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The unofficial demo CD, which One-Way has put together, titled "New Years Day Mix", is not a CD for fans, it's a CD for family, he says. "For months, ever since my first few songs were released, family members have been asking for a CD so they can listen to it on their own. Regardless of how it sounded, how it was recorded - they just wanted some of my songs. I planned on making them wait until my album was ready, but I decided to throw a little gift at them with a few tracks. New Years Eve is our Christmas. My family gives each other gifts on New Years Eve." And on that night, One-Way's family members plan on playing a game of gift exchange. The artist decided to make the compilation CD and enter it as a gift - with never before heard album instrumentals, to his well-known party song "Ride Tonight". "One lucky person will win the gift, but I have a feeling I'll be bothered about making copies for everyone who didn't win. I don't mind, as long as they're listening."
The CD starts off with a skit introducing the rest of the tracks. The intro track, begins with a soft piano, being accompanied by sounds of rain and children. It then leads to someone getting shot, then leads to the theme song for "Requiem for a Dream". At the end of the introduction, a countdown is heard by children. The track, as One-Way calls it, is the death of one person and the birth of another. "Growing up, I feel as if I've matured a lot. I look back at how I was at age 15, and I'm not like that at all. I've changed the way I think, talk, and act. So, in this track, the beginning portion is the death of the old me. The second portion signifies my birth. The birth of the new me, the birth of my career, the birth of One-Way. The countdown is for the New Years theme, and it's also for my album. It's like a countdown to 2006. A countdown to the year where everything will come together."
The opening song for the CD is, of course, "Ride Tonight". Followed by such songs as "Today Is The Day", where One-Way talks about High School graduation, and "What I Gotta Do", where the artist speaks about the struggle in music. The song also takes an interesting turn as it approaches the last two actual songs. The CD ends with the Blazed & Chopped version of "When I Think Back" and the House Mix version of "Ride Tonight" - all done with the help of friend-rapper, Blazed Mic.
The CD ends with four instrumentals One-Way says "everyone wants to hear." He says, "The four instrumentals added at the end are instrumentals they've been wanting to hear. They are also instrumentals I've made for my album. So basically, they get to hear a few instrumentals I'll use on the album. It's an exclusive." One-Way also says the instrumental to his favorite and most personal song from his album will be included. "They Don't Know" as he titles it, which talks about family struggles.
All in all, the CD shows the talent behind the 18 year-old artist from Glendale, CA. It shows them everything One-Way has done in 2005. It's his accomplishments for the year, ending it off on the last day of 2005. The CD includes 13 tracks - one skit, four instrumentals, and eight full songs. The CD is available to those who wish to receive it, but One-Way wants to make it clear, it's just a CD put together for fun. It's nothing official. He also wishes everyone a Happy New Year.
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