Shawty Redd, Reloaded mixtape
- story Felipe Delerme
Outside of maybe Kanye, it’s pretty rare that a producer of any bearing will do justice to their own production by rapping over it. Not to insinuate that producing is a cakewalk, but latent rappers—read: pseudo celebs, video models and more commonly, rap producers—love to disregard how hard it is to rap well. Shawty Redd, who has produced some of the most colossal trap-eating anthems Escalades have ever seen for both Jeezy and Gucci, as well as producing Snoop Dogg’s career-saving “Sensual Seduction,” is the last person most people would have assumed had a right to voice his own production. Reloaded, however, is a mixtape of him rapping (well) over his own Halloween crunk, talking about girls, burritos, and even speaking Spanish on a song called “Cut The Check.” Actually half the tape is about how much he likes money. And not in the “making it rain sense,” but in the “I’m not even turning on this MPC on without stacks on deposit” sense. Download Reloaded below and listen to Shawty Redd somehow yell “Cayate!” inoffensively.
Download: Shawty Redd, Reloaded mixtape (via Traps N Trunks)
Shawty Redd f. Drumma Boy, “I Be Needin My Bread” MP3
- story Felipe Delerme
Both Shawty Redd and Drumma Boy have been integral in the ascent of Young Jeezy, who we’re gonna go out on a limb and assume was never late with their money. And while two of Atlanta’s most in-demand producers are an unlikely match up for a song about NOT getting paid, Shawty Redd doing his best Papa Reu over Drumma’s spacey McGyver-escape synth is a nice offering from dudes who usually spend all their time twisting knobs.
Download: Shawty Redd f. Drumma Boy, “I Be Needin My Bread”
Audio: Shawty Redd & Big Gipp, “Drifter”
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For the record we’re still not entirely sure that Shawty Redd’s transition from scary Halloween beats to italo disco ’80s dance jams is the absolute best idea, but for now we are curious as to where this could go.
Video: Snoop Dogg, “Sensual Seduction”
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This is so good.
Here’s how Melina Matsoukas made it if you really want to ruin the experience. And thanks again to Shawty Redd for his production genius.
