Dec 7, 2020 - Stream Aaliyah x DVSN - I Miss Hallucinations (Mashup) by amorphous extras from desktop or your mobile device So I’m very grateful.”. The song was released in 1981, as the title track of the album of the same name. In fact, the last five days have been so hectic, he can barely catch his breath. The success did not come without controversy, however. It wasn’t, for me. Thus, Amorphous’ four years-long home for offering his work directly to fans was put down. Rap and Hip Hop’s Revolutionary Publication. AND I GET TO BE PART OF IT'S SECOND LIFE LET'S GOOOOOO!!!!! Jimir Reece Davis only needed his computer, $30 headsets, some equipment and unique musical talents to captivate Black Twitter as its Thanksgiving DJ under his pseudonym amorphous. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. “Amorphous is not only an incredible ear, visionary young artist, but is the most gracious humble deserving human being,” Kehlani said. Amorphous, featured in the lavish music video, is shown mixing tracks on the turntables as Diddy and Fat Joe celebrate on a yacht along with co-producers DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre. “He was like, ‘yo, you’re doing an Aaliyah documentary?’ I was like, ‘yeah, just a fun thing I’m doing.’ He said, ‘that’s really, really, dope. Joe and Rih also credited Amorphous on the track for creating … The universal acclaim of his mashups has already translated into ‘legitimate’ work, if you think there’s a difference between the two. What’s the legal difference between playing a mix allowed, in front of a crowd, and playing it on a computer file? I know my intentions are pure, I know my heart and my intentions aren’t to piss anybody off or to, you know, cause me or anyone issues. The original creator of the mash-up Amorphous, a producer and filmmaker known for a mini-documentary on the life of Rihanna that is popular on YouTube, shared his joy at being discovered by Fat Joe. Singer: Fat Joe, DJ Khaled & Amorphous Produced by: Cool N Dre & Amorphous Written By: Cool, Amorphous, Luther Vandross, Natalia Kills, Glass John, Fat Joe, Jeff Bhasker, Dre & Rihanna Release Date: January 21, 2021. People that worked with Aaliyah also reached out, with someone even noting that it looked “too professional,” but others complimenting that he had “knocked this out of the park.”, From there, Amorphous finished school and made another documentary, ROBYN, which was just as acclaimed as his first film, and while it had its critiques, it did not come with the controversial backlash. As fresh as the issue was then, Amorphous was not. But that’s just how my mind generally works. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Amorphous, like us, did not plan for 2020 to happen. I don’t want to be looked as someone trying to ‘capitalize’ on anything — but all I know is, hey, I believe that I did everything in good faith — and I put my hands up,” Amorphous said. Here, expert and undiscovered voices alike dive into the heart of any topic and bring new ideas to the surface. Amorphous, whose birth name is Jimir Reece Davis, went viral for his Luther-Vandross-Rihanna mashup last November. More, out of understanding that the lack of social nuance that is caused by interacting via the internet can bring trouble in someone’s career, if not life. But I wanted to show people that loved Aaliyah but didn’t know who she was, or were just getting to know who she was, or much about her career accomplishments.”, Even then, Amorphous had already gained recognition for his music. It was strictly presenting her career, things she’s done, how she’s impacted me, and how she impacted all these other artists years later.”, Other than online commentators, others apparently close to the late icon took issue as well. http://juwanthecurator.wordpress.com, The Renaissance — Rap and Hip Hop’s Revolutionary Publication is a digital zine dedicated to providing innovative, honest thought in regards to the future of hip hop, as a culture and a music genre. Fans have been begging, literally begging, Rihanna for new music so much it’s almost become a joke between ‘The Navy’ and the singer.Like when a red carpet reporter told her The Navy needed new music and Rihanna responded, “girl, who sent you?” Or the time a well-intentioned fan commented “ Annoyed. I don’t care about them. Matthew A. Cherry and Missy Elliott are his biggest fans, or at least among them. Also: Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get more insights on hip-hop like this! “It’s really