Feed the Beast: Grand Finale - Nico vs. Pharcyde and Jeezy:
So it's come down to this. After ten weeks of Nico the Beast lyrically demolishing every beat that the fans threw at him, we've finally arrived at the last installment of Feed the Beast. There have been some great moments in the series up to this point - the Lil Wayne tribute from Week 2, in particular, got a lot of people talking - but what Nico's cooked up for the Grand Finale surpasses everything that's come before it. If you aren't convinced of Nico's talents as an emcee after all of this, I don't know what else to tell you. Here we go:
Okay, those two tracks were dope, but they pale in comparison to the very last entry for Feed the Beast. Over Pharcyde's Passin' Me By, Nico rips the mic for five minutes, does a little bit of singing, and gives a particularly memorable shoutout to one Ms. Adele. I realize at this point I'm on the verge of openly jocking Nico, but the way he switches up his flow, particularly on the second verse, is tremendous. Aspiring rappers take note:
Once again, a big shout out to Nico for letting us be a part of this whole thing and for providing us with months of great material. Without question, this dude has rightfully earned his title as a "Beast" on the mic.
You can find links to the previous Feed the Beast entries over here (the links for weeks 7-9 will be up shortly). At some point in the near future, Nico will also be releasing a free mixtape collecting all 21 songs that were part of Feed The Beast, along with a few unreleased songs as well. The audiophiles in the audience should be particularly happy with the mixtape, as the songs will be in a higher bitrate than what has been available on this site (for bandwidth reasons, I typically compress everything down to 128kbps).
If you still haven't copped Nico's No Beast So Fierce, I once again highly recommend it. You can listen to a preview of the entire album, and purchase a copy of it, on cdbaby and amazon.
7/29/2007 08:35:01 PM posted by Fresh
Comments:
I didn't listen to the first two yet had to skip straight to the pharcyde joint. DOPE.
7/29/2008 8:45:44 PM posted by Will I Am
My only small critique of this is that I wish you went straight up with the vocals on that go getta joint instead of that vocal processing or whatever was going on there. But damn its hard to even complain after hearing passin me by. cosign what fresh said the flow is tremendous. its been a great ten weeks. props nico.
And zilla just be glad you aint in ny because youd be doing a whole song not just an interlude about the gas prices if you lived up here!
7/29/2008 10:17:33 PM posted by tony
propers to you nico! I gotta give it up because every week has had at least one great verse.
7/30/2008 6:58:57 AM posted by SP!
Damn, I was off on a lot of the details on this one. What's funny is that I actually thought that was Nico in the photo. I just assumed it was a picture of him from his younger days (despite the fact that the timestamp says 2007). In my defense, he does look a lot like his brother though.
7/30/2008 9:09:19 AM posted by fresh
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