May 3, 2013 • 7 notes

Trivia. Whoever gets these correct, will receive a free unreleased song by Omen recorded during the Afraid of Heights sessions.

What is the name of Omen’s upcoming project?

What site did Omen, Elite, Voli and J. Cole all meet on?

What are the names of all the projects Omen has released?

Who is Omen’s favorite rapper of all time?

What is Omen’s birth name?

What part of Chicago is Omen from?

April 18, 2013 • 7 notes

I Got Dreams

This is a joint I did back in 2009 featuring Jason Derulo. Been sitting on it for awhile and figured why not just put it out. I’m still working on Elephant Eyes and its sounding very dope. Just making sure its right, made some fire last night.  Hope ya’ll well. Peace. 

http://soundcloud.com/chicityomen/omen-i-got-dreams-ft-jason

March 10, 2013 • 15 notes
Pride (Demo)
Omen

Omen | Pride (Demo)

This was the first version of “Enchanted” that I played for Cole. He loved the song, and wanted to get on it but we decided to tweak the drums, and basically redo it and create what became Enchanted. Figured it would be cool for you all to hear this demo version I had made. I had forgotten all about this.

Download: Omen - Pride(Demo)

December 24, 2012 • 4 notes
Before It Turns Nightfall
Omen

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I released this song last year in the hopes that you will play this every Christmas. Happy Holidays to you and yours. 

Love.

-O.

December 21, 2012 • 10 notes
A Brief Moment
Omen

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artwork by Impakt Studio.

Last night, I was thinking about all of the talk about the world ending and just life in general. Chopped up a sample and it all eventually led me to this. We still here, ha. 

Download Here: Omen - A Brief Moment

Lyrics

Ain’t it crazy in like 500 yrs won’t be no Jay-Z’s

Obama’s, Einstein, whoever was prime time

just forgotten, legacies lost tryna be resurrected through

text, history records turn into narcoleptic 

and I know that just a harsh reality for ya noggin

knowing no matter how great you are that you’ll be forgotten

all we got is this moment

so tell me why should I stress?

Show me who you really are

at least lie to me less

all that matters is happiness

i’m just like you

I just thought things through

even you could adapt to this

we in the same book of life

but me, I’m on a new page

birthday been passed, but these days

i’m feeling new age

aquarius sign

hitting various dimes

they thought the world was finna end

these is hilarious times

i’m not a teacher

im just hoping what I’m speaking reaches

in 3000 years from now will they remember jesus?

what is life, what is life, what is life, what is life?

the same thoughts on my mind through the day and the night

I don’t care what’s wrong, cause this feels right 

so lemme sing my song, and let me get my light

so many people show respect for my rhymes

calling me genius, underrated just ahead of my time

I know its compliments, but to me thats never been no accomplishment

won’t let the world wait till I’m dead to tell me how live I get

u know Van Gogh, or like Edgar Allen Poe

centuries past, now they praised

and they’ll never know

whats the point of being celebrated

if you aint there celebrate it

don’t do no dedication

when i’m gone, dead, vacationing

what i’m saying is appreciate the moment

all our legacies are temporary

cause time is our opponent

sipping on corona

enjoying what I wanna

my name wasn’t chose by mistake

I define omen

December 17, 2012 • 4 notes
Precognition (Should've Listened) Unmixed
Omen ft. Brecan
Unreleased Demo from Afraid of Heights

read below…

What up, What up, What up….

I hope y’all been enjoying A Glorious Cool and learning the lyrics and telling your friends and all that, hopefully. But, right now I wanna go back a little bit. In the process of making Afraid of Heights, I made a lot of songs. Some of those songs were lost in a computer error. But, tonight I have one I wanna release that didn’t make the final cut. It’s unmixed due to that computer error and losing the files, so some vocals made me low here and there. But, I wanted to share this song with you all. I provided the lyrics as well to help with the mix issue. Hope you all enjoy and let me know what you think. It features a great singer from Chicago, named Brecan. Love y’all.

Peace.

