The Petting Zoo

by StarPower

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A friend/filmmaker/musicman (Shaka King aka Mauby Bitters) e-mailed me U.K. producer Bullion's Beach Boy's/J. Dilla-inspired instrumental mash-up ("Pet Sounds: In The Key of Dee") knowing that I was the one person in the world who could make outstanding, unique songs out of these extraordinary and unsusually short musical compositions.

So a few months later I sat down in front of my computer for about a full workday, and wrote each song. I then took them to the studio, and with the help of Mercury, recorded all of them in about 4 hours. He mixed them the next day, Cavalier created a cover, and I just decided to hand all of my triumphs, vulnerabilities, and perspectives over to the world with no disclaimers. It all took less than a week to go from creation to dispersal.

The result is a 22 minute album (or mixtape, if you will) that sounds like the soundtrack to someone's very intimate autobiography - mine. Twelve deeply personal, hilarious, inappropriate, emotional, unforgiving quirky narratives. Ridiculous stories, true stories, scathing social commentary, fantasies, braggadocio, reflections, apologies, it's all there with no filter or discretion. The response has been far greater than I imagined it would be, I hope we can continue this movement by telling a friend or a stranger. Y'all just go ahead and download the sh-t out of this album, please. Thank you and peace.

-StarPower

credits

released 16 February 2008
All tracks written by StarPower, Produced by Bullion (myspace.com/bullionness).
Mixed by Mercury.
Recorded at The Dugout.

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Once you listen to my songs, and then reflect on what these other rappers are doing, you'll realize that none of them should ... more talk about being "real" anymore. My imagination is realer than what they are trying to sell you. I enjoy and respect the power of sound too much to give you anything less than something that'll impact you. less

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Track Name: Let's Go Away
this is how we close the petting zoo.