Free Joe Crutch

With the Freetime I am allowed, I decided to shed some light over the production behind the Free Joe Crutch tape. Recorded and Produced by The Capital Ill, here is a link to listen/download Free Joe Crutch.



1. Mexico.
I don't really know if that sample says Mexico or not, but it sounded like it when I was recording so I stuck with it. The verses are respitten, first from a record I did with Commissioner Gordon (@ComGordon) called Dr. Strangelove and the next was from an original named Makin Moves. The beat is called Rising 5 from a producer named Hudson Mohawke. Shouts to the whole Raleigh fam on that one.

2. Rude Love.
Drake's tape So Far Gone is a good tape. I was listenin to it the other week and the beginning of Brand New had this slink to it that I liked. So I hijacked that, put some acoustic guitar on the intro, and then put some simple piano progression underneath that southern swag beat. I proceeded to freeball with this one and that psycho synthline happened the first time I tried somethin out on the keys. The way I heard it when I played it back ridin round the city sounded kinda like a crazy in a straightjacket goin through withdrawals. This is what inspired the Rude Love hook. The rest was Free.

3. Steeze Up.
Monica's So Gone set the tone for this one. But I kinda wanted to flip it into something fresh. So right before I was steppin out one night, I put the brakes on it and dropped these verses from this joint called Shaft and this other joint called Stay. Be on the lookout for the album version of Stay, due to be released this summer on the full length Great Romances Of The 21st Century!

4. Get Money.
So I have a younger sister, right? Years ago, when we all still lived at the house, she would be bumpin John Mayer like tomorrow wasn't gonna happen. That got me into the dude's music and I started to appreciate the stuff he was putting out as well as the musicians he worked and toured with. The original chop of this happened about 2 years ago. I just never had anything to use it with. Found it, put that swaggie on it, but she gotta be thick though.

5. My Lady.
This is actually my most recent original creation, well, when I made Free Joe Crutch a few weeks ago it was the most recent one. I made all the music and lyrics for it. Dug it so much that I put the unfinished version of it out on Free Joe Crutch, but you must have patience for the finished version of it, which will be released on Great Romances (coming soon)!

6. I Wont Do That.
First and foremost, R.I.P. Dilla. Years ago I was on my way to rack some paint with my homie and when he played that song, I was like whoa, whoa. It kinda became my anthem from that moment on. So I had to give you a prelude to how I got to the point where "One wont do, two is not enough for me, no!"

7. Get Low.
I love the energy on this one, somethin like a cyclone. The drums come from Travis Barker of Blink 182, ripped from the beginning of Miss You off their self-titled. I just added that piano, bassline, and synthline to make a Joe Crutch thing. I could rhyme forever over a beat like that though, its too much fun.

No doubt, there's a lot that goes into making a Joe Crutch record. But at the end of the day, its all music, for me, for you, for the world. At this point in my days a lot more un-fun stuff takes place all up in my area so I just wanted to make something smashing fun, you know? Get Free for a minute...

Peace and Light