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My Cheese Budget Is Growing

by Quintessential & Eddou XL

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Don’t dance the with the devil he don’t know my new steps And when they shoot me off the Empire State’s when I rest Play the vest if you mahvelous dodge hits, high pressure like barometers This the novelist, pouring wax inside your broken ear You can catch me bin diving for them chops all fucking year In the chalice, ——-arboles no sacate It’s murder in the sheets by my cadre This a SMASH, like a single malt single hop Concrete assault out the vault till the single drops It’s all sauce! I’m the Captain of this gravy boat You made of cake this here a 12 gauge remote You made of jokes, this the fait de complit That’s French for——— “Trust me, later we gon see!” Praise the individual like Ralph Waldo Gonna need some whiskey with this big bowl of caldo Bad light when these knuckles built to spill You trying to gild a bill while I’m looking for some guilt to feel Efx are real when it comes to affecting meals Food out my mouth you in the hospital expecting bills Mikey PG 2x Leave you out in the hood with no purpose…leave out in the woods with no service… leave you outside the womb when they cut through the cervix…. Outside breathing what’s beneath the surface Shining example of things you shouldn’t do Should include sipping booze with these two dudes Should of knew you pigeon stool when I read rooms That’s when I said a few beat that ass like rented mules I sent a nude between hits like interludes The shit I’m finna do offend like misquotes in interviews This music black That’s why I’m always into blues Mental back flip, Chef’s kiss when I’m ending crews This bar flow, you bar soap,bleached dark holes These harsh fumes live hostile shrink parcels Hit .400 When I’m awful "Ayo, yo-yo-yo-yo, Q. Q. Q. listen listen!" with a barstool Mikey PG 2x Leave you out in the hood with no purpose…leave out in the woods with no service… leave you outside the womb when they cut through the cervix…. Outside breathing what’s beneath the surface
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Jen Psaki 04:06
Who dat? I’m guessing that it’s me again I’m out here trying to get that scratch just like when the needle bend Down to be wingman, but secretly I be a ten Not jumping on grenades so I’m guessing that you need a friend Leave the Benz we be fleeing in the Crosstrek Carve out our own moonroof as we stare at foreign objects No sausage she be vegan and leaving if it’s awkward But the phosphorus got her hostage she invested in the process No topless.. to her dignity is victory But more so.... it’s the morsels of the mystery No lies! In between them thighs is where my lips should be Initials in the wrists that bleed...is strictly where these kisses lead JEN PSAKI! P-S-A-K-I Till the stakes is high JEN PSAKI! P-S-A-K-I kisses on her neck That gon’ Wait to die Staring at her eyes it’s a major vibe It goes one two, run through spit it into your open mouth Strangers on a train but I’m guessing that we friends now Got a problem cuz every time I stare at ya I stare at ya! Quickly recoil, catch the mental error there I’m trying to play it, something cooler than the current view Too late-made the move promise I ain’t here to lose It’s like a play and I feel like be auditioning Cocoa butter skin— my upper lip is just glistening “Don’t blow it!” (sample) Cuz fluff she ain’t listening Rethinking that part where I think I be “the shit again” Inside Out voices screaming let’s get rid of him 10 more seconds in but I’m already a head of them JEN PSAKI! P-S-A-K-I Till the stakes is high JEN PSAKI! P-S-A-K-I kisses on her neck That gon’ Wait to die Staring at her eyes it’s a major vibe Spicy combo was a ten piece with the leg and thighs Made the roof leak, eyes water and my tongue go dry Bungle pride like an out of work carnie Cuz I’m strictly indie thrift while she be dripping like tsunamis VEN MAMI! Te ayudo out them fits that be restrictive See I’ve always been a misfit since ma took me off the titzssss This the difference- Between business and amazed She getting bathed after the donut getting glazed In it to win it- But ’m always out of place Two voices in my head sounding like vocals out of phase (2x)
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Corner of the bar paid for her drink stuck her change back in her bra Caught me looking I smiled and gave that silent applause Her partner came back with that jacket from the car I averted my gaze put those thoughts back in the jar The rules are what they are re-wrote the book in 3rd person DOM cold lurkin said she spit on my grave Told her you better throw some dirt in (2x) Caught the chancla to the head instead it was Manolo Blahnik wedge Talk about bread… Talk about them legs Asked if she was a curandera as I fled Stay fed- Red Alert in the deck bumpin’ DeLa Verses make you religious now you praise GOD Snapped bras, sprayed bars listening to rap stars Cop The Shine Just don’t try to steal smoke Map wrong- but I’m a ride it till the wheels broke 2x I’m just glad that I’m a alive enough to write these words The rats have left that’s what the mice have heard I might a lured you out ya Hearst just like some Life Alert It’s what we make it ain’t Good Luck when something nice occurs He stumbled with grace out the whore house gates Screaming, not a lot to say mad they didn’t take Apple Pay Found his way home ….Incredible Journey I care about how you vote skeletons don’t concern me Exploit my sickness like Bush wick Bill on the gurney Weekend at Bernies while you kneeling like some clergy I knew cats who smoked hella dope with Fergie Now they low key famous graphic artists at Hurley Six degrees like brewing coffee and some boiling water Never got allowance glad to be holding dollars For those writing novels I dog ear your transitions Man with the Red Hand but the other one is still missing Hissing teapot talking noble with no leaf rot Ellipses, gonna drop this pause mix in three dots The standings different if not for them three drops T-la rock beatbox gravy on yo cheap stocks 2x I’m just glad that I’m a alive enough to write these words The rats have left that’s what the mice have heard I might a lured you out ya Hearst just like some Life Alert It’s what we make it ain’t Good Luck when something nice occurs
