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TakTrack
Shot. Left for Dead. Back from the grave.Switches the lettering style
Hip Hop · Saint Louis, Missouri
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What about me? What about you? I like long disturbing walks through fire. I like drums that go bang. I like to amplify my voice and record it in a studio. You can find me in the halls of music both figuratively and literally.
Musician with 100+ published songs available on all major musical streaming services.
Discography
Ever Since The Ninth
2008
Nov. 9
On November 9, 2008, I was shot twice in the back by the dirty police. I died in the helicopter on the way to the hospital. Somebody upstairs made a clerical error, and I came back. Six weeks in an induced coma. Full recovery.
No instructions for the second life.
2009
Era I · First Signal
The first transmission from the other side. I didn't come back with the secrets of the universe, just more questions and more reasons to make noise.
Ever Since The Ninth
Album · 2009 · as Tak
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Afterlife Archive · File 001
Ever Since The Ninth
- Type
- Album
- Year
- 2009
- Recorded as
- Tak
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released 2009. Sixteen songs.
Shot. Left for Dead. Back at the same bar.
2011
Era II · Proof of Life
Resurrection didn't make me a saint. Proof: Smoke & Beers.
Smoke & Beers
Album · 2011 · as Tak
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Afterlife Archive · File 002
Smoke & Beers
- Type
- Album
- Year
- 2011
- Recorded as
- Tak
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released 2011. The last album recorded as Tak.
The metamorphosis to TakTrack began here.
2014
Era III · Double Vision
Two albums in one year. The clock read 11:11 and I knew it was time for a mercy mission.
E1even E1even
Album · 2014
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Afterlife Archive · File 003
E1even E1even
- Type
- Album
- Year
- 2014
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 31, 2014. The first album recorded as TakTrack.
Metamorphosis complete.
Mission of Mercy
Album · 2014
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Afterlife Archive · File 004
Mission of Mercy
- Type
- Album
- Year
- 2014
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Oct. 31, 2014. Five months after E1even E1even.
Always be rapping, ALWAYS BE RAPPING.
2016
Era IV · Warning Labels
Bringing me back was starting to look like a controversial decision. Nobody upstairs wanted to own the paperwork.
Delivery
EP · 2016
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Afterlife Archive · File 005
Delivery
- Type
- EP
- Year
- 2016
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released March 1, 2016. Warning label included.
Tracking number: TakTrack.
Trigger Warnings & Safe Spaces
EP · 2016
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Afterlife Archive · File 006
Trigger Warnings & Safe Spaces
- Type
- EP
- Year
- 2016
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released June 17, 2016. 108 days after Delivery.
Content advisory: contains content.
2017
Era V · The Long Haunting
Five years, 21 releases. The music kept coming, until it didn't.
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Lit
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 007
Lit
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2017
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released July 22, 2017. Day 3,177.
Shaken, not stirred? Got shaken. Still stirring.
2018
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Stranger Things
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 008
Stranger Things
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Jan. 1, 2018. New Year's Day.
Stranger things have happened. This archive keeps the paperwork.
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Home
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 009
Home
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released March 11, 2018. Three days before 314 Day.
Address on file: St. Louis.
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Isolated Case
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 010
Isolated Case
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 14, 2018. One of seven on the 2018 timeline.
Upstairs called it a one-off. It wasn't.
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Bill Paxton
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 011
Bill Paxton
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released June 10, 2018. Day 3,500.
Game over, man? Not this time.
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Change Channel
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 012
Change Channel
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released July 15, 2018. 117 days before year ten.
Somebody upstairs tried to change the channel. The signal held.
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Electric Piano
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 013
Electric Piano
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Nov. 9, 2018. Ten years to the day.
Didn't plan the date. It's a heartbreak song, so it found its way there anyway.
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Russell Blvd
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 014
Russell Blvd
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2018
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Nov. 19, 2018. Ten years and ten days.
Address on file: St. Louis. Street: Russell Blvd.
2019
Pharm D
EP · 2019
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Afterlife Archive · File 015
Pharm D
- Type
- EP
- Year
- 2019
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Aug. 7, 2019. Five songs.
Side effects may include coming back.
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New Cut
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 016
New Cut
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2019
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 19, 2019. The night Game of Thrones ended.
Barbers call it a fresh fade. Engineers call it a new mix.
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Bend No Knee
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 017
Bend No Knee
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2019
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Nov. 13, 2019. A year to the day before Sand.
The realm sent a raven. He sent it back.
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Surefire
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 018
Surefire
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2019
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Dec. 6, 2019. The decade's last file.
Nobody upstairs would guarantee it. He did.
2020
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Parasite
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 019
Parasite
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Feb. 22, 2020. Thirteen days after the other Parasite won Best Picture.
Living rent-free in your playlist.
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Candyman
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 020
Candyman
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 6, 2020. The 20th release, in 2020.
Don't say it five times. Just press play.
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Another Storm
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 021
Another Storm
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 25, 2020. Nineteen days after Candyman.
Three verses, three strangers, one storm.
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Be Well
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 022
Be Well
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released July 11, 2020. The busiest year on the timeline.
Get well is what you tell a patient. Be well is what you tell a survivor.
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Loss State
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 023
Loss State
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released July 31, 2020. Twenty days after Be Well.
Looking for a win in a loss state.
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When
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 024
When
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Oct. 19, 2020. That's when.
Upstairs can date the song. Finding you a date isn't their department.
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Sand
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 025
Sand
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Nov. 13, 2020. Four days after year twelve.
Grit, by the grain.
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Like a White Guy
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 026
Like a White Guy
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2020
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released Nov. 26, 2020. Thirteen days after Sand.
Don't file this one under its title.
2021
Rain Fire
EP · 2021
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Afterlife Archive · File 027
Rain Fire
- Type
- EP
- Year
- 2021
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Still breathing
- Signal
- Released May 13, 2021. The last signal before Dead Air.
The forecast said rain. Then it said fire.
2022 – 2024
Era VI · Dead Air
We seem to have lost the patient again........
Coming back from the dead doesn’t mean you’ve figured out how to live. The music went radio silent and the years went to static. He was in a low vibrational state.
Whatever was waiting down there figured the second time would be easier. It wasn’t.
2025
Era VII · Signal Restored
The first resurrection took a helicopter and six weeks under. For the second, I just needed a microphone.
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on repeat 2
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 028
on repeat 2
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2025
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Signal restored
- Signal
- Released March 28, 2025. The first signal since Dead Air.
Lost the patient again. Found him on repeat.
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alucard
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 029
alucard
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2025
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Signal restored
- Signal
- Released May 22, 2025. Four days before the novel Dracula turned 128.
Read it backwards. That's how coming back works.
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bet deal
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 030
bet deal
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2025
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Signal restored
- Signal
- Released July 4, 2025. Marked explicit.
Some freedoms were exercised.
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Ice Pack
Single on Spotify (opens in a new tab)Afterlife Archive · File 031
Ice Pack
- Type
- Single
- Year
- 2025
- Recorded as
- TakTrack
- Vitals
- Signal restored
- Signal
- Released Dec. 12, 2025. The fourth signal since Dead Air.
Went cold once. Came back with his own ice.