The rapper and songwriter known as EL
Quintessential has released his capital new single, “Believe.”
The track is the most significant release to date from this
awe-inspiring, explosively creative wordsmith and singer. The track
has been released in three concurrent versions, the standard, the
freestyle, and the instrumental. The freestyle version has been
stamped with the Explicit Lyrics denotation.
“Believe”
is a melodic, well-written track with an excellent back beat that is
none too invasive, and which allows EL Quintessential enough space to
move around lyrically. It's themes are romantic, as the artist
himself candidly explains.
“This [track] is about faith,” EL
writes, “and the concept of believing in something you can't quite
see.
The lead track 'Believe' is inspired
from real events. After going out five or six times with a beautiful
young lady who shall remain unnamed, she started telling me to stop
telling her how strongly I felt about her. She said she understands
we like each other but 'it's never really going to get any deeper
than that because liking is all human beings are capable of. People
concoct dreams and talk of love but the concept does not exist.'
“She went on [EL continues], 'It's
just a matter of time before you find a job, another girl or just
something else that will make all the words you’re about to say
irrelevant.' I asked her how about people that stay together for
years until death. She replied that people that do stay together for
a long time do it out of convenience, or one reason or the other.
“At the time, deep down I actually
felt the same way, we were both jaded, but there was something about
the certainty of her words that changed me forever. I knew it really
couldn’t be that way. The more she continued trying to convince me,
the more I found out that I actually did believe in love, simply
because I wanted to believe in it. She didn’t, so it didn’t exist
for her, but I did and so it did for me.
“The reality became clear to me [EL
Quintessential concludes]: it exists if you believe, and even though
I couldn’t prove it to her, and even though I eventually lost her,
I still have this song as a testament to the memory of what could
have been, and as a reminder to never stop searching for what I
believe in.”
While this incredibly philosophical
inspiration is moving and thought-provoking, it is perhaps the
freestyle version of “Believe” that will excite the enthusiasm of
hip-hop lovers everywhere. While at heart it is the same track, the
freestyle version showcases the stupifying talents of EL
Quintessential perhaps better than the actual song, itself.
“The B-side to the track [freestyle]
came from me warming up in the studio prior to recording the actual
track. At the time someone suggested I freestyle to the instrumental
to warm up. I asked if they wanted me to freestyle about a specific
topic in mind, and someone asked if I could try to use every letter
of the alphabet in alphabetical order and encapsulate that in my
freestyle.”
Whether the reader can believe it or
not, the evidence is plain to hear.
“If you listen carefully enough
you’ll hear me pull it off,” writes EL. “I subtly use A, B, C,
D, E all the way through to Z.”
The result must be heard to be believed
– but then, that's the point of the song, isn't it?
“Believe” by EL
Quintessential is available online worldwide.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The single “Believe” is
distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
MondoTunes
(www.mondotunes.com)
supplies the largest music distribution in the world and provides
upstream services for many major labels in search of breakout
artists. While most independent distributors reach only 45-50
retailers despite charging needless monthly and yearly fees,
MondoTunes reaches over 750 retailers and mobile partners in over 100
world regions without any monthly or yearly fees.
ARTIST CONTACT INFO:
eMail -
taleebe@gmail.com
Website -
www.reverbnation.com/elquintessence
taleebe@gmail.com
Website -
www.reverbnation.com/elquintessence
Twitter:
@Elquintessence
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