Last week, Zilla asked me if I’d like to be part of a contest/freestyle demolition derby involving Nico the Beast, in advance of Nico’s upcoming solo jaunt, No Beast, So Fierce. I agreed, as I make it a general rule to not quibble with anyone nicknamed “the beast,” (this also includes, Dr. Hank McCoy from X-Men, Michael Beasley and antagonistic cans of Milwaukee’s Best.)
In Zilla’s words, “Feed the Beast is a contest where once a week, we’ll take requests from people in person/over the internet/on MySpace/at the bus station that give Nico instrumentals to murder. Once a week, we’ll post the new bangage on Nico’s MySpace page, as well as Yadibox and Beat Garden’s website [and 33Jones and Passion of the Weiss]. And whoever gets their track picked out will get a shoutout at the beginning of the track. “
The first installment is below, with Nico crushing Channel Live’s, “Mad Izm” like an empty can of Milwaukee’s Beast. I know I sound like a broken record, but both dudes in Clean Guns are pretty much killing everything they touch these days. Judging from the first round of the competition, things should prove interesting, especially if Nico decides to rap over my pick: the beat for “Reflections of Passion” from Yanni’s Live at the Acropolis.
Download:
MP3: Nico the Beast-“Mad Izm Freestyle”
The Real “Channel Live”