crazy because, ten years ago, I made the list of people I want to work with or the people that I really looked up to that I wanted to be in business with one day,” he explains to me at one point. i-D Magazine noted how well he was at “tinkering with his favorite tracks” in mashups when interviewing him about AALIYAH — The Inside Look. KISS IT BETTER DESERVES. But in a way that I didn’t even realize at the time, or immediately after, Amorphous showed what made him an easy person to root for: his genuine concern about others before himself. “It became weirdly personal,” Amorphous recalls. I kind of work in the way that, if I’m really bored, I need to create something,” he told me. As a kid, and as an adult, always. I was in lecture, and I think Aaliyah had been trending or something, and [the tweets] were just not true. “Who’s better to do a documentary on than Rihanna? Amorphous admits that with his rising profile, “I… I can’t have those butterflies anymore, when it comes to dealing with those people.” Still, he’s star-struck by the impact and reach his work has had. Everything that could go wrong seemed to be going wrong for Mr. Davis, a 23-year-old D.J. “Obviously, it does get a little muddy when it gets to copyright and all that stuff. So, that includes everything… It was recommended to me from a couple of DJ friends, actually — because for a lot of us, Bandcamp was almost like a free zone for us? This month, a random stranger decided on her own to just gift him a new MacBook. Now, the likes of Fat Joe and Sophia Bush casually drop into his comments. For real.’ I’m an editor at heart, so I love to edit. The tenets of our capitalistic society — copyright, corporate power, prioritizing monetary concerns — are not designed to allow for nuance in situations like these. @TheRenProj everywhere. As a kid, and as an adult, always. “thank you to joe, cool, dre for putting me on. “I was like, ‘I’m tired of sitting in school and not creating anything. Being on an album released by the OVO Sound imprint “was one of my dreams, genuinely,” Amorphous gleamed. Social media is usually full of drama and trolls, but Fat Joe helped turn one viral sensation into a feel-good story. Amorphous says Rihanna did clear her vocals for Fat Joe and Amorphous to use. Bobby Hundreds and ThankYouX on the Future of Cryptomedia, Daniel Kaluuya on Chadwick Boseman Story, His Unimpressed Mom & Judas & the Black Messiah | 360 With Speedy Morman. “You know, you hear a lot of people in the industry can be fickle or not have your best interests — but I know that Nineteen is a really good dude,” he said, “he has talked to me about some really personal ideas of mine. They didn’t have a name for snatching stuff down,” he recalls. We watched as Twitter allowed a month of unconscionable, targeted harassment of one Black woman by Talib Kweli, a once-million dollar earning entertainer, and his sphere of influence. As I point out to Amorphous (a Full Sail University-graduated filmmaker of his own), filmmakers are often expected to use previously-published material when making remakes or trailers, to show their abilities; same with writers parroting previously-used pieces, or singers covering popular songs. Who could blame him? YoungBoy NBA’s $540K Bond Could Set Him Free. Joe and Rih also credited Amorphous on the track for creating this gem. Here’s a Timeline of His Legal Troubles. Doomscrolling was the word of the month (shoutout, Karen K. Ho). He tells me that he did “like, four years of it, in two days.”, “Also, it was just a fun exercise,” he admits. “You can say, it was — I wouldn’t say it was wrong for me to do it, I don’t think anything that was bad — but I know a lot of people were wondering why I was doing it, saying, ‘you’re a fan, you’re not here to tell her story, why are you doing this and that?’” he recalls, cautiously, not wanting to “ruffle any feathers” again. After creating the soundtrack to KIKI and taking part in its trip through the festival circuit, all at age 18, he would soon take his talents to Full Sail University. Write on Medium. thank you for EVERYTHING @rihanna… Amorphous stressed, in case the artists or their teams had caught wind of it, that he made the mashups as a fan, with the intention of supporting their artistry. Now, really, you’d have to be out of touch to really not know who Amorphous is. We did not plan to have to protest several murders due to police brutality, for months, during a deadly viral pandemic, that was itself killing hundreds of thousands, while the