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In Loving Memory, BURGUNDY
Executive Produced by William Lampley, Big Gator Bossman and Dauphin Amir
Narrated by Kyle Osborne
Mixed by Will Cherry
Mastered by Big Gator Bossman
A&R by Z-Wells
Cover Design by Shon Rosewood
Photography by David MacCluskie
Logo Design by Liam Ramus
Thank you to GOD, my mother, Big Gator Bossman, Dauphin Amir and So Be It. I want to briefly talk about the process from the very first idea to right now.
In February of 2016, after taking years off from being an artist, I got an idea for an album called ESCAPE. After seeing a film with a friend I hadn't hung out with in years, we had a great conversation that inspired me more than I had ever been inspired. She was actually going to be on the cover because of the inspiration she gave. That night, I wrote a song called "Open Letter" to be the intro for it. It was incredibly emotional for me because it was the first time I opened up about exactly how I was feeling in my head on a song. From there, we were on a roll and I had a song called "Change" with Mathaius, "Ghosts", "Down" with Rico and Fayaven and some other stuff.
After that, I decided to go with the concept of BURGUNDY instead and I had some of those songs still. Dauphin came on as an executive producer and started to help me find my sound and direction. I thought I completely had the album figured out and thought I was ready to release. I had a single called "Superbad" (ironically, the single we actually put out was a movie as well). I sent the second or third iteration of the album to Alexander Preston and he rightfully ripped apart. I thought it was dope but my ears hadn't developed yet, so him pointing out what I needed to work on made me a way better artist.
2017 was the time that I made a bulk of the songs. It was a strong period of development as an artist. Using melody became a strength and my flow became way stronger. Big Gator Bossman started managing me and advised me to hone in on my ability to create melodies and songs that everyone can enjoy. "Wine", "Flip", "Death Proof", "Grapevine", "My Type", "Froze" and "Perfect" were all made that year. That was when I first made music that I knew actually had to be released. On January 1st of 2018, I did "Etta". That year I also made "Vancouver". "Trust" was made February of 2020. A lot of my creative energy the last couple years was spent on making music that will be coming after this album, and refining these songs to be as great as they can be. Across 10 songs, it's taken 176 mixes to get to this point.
I have to thank all of the people who contributed to the album. I dreamt of having an album with strings all over it and guitar and synth solos. The music reaching this point would not have been possible without every name in those credits, regardless of the size of their contribution. I want to do a million interviews and go more in depth on the process of specific songs but this is just a small piece of the context. I hope you can enjoy every moment on the album, from the lighthearted joints to the most personal and dark ones. I hope the message resonates because I feel like everyone can relate. My biggest goal with this is just to connect emotionally with anyone who listens and give them an enjoyable and memorable experience with my art. I hope it works. Bet on Cherry!
- C.
Dedicated To:
William Darnell Lampley
Eddie C. Edwards
Rico Calloway
Management: Big Gator Bossman
Marketing: Motherboard, a division of Doubleprint Media
Motherboard Team: William Lampley, Andrea Webb and Ben Castaneda
Released by So Be It., a division of Doubleprint Media
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