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Unsigned518 - Special Episode - Buffalo vs Cap City Beat Battle · Unsigned518

• 0:00
  Speaker A: You was born on a Saturday in 73 in the park rock music.
• 0:10
  Speaker B: On.
• 0:10
  Speaker A: The fifth guitar with the short whip radio it's motherfucking Andy calling. Look at my fucking cup, here he comes, Andy calling wearing his orange hat.
• 0:27
  Speaker C: Welcome to unsigned five one eight. I am here with Jody Cowan of Beat shot music and JB, aka Dirty Moses, of everything.
• 0:36
  Speaker D: Also of everything beat shot music. Just because entertainment.
• 0:40
  Speaker C: Yeah, so we're here, we just want to talk about. This is, like I said, a special episode. So we're going to drop it when it's the appropriate time. And the special episodes are episodes that are focused on something that's, like, happening now. I always say regular episodes could be like two years from now. You go back and listen and it's still fine. But this is about a very specific event and more importantly, more events like this very specific event that we want to kind of turn people on in the Capitol district to. So I guess what I'm going to do is, Jody, I'm just going to kind of turn it over to you. Tell me why you're here, what you got going on, and yeah, let's roll.
• 1:23
  Speaker B: Thanks for having us, man. Happy to be here. Huge fan of the show and enjoy just the camaraderie and the community building that you're doing here in the music scene. So definitely wanted to take advantage of that. I'm here kind of in a show ambassador capacity as well. Just kind of help get the word out about the show that we have coming up. Presented by the backpack mafia out of Buffalo. These folks have a series of beat battles, kind of these producer showcases where they're kind of going head to head. People are bringing their best instrumental production and having battles. They're kind of going my beat battle, my beat versus yours, my production versus yours. And I kind of help facilitate just bringing some people to it, bringing more eyes and ears to it. I feel like I'm in the wrestler manager. I'm like the pallbearer to JB's undertaker. Today is kind of what I'm doing here because he's here representing from the Albany beat side. And we're going to chime in a little bit later with some folks representing the buffalo side of things. But just helping to bring this show to the people and get the word out about it really is what I'm here for today.
• 2:33
  Speaker C: And so when is the actual event that we're talking about?
• 2:36
  Speaker B: This is going to be April 6 at the Whiskey Pickle in Troy, New York. That's 409 Fulton street in Troy. Big shout out to the whiskey pickle. They have a lot of fun over there, and this is the first of its type there, and I know that there's going to be more to come. So this is kind of the bit of a setup there for this particular show. At this moment, the spaces are locked in as far as the participants for the show. Right, right. But we're looking to get more people involved in the next one. We're looking to kind of drive more interest in just this type of event happening and bringing more people out to cheer it on and kind of witness the spectacle, like I said, of the showdown that is this beat battle.
• 3:16
  Speaker D: Yeah, man.
• 3:18
  Speaker C: Because I'm obviously familiar with what a rap battle is when you say beat battle. So this is all stuff that, I mean, basically you have time to craft your beat, your production. Then you bring it and you present it, and then it's basically judged head to head. Is it like a bracket system or is it just like, based on applause? How does the whole thing, I want.
• 3:40
  Speaker D: To say it's going to be a little bit of everything, a little bit of the crowd participation and applause. There probably will be some brackets that we have to look at or whatever for judging and different criteria, probably clarity and production. I don't know. I don't know what's going to be the full spectrum of how it's going to be judged, but some of those things should be within there somewhere.