entire world was supposed to stay home as much as possible, but most in America had to fend for themselves while their government did close to nothing for them. Seriously, I couldn’t try if I wanted to. who goes by Amorphous. By signing up, you will create a Medium account if you don’t already have one. “Obviously, I’m not there yet — but just to be able to get the support from those kind of people, it means a lot.”, He’s certain — “definitely, 100%” — certain that he’ll continue working with dvsn. He recalls thinking, “I want to make sure it looks good. I don’t think so. It's hard to remember a world before Rihanna, but the singer from Barbados only broke into the music industry in 2005. In fact, he hinted that he would have to give up making them. “let me stop playing — I’m such an impromptu, impulsive person that… I can’t really say exactly what I’m going to do tomorrow.”. “People saying I should’ve reached out to ‘us’ first — my dad was very upset about that. Taking two or more available songs, mixing them together and sharing them is the literal foundation of hip hop — if a DJ can’t do that (for free, in the case of a recording of such mixes), how would they become DJs? There’s videos of me as a kid, beatboxing to her songs, so there was an intangible love for her artistry there, as a kid.”. Any of those artists, I am not trying to pull money away from y’all, I promise you that. “I had some people messaging me, telling me that they got a refund, and asking, ‘can I send this to you another way?’ I was like, nuh-uh. Rihanna was previously linked with billionaire Hassan Jameel, who she dated for three years, a relationship that ended in January. “Honestly, they could have taken every single — all of my social media accounts down — YouTube, SoundCloud, whatever — I knew I would have bounced back. Last year, Amorphous was contacted by Nineteen85, one-half of the R&B duo dvsn. He spoke cautiously following the mention of almost any artist or industry-relevant entity came up, even ones that have reached out to him, such as Jimmy Jam or MikeQ. At his core, Amorphous is still the gay, Black kid from Philadelphia. But it was definitely not expected to come into fruition in such short time. They’re asking me to not let this prevent me from putting stuff out, so that… means a lot.”. “It was an impromptu thing I did in film school. I could see if it was the donations or whatever, it would tip them off. “It’s really crazy because, ten years ago, I made the list of people I want to work with or the people that I really looked up to that I wanted to be in business with one day… Obviously, I’m not there yet.”. Related posts: No related posts. He is the editor of The Renaissance Project. At that point, though, Amorphous’ power was well outside of the grasp of just one platform or entity, even one the size of Bandcamp — which averages 35 million visitors a month. “I wanted to talk to Bandcamp and I wanted to see if it was because of the donations or because of the free downloads? Rihanna has had an incredible 14 #1 hits and has had 31 songs hit the Billboard Top 10. He did, with remarkable success. I had no idea. That’s changed as the service has grown in popularity and needs to stop those making money from copywritten work or stolen content for its bottom line. The Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter also has a sharp, keening voice, lending an authentic, almost anthropological quality to her Appalachian-inspired waltzes and bluesy murder ballads. Naturally, he had not. After the mashup project Beyoncé x KAYTRANADA became the number-one “selling” project on the music platform, his account was forced down, giving him only a matter of hours to ensure he had all of his music, official and unofficial, available elsewhere. Like many creatives in their early work, he started chasing the allure of his favorite entertainer — Aaliyah. Somehow, designing bots to buy and resell Telfar products had became a thing. “And so, he helped out with transcribing it what he said, and he remembered much of what he said, and told me, ‘looking forward to seeing it,’” Amorphous recalls. So, I go, ‘I should put that together and see how it sounds.’ So that’s what I did a lot, really, when I was growing up and then studying at Full Sail.”