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Hallway Productionz continues to rep the 209
By: Aaron Davis / 209Vibe
On: August 19 at 02:14 PM
Like it or not, you’re always going to be judged by the company you keep, for better or for worse. That idiom is especially true in the world of hip hop.
When it comes to Teak and Dee Underdue, judge away. These days, they’re hanging with Ice Cube.
“Wherever he goes, we go,” Teak said jokingly in a phone interview. As the co-captains of Stockton’s Hallway Productionz, the pair contributed beats for three tracks to Cube’s 2006 comeback album, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” his first record in six years.
And yes, when he’s not doing family flicks like “Are We There Yet” and “Are We Done Yet,” Ice Cube is still the man who has been a legendary face and even more powerful voice of hip hop for the better part of the last two decades.
Hallway Productionz’ tracks like “Child Support” and “The Gamelord” for Cube also were no one-shot deal; the duo have laid the beats for four more tracks on Ice Cube’s latest release, “Raw Footage,” which hit stores Aug. 19.
“The four tracks (that we did), he recorded at the beginning of starting the album, and they held up the whole time,” Teak said. “If the artist writes to your beats first, then maybe only half of them usually make it, but all four of them held up. For me, that’s a huge honor; they’re like the blueprint of the whole album.”
The four newest Hallway tracks are “Thank God,” “Hood Mentality” featuring Angie Stone, “Why Me” featuring Musiq Soulchild, and “Cold Places;” the latter three appear in succession as tracks five, six and seven on the album that Teak called “one of (Ice Cube’s) best albums in years.”
Teak and Dee’s relationship with Cube got started through their high school friend, David Lopez, Hallway Productionz’ current manager and a jazz pianist and studio musician for Paramount Studios, who had also been doing some work with DJ-Crazy Tunes.
“Around 2004, he wanted to start handing some beats to some of his clients, so we started giving him stuff on a regular basis to see what would happen,” Teak said.
Who would have imagined that this would be the outcome?
“It wasn’t until like December of 2005, they sent me the very first song he laid down,” Teak said. “When I opened the email and first heard the song, I was paralyzed; that was when it actually kicked in that I’m working with a legend.
“They can try and tell you what it’s like, but when you actually hear his voice over something you created, that was it.”
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p.s. my dude dont charge you Ice Cube price if you aint Ice Cube status so if you want beats get at him.......
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http://www.209vibe.com/articles/view/301
Hallway Productionz continues to rep the 209
By: Aaron Davis / 209Vibe
On: August 19 at 02:14 PM
Like it or not, you’re always going to be judged by the company you keep, for better or for worse. That idiom is especially true in the world of hip hop.
When it comes to Teak and Dee Underdue, judge away. These days, they’re hanging with Ice Cube.
“Wherever he goes, we go,” Teak said jokingly in a phone interview. As the co-captains of Stockton’s Hallway Productionz, the pair contributed beats for three tracks to Cube’s 2006 comeback album, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” his first record in six years.
And yes, when he’s not doing family flicks like “Are We There Yet” and “Are We Done Yet,” Ice Cube is still the man who has been a legendary face and even more powerful voice of hip hop for the better part of the last two decades.
Hallway Productionz’ tracks like “Child Support” and “The Gamelord” for Cube also were no one-shot deal; the duo have laid the beats for four more tracks on Ice Cube’s latest release, “Raw Footage,” which hit stores Aug. 19.
“The four tracks (that we did), he recorded at the beginning of starting the album, and they held up the whole time,” Teak said. “If the artist writes to your beats first, then maybe only half of them usually make it, but all four of them held up. For me, that’s a huge honor; they’re like the blueprint of the whole album.”
The four newest Hallway tracks are “Thank God,” “Hood Mentality” featuring Angie Stone, “Why Me” featuring Musiq Soulchild, and “Cold Places;” the latter three appear in succession as tracks five, six and seven on the album that Teak called “one of (Ice Cube’s) best albums in years.”
Teak and Dee’s relationship with Cube got started through their high school friend, David Lopez, Hallway Productionz’ current manager and a jazz pianist and studio musician for Paramount Studios, who had also been doing some work with DJ-Crazy Tunes.
“Around 2004, he wanted to start handing some beats to some of his clients, so we started giving him stuff on a regular basis to see what would happen,” Teak said.
Who would have imagined that this would be the outcome?
“It wasn’t until like December of 2005, they sent me the very first song he laid down,” Teak said. “When I opened the email and first heard the song, I was paralyzed; that was when it actually kicked in that I’m working with a legend.
“They can try and tell you what it’s like, but when you actually hear his voice over something you created, that was it.”
email: [email protected]
p.s. my dude dont charge you Ice Cube price if you aint Ice Cube status so if you want beats get at him.......
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=9256342