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22. play the album and watch 2001: a space odyssey

10 years is a long time in life, and especially in the music industry. <i put this on IG again but i thought you guys should see it too> thank you to everyone who supported the album that changed our lives forever❤️ 22 things about the album you might not know in the comments ↓

21. over 60,000 tickets sold out on our headline tour

20. yes, the drums from “the odyssey” are all live, done by jerome flood… he also did the drums for “blacktivist”

19. the “voice” of 3001 is one of our closest friends dad, who came to our weed filled apartment to record lines we wrote for him

18. concluded our cult classic album by added 6 minutes of voicemails for our fans all over the world

17. the patent sound used throughout the album is the sound of a chimpanzee

16. “zombie bape line” references the collection we did with bape for bape’s store in ny 10th year anniversary

15. the cell phone vibration in “new phone who dis” is from meech’s actual iPhone

14. we were denied sample clearance for “good grief” and had to re-make it before the release

13. the most weed i ever consumed was during the time, besides the creation of betteroffdead

12. we played this album for mike dean in his home studio before its release

11. only 2 features the entire album, diamanté + anthony flammia

10. performed “bounce” with the roots on jimmy fallon

9. “r.i.p.c.d.” predicted technology, surveillance, and the future of music distribution long before it became reality.

8. “bounce” went gold in 2021 and is still our craziest live song with no chorus.

7. one producer (the architect) recorded and produced the entire album. made entirely in logic pro.

6. the album debuted #10 on the billboard 200 and #1 on the independent albums chart with no label backing.

5. my mother was in a diabetic coma while i worked on the intro: “my parents should know i love them, my momma locked in her grief / i finished this album up while she barely able to speak”

4. juice once rapped his verse from “your favorite rap song” live acappella on tour, word for word.

3. one wall of the apartment was painted with chalk paint so we could write ideas and the tracklist on it.