• 4:04
  Speaker B: And it's cool that you get the opportunity from contestant to contestant, each combatant. That's going to be kind of taking part in this thing, right? Some people have a live set up that they're going to bring and they're going to perform. They're going to orchestrate and kind of compose their beat and build each layer kind of right there in person. Others are going to have maybe a kind of pre crafted thing to play. Some people might have turntables that the hardware. Some people are probably sure going to use their phone when they're there to do everything. Maybe somebody might pull out a cassette tape or something with some. Who knows how far back or forward in time we're going to go with the presentation of that. But that's what I think makes this exciting and kind of stacking these people up and also, who are these people, right. Who are the folks that are kind of bringing this music to the forefront, I think is always something that's really interesting to tap into and the people that you kind of least expect. And I think this kind of transcends all music performance. Right. The folks that mingle at the bar at the kind of the presale merch table a little bit that are kind of awkward, you talk to, and then you see them get on stage and shred right and just get busy and they're like, oh, my God. So I think there's a part of that unknown x factor that kind of gets judged, too, that certainly the crowd can get into, like, the person be like, oh, we didn't expect that sound to come from this person kind of thing. And I feel like all those elements really tie into a fantastic live show.
• 5:28
  Speaker C: So how many participants are in this one?
• 5:31
  Speaker D: There's eight total, but from the five one eight area, we have myself, sime, Jesus, milkshake, godfather, and n pro. All I'm going to say is the sleeper in the group is milkshake godfather. He is incredible, and people just don't know it. A lot of people haven't heard his production yet. I'm waiting to get some of his beats to wrap over because they're so incredible, so layered. And you could tell he's put a lot of work in crafting his production and watch his setup. When he comes, you're going to be like, oh, I see what's going on here. It's incredible, incredible.
• 6:09
  Speaker C: And so it's buffalo versus the five one eight. But I feel like we talked before we got going that the whole thing is about bringing everybody together. Combatants and verses is like a word to fit the thing, but in reality, it's all bringing people together, because as artists, I'm sure you love hearing people that you had never heard, and then all of a sudden you're like, I've never heard of this dude before this event, and now you get this rabbit hole of other people in the whole state. It's such a cool five one eight. And what is it, three one five out there?
• 6:51
  Speaker B: Yeah. What's the Buffalo area code?
• 6:53
  Speaker C: 716716. I'll see. What the fuck do I know?
• 6:56
  Speaker B: It doesn't. It definitely comes from love and grant fee, who we're going to be checking in with later, is an artist from the buffalo area that has come to the Capitol district and has worked with us and has kind of collaborated with us in the past. And the backpack mafia is a buffalo based kind of collective, and these series of beat battles they've been doing have been mostly buffalo based and buffalo artists kind of coming together to do this thing with this idea that they're going to take this kind of show on the road and take this thing around the state and the tri state area and kind of as far as they can take, you know, it kind of was only right to kind of make that bridge and extend it coming back this, you know, happy to kind know, extend it, know as far and wide as we can. Like you said, as far as with the idea of the show being in Troy, I feel like that extends a certain amount of, like, who's going to come out to this thing? Who's going to be the productives. The artists in Troy, I think, are really onto something specifically that I can't wait. Like you said, milkshake guy, I'm really interested to see who's going to get involved this. This year.
• 8:00
  Speaker C: And, I mean, I've said it before and on podcast, it's on record that Troy, even within the five one eight scene is like its own special scene that is rising rapidly. That place has become so fucking cool, and so many cool music scene pockets are all right there. So I feel like Troy is the perfect place for it because it's a captive audience. People are going to show up without question, people are going to.
• 8:28
  Speaker D: For the music scene, it's definitely becoming the hub for the five one eight area, for sure. 20 years ago, it was Albany. We congregate at fuse box, and before it was fuse box, qe two and bogeys and places like that. Now it's definitely Troy. No fun.
• 8:46
  Speaker C: 20 years ago, I lived whiskey pickle, and I'm like, now I'm like, God damn, I wish it was this fucking cool when I was. And it was starting to be cool when I moved away, but then to watch it from afar, I'm just like, God damn, look at it go. Look at it go.
