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Cliff Notez

Why the Wild Things Are

Live @ OBERON

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Two years after the release of his celebrated debut album When the Sidewalk Ends, Cliff Notez brings his soon-to-be-released full-length project Why the Wild Things Are to OBERON for a very special album release show. The project is a testimony of existence, protest, and survival, and how they all become synonymous and unified in the prolonging of the Black body.

The first single from the album, “Happy” (feat. Latrell James, Moe Pope, Optic Bloom, Tyrek Greene) is available now.

 

OBERON

2 Arrow Street
Cambridge, MA

OBERON is the club theater of the A.R.T., a destination for theater and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square. Strobe-like effects may be used during performances.

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OBERON is the club theater of the A.R.T., a destination for theater and nightlife on the fringe of Harvard Square. Strobe-like effects may be used during performances.

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About Cliff Notez

Award-winning musician, filmmaker, and organizer, Cliff Notez’ art is a continuous exploration of self. Rooted in hip hop, his art tackles the political and the personal, exploring the intimate consequences of a society where black bodies are easily ignored, forgotten, or disregarded. His debut solo album When the Sidewalk Ends was released in 2017 and is available on all streaming services. In 2018, Cliff Notez won the Boston Music Award for “New Artist of The Year” and was named Best of Boston “Musician of the Year” by Boston Magazine in 2019.

Cliff Notez

WBUR The ARTery

Cliff Notez Explores Duality, Race And Mental Health In New Album

“Why the Wild Things Are” explores race, mental health, and the ways they intersect, but this time around, Notez aimed to take a more narrative approach, genre-hopping while exploring the dualities in his own life. Lead single “Happy” offers a shot of pop-radio-primed hip-hop; Notez lays out his identity as “a walking double-negative, oxymoron, double entendre.” It builds a sense of defiant hope, even as a verse from Moe Pope interjects images of looming violence and materialism.

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“Why the Wild Things Are” explores race, mental health, and the ways they intersect, but this time around, Notez aimed to take a more narrative approach, genre-hopping while exploring the dualities in his own life. Lead single “Happy” offers a shot of pop-radio-primed hip-hop; Notez lays out his identity as “a walking double-negative, oxymoron, double entendre.” It builds a sense of defiant hope, even as a verse from Moe Pope interjects images of looming violence and materialism.

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Vanyaland

It Takes Two: The duality of Cliff Notez and his ‘Wild Things’

As Notez worked on his forthcoming record, he was in some of the most brutal mental spots of his life, bookended by some of his most joyous. Thus swings the pendulum of duality for the Boston-based multimedia mastermind…“This album is less about the fall, or the climb up, but the existence, and how that alone with a Black body in this day and age is a key sign of elite resilience,” Notez tells Vanyaland. “I’m not broken, I’m not fixed. I’m just here, and that needs to be enough, so I can build on top of that, and maybe climb back up that cliff.”

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As Notez worked on his forthcoming record, he was in some of the most brutal mental spots of his life, bookended by some of his most joyous. Thus swings the pendulum of duality for the Boston-based multimedia mastermind…“This album is less about the fall, or the climb up, but the existence, and how that alone with a Black body in this day and age is a key sign of elite resilience,” Notez tells Vanyaland. “I’m not broken, I’m not fixed. I’m just here, and that needs to be enough, so I can build on top of that, and maybe climb back up that cliff.”

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Local artist Cliff Notez presents ÒWhy the Wild Things Are,Ó Sept. 13 at the Oberon.

Boston Herald

Cliff Notez goes ‘Wild’ with genres

“Sometimes I do go from the emotions of ‘Happy’ to ‘Losing Crowns’ effortlessly, that’s how I process things and I don’t think I’m alone in this,” Notez said ahead of his album release event on Sept. 13 at Oberon. As “Why the Wild Things Are” reconfirms, Notez doesn’t have much interest in walls. He’s honest with his audience about his personal struggles. He makes music and films, writes and produces. He crashes through genre borders with glee and fury — on “Losing Crowns II” alone, he collaborates with a range of guests.

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“Sometimes I do go from the emotions of ‘Happy’ to ‘Losing Crowns’ effortlessly, that’s how I process things and I don’t think I’m alone in this,” Notez said ahead of his album release event on Sept. 13 at Oberon. As “Why the Wild Things Are” reconfirms, Notez doesn’t have much interest in walls. He’s honest with his audience about his personal struggles. He makes music and films, writes and produces. He crashes through genre borders with glee and fury — on “Losing Crowns II” alone, he collaborates with a range of guests.

Read full article