2011

Wow… 2011… what a year that was for me haha. Man, I was a junior in high school, staying out late, partying, doing stupid things that kids do and thinking it was cool. I was very “impressionable” - always trying to be down with whatever but too pussy to follow through with anything.

Nonetheless, I was getting better in all facets of rap. I still wasn’t comfortable with my voice at the time so I would try making my voice deeper when I rapped and tried to sound aggressive thinking that was the way to portray “energy and liveliness” in my vocal takes. But, this was also the time that I believed that I could actually see a career in rap and started to act accordingly with it. Hence why I finally chose a “rap name” (Coy).

In terms of artistic ability, this was the year I actually gave producing records a legitimate shot and stuck to it. I would call Ainsley up and stay at his house all the time to cook up records for a lofty dream to release the holy grail of mixtapes called “Lyrical Champagne”.

Long story short, I kept promising a mixtape release date to people and each date came and passed without a mixtape. However, I did release a compilation of songs that didn’t make the unreleased tape. These are the “Lyrical Champagne Leftovers”.