. The song was serviced to radio stations in the United States on 30 March 2016 together with "Needed Me". The Katy Perry Copyright Case Is Worrisome. In August, I would have expected you to ask that question. Mr. Davis still pinches himself every so often. “So my mind will just start running with different song ideas, and I’ll be listening to a song and I can hear similarities. Well, technical issues wouldn’t stop him for long. He had some… really interesting conversations with people that were working on her music at the time, and…he got involved by himself, saying, ‘we’re going to call and talk to these people right now, because people love this project,’ and I was like, ‘Dad, please.’”, Still, the problems that came with the attention shortly blew over, although the topic still haunts his memory of the momentous film release. Amorphous is recognizable for a few things — crafting the soundtrack to the documentary KIKI, a Sundance Film Festival official selection; creating a very controversial documentary on Aaliyah; releasing a less-controversial, and in-fact-watched-by-the-subject documentary on Rihanna — but the area where he was becoming renown in, and has made a seismic-sized impact in, is the art of the music mashup. At his core, Amorphous is still the gay, Black kid from Philadelphia. The producer and filmmaker took over social media with his viral mashups. Still, he has nothing but kind words for the popular home for indie artists, shying away from challenging their unexplained decision. “…producing music from scratch, that’s the real stuff in my eyes — but mashups are a fun exercise, almost, for me to do.”, In August, the ‘seismic’ impact was becoming too much for the then-22 year old. He’s truly, honestly, the only person that we should universally agree won from — no, in spite of — 2020. The video, credited to DJ Khaled as well as Joe and Amorphous, also features Diddy: Fat Joe initially premiered the song to his fans on Instagram with the help of DJ D-Nice: Amorphous says Rihanna did clear her vocals for Fat Joe and Amorphous to use. Rihanna first hit #1 on the charts with “SOS” in May 2006 and followed it up with the megahit “Umbrella” in June 2007. “My big three music inspirations were always Aaliyah, Beyoncé, Rihanna. “I’m having technical issues anyway, so I’m not making a ton of mashups anytime soon, anyway.”, Trying to remain hopeful, he recovers by adding, “but I do have a lot of other mashups that I’ve done that are just on my computer, that my subscribers on YouTube and SoundCloud want to hear. The lavish visual continues with the guys partying with a band of beautiful women and 22-year-old Amorphous getting busy on the turntables. As one of scant few black women making Americana music, June has doubtlessly always had to rise above the same old strum and twang to earn her keep. A popular segment of his show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, the late-night host got sloshed with the “Pour It Up” singer at The Jane Hotel.And man, do they pour it up. The 10-track combination of songs by the two eponymous high profile entertainers was available for free, like all of Amorphous’ mashups or mixes — although a Bandcamp-supported option to donate directly when downloading was possible. “Never Too Much” is a song by the late R&B singer/songwriter Luther Vandross. Any of that stuff, that’s not what this was about. By this point, he had already brushed up against that trouble. “I was like, ‘oh, my goodness.’ That was the craziest, craziest notification. “Oh — I’m too afraid. That’s for her family, loved ones, to tell. Can I help out with one little thing?’ and I said, ‘sure.’ The audio from that interview was really hard to work with, my transcript was all wrong…. Like Amorphous, Joey Crack plays with Rihanna's vocals which serve as the song's chorus. In memory of the late singer, who would have celebrated her 38th birthday yesterday, music producer Amorphous has created an idyllic mashup of Aaliyah's 'Rock The Boat' and modern icon Rihanna… He called Amorphous "a young genius" whose successful Vandross-Rihanna mash-up inspired the record. I’m not a gatekeeper — do I know everything about her? I still have school!” Then, people who weren’t so much fans took issue with his decisions with the film’s narrative, such as visiting the mausoleum where her remains are. The title track hit Maybe some of us did plan for chaos to ensue. Juwan Holmes is a writer and multipotentialite from Brooklyn, New York. “Um… I really don’t know,” he uttered when I asked him back then what was “next” for him, laughing it off. The mashups became a consistent thing for the then-teen to do. Twenty-two-year-old recent Jimir Reece Davis is a musical mash-up genius better known by the name ANTI, the