Better or Different
by Inkwell the Biologic
The debut album from Inkwell the Biologic of Artists Over Industry. Topics range from the distaste of time to the existential questions unfurled after a romantic break up. Spiritual. Political. Conceptual. Honest. Indie. Hip Hop.
Tracks:
01 The Clocks
Produced by Steeba Gees
Have you ever felt suffocated by time? Of course you have, you’re human. This is an ode to out running time and freeing yourself.
02 Lemon Tree
Produced by Anno Domoni
I guess you could call this a break up song, or my version of it anyway. It’s the beginning of psuedo-biographical thread that weaves its way through the album. This song, and this moment, are what cracked open my heart and redirected my energy to my head. The beginning of the inquisition.
03 Forbidden Fruit ft. El*A*Kwents
Produced by Anno Domoni
The only way forward from the pain was for me to introspect and inquire. This song is a dedication to the weight of knowledge and only having half the story.
04 The American Dream
Produced by Steeba Gees
Even then in 2008, the American Dream was being exposed as the farce it was/is. Love was shouted from the jaws of the conquerors. Compassion oozed from the hearts of capitalists. You gotta be sleeping to believe what they’re telling you.
05 Alone ft. Ladii J
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
Maybe this is the break up song and Lemon Tree was just the setup. Regardless, this one is emo af. The despair of loneliness is nothing to be taken lightly, although that’s exactly how you move through it. So…?
06 The Long Shot
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
Armed with a stack of books on esotericism, an unflinching adoration of 90’s hip hop, and a bad at the time break up, I started making music. I know it’s cliche, but I put everything I had into the beats and rhymes. I felt like it was the only place to it.
07 Threads ft. WindchILL
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
It’s like that painting of God reaching towards Adam, but way more low rent. When you reach out to the universe from a place of authenticity and dedication, it truly does reach back. This song is about the first time Windchill and I met and formed Artists Over Industry.
08 Psyrens ft. WindchILL
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
By 2008 a lot had happened since that day in 2002 when I met Windchill. This is the song dedicated to the ups and downs, the gains and losses of our mutual journey through music.
09 The Road Home
Produced by Steeba Gees
Due the unexpected death of my cousin Tom while I was recording the album, I managed to shoe horn a song about being born and dying into it. A first person perspective from before this world to the one we go back to.
10 God vs god ft. Phynite
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
Does God where a t-shirt, or is god everything? Is the anthropomorphic God the projection of emperors or truth to salvation? A really light topic explored by Phynite and I.
11 Under Pressure
Produced by A Snake in the Grass
There is no pressure like the pressure I put on myself. Well maybe the pressure of unrelenting capitalist society who runs on gaslighting and nuclear bombs might be more. Might be…
12 Redemption
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
When one door closes and you get dumped, another window opens and you find a more suitable woman. And then your insecurities fuck it up and you need to make a song about it.
13 Better Off
Produced by Steeba Gees
This is probably the most Libra song on the album. An introspective look at music and what it has done to me. The good. The bad. The ugly… The cliché.
Hidden Track - The Deconstruction of Y
Produced by Inkwell the Biologic
This is the culmination to all of the books and all of the emotions. This is everything I knew in 2008 put into 1 song. It is the condensed version of the album.
All songs and mixed by Inkwell the Biologic & GARD
Mastered by Marshall Deasy at The Green Room Studios
©2008 Sky’s the Limit Productions, LLC