His buddy Bdice had moved to Calgary to live with Eazy Mac and suggested that he and the boys all do LSD to shake-up the dry-spell.
I would just hang out and drink beer, listen to my friends argue about Kiprusoff and tried my hardest to be a normal person.”īut normal wasn’t enough. “I kind of felt relief at first, it was nice to have the pressure off. So I just literally stopped,” said Eazy Mac. “I thought maybe this is a sign from the universe that this isn’t going to work out. I wanted to make more music after that but people around me got depressed.” “I’d always send that track because I got the best feedback from that. “I had quit rapping because I felt such a resistance after GIB6ERISH,” a song that’s garnered more than 86,000 views since it was released four years ago. The album also features Canadian talent from Pik, Bdice, Golden and Merkules, who each add serious depth and flavour into the mix.īut with all the momentum Eazy Mac has going, it’s hard to believe that only two years ago he had almost given up on his craft. The short, which clocks in just under 19 minutes, is an amalgamation of music video segments all edited by Mac himself and his cousin Brandon Taylor, which showcases the entirety of his album that he created and produced with Adam Stanton. We hear haunting samples of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black in the track “Problems” that’s illustrated with iconic hyper-color graphics and get chills listening to Jefferson Airplane in a new light as Mac explores the altered states that trouble and inspire him in “Chasing Rabbits,” which feature him managing to carry seven bunnies in his arms and pockets on a sunny blissful day. The effusive yet humble Mac Barett (Eazy Mac) was able to sit down with FREQ Magazine to give us the low down on his creative journey for the album and short film entitled ‘Music for the Visually Impaired’, his successes, inspirations and an acid trip that changed his life.Ī rare Calgary native, Eazy Mac has embraced the city that raised him with his music and short with an eloquent and hypnotic display of visuals, witty lyricism and emotional production. They’ve got hot takes, jokes, and a lot to say.Hot on the heels of his debut album release, a short film that’s amassed more than 11,000 views in the first month since its dropped, and a tight performance as the city’s only local rapper to headline One Love’s main stage, Eazy Mac is quickly carving his name into the Calgary hip-hop scene. The hosts think SCOTUS is serious business-but they don’t take ourselves or the Court too seriously. And they want to do it in a way that is accessible to a variety of listeners, including Supreme Court regulars, lawyers, law students, and members of the public who are looking for a window into the Court’s decisions, as well as its culture, personalities, and folkways. They provide intelligent and in-depth legal analysis alongside their unvarnished, respectfully irreverent takes. They have a different voice–one that celebrates the contributions and opinions of women and people of color.
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