Copped off Poirier’s twitter, this really is some badman puppetry. What’s next, Pinocchio daggering?
If you’ve ever woken from a dream with the feeling that something is incredibly wrong or seen occult-like scratchings engraved into a tree in the woods near your house, you likely have some idea how the new Babe Rainbow “Screwed” mixtape sounds. Saying it gets in your head and stays there is somewhat of an understatement.
I talked to Babe Rainbow (aka Cameron Reed) about what influenced him to make this creepy-as-hell chopped & screwed magnus opus. Plus, download the entire Screwed Mixtape and a bonus Freddie Gibbs cut after the jump.
Interview by Brendan Arnott, my text in bold.
“Screwed” takes on rappers from a lot of different sides of hip hop. Seeing a Gravediggaz track chopped & screwed might not come as a surprise to a lot of people because of their connection to pioneering creepy hip hop, whereas the same can’t really be said about Soulja Boy. What factors determined who you remixed?
I just picked a handful of songs by artists I had been listening to lately, plus one request (Soulja Boy). I’ve been going back into old Lil Wayne tapes and the new Big Boi got me hyped on re-listening to early Outkast. I consciously chose to have a mix between the classic and the new. It would be pretty lame if I just screwed up the XXL Freshmen 10, right? I mean, I’m listening to all that Wiz Khalifa and Freddie Gibbs and all that but it would feel weird if I didn’t pay my respects to what I grew up listening to.
3 Ball MTY is up and coming producers Erick Rincon, Sheeqo Beat, and Dj Otto from Monterrey, Mexico. They’re barely old enough to go into clubs themselves so God knows how they know how to rock one already, but they sure do. With a helping hand from Toy Selectah, they’ve put out this 5 Track EP. Head here to download, it’s Mexican Ghettotech time!
Plus, for a little lesson in Tribal Guarachero, check out Pollinate Records’ (the very label that signed Rincon) Silky Boys and their excellent ‘Tribal Bible Mix’. Tribal to the world!
3 Ball MTY – Muevete Rico
Ever wondered what’s so great about the Grung Gad Five Star General AKA Bounty Killer? If you’ve been so crazy as to ever have a doubt, check out this new ten minute video featuring some classic vintage clips and pretty much everyone who’s everyone showing The Warlord some love. Makes you wonder why he’s so ‘cross, angry, miserable’…
If you ever want to cut the wheat from the chaff when you’re playing a DJ set, drop some B-more. Everyone needs some of those filthy beats in their record bag (or hard drive), and the people over at Baltimore Club have made it easy for us by compiling their essentials from the genre into one pack: a must-have selection of modern classics to tear da club up.
As Chris Rock says in KW Griff’s ‘In The Club’, “We go to church in the club”. Amen (break) to that.
Tracklist:
Griff & DJ Booman – Pick Em Up
Big Red – Flip It Bounce It
Debonair Samir – Samir’s Theme
2 Hype Brothers And a Dog – Doo Doo Brown
DJ Class – Im The Ish
DJ Blaqstarr – Hands Up Thumbs Down
KW Griff – In The Club
DJ Class – Tear Da Club Up
Justice – We R Ur Friends(Scottie B, King Tutt Remix)
DJ Technics & Rod Lee – Poke Ya Ass
