Calebdoee’s latest project Corleone: Part II takes inspiration from the iconic Godfather series but it goes much deeper than inspiration. More parallel than homage, he uses Michael Corleone’s storyline as a mirror for the various complications and choices he’s made in his own life. Sitting comfortably in the hip-hop genre, Calebdoee takes listeners on a journey of the ups and downs he’s been through and how they shaped who he is.
Project closer “World is Mine” ends Corleone: Part II on a high note. The project seamlessly balances both boom bap and modern production while keeping all the tracks in the same calm and confident lane. This track is built around a smooth and relaxing subtle siren-like melody that blends with skittering trap percussion. Calebdoee’s calculated flow emphasizes his reflective subject matter with just enough bounce to give the track an injection of energy.
For Calebdoee, each song on the project has a central purpose both in sequencing and topic. On “World Is Mine” he wanted listeners to understand that there are things people want in life and they can aspire to create a path to get them. However, there must also be a realization that the place they are in currently has benefits too.
“You have to have a good balance of what’s going on presently and what you’re trying to achieve and get to.” he said.
On the first song on the project, “Blues,” Calebdoee discusses both motivation and reflection through his own personal life trials. Over a guitar based sample and boom bap drums, he brings the listeners into his world.
“Once you go through those things, you come out rocky and bumpy and you’re not the same as before, you try to make the most of everything and keep pushing forward. You try to stay in every moment that you make it to.” he said.
Calebdoee also explained that relationships can have a large influence on the mindset of achieving goals in life. The tracks “Apollonia (Apple of My Eye)” and “2012 Love Story,” are purposely sequenced back-to-back. The former discusses the ideal goals of happiness and love within a romantic relationship while the latter discusses the reality of how multi-layered the experience of being in a relationship is. Once someone ends a relationship, a part of that person stays with them for the rest of their lives. “‘Apollonia’ is depicting a relationship that is the final relationship. Closing the book with that person, stating a family, those sorts of things. ‘2012 Love Story’ is realizing that the relationship did not lead to that and every girl that comes along next should not be compared to the girl you thought you were going to close the book with.” he said.
Throughout Corleone: Part II, Calebdoee displays range as an artist while also showing cohesion and purpose. Tracks like "Holding the Fame" and “Hall of Fame” offer production contrasts to songs like “Blues” and “Live A Little” but all four songs have subject matters and deliveries that directly tie into the production switch ups. For Calebdoee, album sequencing is like sequencing scenes in a movie. “Doing the sequencing is my favorite part of making any project. The wrong sequencing can make you feel a different way about a song than you were supposed to. Making sure those messages stay clear is a key part of the roller coaster I try to send listeners on.” he said.
Calebdoee has more music on the way and strives to maintain authenticity and continue making the best music he can.
“World is Mine,” from the project Coreleone: Part II, is available on streaming services now.
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