Zo is like my musical brother from another. Our relationship goes back to around 2005 when we hooked up after an LB show in Ann Arbor. He gave me a copy of his instrumental album "Passion...Definition" and I was an immediate fan. This nigga is the KAING of 'Saturday clean up/Sunday driving/chillin on the couch and havin a draink with wifey' music. He's also one of the few producers I know that is able to walk the line between 'hip hop beatmaker' and 'trained musician,' and we constantly push each other to get better and work harder:
Zo: "Nigga, I played the hi-hats on that "Africa" joint live all the way through.."
Tigallo: "Nigga, I did six-part hahminy at the end with all that Marvin shit....six-part hahminy (c) Duck Matthews
Zo: "Nigga, I had to practice that bassline on "Holdin You, Lovin You" for days til I got it right...."
Tigallo: "Nigga, I had to squeeze my nuts to hit that high note on Take On Me..."
That competitive spirit and mutual love for music led to us doing a whole 80's EP together ("Zo! and Tigallo Love the 80's" coming soon), as well as him co-producing a joint for the upcoming Foreign Exchange album. "New" was originally done as the intro to Zo's (www.myspace.com/zo and *cough* www.myspace.com/zoandtigallo) forthcoming production album. I did it for him and sent it back, but Pooh heard it and was like, 'nigga we gotta have that one!'
By this time in the album, me and Pooh pretty much had all the other songs done, but still felt like it was missing *that* something. I thought 'Dreams' was a gorgeous song, but I wanted to end the album on a joyous note. I knew that if I woulda ended with "Dreams" y'all woulda been lookin at the CD player like this:
Looking back, I really don't think we could've done a better job of ending the record. Everything we wanted to say about our group, our careers, and lives in general up to that point; we put it all on the track.
Zo speaks on it:
God bless and good night,
Tigallo
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10 of 35MoreMan i copt 2 of those Getback T-shirts. Just so i can walk with them everyday.
Peace Karlsen. DreaMoMusic
"Getback" came out in what...October? It's almost July and I'm STILL playing "When Everything is New." Like the cat before me said, that song just speaks to me on so many levels.
And damn, the way Tracy McGrady got worked into all of this...classic.
Almost a year after it's release, this song is my morning theme song before heading off to the plantation...thankx to all yall for puttin this one on fo real!!
wow....the tracy mcgrady ice grill mean mug!!! Lmao...the look of pouting failure...LOL (Still laughing after 10 minutes of looking at McGrady's Mean Mug)
I know I'm mad late, but LMAO at the T-Mac joint...caught me completely off guard...
Now that's what's up. I can't wait to hear the project.. Zo is my twin brother from another mother (he's a genius) so I know it's gonna be crazy.
T-mac comin lookin for y'all *LOL*
Yessir! all I know is that I am still bumpin the album...nuff said!
This track took me by surprise when I first heard it. Not because Phonte is singing,but because of the energy surrounding it. It feels like a "Don`t worry,we`ll be back,so just ride with us" kind of track. Me and my sister harmonize with this one all day. This reminds me of the Foreign Exchange outro because you don`t want it to end. Keep that feel-good shit commin`
Love the song, love the blog, love the twelve days of getback, but why's everyone saying this is the end? I don't know what it is, but I feel like there should be more than 11 days in the 12 days of getback. Day 12 - Secret hidden track that is so secret and so hidden it's not even on the album.