Keno the Esoteric

The Beat Junkie

[Keno the Esoteric @KillaKeno]

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[Keno the Esoteric @KillaKeno]

@Connor_P_Murphy @thesayff yes you can

[𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 @andrejgee]

more than anything, at the root, hip-hop is a universal expression of oppressed people

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@DonHavi @Elaquent Common Pete rock joint when the sun shines again

[Wakandantechsupport @SkylerB97]

Admitting you don't know enough on a topic to speak

[Jonwayne | Jon Makes Beats @jonwayne]

I wanna learn how to do the garlic with the razor blade like in Goodfellas

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At Target bumpin some Mos Def right now

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@nantonas4 Ayyoo

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@littlebrotha123 Watching TWBB I see…

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@vooomusic @THEK0UNT @jugendingenieur @UDO_Audio anyone know what desk this is?

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@littlebrotha123 @dklmarxist Vivliothiki in Greek

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@historyinmemes @littlebrotha123 the goat

[LaRussell @LaRussellGC]

It's like removing all the fruit and vegetables from a store and saying, "you can eat whatever you want." Knowing that people are going to only be able to eat trash. But they're disguising it as a choice.

[T Shar @timmy_shar]

Doesn't it feel like every great artist you admire is troubled? Jimi Hendrix and his drug addiction, Ernest Hemingway severely depressed. Many others have deep issues. They’re socially inept. Some alcoholics.

Yet they make art that speaks to you. Like no other painter, musician, or author can. Their work seems out of this world, like a mad scientist, whose mind is wired differently than yours.

I’m here to tell you that’s bullshit. We are all, including myself, falling for the oldest trick in the book: correlation does not equal causation.

We correlate artists’ success with their personalities and life experience. The mistake lies in ignoring the one thing each master in any discipline shares – the thousands of hours iterating on the craft. The best of the best, no matter if they are sober, depressed, addicted to drugs, or all of the above are no exception.

What truly matters, is the amount of time spent exploring & iterating a skill. It’s what the best do. It’s part of their lives –– they don't even think about it. Does it take a troubled childhood to realize that you want to be good at something in particular? Does it take having a personality prone to addiction to fixate on learning something deeper than 99% of people? Possibly. But that doesn't mean everyone who makes memorable art is like that.

The key ingredients are commitment, play, and iteration. Those are boring and take time. “Happy” people, in aggregate, are probably not as prone to committing to something that requires mastery. And that’s why we assume only the troubled become world-class.

But life is grey. And there are always exceptions to the rules. Stop limiting yourself. No matter your childhood or personality type, you have the ability to do anything you want in this lifetime. The real question is, will you commit to the journey of mastering what you love?

[Keno the Esoteric @KillaKeno]

Unreleased heat from @digableplanets 🔥🔥 https://t.co/homPIEmm1s

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The beats is infinite where I’m from

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This hip hop shit bout as pop as a flat soda

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@littlebrotha123 @chinesegon 😭😭🤣

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@therealocizzle’s Word…Life album is the greatest rap album y’all never heard

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Wrapping up keno therapy remix edition vol 2. 10 remixes of classic hip hop tracks with 10 bonus outro beats for ur earholes. Some of the most funky soulful jazzy intelligent ignorant smooth hard etc beats to date