Rap isn’t just relief. It’s training for well-being.
After 12 years of teaching bars, something finally clicked: “rap as therapy” is real, but it’s not the whole lane. The absence of pain isn’t the presence of thriving.
So I’m building Growth Rap as a deliberate practice for PERMA:
Positive emotion
Engagement (flow)
Relationships
Meaning
Accomplishment
Question for you: which letter do you want to strengthen most right now (P/E/R/M/A), and why?
Genius over doubt. Deuces.
7 years ago we released a music video for our EP titled track “Wastelands.” We wrote this song about resiliency in a harsh capitalistic environment. The full EP is available on all streaming platforms!
Filmed by @tg.digs
Mixed and Mastered by @anjunarecording
Emcee - @randalwyattmusic
Vocalist - @poundcakemalone
Keys - @dluxtl
Guitar - @thatguyagyei
Bass - @greenlights89
Drums - Rob Jamieson
RIP to the Queen Adrian Adel!
#speakerminds #music #liveband #hiphop #funk #funky #soulful #groove #groovy #rap #rapper #emcee #keys #guitar #bass #singer #vocalist #drums #portland #oregon #northwest #pdx #wastelands
Just a reminder I think we all need.
I recorded this because it's a message I needed to hear, too. It’s the kind of clarity that comes from doing my work.
For me, that 'work' is my Growth Rap practice. It's the tool I use to sort through the fears and 'change by design.'
I built Rhyme Masters as a place for other grown-ups to find their own practice. A place to get your own clarity and find flow with rap.
If this message resonated with you, you’ll fit right in.
Come see what we're in the link in bio.
1. I'm at work when my colleague shares the news of D'Angelo's passing. Immediately, I write. I
struggle to write because there are tasks that I need to do. The job doesn't stop even though I
wish it would on this day.
2. I feel sad. I feel silly. I never met D'Angelo but I know him. I know his music and the
dedication to it. Perhaps these are all stories I tell myself, but I do know how his music made
feel. It brings liveness to my dull moments. A liveness that I fear most wouldn't understand if I
were to demand this day to mourn. But where is it written that I can only mourn those I know?
In HR agreements.
3. I didn't realize how young 50 is until I lost my mother in her 50's. Now in my 40's, I
understand completely. 51 is too soon to pass.
Note to self: Do all you can to live life FULL (because you never know the day) and LONG
(because every day is a blessing even the hard ones, like today.
4. Will I cry today? The lump is in my throat but I don't know if the tears will drop. Let the right
song play I just might. Right now, Really Love is playing and the tears brim.
5. The last celebrity death I cried over was Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul.
6. Remember grief has a way of showing me what I am connected to. What I love. It only hurts
because I love. So it's supposed to hurt because I choose to connect. I choose to love. In this
there is joy that lives to ensure no hurt will break me.
7. Lady is one of the first songs I learn how to play on Piano. It's just the baseline but it counts
because it's dope.
8. I love of how I feel connected to people through their music.
9. Thank you. D' Angelo
Sitting in the waiting area an employee asks me Is it your first time in Fiji?
Smiling I say
yes.
Then she asks
What do I like about Fiji?
I think while taking a long pause.
She jumps in and suggests
The land. The beaches.
I smile and say
The people.
Vinaka
