The New Classics Produced by Cook Classics

Cook Classics is a dope producer.
This collection of songs is dope.
Features brand new material from Outasight, Pac Div, Sean Price, U-N-I, Fashawn, Emilio Rojas, Harlem's Cash, Che Grand, Donwill, Theo, Inverse, and.......
A brand new "Both Nice" track.

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Con Carnivoro (Directed By Joey Angerone)

It's called film making people.

6th Sense - The Quincy Cohen Diaries... Entry #4

The newest installment of 6th Sense: The Quincy Cohen Diaries just in! Check out what 6th has popping right now as some deadlines approach and as he gets to work on some new projects.

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The Press Play Radio Show on Sirius Satellite with Mick Boogie & Terry Urban: 6th Sense Live Interview

6th Sense chops it up with Terry Urban about many of things including 6th's musical resume, the Grammys, future projects, production techniques, and the "Superfriends" track.

A nice 40 minutes of convo and joints.

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Vinyl Meltdown: It's A 6th Sense Interview Yo!! Pt. 3

So I’m finally getting the third installment of my interview with 6th Sense out there. Lot’s of good stuff, esepecially on the “what to look out for from 6th” front. It seems like ‘09 is going to be a big year for 6th and the whole Notherground Music family. Check it out:
Judge Mental: So what projects are you working on? What projects should we be looking out for from 6th Sense in the future?J
6th Sense: Well you can expect me to pop up randomly all the time like I normally do. I can’t always predict when those things happen. I’m working with an artist out of New York who’s name is Outasight, and he’s real dope. He rhymes and he sings too. He’s got an album coming out this summer called From Here to Eternity and his video is kind of blowing up right now on mtvU and MTV, and his album is really cool. And I produced like a third of it. It’s kind of crazy, it’s real dope. I put my foot in a lot of these tracks, and he did a great job with them. He and I were usually working side by side on the whole thing.
I’m also working with The Kid Daytona. He’s from New York too, and he’s about to have a video drop soon. I’m also doing almost half of his album, and we’re talking about doing a side-project EP together. There’s always me and Wildabeast got the Both Nice album, which is the most experimental but the most straight hip hop at the same time album. We wanna drop that, but we don’t wanna JUST drop it. So we’ve got stuff in the works for that. You can expect a lot of Wildabeast solo joints to pop up on the internet over the course of time.
I’m on Jet Audio’s album. I’m working on Milkman’s project with all Michael Jackson Off the Wall samples. Supposed to be doing something with a cat from the Midwest called Ill Poetic. I don’t wanna forget anybody right now. I’m gonna be working with a whole lot of people. My idea is that I really wanna make an album that’s musically like Voodoo, Aquemini, and Like Water for Chocolate, but the whole vibe of the album is like Soul Survivor meets The Chronic. So it’s like really guest heavy. Actually, more than anything it’s gonna be like Quincy Jones’ Back on the Block album. If you hear another 6th Sense album this year, that’s what it’s going to be.
Of course expect some more mixtape projects with me and Mick Boogie. I’m working on stuff with Mekka Don, we got some stuff coming out. I’m working with Jelani. He’s doing some new music this year. And I’m sure there’s more, but I just can’t think of it right now.
Judge Mental: Well, it sounds like you’re really busy, you got a ton of stuff in the works, so I’m sure you’ll be all over this year same as last year.
6th Sense: [starts laughing maniacally] yes, yes, yes.
Judge Mental: I know a lot of people are wondering, how do you do it? How do you keep up with all the projects you’re working on, and consistently come out with good music? How can you be so prolific?
6th Sense: I have no idea. I give it up to God and to my family.
Judge Mental: So aside from your own music, you’re really focused on the whole Notherground Music family. For those who don’t know, can you tell us a little bit about what Nothergorund Music is, and what’s in the works on that front?
6th Sense: Notherground Music is about to blow up. Just let them know that.
[Nah, but anybody that you see involved with Notherground Music is a part of Notherground music. Me, Wildabeast, Jelani, everybody. It's gonna blow up this year. Notherground music is going to wind up being bigger than it is now. There's gonna be something for everybody. It's Notherground. If it ain't underground, it's Notherground.]
Judge Mental: Well, we talked about how you’re both a producer and an MC. But with the Notherground music you’re also an entrepreneur. Which of those would you say is your strongest asset, and how does the versatility of being able to go from to producer to rapper to business man mode effect your career?
6th Sense: It’s just good to be well rounded. I’d say that every hand facilitates the other hand. And I think that overall everything takes off in its own way because I’m so well rounded. It’s just kind of important. I see a lot of people let stuff way smaller get to their head. And you can ask anybody I know and they’ll say I’m not trying to be somebody, I’m trying to do something. It’s cool that it maybe works this way or that way. But until I’m doing what I want to do for myself and for others I’m just going to be working towards that.
Judge Mental: If you got anything else you wanna put out there, any shoutouts now’s the time.
6th Sense: Just make sure you got that It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo!, make sure you check out everything on Notherground Music. Look for everything coming out in the future. Look for more 6th Sense production. Look for more 6th Sense guest appearances. Look for the Both Nice album. Look for Wildabeast. Look out for Jelani. Look out for everybody. Just stay true to yourself, keep your heart open. And just try to be yourself and do something.
Judge Mental: Well thank you.
6th Sense: Well thank you too, I like the site man. Y’all could be a magazine.

Outasight "Rollin Wit' Me" Episode 5

The series follow Outasight to the MTVU Woodies Awards and then to the studio with 6th Sense

Ya'll NEED to watch this.

Taira Blog 2: THIS IS TIARA

This is Tiara Wiles' second installment in her video blog series. This edition follows Tiara Wiles on her 2/19/09 visit to New York City to do 2 shows in 2 hours...THIS IS TIARA.

Includes a performance of "The Minimum" with The Kid Daytona.

Expect future work of Tiara w/ 6th behind the boards.

iHipHop Interview: The Kid Daytona

Check out this interview where The Kid Daytona talks about working with 6th.
Working with Estelle, and Busta Rhymes.
And much more.
Sidebar: "The Minimum" plays 3 times in the background during the course of this interview.