- O

Download Here: Omen ft. Brecan - Precognition (Should’ve Listened) Unmixed

Produced by myself.

Precognition (Should’ve Listened) - Lyrics

Ay, yo its like 11:55 as I’m driving in my car

On the I-94, going west ask the lord

for protection

Brain going faster than this car is

Don’t know where i’m going, wish

that I could find a starship

losing it

made a wrong turn

now i’m somewhere in the boondocks

where the cross burns

and the flags are confederate

open up the glove compartment

reaching for my medicine

turn over, what the hell yo

I’m in my bed again

sick of these dreams

they seem so real to me

far from serene

I am sweating

I was sleeping, I was leaping out reality

really it just felt like I was reaching for my sanity

turn over

I stare at the ceiling, wonder will I ever touch it?

Or will I reach the stars that’s above it?

Does a lost soul find a compass?

I never know, never know

till’ I wake up

I wake up, I wish I listened


Whenever i close my eyes

inside my head, deep in my mind

I see a vision

open my eyes and realize

reality set in this time

I  should have listened


So now I’m in my car 

can’t sleep

I was sick of having dreams

might as well get some air

maybe grab a bite to eat

As I’m driving with music

Vibin’, I’m boozin’

Bumpin’ Pac

‘If I Die 2Nite’ type cruising

sirens are blasting

street lights broken

red light I’m stopped

prostitute starts approaching

green light please hurry yo

she got a deep voice

think she finna play me for the fool

not me boy

speeding

as I start hitting the expressway blinking

cause I’m lil’ drunk, double vision

got me leaning

think I just took the wrong exit

one more beer I swear and thats it

and then I look down at the clock

its 11:55 on the dot, like deja vu

but, I don’t know from who or from what

man I swear, I’m as drunk as a slut

or a lush on the cusp of a cup

Wish I listened


Whenever i close my eyes

inside my head, deep in my mind

i see a vision

open my eyes and realize

reality set in this time

I  should have listened


Stuck in the middle of nowhere

head pounding

blinking, thinking

I don’t really feel at home here

as I drive by passing confederate flags

the same Pac song on repeat

I bet you they mad

all the street lights working round’ here I bet

Bet a couple white hoods stay around this set

Man my head’s going crazy, I swear as

I pinch right between my eyes, my vision blurring

my mind is spinning

lines are blending

too many beers

lights are flashing

feel like life is laughing at me

lightning strikes

rain is pouring

what’s happening to me?

eyes off the road

where could that aspirin be?

look in the backseat

looking all across the chair

reach for the glove compartment and

the medicine is there

feeling shook up

and then I look up

I’m off the road

headed straight for a pole

slamming on the breaks, like whoa


Whenever i close my eyes

inside my head, deep in my mind

i see a vision

open my eyes and realize

reality set in this time

I  should have listened

December 15, 2012 • 7 notes

truth.

UPDATE: Apparently this was a hoax and Morgan Freeman didn’t actually say this. However, I still agree with whoever did write this. 


Morgan Freeman’s statement about these random shootings….

“You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here’s why.
 

It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he’ll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.


