The Zodiac

Zoddity Album Cover

Zoddity is finished! Coming June 13, 2015

It’s about time!¬¨‚Ć Since early 2011, after completing the Zetacide Vol 4 CD and resting for a few weeks, I ventured out on creating the next actual album.¬¨‚Ć The first song was “Got My Back” when I purchased the Apogee One to help recording into the computer to rely a little less on the sound board.¬¨‚Ć I remember having a show in Tucson soon after that and allowing local rapper and friend, Ephewe, listen to the song and quality.¬¨‚Ć Since then, I had quietly recorded when the mood would strike and it gapped longer than I was used to.¬¨‚Ć Usually an album takes 2 years to complete but Zoddity was a different monster.¬¨‚Ć This one took 4 complete years to finish.¬¨‚Ć No other album I’ve done even came close to that.¬¨‚Ć Hell, all four Zetacides took one year to do and those were 53 songs!¬¨‚Ć That’s the concentration that it took to create the 17-song release titled Zoddity.

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Always one to come up with album titled that are unique to searches, I felt the mix of the songs and the moods I was in and during whichever climate it was, it was an odd mix.¬¨‚Ć A mix only The Zodiac can pull off so “zoddity” was the only title that matched this release.¬¨‚Ć The last song became the first to be heard which is a poem over a chaotic background to set the pace of the album.¬¨‚Ć It’s been a while since Zoetry had been prominently featured on a Zodiac release so I felt it was time.¬¨‚Ć This leads into the semi-political song, “Let Death Be Upon You” which sets targets on The Ku Klux Klan and suicide bombers.

From there, you travel into songs that attack horrible rappers of today who don’t appreciate lyrics, wordplay, and the artistry of what it is to be a rap artist (“Get Off The Mic” and “Got My Back”).¬¨‚Ć That leads into songs of redemption from those feeling their lowest (“Hold It”) and the fight for a message and positivity (“I Don’t Wanna”).¬¨‚Ć Then you have the reactions to police violence and Ferguson on “Do You See The Difference” and praise for those who rise on top in “We Are Survivalists”.¬¨‚Ć Don’t forget personal Zodiac songs that discuss his former group, Black InQ in “No Guts, No Glory” and the split in creativity for a Gemini in “The Writer and The Fighter”.¬¨‚Ć So, I made sure there’s something for everyone in this but it’s not for those looking to just dance in the club.¬¨‚Ć This goes back to feeling words and creating listeners to think.¬¨‚Ć People who need brain dead lyrics should pass this album altogether.

Four years!¬¨‚Ć And finally, the copyright is finished, the submission to all large digital outlets, and the release date of June 13th, 2015 is set for Zoddity to finally be released!¬¨‚Ć Exciting times and I’m happy to have completed this project.¬¨‚Ć Completely produced by The Zodiac except for the banger, “Never That No” which was produced by the very creative Doc Cause, Zoddity is a very special and personal release.¬¨‚Ć Be a part of a project which had taken 16 seasons to complete!