A 30-minute dive into soul beat artisan "s headspace

On "What Would You Do" off Nottz "s In My Mind, the masterful boom-bap beatmaker and gruff, ornery rapper threatens to take out any producers who swipe one of his basslines. It "s a funny though genuine threat from someone who takes their craft quite seriously, having built their reputation by lacing major label rap albums with the right kind of hard-ass, irregular hip-hop (Kanye West "s "Barry Bonds" and G-Unit "s "Footprints"). In My Mind teams Nottz up with other sample-slicing virtuoso producers with worker bee rap skills like Pete Rock, Black Milk, and the Alchemist, as well as MCs Royce Da 5 "9,

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