
…as a child in Mogadishu, walking into my home's courtyard one day and hearing a radio hushed nearly to silence. The adults hovered around, listening to a song. And I…
…record label wanted a little talk — before the songs were written. (I like to write in the moment.) For the first two albums, there were…
…from fun and self-absorption.
And for the first time, I felt the affliction of success. When I walked away from the table, there were…

…a stoic concern, as I continue to pick over each and every line until it seems there is no more doubt, and that there isn't any other way…on the…
…problem with this method, and that is that I am very superstitious…I work on every song basically the same way…first, there…
…')…during quiet mornings, one song stuck out in particular, because it rang the bell of my heart in the way I was feeling day after day…the song…

…[Verse 1: Offbeat]
I met my first love when I was only a kid
She used to come over every day to play at my crib
From the moment…
…that we met, I was struck by Cupid
And the object of my affection's name was “Music”
We grew up together and were teenage…
…away
I went from listening to her lyrics and liking her flow
To staying at home, writing and reciting my own
The love I felt…
…
An unbridled riff of a song, “Girls Got Rhythm” is given ballsy swagger by an unhinged yet committed vocal from the helium-voiced…
…from the song's end, and it's that moment that I loved when I first heard the tune; these girls don't just hang out in the…
Sonics' “Dirty Old Man;” the Vandals' really racy mid-Sixties ode to a one-night stand “I Saw Her In a Mustang;” Grand Funk Railroad's paen…

…by FlyLo. Mac Miller once again came correct. Lastly I saw the tracklisting and guest features on this album and I knew I had…
…this, however once this album starts it immediately grabbed my attention from the beat and the dark lyrics. “The Star Room” is the…
…for granted because it can be taken from you at any moment so cherish it
The questioning of all of life's most difficult questions…