The Venus Conspiracy


This album is a continuation of the adventures of Team Cobra. This album takes the crew on a perilous tumble through space toward Venus. I like the way the RZA samples a lot of things. I sort of picked some songs in a similar fashion when exploring this album. The skits really came together well in this one with the help of my friends. I think everyone has a blast listening to this album even if you don’t like my style. I lost the artwork to this record due to hard drive failures. I need to go back and recreate the album art.

DJ COMMANDER – Intro
DJ COMMANDER – Communication Breakdown
DJ COMMANDER – Funk In My Trunk
DJ COMMANDER – Skit 1
DJ COMMANDER – The Hero
DJ COMMANDER – Steppin’ Out (In To Space)
DJ COMMANDER – Disco 4 Life
DJ COMMANDER – Dungeon Crawl (Party Up)
DJ COMMANDER – Skit 2
DJ COMMANDER – Love Machine
DJ COMMANDER – Skit 3
DJ COMMANDER – Planet Commander
DJ COMMANDER – Memories From Saigon
DJ COMMANDER – Skit 4
DJ COMMANDER – Blow Up My Facebook

Fun Facts:

Communication Breakdown is an homage to the great Gary Numan! The RZA also samples Gary Numan. His soundscapes are very cool.

The Hero is an ultimate flashback to childhood complete with Eddie Murphy pump up jam and the TMNT!

Dungeon Crawl is a reference to playing video games and fantasy based games with friends in a basement.

Planet Commander is based on the Raekwon song Planet of the Apes. I wanted my beat to feel more like skateboard wheels clacking down the sidewalk because I liked to listen to this song skateboarding!

Memories From Saigon includes samples of actual Vietnamese music. The CDs sampled were given to me by the beautiful Phuong-Dung!

There is a wacky cartoon video for Blow Up My Facebook you can watch on YouTube! I wanted it to feel like a music video made with Mario Paint. I used to love playing with that on the SNES.