Laminated Skies, by Raw Poetic and Damu The Fudgemunk

Laminated Skies

by Raw Poetic and Damu The Fudgemunk

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Jeremy Too Wow. This record is amazing. Start to finish. Cadillac is such a great song. I must have played it a hundred times by now. Beautiful. Favorite track: Cadillac.

overthebluemoon I only recently discovered the Fudgemunk universe via a trapdoor in our local radio station – Rigatoni from the EAT album played whilst I went to pick up the kids from a day out; EAT, Ocean Bridges and Laminated Skies added straight to the library, and I find myself gravitating towards the latter – such a joy to listen to, cannot get enough of it. Really difficult to pick a favourite; each track is outstanding. Favorite track: Guide.

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1.	Open Roads 04:31	lyrics	buy track
Open Roads Say I never see them elite, rock to the rhythm the beat Wake in just a little bit, blessed I’m not an idiot I got a vibe for my peeps Yes I got a vibe in the sky, Gravity will make it collide Crash to be a part of me, failure was the start of me Now I’m kind of thinking it’s sweet Brake it down a lot, they slept and they forgot We speak it from the chest, confess and inhaled the pot I guess we’re really not your average high roller Represent my spot, my system of the solar Blues of angola, totem pole told you Sometimes you’ve got to think, accept you’re getting older World done turned on you, love done just burned you Nothing left to say, stripes you just earned to, A lot and now light your flag your gonna Do it alright, don’t brag you’re gonna Wake up the life you have , you’re gonna Do it to right you’re path, you’re gonna Say nothing, the world has gone crazy But we’re gonna leave it love Say nothing the world has gone crazy But we’re gonna leave it above Walk away, let die today Tomorrows way, a lighter shade You’re open road is yet to close We ride away, we ride, we ride we Say nothing, the world has gone crazy But we’re gonna leave it love Say nothing the world has gone crazy But we’re gonna leave it above Hey my lord we’ve got to be On some roads somewhat describing me Somethings I see, no that’s not in me Freedom funk chants keep on rocking me Boom box sitting aside, drumbeats blare made to settle my vibe Soundwaves break buildings down to my vibe Now my conscious at a level with sky Oh you want to level your high Roller coast drive keep a vision alive Man stay on a mission know to steady your drive Only you can know that you are ready inside Ready, willing and able Umbilical cut the cable Never fit in no label, never live in a fable Walking out of your cradle and facing the grave Step away from the table, and take it away Walk away, let die today Tomorrows way, a lighter shade You’re open road is yet to close We ride away, we ride, we ride we Say nothing the world has gone crazy But we’re gonna leave it love
2.	Chewing Gum 04:18	lyrics	buy track
Chewing Gum Enter light, begin life, close the door, nothing more Here today, hear you say, how you lived, give it more Want to love, can’t because, what you’ve known, can’t no more Some would say, let it go, do it all, again the lord Spaced your heart, like the stars Far a part, can’t reach it all In the dark, we turn the page Listen for, the final age (Hook) Walk keep the rhythm apart – your body go Walk to the beat of your heart – your body know Walk keep the rhythm apart – your body go Walk to the beat of your heart – your body know Find what you see in yourself – could it be love Locked in with somebody else – could it be love Find what you see in yourself – could it be love Locked in with somebody else – could it be love What’s the word, don’t you know Echo out, but never heard Take the seen, from a dream Write it out, what does it mean Laugh and lost, just because Flaming homes, behind us all Hidden corpse, paved the road Look behind, it’s so exposed Spaced your heart, like the stars Far a part, can’t reach it all In the dark, we turn the page Listen for, the final age (Hook) Walk keep the rhythm apart – your body go Walk to the beat of your heart – your body know Walk keep the rhythm apart – your body go Walk to the beat of your heart – your body know Find what you see in yourself – could it be love Locked in with somebody else – could it be love Find what you see in yourself – could it be love Locked in with somebody else – could it be love Beneath the damages, mummies unwrap the bandages Life scarring the man this is, praying that I can manage this Every woman I find, wondering how I landed in Love lavishing luxury, insanity the planet is Wow, I swear to I be, peaceful like plants in pottery Breaking out of my shell from all the roots that are inside of me Looking for mother Africa, follow the drums that’s tracking you She’s that battery pack that stays in back of you Push you to the front of that line of those attacking you World flipped inside out, , the human spatula