Dedicated to all the hardworking ladies out there! Another one from Ricky Fontaine, Walt Live, and Hibbit the Bama Legend. Don’t sleep on these songs because they’re about women - they’ve been showing us some truly funky production with deceptive depth and complexity. Looking forward to more.
DOWNLOAD: Ricky Fontaine feat. Walt Live & Hibbit – Kewlest (Girl I know)
Shout out to Ricky Fontaine and Mel Munni on the cover art!
DOWNLOAD: Ricky Fontaine - Cotton Candy Dreams
Shout out to Walt Live on this one. That’s him, Hibit and Ricky you hear on the vocals. Green Machine!
DOWNLOAD: The Green Machine & Hibit the Bama Legend - Bad Bitch
There used to be a time where putting live concert recordings on your album was a familiar practice. Marvin Gaye and Bob Marley did it, and something about the sound of a crowd would put you in a different, almost elevated, place as a listener. Fast-forward to 2010, where crowd sounds meant samples of crazed chanting, as in “OMG” or “Power”. Forever setting himself apart from the pack, DJ Burn One’s use of cheers at the start of “Live” are a throwback to the energy of those old-school live recordings.
If you’ve been paying attention to Burn One and production collective The Green Machine (including Ricky Fontaine, Walt Live, and The Professor), then you know to expect an ensemble production, with bass, guitar, keys, and samples laced into, out of, and all over the fabric of a slick ass beat. With the releases of “Bobby Cox” and “Live”, we’re starting to see a distinctive sound emerge. It’s different from each artist’s individual work, and it seems like the sum is even greater than the total of the parts. The Ashtray will be released in January, a complete instrumental album in this vein. For those of you who absolutely have to have some rap to go with your beats, The Green Machine will also be handling the majority of the production of Rittz’s upcoming project, White Jesus. That’s a one-two combo that will knock the sleep out of a lot of motherfuckers’ eyes. As the national scope on southern rap continues to widen, The Green Machine sonds like they’re poised to remind us why Atlanta is still a rap powerhouse.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Burn One & the Green Machine - Live
DOWNLOAD: DJ Burn One - Bobby Cox
Produced by DJ Burn One. Live instrumentation by The Professor, Walt Live & Ricky Fontaine. The Ashtray instrumental album coming soon.
DOWNLOAD: Ricky Fontaine - Walk It Like Chuck
DOWNLOAD: Ricky Fontaine - R U Alive
Props to 84 Area for the links.
DOWNLOAD: FKi - Weed & Arizonas
Gangsta flutes? Check. Smoked out key progression? Check. Fie ass guitar solo? Check. This shit is too jammin! I don’t know too much about the group but I’ve recently noticed their name pop up on a few key tastemaker blogs so I’m sure we’ll be hearing a lot more from them. Produced by Chase N Cashe. Guitar solo by Ricky Fontaine.
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