• 9:04
  Speaker B: Yeah, it seems like it's a necessary thing. And the idea of this kind of the grander community building and trying to extend the reach for this one show to be able to take little footholds, and there might be an Albany branch of this thing that kind of stays and does its own thing, and as it goes, it kind of just kind of like does its own little shop of horrors, pod seating in every window kind of thing, and then everybody's. It's like the beat battle world takeover is kind of where it's what we're hoping to get there.
• 9:32
  Speaker C: It's opening doors for not only five one eight musicians, like, out towards Buffalo, but it's getting people from Buffalo here, and that's going to create a little back and forth, which will just.
• 9:46
  Speaker D: That's what we're hoping.
• 9:47
  Speaker C: Yeah, that's it. It's a great idea.
• 9:48
  Speaker D: I mean, we've had that for years. Anyway, with beat shot, we would bring the buffalo artists here and we go out that way. We tour this little circuit from like Buffalo through Rochester, Utica back know we've done that several.
• 10:03
  Speaker C: So, yeah, it's a great camaraderie between.
• 10:08
  Speaker D: It'S all love, we're all brothers.
• 10:09
  Speaker B: It's something we were talking about before a little bit. This idea of the magneto versus the Professor X approach. And a lot of the beach shot events have been very Professor X. And let's kind of build the school and let's get everybody together to harmony and let's build the team kind of thing. And the idea of the battle is a little bit more magneto style. Right. And let's kind of go head to head and get this competition. Let the competition drive some of this a little bit here. The creativity and the scene and the energy behind that. And I think there's parallels, too, with when you see a battle of the bands, these kinds of shows. There is the community building of, hey, we all get to share this audience. Everybody's bringing their a gate kind of thing. But you're also like, looking behind the curtain like, who the hell are these guys? We got to follow that. We got to go behind these folks. So that energy brings everybody up, I think, a little bit there. When there's something maybe a little bit at stake. I don't know what they're talking about as far as prizes or I don't know what you get, but I feel like that's kind of like the least of it. It's like the energy of them carry.
• 11:11
  Speaker D: Around wrestling belts as prizes. So if I can walk away with a belt, right. I told them I'm bringing my a game, so they better be on their best behavior.
• 11:21
  Speaker B: That's right.
• 11:22
  Speaker C: And it's funny because even, not even like Battle of the bands, but even just like, multi artist bills that builds. Every time you play a show with, like, three other artists and you get to see them and they get to see you, you're always going to take something away from it. Be like, motherfucker did that. I like that. I got my own twist on that. Take a little bit from everybody.
• 11:44
  Speaker D: Oh, yeah. I remember I judged a battle of the bands probably a year and a half ago. I don't remember if you were there or not, but there was this band there called MbSt.
• 11:54
  Speaker C: Oh, yeah, I know them. They've been on the show.
• 11:55
  Speaker D: They are so incredible.
• 11:58
  Speaker C: Yeah.
• 11:58
  Speaker D: So Mirth Films was doing the listen up awards every time I voted, I voted for them.
• 12:05
  Speaker B: Yeah.
• 12:05
  Speaker C: And I think they are up again this and. Yeah, they're great because they've been on the show. And then Lady T, the singer, she did when they did run rabbit, run, the Pink Floyd tribute, she was the female vocalist, her and dolly and the. When I first did the show, actually, that was when I met both Lady T and dolly at the. Wow. It all comes around, man. Yeah. Mbst are fucking fantastic. Great music, great music. So speaking of music, I think we're at that point where we should maybe play a tune. So, JB, you were going to bring something to us.
• 12:48
  Speaker D: Yeah, well, I've always been on this thing where I feel like the five one eight area code has the best group of musicians per capita. We have the most and the best musicians per capita. So for me, it's always five one eight versus everybody. So that's what we going right now.
• 13:06
  Speaker C: Sweet. Well, let's check out five one eight versus everybody. JB, aka dirty Moses. And then we'll be right back.
• 13:14
  Speaker A: It's time to let my people go.
• 13:21
  Speaker E: Five one eight versus everybody.