Love, like hate found lost, she’s so spectacular First love give me that drive, 96 Acura Book of magical spells, ain’t nothing matching her Tiger lily give me that philly, she’s saying nothing really Popping wheelies, saying we out, I zone we’re nothing kills me Playing planets, rules don’t apply from anywhere you’re standing Steady scanning, looking for life you’re never understanding Son we’re jamming, go fan them, going back to that old schooling Schooling, fool them with no rules in anything that we are doing Flipping rhythms at my choosing, ships – I’m fucking cruising Looking at you through that old soul, like, what’cha doing Poet plotted, son I sun god it to make it hot It’s rock it from a soundwave of the hypnotic Melodic optics, unlock it, cop it Spotted, unseen worlds like a prophet I profit off my intelligence got it It’s over wattage, my life Is shining out it so bright And if you doubt it, you might Want to recheck it, recite Whatever comes from the mic It’s raw, its off, it’s mines, not yours It’s love, it’s war, it’s more than what we all endure
3.	Ralph Ellison 04:47	lyrics	buy track
Ralph Ellison From a land with no ceiling we see the atmos- Fear in our eyes when we’re thinking about the absence out there Poetry written inside of all of the wonderous blackness Mirror my memory can it be that I belong nowhere Quietly whispering loud enough for the whole world hear it Follow the wind again saying you’ve got to find your way home Don’t ever say I ain’t warn you one time Don’t ever say I ain’t tell you stay calm Don’t ever say their nothing there Nothing ever vanished in thin air Don’t ever say I ain’t warn you one time Don’t ever say I ain’t tell you stay calm Don’t ever say their nothing there Nothing ever vanished in thin air 3x Oh my God it’s sunny side up High up in the clouds I see my past time When in the morning and waking up after break ups Taking a second and looking at all the space I left there Picking the pieces and putting together puzzles I shook up Breathe in the planet and realizing that nothings really changed here Don’t want to say it, but things ain’t going back Don’t want to be this way, but the simple fact I got to disappear like it never happened In a million years though I want it back I’m an invisible man, can’t stay where you want me soul is current like I’m an invisible man, won’t be seen in your world either way you like I’m an invisible man, can’t stay where you want me, soul is current like I’m an invisible man, won’t be seen in your world either way you like Don’t ever say I ain’t warn you one time Don’t ever say I ain’t tell you stay calm Don’t ever say their nothing there Nothing ever vanished in thin air Don’t ever say I ain’t warn you one time Don’t ever say I ain’t tell you stay calm Don’t ever say their nothing there Nothing ever vanished in thin air 3x Oh my God it’s sunny side up High up in the clouds I see my past time
4.	Guide 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Guide Rap to the loudest high, to the open wide To the sky that that you feel above A son could be bright inside, but never look inside That the uhh, do you feel the love Dial it up, talk it up, walk it out Mark it out, give it something More than nothing, let it be A part of you – whoah Outside of body, baby doll we Travel probably cause we’re godly Meant for the, story of…. Us Ready or not we don’t stop nothing Give it all up it’s all your waiting for Ready or not we don’t stop nothing Give it a chance it’s what’s you’ve said before I’m only human, I have not even begun to fight Sky is the limit; I wait till I can free the night Stars were made inside your eye before the lies that said you can’t Fold the blind eye, it turns down the dream for that romance Fire burn inside a light, I hopefully will not lose Introspect, I reconnect with self and lock it in, smooth Shoes are boats, cruise, I slide on rocks too I crack a tree root; the wind will cut through Memory flew, but sickness won’t do It’s life I see through, it’s beautiful too And I’m sitting in the sun, the whistles come from The winds hitting the water, and gives that soul hum Enough to go numb, fall from affirmation From my god and all it’s saying Patience, beyond unkind, taken Back to what I’m made of Jason nation of millions to hold us back Soul body, whole body One body world of the light Soul body, somebody Wake up and live for the fight Burning star, guided light Empty space, nocturnal light LORD Quiet eye, looking like You’ve seen it all, comfort the fight Took it back, reverse the cause Understanding, with second look Born alive yet born to die, freedom Angel left to talk inside demon Love your mom but life is all leaving Dream awake but sleep to dream being Breathe and walk your lovers life see them Reasons for the other side tweak them Meaning of the world that you speak of All you’re left to is just reach up
5.	Intertwined 05:04	lyrics	buy track
