Behind The Scenes A Look At The Creation Of "3rd Eye Vision"

Opio & Tajai Kicking It Cas, Opio and Matt Look Things Over Del Ripping Shit 1nce Again

The next morning, I arrived to see Del, Opio, A-Plus, Matt Kelley, and Domino. As Matt prepared the studio, I talked to Del and the others about the movie, "Trainspotting". We talked about anime shit; Opio and Del were definitely hyped on "Ghost In The Shell", but Del was into a ton of other shit as well. Getting ready, Del sipped a Guinness and smoked a biddie. Reaching into a packed notebook, distinguishable handwriting emerged and Del practiced his lyrics as Matt played the beat in the mix room. Running through it a few times, Del picked up the page of rhymes and walked into the sound room, ready to record. I joined him to set up the video camera. His rap was one long verse that could only be done in one take. He messed up a few times, but quickly found the right flow, freaked it, walked to the mix room, listened to it, was hella juiced, then sat on the couch and smoked another biddie. Plus was up next to record his song for the album. Possibly the biggest perfectionist in the crew, Plus wouldn't quit until it was absolutely perfect. Once he laid down his vocals, he add-libbed his chorus, then came back into the mix room to see how the sound mixed down. Completely comfortable at the mixing board, Plus knew exactly what he was doing. Opio rolled a blunt that Matt, Opio and A-Plus shared. Not much more needed to be done, so the crew left again after another productive day. Two more songs were recorded to a 2-inch master. An entire semester passed before I was able to get back to Cali and see the group again. When I showed up this time, I brought photos for the crew to look at and we discussed album insert ideas and such. I met up with them at Hyde Street Studios in San Fran. Opio, Tajai, Casual, Del, Domino, and Matt Kelley were all there. On this day, the conversation consisted of video games, video games, and animation. Casual had bought Aeon Flux the night before and wasn't as hyped on it as he had hoped. But today he had a new anime (the name escapes me) that he was hella hyped to go home and watch. Battles of investments into Nintendo 64 vs. other game systems started and Del and Opio talked about their latest games that they have been playing. Playstation seems to be the most popular system among the crew. They play all sorts of games. Casual was talking about Live '97, and Del and Opio talked about an action RPG for the Playstation.