• 13:23
  Speaker F: Yeah. This is Jason and the Yoganaut gang sipping 40s on the rooftop of the parking lot. I take payment in the form of shocks. You wait patience to inform the cops. I can't relate to these former jocks. I'm in the cutting like a barber shop coffee shop pics with dirty Moses. Put them in the pot. You sure he said I'm hot? Chill. This isn't food for thoughts. Ladies love each other. Love me more when I've been doing squats. I'm a soldier with the I bought one ton super saw cooling in the burning core student or the auto war human that you all adore? Lose it in the booth and you'll be losing what you bargained for. The squad deepest Mary on a trench. The five one eight claim victory no matter what we up against. We got a 6th sense everyone we see is dead cooking up the beef till everybody in the team is fair.
• 14:12
  Speaker E: Ah, power, knowledge.
• 14:14
  Speaker D: Yeah, you know what?
• 14:15
  Speaker A: Come on, hurry up. That five one infinity infinitely straight up fixing to get eight high grease and season. They played up waiter flavor. Who would be condiments to the guests? Pega gratuity can get compliments to the chefs, but rude banquets get they food played with true statements. We work in here like urgent care. We don't do patients. You get hurt in here.
• 14:35
  Speaker F: Why?
• 14:35
  Speaker A: I hate if you don't migrate it.
• 14:36
  Speaker F: No cap at all.
• 14:37
  Speaker A: And why capital. Catch a traffic ticket if you violated my fame, knuckle game hustle is a fatal art one heart punch starstruck fucking up your natal chart so retrograde me 6ft I get your metro paid round trip ground slip pack till you regret your stay mo's dark in my circle trying to describe the rangers brought drama the mama dearest now no more wide angus to put it short do you low down if you pick me we get it out the mud just like a spud, you dig me.
• 15:11
  Speaker F: Said this before y'all really want war you should think it over straight drop, drop poppy hold the bank of Yoda I go ape on beats nigga call me cobra I've been hood to the streets, you only doing yoga boom bad beast on the track, you must be new to new swimming in the pool full of sharks, such a tuna fish I break these rappers down to a seat that's a crucifix break tissue start calling the boot so you know who to shit I burn them down, still cross bridges I'm acting ludicrous, calm but I still get vicious I'm such a lunatic these rap niggas be all pussy call them uterus now everybody want to be famous it really got me pissed luke wrong rappers get fame over who really hot so proclaim top five niggas would they be really pop up in the top op niggas eight I do the dirty bop see me glock wipe it and feel like kissing the cinder block I, Benjamin block gave me a shit click him like spinny top hit the henny stand on your grave and bust a millie rock he said he going to do what the who nigga really not a lot of y'all talk a lot because you be really cut that upstate New York life so talk nice because we off light stump a nigga out in some off white shootouts and broad daylight and we fortnite court strikes this is real life fortnite the OG if a no preacher speak for young boys so eager to blow heaters the ones on demon time niggas are soulkeepers and putting work into sprandy with mo isha I don't need you enemies will talk about giving me a loss I stay away from niggas because they energy be off if a rap was taking shots better be hennessy of course anything else won't work out like the chemistry is off the whole industry is off the game is corny I bang the 40 headshot not your feet I'm in a different lane of Tory every verse real filled with my pain and glory I'm just happy to be here. Keep praying for me, yeah.
• 17:00
  Speaker E: Dirty moses. I part seas, I part legs, I pop bottles, I pop tags. I break bread, I break records I break barriers, break legs, I'll eat your food I break fast to stay fair. I speak in science, I speak life speak the language of love speaking in tongues, whispering sweet nothing's your girl want to fuck, fuck up your whole program can't fuck with cold, man can't touch this when it's hammer time and I let it go, man leave you frozen no characters or caricatures just all I seein'Machiavelli, in the flesh all eyes on me and dear Mama I'm the sperm that made it hurt I'm the greatest, soon to be famous so I seize the moment and own it show my dedication to the art form with the deaf perception to grow if you pick up on what I'm putting down you know that I'm holding can't talk with a gun in your mouth to silence the golden I go in, yeah and you will not win better warn your friends.
