Many of us remember bobbing our heads to Lecrae’s ever-so-popular “Ridin’ wit my top down, listening to this Jesus Musik” from his sophomore album “When The Music Stops”.  I’m willing to bet a lot of cats are STILL vibing to that southern-style “chopped and skrewed” sample that continues to bump like an angry gorilla beating on trunk of your car.  And there were even some good underground hits that dabbled in the C&S department such as Flavor Radio’s top 40 hit “City on a Hill”, put out by Legacy of the former Flavor Alliance Media Group.  But as the years have pressed on to more innovative production quirks such as the (overused) Autotune vocal effect and other trance-hip-hop robotic-type voices, it seems as though we’ve almost forgotten how fun and intriguing a track could be with a little chopping and s-l-o-w-i-n-g down…

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Or have we?....

Crucial (of Beat Lab 7 Productionz) decided to put this one to the test.  “I’ve always wanted to experiment with the whole C&S concept but never found a good opportunity” says Crucial who is still heavily on the grind when it comes to making beats and fueling other artists with SOLID production.  “And I’ve never been the type of cat to just jump on the bandwagon without first making sure that I can ride with it; no matter HOW popular the trend seems to be.”

Well it looks like Crucial finally found his “golden ticket” with the new hit single “PROPERTY OF JESUS” (which, by the way, features a SICK, jaw-dropping verse from One Route Entertainment’s D-MAUB!).  Apparently Crucial got this idea from a t-shirt (oh the many ideas we can get from a t-shirt these days) that simply had “Property of Jesus” woven on the front.  The next thing you know, he’s back in the lab producing a FIYAH beat and lacing it with a voice so DEEP it would make Darth Vader wish he had a bigger mask.

So is “Chopped & Skrewed” really a dead concept?  Or has it just been resurrected to a new life?  Have a quick listen to this BANGIN’ new joint and decide for yourself.  After all, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and He DID SAY that we would do even greater works……………amen?  ;-)

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