singer-turned-businesswoman’s amorphous 2016 album has officially spent five full years on the Billboard 200 charts. I’m not trying to sit down and start anything! At first, fans were mad at the teen for “being late” with delivering the promised film. “I put every single mashup, original track or whatever, going back to 2016, on Bandcamp. This “exercise” spurred his first interaction with Jimmy Jam, half of the famed producer duo Jam & Lewis. Learn more, Follow the writers, publications, and topics that matter to you, and you’ll see them on your homepage and in your inbox. The United States Postal Service literally needed a public support campaign to keep its doors open. "Sex with Me" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her eighth studio album, Anti (2016); it is one of three bonus tracks included on the deluxe edition. Now, he's ready to take things to the next level with his latest single. The singer stepped out in a pastel ensemble perfect for the new season. Sincerely wanting to shy away from seeming like he was solely driven by money by making mashups, he ensured that every single person (“to my knowledge”, he says, as the money never transferred over to him from Bandcamp’s hand) that donated via his account received a refund, and said he even turned down further donations — as someone who made ends meet solely as a freelancer, in the midst of a pandemic — related to the project. Make no mistake, Amorphous was being careful, but not entirely out of fear. If she DMs me, I’ll go, ‘hey, girl, what’s up?’”. When Amorphous sat and talked to me for an interview (that transformed into hours of conversation) four months ago, I didn’t have the slightest premonition that he would become one of the most influential figures on the internet in a matter of weeks, if not days. Lena Waithe and Complex tap him for gigs. “thank you to joe, cool, dre for putting me on. My natural follow up was asking if he’d ever mustered up the courage to message or speak to her directly. Review our Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy practices. — amorphous (@loneamorphous) January 20, 2021. Check your inboxMedium sent you an email at to complete your subscription. And from there came Amorphous Presents: AALIYAH — The Inside Look, a 105-minute he released in August 2017, at the age of 19 (his birthday falls on New Year’s Eve). Beyoncé x KAYTRANADA didn’t exactly fit either. So I thought it was a cute exercise. Antes Lyrics – Anuel AA & Ozuna. We were stuck with days of unbearable political theater in the form of political party conventions. Even with my account being taken down, I make it very clear, I understand why,” he said. The majority of our talk was about his more down-to-earth aspirations. Half of the damn world was on fire. Bajan superstar Rihanna just made history (again), and as an avid fan of Reggae and Dancehall, she chose a classic Sizzla song to curate the moment on Instagram. “Sunshine (The Light) Lyrics” [Intro: Fat Joe](Cool N Dre)It’s 2021Time to bring the light inWe gon’ bring the light in, you know?DJ Khaled, I see youCool N Dre, I see youPristine Jewelers in the buildingL Boogie, Lorena, Terell, the flyestLet’s get it [Chorus: Rihanna & Fat Joe]Kiss it, kiss it better, babyBeen waitin’ on that […] The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award and catapulted her to global stardom. “Me and my best friend used to talk about working with OVO or just having something to do with OVO. Everything We Know About Migos’ ‘Culture III’, Solidarity in New York: “Unfortunately in This Country, Dead Lives Matter More”, How to Get Waves: With Guapdad 4000 | Complex News, What Is NFT? And it was the same thing I wanted to cover, just her career and accomplishments, because her life is not my story to tell — don’t mess with Bad Gal Riri.”, In fact, “Rihanna and her team sat and watched it… and then she followed me (on Twitter),” he says. “I was trying to show people that the other stuff wasn’t what this documentary was about. He moved to live on campus in Orlando, Florida where he studied in the school’s unique two-year Bachelor’s of Fine Arts program for Film. “Actually producing music from scratch, that’s the real stuff in my eyes — but mashups are a fun exercise, almost, for me to do. "Kiss It Better" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her eighth studio album, Anti (2016). See if I could sit down, edit a full length documentary, narrate it, and do everything practically on my own.”