• 17:52
  Speaker D: I ain't done, though, yeah I.
• 17:54
  Speaker E: Could tell y'all never ever really had a battle where the shelves I'm the one that'll step up on the scene and give you crazy different flows I'm the type that'll go all night with your wife watch her around me nothing but goons around me don't try to surround me my flow was down in one word, excellence. Add black to the start of that. That's one fine specimen, me. Diary of a black man half myth, half legend starting the riot always causing a racket ratchet in my bomber that's a full metal jacket. You better chill before you feel how that full metal impact, kid. Full tactical vests on. Let's bygones be bygone. Tell your family goodbye, son. It's about to get.
• 18:36
  Speaker A: Huh?
• 18:36
  Speaker E: This is the tip of the iceberg. That's me with my chains on. Waking up in a cold sweat. James Brown. My theme song. God, body in the flesh. There's no other explanation. Remember the name, JB. Two, exclamation.
• 18:50
  Speaker C: All right, that was five one eight versus everybody. And while we were listening to the tune, Jody, you were actually talking to JB and kind of had some questions, wanted to get some insight for him. So I'm actually going to throw the microphone over to you and let you ask JB some questions.
• 19:05
  Speaker B: Yeah, Andy, I appreciate it. I just know, JB, you wear many hats at this. You're an MC, you're a writer, you're a producer, you craft on many levels. So when you're into the mindset of a beat battler, when it gets into Warrior production mode, how do you get yourself into Warrior production mode here?
• 19:26
  Speaker D: Warrior production mode for me is the same way I would be in Warrior rap mode. I'm trying to think of what's going to get the oohs and the ODs from the crowd. Like the song we just heard, five one eight versus everybody. I produced that. We might wind up hearing that beat during the beat battle because it has that effect to it. So I just like to sit down in front of my computer or my ASR ten because I ripped that out of the packaging and started using it last week because of the beat battle. And just listen to samples. I'll play around with different tones and textures with keys and see what sticks. And if I hear a sample that sticks, I'll search for the right drums. I'll go and load up the drums and I'll just move forward from there. But my main focus as a battler, if I'm battling someone for beats, my main focus is to make sure I get the oohs and ods from the audience. That's what I want.
• 20:23
  Speaker B: Is there any cheat code to this as far as, like, you know what? When I use this drum or I use this horn or. I know that you're a DJ, right? So you kind of have a sense of crowd control in that sense. If I know, you know, the crowd goes wow. With this Michael Jackson thing, or if you throw some James Brown scream in there, we're going to know, is there any kind of cheat code to this at all?
• 20:43
  Speaker D: I think the cheat code that everybody should remember is clarity of production. That's the cheat code. I can't give away my cheat codes to people, but clarity of production is always nice. I know you and I, we like stuff from the. So we like dirty stuff. But I think the crisper the drums are and the more that snare knocks, the easier it's going to be for me to win. Yeah, I feel like my whole team going to win me n pro milkshake Godfather and Sim Jesus, we going to win, man. Buffalo was dope. We know Buffalo is dope, but we're going to win this easily, hands down. And like I said in the last segment, milkshake Godfather, he's the sleeper of everybody. People are going to be like, what the fuck did I just listen to? This dude is amazing. Like, I know I'm dope in real life. And we know Sam is dope in real life. Sam is on the team.
• 21:37
  Speaker B: Absolutely.
• 21:38
  Speaker D: And empro, he produced one of, one off of my last album, so I know he's dope. That's why I hand selected everyone that's in there right now.
• 21:47
  Speaker B: Yeah. And I know, like you said, you have an ear for production, for your own, right? For your own projects here. Going into this battle as an audience member as well as a combatant, is there anything that you're looking for in particular for your shopping list for JB's next album?