VIMBY: The New Classics {produced by Cook Classics}

The New Classics
VIMBY is the shit.
Cook Classics is a dope producer.
New Both Nice track?!
Check out the whole project it's solid.
Available for full download Feb 25th

The Kid Daytona feat. Outasight - "Cheers" LIVE @ Webster Hall

6th Sense - The Quincy Cohen Diaries... Entry #3

New episode of The Quincy Cohen Diaries. In this one 6th addresses the show last night at Blender, the All-Star game and much more.

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"Yondo" makes it into the Urban Dictionary

1. Yondo
derived from root word Poppiyondo

1. The act of gettin it poppin

2. Everything that is dope

-"Yo! SwaggerDap is wild yondo"


-"You go to that party last night?"
"Yea that shit was yondo!"

We made it ya'll.
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Hip-Hop Is Read: What's New #1- The Instrumentalists (It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! Review)

Written by: Ivan
Over thirty tracks deep, this free-to-download release is a thorough résumé for one of New York’s great, up-and-coming producers. Over the years, 6th Sense has built a strong repertoire with emcees such as Talib Kweli, U-N-I, Mekka Don, A.Pinks, Jelani and more, all of whom have done his beats justice. A frequent collaborator with mixtape kings such as Mick Boogie & Terry Urban, 6th Sense’s work can be heard on projects such as 1988, Viva La Hova, Before There Was Love, and various others. But perhaps his most memorable moment, as of yet, was his Common-sampling anthem “Ignite The People (Like Obama)”, a track which propelled him to the top of the Barack-pack before the bandwagon began to roll.

It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! includes the instrumental to that track, along with many others which might in fact sound familiar to you. “D’Evils 2008”, for instance, is more than just a modernized revision of Jay-Z’s ‘96 classic; it’s a tailor-made beat for another BKMC, Mr. Talib Kweli, as 6th explains in the intro: “You have to understand that almost all of these instrumentals, all of these songs, were songs that I worked hand-in-hand with the artists, in the same room, creating a vibe.” It’s often been brought up in discussions, the fact that what hip hop is often lacking in this day and age is the producer-to-emcee connection. In short, we need more producers and less beat-makers. “It’s important”, 6th continues, “it shows through the music.”

I consider 6th to be an upper-tier producer from the blog-era generation of hip hop artists, the folks who recognize the importance of exposure and reaching a wide audience, by sharing their music freely for all to hear. It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! is a free download not because it’s a cheap release that’ll go in one ear and out the other. It’s free ‘cause it must be heard. If I had to pick my top-five tracks from the tape, I’d probably go with “Both Nice”, “The Itis”, “Do What It Do”, “Fallen Shadows”, “Stakes Is High”, and “Chasing 1988”. Are you counting? That was six (no pun intended)! It’s that good… Yo!!

Grade: A-

There's other instrumental CDs reviewed, and 6th beat em all out.
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'09 S/S Collection Ollie Magazine Photoshoot

Check out the new spring collection as they shoot for Ollie Magazine. Check out the 6th Sense beats in the background... yo.

Wildabeast - "Even Odd"

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Donny Goines - "Where Amazing Happens" {prod. 6th Sense}

NBA All-Star Weekend.
You've seen the commercial, with the piano.
Peep this song.

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[rock the dub interview]: 6th Sense

Being in the position I'm in, I get to build with some talented individuals. While I've only spoken to 6th Sense a few times, I've followed his path for the last year or so, from his "Ignite The People Like Obama" to his slew of projects with Mick Boogie, his Notherground compadres and other, outside production/feature work. Dude is a talented artist, whether its on the mic or on the boards, and I'm privileged to bring you guys a peek into his head, how he got into the Hip-Hop scene and some forthcoming news to pique your interest...

khal: Let’s start from the beginning: how did you first get into Hip-Hop? What was that first track/tracks that had you open?

6th Sense: I got into Hip-Hop around the age of 9 or 10. My uncle's ex wife used to work at Elektra Records and she would send me promos all the time. There was a Beavis & Butthead compilation that had a horrible Run-DMC song on it called "Bounce", but I thought it was the most amazing shit ever. My first rhyme I ever wrote was a straight jack from DMC's verse on there. I grew up in Throggs Neck in the Bronx, and I used to play basketball in Castle Hill. I remember one day I didn't have a ride to the game, so my teammates from Soundview came all the way to Throggs Neck to pick me up. I remember being in the back seat hearing "cash rules everything around me/CREAM get the money, dolla dolla bill ya'll", and just being completely blown away. I think I had a double double that game.

Around that age, I then started going to a school called Manhattan Country School. It was a really small school, in fact Kelis went there. But the founders of the school were close with Dr. King's movement and all of the doctrines of the school were based on King's philosophies, including the multicultural makeup of the student body. I got exposed to Hip-Hop completely while going to school there. We would always listen to Biggie, Outkast, Nas and Jay-Z.

I also went to day camp in the summer at Bronx House, and we used to always be on the bus taking trips places and I had a boombox and would always be making mixtapes. Bad Boy was huge at the time, the whole New York scene was incredible. We would just play Hip-Hop all the time. I was always buying mixtapes from various spots.

khal: Everyone who first discovers Hip-Hop seems to try and get their hands dirty in many of the facets of the scene. Were you always rapping and producing, or did you dabble in graf/DJing/breaking as well?

6th Sense: Well, I did actually DJ for a while. I had traded in my video games at FuncoLand and saved up money and bought some direct-drive Gemini's. I would DJ some parties - this was back in like middle school, early high school, before I started really rapping. I used to buy records all the time, buying 12"s was the shit. Fat Beats, Rock N Soul; there was this one spot near Metropolitan Circle in the Bronx that was incredible. I know I got some of those records still lying around, I think I've given a lot away to the DJs that spun for me over the years.

khal: I imagine you are trained in more than the art of sampling and beat machines – did you have any formal musical instrument training? If so, is that something that you take into your productions today?

6th Sense: I don't rely too heavily on sampling. If I do sample, I'm sampling in a different fashion then most producers. My uncle is a drummer, so growing up I always had a toy drum set to bang out on, and I would always go to my uncle's house to jam with him. My pops was a keys player and a songwriter in the 70s, and my mom grew up playing classical piano, so growing up, I had some piano lessons here and there. But in the last two-three years since I really started getting serious into producing again, I've been able to combine all my musical training and studying into my music.

khal: When did you realize that you were doing more than just playing around with sounds, and actually making tracks that would have more of a mass appeal?