CNN’s article says that if the body count “holds up”, this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer’s face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer’s identity? None that I’ve seen yet. Because they don’t sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you’ve just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man’s name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem.”
November 27, 2012 • 5 notes
NEW Interview I did with Brazilian Blog : FreeRaplogia (http://freeraplogia.wordpress.com/) 1. Sup Omen. First of all a typical start, I want you to introduce yourself, you know, your name, where you come from… What up, what up,what up my name is Omen, I’m an artist born and raised on the southside of Chicago. 2. When was your first contact with rap music, who are your influences and your favorite musicians? My first contact with rap music probably came from being around my Uncle Mark and my Cousin Patrick. My uncle was a DJ when I was growing up and he would always play Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Run-DMC, and my Cousin was really into MC Eiht, Dr. Dre, Snoop and later Bone Thugs ‘N’ Harmony. I was influenced by all types of artist from Jay-Z to Pac, Busta Rhymes, Outkast and even groups like The Luniz, but my biggest influences came from Nas and Common. They’ve both always been really good at storytelling and I just took to that. 3. I know that you’re a producer too. What you like more, rap or produce tracks? And which came first? As far as rapping and producing it’s hard to say which I enjoy more, its like one is your mother and one is your grandmother. You love them both in different ways but not where anyone is greater than the other. I started rapping first, I would just steal beats off the internet, because I was too broke to buy a beat from someone. And just because of the kind of personality I have, I don’t like to depend on anyone so I decided I would teach myself how to make beats. So I started on Fruity Loops, my man Voli was already using it so I would call him up for tips and he kind of helped me get started. Then I just really became obsessed with learning it, I spent a summer making countless beats a day staying up until like 7am everyday. I was really addicted to trying to become good. And luckily I had friends that weren’t afraid to tell me when I made a beat that was trash or when I was getting better. And luckily I’ve always been able to take constructive criticism pretty well. 4.This project with all these J Dilla tracks is dope. What is your relationship with his work? I had been listening to Dilla’s work for forever without knowing it, but when a friend of mine put me onto Slum Village’s Fantastic Vol. 2 album is when I really really started studying Dilla and became a true fan. I got every single beat tape, every slum village album, all the Tribe albums, Ruff Draft EP,Donuts, all of his work basically throughout the years. I remember hearing and learning stories of how he sampled certain joints and just being blown away. Like when he made Players for Slum Village, and I heard the original sample and learned they were actually saying Claire and just how he had the ear to even chop that particular part and make something crazy out of it, I was just really amazed. And because my personality is really mellow, the vibe of his music has always been a perfect match to me. When he passed, it felt like someone I really knew had passed because that was like a dream of mine to work with him. So it feels good to see people saying A Glorious Cool did his work justice. That means a lot. 5.You’ve already worked with Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. Which album is your favorite: Cole World: The Sideline Story or good kid, m.A.A.d city? I don’t really have a favorite between the two, they’re both really good albums but different vibes.I think in 10 years, both albums will be really important. I will say I still think Lost Ones is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.  I’m just glad that they both sold really well, because that’s all the industry truly cares about so the more good artist with quality work actually sell, the more willing the radio and the industry will take chances on real artist and possibly breaking away from just following the same formula. It’s like the early, early stages of the radio getting more balance. The good thing about those albums for me is it inspires me to make my own work that much better to compete. 6.And still talking about both, how these collabs happened? The collaborations with Cole have all pretty much just been us in the studio and it naturally happening. Except for The Badness, I was in Chicago at the time and we’ve been friends for a long time before all of this so he just hit me one day seeing if I wanted to hop on that one. But, even that was recorded in New York with him there. As far as Kendrick, I met him one day in LA out at NO ID’s studio and I had heard he was a fan of the song me and Cole did called Enchanted. And at the time, I was a big fan of Overly Dedicated. So there was a mutual respect. When I was writing Look of Lust, I just thought he would really fit the record well with his tone and style. And he was down to do it. 7.What are your music plans for 2013? For 2013, I’m going to be releasing some videos for some songs off A Glorious Cool EP. I’m also working on another project to be released next year, and there are some more collaborations i’m interested in doing that I want to try to make happen. So we’ll see how that goes. I actually have a lot of songs that haven’t been released, so we’ll see what happens. I definitely feel 2013 can easily be my best year yet. I’ve also been talking with SXSW. So, I’m excited about doing more shows. 8.With which MCs you want to work in the future? There are lot. I’m interested in working with Ab-Soul, Joey BadAss, Frank Ocean, Jhene Aiko, Schoolboy Q, BJ The Chicago Kid. A bunch of others as well, so we’ll see what happens. But, those are the first that come to mind. 9.You are one of the best MCs that came from Chicago. What do you think about the hip hop scene there? Thank you, I appreciate that. I think the scene in Chicago is getting better. It’s been getting some shine with Chief Keef and his whole movement and a lot of people here have been getting deals lately. I just think there could be more of a balance. Right now, its only one type of sound getting noticed in Chicago, which is still good but with Chicago being like the 3rd largest city behind New York and Los Angeles, you can imagine the type of diversity that really exist here. There’s so much more people don’t know about. 10. The first thing that I remember when I heard about you, was in the movie “The Omen”. Your rap name came from the movie? Or it’s just because of the meaning of the word? No! Haha, my name has Nothing to do with that movie. So I’m sorry to disappoint any horror movie fans. Omen is a high school nickname, that I carried into music. But, I chose the name in music because of what it really means in the dictionary which is just like a forewarning or a symbol of change. It could be good or bad, like yin and yang. And it’s always something divine, so I liked attaching myself and my music to something that meant a sign of change. 11. What is your favorite music from A Glorious Cool EP? Any special reason? I don’t really have a favorite to be honest. I went through almost 300 different Dilla beats trying to choose which ones to use. It was really hard because Dilla had so many crazy beats. Right now, my favorite song from the EP is the second half of Thin Air, just because the words were really personal and I just loved that beat. Thank you Omen! We hope you in Brazil soon as possible. Peace out!! I appreciate you all wanting to take the time out and ask me these questions. It means a lot. Peace and love from Chicago, and hopefully I can come to Brazil soon. Tell the women there I said hello. 