• 22:04
  Speaker D: I'm looking for anything that screws my face up. If I listen to it and my face gets screwed up and I'm like, oh, shh. I get the stink face like I just smelled the fart. Right? That's the joint right there. That's the one. That one. Like I said, if those drums are knocking and that sample is just, like, speaking to me, if you all are sampling, then I'm ready. I want it. I put up a bag for it. No, I won't, but maybe I will. We'll see.
• 22:30
  Speaker B: Talk to me about the drop. When we're talking about building a beat and getting the audience ready and kind of building that anticipation, how important is the drop?
• 22:40
  Speaker D: The drop is the most important part. It's like, okay, we hear something happening, what's about to happen, then you might hear a low scream coming or whatever it is, and then something just drops. And once it drops, if that head is bobbing, we know we got you, right? That's it.
• 22:58
  Speaker B: Cap. City beat battle. Yeah, man. Buffalo versus the Capitol district.
• 23:02
  Speaker D: We're gonna have some backpack mafia. Loving it. I think you should give Fia a call.
• 23:11
  Speaker F: We do.
• 23:11
  Speaker D: We got to get him on the phone.
• 23:13
  Speaker B: He'll give us a little background as to really how this all came about here and what the buffalo energy is like. And I know it's a city that kind of recently had a bigger spotlight shown on it as far as the hip hop music scene. And these cats are hungry out there, man, and really trying to showcase some music. So I think we got to, really got to check in with him and see what's going on out there to really see what the kind of energy they're going to try to bring out here.
• 23:35
  Speaker D: All right, cool.
• 23:36
  Speaker C: So let's check in with fee right now.
• 23:38
  Speaker B: Fee, man, good to talk to you. We're checking in, man, talking about this beat battle. I wanted to hear about how this whole thing came to be, man. How did you start putting this thing together?
• 23:47
  Speaker G: Well, I used to hang out there with you all and we was all into the beats and the rhyming and stuff, and I'm a buffalo native. I started in the late 90s with the hip hop thing, and I was always kind of into the production. And then once I had some time to sit down, I started making beats myself. And I was always into touring and setting up shows and performing as an MC and stuff. And I saw an opportunity to put on for the city as it was developing its name amongst the world for hip hop. And I decided to let the MC and go and become a conduit for the culture, you know what I'm saying? And I was just like, I've been around. I've done a lot of things just as an underground MC, and I was like, this would be a great time to just be a curator for Buffalo culture and just hip hop culture as a whole. And I started the B battles in about 2018, 2019. I had the idea sitting in my brain for a while, and I just didn't have the right time or the right team or anything to do it. And I hooked up with El Biz, who's a veteran around the city and stuff, and he's got a great work ethic. And we just clicked up, man. We just clicked up. It was a good look, if you ask me. I really appreciate where it's gone so far, you know what I'm saying? So basically, it's one of those labors of love, you know what I'm saying?
• 25:41
  Speaker B: Yeah, man. Yeah, it's a lot of love, man. I appreciate us getting involved with this, you getting us involved with this, and just kind of making it all happen together, man. When we're talking about the battle itself and the kind of the layout of the battle, how are we judging each round here? What are the kind of the criteria we're looking for from round around, from the contestants?
• 26:02
  Speaker G: Well, the thing that make backpack mafia special is, like, we hold it down with the. We do a collaboration challenge sometimes, depending on the match, depending on the talent of the producers, we'll have, like, a collaboration round where they'll invite an MC or they'll get a sample that was handpicked by us, or they'll get a remix. We got a remix challenge where you remix an acapella. Whoever lays it under the best beat wins, and it's all crowd participation judged. So we got a vocal meter that we use to judge the crowd's loudness for each contestant.
• 26:45
  Speaker B: Okay.
