Devine Carama

After my month long 500 Bars to Glorious freestyle series, today I start the march to my upcoming "The Glorious BIG" EP by releasing the first single "Only We Know". Lexington, KY beat maker Jet Taylor produced the entire project. The dark yet soulful backdrop plays perfectly behind my storytelling approach on the projects first single. 

Devine Carama's Thoughts on "Only We Know"

"The hook has a sample that says "only we know".. So approached each verse as a story in which I'm telling another individual that whatever happened is between us. Letting them know that I KNOW, but their secrets are safe with me. The way the beat is constructed I was able to write each story directly into the sam

Only We Know

The Jewelztape II is a breakdown of my "500 Bars to Glorious" freestyle series. This is the follow up to my 2010 "jackin for beats" style mixtape The Jewelztape.

The Jewelztape II: 500 Bars To Glorious

500 Bars To Glorious (Cipher Complete)

500 Bars to Glorious Pt. 1: Jackin' For Beats

500 Bars to Glorious Pt. 2: 9th Wonder of the World

500 Bars to Glorious Pt. 3: Mainstream Massacre

Yuck Freestyle

No Church in the Wild Freestyle

Made U Look Freestyle

Shook Ones Freestyle

Last Dayz Freestyle

Threat Freestyle

Pain & Suffering Freestyle

10 Blog Commandments

The Listening Freestyle

Let It Go Freestyle

Think Good Thoughts Freestyle

Yo-Yo Freestyle

Mean Jean Freestyle

World Turns Freestyle

Hot N*gga Freestyle

Back to Back Freestyle

Big Rings Freestyle

White Iverson Freestyle

Down In Da Dm Freestyle

Performance Enhancing (Panda Freestyle) BONUS TRACK

"This mixtape is a conceptual piece. It chronicles the love/hate relationship between an aspiring yet aging MC and his first love... HIP HOP. The tape tells a romantic comedy but it moves like an action movie! The sound is really vintage & soulful." 

A Vintage Love Supreme 

A Vintage Love (poem by Christian Motley)

1980-2019

Back To The Essence

Mixed Singles Match

Secret Lover

A Suppressed Love's Frustration

Heart Ache's Soundscape (Interlude)

Diary Of A Scorned Rapper

The Ex-Factor f. JK-47

Black Love Matters

White Boy Wednesday f. Allen Poe

Love Of My Life (interlude)

Sex In The Kitchen

Whippa Pill Flow

Inception (A Dream Arise)

My Soul's MUSEc

The Engagement (outro)

"This project is inspired by what MLK did and what that means for me and what my job in continuing his legacy. From a hiphop perspective, I feel that dream has to become a reality. Not just in terms of power, money, and influence but also in freedom of speech, creative control, and the substance of our music. Hiphop is still one of, if not, the loudest voices when speaking to our generation so I feel their is a responsibility to say something meaningful as MCs.."