The Song:
Trek Life's new conceptual, chorus-less single, "Due West," "may be," according to Trek, "the most important song on the album (Everything Changed Nothing.) I've always wanted to get into the History of Cali more and more since it seems like, from a rap perspective, Cali (LA specifically) only really goes as deep as the early 80's." Trek continues, saying "I talked to my family and the parents of my friends to hear the stories of their migration to LA and other areas and to get a good perspective on the black migration to Cali. You'll find that most of us are first generation LA folks and of that we all really started in Central California and migrated North and South to the major cities."
The grooving bass-line supports Oddisee's classic wah-synths and trance-like horns as an unrelenting Rhodes piano solo escalates throughout Trek Life’s rhymes until the crescendo and sudden drop at the end; a testament to the musicality of the Diamond District producer. As for the lyrical content of the song, Trek remembers that "Oddisee actually presented the challenge after we had spent long hours on the road talking about the history of our areas and families. I came to the studio, he played the beat and presented the idea. I was 100% with it."
LA Times' Pop & Hiss blog recently premiered Trek Life's "Due West." Download the song here: http://media.audibletreats.com/Trek_Life-Due_West.mp3 and read the feature here: http://bit.ly/aF9MRT
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Background:
Trek Life has worked with several known artist from Bishop Lamont to Kev Brown and rocked over production from DJ Khalil, DJ Babu, Evidence, Oddisee and many more. With a growing global fan-base that has resulted from consistently touring the United States, the UK, and Europe, Trek Life has released 2 projects in 2010 with J.Bizness (Rhymes Within Reason EP) and Oddisee (Everything Changed Nothing), and is preparing his upcoming project with Babu (Fire Outside), all through Mello Music Group. Paired with each of these albums, there will be a Digital 12, featuring clean, dirty, and instrumental versions of each album's lead single for free download. Trek Life is well known for his energetic delivery, straight-forward lyrics, and engaging live shows.
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