"Stereo" is a song by Americanhip hop recording artist MGK. The song was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, and serves as the first promotional single from his debut studio albumLace Up. The single features vocals from Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums and was produced by Alex Kickdrum.
Background
"Stereo" is one of MGK's older songs, being previously featured on his 2010 mixtape: Lace Up!. It was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, on his Vevo account. On his Twitter account, MGK stated that the music video was shot and finished over a year before it was officially released but wanted to wait for his upcoming album's release date to be closer. The track is featured on Lace Up - The Prelude, an EP released exclusively for Sony's Music Unlimited service. Lace Up - The Prelude was released on October 2, 2012.
Music video
The video was released through MGK's Vevo account to YouTube on September 20, 2012, and features a cameo appearance from Alex Fitts. The video, switches between MGK either riding in a custom painted tourbus also occupied by what appears to be prostitutes, or with a girlfriend whose father dislikes him, or rapping in an empty room. The second scenario portrays the songs lyrics; MGK is deeply in love with a girl but her father, a police officer, dislikes him and will go to great lengths to keep them apart. While the first scenario displays shots of MGK running from the police or him and Alex Fitts in the tourbus with all the other girls. The third scenario is shown after MGK is chased away by the police. The first and second scenarios eventually coincide with one another at the end of the video.
The film purports to be part of a "mosaic" of educational resources by the Canadian Academy of Erotic Enquiry. It documents an experiment by the unseen Dr. Luther Stringfellow. A young man (Ronald Mlodzik) in a black cloak is seen arriving at the Academy, where he joins a group of young volunteers who are being endowed with telepathic abilities which they are encouraged to develop through sexual exploration. It is hoped that telepathic groups, bonded in polymorphous sexual relationships, will form a socially stabilising replacement for the "obsolescent family unit". One girl develops a secondary personality in order to cope with her new state of consciousness, which gradually ousts her original personality. As the volunteers' abilities develop, the experimenters find themselves increasingly unable to control the progress of the experiment. They decide to separate the telepaths, which results in two suicides. The final sequence shows the young woman who developed an extra personality wearing the black cloak.
Stereo is the only studio album by Americanindie rock band Christie Front Drive. The album was released in 1996 by Caulfield Records and re-released as remastered edition with DVD by Magic Bullet Records. Bonus DVD contains the band's final performance in 1996.
"Stereo" is a song by Americanhip hop recording artist MGK. The song was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, and serves as the first promotional single from his debut studio albumLace Up. The single features vocals from Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums and was produced by Alex Kickdrum.
Background
"Stereo" is one of MGK's older songs, being previously featured on his 2010 mixtape: Lace Up!. It was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, on his Vevo account. On his Twitter account, MGK stated that the music video was shot and finished over a year before it was officially released but wanted to wait for his upcoming album's release date to be closer. The track is featured on Lace Up - The Prelude, an EP released exclusively for Sony's Music Unlimited service. Lace Up - The Prelude was released on October 2, 2012.
Music video
The video was released through MGK's Vevo account to YouTube on September 20, 2012, and features a cameo appearance from Alex Fitts. The video, switches between MGK either riding in a custom painted tourbus also occupied by what appears to be prostitutes, or with a girlfriend whose father dislikes him, or rapping in an empty room. The second scenario portrays the songs lyrics; MGK is deeply in love with a girl but her father, a police officer, dislikes him and will go to great lengths to keep them apart. While the first scenario displays shots of MGK running from the police or him and Alex Fitts in the tourbus with all the other girls. The third scenario is shown after MGK is chased away by the police. The first and second scenarios eventually coincide with one another at the end of the video.
Verse 1: Suffa We went from spitting jams to fifty fans in a little cramped room A shoebox you couldn't fit a shoe in to touring Switzerland with my man in a minivan Being the man of the minute can happen in a minute man And it's funny, I've seen buddies that I trust turn away ‘cause money can't buy you love but it can earn you hate And none of you gave a fuck till the movement went large Now every crew is making music, every dude has got bars Now every half ass bar fly up in the bar rhymes We sit about, spitting ‘bout the dark and the hard times But got perspective on the fighting for the crowns and such When we encountered and old pal who had been down on his luck In some volleys pushing trolleys eating soup from a tin My girls like golly, man these pollies aren't improving a thing Well swap your worries for some bolly, swap your suit for some wings And fly with us, we light it up and it's a beautiful thing Chorus: ?, The underground, they say it's gonna happen, the underground ?, The underground, they say it's gonna happen, the underground Verse 2: Classified That's where I started at, the days of Walkman's and starter hats The open mic nights mastering the art of rap We man made, underground like an artefact We don't need to worry when the market crash I'm from the bottom, bottom of new Scotland Planted all my seeds watered them then watched it blossom Then they try to tell me over time we'd be forgotten, rotten Thinking that you're gonna keep me boxed in? Nonsense Hilltop and Class rock till your noggins nodding You can walk in my shoes but never fit in my jeans I do this with no option till my body's old and rotten and exhausted, keep it going ‘cause I'm living my dream till the grave we'll spit the pain and, when it comes to picture painting We might be the illest rated with the visuals illustrated That's ill communication, therapy for life without the rehabilitation, keep waiting I'm about to blow up Chorus: ?, The underground, they say it's gonna happen, the underground ?, The underground, they say it's gonna happen, the underground Verse 3: Pressure We about to blow it up, but we all started this as amateur Carving out a path was a hardship for the traveller It said that raps a façade, you'll never manage it In these parts, I guess it's our scars that give us character We misfits and slackers, at risk kids or hackers With a wish list, sick of doing six shifts at Macca's From listeners to rappers, prestigious to hapless I don't need a gift to know that this shit is backwards When done officially another visionary Will lights the flame, write their name in their sweat? It's got a symphony, fuck the industry, let them come we're the ones carving history So we rhyme for the hurt and poor, hard work and for International, heard applaud to local suburban tour Ya'll gave a purpose for the roar when the curtains draw Furthermore ask yourself what you're searching for? Im about to blow up The underground Verse 4: Solo Follow me to a place I like to go Liner notes are signposts to find that which lies below Born in eighty eight so I came in late To find for the first time in life I felt right at home Through the growing pains and hostile take overs People trying to put us down like Beethoven We stayed strong and remained focused Until they had no other choice but to stand up and take notice Never thought what I wrote on a page back in the day Would ever have me catching a plane Or rapping up on a stage Staring out at the crowd in amazement Thinking back on the days when We were confined to the limitations of the basement The subterranean kids became the main event I pay respect to those who spent days laying foundations Countdown to detonation Chorus: ?, The underground, they say it's gonna happen, the underground