6th Sense: Ya know, I don't really think about it too much. I can remember maybe a year and a half ago we did a show, it was me, Wildabeast and Jelani, that's all the fam right there. There wasn't too many people really, maybe there were 30 people, if that. And when the show got to the end, it hit me that every beat we rocked that night was mine, and it sounded good. I told Will and Jelani that after the show and they smiled.

khal: How did Notherground get started? How large is that collective?

6th Sense: Notherground got started because it described the sound, the lane. Wildabeast said we're not underground, we're on another ground. And I agreed with him. At the same token, Notherground is JUST getting started. The Notherground collective is very large, and it's only going to get larger.

khal: It’d be an understatement to say that your name has gotten large over the last few years; you’ve been affiliated with some big projects, for companies like Nike and VH1, as well as having your name drop on the cream of the crop of the ‘Net’s Hip-Hop community, as well as offline. What would you say is the reason for this: your grind or the quality of the music?

6th Sense: I'll say both. Don't get it twisted though, things don't happen just ‘cause I grind. The quality of music is there, and because I grind, it all happens. I try to not to put a lot of weight into it though, I'm always pleased, never satisfied. When you say Nike & VH1, I say Mick Boogie.

khal: What would you say have been some of your favorite projects from the last year or so?

6th Sense: I hear from a lot of people that the first mixtape I did with Mick Boogie, Go For It, is a classic. I like that mixtape, the overall "put-togetherness" of it is ill. I even got Peter Rosenberg "interviewing" me throughout it. Jelani's free album he dropped (Wait, You Can Rap?!?!) is one of my favorites. I put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into that album; that album is dope. All the work I did on Mick Boogie's The Honor Roll, I enjoyed. I got about 7 more projects lined up for 2009 so far. It's going to be a crazy year.

khal: Speaking of these projects – how do you work on them? Is it a situation where you have beats that fit into the DJ/organizer’s vision, or do you custom-make music for these projects?

6th Sense: Depends, I'd be inclined to say it's moreso the latter. Mick Boogie comes with the vision, although we do bounce tons of ideas back and forth. I think that's why we work well together.

khal: Recently, your It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo! mixtape dropped, featuring a slew of your instrumental tracks. Why did you choose to put out an instrumental project as opposed to getting MCs to rap on your tracks?

6th Sense: Well, all of these instrumentals already did have MCs rapping on them, including myself. I just wanted to drop it so people can see I've been putting in work on the boards and that they can expect a whole lot more in the present and future. Not knocking any producers out there that get MCs to rap on their tracks and then put out a project, because I think that's dope as hell.

khal: Do you have any plans to get a major deal?

6th Sense: Next question.

khal: What’s in store for you in the next couple of months?

6th Sense: 6th Sense & Wildabeast are... Both Nice the album. Beats, beats, beats. Outasight's "From Here To Eternity." The Kid Daytona's "Come Fly With Me", "Daytona 500," "The Flor De Cana Sessions." I'm mixing Jet Audio's "Stand Alone Complex." More music with Mick Boogie. Talib said he was workin’ on some Idle Warship stuff to my beats. Working with a LOT of dope artists, I can't wait. Production for pop UK artists. A handful of guest verse collabos. The SXSW festival. I got some big things ‘bout to happen for real, can't let the cat out the bag yet though.

khal: Are there any artists out there who you would like to get in the studio with?

6th Sense: Yeah a ton. But there's also a lot of producers I want to get in the studio with. That statement'll make more sense soon enough.

khal: I personally know you’re into sports; do you think your Celtics will grab that championship ring again this year?

6th Sense: I have no idea. I'll say two things. One, it's going to be hard for anyone else to get the ring this year if a man named Kevin Garnett is playing on the court. Two, I am so happy that I have the presence of mind on a weekday night to go, "oh the Knicks are playing, lemme turn the game on". D'Antoni got NY excited again, and while they're not exceptionally winning, they're at least very exciting to watch. They're gel-ing, and soon enough they'll hopefully be a contender in the East.

khal: Do you have any live performances lined up?

6th Sense: I'll be controlling the music for Outasight's performance at the Blender Theater on Feb 16th. I believe Fresh Daily and Oddisee are also performing. I just got word that we're trying to set up a "It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!" party out in LA for the end of the month. I'll also be at SXSW DJing for Outasight, and performing with Mike Maven. I also have some summer tour plans, but I can't say anything as of yet.

khal: Do you have any shout outs or final thoughts before we wrap this up?

6th Sense: I'm not trying to be somebody. I'm trying to do something. It's a 6th Sense beat yo!! Peace out!! Goodnight!!

I'd like to thank 6th Sense for taking the time out to rap with me. Make sure you check him out on MySpace, and keep it locked to the Notherground blog.

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SofaKing Dilligent: 3 Years Ago (Dilla Top 10s)

SofaKing Dilligent did a nice piece in memorium to J Dilla. They asked producers/artists what their top 10 Dilla joints were.
6th said:
1. Slum Village - Fantastic (Intro)
2. Slum Village - 2U4U
3. Q-Tip - Vivrant Thang
4. A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way
5. Common - Thelonious
6. Slum Village (J88) - Get It Together
7. Elzhi - Love It Here
8. Slum Village - The Look of Love
9. Steve Spacek - Dollar
10. J Dilla - The Janet Chop

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ReviewSTACKS: Interview With 6th Sense

I had the opportunity to interview rapper/producer 6th Sense and shoot him a few questions about his latest release, a beat tape, It’s A 6th Sense Beat Tape Yo!!. Check the links out after the jump.

ReviewSTACKS - What made you decide to create a project like this - using songs released in the past year?
6th Sense - I wanted to bring awareness to the fact I’m a producer as well as an artist. I got a lot in the works coming out as a producer, so I figured this would be a good way for people to hear the foundation I’ve laid as a producer.

RS - How would you define your production style?

