Live 404 Beats, Live Cuts, Live Rhymes

Dr. Tad Winslow · Post by **Dr. Tad Winslow** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:56 pm

Ayo, this is a forty minute live set I did recently with some homies. All original tracks... I go by Shupe, I'm playing all the beats live straight out of my 404 (there's 2 tracks where I rap and I'm just playing the beat back, I'm playing the rest of 'em live with a midi controller). My friends Pensivv and Ill By Instinct are on the rest of the vocals, and Doc Joshua is on the turntables laying down some cuts. We run my 404 into the right channel of his DJ mixer, and he uses one table, that way he can drop the beat out and shit with his crossfader.

Since it's a live set, the mixing isn't ideal, but the sound is straight off the board so it's really pretty good... It's only one track, and it gets better as it goes on. It really starts to pick up around 16:00 in, but it's dope throughout. You should check it our if you wanna hear some live 404 beats and some dope rappers.

Shupe, Pensivv, Ill By Instinct, and Doc Joshua live at the Big Easy in Portland, ME 8/4/08:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e6eb ... b615f6d7a3

blast1 · Post by **blast1** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:48 pm

Downloaded it, but it didn't work for me...

fauna · Post by **fauna** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:47 pm

i'm liking what i'm hearing mans. yr bro sounds a little like Alias or Sage Francis (main vox around 16 / 17 mins?) ... liking how you all leave room for each other - the cuts don't dominate the beats, the beats leave room for the rhymes.

yet another great fing outta portland! get yr oreg on.

Dr. Tad Winslow · Post by **Dr. Tad Winslow** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:05 pm

thanks for checking it out, fauna, and the kind words. much appreciated.

blast1, sorry that shit didn't work for you... You seem to be the only one who had a problem, I'm not sure what's up with that. Thank you for trying..

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · Post by **Euclid Ov Oåklånd** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:05 am

I'm downloading it now, it sounds good.

drewzle · Post by **drewzle** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:13 pm

this is really sick man

great beats and cuts, and i'm really feeling the emcees. sounds like you guys were having alot of fun, wish i coulda caught it live

thanks for sharing

Dr. Tad Winslow · Post by **Dr. Tad Winslow** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:59 pm

thanks a lot, much appreciated. That was our first show all together in that format, and we've since played 2 more which went even smoother. We're going to continue practicing, playing shows, and writing new songs. Thanks again for the kind words.

PHeMoX · Post by **PHeMoX** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:29 pm

Very nice, I definitely like the scratching and beats a lot. Plenty of room for the emcees to shine.

Those lyrics are cool as well. Good flow in the raps as well. Well done.