Anacaona Rocio Milagro & Substantial – Stillmatic ft. Lizzie Blue
The new single, ‘Stillmatic’ OUT NOW
Download/Stream: http://smarturl.it/stillmatic:: CREDITS ::
Writers: R. Pena, S. Robinson, E. Sellers
Producer: Substantial
Cover art: Kenny Rivero:: SONG/POEM DESCRIPTION ::
Stillmatic is the 2nd piece of a three-part ‘poetic-triptych’ written by poet Anacaona Rocio Milagro, produced by Substantial, with Lizzie Blue on the piano, and cover art by Kenny Rivero. Titled after and honoring the 20 year anniversary of Nas’s album Stillmatic, the poet speaks of her favorite day: when her big brother, all the way from Washington Heights, deep in street life, stepped out and somehow found her in the Bronx during her undisclosed religious initiation ceremony just so they could listen to the entire Nas album together in his car the day it dropped—this is how he loves. They “Nodded their heads until their thorn crowns spun off… into glowing disks.” The ‘poetic-triptych’s’ first piece is titled When You Were Red and describes losing a brother to street life, to then find him again in this piece Stillmatic, only to lose him again in the final piece titled Delirium (coming soon). Twenty years later, and it’s still the poet’s favorite day.