eu-IV's 12 Project Releases (2020)
Peace y’all! Wanted to recap all the music I released in 2020. Going into the year it felt like a brand new chapter in my career. I became frustrated with the politics of the music industry so I decided to snatch my respect going forward. When March rolled around I became unemployed due to the pandemic so I had a lot of time to think and create. I let go of the idea of others influencing what I create and release. Trust my own ear/creativity and also build the discography on bandcamp.
1. eu-know eu-IV vol.1 (January)
Released this 6 days into 2020 to get the ball rolling. i just compiled 4 beats I’ve been feeling pretty much. “1214” has received the most love thus far. i think my personal favorite is “teason” because that joint smooth. Named it “eu-know eu-IV” because I felt looked over while still being an inspiration. There’s a soundcloud page called “eu-know” too if you wanna dig that up.
2. CIVBOOM - Portraits of Love (February)
Me and Claire Reneé been planning this side project for around 5 years. I remember us coming up with concepts on the subway in NYC. Super excited this project got to see the light of day. Right now my favorite track is probably “Love Jones”. All beats made by me with co-production from Sam Hoffman. This album will still have life years from now I already know.
3. eu-know eu-IV vol. 2 (March)
This is when the pandemic really kicked off. That’s why the first track is titled “idkwhatshappening”. It was pretty hard to process everything happening at that time. “cometogether” is a message for the black community to come together even in disagreements. there’s so many narratives that pin us against each other. “cheetahs” is a tribute to my favorite animal. Another random assortment of beats.
4. four (May)
Switched gears with this one. Made all of these that same year and thought they would be a good fit for a project. Happy to have my brother Losvito and our homie from elementary school LingoTheIcon on the final track. Lingo’s pen is something else, definitely tap in and follow his career! “Survive” is my favorite beat on here. Hopefully it’ll push someone to keep overcoming these obstacles life throw at you.
5. Ardley Avenue (June)
First official rap album with my brother Losvito! We’re only a year apart and we’ve been making hip-hop music all our lives along side our big brother Travo Tracks and cousin (and brother) Da Kid Gowie. The beginning of that journey happened at our grandmother’s home on Ardley Avenue. We use to make cassettes using a karaoke machine and bootleg instrumental CDs. There’s more crazy new joints coming with the original team too so be on the lookout. My brother Los will be one of the greatest ever. We gonna show you soon enough.
6. the air well (July)
I started off sketching the top left portion of the cover art. In the drawing it reads to me “the air well” or “the air yell”. The spiral (void) is looming above. I starting listening to beats so I wrote some down that fits the feeling of the artwork. Might’ve got distracted because it’s only 3. Makes for an lor EP fr. My brain is all over the place I know lol. The spiral has a meaning but you’d need to check out my drawings to put it together.
7. eu-know eu-IV vol. 3 (August)
Another random assortment of beats. I didn’t pressure myself too much with this series. Just collect what you like, draw something and keep it pushin’. Grab your respect too.
8. eu-know eu-IV vol. 4 (August)
I put another volume out in the same month just to prove I can. My homie Amirah hyped me up to do it lol. ‘Drop’ one of them ones for sure. Love ‘sorry’ as well.
9. gon Livin - “gon Livin” (September)
Me and brother (Losvito) decided one day to start a producer/rapper duo. Still remember brainstorming names back and forth. When we arrived at ‘gon Livin’ it felt perfect for us. We’re gon, livin life how our loved ones here and in the next realm would’ve wanted. S/o momma and grandma for making us strong enough to keep fighting and doing what we love. Love y’all forever. Our family been through a lot so you gonna feel it in all of our music.
10. eu-know eu-IV vol. 5 (November)
Another volume, same concept. I think my personal favorite is ‘banana’ on this one. Probably had a banana at the time or something. Got some shirts/hoodies available with this design on my spring page.
11. STEEZA x eu-IV - BLAST4ME (December)
Mannn, I’m glad I got to do a project with my dawg. STEEZA has been one of my favorite rappers from the crib for a long time. His verses always been mind expanding for me. Hanging out with bro and hearing him breakdown his art makes listening back even more enjoyable. Appreciate bro for always being there for me also. It’ll definitely be more from us down the line. Make sure you peep what he’s offered so far project wise. I know there’s plans for way more.
12. samplechallenges vol.1 (December)
In the midst of finishing and releasing all these projects, I was entering any and every sample challenge I could find on producer twitter. I was unemployed doing music full time so I wanted to keep my mind occupied while the simulation was glitching lol. These are a few that I like fr. I had to squeeze one more joint out before the year was done.