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One Mic Nico on stage with 2ew Gunn Ciz
I know that, having fallen into a bit of a routine over the past couple of months, the start of last week seemed like it was missing something, as it was the first Monday in a long time that we were not blessed with a new pair of songs from Nico the Beast. Nico had a pretty good excuse for missing last week, however, as he was coming off of a performance with Sean Price the previous Friday and was preparing for a show at the Knitting Factory this past Thursday. Nico, one of the hardest working emcees you'll ever encounter, still managed to put in some overtime work and recently knocked out two weeks' worth of tracks.
Today I'm putting up Week 8's entries and then tomorrow I'll put up Week 9. That will leave us with just one more entry in the Feed the Beast series, so savor these while you can.
On the first track, Nico spits a verse over Dead Prez's Hip Hop (featuring the greatest bassline, ever):
Nico the Beast - Hip Hop Freestyle
As with most weeks, the beat for the second track took me a minute to recognize. Perhaps not coincidentally, I find that my ability to identify instrumentals is inversely proportional to how much sleep I get during the weekend. But anyway, it's from Fat Joe's Thank God for That White. Compare the original with Nico's, and I think you'll agree that the Beast from Philly outperforms the Elephant in the Room:
Nico the Beast - Thank God Freestyle
I know we've picked up a few new readers after the links from okayplayer and rawkus this past week, so just to get the rest of you up to speed: Feed the Beast is the ongoing promotion for Nico the Beast's debut album No Beast So Fierce. Nico takes beat submissions from the fans and then proceeds to tear them apart with original verses. You can find links to all of the previous weeks over here (on the right side of the page). Stop by Nico's MySpace page to vote on which freestyle you liked best, the top vote getters will be featured on an upcoming mixtape.
To buy Nico's album, or just to preview all of the songs, head on over to cdbaby. It's dope, it's $13.00, go get it!
7/13/2007 08:15:01 PM posted by Fresh