• 26:45
  Speaker G: And after, like, three rounds, best of three rounds, and if we have to have a draw, we'll do a bonus round, you know what I'm saying? But, yeah, out of the best of three rounds, we pick a winner for that season.
• 27:01
  Speaker B: Okay. And now for this show that's coming up on April 6, we have the combatants locked in, but if somebody that wants to get involved in the next round and potentially the next showcase that comes around, how do we get involved in that? If we're a participant or an audience member? Hopeful participant.
• 27:19
  Speaker G: Yeah, definitely. You can hit us up. Backpack mafia 7116 on Instagram. You can hit us up there and dm us about getting involved in the battles, and we'll give you the layout of how we do it. Sometimes we have open auditions, and sometimes we have a submission situation where you submit links and stuff to your work, and then we try to match you up with the right battle. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, we real they if the people need to get at us.
• 27:52
  Speaker B: I have JB aka dirty Moses here with me, and we've been repping pretty hard for the Albany team on this side here. What can we expect to hear from Buffalo and the Buffalo side of the contestants?
• 28:04
  Speaker G: Man, I got some of the champions that was ready to go. Everybody couldn't make the trip, but I definitely got some of the champions that was portable and adaptable to the situation, and they ready and they hungry. So you already seen how Buffalo people give it up. So these are Buffalo people that's hungry with it, ready to go, take it on the road and show what they got. So you know what I mean? These are some of the handpicked best that we know, to be honest. You know what I mean? And I saw from help with Jay, you know what I mean? These are some of the best out of, you know. So I think it's going to be a great battle.
• 28:46
  Speaker B: Yeah, man, I'm definitely looking forward to it. Final question here and just trying to think about getting into the mind of one of these combatants here. What is it? Do you think that maybe is a factor to bring that separates maybe the hobbyist producer from a beat battler?
• 29:03
  Speaker G: Well, if I could give any advice to anybody new or old to the situation, I would say play to the crowd. The crowd is who judges this. If you win the crowd, you pretty much win the match. So play to the crowd. You know what I mean? If that makes sense.
• 29:21
  Speaker B: Yeah, man. Absolutely. We appreciate you taking the time to check in with us here at the dazzle den. Godspeed, man. We'll see you soon. Off with their heads, right?
• 29:30
  Speaker G: Yeah, absolutely, man. Backpack mafia, man. We see your boy sue, man. Peace and love, man. Remember, or what is it, April 6, man, I see your boys very soon. Less than three weeks away, right?
• 29:41
  Speaker B: Yes, sir, that's right.
• 29:42
  Speaker G: It's coming up very soon, about three and a half weeks away, man. I appreciate your time, man. Peace and blessings to you, man.
• 29:48
  Speaker B: Yes, sir. Thank you. Peace. Peace.
• 29:50
  Speaker G: All right. Thank you.
• 29:51
  Speaker C: All right, so thanks for that. That was Jody talking with. And, you know, before we go, Jody, you were saying that you're going to have kind of a mashup or a super mix of a lot of the combatants so that we can get an idea of who's going to be there. So I guess before we do that, why don't you kind of tell everybody who's going to be a part of the show?
• 30:10
  Speaker B: That's right. We said a lot of words about all of this, and at the end of the day, it's really about the beats and it's about the instrumentals and about the production work that's going to get put on stage and showcased here. And the combatants that are holding this down are pretty fantastic. So holding down the Capitol district side of things here, right, we have JB aka dirty Moses.
• 30:29
  Speaker C: Right?
• 30:30
  Speaker B: We have sime Jesus. We have n pro and the milkshake godfather from Buffalo. Side of things, we have C reels, baby girl, the donut slinger, and Freeman the spook. Right? So on both ends, we have heavy hitters, contenders primed and ready to take each other's heads off here. And, yeah, we're just going to do a bit of a mashup here. A quick kind of snippet showcase, if you will, here, if we just get a taste of what we'll be hearing at the live venue.
• 31:00
  Speaker C: Okay, cool.