Intertwined From the bottom of the mystic river stances Slaves in the water no technology advances Shut off the mind and peep the visions that’s implanted Freedom in technicolor, set is running rampant Living it wake up, and make your day break Circumference is hard time, but it won’t close wait Not in eternal, it’s where the world stops I look around out, and see the fall (Hook) Fall of the way I was, rise of my inner me Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl Fall of the way I was, rise of my enemy Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl Planets in places poetic poetry outfit Boy on some other so others heavily scout it Combing the clouds so forever you think it’s mounted Suffering and swallows of seas and so I doubt it Mold from the old and cold I talk code embolden my old speech Slow with the punch, my wants define needs beyond your chained gold teeth Soul with a glow that curves me back home and let rivers role deep Back with the spice of life I once knew tie in the big blue Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Ways that the river rock me yall Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Gone are the center city yards Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Ways that the river rock me yall Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Gone are the center city yards (Hook) Fall of the way I was, rise of my inner me Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl Fall of the way I was, rise of my enemy Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl Reality set, I hourly vet, my modesty gets Away and I powerfully step To home with regret, but yet kind of feeling a new Away or something different whatever I do Never could rule – out anywhere I can go Connect, with the stars reinventing the glow Getting below the heavens with the watery flow When you block out the world it’s what you sought of should know Out outside, I lurk for the loudest light Outside my eye, I walk toward the longest hike The longest mile, soft edge, the widest smile The wildest wild, tells me it is all alright All alright, all day and all of night It’s Africa, all in a window sight Inside inside, something with some insight In my mind, stay put and close your sky And open wide, fall in a rivers bloom A rivers tune, drink up a rivers moon With you soon, songs of as open sky Wake up again, just so you know your why Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Ways that the river rock me yall Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Gone are the center city yards Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Ways that the river rock me yall Sound of the way up high that holy ghost Gone are the center city yards (Hook) Fall of the way I was, rise of my inner me Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl Fall of the way I was, rise of my enemy Lifeline I’m hanging on, my people synergy Pause time infinity, unchained the world Speak to infinity, reach out my girl
6.	Sunny Water 03:40 video	lyrics	buy track
Sunny Water Slide in rain, role with pain Live and let it be what some Never lived it but want some Relation, life too bare Let them know when you talk some They don’t know what you walk from Let it be the alley way, bizarre when I talk my Jedi the mentality but I’m from the dark side Born inside the world so when I tell you to mark my High in the way I live come take a walk I Missed a few steps and I tripped on a word Meant to say I love you, but missed the nerve If I was to go back, that’s just absurd On to the future, for what it’s worth We don’t mind that walking when Something goes, Our way in that counterwind Let go, it all in that solar blend Fresh flow, that rain wash it all begin Cool and calm we are The life to light the star Candle light of air, flight without the stairs On my own a zone, me myself my own Walk the water way, be a quarter Jay Strike a modest tone, life in ribosomes Night is what I’ve known, stars maybe Y’all crazy nah baby, I’m lately in a fog Can’t see the life lately, I dreamed of, gone maybe Let it be the alley way, bizarre when I talk my Jedi the mentality but I’m from the dark side Born inside the world so when I tell you to mark my High in the way I live come take a walk I Missed a few steps and I tripped on a word Meant to say I love you, but missed the nerve If I was to go back, that’s just absurd On to the future, for what it’s worth We don’t mind that walking when Something goes, Our way in that counterwind Let go, it all in that solar blend Fresh flow, that rain wash it all begin Yes no We don’t mind that walking when Something goes, Our way in that counterwind Let go, it all in that solar blend Fresh flow, that rain wash it all begin Again so
7.	Hey Autumn Pt. 1 and When Autumn Replied Pt. 2 08:04	lyrics	buy track
