Pipe Cleaner
Yes, y’all.
Thought I should check in with a quick update on the goings on.
First of all - in case you missed it - Sage Francis recently dropped a mixtape that features a few songs with beats made by yours truly. The tape is called A Sick Twist Ending. Get yours.
2025 is shaping up to be a pretty busy year, in a variety of ways. As far as the business of Buck 65 goes, I have a lot of material clogging the tubes right now. I’ve been working on beats for a year or so now. After bringing the work to a state of near-completion, I decided to compile the beats into a large file, to try to get a sense of how much material I was working with. Turns out, it is easily two albums’ worth. So now I have a good problem on my hands: what to do with all of it. At first, I thought I’d put together an EP and drop it sooner than later to promote an album to follow (maybe in the fall). But now I’m telling myself not to panic and that I’ll finish one album in due time and then I’ll finish another - maybe in 2026. Things could change but that’s the plan as it stands.
So as for the album I want to finish first goes… I made the decision to make an instrumental version of the album - complete with all the details - and then write lyrics to the whole thing. It’s kind of a crazy way to work but I like the challenge. The instrumental is very nearly complete. I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to do all the writing and vocal recording. That work requires larger chunks of time than I’ve been able to find lately. I’d love to have something ready by the end of the summer or the fall but we’ll see.
But in the meantime! I recently unearthed a treasure trove of lost material. Completed work! Added up, it’s almost two hours of stuff. A lot of it is collaborations with other artists. I think some of the collaborations will really surprise you. So I’m just trying to figure out what to do with all of that stuff. Should I release it as two albums? Should it be one mega-monster album? Not quite sure yet. Final edits and mastering and stuff like that is being done now. Once decisions are made, some of that material (or possibly all of it) will be released into the wild next. I’d love to drop it tomorrow but it’ll likely come down to how long it will take to get vinyl pressed (which takes a while).
Speaking of vinyl, there are more plans for re-issues in the near future. A plan for the next few releases has already been laid out. I won’t say what’s coming first but it’s coming soon. Keep an eye on IG or BlueSky. I’ll probably tease something in one of those spots before too long.
I’m not done! Last year, I contributed to projects by a few different artists and some of that material should be dropping in the coming months. And I’m also doing a bit of production work for some dope rappers right now. I’m cooking.
All of this is to say that I’m preparing to wallop y’all in 2025 and beyond. It’s been a slow grind but it’s all starting to come together. For a minute there, I thought I might drop three or four albums and a re-issue or two this year alone! And for what it’s worth, I’m working with a lot of confidence right now. With the album I’m about to start writing for, the bar will be raised. No. The dang bar will be blasted into space. Watch out. These beats I’m working with are the foolishness.
Finally, I just want to say a few quick words about the homie, Sixtoo. We’ve been hanging out a lot lately. If you follow him on IG, you know he’s been teasing new material (he too is sitting on a mountain). I’ve heard his new album and it is ridiculous. You will hear some things the likes of which, you’ve never heard before. My man is fired up and ready to devastate. Shields up.
Big things coming. More details soon. More meat-and-potatoes posts coming here soon too.
Be good.