Haven't done one of these in a while. Sorry about that. To make up for lost time, I'll do a double dose edition of Behind the Beats, feature the Twin Cities' own Big Quarters and Lazerbeak. If you remember back to this video, Medium Zach and Lazerbeak went head to head during a previous Last of the Record Buyers. They each got a sample, had two weeks to craft a beat, and then put their work up to the test. Coincidently, both artists' beats ended up being officially released on future projects of theirs. Lazerbeak's work ended up on the Doomtree False Hopes album as "Legend Recognize Legend." Zach's beat ended up on Big Quarters' From the Home of Brown Babies and White Mothers (Review), in the form of "Prom Mrs." Both artists sample the Rock Flowers' 1971 song "You Shouldn't Have Set My Soul On Fire," but that's about the only thing the beats have in common. Medium Zach opted to sample more subtle aspects of the song, and splice his own vocals in as well (with some additional help from Mankwe Ndosi). Lazerbeak, however, chopped countless samples of various elements of the track, and meshed them into a more uptempo instrumental. Check both tracks, along with the Rock Flowers' original sample, below.Rock Flowers: "You Shouldn't Have Set My Soul On Fire"
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