BeLonging

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 13, 2015

 “We all need to belong, is that the wrong assumption?

Will we always be longing for something?”

–MC FÜBB

Toronto Hip Hop Artist MC FÜBB Releases New Project after Two-Year Hiatus

(Toronto, ON) – After a two-year hiatus since his last official release (the critically acclaimed EP, the poet), Toronto hip hop artist MC FÜBB has teamed up with producer/emcee Noyz to release their new collaborative EP: BeLonging. Thematically centered around the fundamental human need to belong, MC FÜBB weaves together notions of authenticity, creativity, peace, and finding one’s place in the world as he raps over a rich instrumental tapestry created by beat-smith Noyz. Featuring soulful vocals by Mike Devine on “Belong” and the buzz single “Grace,” the end result is a cohesive, five-track musical project that aims to strike emotional chords with listeners through thought-provoking lyrics, inspiring melodies, and songs with high replay value.

Here’s what Noyz has to say about the theme of new EP:

“The title ‘BeLonging’ and the artwork is a reflection of struggles that we all face. We don’t want to feel left out; we want a place that feels like home, where we know we belong. However, within this longing, we often miss out on the truth that we already do belong. We are all created from the same materials and the same source, and as beings in this universe, the feeling of belonging is something that should be natural and innate within all of us. Finding and strengthening that connection is a lifelong journey.”

BeLonging isn’t the first time that FÜBB and Noyz have worked together: in 2011, the two artists released In the Face of No Agreement (aka ITFONA), a full length album exploring the theme of using hip hop as an empowering vehicle for overcoming one’s internal obstacles. Noyz also produced “Poetically Correct” on MC FÜBB’s EP the poet, and FÜBB featured on the song “Keep Moving On” on Noyz’s album Degrees of Freedom.

A release party for the new EP will be held on Thursday, February 5 at Studio Bar (824 Dundas Street West, Toronto), featuring performances by MC FÜBB, Noyz, reggae/funk band The Responsables, music by DJ Xplisit, and special guest appearances.

Free streaming/download links to BeLonging:

Bandcamp

(includes instrumentals, acapellas, and clean versions of tracks – DJs: Feel free to remix away!)

https://mcfubb.bandcamp.com/album/belonging-ep

Soundcloud

https://soundcloud.com/mcfubb/sets/belonging

For all media enquiries, please contact Daniel Farb at mcfubb@gmail.com or call 647-201-9161.

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Release Party + Show:

Where: Studio Bar – 824 Dundas Street West, Toronto

When: February 5, 2015 – Doors at 8pm; show starts at 9pm

Come and celebrate the release of MC FÜBB and Noyz's new EP, "BeLonging" (and a belated release celebration of MC FÜBB's previous EP, "the poet")!

Featuring performances by:

MC FÜBB

(Hip hop emcee)

www.mcfubb.com

Noyz

(Hip hop emcee and producer)

www.noyzhiphop.com/

The Responsables

(Live reggae/funk band)

soundcloud.com/the-responsables

Music supplied by DJ Xplisit

(Toronto's craziest beatboxing DJ!)

www.djxplisit.com

Tickets are $5 (+$1.29 Eventbrite fee) in advance via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/belonging-ep-release-party-tickets-15123761578

$10 at the door.

19+

Cover includes a physical copy of the BeLonging EP.

For all media enquiries, please contact Daniel Farb at mcfubb@gmail.com or call 647-201-9161.

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Creation

if I could just find a place

where I could just sit back and create

and not worry about fate

I’d probably be fulfilled beyond my wildest dreams, on the real

every wound I’d ever received would probably start to heal

and I would never worry again

never lack for a friend

just the beat, the microphone and my pen

find utopia inside of cornucopia of thoughts that I’m blessed with

questioning my purpose would be out of the question

an infinite cypher in session

creating with each breath would be my only obsession

destiny constantly I’d be manifesting

never losing sight of my direction

the course that I’m etching like when stone meets the mason

breaking through the walls that I’m facing

Eddie Bauer skating on these tracks that I’m lacing

never compensating

my spiritual situation is authentic creation

                                                           

gotta build something, heal something, feel something,

creative pipeline I gotta drill something

gotta make something, take something, put at stake something,

the sleeper inside, I gotta wake something

gotta choose something, prove something, gotta move something,

to progress sometimes I gotta lose something

tryna piece together what this life is about

looking forward to the day that I can figure it out

tryna figure it out

is this what living’s about?

does humility really mean livin without?

or that just a misinterpretation of the word

to spend my life chasing after paper seems so absurd

so how could I, why would I,

live the only life I have inauthentically, why should I?

appear as if we belong, feeling like an outcast

we end up in the same place, who we tryna outlast?

to truly fit in, we gotta fit with ourselves

if we refuse to face our demons then we living in hell

you can act like you don’t got ‘em but you lying to yourself

ain’t nobody alive without some shadows on shelf

how much energy expended tryna hide our shame

and in the process we look for someone else to blame

keep ourselves hostage, closed up and cautious

we’d rather save face instead of cutting our losses

gotta build something, heal something, tryna feel something,

creative pipeline I gotta drill something

gotta make something, take something, put at stake something,

the sleeper inside, I gotta wake something

gotta choose something, prove something, gotta move something,

to progress sometimes I gotta lose something

tryna piece together what this life is about

looking forward to the day that I can figure it out

  

tryna move a mountain – a shovel at a time

that’s like every word I write if I try to force the rhyme

if I impose my will on the process

sometimes creativity gets lost it’s

so delicate

so elegant

move with the stream of thought but still stay relevant

a chemist that’s compounding the elements

is it real? can you feel it? maybe that is the evidence/

driven by a force of benevolence

so how I could be hesitant?

that’s the role the ego play

diminish its influence, listen to what the beat’ll say

“One thing I tell you is we got to be free” like the Beatles say

“I’m not the only one” that’s what the dreamers say

I believe ‘em, I seen ‘em – I am one too

you believe in, your reasons – but I’m not you

I ain’t tryna, convince you – but I stay true

long as I got a beat and mic check one two, c’mon