Good Looking Records
LTJ Bukem – Mystical Realms EP
1998

Today we return to the track on Side B from yesterday, but with the added luxury of MC Conrad’s ‘Orchestral Jam (Vocal Mix)’. Bukem and Conrad were in a league of their own from 1994 to 2004. Proof that this is very difficult to dispute, is on this very record. Conrad adds here, an extra coat of gloss to the music, filling up spaces inside your mind that take you to new places of discovery. Let’s roll out the words and relish how MC Conrad worked his magic. I took most of the lyrics from a website “dnblyrics.com” but I edited it with the correct words while listening to the track (once or twice). Now, sing along kids!

“It’s all a matter of opinion.
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of mystics
And we ain’t pausing, we’re causing the main logistics
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of pride
You love the way that we drift, the way that we glide
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of fact
We roll out, that makes you react
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of mystics
And you know we ain’t pausing we’re causing the main logistics
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of pride
As we push the vibe inside.
You can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of opinion
I like our thoughts to be heard by millions.
Aint no progress without a struggle
And i’m watching the rats leave the pot to watch the pot bubble
But quick, on the double it’s down to a simmer
Cooking up your mind to deliver a winner
In a… second, a glance, in a flash in a shimmer
We make you shiver, our sound blessed a sinner
Sublimity energy just keeps on building,
God bless the path of the musical children
Walking the steps of change going forward bound
Our music’s taking you to higher ground, and
I have found, the deeper we go the higher then we climb
Music’s making progress in your mind
Getting in tune with the powers of the mystical flow
Something I’ve got to see, got to do, got to know… Yo!!

When money speaks the truth keeps silent
But we don’t need no money for the true enlightenment
Cos, we’re already hyped up, psyched up, ready for combat
Do something logical, you say “”how they do that?””
We got mad skills, on the borderline, but we always cope
And if you take big mouth fulls you’ll always choke
And I don’t need no daddy to line up my pocket
Cos logical freestyle profile programmed to rocket.
Won’t stop it till a man’s begging mercy on his knees
And baby can’t recover cos she feels relieved and pleased
I will flip and balance all that is lopsided
Already decided how the music’s gonna be provided
Wide accessed worldwide
Keep it real and the feel’s got to be live
Thought you were smart in the dark you can’t hide
Cos your program has crashed and your access is denied.
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of pride
You love the way that we drift, the way that we glide
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of mystics
And you know we ain’t pausing, we’re causing the main logistics
Can’t make no judgement, it’s all a matter of fact
We make it harder like that, hard to hold back
Harder for you not to react.
Can’t make no judgement
It’s all a matter of opinion.

Our music’s taking you high, taking you low
Our flows got ripples like H2O
And you have got to be able and willing
Filling your mind with rhythm
Gotta keep you moving keep you singing
Bringing the message across guiding
Those that are lost in time and space
You’re climbing at your own pace
Bass is your main reactor music the main factor
We’ve got the knack to make you listen
Release all that’s within
Let the process begin, link the yang with the yin
Now natures doing its thing
And I pick up my pen and mix my words
To paint my picture choose the shade of my emotion
Add the colour to my scripture
Feed the paper words of rhythm
Vital to the vision the words are always twisting
But logical’s the rhyme mission
Cos logical is, as logical does
And logical never was a was
Cos logical is the fixed buzz
And you can’t make no judgement
It’s all a matter of mystic
And we ain’t pausing, we’re causing the main logistics.”
- MC Conrad – RIEP ❤️ 🎶 🎤

Track D on this Mystical Realms EP is a track we reviewed on the ‘Journey Inwards LP’ a few weeks back. You can read it on the album page in my blog. It’s a real gem of downtempo goodness, with a show stealing live bass plucking and snare rolling percussion you’ll fucking fall in love with.
Remembering MC Conrad. Every time.

The next EP is up tomorrow.
























