NEW Interview I did with Brazilian Blog : FreeRaplogia (http://freeraplogia.wordpress.com/)

1. Sup Omen. First of all a typical start, I want you to introduce yourself, you know, your name, where you come from…

What up, what up,what up my name is Omen, I’m an artist born and raised on the southside of Chicago.

2. When was your first contact with rap music, who are your influences and your favorite musicians?

My first contact with rap music probably came from being around my Uncle Mark and my Cousin Patrick. My uncle was a DJ when I was growing up and he would always play Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Run-DMC, and my Cousin was really into MC Eiht, Dr. Dre, Snoop and later Bone Thugs ‘N’ Harmony. I was influenced by all types of artist from Jay-Z to Pac, Busta Rhymes, Outkast and even groups like The Luniz, but my biggest influences came from Nas and Common. They’ve both always been really good at storytelling and I just took to that.

3. I know that you’re a producer too. What you like more, rap or produce tracks? And which came first?

As far as rapping and producing it’s hard to say which I enjoy more, its like one is your mother and one is your grandmother. You love them both in different ways but not where anyone is greater than the other. I started rapping first, I would just steal beats off the internet, because I was too broke to buy a beat from someone. And just because of the kind of personality I have, I don’t like to depend on anyone so I decided I would teach myself how to make beats. So I started on Fruity Loops, my man Voli was already using it so I would call him up for tips and he kind of helped me get started. Then I just really became obsessed with learning it, I spent a summer making countless beats a day staying up until like 7am everyday. I was really addicted to trying to become good. And luckily I had friends that weren’t afraid to tell me when I made a beat that was trash or when I was getting better. And luckily I’ve always been able to take constructive criticism pretty well.

4.This project with all these J Dilla tracks is dope. What is your relationship with his work?

I had been listening to Dilla’s work for forever without knowing it, but when a friend of mine put me onto Slum Village’s Fantastic Vol. 2 album is when I really really started studying Dilla and became a true fan. I got every single beat tape, every slum village album, all the Tribe albums, Ruff Draft EP,Donuts, all of his work basically throughout the years. I remember hearing and learning stories of how he sampled certain joints and just being blown away. Like when he made Players for Slum Village, and I heard the original sample and learned they were actually saying Claire and just how he had the ear to even chop that particular part and make something crazy out of it, I was just really amazed. And because my personality is really mellow, the vibe of his music has always been a perfect match to me. When he passed, it felt like someone I really knew had passed because that was like a dream of mine to work with him. So it feels good to see people saying A Glorious Cool did his work justice. That means a lot.

5.You’ve already worked with Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. Which album is your favorite: Cole World: The Sideline Story or good kid, m.A.A.d city?

