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Tony The Scribe on the Serious Work of Play (2021)
I Care If You Listen
Hip hop and rap are known for valorizing modes of masculinity that celebrate the performance of dominance(s) in certain ways. Williams says, “Genre is becoming less and less important to me in what I look to for inspiration,” and cites a number of musical influences including Timbaland, whose studio workflow, technicality, and creative output he admires, as well as his expansive playfulness.
Minnesota Emerging Composer award(2020)
Jerome Foundation
The American Composers Forum is pleased to announce the results of the 2020 Minnesota Emerging Composer Awards (MECA), supported with funds from the Jerome Foundation. Three area music creators have been selected to receive Minnesota Emerging Composer Awards (MECA). Each selected musician will receive $3,000 to pursue a new project that will help them take the next steps in developing their craft. The MECA program, now in its 11th year, seeks to identify artists whose work falls outside the American Composers Forum’s other granting and panel processes.
with smartphone-blue and auto tune, tony the scribe deciphers "mixed messages"
the current
leave it to tony the scribe. to create music that examines the intersections of romantic longing and technology. to convert a suit of armor into a device that makes fissures glow. and to make it catchy.
premiere: tony the scribe's "checkmate"
passion of the weiss
Tony the Scribe’s “Checkmate” epitomizes the better nature of the Upper Midwest–plainspoken and self-effacing. The conceit of the song, as the title implies, is a series of extended chess metaphors, less GZA than Washington Square Park hustler, just talking some shit in the shade of an elm.
Minnesota Weird: The Best MN Hip-Hop Releases of 2014
pitchfork
Also essential: The Psymun-produced “Every Cop Is a Bad Person”, which is capped by a verse from Tony the Scribe, the rapping half of KILLSTREAK.