A couple weeks back, Beefy uploaded a demo to our gdrive that was literally just 2 minutes 48 seconds of nonstop rapid-fire Beefy being Beefy and doing what Beefy does, rapping about his contents, discontents, and mall pretzels, spitting hot fire over a bed of drum loops.
I dug it a lot. A lot a lot. And I heard that empty bed of drum loops and thought: ooh, blank canvas.
I've been a fan of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave for ages, and always had the idea of that kind of sound rattling around in my head somewhere, waiting to spill out and make things messy. I had just got this fancy new multi-effects pedal and had been toying around with at the very least how to capture that funk metal kinda tone. I knew Tom Morello played a Tele on a lot of their stuff so I broke out the closest thing I've got, my old Tex-Mex Stratocaster, and went to work.
But Ty, you're thinking, You can't put that much distortion on hot single coils, it's going to sound like butts. Well, you're not wrong. You most likely wouldn't go full on super high-gain heavy metal distortion with a Strat or Tele. But here's the thing: If you actually go and listen to that Tom Morello tone, it's not actually that distorted. Sure, there's some gain, some overdrive, some dirt and grit. But it's not balls to the wall Megadeth or Pantera, you know?
So then how does Rage sound so heavy, you ask? It's the bass man. The bass. That bass has got some fuzz. Some hair on its nuts. And it's the bass and the guitar doubling each other that make it sound so fat. The bass-guitar doubling, coupled with the staccato-ish syncopated rhythms, are also common techniques used in that golden era of 70's funk. Which is why Rage is sometimes called a "funk metal" band. It's that funky heavy sound I was going for when I penned the guitar parts for this track. Somewhere on that spectrum in the land between the Ohio Players and Audioslave.
Regarding the beat, remember that bed of drum loops I mentioned earlier? I mistakenly assumed Beefy put together said drum loops, but actually, no. He found them on the gdrive, he said.
But then where did they come from? Turns out, Sean recorded them, stitched them together, and put them on the gdrive under the very catchy title "108bpm song from loops.wav" for someone to discover. Which Beefy did, and went to town on.
That Ailsean's a clever guy.
-Ty
lyrics
Hola, coma esta, Beefy from The Grammar Club
Got me chained to the lab cause they can't get enough
Blood I bleed on an mp3 I do it for love
I don't even think that I needed that second lung
I made a deal with the devil you know it's ironclad
Flaunt my riches above you like I was Iron Man
Pop like Peter Parker with his head shoved into a locker
Thinking you the Venom when basically you the Shocker
Maddest man out of Titan
Super powers colliding
Screaming and they all frightened
I'm actually kinda excited
Absolutely delighted
Everybody is fighting
Injustice gotta be righted
I'm bout to call in the lightning
Like BOOM BAM prep the casualties for EVAC
Middle of a massacre exactly where I be at
Feedback, frankly baby I don't need that
Clear a rainforest be like Where them trees at?
So pretty just like I am so fitted
Got a cybernetic arm then you know that I'm gon' get it
I been here a hot minute, so old that I might quit it
Got a cup full of unicorn blood and I slow sip it
I'm a beefcake
Import like a speed race
keeping a straight face
while she's rounding third base
Staring in deep space
For something to take place
Empty your suitcase
Get ready for mind games
Mystery unraveling like finding a G spot
Frankly ain't nobody got it better than we got
Fully numbskull, Rocksteady and Bepop
Saving me like brooklyn nine nine and the peacock
The sweet spot is whenever I'm within earshot
Mix of X and Erik cause I'm bringing the Onslaught
Running with a crew and maniacs and a crackpot
Isn't that the dude that they caught kissing the mascot
I ain't judging homie, do what ya do
Keep in mind ya gotta dry clean that thing when you're through
If you're not a garbage person you can hang with the crew
Alt-Right piece of shit prick, ain't talking to you
They think it's funny that they tricked a bunch of people
Into voting for a puppet that was purely fucking evil
While the ones that perpetrated it were also being used
By the Kremlin with Cambridge Analytica reviews
US, drop off, 2 star, Second rate
Rise up, kick em out, investigation, prison state
Civil war, never that, democracy, liberate
Come together, join a hand, vote em out, dominate
While you're at it maybe chill with the guns?
And if you're in there anyway could you stop warring with drugs?
And treating every dark skinned person as thugs?
I promise I'll get back to comic books, man I'm done
JK, BTW I'm dope
Since back when saying fatso was your favorite fat joke
We just being factual, If you just a casual
You may not know that I drink a whole tub of tabasco
Every day with a side of some ranch too
Whitesican it represents in really weird ways dude
Maybe I'm Delores and I'm stuck in a maze too
Star Fleet couldn't touch you if you don't let em phase you
Pray that my girls run they game like an Adblock
Snuffing out fake ass trolls with a full stop
Meet a nice chubby young boy at a Game Stop
10 years later hold hands watching Ragnarok
And he better follow through when he says things
Bet that he can still work a job while he chase dreams
Make sure that he's a good match for my kidneys
Trust your parents kids cause they all did the same things
Yeah I'm almost done
Thanks for joining me this evening, hope that you had some fun
If you don't mind sweaty Beefy you 'gon get these hugs
After nights like this yo I'm in love with everyone
Best in the world I just feel so special
I'm the best damn rapper, I got three gold medals
Let your heart be free if the state won't let you
Unrelated, I could really use a food court pretzel
credits
from Live Slow. Die Whenever.,
released August 5, 2018
Beefy - Lyrics, Vocals
Sean - Drums
Ty - Guitar, Production
supported by 37 fans who also own “Food Court Pretzel”
Couldn't have made "BURNER" without the Nerdcore genre this man started. Love this O.G.'s exasperated take on the modern internet, and hope he hasn't given it up entirely! Laurence Warner
supported by 36 fans who also own “Food Court Pretzel”
Beefy is back! This record bangs even harder than Part 1. Beefy is an artist I will buy music from without hesitation. He's a bad ass and kills it every damn time. If you like killer raps, a good sense of humor and awesome songs then this record is for you. GO GET IT NOW. Matt aka Stormageddon
