the bridge!
June 17, 2008produced by this guy:
featuring this guy:
we were at the 2007 power summit in las vegas for the xm/myspace “show em what you got!” contest when we came up with this track. we were in the hotel playing music and ilyas puts on a cd by this cat named “mysterious” out of cincinnati. it gets to this beat and I think il was skipping it but I wanted to hear it. we basically did the “head nod in unison” thingamajig and out of nowhere we all started singing “the bridge! the the the bridge!” obviously it wasn’t all at once…on some “grease” shit (haha) but that’s such a classic hook (its lifted from mc shan for the younger cats) that once one person hinted at it we all just knew where it was going and loved it. we then told il to put the beat in the stash and finished drinking. then I think we went to in and out burger. man we took a 20 dollar cab from the rio hotel to in and out and another one back like some real hood rich nig…brothers. all for in and out. one thing about tanya morgan: no matter how many times we visit one of our favorite cities, we act like new nig…brothers every time. anyway when we got back to brooklynati we went to work. elucid of loosie/lessondary fame came through to dons spot and did the hook because his delivery is so ill. now if you don’t know elucid, please get familiar! he’s in another world. don, filthy, and I just sat there hype…this was simply him doing a hook! and this is our boy! he still geeks us out when he rhymes. fanboy shit. sue us. I added the epmd “you gots to chill” influenced echo to the verses at il’s request, turned them down at the label’s request(blah), and that’s that.
im probably not gonna be putting the lyrics, but i love my verse on this LOL:
Von Pea, I’m ahead of the game, I warp zone the microphone, I cheat code the beat,
flow’s abundant, keep shows erupting,
the fans leave like kids with candy,
when I flip a beat they trick or treat,
they in for the latter, the hymns leave em flattered,
I trust it wasn’t a bust,
commute well worth it I leave hoarse it seems,
every rachel and samara is trying to give me a ring,
bling, you are so rich, but you are no “this”,
leave competitors irregular, no shit,
Pea’s a predator, Americas, #1 fear,
a black man working between his ears,
I don’t follow you hoes my woman is my peer,
my weapon is my expression I speak and leap tiers,
echelon devon, the 1st out the limo,
and next out the ghetto and last brother to quit so…
verse is ill. and that in n out is not THAT far to take a cab that costs a dub. i been there
i peed a lil: I’m ahead of the game, I warp zone the microphone, I cheat code the beat
i high-pitched laughed a lil: leave competitors irregular, no shit
and i said oh shit to the rest
you’re a good rapper.
[...] we were at the 2007 power summit in las vegas for the xm/myspace “show em what you got!” contest when we came up with this track. we were in the hotel playing music and ilyas puts on a cd by this cat named “mysterious” out of cincinnati. it gets to this beat and I think il was skipping it but I wanted to hear it. we basically did the “head nod in unison” thingamajig and out of nowhere we all started singing “the bridge! the the the bridge!” obviously it wasn’t all at once…on some “grease” shit (haha)… [CLICK TO READ THE REST] [...]
This song is one of the illest openings to an EP (or LP for that matter) that I’ve heard in a lonnnnnng time. The first few measures are foreshadowing for the dopeness that ensues. Elucid’s crazy powerful voice on the hook was a superb idea.
*backpats*
“leave competitors irregular, no shit”
that’s a dope line.
the song is dope…i also can’t fault you for making the trup to in and out burger…you gotta do that when you head out west.