![]() ![]() Asia has not had any shortage of hot beats or production over the years as a rapper, but the notoriety that working with DJ Muggs brings can only do positive things for his career from this point forward. You wouldn’t suspect these two were doing an entire album together for the first time they have a polished sound that many rapper and producer teams search for years to create yet never quite achieve. ![]() I’m the king of the jungle, so ready to rumbleĪnd flip bricks and not sleep on a bundleĬlaiming you’re off the chain, homie I’m off the boardįor those who hadn’t been familiar with Planet Asia before this album, “Pain Language” will be a remarkable revelation, as Asia is at his best working over the Soul Assassins sound that Muggs provides. Get ’em out, let’s see if the barrel will fit in his mouthĭon’t let the hot gates open the iron door True connection, wrong, you lost all your profession”ī-Real: “Let the rhythm hit ’em, chew ’em up, spit ’em out Sick Jacken links up with Asia as thunder rolls across the plains on “Death Frees Every Soul.” Prodigal Sunn and Tri State get positively Wu-Tang with it (right down to a trademark Killa Bee buzzing sound) on “Deadly Blades.” For die-hard Cypress Hill fans though, the greatest thrill will be the fact B-Real shows up for two tracks, first on the echoing funk of the lethal “9mm” and then again on the high speed and horny horn attack of “Lions in the Forest”:Īsia: “Emcees who wanna compete, I’ll take ten of ’emĬlowns in the streets want heat, I got dillingersĪnd stop looking at the motherfucking videos The ethereal “Black Angels” brings in the holy flows of Killah Priest, Cynic and Scratch. This is not the only multi-artist track on “Pain Language” though. Wit the most sophisticated assassinators who stack figures” Rip jewels to ya dome, segregates the devil from righteous It’s mind, body and soul, control wit the mic It’s a long run using the side of the brain that I write wit Polish professional, the patriotic poor for life ![]() The worst chancellor, jamming up the board amped up I brought hip-hop to the top push the underground”Īsia: “Ex-Panther, automatic strapped counselor My heart pumps and creates surround sound Regardless of the format, it’s liver than Memorexįeature film from the outer realm and for the earsĮnjoy ya own picture and stay in ya mind for years GZA: “From slow grooves to Pro Tools to 8-tracks Perhaps it was inevitable that these worlds would collide on “Pain Language” as both GZA and Planet Asia end up on a Muggs beat at the same time on the epic “Triple Threat” also featuring Chace Infinite. The irony is that his flow is eeriely New York in nature for a California MC, often reminiscent of GZA in fact, which makes it all the more interesting that Muggs would produce entire collaborations with two different rappers who are so similar in nature. I’ve long championed for Asia as an underrated and overlooked West coast rap icon, dropping classics like The Grand Opening all while seemingly unable to catch a break from mainstream critics and jaded East coast heads. The rap collaborators respond by taking their lyrical steelo to the next level, pushing their own creative limits to the maximum and beyond.Īs such the words “DJ Muggs AND” automatically create interest in an album, and to learn his next musical partner was Planet Asia was an unexpected and pleasant surprise. These projects are nowhere near as financially lucrative as putting together a new Cypress Hill album, but you can feel Muggs pouring his soul into every beat regardless. Muggs keeps linking up with emcees like GZA andSick Jacken to do albums together, having nothing to prove to anybody in hip-hop, solely to see what a creative rapper and producer working together in tandem can come up with. The man is driven by an undeniable passion for hip-hop music and culture, a love for creation and collaboration, and a mind full of dope beats that need to be channeled through his fingertips into your earholes. Time to kick back and collect those royalties.įor Lawrence Muggerud though that just won’t do. No one expects Muggs to prove how dope he is any more – it’s just a given. Lest we forget Muggs is even the man responsible for making Everlast a household name, because without his funky beat no one would ever have gotten up out their seats to “Jump Around.” Yes sir, DJ Muggs is sitting on an incredibly fat resume of hits and undoubtedly has an even fatter wallet to go along with it. ![]() After producing a slew of gold and platinum Cypress Hill albums and releasing several Soul Assassins comps to show off his skills outside their stoned flows, he certainly earned the right to be regarded as one of rap’s all-time greats behind the boards. Dre and vanished from the scene to rest on his laurels, only putting out one record a decade or less. DJ Muggs is the kind of producer who could have pulled a Dr. ![]()
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