Creator to Creators S4 Ep 31 LYNEZ

“Keef Yards,” says its creator, Lynez, is not a place. It’s a state of mind, “like an answeror retort” to questions understood around and among people about meaning, historyand change to the culture.“You can smell it a mile away,” he said.“Keef Yards,” the song, is about life, with Lynez delivering a series of messages with thebass rap and beat layered onto a blues background. The span of the lyrics is laid out inthe opening lines:You say life’s precious, cherish every breathCan’t remember your first, don’t want to see your lastI don’t want to see you hurt, but I don’t want to see you laugh“It’s a good record,” said Lynez, “very classic, a good perceptive theme. Nothing fromthe norm. It's a dope record.”He has, he said, “a lot of space for understanding” about changing times and peopleand music.“It's about, like, sensing things sometimes when things get foul on the street, especiallywhen things change and you don't know where to go, when you're trying to movetogether and work together and appreciate each other for the kind of values of theculture and your beliefs.”Lynez has been making music since he was 15, but got out of it when, at age 28, hisson was born. The son is now 10, and Lynez is getting back into music seriously,looking to create more, get into performing and making his extensive catalog of musicavailable online.He wants not only to make a living at it, but to honor the traditions and practice of rap.Punchline was about punch lines, comparisons, charisma. Lyrical skill and talentbecame less valuable when, in the early 2000s, rap became more serious, with moreprophecy and politics, he said.“I didn’t do that. I didn’t have prophecy or philosophy. I just had some dope rhymes. Iwould just rap round my friends. I’d be out there in the street and talk to the people.”Which doesn’t mean it was without meaning or was not involved with life and people’sexperiences of life.“But, you know, the essence of hip hop was always about dope rhymes. So, forpunchline rappers, that was the state of meaning, understanding that not only you haveto have talent, you would automatically include anything serious that might be involvedin hip hop or rhyming in MC. It’s a serious thing for everybody.”So, some 20 years later, “no one really gets into punchline rap.” Rap in general got“back to its essence,” but with more emphasis on lyrical skill.“Rhymes are more complex, and much more sincere nowadays, and it’s much moreappreciated. Punchline rapping will always stay vivid, compared to most, but punchlinerap is definitely destined for destruction.”As rap has grown more serious and meaningful, so has Lynez the father. He is rappingnow for his family and for his messages. “I know that there’s a message in a bottle foreveryone. That’s one of those sayings that are out there.”“I’m not just for the entertainment. I have a lot of beliefs, also, so, I’m sharing a lot ofviews and showing a lot of things for relativity.”He is rapping his messages of competence in life, understanding, and relevance,especially for youth. He is now working on “Messages to Arkane,” getting the visualsready to go out.“It’s a morality thesis about black-on-black crime. This history tends to repeat itself.”A website is coming soon, but stay connected to Lynez for his music, old and new. Youtube: www.youtube.com/Lynez202Twitter: twitter.com/LynezOfficialInstagram: instagram.com/LynezOfficialBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/creator-to-creators-with-meosha-bean--4460322/support.