Beats and bees are important ingredients in Edward Sizzerhand’s life! Born in Brooklyn, New York, he became worldwide known in the 90s with the rap crew Square One. After the end of Square One, the DJ, beatmaker and producer engaged in beekeeping and acquired professional skills in honey production for several years. Now, Sizzerhand is not only masterfully working on the controls, but has also acquired the BA master beekeeper at a university of agricultural economics. Sizzerhand loves beats and bees, and this is reflected in his first instrumental project, in which Edward Sizzerhand composed various honeys to beats.
“A Taste Of Honey” contains spicy beats that can be compared to wildflowers or songs like Chestnut with a bitter finish. Other tracks are as flowery as Phacelia or fresh as Colza. There are 14 honey types on the album altogether.
The revenues of this record are going to be reinvested in Edwards beekeeping. SAVE THE BEES!
Amerigo Gazaway is the KING of Mashups and has served as one of the key inspirations for the creation of Altered Crates. Amerigo’s incredible catalog of Soul Mates mashups, from ‘A Bizarre Tribe to The Pharcyde,’ to ‘Fela Soul’ and ‘The Miseducation of Eunice Waymon,’ helped take the niche-genre of Hip-Hop mashups and remix albums to a whole new level of greatness
All songs produced by Amerigo Gazaway
All tracks mixed by Altered Crates
Original Cover Art by David Temple
Directed by Rodney Solomon
Produced by Trilly Trills, Dollar Bin & Rodney Solomon
DP: Rodney Solomon
Production Designer: Trilly Trills
Costume: Trill Dollar
Edited by Rodney Solomon
VFX: Rodney Solomon
Model: Melanin Simone
Conceived by Trill Dollar
Artist & Director’s statement: The video for Ronald Reagan Rich/Drip Trill explores the war on drugs and what role the American government played in the influx of drugs during the Reagan era. Surely the heavy drug trafficking of the time made a horrible impact on many communities but were these same communities helped along? Trill Dollar asks the question of this ongoing theory in a satirical way that flips corruption and capitalism on it’s head. – Trill Dollar