SOME REQUIRED READING ON THE HAMILTON MIXTAPE & NEW HAMILTON MUSIC (strap in, I’m using the tweetstorm thing)
A year ago this month we released The Hamilton Mixtape. It was the culmination of so many dreams come true.
Every artist, every interpretation represented the original impulse I had for this story, even before this thing was a musical.
I know I promised you a Hamilton Mixtape Vol. 2, but nothing’s gonna match those songs in that order, beautifully sequenced by @jperiodBK, at that moment in December 2016.
ALL THAT BEING SAID…
I STILL HAVE ALL THIS DOPE NEW SH*T TO SHARE WITH YOU.
So today, we begin THE HAMILDROPS. We’re gonna drop some new Hamilton content, every month, December NOW through December 2018.
Something new, every month.
LET'S BEGIN!
DECEMBER’S #HAMILDROP. ‘member how I said I once wrote some Decemberists-esque lyrics for a Ben Franklin tune, but never set ‘em to music?
So I sent the lyrics to @ColinMeloy. He's in @TheDecemberists.
And HE set it to music as only he and his crew can.
It absolutely blew me away.
I weent BACK to write new lyrics for a bridge for him.
He took it to @TheDecemberists & they brought Ben Franklin to life.
So enjoy BEN FRANKLIN’S SONG. Music by The Decemberists, Lyrics by yours truly. Available at Midnight, wherever you are. (Austraila, NZ, you’re up first!) #Hamildrops
#Hamildrop midnight Friday, wherever you are.
Oh, there's explicit and clean versions available. You'll see why soon. ☺️
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