6th - Human. Refreshingly human. Progressively classic.
RS - What’s your favorite track on the tape?
6th - Cliché, but, all of them.
RS - Out of all the people you worked with on the tape, who did you vibe with best?
6th - That’s easy, Wildabeast.
RS - Why release a beat tape instead of rapping over it and putting out a mixtape?
6th - All these beats are instrumentals that were songs on mixtapes and leaks and albums. I have almost 40 songs in the stash, I just didn’t feel like dropping a mixtape. There’ll be no shortage of music I produce and compose in the future.
RS - What do you have in the pipeline? New album, mixtape, etc?
6th - There’s the 6th Sense & Wildabeast are… Both Nice album. I’m producing a handful on Outasight’s “From Here To Eternity.” Producing half of The Kid Daytona’s “Come Fly With Me.” I got a bunch of stuff coming with Mick Boogie. I got a whole bunch of stuff that’s coming that would take me too long to make sure I listed everything and everyone. Shouts to everyone with whom I’m bout to get it in with in the lab.
RS - How do you see hip-hop changing and where do you think it’s going?
6th - I have no clue. People need to be creative though, not just different, but creative.
RS - Off topic, BUT - CB and Rihanna becoming the next Bobby/Whitney - gonna pan out or not?
6th - Ok, see, THAT I reaaaly have no clue about. I do hope though that whatever problems they’re having that they can work it out and get the help they need.

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Chip Tha Ripper - "Thank God"

Chip Tha Ripper is a dope artist from the Midwest.
Maybe you heard him on a Mick Boogie mixtape.
Maybe you heard him on the Kidz in da Hall album.
Maybe you heard him with Kid CuDi and are looking forward to their collabo album.
Here he goes in on "Hippie Robot" from "It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!"
Shouts to H.E.R. for the heads up on the joint.
Thoughts?

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Donuts Are Forever 3

While this video certainly ain't like last year's video we urge you to check this out too, because, hey, the night was packed, and it's Dilla!

Mazzi - Walking Blog #22

Mazzi is a cool cat. Besides being an artist, you might have seen him somewhere at an NY event capturing the moment. Every week he puts it all together with an accompanying/corresponding rhyme to go along with the vid. This is being posted this week, cause well, he has a "6th Sense"

DJ Booth.net Freestyle Series: Outasight feat. 6th Sense - "Rehearsal Tape"

DJ Booth is a dope site. They have exclusive freestyles.
This new one is Outasight, with 6th on the beat and a verse.

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6th Sense - The Quincy Cohen Diaries... Entry #2

Second edition of 6th Sense: The Quincy Cohen Diaries just in. Check out what 6th had to say about the special night at Rare Form’s Donuts are Forever 3 party and more. Here is a preview, hit the picture or the skip for the full diary entry…

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Vinyl Meltdown: It's A 6th Sense Interview Yo!! Pt. 2