Hey Autumn Born in a world you first could not see Kiss from my mom nothing can harm me Love was the first to hear my heartbeat Nothing inside the world could harm me Father would die was hit by drunk drive Her meaning mom would wear her disguise Black from the things protect my innocence Oh my god I swear I’m convinced Rollercoaster drive without a chauffeur Life with no stand still, there’s no poster Child of the springtime birth of closure So long to childhood nice to know you And then get infinite, want to sit in the sun with spotted images Want to find my own girl and then get intimate Want to leave me alone to meet my penmanship Want to talk to the world and say remember this Don’t want to hear from the world, maybe the sky Maybe all of the world could be inside Say halo you go, nothing’s for sure All that you know’s inside So far from home, too far to go It’s all the road, alright Say hey autumn Fly Dreams of the team I still cannot see Girl of my dreams just could not get me Told if I loved her, let her soul free Found that the bird that’s caged was all me Late in my 20’s I became fly Still couldn’t see it’s walking on by Product of God, my grandma’s souls guide Lessons I gave to those on my vibe All is faded images of home Rivers rushing taking me to unknown Out to spaces, places me with clones No, it’s family I call own So alike and so like paradise Gambling my soul is cold as ice So it’s here and soul it does divide Something that I see inside your eye We don’t light the room We just guide the mood Let it touch the room If you feel it, cool Could it be the soul, Could it be the view Could it be the soul They say nothing’s new Under the sun and we’re Under the sun and we’re Under the sun and we’re Say halo you go, nothing’s for sure All that you know is inside So far from home, too far to go It’s all the road, alright Say hey autumn Fly
8.	Reflected Pearls 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Reflected Pearls Number 9, Take your time Because I’m, not complete Figure out, someone else Call for help, I don’t seek All around the world they with answers Listen to the silence dodge the cancer Never no one knows what’s beyond the stars when They do not ever listen to the silence. Mind the world, let nothing define you Cannot fear the heights that you climb to Tear it down and make it for real Wait the cold out, hold up and chill Count it down, number one Life unknown, beneath the sunlight Shining back, rhyme intact Set it off, melt in wax to Poet the guy, the flow inside it makes me Go inside and hold up high what aches me Robotic times, no thought inside the world That’s what makes me think reflected pearls Cannot see world with just an eye Multiply the sights and don’t divide Tripping up the steps a couple times Makes me feel I’m one beyond the times. (Hook) Love that makes me go to places I know breaks me down to spaces We’re going home now We’re on our own now Count it off, let it float We’re you can’t, see no more Misty eyed, cold in fact It’s the world, unexplored It’s the Jay created by the dark side Light it up the dark is just the inside Feeling all the things that drive me crazy Keeps me between lines of the road Mind the world, let nothing define you Cannot fear the heights that you climb to Tear it down and make it for real Wait the cold out, hold up and chill (Hook) Love that makes me go to places I know breaks me down to spaces We’re going home now We’re on our own now
9.	Cadillac 04:26	lyrics	buy track
Cadillac Planet, planet on the other side See it grounded on the other side Underground she was to blossom, she’s my number 9 18, I met her and I knew that she would shine Something about her, but in no one else I’d ever fine 27, looking back and I am betting my Wonder lady, going, growing regretting time A mew illusion, we’re living off in a better time Our dialogue when we meet, it’s so ahead of time 36, so we had us a kid Been through all of our shit, built a house made of brick Never no other chick, said that this is for life Never no second guess, lady you are my wife Moving to 45, middle age in disguise Problems they may occur, but baby we did it right We did it right Yup, if I got to go, can’t see you anymore Just take a journey we, could see what we’ll never be I cannot promise love, but I’m a compromise Maybe a little life, just made for you and I 54 coming soon, many chapters and many moons Many secrets in many rooms, miscarriage that almost brought our doom But now we’re living on the other side 63 I watched you come alive Thinking about the graduation And all of our trials and tribulations Now we’re living off retirement World news and all the violence 72 , we made it here You’re still the same girl from yester-year But then you wound down at 81 And now I can’t see the rising sun So I’m a do you this one for free I’ll divide your 81 by 3 And although you won’t remember me Our love will represent infinite Yup, if we got to go, can’t see you anymore Just take a journey we, could see what we’ll never be I cannot promise love, but I’m a compromise Maybe a little life, just made for you and I How do you unknow us Two lives and I know us Take one chance like so what Don’t break down, don’t break us

