Well I figured id sit down and go thru every song on the mixtape and tell u how it all went down thru my eyes (the producer).... lets get started shall we...
SKYS THE LIMIT (FT. LINDSAY FIELDS)
well i remember when i made this beat we mighta been 2 songs deep into the mixtape... and i knew i wanted to give it to soul, and i had an idea for it... Souls known for bein able to spit slow and fast on the same track... so i sorta designed the beat where the 1st 8 bars of each verse were meant for slow flow, where as the last 8 were meant for spit-fire... but soul came up with the dope concept of spittin about what he was goin thru, bein sick of workin a 9 to 5 and not bein noticed by anyone... and when i heard he said skys the limit b4 each verse, i got to thinkin of a hook... and i remember sittin in front of my laptop singin this hook, and textin soul like "yo, this narnia beat (i sampled narnia) is gonna be a fuckin hit dude... call lindsay" then i layed down a referance track of me singing, sent it to lindsay... next thing i know there droppin off a classic intro at my job... and now lookin back, this track is the song that really pumped us up about the mixtape
DIAMOND IN THE RUFF
i made this beat near the middle of the recording period... soul basically had all the beats he needed, but i got new drums and i kept makin these crazy diff style beats and hearin soul on them... so i kept callin him like "im sorry... but i got anouther beat 4 u" haha... i felt bad, cuz hed start writtin for a beat and b4 he could finish, im sendin him a new one that was shittin on the one he was writtin to... anyways, i came up with the concept to this one. i was thinkin how Soul is so raw, so diverse, but yet no1 really knows him... and i always loved the saying "diamond in the rough"... and i got to thinkin that soul is exactly that... then a hook popped up into my head... and there it is!
CITY OF LIGHT
if ur from cleveland and u love ur city... then this will be ur anthem... the story of this beat goz waaaaay back to 2005 i think... i made this beat and it was originaly for my dude Peezy and Soul was featured on it... Soul recorded his verse (which is actually the 2nd verse on the actual song) and Peezy never ended up writtin for it.... and i had this huge plan for this song... i wanted to have a HUGE cleveland remix, with everyone on it... and thats when i 1st met Drastic... he came thru to the spot, checked out sum beats... n then i played him "city of light" and asked if he wanted to drop a quick 8 for the remix... sure enuff, dras sat down and wrote it out in no time and recorded it right then and there.... and an interesting fact about that is, i sampled his 8 bar verse when i produced drastics song "believe in cleve"... anyways, long story short... peezy never ended up writtin to the song, Soul asked if he could have it, Peezy said yes... and the rest is history!
ANNIVERSARY
now this song goz waaaaaay back as well... soul had just finished his "columbian gormet" cd (which i produced 2 tracks on) and he was shootin me songs to maybe sample... he told me to sample this song called "anniversary" ... and it just sounded like a dull song to sample UNTIL this one part popped up... so i started fuckin around with it... and i was unsure about it, cuz it was so diff then what i ussualy sample... so i called soul and played it over the phone and all he said was"send it over NOW!" haha... so he ended up recordin it a year or 2 ago... but was never released... but when we came up with the idea to do this mixtape together, we said that we have to re-record anniversary... and we did... and it was the 1st song we actually recorded for Open for Business...
LOOKIN BACK
this song is actually part 2 of anniversary... i made this beat when we started talkin about doin this mixtape... the 1st plan we had for the mixtape was to make it all love songs about hip-hop... this was actually the 2nd song we recorded... we dropped this the same day as anniversary... but once soul recorded skys the limit, thats when we decided that we might have to change directions of this cd... but i love this beat, i didnt really do much to the sample, i just loved the way it just rode out like that... and Think was supposed to scratch over the hook... but it never happened
THERAPY
well this was actually the last beat i made for the cd... the beat was intended for sum1 else, but as i started makin it i was like "yo, soul HAS to be on this"... after hearin soul on the "drink, dance, party, clap remix" i had to hear him on sum more party type shit... and this shit was perfect... it was scary tho... cuz this track is so diff than anything souls ever done... and i love doin diff shit, BUT i never wanna take sum1 out of there box if they dont want to... but thats the thing ive noticed about soul... the more i work with him... this motherucker duznt have a box... he aint afraid to do anything... DJ Premier can give him a beat and hed kill it, and then Soulja Boy can make him a beat, and hed fuckin kill... both songs stayin thru to Soul Kryziz! so anyways, i sang him the hook over his voicemail... and he went crazy when he called me back... then we went into the studio and knocked it out in the last day of recording... and i was still uneasy about it, cuz it was so diff... but everyone we played it for, loves it... and ladies and gents... Therapy will be ur 2nd single! the people have spoken!
...ill cover the 6 songs that r left later... part 2 comin soon
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