Beat, mixing and mastering by Tapehead
Vocals from ‘Hurricane Acapella’ by The Roots, Common, Mos Def, Dice Raw, Flo Brown & the Jazzyfatnastees

Visuals: https://youtu.be/WUl0HeGv5rM

Wanted to start off 2022 by reworking this remix, it’s definitely one of my favourites that I’ve ever done. I remember making this beat and it got really late cause I got mad immersed in what I was doing, and I spent ages getting the first flip down and how I wanted it. Then at like 2am I decided to try and flip another part of the sample cause I felt like I hadn’t done everything I could with the first, and when I came up with the 2nd flip I lost my mind on a different level, but had to keep it low key cause everyone else in the house was sleeping. I just mixed it there and then, went to sleep and first thing the next day revisited what I had to see what acapellas would work over it. I honestly can’t remember how any other acapella sounded over it, cause as soon as I heard this one I new it was the one, it’s still dope to me how well it fits cause I really didn’t make the beat with any acapella in mind at all. I think all the verses in the acapella are so serious and on point that they would sound good over any beat, and this one just had the perfect vibe and flow to match the acapella, and I’m still too gassed with how it sounds and really wanted to do the idea justice in this rework. 

At the start of 2021 I began working on a beat tape and was seeing which of my beats mixed well together, and one of my favourites was the one I used here, which I bring in at 2:44. It’s rare that beats from different samples will mix together that well, the melodies must be in the same key etc, but I knew I had to incorporate that blend into this rework. I always liked that beat on it’s own too, so I’ll probably re-do that at some point in the future, here’s the original upload of that beat with a Raekwon acapella over it: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/street-astrologists

I wasn’t 100% sure on what to use for visuals here. I went for this live performance of ‘Respiration’ by Blackstar, seeing as Common and Mos Def both have verses on that track. I know Talib Kweli is not actually on this track, but the energy of the artists and the crowd is too dope in the performance and matches exactly how I was feeling when I made this track, so I layered his visuals over Dice Raw’s verse. 

Here's the original version for anyone interested: https://soundcloud.com/tapeheadloops/time

Peace!!

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