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For fans of Damu the Fudgemunk and Raw Poetic's collaborative album with Archie Shepp, 'Ocean Bridges'. 'Laminated Skies' includes the same rhythm section (bass, drums & guitar) as Ocean Bridges who support Raw Poetic's adventurous original compositions and productions. 9 genre bending tracks form a gumbo of poetry, rock, funk, hip hop, electronic music, chamber music and pop among other styles.

Official Solo Debut by vocalist/songwriter, composer & MC, Raw Poetic. Like his Uncle Archie Shepp, Raw Poetic adds to a tradition of visionaries and offers an innovative concept to DIY musicianship for the 21st century.

By Jason Moore aka Raw Poetic, produced alongside friend and frequent collaborator Earl Davis aka Damu the Fudgemunk and featuring guest musicians Pat "P" Fritz on guitar and Luke Stewart on bass. Sessions for ‘Laminated Skies’ took place in the sweltering summer heat in 2019 at Windom Road studio in Brentwood, Maryland; with Damu’s production adding a tapestry of instrumentation including live and programmed drums, strings, vibraphone, vinyl scratching and synthesizers. Musically pulling from the genres that make hip hop; the multidimensional work also draws inspiration from Ralph Ellison’s novel The Invisible Man, spirituals, and their individual influences -, on which Jason says “I was an English major, Luke is a jazz bassist, Pat a classically trained guitarist, and Earl brought in a wealth of knowledge that funneled us through a direction that worked.”

Completed in 2021, Damu the Fudgemunk also served as executive producer on the project, handling, post-production, arrangements, and mix/mastering. Recording sessions were broken up between Raw Poetic's home studio in Arlington VA, Damu's home studio in NW, DC and Windom Road studio in Brentwood, MD.

‘Laminated Skies’ is Raw Poetic's sixth solo album and first official solo release on a label (London’s Def Pressé). It’s also his most personal album. He explains “I still can’t fully describe what kind of album this is so I’ve now reserved myself to telling people it’s a “Jason” album. I wanted to tell people what the hell is going on through my head sometimes; how I feel as a guy from Northern Virginia. Sometimes it’s invisible, other times invincible. Sometimes loved, sometimes hurt. Once we got started mixing and matching ideas, well… it became something that I am very proud of.”

Damu says, "I'm extremely proud of what we did on this album. When Raw asked me to get involved I was amped. I've watched Raw become a producer over the last ten plus years, teaching himself how to record and lay tracks. His production style is so unique, free and different from mine that I soak up a ton of inspiration from collaborating this way. With both of us usually exclusively perceived as hip hop artists (which we don't mind), ‘Laminated Skies’ feels like a victory for us to show our appreciation while creating honest art, but escape the box without actually making a formal announcement. It's easily one of the best things I've been a part of”.

Raw Poetic was born in Philadelphia to a rich family legacy including both parents in the original Black Panther Party and legendary jazz musician uncle Archie Shepp. Eventually settling in Northern Virginia where he was raised in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, the two east coast cities have had a major influence on his artistry.

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released March 18, 2022

Lyrics performed by Raw Poetic
All music and lyrics written by Jason Moore.

In partnership with Def Pressé, and Moore Music Association.
“Welcome to a New Philosophy”

All songs produced by Jason Moore (Raw Poetic) and Earl Davis (Damu the Fudgemunk)

Executive production and musical direction by Earl Davis.

The Players:
Jason Moore – Vocals/raps, keys, guitars, bass, synths, drum programming
Earl Davis – Live drums & percussion, Vibraphone, misc tones, programming
Luke Stewart- ElectricBass on Open Roads, Chewing Gum, Ralph Ellison, Guide, and Hey Autumn
Patrick Fritz- Electric Guitar on Sunny Water, Hey Autumn, Reflected Pearls, and Cadillac.
DJ Damu the Fudgemunk- Scratching

Recording, mixing and mastering at MMA studios Arlington, Va by Jason Moore and NW, Washington DC by Earl Davis.

Additional recording & tracking engineering by Colin Delzell at Windom Road studios Brentwood, MD.

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