Qwazaar & Batsauce | Bat Meets Blaine: The Remixes

Bat Meets Blaine: The Remixes Released 3.06.12
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Track list:
1. Thanks (Pore Remix)
2. A Choice (Paten Locke Remix)
3. I Know (Willie Evans Jr Remix)
4. Never Weaker (Maker Remix)
5. Chop Em Down (Batsauce Remix)
6. Shake (Batsauce Remix)
7. Eye To The Sky (Jackson Jones Remix)
8. If It Seems Wrong (Batsauce Remix)
9. Power (Silence Remix)
10. What Love (Wes Restless Remix)
11. I’m Gone (Batsauce Remix)
12. Style Be The King (Batsauce Remix)

Qwazaar & Batsauce – Bat Meets Blaine (Album)

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Qwazaar & Batsauce – BAT MEETS BLAINE
Digital/CD + 7inch (I Know/Til It’s Done)
Released: 9/13/2011

Qwazaar & Batsauce follow up their masterful Style Be The King EP (2011, Fifth Element/Galapagos4) with a 14-track juggernaut entitled Bat Meets Blaine. The record is an absolute rarity, a series of inspired sessions from a world-class MC & producer team at the height of their respective powers. It’s a record all true heads should cop and that all lab scientists can envy.Tasteful guest shots only augment the chemistry: Denizen Kane, Onry Ozzborn (GraySkul/DarkTime Sunshine), Offwhyte, KP the Ilustrado (The Pacifics), Lady Daisey, and DJ Bizkid round out a stellar supporting cast.

“Batsauce’s production … pushes Qwazaar’s voice into new territory that has him in the booth reacting in the moment,…Often on the record Qwa’s approach takes on bluesy work song inflections. It places Qwa in the heart of a lineage that aligns him with Lead Belly as much as Slick Rick.” — Impose Magazine

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Mixed, Mastered & Produced by Batsauce
Album Layout & Artwork by Jash @ All Hearts Design
Released by Galapagos4

Qwazaar & Batsauce – Style Be The King (EP)

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STYLE BE THE KING EP is the 1st official release from Qwazaar of Typical Cats & producer Batsauce of the Smile Rays.

Style Be The King EP Review by Scratched Vinyl

“Qwazaar first appeared on my radar earlier this year when a guest appearance on DJ Cosm’s Time and Space became the stand out track of the album. The emcee from Chicago crew Typical Cats displayed a mix of intelligent lyrics, unique delivery, and charisma on the mic that immediately grabbed my attention. When I heard that he had a new project in the works with producer Batsauce, I was interested. This nine song EP previewing the full length album to come gives quite an introduction to the duo’s sound.

Batsauce has been around for a while, producing for such emcees as Mr. Lif and Akrobatik. For this EP, he draws heavily on the sounds of garage and psychedelic rock from the ‘60s, with plenty of fuzzy, wah wah-ed and reverb-heavy guitars alongside horns and maracas and tambourines. He contrasts this with really crisp and sharp drums with heavy snare hits. It provides a nice compliment for Qwazaar’s rhymes, who has one of the more unique deliveries in hip hop. It’s a voice that at time hints at a southern drawl, and other times brings to mind Slick Rick’s British accent. He can move incredibly fast within lines and verses, but he can also drop simple hooks with a melodic delivery that will make the song stick in your head. His lyrics are incredibly smart and playful, and he’s constantly switching up his flow. Qwazaar likes to challenge his listeners to think for themselves and to constantly strive for a better life. This is apparent in songs like “Mind Murder” and “Rule,” which features a chorus with a group singing the line “I’m going to rule my own life.”

If this is the teaser EP for the full length album, I can only imagine the treat we’re in for. Batsauce and Qwazaar both prove themselves top-tier talents with this EP. I can only hope that this is the start of a new phase in both of their careers.”

Typical Cats – Self Titled (Album)

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Conceived within the lair of Chicago’s legendary WHPK Wednesday Night Rap Show, the group known as Typical Cats deliver one of those rare hip-hop albums that hits hard in all aspects of the culture. Consisting of MCs Qwel, Qwazaar and Denizen Kane (Dennis Kim of I Was Born With Two Tongues) and producer/DJ Natural, the Typical Cats album is a record that is nothing short of straight up hip hop, provocative lyricism, original concepts, and the raw energy you would expect from three of the most promising emcees in Chicago.

Typical Cats – Civil Service (Album)

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Editorial Reviews

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Urb Magazine (January Issue) – (4 Stars) The operative word here is balance. With three MC’s from seemingly disparate backgrounds in spoken word, hip-hop and all things in between, Typical Cats – the trio of of Chicago MC’s Qwel, Qwazaar, and Denizen Kane – might have easily yielded a train wreck of sound and wordage, as so many with similar ambitions have in the past. Instead, Civil Service is thoughtful and rounded, with straight forward, self-aware coffee house philosophizing and quality – but not overly sleek – producation by DJ Natural. This comes after a four-year hiatus to pursue solo careers; and while individual performances on the album stand out – Denizen Kane’s solo spoken word piece “12th Story”, for example, the natural sense of symmetry these three achieve together is far more rewarding. On “Easy Cause It Is,” Qwel’s eager cadence slides achingly between major and minor keys, relieved only by the velvety growl of Denizen Kane’s baritone. And if both of the aforementioned group members excessively intellectualize about spirituality and psychology, Qwazaar is likely to reflect on things more tangible, disecting society and politics with poetic, street-level sensibility. –Urb Magazine

OuterLimitz – Suicide Prevention

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(4.0 out of 5 stars) Something different from Chicago, July 23, 2007
By Cevon A. Smith (Baltimore, MD)

Despite the hyperbolic description, Outerlimitz really are unique, apocalyptic visionaries in the Chicago underground hip-hop scene. Qwazaar is without a doubt the stand-out voice in this project and in all actuality, he is the best emcee associated with the Galapagos 4 indy label. The dark and heavy production of Silence in combination with the hard hitting and raw vocals of Qwa and He.llsent make this little known gem well worth a look. Its been about 6 years since a Qwazaar solo, we probably should hope for a sophomore release.