I'm Awesome by Spose

Album: We Smoked It All (2010)

Charted: 37

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White rapper Ryan Peters, who records under the name of Spose, hails from Wells in Maine. This ironic, self depreciating song, which is peppered with references to Maine, was recorded by Peters on a keyboard in his basement. He originally self-released it in January 2010 and after receiving significant airplay on local radio stations, the tune caught on in other parts of the United States. Having aroused interest from record labels Peters signed a deal with Universal Republic Records in February 2010.
A decade after playing his first ever show with his former band Fight Shirt at the Wells Activity Center at the age of 14, Peters returned to the municipally owned venue to shoot this song's music video.
Spose told Artist Direct the story behind the song: "As far as where the song came from, I've always had self-deprecating lyrics because I don't take myself that seriously. I've played hundreds of live shows and I know on stage that type of stuff gets a nice response. I knew that before 'I'm Awesome.' When I went to write it, I stuck to my skill of self-deprecation and tried to stay on the topic for the whole record. I came up with that hook in like five seconds and, from there, I just filled out the verses around it. I produced the beat to intentionally be corny as f--k [Laughs]."
He added: "I'm poking fun at stuff people find to be so f--king important, and it really isn't in the grand scheme of things. It's minutia—Twitter, Facebook, obsession with celebrity and not really taking any time to live your own life. S--t like that is the underlying message of the record but, on the surface, it's just hilarious."

Comments: 1

Blaine from Carman Manitoba CanadaHey there Ryan! I’m quite new at this electronics based world now, BUT MAN, I REALLY LOVED YOUR DESCRIPTION OF YOUR FIRST HIT I’M AWESOME!! I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU FOR OHHHH SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE NOT BOTHERING TO LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES.!?.?! Anti-Social Mememedia is BBBOOOOOOORRRRRRRIIIINNNGGG!!!!!! Let us obsess over nonsensical nincompoopery??? Yikes, the fact that internet trollers purposefully go out looking for “Something New and Exciting to TOTALLY HATE ON TODAY” IS SHREDDING THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY THAT WAS PRETTY FRAYED ALREADY!!! I’m a social political Activist from Canada busy kicking ass and taking names nowadays. My full name is Darcy Blaine Redekopp and I live in Carman Manitoba Canada!! It we be cool to talk to you directly since I would like to write an original theme for a Rick Mercer like show idea I am hoping to develop to assist my ASS KICKING EFFORTS!! I’m a True Pacifist and believe that hate intimidation and violence won’t and can’t ever solve any of societies problems so we have to heat up the email and the airwaves with New Alternative Ways to hold the what I have coined the ICEJAM COLLECTIVE TO ACCOUNT!!! Their above reproach arrogance is staggering and needs to be knocked down for good!! ICEJAM stands for Imperious Colonial Elitists and THEIR JAM IS GONE SOUR!! Their totalitarian authoritarian bordering on fascist ways have no place in DEMOCRACY and the Canadian brand of it involves ALOT OF COLUSION AND COERCIAN between the richest players, you know, politicians and the police in the breast pockets of the Mafioso with the biker gangs now in a free for all scenario! I unfortunately have insider info on that type of stuff from where I’ve been previously in life, living in the big city of Winnipeg when I was younger and going to high school after moving from the country! Sorry for the long winded story but as the album the song I’M AWESOME was on WE SMOKED IT ALL! Aha, that’s my problem, TOO MUCH MIND EXPANSION!! It’s my blessing, it’s my curse! In the how I want to be addressed line is my email so if you have any funny commentary about the political FIASCO HERE IN CANADA right now is making my brain explode into fragments!!! Anyhow, have an AWESOME Holiday Season and it is nice to talk to people with a like minded attitude about life?!?! Yours Very Sincerely DBR

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