. At least one of the artists involved — KAYTRANADA — publicly acknowledged the project, without objecting, by liking tweets about it, and no one else directly made their objections known, in terms of those with claims to the music’s copyright. So, I never really got to talk to Bandcamp about this stuff.”. But at the time, you could say he was just another online sensation. The soon-to-be 23-year-old, who is known as As overwhelming as the attention he’s gotten was at the time, he still didn’t see it as representative of the full breadth of his ability. He uses a computer, $30 headsets, audio equipment and his musical talents to create captivating song mashups on social media. Jimir Reece Davis is having a big week. “My big three music inspirations were always Aaliyah, Beyoncé, Rihanna. Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporated elements of dance-pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry. She wrote the song in collaboration with PartyNextDoor , Chester Hansen , Boi-1da , Frank Dukes and Vinylz , and it … I’m a fan, I respect y’all — so I’ll just have to make that clear going forward if I release more.”. Everyone else was slowly starting to figure it out. The original creator of the mash-up Amorphous, a producer and filmmaker known for a mini-documentary on the life of Rihanna that is popular on YouTube, shared his joy at being discovered by Fat Joe. She hasn’t reached out to me directly, but I’ve heard from… mutual connections what she’s said about it. I’m making them, showing my creativity as a fan,” he points out. By 2010, Rihanna music had become mainstream and the singer was receiving $410,000 per show for her “Last Girl on Earth” tour. On Wednesday, Fat Joe hopped on Amorphous' late 2020 mashup of Rihanna's "Kiss It Better" and Luther Vandross' "Never Too Much" to create his latest single, "Sunshine.". “So, I want to make sure my bases are covered, but make sure my intentions are clear again. I was trying to show other people that, I wasn’t trying to cover any of the drama. Still, he doesn’t want to trek into this kind of situation again. On Thanksgiving, Mr. Davis filmed a video of himself mixing Rihanna’s “Kiss … https://renaissance.prismcollaborative.com, Medium is an open platform where 170 million readers come to find insightful and dynamic thinking. But, not like this. “The people, that was who mattered.”. That’s the music that my brother grew me up on.”. Post navigation. No — but I figured, it would be cool to do an actual Aaliyah documentary on her career…”, He emphasizes that he didn’t want to get “too much of her [personal] life, because that’s not my story to tell. No, girl, I wouldn’t feel good, just keep it. Skin Lyrics – Sabrina Carpenter. He then rides the iconic Vandross instrumental to create a new song that feels familiar. Back in that period, we were reeling from the unimaginable loss of a beloved cultural icon in Chadwick Boseman. “They felt it was an issue… I don’t really have a leg to stand on. MixedByAli Talks Kendrick’s New Sound and Plans for His Audio EngineEar Program, TDE’s MixedByAli Talks Kendrick’s New Sound and Plans for His Audio EngineEar Program. He's worked with Nineteen85, Azealia Banks, and more. “There was also Destiny’s Child, Brandy, Usher… but I always gravitated to Aaliyah, when I was young, and obviously — I’m 22 — but she passed away before I could experience her fully as a fan. Becoming that big, needless to say, was hoped for. “I had been using Bandcamp for a very long time, and Bandcamp was very good to me. Take a look. Things come out of nowhere.”, Further Reading: “More from Amorphous: Our interview & track-by-track review with the winner of 2020”. He was speaking about the aftermath of his account being taken down on Bandcamp, which spurred the conversation. It was, however, clear at the time that Amorphous — known otherwise as Jimir Reece Davis — was talented and powerful. Still, Beyoncé music becoming the hottest item on the site, when the singer herself wasn’t on there, likely raised alarms. “I was like, ‘how?’ I didn’t — you know, I said one line about her uncle, but, I wasn’t even talking about anything really, which made it crazy — and at the end of the day, and that’s not my… personal story, so I was legitimately confused about what the issue was.”, “ It was crazy — I got messages from people from friends and family from other people on the plane [when Aaliyah and seven others died], thanking me for taking the time to talk about those people,” he says.
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