The verse was recorded in my studio in Eugene, OR. awhile before I moved back to Kansas City,MO.
Tech N9NE shouts' out my name "BiggBen" at the beginning of his verse.
I also have a verse Kutt Calhoun recorded at the same time, with Kutt shouting out my name "BiggBen" and the town we were in at the time of the recording, Eugene, OR. They were at my house eating dinner with my family after a show they did at The WOW Hall in downtown Eugene.
I have been affiliated and hung out with Tech and the Strange Music cat's, off and on, for about 4 years. I was not told by Tech or Kutt at the time we recorded, that Tech's verse was recycled from a previous project. That may be the case, but artists do it all the time. If they do something locally, at an early time in their career, they may use the same vocals at a later time on a different project. Especially if they know the project was, or is not going to be, distributed nationally.
It happens ALL THE TIME.
In regards to the production, I wanted the beat to be as simple as possible so the vocals would pop a little bit more and mesh the three MC's better than a big slammin, club, baggin, Caribou Lou type beat. And no, I don't use Fruity Loops or any bullshit like that. All the beats I make are composed on Propeller Heads Reason 4.0 with a M-Audio Axiom 49, on a Macbook Pro. Check out -MY- groups tracks at the myspace page listed below.
Thanks for your time,
BiggBen
The Asylum Productions
Kansas City, MO 64157v
www.myspace.com/816bc