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MIND OVER MATTER

SAREEM POEMS & ESS BE

This album began when Terem and I started talks of a project over 2yrs ago. I came across his production on sound cloud. We ended up friends on social media sites. The beats started flowing and I started writing. He handled the music, I handled subject matter. Terem worked around my mind.

As my writing took shape and songs neared completion. Terem added extra touches plus live instrumentation from talented musicians that I know. I'm proud of what " A Pond Apart " is. Throughout the many shifts in humanity & my personal life in the last 2yrs. There has been a lot to write about. What effected me most became a song. I hope y'all enjoy what I have to say over Terem's production.

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MIND OVER MATTER

SAREEM POEMS & ESS BE

After three years of writing, developing, and preparing new music, Sareem Poems and Ess Be are back with Mind Over Matter. Released via Illect Recordings, Mind is the second full length project from the Lansing, Michigan-based MC and producer duo. Their first album on Illect, 2015’s Beautiful Noise, was a highly motivational record based around positivity and perseverance. Mind Over Matter is definitely in the same vein as Noise, but it’s clear that as they worked on the new project, Poems and Ess Be weren’t afraid to dive deeper into who they’ve become as artists.

From start to finish, Mind Over Matter takes on some of the most pressing issues of our time.

As artists, Sareem Poems and Ess Be have never shied away from using their platform to bring people together—even as those in power would pull them apart. Mind Over Matter, their second full-length album on Illect Recordings, celebrates the beauty of humanity while also questioning the systems of inequity that have kept certain people in power for centuries. It’s always been important to practice self-care in the face of struggle and Mind Over Matter is a manifestation of that.

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