How To Hit What And How Hard (The Moxtape Vol. IV) (Extended Japanese Edition)

by Mocky

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Uther Blakwhel This multi-instrumentalist has been able to craft a record that successfully blends old school Jazz, Soul, Latin, and Hip Hop music with a little psychedelica as well. Mocky has made a record that grooves, titillates and inspires. This record is a must have if you’re into fun, dance, love, soul and Jazz! Favorite track: How It Goes.

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1.	Put It In A Song 03:23	lyrics	buy track
So let me put it in a song for you Cuz the children know what to do Just show each other love you fools Ya we got a lotta work to do Do doo do do doo doo
2.	Problematic 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Ooh why do we make amends And why do we still pretend When we don’t even know what we are walking away from day to day And we can’t even say the things we’re thinking cuz were way too afraid There’s a life together and a fate I’m dreaming of There ain’t a problem we can’t fix with a little bit of our love Life without you would be p p p problematic Life without you would be so full of static Life without you would be p p p problematic And I can dream with you baby but You’re breaking me, you’re breaking me You’re breaking me, you’re breaking me all apart baby (Repeat) Ooh to walk away would not be fair But staying’s more than we can bear And they don’t even know what we are walking away from day to day And we can’t even say the things we’re thinking cuz we’re way too afraid There’s a life together and a fate I’m dreaming of There ain’t a problem we can’t fix with a little bit of our love Life without you would be p p p problematic Life without you would be so full of static Life without you would be p p p problematic And I can dream with you baby I can dream with you baby Life without you would be p p p problematic Life without you would be so full of static Life without you would be p p p problematic And I can dream with you baby I can dream with you baby I can dream with you baby but You’re breaking me, you’re breaking me You’re breaking me, you’re breaking me all apart baby (Repeat)
3.	How It Goes 04:16	info	buy track
4.	Desiree 03:11	info	buy track
5.	You Can't Rush The Funk 03:18	info	buy track
6.	Stop Time (Feat. Nia Andrews) 02:25	lyrics	buy track
Your’e so sweet But I can’t eat and I Can’t sleep Cuz i’m too deep I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time Because you’re mine mine mine Your’e so close Wanna do the most But I can’t choose Cuz I don’t wanna lose (Don’t wanna lose ya) I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time because you’re mine mine mine Ooh ooh ooh ooh I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time I wish I could stop time
7.	Saskifornia Dreaming 03:40	info	buy track
8.	Put It In A Song (Part 2) 02:53	lyrics	buy track
I got love for you And you got love for me We just got a funny way to show it And there’s tears ahead and more heart break baby Unless we find a way to stick together So let me put it in a song for you Because the children know what to do Just show each other love you fools After all that we’ve been through So let me put it in a song for you Because we know exactly what to do Just show each other love it’s true Ya we got a lotta work to do (Work to do) Do doo do do doo doo … I’ve been trying to show ya Cuz sometime words are hard to find So let me put it in a song for you Because the children know what to do Just show each other love you fools After all that we’ve been through So let me put it in a song for you Because we know exactly what to do Just show each other love it’s true Ya we got a lotta work to do I was just trying to save you a little heartache But we all gotta learn the hard way So before I lose my voice let me put it in a song Do doo do do doo doo … So let me put it in a song for you Because we know exactly what to do Just show each other love it’s true Ya we got a lotta work to do
9.	Shuggie Pie 02:43	lyrics	buy track
Oh today we can find a way Nobody told me they were watching over me Oh today we can find a way Nobody told me they were watching over me Hollywood to downtown we’re dancing to be free Nobody told us there’s a price tag on our feet Eastside to Westside there’s a payback going round We been playing on the rooftop and you know we ain’t falling down Oh today we can find a way Nobody told me they were watching over me Oh today we can find a way Cuz as long as we’re tight baby it’s alright with me Ah wee! We could be ice cream and apple pie Ah wee! Don’t scream don’t cry when love goes bye bye bye bye Hollywood to downtown we’re dancing to be free Nobody told us there’s a price tag on our feet Eastside to Westside there’s a payback going round We been playing on the rooftop and you know we ain’t falling down It’s ok its alright It’s ok its alright It’s ok its alright It’s ok its alright Ah wee! We could be ice cream and apple pie Ah wee! Don’t scream don’t cry when love goes bye bye bye bye Ah wee! We could be sunny skies and rainbow fries Ah wee! Don’t scream don’t cry when love goes bye bye bye bye
10.	Love Wins 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Busy living your life For all the right reasons But you’re gonna have to fight for what you believe in I’ll be by your side through every season Let’s not close our eyes tell me what are you seeing Love wins, time and time again Love wins, it’s always just around the bend Love wins, so when they tell you that you can’t tell em HA HA HA HA HA Cuz love wins Remember how to care Maybe then you won’t feel so bad When life’s not fair Just remember those feelings we had (Gonna have some more baby) When you need a little love I’ll be the one you come running to And together we’ll thrive More than we want to baby, we need to baby If we stare into the light This world could be everything we ever dreamed of What’s the meaning of life We’ll never know, we’ll never know, we’ll never know So stop trying to fight it Love wins, time and time again Love wins, it’s always just around the bend Love wins, so when they tell you that you can’t tell em HA HA HA HA HA Cuz love wins
11.	Didn't Ya Hear 02:20	info	buy track
12.	Music Save Me (One More Time) 02:53	info	buy track

