Reseda Beach (originally known or dubbed as Rocket Surgery) is Los Angeles underground rap group Styles of Beyond's third studio album, as well as their fourth project, released on Dirty Version Records in 2012 after their 2007 installment Razor Tag. Reseda Beach was digitally released on October 23, 2012, that is available on iTunes.[1] The album was produced by Fort Minor rapper and Linkin Park co-vocalist Mike Shinoda.[2] In every digital version of the album (except in Amazon), there's a bonus track for disc 2 named "Godz in the Front", also from Razor Tag and taken from the second volume of Apathy's compilation album collection It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas!.
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| Released | October 23, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 44:28 (Disc 1) 58:04 (Disc 2) | |||
| Label | Dirty Version | |||
| Producer | Mike Shinoda, Apathy, Scoop DeVille, DJ Cheapshot, Vin Skully, Rick Rock, Aqua | |||
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| Singles from Reseda Beach | ||||
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Background and promotion
editThis is the last known effort by Ryu for any group. Before this took place, he was with rap duo Get Busy Committee which was the featuring artist with Shinoda on the track "SUICIDE.MUSIC" for Shinoda's collaborated soundtrack/score, The Raid: Redemption with Joseph Trapanese. Ryu alone acted as featuring artist later. His latest work was with American rock band Linkin Park on their second remix album Recharged for the track "Skin to Bone (Nick Catchdubs Remix)", which also features Cody B. Ware. The album acts as a studio album for the group. but in the long form it also acts a greatest hits/compilation album, due to its features of many songs, which were included in their previous installments, and some which were not released as a track in the albums but as a bonus track or a limited edition track. Whereas the album also includes new songs by the group. The album includes whole Ryu's raps from S.O.B. except from "Second to None",[3] which has Tak's second verse in it. This is why it was released as single from the album digitally from the Demigodz stores, but was later taken off of them.
The album was not well promoted but Shinoda made an appeal to his fans to hear the album by the medium of Twitter and his official website.[4][5]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| RapReviews | (8/10) [6] |
| Kevinnottingham |   [7] |
The album was critically very successful. In the review by RapReviews, the album was explained as, "To be fair, I'm not sure whether to be happy or bummed out that there's a J. Dilla track called "Hard" on this album. The track is unquestionably dope, and as many delays as there have been in S.O.B.'s career, it's not hard to believe this song dates back to when he was still alive - not a Johnny-come-lately buying one of his cataloged beats long after his demise. In fact it's so good that it probably should have come out years ago as a single - not that it necessarily would have gone mainstream but every underground mixtape and club DJ would have been bumping the shit anyway. Ultimately I give up trying to date this material though because songs like the Skully and Cheapshot collaboration for "Sugar Honey Iced Tea" is dope in 1999, 2005 or 2012 - take your pick. Let's not point fingers at these Cali rappers for slacking on their discography, Shinoda for not promoting them when they were under his thumb, or the industry as a whole for not finding a place for them when they were so hot. Let's just be glad 'Reseda Beach' finally came out and no longer matter how long the wait. It was worth it."
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Here We Go" | Scoop DeVille | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Hard" | J Dilla | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Sugar Honey Iced Tea" | Vin Skully DJ Cheapshot | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Take That" (featuring Celph Titled) | Aqua | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Call My Name" | Apathy | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Bumble Bee (skit)" (starring Alex 2Tone) | 2:11 | |
| 7. | "The Pirate Song" | Vin Skully Apathy | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Damn" (featuring Michael Bublé) | Vin Skully DJ Cheapshot | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Dumb It Down" (featuring Apathy) | Apathy Mike Shinoda | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Howdy Doody" | DJ Cheapshot Vin Skully | 3:08 |
| 11. | "Live from Ibiza (skit)" (starring Alex 2Tone) | 0:29 | |
| 12. | "You Love Us" (featuring Somaya Reece) | Vin Skully | 2:41 |
| 13. | "Shut Everything Down" (featuring Celph Titled) | Vin Skully Apathy | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Dunky Fividends" (featuring Apathy) | Vin Skully | 3:50 |
| 15. | "Second to None" (featuring Mike Shinoda) | Mike Shinoda | 3:05 |
| 16. | "The Valley" (Outro) (starring Alex 2Tone) | 3:43 | |
| Total length: | 44:28 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Gats 'N Party Hats" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Hard" (Remix) | 4:09 |
| 3. | "It's Us" | 2:31 |
| 4. | "Hey You" (featuring Mike Shinoda) | 2:18 |
| 5. | "You Cannot Fuck with This" (featuring Celph Titled) | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Here We Come" | 2:16 |
| 7. | "World Famous" | 3:13 |
| 8. | "Bring It Back" (featuring Apathy, Motive and Celph Titled) | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Murderer" (featuring Celph Titled) | 3:20 |
| 10. | "Live at the BBQ" (featuring Apathy, Motive and Celph Titled) | 3:00 |
| 11. | "The Story Begins" | 2:16 |
| 12. | "Bangin' S.O.B." | 3:28 |
| 13. | "Kill 'em in the Face" (featuring Scoop DeVille) | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Get Involved" | 3:29 |
| 15. | "They Don't Know" | 2:53 |
| 16. | "Journey" | 2:15 |
| 17. | "Savin' L.A." (featuring Bishop Lamont) | 4:06 |
| 18. | "Radio Clash" | 2:20 |
| 19. | "Kick Me Out" | 2:05 |
| 20. | "Chill Pill" (featuring Apathy) | 3:29 |
| 21. | "Godz in the Front (Digital Bonus Track)" (featuring Demigodz) | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 57:64 | |
Credits
edit- Styles of Beyond
- Ryu (Ryan Maginn) - vocals
- Tak (Takbir Bashir) - vocals
- DJ Cheapshot - turntables
- Vin Skully - producer
- Additional credits
- Mike Shinoda - additional vocals, producer
- Apathy - additional vocals, producer
- Open Mic - graphics
- Chris Barnett - management
- J Dilla - producer
- Scoop DeVille - additional vocals, producer
References
edit- ^ "Reseda Beach" ITunes
- ^ "Koalas And Uzis: Styles Of Beyond - Raseda Beach CD"
- ^ Second to None - Single Last.fm Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ^ Mike Shinoda [@mikeshinoda] (23 October 2012). "Styles Of Beyond's "Reseda Beach" is now on iTunes: cc: @TherealRyu" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Mike Shinoda Fort Minor Fans the Album you thought you'd never hear Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Mike Shinoda October 20, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ^ Reseda Beach review Rapreviews.com Steve 'Flash' Juon
- ^ Styles of Beyond :: 2000 Fold :: Ideal Records