If it seems like 6th Sense is all over the internet, it’s because he is. Check out the second part of my interview with 6th, where we go into his production style, his thoughts on mixtapes, Mick Boogie, freestyling, and IT. Definitely some interesting conversation, check it out, and make sure to hit the jump to read the whole thing:
Judge Mental: When I look at your career I find it interesting that in ‘06 you dropped Highing Fly, in ‘07 you dropped It’s Coming Soon, but last year there really was no album. Instead there were a bunch of mixtapes. But that constant flow of new music kind of elevated your career in a way.
6th Sense: Yeah.
Judge Mental: I was wondering what’s your take on that, and is this something you’re going to try and continue or is there an album in the works?
6th Sense: I appreciate that question. None of it has really been by design or choice really. It just kind of happened to be that way. It wasn’t like, “alright I’m gonna do this, this, and that.” It was more like the opportunities were there, and I just went and did it. A lot of the stuff, Mick Boogie’s my right hand man. He’s constantly putting out new mixtapes and projects. And he always has ideas and he always wants to incorporate me into those ideas, so I’m going to do them.
As far as there not being an album… I could have easily dropped something at the end of this year. I could have dropped a mixtape, I could have dropped an album. I wanted to, but I decided against it. I decided that there was no point. I have literally like 40 or 50 songs in the stash. And truthfully we kind of rolled out some Both Nice tracks, which is me and Wildabeast and we got a whole album together. But we even stopped rolling those songs out. I’m not saying the internet is oversaturated or anything but, for us it’s not just about putting a song on the internet. A lot of people say “Oh 6th, I see you all the time,” and I’m like, “Well that’s cause I WORK all the time.” But a lot of it is out of my control. The opportunity comes and for some random reason you might see 3 or 4 things that i’ve done all pop up around the same time. And I’m not mad at that. Personally, I think it’s great.
You might see me a couple of times on the U-N-I mixtape, or you might see me on a Mick Boogie freestyle, all within a short timeframe. I’m constantly, constantly constantly working. All the time. Sure I didn’t drop an album last year. But at the same time I did so much music that it’s kind of just the way the game goes now. I think years ago you used to put everything you had and you were going to drop your ALBUM. And you’ll have your album release party. That kind of stuff is pretty much long gone. There’s guys dropping a freestyle an hour. So in that sense, this instrumental CD, It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo!, is almost like the next album. I’m actually making some physicals, we’re gonna have a party. It’s cool, I think it’s a good listen. And I stayed with my ‘It’ theme. You went from It’s Coming Soon, to Go For It, to Just Do It, and now you’ve got It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo. So I’m sticking with my It theme, and I’ll probably stick with IT as long as I can.
Judge Mental: You were talking about how you’ve been working so closely with Mick Boogie, and for a lot of people that’s maybe the first time they were exposed to your music. How did that relationship come about, and obviously there’s some good chemistry there cause you guys are just pumping out great stuff, so anything you wanna say about him and you guys working together?
6th Sense: I’ve gotten to know Mick pretty well. We’ve worked on a lot of projects together. We’ve been on the road a couple times. He’s a cool dude. Basically I got a lot of friends over at Cornerstone Promotion. Shoutouts to everybody over there. Whether they work there still or not. Shoutouts to everybody over there. My man Blaze, OP, all my people who used to work there, Kristen. I shouldn’t turn this into a cornerstone shoutout section, but… They do the mixtape over there. And this was back in ‘07. And Mick and Terry were doing the Cornerstone mixtape that month. And basically I did a freestyle for that mixtape. And Mick heard it and was like, “yo this kid is dope.” And everybody was like, yeah he’s just on Rawkus right now. And he was really surprised by the track. And I was like, “yo, I got an album coming out next month. I’ve always thought that we could do a mixtape.” And it just kind of went from there. We did that mixtape, and a couple months later he had this crazy idea for a project, that never came out, so I’m not gonna say what it was. I don’t want anybody else taking this idea. But he had me working like crazy on it. And things kind of went from there. So shoutouts to Mick Boogie. Shoutouts to Terry Urban.
Judge Mental: You touched upon how you started out with freestyles. When you were coming up you known for a lot of freestyling and battling. And now you’re writing records and producing stuff. What was that transition like? And is it almost the same since you’re pumping out so much new music constantly that it’s almost like you’re freestyling in the studio?
6th Sense: That’s an interesting way of thinking about it. Freestyling in the studio. I dunno how well I can answer that question. I’m still young and I’ve been doing music for a long time, and I was young when I was doing the music then. So certainly saving all my pennies up to get studio equipment, and learning the tricks of music production, and stuff like that, certainly helped. It wasn’t just like, “I’m gonna transition and do this.” It was a lot of hard work. I can’t say that my one stop shop two years ago was as strong as it is now. And by one stop shop I mean making the track, writing the song, mixing it down, and putting it out and releasing it. Like, now it’s extremely strong because I’ve worked really hard at it.
I’ve always been a musical person since I was born. If I was battling a lot before, and freestyling a lot before, that’s because at the time people were battling and freestyling. We could talk about trends in hip hop. Freestyling is great, and a lot of times I can’t just sit down and say I’m gonna make a hit song. The hit songs come in the oddest of ways. You just kind of know somewhere along the line, like “alright, this might be something.” Sometimes you don’t even know until after the song’s done and people are responding to it. But life moves too fast to really try and plan and formulate everything that you do musically. It’s just not the style of the music anymore. And at the same token, I’m somebody that will put a lot of extra work into their music. And a lot of production value into it. I’m not opposed to laying lush string sections or whatever. But yeah, I’m not trying to go too far into it, but… yeah, freestyling in the studio. I like that man, that’s a good concept right there.
Judge Mental: You mentioned how you had to work at production at first. You had to build up that skill set. What’s the process like for you, both learning how to do that, and now that you’re comfortable with it, and you’re good at it, does it now come about as easily as it does with the rhymes? Or is one harder than the other?
6th Sense: I don’t feel like I’m there yet. I mean, It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo! is phenomenal, and will blow a lot of stuff out of the water. But there’s always room for improvement. I’m always experimenting, always trying new things, always willing to learn something new. Like you put a new keyboard in front of me, and that’s a whole new set of stuff. So that progresses you. You get newer equipment and newer techniques, and that all goes into your production. Rhyming is definitely easier than producing. I’ll tell you that right now. Most people ask the question, what do I prefer. Or what do you think you’ll do longer. And the answer to that is that I don’t ever see myself stopping producing. This is probably going to be a profession of mine for 30 to 40 years, and I’m dead serious about that. Rhyming, sure. I’ll always be writing songs. The whole idea of rhyming, yeah. Rhyming is definitely easier. And that’s why I think there’s more rappers than producers maybe. But not to get it twisted, the way that I produce is not the way that a lot of people produce. There’s ways to make hip hop beats that’s really easy.
I’m not trying to have the whole software vs. hardware, or fruity loops or logic debates. Because those programs are cool, and you can make hot stuff on them. But I’m kind of coming from a different angle with my production. A lot of people say, “yo 6th, there’s just something about your beats that doesn’t sound like something I’m used to. It might even sound familiar, it just doesn’t feel the same way.” And I might attribute that to my style that I think is very human. Everything about is very human. There might not be a sample, but it feels like the construction of it was around a sample. It feels like there’s a live band maybe or something. But it’s definitely not a band. It’s human. My beats are very human. And if you as an artist or a rapper want to come as a real artist, and as a human, you’re going to sound great over my beats. And people want beats, and they come to me to get what a lot of times they can’t get anywhere else. And a lot of artists want to go that route because they want to be artistic. They wanna be human. They want to connect with people, as opposed to connecting with just a hip hop community so to speak. And it’s time to just make good music that will translate universally as opposed to just one little sector. The possibilities are unlimited with the kind of music that goes into it.
Judge Mental: I saw the video of you and The Apple Juice Kid in the studio…
6th Sense: Apple’s Dope!
Judge Mental: Yeah, and that beat you guys made is crazy and you need to get me that mp3 when you can… cause that beat was one of the craziest things I’ve heard in a while.
6th Sense: To be honest with you that was probably the first time me and the Apple Juice Kid ever met. I mean we had met in passing once, years ago. But that was probably the first time we had just met and hung out.
Judge Mental: Well it was really cool to see the process, and going back in and laying down all these different things, and you definitely could tell you put a lot of attention into the beats and you go back and record additional percussion. It’s not as simple as just looping something and putting an 808 behind it. And I definitely think a lot of people really appreciate that.
6th Sense: Well thank you. I appreciate it.
Judge Mental: It’s just really interesting to see the artists in the studio and to get to observe the process.
6th Sense: Yeah, definitely, it’s a good time. But yeah, It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo! you could call it a volume 1. It’s really just a taste. You said “what made you decide to put instrumentals out that you’d previously done?” There’s definitely a reason behind it. These joints are dope, and I know a lot of rappers would fucking kill for some of those beats. And none of those beats are anything that came from hit songs that you heard on the radio. Most of them weren’t even on albums. But they were mostly for you to understand that, first of all, I do a lot of work as a producer. Call it a stepping stone, call it a growth ladder, call it whatever you want. Just know that when you hear It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo! you’re gonna know it’s something pretty cool.

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Ruby Hornet: It's A 6th Sense Interview Yo!!

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On Tuesday, 6th Sense dropped his instrumental only album, It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo! At 33 tracks deep, the album is cipher and ride ready, providing musical canvases to suit any type of brush. We caught up with our homie 6th Sense to find out the science behind a 6th Sense beat...check it out below.

RubyHornet: So, the instrumental album came out today, with a nice little intro from you. Was this in the plans for a while, or did you wake up one day and go, 'f**k it, I'll put everything on an album so people will stop asking.'
6th Sense: It had been in the back of my mind for a good couple of months. I had been wanting to drop some sort of an actual project towards the end of '08. I had over 40 songs, but decided against it. Just didn't feel it was necessary. About a month and a half ago I just finally decided, 'you know what, I'ma drop an instrumental CD.' I got a lot of dope music that's about to come out with me behind the boards, so I wanted to let people know, that YES I make beats, and this collection is a taste of the recent past.

