"I've had the idea for this album for years. “Friday Night Theme Music”. I come from a traditional black midwestern home. Friday nights would some call for the neighborhood to meet up at one house, play cards, listen to music and “talk shit”. My moms house was the party house at one point. I have photos of get togethers of neighborhood ppl chilling and having a good time. I've always been into that. If you've ever been to some of my sessions in Atlanta we have a good time, and create a space for the music to live. This album embodies that. I wanted to collab with other artists. I think of myself as an ok bet maker (getting better), but I feel like I'm a great producer. I love to tell stories and with the help of some friends we were able to see the vision of  this project through. 

The album title is a play off of my Dad's  name (Coleman) and my middle name (Edmond). I wanted to take a jazz approach and collaborate more on the project. I wanted to work with musicians to learn more about arrangement and mainly feel. Overall I wanted this to be a celebration of life despite me feeling certain ways about my father. This was a statement for me to remove some heavy feelings I was harboring for my father, so I wanted to make it beautiful. 

The intro was a beat that I made maybe 2003 or so. I always loved that piano loop, one day it just popped in my head as the intro to the album. I made a call to my man DJ Polaris in Indiana and he had Fatima Washington get on the song. She added her own words and the rest is the record. Yamin came in with the cuts, bang! 

My good friend Jeffmatic really came through on this album. I met Jeff working at Unique Squared in Atlanta. They sold audio equipment, so most of the guys at the gig were into music. Jeff played keys in a soul band, Uncle Joe's Medicine Show, I believe was the band name. Jeff played keys on Sunday Morning, and guitar on Cadillac n Drank. I really miss working with him, he was very good with playing loose and giving me stuff to chop up. 

Changes, produced by Yamin Semali. We were roomates for a time when I was making this album. He was also making the Clan D album “Self Titled” and his solo projects. We shared samples, beats, and song ideas. I grew alot musically being around Yamin, he really pushed my talents and sharpened my beat making. He made Changes in our apartment and I just really like the sound of it. I thought it fit with what I was doing and we were collabing so much I didnt think much of asking him to use the beat. Looking back he probably was like “wait what?” lol a producer asking a producer for a beat for an INSTRUMENTAL album, but like I said, I'm a producer first, in my head it fit. He gave me the beat and to me it gives the album this calm moment, kinda like that quiet ride home dolo after the party, very reflective. S/O to Yamin for that. 

My favorite song from this album is “Enjoy yourself”. That song was done in at least 3 different sessions. I had a session with the talented Richelle Scales. I remember her lugging over her 88 key keyboard to perform her parts. She was so into it which I loved. She seemed to know exactly what I was thinking. For the most part the only direction I gave her was to play what she felt and don't think about it. It came out perfect. My good friend Lyric Jones also played piano in some spots. The horns were played by my homies Noname, and Koda. That was probably my favorite session because those guys really like to have a good time, which is exactly what I wanted. They played like we were having a party, because we were. Drinks were flowing and there was no bad ideas, try everything. The freeness of it really played well with the mood. I kept a lot of the background talking where they would stop and ask to start again. It added so much texture to the song. At the end Noname says, “man I'm fucked up!”, they did complete takes throughout the entire song maybe 3 or 4 times, off of vodka the whole time. 

People have told me how much they love this album since I released it. People have played it during the birth of their children, hell it was the first music my daughter ever heard. I still get people hitting me up or seeing me out and telling me its one of their favorite albums. Over ten years I'd say that was special. I'm so grateful for the people that made this happen and the times we had making it. Thankful to the creator for giving me the idea and the ability to make it happen."