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As we all know, you can’t have Light Without Darkness, happiness without sadness, good without evil…– cut free of their opposites, the words lose their meanings. On this newly-leaked album inclusion (making its world premiere in the Booth!), first-time featuree Frantik gives us his take on the struggle to weather life’s storms. Backed by his own tense, soul-sampled production, the emcee espouses a tough-love philosophy to match his forceful flow, encouraging listeners to “Cut through the depression and bullsh*t” with the help of positivity and faith. Reader favorite (and fellow Panhandle State native) Saheed delivers something of a counterpoint on the back end, expanding upon the feelings he described in his last feature. While Light Without Darkness succeeds in offering insight into a mindstate many of us can relate to, I’m going to have to recommend it with a caveat: clinical depression is a real and serious condition that you can’t just “choose” (or pray) your way out of, and asking for help is never a sign of weakness. With that said, though, fans of introspective underground jams can find this cut and much more on Frantik’s On the Brink of Insanity LP, set to drop sometime this summer.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on February 8, 2010
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 Great message here and this dude just straight ripped this. Dope flow and I thought the chipmunk sample was perfect here.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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Serious topic, but handled exceptionally well. Both emcees do indeed rip this beat (good call GStan). A pleasure to hear emcees sound like they give a damn, without barking out or yelling to get that across.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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The flow was hella tight..and the GStan10 is right, chipmunk sample was the icing on the cake. Good Work..
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ya'll never fail to impress me. keep it up
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Raw ass song my dawg, most def somthin you can ride out to, flow was heavy from start to finish.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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these are my dudes...keepin it real. PEACE!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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Saheed always has some hyptonic beats and haunting samples, yet his flow tends to stand out more than anything. I'm yet to hear a song that saheed doesn't gas on.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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Frantik and Saheed... Pure dope! I wish Brittany Murphy could be here to hear this. Frantik's beats are amazing. New Era!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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song is nice. flow was on point. ran it back twice
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PEACE! good look on all the love famz.
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lmao seriously looking at this dude would you know that he is a rapper, looks are deciving, i def would have thought that he was a gamer...but his logic is off...people can't choose to be happy and depression kills about the same rate as people with lung cancer...second verse was a fail...there words are not clear and i had to strain to hear the words in my ear phones...the words that i did hear sound straight, the beat was just a sample and had no fills so it had alot of empty space ...and this is short so...
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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lol. shout out to DjKidd
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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I'm loving the final mix. Peace to Frantik, DJ Z, The supporters and the Haters!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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dammm i sa the pic and dint expect this .. mad sick sick sick .. i dnt know about 4 stars ill put down 4 1/2 stars
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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I can see where he was trying to go with this track, but i'm not connecting with it.
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@DjKidd - The music needs to stand on its on two. Don't judge a book by its cover.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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You can't deny the power of this, either on the lyrical or production side. I wish people would stop doing the sped up vocal sample thing on the hook (a la Kanye), but other than that I've got nothing but love for this. I'd never heard Frantik before, the dude definitely won me over.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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peace nathan!! i appreciate the love sun. word is bond, me and sah just thru this joint together quick building on some foundations. so it was a remotely quick track to make. but i got some real heavy shit droppin soon!! you can check SOME different things on myspace.com/frantikthegod. P.E.A.C.E 2 the godz!!
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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A collabo of South Florida's finest emcee's. The knowledge of these two translates into wisdom and power for this community to uphold any lies of the bullsh&t radio and media. Props to Frantik for that dope beat.
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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Peace and Love Frantik. Keep doing your thing bro, your tracks are heart felt. From your lyrics and flow to the time spent in your production. I see your hard work being paid off.
Peace and Love.. Stay Safe, Keep your head up |
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Peace and Love Frantik. Keep doing your thing bro, your tracks are heart felt. From your lyrics and flow to the time spent in your production. I see your hard work being paid off.
Peace and Love.. Stay Safe, Keep your head up |
| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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hardd ass songg !
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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This is really dope. I like the topic and the way they covered it. Both emcees did a great job and the beat was dope as well.
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Hot joint
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just aight for me,i'll flip it in rotation tho'
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| Posted on Feb 04, 2010 |
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Frantik ALWAYS kills trax! Respect!!
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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i think he an ill ass lyricist;; both concept/story nd words are talentedly put 2gether nd if yu aint already listenin in yu need ta check buddy out ASAP cuz we ta hear him on dha radios regularly his already crack addictin
http://www.myspace.com/frantikthegod |
| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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w0rd up shit is fiya
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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| Posted on Feb 05, 2010 |
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i enjoyed this track, but i just didn't connect with it. very nice message though. and i think that Frantik not looking like your stereotypical rapper is bomb.
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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SiiiCK.
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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i liked it :p
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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This track def gave me chills down my spine. LOVE it!
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| Posted on Feb 06, 2010 |
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Frantik making moves, keep killn ish famz!! love this joint! 1
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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pretty good song, 2nd verse sounds like the guy is screaming at me >.> but its not bad besides the weird almost chipmunk voice which reminds me of how low by luda and starts annoying me a little, but overall its still a good song and worth more than 1 listen
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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Food for thought, best track I heard this month! Hope tracks like this get dropped more often on this site…
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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Food for thought, best track I heard this month! Hope tracks like this get dropped more often on this site…
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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swoon and DjKidd are retarded, i think...Second dude destroyed this shit...
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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Frantik is a beast on the beats and lyrical flows....if you think this was genius .... wait till he drops anotha one for yall! Keep it up fam!! All Day Droppas
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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Both lyrics and deliveries are strong. And they kept subject matter varied enough to keep things interesting. Good song but not one I would want to listen to on the regular.
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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I like the track.Beat was dope and lyrics were on point.I think if Frantik would of smoothed out his flow on this instead of spitting so hard the track could be a real monster.
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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@CaseJones - PEACE! Preciate the feedback, but smooth out my flow? This one of my 'smoother' tracks. lol, my brother Saheed went APESHIT over this. But he was the hype one, i spit 1st. Dont know if you got us confused. Bless up!
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| Posted on Feb 07, 2010 |
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@omnipot i wasnt calling it bad i was just sayin it sounded like he was yelling lol, i love this track and waitin to hear more from Frantik
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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@Swoon peace fam!! more joints coming soon!! "On the Brink of Insanity" dropping this summer!!
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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^^^^ link got messed up, here is the cover! http://i47.tinypic.com/j6rf5w.jpg
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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"this world is too cold to let the tears control the way you live..overcome that depression and bullshit..being happy is a choice..it depends if you choose it" AMEN!!! lovee this song if you dont..you dont know whats good!! haha
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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i luv it, i read da review. N yah, the song is alittle too short.
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2010 |
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Love it and you!
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2010 |
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amazingggg
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| Posted on Feb 09, 2010 |
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