Masai Bey & BMS
Masai Bey & BMS
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About Masai Bey & BMS
“C87” is being delivered to you by two of the most unique flows in indie hip-hop history, Masai Bey and BMS. When you find out that they’ve collaborated for this record, it may come as a surprise, but in a weird way, is it any wonder that these two roll together? They actually knew each other as kids almost 20 years ago when BMS moved around the corner from Masai, they met at a movie theater in the neighborhood. It didn’t take long for their friendship to turn to music, doing some shows and recording at DBC’s (Stetsasonic) crib. After losing contact in the early 90s, they reunited in 2000, built a studio together and started on the course of music once again. Nasa (Owner of Uncommon Records) had this to say “I remember meeting them to record a B side for “Paper Mache” (Def Jux) around 2001 and thinking- now these guys are what the underground is all about- “they were there with just the clothes on their backs, straight white t-shirt shit, they woke up and went directly to the studio, they only had one goal, that was to record joints, no distractions”. All these years later Nasa is in the fortunate position of releasing their highly anticipated album on his own label, Uncommon Records. This is the first new release from BMS in about 5 years, and shows him at the top of his game, tracks like “MRI” and “Bring My Shit” display that well. The true magic of this album is the cohesiveness of it, but being that all the beats were made by both Masai & BMS working together, it’s not hard to trace back exactly why that is. Some of the high points of this album are “I.A.A.” (one of the best Hip Hop songs dealing with the events of 9/11 ever made), “Blueser” (which is a classic “everyman story” with ad-libs provided by the Elementary School aged son of Masai) and the dramatic album closer “Xtra Curricula…”(which ends with a live band killing it after hearing both Masai & BMS lay it down strong). For anyone that has ever wondered “What happened to BMS?” your question is answered within 4 bars of the first track. He and Masai are at the top of their game and have produced an underground classic for the growing catalog of Uncommon Records.
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