RubyHornet: Do you feel it's a little bit over doing it to put so many dope instrumentals on one album? I mean, 33 tracks of nice beats, it's like, 'we get it, you're a dope producer.'
6th Sense: If I felt that way, I wouldn't have put 33 tracks on. The truth is, this isn't even half of what I produced last year. I didn't put full instrumentals on, the whole thing blends together, runs about an hour long. It runs deep for the cyphering purposes. It's great background music for doing office work. It's not like the 33 beats all sound the same. I think it's a testament to the versatility. I mean if you took the credits off, and took the drop off, you might think it was the greatest J Armz instrumental CD ever, no disrespect to J Armz.

RubyHornet: You invite emcees to rap over the beats and even send some your way. Do you feel like you're opening a can of worms with that one and your inbox is about to get filled with some computer-mic recorded ish?
6th Sense: I'd be lying if I said I didn't think I was. I mean I'm somewhat humble, so I don't think it'll be a big can of worms, but if it is I welcome it. I just don't want anybody to be wack. There was a point in time when I was an instrumental CD fiend, and I catered it to something I would've appreciated. On a related note, I'd truthfully like to see cats kill the beats better than the originals. It's not like I'm challenging cats, because truthfully I'll be happy hearing cats give their own spin to the tracks.

RubyHornet: What do you hope happens with the release of this project, your ideal, best case scenario?
6th Sense: I think whatever happens, anything that happens will be best case scenario, because before this, these were just instrumentals that nobody really had to enjoy or listen to. I think it's quality. I think it better serves my future productions because people will be more familiar and more in tune.

RubyHornet: You have a few instrumentals that incorporate other Hip Hop classics. What producers have made the biggest impact on you, from their actual sound to maybe their approach to music, or even just the way they handle themselves?
6th Sense: This is true. A lot of that has to do with the work I do with Mick Boogie. We did The Honor Roll mixtape where we flipped all the honoree's tracks. I put a few from that mixtape on here. Mick Boogie loves to flip the classics.

There's a lot of dope producers man, and so many producers have given their little flare and trademark to the game. Me being such an avid student of the music and it being 2009 now, it'd be foolish of me to not incorporate all the great things that producers have done. I mean I learn tons of great s**t from producers that are just around me! I know a lot of producers out there would agree with that too, like, they have a group of friends and they all learn and are influenced by each other. I've learned a lot of valuable things from Frequency, Scram Jones has mentored me in so many ways. I talk with producers all the time and we build. The producers that have made the biggest impact on me are Dilla, Kanye, and Stevie Wonder. I could talk all day about the influence of these guys. And truthfully if we went through this instrumental CD we could pick out all the direct and indirect homages/influences from them.

RubyHornet: It's A 6th Sense beat Yo! When people see you on the street or run into you somewhere do they say, 'It's 6th Sense, Yo!' Cause if not, I'm sure they will. Expect me to start doing that too, btw, everytime homie hahaha...
6th Sense: Yeah, people like to say it. It's my lil' cousin Sammy. I had him wildin' out in the booth one day. I can't wait to see him again, I'm gonna get him to do a whole slew of goodies. If ya'll out there want exclusive drops, lemme know, and be prepared to pay cause I wanna get him in a good school. His mother, my cousin Patty, likes to joke that I owe them royalties.

RubyHornet: Is there a style, flavor, vibe that runs through all your beats whether or not the listener really picks it up that truly makes it a 6th Sense beat?
6th Sense: Human. My beats are extremely human. It's just the style that I make them in. Each piece is put together in only a way that I could do it. It's me, it's human.

RubyHornet: You've released some videos of you in the lab, do you have ideal creative conditions to make music? Were the majority of these beats made at the same time of day or anything like that?
6th Sense: I don't necessarily have an ideal creative condition. But if I had to be specific, I'd say that when I'm working with someone for the first time, it always turns into something special. I demand all of myself creatively when that happens.

RubyHornet: From an outsider's perspective, it seems like you're getting more attention for your production work right now. Is that the case, and if so, how does rapping play into your future plans?
6th Sense: Currently, I kind of made a decision to stop rapping on my own tracks. I determined it's a waste of time for me to make a hot beat and then make a song to it. There's a number of reasons I feel that way. But I ain't stop rapping. In fact there's a bunch of stuff that just came out with me rapping. I've been doing a lot of collabos. I have no problem with that. This is by no means a declaration of retiring from rhyming.

RubyHornet: "Hippie Robot" starts out with an ill vocal sample (ODB?) saying, 'we do what we want to do, we don't care who listens.' How does that quote relate to your music and what you do? Every artist has to care somewhat right?
6th Sense: We were in J Nicholson's office and J asked Wildabeast if he'd seen the ODB documentary. And we were watching it, and went "OH!!" Wildabeast is the hood hippie and he just fell in love with that quote, but in all honesty we all feel similar. You can't be in the studio just thinking about other people, you just have to do you. We don't think about it, we just do it.

RubyHornet: Always a pleasure to rock with you on RH, please consider this one of your stations in the online world...Tell people where they can check you out more, or plug anything else you'd like.
6th Sense: Yo, RubyHornet is the truth. You can always see what's going down at notherground.blogspot.com. Feel free to hit me up through all of them other channels. I got a lot of heat coming. Shouts to Alex (DJ RTC) and RH for this interview.... peace out!! gooodnight!


Make sure ya'll check out Ruby Hornet's new mixtape, by Chi-Town producer SC, hosted by Just Blaze feat. Mary J Blige, The Game, Lupe Fiasco, Mikkey Halsted, Mobb Deep, Naledge, and more.

Potholes In My Blog: It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! (Review)

6th Sense is an entertainer. The Rap Up ranked him as the #34 top hip-hop artists to follow on Twitter. 6th Sense is also an entertainer when it comes to his actual music. It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!, the instrumental mixtape, kicks off 2009 with some terrific beats.

As a member of Wildabeast, and an associate of Notherground Music, 6th has been producing for heads in the hip-hop world for a while now, however, It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! is not a compilation of his all-time beats, but rather just many of his beats from the past year and then some. Stylistically, this 33-track effort resembles a mixtape with its short tracks, and varied styles that seem disjointed at time, when 6th jumps from smooth, wholesome trumpets to toy-like synths from track to track.

