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From the opening line, "mark my words", Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard are making a statement with their second album, appropriately titled, Beast.  If you're not familiar with the RBHS sound it's a mixture of hardcore, dubstep, hiphop, and punk elements meant to get you off your ass and headed down a path of domination.  Fans of their previous EP, Battle Tested, will be happy to know that Beast picks up  right where the duo left off.  The Hustle Standard's production is still huge; Rob Bailey's voice is still larger-than-life; and the songs still make you want to run through walls.

Beast starts with the song "I Am Not Done" which features the Brooklyn-born artist Moxiie proclaiming "This is not last year and I am not done here".  The second song is also the title-track, "Beast", and quite simply, this one is a BEAST.  On "Run This" Charley Hustle (a.k.a The Hustle Standard) sings "I'm too busy chasing mine to let the world leave me behind/I'm going for mine", and on "What I Live For" Rob's hell-fire voice demands that you "Wake up!".  "Ambulances", a fun play on Rob's verse from "Run Shit", features the Bronx rapper, Drew Boogie.  The remix to "I Am Not Done" is an uptempo, electro remix that helps the album breathe before getting into the final remix.  "The Beast Remix" is not just a remix of the song "Beast", but of the whole album with elements of every song over heavy trap style production.  The final song, "Jealous", is undoubtedly the most unique of the 8 songs, and on first listen could be seen as a departure for the pair, but all of the intensity and honor, that make Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard what they are, is front and center over this methodical, evolving track.  Overall, Beast, is a declaration that, despite any odds, people can not only overcome, but can become Beasts.


I Am Not Done feat. Moxiie

Run This

Playlist with more tracks : https://soundcloud.com/gym-workout-music/sets/rob-bailey-and-the-hustle 

Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard - Beast

Playlist with more tracks : https://soundcloud.com/gym-workout-music/sets/rob-bailey-and-the-hustle

Rob Bailey and The Hustle Standard - Try'n Hold Me Back

Rob Bailey and The Hustle Standard - Run This

WHAT I LIVE FOR by Rob Bailey &amp; The Hustle Standard

Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard_SQUARE UP (2015)

Lyrics:

[Verse]
Trapped beneath the surface, cradling my sorrow
I keep seeing patterns of a new tomorrow
Bargaining with muses, keeping ghosts at bay
Trying to remember how I lost my way

Gasping for salvation, sparks of sympathy
Hoping that, come daylight, they can set me free
Crafting odes to silence, I stand beyond the pale
When I invite my audience to watch me as I fail

[Chorus]
This is a script I can't rewrite
A cage I carved with too much care
I feign control with all my might
But I am hollow everywhere
My structure holds, my seams are tight
Yet something monstrous waits inside
I kiss the dark and call it light
Then let it in, with arms spread wide

[Verse]
Seeking your attention was never worth the cost
'Cause I keep having nightmares since our paths last crossed
But promise you'll remember how I made you wait
While I was busy wallowing in misery and hate

I wield these words like weapons, but they were never mine
Now I'm so sick of fighting, (just show me a sign)
I am not asleep here, nor am I awake
I don't want to fade, (with every step I take)

[Chorus]
This is a script I can't rewrite
A cage I carved with too much care
I feign control with all my might
But I am hollow everywhere
My structure holds, my seams are tight
Yet something monstrous waits inside
I kiss the dark and call it light
Then let it in, with arms spread wide

[Bridge - In Romanian]
Frântă-mi tace mintea-n palme, inima mi-o port
Prinsă-n cuie pe sub pielea albă ca de mort
Clipa-n valuri se destramă, sângele mi-e viu
Visele îmi sunt capacul negrului sicriu

Gândurile-mi stau alături prinse de fotoliu
Muzele așteaptă-n patul camerei de doliu
Dintr-o dată năvălit-au fluturi în stomac
Într-o baltă de cerneală lasă-mă să zac

[Chorus]
This is a script I can't rewrite
A cage I carved with too much care
I feign control with all my might
But I am hollow everywhere
My structure holds, my seams are tight
Yet something monstrous waits inside
I kiss the dark and call it light
Then let it in, with arms spread wide

Hollow

Song made for Rob Bailey and The Flag Nor Fail Northeast Tour which gained vast popularity as the featured song in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJVL-uPAXU

Work Hustle Kill

From the Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard EP, Battle Tested