Every once in a long while, an album comes out that defines a time, defines a city. Here in Sacramento, California, that album was Brotha Lynch Hung’s “Loaded” album, an album so rich with time, talent, and soul, it will never be duplicated. This album, and many more, was produced by the legendary Phonk Beta. Phonk Beta recently connected with First Degree The D.E. on the Fahrenheit Hour Urban Talk Show to talk Loaded, Fahrenheit, Symplex, Brotha Lynch, Death Trap, his beginnings, purpose in music and much more.
The conversation with First Degree and Phonk Beta started with Beta’s jazz roots. First Degree inquires where Beta got his talents from and Beta explains that by emulating jazz greats like Miles Davis and Count Basie, he was able to create and perfect the sound known as Phonk Beta. “My first love is jazz, a lot of people don’t know that.” Beta also goes on to explain, “I used to always know how to touch the ivories, and Brotha Lynch taught me how to program drum beats.” Phonk Beta and Brotha Lynch became friends in high school in South Sacramento. They then teamed up to create one of the greatest rap albums of all time.
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