However, there is an odd sense of connectivity here that is usually not present in mixtapes. 6th laces his beats with popping snares and throbbing bass drums. 6th Sense asks for credit when people use his work or discuss it; so here it is: 6th Sense’s It’s A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! is guaranteed to have you bobbing your head, tapping your foot, or whatever it is you do when confronted with real hip-hop.

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Wildabeast - Foxy Lady

K.I.D.S. stands for Kicking Independently Dope Shit. It's a series that the good folks @ illRoots are putting on. In this series, there will be a new Wildabeast song every Wednesday! So we shall call it Wilda Wednesdays from here on out.

To start it off, the hood hippie brings the 60s back again by rhyming to... yup... Jimi's "Foxy Lady."

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Photos & Recap of Show @ Wesleyan

Recap written by Mike Rosen:

It took months of planning and a lot of jumping through hoops that I couldn't even see, but after a few hundred emails/texts/voice mails I finally got 6th Sense, Wildabeast and Jelani out to Wesleyan University in Connecticut to benefit The HOPE Academy in Tanzania.

The night started out with 6th, Wil and DJ Kraff Swagger stuck in traffic on the Merrit and people calling my cell to tell me that we were missing XLR cables -- meaning we'd either have half the speakers and two mics, or one mic and all the speakers (yeah, not so fly). But somehow all that came together, so after some yondo chicken parm with fuckouttahere bread I brought the artists over to Psi Upsilon fraternity for a little pre-party. We got the sound up and running about 10 minutes after doors were supposed to open, but it was all good.

Heads were pouring in from the cold by 10:30 and by 10:45 DJ Chrome Punch had the spot rocking. It was the first Friday back from vacation, and it was clear that people wanted to party.

Meanwhile, upstairs Notherground was chilling in the Presidential Suite/Green Room making friends and losing memories. Just before 12, Kraff Swagger took over the decks-- the crowd didn't even miss a step. A few minutes later, I introduced 6th, Wil and Jelani -- and they took the place over. Dudes shot right out the gates, hitting the ground running, hands were in the air, the crowd was jumping, girls were dancing on the stage... just nutty. The guys rocked the place. Even when the power cut out to the decks halfway through the set, they just started to spit acapella and kept it up for a solid 2-3 minutes while we got shit up and running again. Then some chick dancing on the stage knocked a monitor over, sending the thing hurling at my head, but we caught it and put it back up... music never stopped.

Afterward we kicked it upstairs till the early hours, relaxing and listening to the three of them spit frees for a solid hour and a half straight, no rest, no gimmicks, just straight freestyling. Wild. OD. Ripe. Call it what you want, all I know is that I had a crazy night and that we raised over $800 for The HOPE Academy.

Shout out to Notherground for coming through, Psi U for hosting the event, my crew for helping to piece it all together, and Wesleyan for coming out strong in support of a good cause.

Vinyl Meltdown: It's A 6th Sense Interview Yo!! Pt. 1

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On Saturday I got on the phone with my man 6th Sense to talk about his career, producing, rapping, Super Friends, collaboration and a ton of other stuff. Despite some initial technical difficulties, we got in a good 45 minutes of tape. It went really well, and there are definitely some good quotables in here. So without further ado, It’s a 6th Sense Interview Yo!

Judge Mental: So what’s up with you?
6th Sense: Nothing much, what’s today? Saturday? Yeah, I’m just getting ready to do a session today. Getting ready for the Superbowl tomorrow. Got the kitchen fired up, you know just chillin.

Judge Mental: On Tuesday you have a project called It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo! coming out, which is kind of an interesting project, rereleasing some of the instrumentals of stuff you did over the past year. Can you tell us a little bit about how you decided to release this, and what we should be looking forward to with this?

6th Sense: Doing beats is just something I’ve been getting better and better at, and I think that it’s easy enough for people to just overlook the fact that I’m the one making the beats. So I decided to put together a collection of instrumentals that I produced. It ain’t even half of what I’ve done, just a nice assortment, a nice variety. I feel like the quality of instrumental CDs has gone quite considerably. And even though it’s just one producer on this CD, there’s enough variety on it that cats can at least get up and freestyle to it. They can have a whole good session and cats will be able to record tracks to it. And just in general, say you’re doing some work on the computer or something like that. You don’t necessarily want to hear somebody rapping, you might just wanna hear instrumentals. So, it’s about the music.

