Uncle Buzz
Announces New
Single, Shares New
Song: Listen
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"Bar Fight" is the Night School Collectives first offering
from upcoming LP Buzz and the Bear Vol 1.
to be released later this year
Feburary 05, 2019
Uncle Buzz, Photo by Unknown
Uncle buzz Has announced a new album: by Night School Collective: Buzz and the Bear Vol 1. will be released "later this year" according to press release. Today, Uncle Buzz shared the track "Bar Fight" produced by Chin Beats. Check it out below.
NightSchool Collective Members: Uncle Buzz, Toronto, ON, Emcee/Producer Chin Beats, Toronto, ON, Producer/Emcee
Two brothers from the city of Toronto, who grew up together with the same mindset and the same love for music, experienced hip-hop and all its technical aspects at tender young ages. Playing with vinyl and recording with pause tapes as early as 6 and 8 years old, the authenticity they show today was bred in them from the beginning. With a newly modeled industry here and continuing on the horizon, Uncle Buzz and Chin Beats, previously known as 'The Produce Section' hoped to balance the spectrums of hip-hop with classic, precise, signature, but relevant music.
In 2009, the duo devised a beneficial, but daunting plan to flood the Internet, colleges, universities and subway stations with a series of instrumental albums (known to the hip hop world as 'beat tapes'), a fairly new form of digesting hip-hop music pioneered by the likes of Pete Rock, J Dilla, and DJ Premier. Over the span of 8 months, 11 instrumental albums were created; all with themes, stories, and a vintage signature sound to carry the premise through. The last of the series was a remix album titled 'Growing up Sucks, Vol. 2', pairing acapellas from classic hip-hop songs with their fitting, yet unique production. The work and progression of this process led to a full-fledged production team, holding shows at The Toronto Center for the arts an entire summer with jazz musicianRon Westray (also Oscar Peterson Chair and professor at York University, former Atlantic Records jazz artist), then branching out to the United States and abroad for the next three years.
Through those releases, they secured opportunities to work with the likes of Estelle, Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Mobb Deep, Large Professor, Elzhi from Slum Village, Little Brother, Killer Mike, Fred Da Godson, Inspectah Deck and much more. They also produced a one-time rap single for actor Pooch Hall (The Game, Ray Donavan, Jumping The Broom) called "Something Light" which featured rapper Consequence. It was presented as a new joint on 106 and Park on Rocsi's last episode, which then went on to secure the #8 spot on the national show's daily countdown. From there, they went on to produce background music for VH1's "Love and Hip Hop NY", and score music for XBOX's version of MLB 2K13: The Show, and got the attention of legendary hip-hop producer DJ Premier during their work in the States producing underground records.
After years of honing one side of the craft, making a bit of a name for themselves as producers, they have both decided to devote more time to the art of the lyricist. Buzz developed the moniker of Uncle Buzz, presenting an entirely new sound of rap music with his new release, Procrastination, filled with hard-hitting rhymes, and a stark contrast of smooth, vintage, throwback production.
With projects consisting of both beat tapes and street albums, the brotherly duo aim to brand themselves as both unique, signature beatmakers as well as brash, stand out wordsmiths, doubling up their creative duties in what has already become a highly competitive genre. Though their sound has been tested in the world of urban music (Hot 97, Power 105, Power 106 LA), they still in this day and age take on the risk of being avant-garde artists and the task of being individuals creatively in a genre still seeking a creative balance. A team more about pushing the culture forward and maintaining the essence of music they once grew up on. Taking a grassroots approach with a style of hip-hop not incredibly of the norm today, NightSchool can only hope to improve on their work and stand out more in a sea of carbon copy material. Dope is dope at the end of the day.
Standout tracks produced by NightSchool (previously The Produce Section): Consequence feat. Estelle - "When I Woke Up" -off of the Complex.com hosted "Movies on Demand 4". Song also premiered worldwide on Rolling Stone's website. Produced by The Produce Section, Additional scratches by Statik Selektah. Paula Campbell - Driving In Reverse -was originally a reference record for r&b recording artist, Olivia, as shown on Season 3's version of "Love and Hip Hop New York", episode 3. Later performed by Baltimore recording artist, Paula Campbell. Produced by The Produce Section. Consequence feat. Q-Tip, Havoc of Mobb Deep and Large Professor - Fake I.D. -first time all artists appeared on a song together. Also the first time we had ever heard anyone rhyme on our song. Launched to #1 on The Core DJ's mixshow website, 1200squad.com. Very important record for Queens. Spek Won - Hentai -a record performed by Spek Won, an up and coming rap artist from Toronto, Ontario. Appears on his upcoming mixtape, Sofa King Tokyo. Video shot in Tokyo, Japan. Produced by The Produce Section. Consequence - Step Up This received great attention from all major hip hop websites, also backed by an SWV sample and a simple, effective video. Appearance in the video by legendary host and DJ, Ralph McDaniels (MTV Video Music Box). Killer Mike feat. Chuuwee and Consequence - Scared of Commitment A part of the Love and Hip Hop "Cons TV Tuesdays" series. Premiered by VladTV. Features Atlanta veteran Killer Mike and Sacramento, CA upstart, Chuuwee.
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