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Quintessential, Eddou XL, MPC3000
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Diamond Cut 03:11
Putting out licks me and and my click sipping that Archimedes Might be a dick— But I ain’t out here trying to coddle weenies I heard your music don’t know if you trying to rob or feed me Electric Wizard—— In the camouflage and beanie Don’t care if Rap or Rock it gotta have a lot of DB’s The Earth is round your vision flatter than a modern tv This here is sacred but I don’t believe it all completely I’m out here raising Hell just hoping that God will leave me I murder facists for practice on a track that’s lavish Or even better grimy loops burying these fresh cadavers Watch every facet broken down to bone like pouring acid Cuz every portrait classic pounding flesh till pornographic 4x Flexing like Sun Tzu In the chanclas and orange jumpsuit You looking run thru while we looking like some Death becomes you It's that diamond cut dialogue denting all your helmets now If I didn’t know better it’s these letters that done held us down Heads with crowns, stakes is high gripping on my paycheck stub Dystopian the future and I wish I fucking made this up Splitting the angles just like Cannibal Corpse I got a hustle and a grind cuz they ain’t out handing awards Planned a divorce is what you did to escape Put on a mask and split the take after you slid to the safe There’s no mistakes placing these pieces in their final arc Bleed out an alphabet till fingers turn the vinyl dark I fed the spark with every everything inside my dying heart But it got hungrier… the minute that it had evolved Guilty as fuck like they ain’t nothing out here left to solve Cuz Less Is More the honest truths I’ll never list them all Your lacking prospects when it’s topics y’all can’t hit the ball So fuck the mall … we royalty like Prince to Paul
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Dos cheechees un mano La verdad, un grano La frege una vez en un bano No Eve in the Garden with the dragonfruit combo So I wrote that bitch a love song Signed Tu Sancho The bad combo with the locker full of old tests It’s a half ass job if you ain’t sucking both breasts No stress Make her water break Moses Thorns out my paw like bullets outta old vests Bleed promise with each finger taped homage Catch the bullet in the sky blood leaking down my armrest Instead of slaying conquests you remaining unconscious While we zone above clouds trying to see what time it is And they gonna hate me For the shit I have to say to them I made amends but I ain’t out here trying to stage events Cuz in the end it ain’t nobody out here playing friends I made a fence but I’m a break it if it’s making sense If you say the name you better spell it with a death stroke Throw you in the cobra clutch until your fucking neck grows Don’t know how we got here cuz I never take the best notes All I ever wanted was to text hoes and collect clothes Ladies hella mad because my castle is in escrow Used to age the cheese but now we like the queso fresco Point of exclamation. What I’m making Never stress those Expos Guerrero jersey wear it like a dress code Dethro metal headed Not that Shug travesty Battling my ego cuz I’m out here fighting gravity Depravity unraveling the fibers of my intel Soups and cigarettes my currency when I was in jail And they gonna hate me For the shit I have to say to them I made amends but I ain’t out here trying to stage events Cuz in the end it ain’t nobody out here playing friends I made a fence but I’m a break it if it’s making sense
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Q- New Tesla off the lot and it hums like an escort Ten new apps on my phone don’t know what they there for Berries in the foyer next to the chocolate fountain Got two new Rotts and they both got accountants Spot in the Mountains with the an elevator inside Invites every night that just cater to my “IN” life “Bottom to the Top!!!” is what the crew all follows (Still ) Can’t figure out How to turn off these VR Goggles PG- Dressed to a T, I'm just here to be seen switch my hip hop up, now my pants fitted jeans ego blown smithereens, there's a chance it's a scheme claim to have bars, but can't spit it clean and don't tell me, that I can't sell a dream cuz I got a ghost writers, sellin stanzas to me fronting thug shit, I got a hand in the streets hip hop over here, like he a cancer to me Q- Don’t know what it is but he knows what it means Pristine.. how to all seemed once in his dreams No dirt on his shoulders but some hands you can’t clean Never satisfied enough Last drop out the Canteen Hand speed was elite the Left was a Scythe But for the first time tonight he was questioning Life Cuz Karma’s a Bitch and she dying to Fuck Truth struck Tasting Bitter like the Iron in his Blood PG- Been doing this shit, ask them fact chasers ya Karen crew Rollin thru, in some black faces she acts racist, bring her back to the basics like her android phone, getting cracked out her cases rare Karen form, share opinions on slaveships Her acts tasteless, put her back on the pavement its the real world now, she bound to be basic but this lady don't get her, put her back in the matrix Q- I’m well known collector of exquisite street art The kind my Instagram algorithm feeds charts Here’s a slice of the pie that I’m libel to buy Its a slice of an eye silkscreened on then Dried Then decoupaged on an image of a Cross I also bought a Vase made entirely of Sea Moss I might’ve acquired 4 so I’m taking a loss But I’m paid I got 4 moonrocks from Mars PG- Big ideas, there's big plans to follow this heres my last drink, then im a start tomorrow big meeting in the works, it's like I hit the lotto but stopped in my tracks, more like I hit a pothole Odom in a brothel, you can't measure success cuz I'm an open book, trapped in a treasure chest tomorrow's a brighter day, step out of my hideaway got drunk and drove, then the drink took my drive away

