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Since it's been a couple of weeks since the last installment of Bring Me the Remix of Zilla Rocca, let's recap: in an effort to promo his solo mixtape, Bring Me the Head of Zilla Rocca, emcee/producer/blogger/renaissance man Zilla Rocca has been reaching out to some of his favorite beatmakers to remix tracks from the tape. The response thus far has been overwhelmingly positive - with good cause, as every remix has been dope - and has even led to some discussion between Z.R. and a certain Philadelphian about collaborating on a future project.
For week six of the series, Zilla has remixed Bangladesh, the original version of which he also produced. He's kept the Nas sample intact, but the beat itself has been taken into an entirely different direction, with the centerpiece being a guitar riff on loop. I was already sold on the original, as I'm down with any song that calls out the haters, but the incorporation of a Katt Williams skit (you know the one, don't you?) into the remix may have given it the edge. Both feature appearances from Jersey's Slim DSM and SUP (which, for those wondering, is pronounced more like this than this), who put in two of the best verses on the entire tape. Zilla himself had one of my favorite one-liners on the original ("you're women's basketball, I can't watch you"), however he wrote a new verse for the remix. Here's what Zilla had to say about it:
"I remixed this beat 'cause a couple producers I reached out to didn't get a chance to knock it out, so I was messing around in the studio and realized this beat was the same BPM as the original "Bangladesh" and threw it together like peanut butter and jelly. And since I was remixing the beat, I figured I'd spit a new verse as well -- I liked the original verse, but I always thought I could've done the track a bit more justice considering the verses spit by SUP and Slim DSM."While I was discussing this remix with Zilla, I tried to get him to reveal the source of the electric guitar sample that's featured prominently throughout the song. He didn't give up the goods on the sample, but when I asked him whether he had any aspirations of playing the guitar himself, a la Weezy F., he had this response (which really has nothing to do with the song, but amused me nonetheless):
"Although I learned some guitar 5-6 years ago, I realized I'm more suited to rapping, sampling, and bloggin'. Unlike Wayne, I don't self-indulge in front of teenagers at a sold out arena show like a retarded Slash playing Guitar Hero for the first time. That guitar on the beat is a sample."Zilla Rocca featuring SUP and Slim DSM - Bangladesh (Zee Arrah Remix) (d/l link)
Zilla Rocca featuring SUP and Slim DSM - Bangladesh (O.G. mix produced by Zilla Rocca) (d/l link)
You can hear a few more tracks from Slim DSM on his MySpace page and over at 215hiphop. As for SUP, the man seems to have virtually no internet presence (a rapper with nary a blog or a tweet? inconceivable!), but perhaps Zilla can drop some info on him in the comments.
And there's no better way to usher in the New Year than with some free music, so if you don't already have it, go download Bring Me the Remix of Zilla Rocca!
Previously on Bring Me the Remix of Zilla Rocca:
Part One (Nex Millen)
Part Two (Douglas Martin of Fresh Cherries from Yakima)
Part Three (Small Pro)
Part Four (DJ Apt One of the Philadelphyinz)
Part Five (Y?Arcka a.k.a. Young Architect)
Update: It turns out SUP, a.k.a. SomeoneUnderPressure, does have a MySpace page. You can hear cuts from the North Philly emcee's mixtape, Knock My Own Shyt Vol. 1, over here. Zilla also informs me that the guitar sample was taken from Nishokia's Maria (a google search for Nishokia came up empty, so once again I'll have to ask him for some more info).
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12/30/2008 08:31:01 PM posted by Fresh