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Str8Buttah is a Nigerian rap group that is made up of six emcees namely Teckzilla, XYZ, R-Cube, Deck the Nexus, Enigma, and Mistah Rae. Like every other underground emcees that originated from Nigeria they are influenced by the economic situation of the country and how the government are mismanaging public funds; they also communicate with youths using their music to empower them on how they can maximize their potentials.
[edit] Biography
Str8Buttah is an amalgamation of crews and solo artistes that frequently interacted in the Lagos underground scene in the early 00’s, united by mutual respect, time-tested friendships and their undying love for hip-hop. Their origins can be traced backed to ‘The Constellation’ a four-man rap crew that had Rae, Teckzilla and Deck as original members while at the University of Lagos. The Constellation released their free EP (A Stellar Demonstration) and got sparse airplay with the single ‘Mic in my hand’ in 2003. After the crew split Rae and Teckzilla became ‘Ill Alliance’; Deck the Nexus went on to release his seminal underground classic ‘By Word of Mouth’ in 2005 with production by himself, Teckzilla and Rae under the banner of Str8Buttah Productions. On the strength of ‘By Word of Mouth’ and unreleased tracks from the Ill Alliance project a buzz started to grow for the trio as a production crew.
Following the failed reunion of the constellation as ‘Street Poets’ they began working closely with R-Cube (an MC they had been working with since the early days and the closest thing they ever had to an A&R, manager or publicist) and his brother Enigma, a budding lyricist, both long-time friends of Rae on numerous unreleased projects. At the same time XYZ was building a buzz of his own as a solo MC and producer. One half of the duo Afro mystic techs (with fellow MC AZ) he joined Str8Buttah Productions out of mutual respect and recognition of similar visions. In 2006 he formed (another!) group with Teckzilla and Rae called LMN-3. The crew, though still undefined, by then had started gaining more recognition and radio play. In 2007, Str8Buttah evolved from being just a production crew to a dedicated rap group on the verge of releasing their ‘IllaStr8’ mixtape, a labour of love featuring a Who’s who of The Lagos hip-hop scene, arranged by Teckzilla and XYZ with support from longtime group collaborator MC/Producer Venomous. The video for the lead-single ‘The Anthem’ featuring, Venomous and directed by R-Cube (Dedicated to the memory of fleet militant R.I.P) is already getting airplay as this six-man crew keep mic cords and fingers crossed on the rest of their story being history. Watch the “The Anthem” video on youtube to catch a glimpse of what this rap group is all about enjoy watching.
Str8Buttah keeps showcasing dynasty when one of its crew member (Teckzilla) drops the long anticipated mixtape underground titled Project Cancer. Even though Teckzilla hasn’t been linked to any mainstream label yet he never stops dropping classics, he is sure someone upcoming Hip Hop artists in Nigeria can look up to; is it his profound lyrics, his signature poetic style. Teckzilla is also notable for rhymes which are checkered throughout his verses talking all day won’t do until you have a taste of the bread Teckzilla has been baking.
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[edit] Singles
Str8buttah "The Anthem"
The hit singles that received massive airplays on MTV Base African Network
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- Mic in my hand
- Bring it
- The vandal
- The reunion ft. Mi Fli$$
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IllaStr8 (2007)
- Str8Buttah Productions, 2007
- 1. Illastr8 Intro
- 2. Exhibiting mindstate ft Deck the nexus,Attitude,Enigma,venomous,Ziio,kraft
- 3. Bring it ft RQB,Mifliss and Enigma
- 4. No mistakes allowed ft XYZ and Venomous
- 5. Chicks radio skit
- 6. Sounds of the illest ft dark poet,cypha and deja
- 7. Death before dishonour ft Psalmurai,Elaw and XYZ
- 8. The freshest ft AQ
- 9. Thoughts ft Jabarad and protech
- 10.23401 radio interlude
- 11.One too many ft Phenom
- 12.Hot 16'z ft Teeto ceemos
- 13.Most cats ft Don-p,deck the nexus and Elaw
- 14.Shining skit ft mo and cro
- 15.Shining ft roguewave,Othello and teck-zilla
- 16.The vandal ft Enigma
- 17.Mistah rae(live from kano) ft Mistah Rae and teckzilla
- 18.French skit ft deframe
- 19.The terminal ft Lord Bhudda,Black rabbi and rheymo phoebus
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Project Cancer (2007)
- Str8Buttah Productions, 2007
- 1. Project cancer intro
- 2. Projekt cancer theme
- 3. The reason
- 4. S.T.O.R.Y ft Mistah Rae
- 5. Breathing
- 6. Revolution
- 7. Mad Alliance ft Mistah Rae
- 8. Master art skit
- 9. Stay sharp
- 10.The come up ft Deck the nexus
- 11.The Anthem(PUT YA HANDS UP) ft Venomous and XYZ
- 12.Extraordinaire Ft N6, Mistah Rae, Mojo, XYZ and Street Knowledge
- 13.Thermodynamic Shoguns ft XYZ and Mistah Rae
- 14.Mic in my hand ft mistah Rae and Jay DELA whut?
- 15.Specialists ft Rcube,XYZ and Enigma
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By word of Mouth (2005)
- Str8Buttah Productions, 2005
- 1.The intro
- 2.Gems
- 3.Headz up
- 4.Words of a poet
- 5.Memories ft Mistah rae
- 6.Luv is luv ft mistah rae and teckzilla
- 7.Soul diary
- 8.Cool heist
- 9.Headz up revisited
- 10.Inconclusion
- 11.Madpoets medley ft Mistah rae and jay dela whut
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A Stellar Demonstration (2003)
- Str8Buttah Productions, 2003
- 1.The intro
- 2.Kick it
- 3.Mic in my hand
- 4.It's on
- 5.Outro
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- Their singles “The Anthem" has been on the top 100 Nigeria Hip hop music chart for over 2 months and it still remains on the top 100 Nigeria hip hop music chart as of present.
- Their tunes has also been placed in rotation nationally by major Nigeria radio stations such as Brila FM,Cool FM , Metro FM (FRCN) Abuja, Nigeria these radio stations are in the Metropolitan city of Lagos the former capital city of Nigeria and there are some notable radio stations in Abuja, Nigeria the present capital city of Nigeria that has been airing their tunes for sometimes now Kapital FM (FRCN) Abuja, Nigeria.
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