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One of Charleston’s underground icons, Port Baby, has returned to the mix with the release of “TuDeep Port”, his first full album release since 2022. Port, who’s been releasing music in city since 2010-is known to pop out at will with a few ‘dimes for your mind’ and a powerful representation of Charleston rooted upbringing. He gives all of that and more with the release of “TuDeep Port” which is produced in its entirety by Slapp Beatz.
Flying in with “Chosen”, which is...
One of Charleston’s underground icons, Port Baby, has returned to the mix with the release of “TuDeep Port”, his first full album release since 2022. Port, who’s been releasing music in city since 2010-is known to pop out at will with a few ‘dimes for your mind’ and a powerful representation of Charleston rooted upbringing. He gives all of that and more with the release of “TuDeep Port” which is produced in its entirety by Slapp Beatz.
Flying in with “Chosen”, which is perfect because that is the name of his clothing brand, explores the duality of being selected by both divine forces and the gritty realities of street life. The song’s intro sets the tone for a powerful narrative, reflecting on Port Baby’s childhood filled with hardships that could have derailed his destiny.
The overarching theme of being “chosen” amidst the struggles and chaos serves as a testament to resilience, determination, and the ability to rise above one’s circumstances, which is a part of the reality of most that were raised in 90’s-early 2000’s Charleston.
Setting the tone with his introduction, Port switches vibes but still delivers those ‘gold coast gems’ in songs with re-released songs, “Big Vibe Port” and “Sunshine”. “BVP” is an ode to ‘catching a vibe’ and creating your own release from the sometimes harsh realities of life from the past and present. Of course with the vibe comes the ladies, so Port Baby drops a cool, bop for the ladies with “Sunshine”.
This short interlude of aura, takes us deeper into “TuDeep Port” as we go from external to internal with “Mainstream”. This testament to using higher consciousness to ascend grim reality, is gospel. He talks about exchanging our vices and triggers with connection to spirit and higher self. A much needed message in the city and environment some of us have been subjected to.
Unfortunately , the industry suppresses this type of authenticity, but Port is well-known for his message and stays genuine.
A central theme of the album is, embracing the depths of yourself with solitude and taking time to focus solely on self-elevation through means of honesty, self-reflection, trauma healing, and spiritual/conscious connection. A detrimental gem, needed for all in the times we live in. To bring home this theme, Port uses his music to discuss his experiences with underlying themes of life.
“Deja Vu” speaks on the power of karma and breaking cycles created from past mistakes and sins, but not allowing these missteps to define you on the journey to redefine self.
In order to achieve that ‘redefinition’, we must take time to detach from the world and dive deeply into your own mind, body, heart and soul.
“Love Letter” and “Alone” present two seperate outlooks of that single concept. One speaks on actually making the choice to discover and grow self and the other dives deeper into the demons and trauma you find as you take that dive. But once you find your peace with that, you protect it at all costs.
Port Baby truly shows his depth as he paints vivid pictures with the final songs on the album “In The Streets” feat Rerunner Skee & Kendra TVS (The Voice of Soul) and “FMWH” also featuring Kendra TVS.
Paired with the vocal silhouette of Kendra TVS, Port draws from his own past experiences, vividly recounting the trials and tribulations he faced while navigating the bricks of Charleston.
Through heartfelt storytelling, he reflects on how faith and divine intervention helped him escape the grip of the streets, fueling his determination to elevate his hustle and strive for a better life.
Check out “TuDeep Port” by Port Baby on all platforms!! A #GxldApproved album of wisdom, knowledge, and entertainment for Charleston by Charleston
Not so fast! While in law school I heard an interesting story about those bears. As I heard the story, there was a fellow who, in the early easy-going days of the Grateful Dead, followed the band around and sold Grateful Dead paraphernalia including many items that had the band’s signature “dancing bears” on them. One day, after rock had become big business and the band had become “corporate,” the band’s “suits” sent a “cease and desist” letter to this vendor demanding he...
Not so fast! While in law school I heard an interesting story about those bears. As I heard the story, there was a fellow who, in the early easy-going days of the Grateful Dead, followed the band around and sold Grateful Dead paraphernalia including many items that had the band’s signature “dancing bears” on them. One day, after rock had become big business and the band had become “corporate,” the band’s “suits” sent a “cease and desist” letter to this vendor demanding he stop using the band’s “copyrighted dancing bears” without a license and demanding he pay damages to the band and give them a cut of all future sales.
The copyright attorney who took this guy’s case (from whom I heard this story), believing the dancing bears had been designed by artist Bob Thomas to appear on the back cover of the band’s 1973 release, The History of the Grateful Dead, Volume 1 (Bear’s Choice), contacted Thomas, thinking the artist might still own the copyright for the dancing bear design. The album designer wrote back explaining where those bears had actually originated. The copyright attorney wrote the Grateful Dead’s corporate lawyers telling them the bears on the album had come from the illegal “Owsley Acid” LSD distributed by the band and band employees at their concerts and asking if they still wanted to contest ownership of that design. The vender never heard back from the band’s “suits” after that.
So according to the copyright attorney who told me this story circa 1991–92, Bob Thomas told him the “dancing bears” blotter acid (LSD) wasn’t patterned after the 1973 album, but the other way around.
SOUL MUSIC RABBIT HOLE PROJECT
This thread is going to be dedicated to DEEP soul cuts .. I will be sharing songs and artists as I listen/discover them and hope to have some of y’all do the same.. I grew up listening to my dad’s vinyl collection, half of which was compromised of Motown/Soul artist. I love going down the rabbit hole and discovering artists and songs I’ve never heard before, and ultimately endeavor to keep it alive.
The coding on this forum makes it incredibly easy to link...
SOUL MUSIC RABBIT HOLE PROJECT
This thread is going to be dedicated to DEEP soul cuts .. I will be sharing songs and artists as I listen/discover them and hope to have some of y’all do the same.. I grew up listening to my dad’s vinyl collection, half of which was compromised of Motown/Soul artist. I love going down the rabbit hole and discovering artists and songs I’ve never heard before, and ultimately endeavor to keep it alive.
The coding on this forum makes it incredibly easy to link and embed YouTube videos and Spotify playlist etc.
Let’s take the red pill and see how far we can go down the rabbit hole…
