife who is a B-Girl (that’s right folks…girls do listen to hip hop even if the ratio at shows is a little sausage centric).  Hilarity did ensue at the bar and after the bar but some things are just gonna have to stay secret’s of the bRoad.

Now the reason that I’m writing this blog at this time is that I was on my favorite site outside of mine (www.potholesinmyblog.com) and saw that they just put up a project of his for free download entitled, “Rob Viktum Presents: Snack Pack Vol 1″ so I had to go download it and it was just as I suspected.  He still hasn’t made a beat that I wasn’t feeling.  All you gotta do is click the album cover at the end of this blog and it will take you away to the potholesinmyblog article with info on how to download. They will also give you all the fancy writer stuff on him like what he sounds like and all that ish. In my opinion, if you like what I’m doing, this will definitely not disappoint.  And as your listening check for track 5 and track 14.  5 was the first beat I started writing to and 14 was the one he made while I was having a cigarette.  A fucking cigarette folks.  Thanks for the inspiration brotha.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO POTHOLE IN MY BLOG AND DL THE PROJECT FOR FREE

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