{"id":42017,"date":"2018-10-29T16:15:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=42017"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:15:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:15:07","slug":"clay-dub-releases-new-hip-hop-track-left-me-for-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/clay-dub-releases-new-hip-hop-track-left-me-for-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Clay Dub Releases New Hip Hop Track, &#8216;Left Me For Dead&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Clay Dub, from South Los Angeles, has released the latest in his three part short film series. &#8216;Left Me For Dead&#8217; released on 19 November, is the second track in this installation, and is a nod to his early inspirations, including Tupac, Nate Dogg, and J Cole.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Left Me For Dead&#8217; is an upbeat hip hop track which demonstrates his lyrical skills as well as his talent for composition. The track aims to show how to defeat the non-believers and doubters who try and stop you from dreaming big. Clay Dub&#8217;s positive attitude is refreshing in the current atmosphere of negativity. Speaking of his 3 part short film song series, Clay said,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Traditionally, people score films with music. Well I wanted to try something different and score music with a film. So, I took 3 of my original songs that have ENTIRELY nothing to do with one another, and wrote a 3-part story to them.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can stream and download &#8216;Left Me For Dead&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3eVmbntTRJWsUiOcIwgSy2?si=STs0euCLTa2EkgZORTMxRgTIDAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/left-me-for-dead-single\/1439035787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/music\/album\/Clay_Dub_Who_Is_Clay_Dub?id=Btqic2sqy5hih7bage3a44rrikq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a>. Follow Clay Dub online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claydubmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ClayDubMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/claydubmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoisclaydub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wa-LnZy-UT4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clay Dub, from South Los Angeles, has released the latest in his three part short film series. &#8216;Left Me For Dead&#8217; released on 19 November, is the second track in this installation, and is a nod to his early inspirations, including Tupac, Nate Dogg, and J Cole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,640],"tags":[17536,17539,1870,12949,17537,17540,17538,77,370,1945,5260],"class_list":["post-42017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-clay-dub","tag-film-story","tag-hip-hop","tag-j-cole","tag-left-me-for-dead","tag-musical-film","tag-nate-dogg","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-tupac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-aVH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33898,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/felix-dubs-releases-new-ep-maschine-dreamz\/","url_meta":{"origin":42017,"position":0},"title":"FELIX DUBS Releases New EP \u2018MASCHINE DREAMZ\u2019","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"14\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Birmingham native Felix Dubs will release his latest EP, 'Maschine Dreamz' on March 30. 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