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Quintessential delivers a taste of what the rap game’s been missing on his full-length solo debut, My Cheese Budget Is Growing (MCBIG). Produced entirely by veteran beatsmith and fellow West Coast native, Eddou XL, Quintessential’s latest effort follows the 2020 release of his pandemic tape GREY WATER produced by ANEW Madrid. Other notable releases include the recent standout single “El Muero Hero” and his output as a member of San Jose hip-hop collectives Broken Aces and Dirty Old Men. MCBIG is the latest outing for XL since the release of Tape Heist with Ali Kareem Saadiq.

“When Q. and I started talking about working together in 2021, I knew I wanted my production to play off of his colorful personality and (at times) humorous raps.” - Eddou XL

A veteran lyricist with a knack for the unmistakable whimsy of the West Coast underground, Quintessential punctuates each track on the project with a refreshingly playful delivery. One that contrasts the weight of his rotund baritone and conjures the iconic catalogs of Biz Markie, Pharcyde, Prince Paul and MF DOOM. Part messenger, part musical instrument, Quintessential trades with the melody of each track. His singular vocal technique borrows from the rise and fall of percussive cadence. Playing up the nuances of each joint with an abundance of jest, Quintessential ensures that his highly-anticipated arrival is a vivid boom-bap tour de force primed to keep listeners on their toes.

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released July 29, 2022

"PLAYING FRIENDS" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) ON YOUTUBE
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All songs written by Quintessential & Eddou XL
Additional writing by Mikey PG (of Broken Aces)
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Eddou XL
Album artwork by Eddou XL
Album bio by Karas Lamb

(P)(C) 2022 Quintessential & Eddou XL
(C) 2022 Akbar's Villa Fund, ASCAP

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Eddou XL is a beatmaker, producer, and longtime cratedigger based in California, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He continues to learn and grow as an artist while pushing the boundaries of his craft. In his work, the beatsmith synthesizes elements of '90s boombap, underground (backpack), lofi, and a touch of the LA beat scene into a style that is uniquely his own. ... more

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