• 31:01
  Speaker D: So let's come it for blood.
• 31:02
  Speaker C: JB is coming for blood. You heard it here. So let's listen to this little mashup of the combatants, and then we'll be right back to wrap it up with Jody and JB.
• 31:14
  Speaker F: It's the Buffalo versus Cap City beat battle, featuring milkshake Godfather. Backpack Mafia beat Battle 2024 featuring milk shake.
• 31:40
  Speaker B: Godfather.
• 32:04
  Speaker F: Versus cap City beat battle featuring milkshake Godfather. April 6 at the Whiskey Pickle in Troy, New York. Tickets and information at the backpack mafia.
• 32:38
  Speaker B: Seven one six. See you there.
• 32:46
  Speaker C: All right, so that was the. What are we calling it? The super super mix. The super mashup, whatever.
• 32:52
  Speaker G: Exactly.
• 32:53
  Speaker B: That instrumental, the beat battle mix down.
• 32:55
  Speaker C: Yeah, something that Jody made to showcase the contestants of the beat battle. I was coming for blood, so I want to thank JB and Jody, both of you for coming out and taking time to sit down with me in the dazzle den and shoot the shit about this super cool event and record this special episode with me. And before we go, I want to give you both a chance to say what I call your gratitude. So, Jody, we'll start with you.
• 33:21
  Speaker B: First of all, shout out to you, Andy, and thanks for having us come through here to the dazzle den. Know your platform and being able to kind of just sit here and chat. It's been great, man. Shout out to the beat shop music team special shout out to true Master. I believe this is going to be DJ True Master's kind of return event to the Capitol district as well. And this is the return, I think people are like, who would we listen to? We don't know how to dance without true anymore. So it's like, this will be party people. Fear not, your DJ has returned. So shout out to true and my man JB here, super shout out to grand fee and the Buffalo team out there and everybody at backpack mafia and Sim Jesus and everybody that's involved in this show and everybody that comes out, certainly the whiskey pickle crew and yeah, man, just happy to be here and showcasing music, man. It's great.
• 34:14
  Speaker D: I love it. I love it. I want to shout you out, too, Andy. Listen, when I was working on the album, you was one of the first people to hear a track and play a track from the. So I'm very, very grateful. Show you gratitude, man. You're the man. I appreciate your platform, but outside of that, shout out to beat shop music, of course, that's the family, myself. Just because entertainment and. Yeah, that's it. I'm not even going to give my teammates any shout outs because I know they're bringing the fire. I'm not even worried about them. We're going to set Troy on fire, Buffalo. We're going to send y'all running home packing. That's all I want to say. We're going to send y'all running home packing. And when y'all pack up and go home right after that, I'm gonna head out on a tour in April. Just a winner's tour. Y'all know what I mean? When you on a winning streak and you're doing so well and you're winning in everything that you're doing, you got to showcase that to the rest of the world. So I'm going to go on a little tour and do a little victory lap around the northeast. I'll probably go to Canada, too, you know what I mean? I might even go to Buffalo and stomp around a little bit and kick a building or two like Snoop did in New York City. I might bring sime with me, too. We might go kick some buildings down. As a matter of fact, speaking of sime, I got some beats for Sim. He got some beats for me. We're going to work on an album called Jesus and Moses. Y'all heard it first here. Peace.
• 35:40
  Speaker C: So, Jody Cowan, JB aka dirty Moses, I'm this is unsigned five one eight. I'll see you on the road. Unsigned five one eight is produced and hosted by me, Andy Scullen. New episodes are available every week wherever you stream podcasts. If you'd like to help support the show, please like and subscribe wherever you are listening. Or you could buy me a coffee@buymeacoffee.com. Unsigned 508 if you would like to advertise on the show, send me an email at unsigned 508 at@gmail.com and to be a guest on the show, reach out to me through Instagram at unsigned 508. Take care of one another and I'll see you next week.