In this episode of "Rappin With Raven," Raven visits The Beatnuts, Psycho Les and Ju Ju, and Tha Alkoholiks' DJ E-Swift, at Goblin Studio in Queens, New York.
Raven and the rap vets talk about the two groups coming together on the upcoming Liknuts project, their personal history, and their "non-beef" with East Coast or West Coast rap.
DJ E-Swift talks about going on tour with Biggie Smalls back in the '90s, and reminds us that Biggie's biggest influence flow-wise was actually a West Coast rapper.
The Beatnuts also discuss being Latino rappers in Hip-Hop and accepting all forms of the genre, and they share a couple of tracks off the new Liknuts EP. Psycho Les also finds time to school Raven in Galactica, Ju Ju drops a freestyle, and DJ Tony Touch drops by.
Hahaha I love this right here.....this is super dope....Corona, Queens to Cali.....I'm a fan of different sounds & ever evolving deliveries, this joint delivers on both fronts.
Tha Alkaholiks + The Beatnuts = LIKNUTS www.LIKNUTS.com DOWNLOAD NOW!!! ALBUM COMING SOON!
Legendary hip hop group Beatnuts toured Jerusalem before playing later that night in Tel Aviv. Juju and Psycho Les toured the streets of the Old City and spoke to local vendors and residents. Video is provided by the Jerusalem Post on www.jpost.com.
"I'm not interested in politics at all. I'm not even interested in U.S. politics. They're all full of sh!t!! They should all be emcees." - Juju.....LOL.
After a four-year hiatus The Beatnuts are back. Today, the Queens-bred hip-hop group/production duo are dropping a collection of unreleased material called the U.F.O Files.
While The Nuts haven’t released a full-length album since 2004’s Milk Me, JuJu and Psycho Les are planning to make up for it by releasing the collection of unreleased songs and remixes and following that up with a brand new album in 2009.
“It’s just a bunch of joints that I just had over the years just in the closet, I’m just putting them out,” Les told SOHH. “A lot of people are requesting that. They want that 90s sh*t.”
Les assures fans there is no shortage of material.
“As far as these U.F.O Files I got like three more of these albums to drop,” he said. There’s so much unreleased sh*t that we just did.”
Les insists that the old tracks are just intended to get Beatnuts fans ready for the new album, Planet of the Crates, that will be released on his Universal Records imprint, Pit Fight. “It’s just like little appetizers until the real meal comes,” he explained.
Planet of the Crates will tentatively be released in April 2009. “It’s gonna be hard, hardcore, back to the streets, hard hardcore beats,” Psycho Les said of the new album. “The beats is just real ugly.”
The U.F.O. Files can be purchased at all major online outlets now.
"Nuclear Winter represents many things. It represents dark times in our lives, it represents the state of NY hip hop & how I feel about it, & it represents my blueprint on how I think the music should be done going forward into the future. This is my manifesto to all the people that doubted me & the kryptonite to all selfishness. It's a journey from darkness into light, & from bondage & the huge amounts of weight on our shoulders to breaking free and regaining our freedom. Nuclear Winter we're coming to take shine....." - Willie Maze
The Generals consist of emcees Willie Maze & Dime.
Released 17 July 2012 Art & Direction: Willie Maze
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