Judge Mental: Does this mean we’re going to see a push towards seeing more of 6th Sense the producer over 6th Sense the rapper?
6th Sense: Yeah, you could put a little weight into that statement. Yeah, sure. You know, in general I got a lot of things in the pipeline right now as far as me being a producer. I love producing. I work with artists. They work with me. I am an artist myself, so when we work hand in hand there’s an understood chemistry involved. In general, I think I’m a good producer because I’m a good artist. And I think I’m a good artist because I’m a good producer. For 2009, at the moment I’m not trying to hole up in the studio, make beats, and then rhyme on them. Not at the moment. I’m gonna continue to rhyme, but I got tons and tons of people who’ve been hitting me up to collaborate with them. And I’m all for that. I’m completely down for that. I’ll come down and rhyme on anything you guys want me to rock on. And on the flipside, I’m just gonna be producing for everybody.
Judge Mental: You touched briefly on being both a producer and a rapper, when you’re rapping and it’s on someone else’s beat, is it sometimes kind more difficult to vibe with that? Is it a different process than when you know the instrumental so intimately cause you made it?
6th Sense: I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily difficult. I don’t find much of anything too difficult. If I have I have to rock to somebody else’s beat, I’m not gonna make it too difficult for myself, just cause I feel a certain way about my own beats. I think that would be kind of childish. Music is music. And if I’m working with somebody, I’m working with somebody. We gotta make it work. So it’s never too difficult, unless it’s wack. And seriously, even if it’s wack it won’t be hard. You can ask anybody that I’ve worked with in the studio that I write verses pretty speedy. I don’t let nothing hold me back.
Judge Mental: A minute ago you were talking about collaboration and how you’re open to collaborating with a lot of people. Recently you were on a massive track called Superfriends. We recently had an interview with Homeboy Sandman, and we got to ask him a few questions about that, I just want to get your perspective about how that came about for you, what was happening that day…
6th Sense: Yeah. That’s a perfect example of what I’m talking about. I wasn’t planning on doing that. I don’t think anyone was planning on doing that track. We were all out in Brooklyn, we were out in the studio and I made a comment and I said, “Yo this room is kinda serious right here.” And Print put on this track that he had. It was already him and Mickey, and [$trictly Busine$$] and Fresh Daily, and he just kind of put it out there, and he was just kinda like, yo, you wanna get on it. So that was just a real fun day. I really enjoyed doing my verse. And a lot of people said that they liked the verse. I think it’s a cool song. We shot a video for that a couple weeks ago, that’s gonna be coming soon, so look for that video. It’s gonna be crazy! (starts laughing) It’s not gonna be a regular video. You can’t do a regular kind of video to a superhero kind of song. It’s gotta be out of this world. Vid Aroyo is the director.
Judge Mental: I’m looking forward to it. I was actually supposed to come out for the shoot, but I had to fly somewhere that day, and missed it, I was kind of mad about that.
6th Sense: Yeah, it was snowing like crazy, but a lot of people came and chilled. In fact there was a lot of “quiet on the set” moments. Like, “shut the fuck up,” cause there was so many people chillin’ and hanging out and stuff.
Judge Mental: It’s kind of interesting because a lot of those people who were on the track are like, for lack of a better term, Internet MCs. Where they gained their biggest following in blogs and all that. How do you feel about this new generation of up and coming artists who’s primary means of getting their music out is over the internet. What’s your take on that?
6th Sense: I mean it’s cool. I’ve been doing music for so long. There used to be so many things standing in the way of people hearing your music. Even in one of the eras when I came up doing music, people were really shunned for being on the internet. If you had some type of following in the internet, people would mock you for that, they’d call you an Internet Rapper. Just fast forward to now, and everybody’s gotta use the internet because it’s not about a record store no more. It’s not about a live show no more. It’s just about whatever. People want that quick thing. So for me, I think it’s cool from the aspect of, I do sooooo much music. And basically I can make a song, and within an hour, I can get feedback on my song from all around the world. So that’s really cool.
As far as this whole generation I guess you could say, of rappers, I dunno if half of these guys have really cut their teeth in the grinding stone of hip hop, and music and trying to be heard. It’s like getting the ten-speed bike before you even had a no-speed bike with training wheels. You know what I mean? In order to really know how to use a ten-speed, you need to learn all the bikes leading up to that. I think it’s good. There’s a lot of dope artists out there. There’s some real real real dope artists. I think cat’s kind of got it confused with the whole internet thing too. You know I’m not trying to be somebody, I’m trying to do something. And if you keep that in mind, you can kind of put things into perspective. Making music is cool, making music is fun. But some people do this for a real reason. So, that’s the internet.
Hope you enjoyed the interview, keep your eye on the site for the rest of the interview coming soon!

Nodfactor Interview: 6th Sense {AUDIO}

6th went up to the Nodfactor offices downtown to talk to Jerry Barrow about "It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!" For those that don't know Jerry Barrow was the editor of SCRATCH magazine. Check out what 6th had to say about his project to Mr. Barrow. And also, be sure to check out nodfactor.com as it's a very dope site.



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6th Sense - It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!! {DOWNLOAD!}

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6th Sense - The Quincy Cohen Diaries... Entry #1

We are proud to welcome hip-hop artist, 6th Sense to the Potholes In My Blog family. This is the first installment of a weekly series that 6th will be bringing our site called 6th Sense: The Quincy Cohen Diaries (Ep. 1).

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The Kid Daytona - The Minimum feat. Tiara Wiles {prod. 6th Sense}

"...it's the minimum bitches... you can't handle all that..."

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NothergroundTV: January 2009 Recap

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Rolling Wit Me Episode 4

Outasight has his own viral show where you follow him around doing what he does best. Big shouts to Dre who put this fine piece of work together. This episode focuses on the "Superfriends" video shoot. You might've seen some footage, but you can certainly peep this as well.

SofaKing Diligent Reviews "It's A 6th Sense Beat Yo!!"

Written by Mangus
6th Sense, raised and born in the rotten apple (© 88-keys), developed an early passion for hip hop by attending open-mic sessions at a local cafe at an age of just 15. This evolved into him making his own recordings, laying down his own tracks and a strive for success.

Though still considered underground, 6th has a lot to brag about. From laying down keys for Snoop Dogg’s 2006 album “The Blue Carpet Treatment” to eventually getting signed to Rawkus as a part of Rawkus 50 and overall being a diligent, outreaching and consistent hip hop artist the last few years.

“It’s a 6th Sense Beat Yo!” consists of beats 6th has made for different artists over the last year, including Talib Kweli, himself & Wildabeast (Both Nice) and U-N-I. As well as a track he made for the mixtape “Viva La Hova” by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban which got vast recognition all throughout the webspaces last november. All instrumentals, made for you to freestyle over, rap over, cypher, use on mixtapes, whatever. All 6th asks for is that you properly credit him for his hard work.

In my case though, it’s music to chill-out to, don’t do the rapping too much. And it functions well as this too, plenty of variety, executed nicely. 6th shows that he does sampling as well as he does it from scratch, with over 50% sample-free beats, this should be a goldmine for anybody looking for beats to use on whatever without any chance of copyright implications. Some tracks fall in the category of not my cup of tea (even though I don’t really like tea), in particular “Just Got Chopped (Crack)”. Though just seeing that his production is resourceful like this, outweighs it. The majority of the beats are very complex, though kept down to earth, like they’re tailored for the rapper. Because they are, 6th Sense always works very closely with the artists he’s producing for, and that shows in the final product. These are beats made primarily to be rapped over, though this is still a very enjoyable album even though the only rhyming you get on are the ones you don’t reckon (aw snapz).

A must checkout for anyone making music, loving music, chopping music, selling music or have ears. Second best part is, it’s free. You can stream it right now if you go to the Notherground Music blog. Or you can wait until the 3rd and download it.
Amazing artwork done by Fernando Leon of Secret Society.

Favorite ‘erbs: “D’Evils 2008″, “Hey Young World”, “Just Fine”, “AM Set”, “Fallen Shadows”, “Stakes Is High”

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