Black Thought, Madlib and Your Previous Droog have teamed up for a brand new collaboration — take heed to it beneath.
Launched on Wednesday (Might 1), “Reekyod” finds the Roots MC and New York-via-Ukraine rapper buying and selling verses over dusty manufacturing from the Beat Konducta.
“They are saying the foundation of all evil is gentle inexperienced/ Make many a spouse depart pursuing the appropriate dream/ I met a number of on the final prepare from nowhere/ The rationale I reside within the quick lane is to go there,” Black Thought raps.
Seamlessly taking the baton, Droog then spits: “By no means needed fame, I got here to dissolve this/ Conspiracy idea and clear me of the false prices/ Rescue your ears from that scorching rubbish/ All the pieces I spit shine, I’ma get mine regardless.”
The track was launched through Madlib’s Madlib Invazion imprint, however there’s no phrase on whether or not it’s a part of a much bigger mission or only a standalone single.
Black Thought revealed that Madlib had “bombarded” him with round 100 beats throughout his look on his bandmate Questlove‘s Questlove Supreme podcast in December.
“Typically I’m writing to not beats nevertheless it’s extra thrilling for me to jot down to beats,” he stated. “I obtained a batch of joints from Madlib, for instance. Like, possibly two to 3 weeks in the past. He hit me, he was like, ‘Yo, Monday, I’ma begin bombarding you with joints.’
“Increase, Monday rolls round, he sends me like 100 beats. After which I obtained the beats, I narrowed it down to love 18 and I began vibing to these joints. However you recognize, it’s thrilling now for me to come back house and dig by way of that assortment.”
The Philadelphia rap veteran additionally stated he flew to Los Angeles and hung out within the studio with the elusive producer.
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“We had a pair periods in L.A. over the weekend,” he stated. “I got here again. In order that’s what I’ve been chipping away at. I went to L.A. to do a e-book occasion at USC, however the studio is my church — that’s the place I really feel most at house.
“So if there’s any chance for me to go and sit in a studio some place and listen to music and chill and smoke and be social, no matter, whether or not I’m actively engaged on a factor or not, that’s what I’m gonna go for.”
On the identical podcast episode, Black Thought named Your Previous Droog as one in every of his present favourite MCs, regardless of admitting he didn’t initially like him as a result of “he sounded an excessive amount of like Nas.”
“I met him on the street opening up for Royce [Da 5’9″] and [DJ] Premier once they had been doing their PRhyme tour and we kind of hit it off,” he stated. “I speak about mentorship and, y’know, simply artists that we share demos with each other and I’m in a position to supply knowledge […] he’s been a type of artists.”