I don’t really have a favorite between the two, they’re both really good albums but different vibes.I think in 10 years, both albums will be really important. I will say I still think Lost Ones is one of the best songs I’ve ever heard.  I’m just glad that they both sold really well, because that’s all the industry truly cares about so the more good artist with quality work actually sell, the more willing the radio and the industry will take chances on real artist and possibly breaking away from just following the same formula. It’s like the early, early stages of the radio getting more balance. The good thing about those albums for me is it inspires me to make my own work that much better to compete.

6.And still talking about both, how these collabs happened?

The collaborations with Cole have all pretty much just been us in the studio and it naturally happening. Except for The Badness, I was in Chicago at the time and we’ve been friends for a long time before all of this so he just hit me one day seeing if I wanted to hop on that one. But, even that was recorded in New York with him there. As far as Kendrick, I met him one day in LA out at NO ID’s studio and I had heard he was a fan of the song me and Cole did called Enchanted. And at the time, I was a big fan of Overly Dedicated. So there was a mutual respect. When I was writing Look of Lust, I just thought he would really fit the record well with his tone and style. And he was down to do it.

7.What are your music plans for 2013?

For 2013, I’m going to be releasing some videos for some songs off A Glorious Cool EP. I’m also working on another project to be released next year, and there are some more collaborations i’m interested in doing that I want to try to make happen. So we’ll see how that goes. I actually have a lot of songs that haven’t been released, so we’ll see what happens. I definitely feel 2013 can easily be my best year yet. I’ve also been talking with SXSW. So, I’m excited about doing more shows.

8.With which MCs you want to work in the future?

There are lot. I’m interested in working with Ab-Soul, Joey BadAss, Frank Ocean, Jhene Aiko, Schoolboy Q, BJ The Chicago Kid. A bunch of others as well, so we’ll see what happens. But, those are the first that come to mind.

9.You are one of the best MCs that came from Chicago. What do you think about the hip hop scene there?

Thank you, I appreciate that. I think the scene in Chicago is getting better. It’s been getting some shine with Chief Keef and his whole movement and a lot of people here have been getting deals lately. I just think there could be more of a balance. Right now, its only one type of sound getting noticed in Chicago, which is still good but with Chicago being like the 3rd largest city behind New York and Los Angeles, you can imagine the type of diversity that really exist here. There’s so much more people don’t know about.

10. The first thing that I remember when I heard about you, was in the movie “The Omen”. Your rap name came from the movie? Or it’s just because of the meaning of the word?

No! Haha, my name has Nothing to do with that movie. So I’m sorry to disappoint any horror movie fans. Omen is a high school nickname, that I carried into music. But, I chose the name in music because of what it really means in the dictionary which is just like a forewarning or a symbol of change. It could be good or bad, like yin and yang. And it’s always something divine, so I liked attaching myself and my music to something that meant a sign of change.

11. What is your favorite music from A Glorious Cool EP? Any special reason?

I don’t really have a favorite to be honest. I went through almost 300 different Dilla beats trying to choose which ones to use. It was really hard because Dilla had so many crazy beats. Right now, my favorite song from the EP is the second half of Thin Air, just because the words were really personal and I just loved that beat.
Thank you Omen! We hope you in Brazil soon as possible. Peace out!!

I appreciate you all wanting to take the time out and ask me these questions. It means a lot. Peace and love from Chicago, and hopefully I can come to Brazil soon. Tell the women there I said hello. 

November 8, 2012 • 23 notes

What up Villains, this is Omen. It’s been awhile. It feels great to be putting out a new project. This is dedicated to my favorite producer of all time, J Dilla. Most of you all know he passed away from Lupus some years ago and therefore, I’ll never get to work with him officially. But, this is my way of doing that, showing my appreciation for his inspiration and legacy. A Glorious Cool EP features all production from songs J Dilla produced in his career. Some are well known beats, some are more rare. I hope you enjoy this, go out and seek more of Dilla’s music and truly learn what made him a legend. Thank you for your support. I love yall. 

-O

Download: A Glorious Cool EP

October 19, 2012 • 1 note

Liberation Video (Directed by Impakt Studio)