NIK BATES - LIGHTS OUT! (INTRO)
Remember how I said I got some sick beats to rap on? Well this is a rough draft, but here is what would be the intro to a mixtape titled Lights On!/Lights Out! which should be awesome. Totally new sound, different direction.
And what’s up with the picture quality of the album cover tumblr…
Here is the intro track to the Lights On!/Lights Out! mixtape.
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My first live performance at Epicentre is on Saturday, Oct. 15th. Here are the lyrics to most of the songs so you guys can learn them, or at least the choruses haha
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SETLIST (SOUNDCLOUD.COM)
LYRICS TO THE ENTIRE EPICENTRE SETLIST
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NEW SONG: Antarctic Circle
I kicked it double-time for this verse. Check it out, I rapped over Young Dro, Gucci Mane & T.I.’s “Freeze Me.” Yay! Try to rap it with me!
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Give it a listen. It’s one of my better songs, really. I rapped on Talib Kweli’s Hot Thing. But this is Nik Bates’ Hot Thang
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Nik Bates // Smalls Is The Illest
Well I wanted to do something lyrically for a song. The entire song, both verses and chorus have a short ‘i’ rhyme scheme. Basically the whole song rhymes with pick/rip/sit. Be on the look out for more hip-hop sounding music in the future, as well as dope ass beat music.
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I’ve been feeling creative lately. Listen d00dz.
AYEEMCEE! // TRACES OF LOVE
AYEEMCEE // Us vs. Them (The Guilty Conscience)
A quick preview of more shit to come. Supposed to be a conversation between me and a A&R record exec.
Here is a new track. The beat samples the Chocolate Rain 8-Bit Remix. The song is about a lust for fame, but through the eyes/by method of Youtube stardom.
Nik Bates // Chocolate Rain, Press Start
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Beat I just finished making from scratch (I’m trying to quit the bad habit of sampling other people). To be honest, I just wanted to make something that sounded like if Jamie xx and the RZA had an audible fetus. Used vocal samples from my favorite movie ever, “Donnie Darko”, in the beginning. Enjoy.
AYEEMCEE! // Destruction Is A Form of Creation (BEAT)
