With two weeks left before the 3.15 release of Closed Sessions: ATX, we bring the third song from album, “Heads Of The Heads” featuring Freddie Gibbs, GLC, and production from Tony Baines. This record was actually the first one recorded during our four days in Austin. It was a hectic day, as just hours before this session was supposed to start, we had to go out to the middle of nowhere to pick up the equipment from SSL that should have reached the house two days earlier. Mike was still finalizing the ins and outs as we headed to the hotel to pick up Freddie Gibbs. Everything was setup, and Scheme gave the booth a test run right before we reached the mansion with Freddie Gibbs ready to record. GLC had just gotten into town, and came directly to the house. This was also the first piece of production that we played. It was fitting that the man behind the beat was Tony Baines, who produced our first ever Closed Sessions record, “Rapper Weed” by Curren$y.
Freddie and GLC talked and went over the direction of the record when GLC rapped the chorus, “this will go over the heads of the heads…” It is a concept that we’ve talked about in the past, and his feelings that “Hip Hop Heads” don’t, can’t, or sometimes just won’t relate to Hip Hop classified as gangsta rap or stories from the streets. The ironic thing is that both GLC and Freddie Gibbs are embraced heavily by “Hip Hop Heads”, who at the end of the day, care much more about the quality of the music than the subject matter in the songs. It’s not always what you say, but many times, how you say it.
You can download the song below. Closed Sessions: ATX is in stores 3.15.11 via Closed Sessions and Decon Records. Join us 3.17.11 as we celebrate the release with an Austin edition of Digital Freshness (RSVP HERE).
Closed Sessions: “Heads of The Heads” featuring Freddie Gibbs, GLC, (prod by Tony Baines)
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