The global lockdown gave light to fan dreams or forever-postponed projects. Beat battles between heavyweight producers/beatmakers were one of those. Swizz Beatz & Timbaland ignited it and ever since, those battles happen regularly.
The one between Rza, the legendary wizard behind the Wu-Tang sound, and DJ Premier, the iconic beatsmith who designed the NY boom-bap sound, was a dream come true for a lot of hip-hop fans.
To be honest, it had its disappointments : no exclusive beat, and a poor sound quality (strange that they haven't found anything better yet) were bad points.
But overall, as Rza said it in an interview with Talib Kweli, it was more a celebration than a contest. Truthfully, the mutual respect between these two giants, who recently toured together as acts of the "Gods of rap Tour" was obvious.
Watch it (again) here : YouTube.
The cool guy behind Producto Ilicito put together a compilation of all the tracks played by the Rzarector and Primo.
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