about

In between producing Feist’s groundbreaking album Pleasure, co-writing songs for Kelela’s upcoming debut album and working on his sixth full-length album, due out next year, Mocky is set to release the fourth installation of his “Moxtape” series. An unfiltered peek into his unreleased studio experiments and collaborations, “How to Hit What and How Hard" is a collection of handcrafted “off the grid bangers and some songs”, the multi-instrumentalist producer says.
At the start of 2017, Mocky built a studio at his secretive Los Angeles headquarters. As he put up the studio walls, he began doing test recordings and switching between hammer and nails and drumsticks and drums. The first six test recordings became the basis of “How to Hit What and How Hard’. They range from 1970s Sesame Street funk to Steve Reich-style arrangements with a backbeat to songs like “Problematic” (which casts Mocky's crooning in a glitched-out new light). Though the music covers a lot of ground in his search for goosebumps per minute (GPM), it’s held together by Mocky’s unmistakable percussive touch.
The L.A.-by-way-of-Berlin transplant plays almost everything on H2HWHH (drums, bass, piano, Rhodes, nylon string guitar, flute), with a few notable exceptions: Gonzales and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson guest on the exquisite “Desiree”, Nia Andrews lends some honey-dripped vocals to “Stop Time”, and Pegasus Warning, Joey Dosik and Aponte Poro round out this family affair on a variety of instruments.
On “You Can’t Rush the Funk”, Mocky’s iPhone-recorded voice is as laid back as anything because, as he puts it: “Nothing began with the computer or a click track. Everything began with me hitting something, and during the process, I realized that in the modern musical environment, “how”, “what” and “how hard” you hit something make all the difference." And for those who wonder about the method to his madness, for the first time Mocky is opening the hood on this “how-to kit" of a record: He’s releasing all of the isolated, separated instruments as samples in an “Unpacked Edition”, allowing others to make their own works recreated from Mocky’s handmade blueprint.

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released August 10, 2017

All songs published by Heavy Sheet Music/Warner Chappell
www.mockyrecordings.com
management@mockyrecordings.com
Mocky Cover and Studio Photo by Mary Rozzi
H2HWHH Box by Rand Sevilla
P+C Heavy Sheet Productions 2017

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Mocky Los Angeles, California

Performer, producer, songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Released 9 solo albums, 2 movie scores and various Singles and a series of digital "Moxtapes". Worked with Feist, Jamie Lidell, Chilly Gonzales, The GZA, Mr. Oizo, Bassekou Kouyate, Kelela, Peaches, Vulfpeck, Moses Sumney, Joey Dosik and many others. ... more

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