The story behind this track is that of basic humanness coming to the forefront, me thinks. One night while closing at work, John Wang (working somewhere else) hit me up and asked me if I wanted to work on a track. I said sure, and asked him if he cared if Boogs tagged along, since he and I worked at the same place. Wang was cool with that, so we all met at my place, in my mom's basement. (Which now makes me wonder when exactly this was recorded. Anywho, ...)
Once we were "in the studio," it was evident that Wang was stressin' over something and his main output back then was music. He had this dope instrumental that he made on Fruity Loops at Freestyle Steve's that he wanted to throw to lyrics over. It was originally supposed to be he and I, but Boogs' massive skills and personality took my place, which is cool by me, since I was never happy with my lyrics, and rarely pleased with my actual performance. That being said, I was actually kinda sad not to spit over this track. So, since just I had to do _something_ besides be recording engineer, I added the phased sample the next day, based upon Wang and I thinking that "blue skies" was the most memorable part of the track, because of how Boogs' verse ends with those words, more than anything I surmise. Regardless, Boogs wanted it to be called Modern Babylon, which I feel honestly does fit its message better. So I've retro corrected that.
In the end, this is one for Wang. The vibe of this track captures the mood of that night perfectly, with Boogs being the hella hungry emcee he was back then turning in a perform to accent Wang's way better than I could've ever hoped to. Overall, there are snatched of my lyrical contributions to the night found within each emcees presentation. Pure music, straight and simple, from three pro, each doing what they did best that night. :)
