B-Side gives you 95 seconds of bugged-out bars over a bugged-out beat from Steve Nichols.
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B-Side gives you 95 seconds of bugged-out bars over a bugged-out beat from Steve Nichols.
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I heard this beat at a Beat Showcase Sacramento Knoxx did when he was in Detroit. We had talked about working together in the past, and he told me that if I heard anything that grabbed me to let him know. This was the one that grabbed me. It was very grungy and in-your-face, and I knew it was something that not everyone could spit over. So when I got his blessing to use the beat, I knew I had to come correct. I figured this would be the type of beat you could spit all the way through on, as long as you made your bars count.
Hip-Hop Culture has always been alive and flourishing here in Detroit, and artists from all walks of life end up crossing paths and working together. I decided to use the beat as a forum to talk about Hip-Hop through my eyes based off waht I’ve seen as a member and as a fan, but I wanted to make sure it came off genuine and not pretentious or judgmental. Growing up in Hip-Hop you are there for all the changes, for better of worse. So I decided to address these things in my verse. I touched on how Hip-Hop applies to me, the lack of social commentary, the generation gap, the petty divisions amongst us, and anything else I could think of. Then I made sure I threw in some boasting and wordplay to balance it out. DJ Sicari’s scratch at the end is the icing on the cake, and he cut up what I would consider to be very pertinent lines to the song.
So there you have it…”PEEP THIS” by B-Side, Produced by Sacramento Knoxx, Scratches by DJ Sicari, Engineered by Horatio the Best Man
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This project began about 2 years ago when I was going thru some of my instrumental collection for mixtape purposes. I realized that A Tribe Called Quest had too many incredible beats to choose just one. My intention was to put a fresh new spin on beats that are already considered classics. Once I discussed it with a few artists I knew, they all wanted to be a part of it. This project is special to me for many reasons, but mainly for the show of unity and incredible lyricism of all artists involved. Every artist on this project grew up as Tribe fans so we all understood the high standards we were held to. On this project you will hear classics you may have grown up on, as well as some of the greatest artists Detroit and the metro-Detroit area have to offer, from legends and forefathers to the up-and-coming. I believe this project helps showcase just how fantastic our emcees are.
Featuring guest appearances from Mr. Cliffnote, memebers of the Almighty Dreadnaughtz, Mixo of the Stereo Boyz, Valid, Leaf Erikson, Insite the Riot, Robert Illo and many many more.
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