Dedicated & Driven (Single)

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1.	Dedicated & Driven 03:01 video	info
2.	Dedicated & Driven (Instrumental) 03:01	info
3.	Dedicated & Driven (Acapella) 03:01	info

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Early "SUBporter Exclusive" Release. Drops everywhere on June 7th.

Dedication and Driven (DAD) is a celebration of fatherhood. Jazz Rap/Lo-Fi Hip-Hop vet Substantial delivers his signature baritone vocals over self-produced jazzy bossa-nova sample chops and banging drums. The former Nujabes collaborator also plans to release a touching animatic video to promote the single leading up to Father's Day. DAD is from his upcoming project 'A Soundtrack for Fatherhood'. The project is inspired by both fatherhood and his first-ever children's book, entitled 'She Sees'.

BPM: 78
Key: D Minor

Please note: This and all of acapellas on this site by Substantial are for promotional use only.

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released June 7, 2021

Written, Produced, and Mixed by Substantial
(S. Robinson)

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Substantial Alexandria, Virginia

Virginia based International Hip Hop Recording Artist from Maryland.

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discography

Apeks (Maxi-Single)

Nov 2023
Adultish (Deluxe Edition)

Jul 2023
Salt N Pepa ft. Black Root & Marcus D (Maxi-Single)

Apr 2023
1580 ft. DJ RBI & T.Lucas

Mar 2023
You've Grown ft. MLLN

Feb 2023
Reed Richards

Oct 2022
No Per Diem 2.0 ft. Mega Ran

Oct 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1 (Instrumentals)

Mar 2022
Animal Arithmetic, Vol. 1

Feb 2022
Keep Cookin' V.1.5

Dec 2021
Winter Breaks 1 & 2

Dec 2021
We Met in Tokyo (Instrumentals)

Oct 2021
We Met In Tokyo

Aug 2021
A Soundtrack for Fatherhood (Inspired by the book 'She Sees')

Jun 2021
Spizzy Commercial

Apr 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Instrumentals)

Feb 2021
Dirty Sneakers (Deluxe Edition)

Oct 2020
What I Been Saying (Vol. 1)

Jul 2020
ARTdustry (Season 1)

Jun 2020
Bridges (Instrumentals)

Aug 2019
Splendor (Single)

Sep 2015
Another Day in the Life of...

Apr 2014
The R & R (Remixes & Revisions)

Dec 2011
Substantial & Marcus D are Bop Alloy

Sep 2010
Lyrical Terrorists

Jan 2000
Nakagyo (Kyoto)

May 2019
Recompositions (Instrumentals)

May 2019
Recompositions

Feb 2019
Alone In The Rain [SINGLE]

Dec 2018
Substantial Sundays, Vol. 1

Oct 2018
Exposition (Remix) [SINGLE]

Aug 2018
Loopin' (Lupin) - FREE DOWNLOAD

Jul 2018
The Garden

May 2018
Seeds EP

Dec 2017
The Past Is Always Present In The Future

Jan 2017
Little Black Dress

Oct 2016
Home Is Where The Art Is - 10th Anniversary Edition

Sep 2012
Present EP [Clean]

May 2016
Present EP [Explicit]

May 2016
Follow The Master b/w Cool Mornings [SINGLE]

Oct 2015
Black of All Trades (Time Cards Mash Up)

Oct 2015
Always EP [Clean]

Jul 2015
Always EP [Explicit]

Jul 2015
The Past... [Clean]

Mar 2015
The Past... [Explicit]

Mar 2015
Art Is Where The Home Is [DELUXE EDITION]

Mar 2014
Jackin' Jill [MIX]

Apr 2013
WINK: Something Substantial [MIX]

Feb 2010
U Were There (feat. JsouL) [SINGLE]

Feb 2010
Substantial vs Samurai Champloo: Beats, Rhymes & Strife

Oct 2009
Substantial/Burns

Oct 2009
I'm Here (feat. Kokayi & Gods'Illa)

Jun 2009
Make Love (feat. Substantial) [Chew Fu’s Small Room Sax Fix]

Jun 2009
Sacrifice [DELUXE EDITION]

Jan 2008
Resurrection of the House Party [JAPAN EDITION - SINGLE]

Aug 2007
Sacrificial Lambs (The Prequel to Sacrifice)

Jun 2006
Substantial Evidence [MIX]

Oct 2003
To This Union A Sun Was Born [DELUXE EDITION]

Oct 2001

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