{"id":2444503,"date":"2019-05-22T16:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=838887"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:49:58","slug":"rap-collective-beast-coast-channel-reggae-on-new-song-snow-in-the-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/rap-collective-beast-coast-channel-reggae-on-new-song-snow-in-the-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Rap Collective Beast Coast Channel Reggae on New Song \u2018Snow in the Stadium\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/beast-coast-joey-zombies.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beast Coast \u2014 the hip-hop collective featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/flatbush-zombies\/\" id=\"auto-tag_flatbush-zombies\" data-tag=\"flatbush-zombies\">Flatbush Zombies<\/a>, Pro Era (Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, CJ Fly, Powers Pleasant) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/the-underachievers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-underachievers\" data-tag=\"the-underachievers\">the Underachievers<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 tap into a reggae vibe with their laid-back new song \u201cSnow in the Stadium.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Producer Erick The Architect weaves the numerous verses between his smooth R&amp;B vocal hook. In his early section, Bada$$ reflects on his roots: \u201cRemember way back, I ain\u2019t have no funds\/Now I lay back with a bad little something,\u201d he rhymes over a spacey guitar riff and glimmering beats. \u201cAnd it all makes sense, so we all make something\/Walk with a chip on my shoulder\/Knowing we shifting the culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Later, Flatbush Zombies\u2019 Meechy Darko shouts out Rastafarianism and the power of marijuana. \u201cDrink up all night, preferably Hennessy\/Please pass my light, the weed will set you free,\u201d he proclaims. \u201cPuff puff, then fly, move like a refugee\/My gun, my knife, the bare necessities\/Never running my life \u2014 fuck what you\u2019re telling me\/Rasta teach high, them I teach everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSnow in the Stadium\u201d highlights the supergroup\u2019s upcoming debut LP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/beast-coast-debut-album-escape-from-new-york-834379\/\"><em>Escape From New York<\/em><\/a>, out May 24th. The album also features recently issued singles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hear-flatbush-zombies-joey-badass-team-for-debut-beast-coast-806995\/\">\u201cLeft Hand\u201d<\/a> and \u201cCoast\/Clear.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">The crew will perform June 2nd at the Governors Ball Music Festival, with a North American tour launching July 23rd in Seattle, Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/beast-coasts-new-song-snow-in-the-stadium-838887\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beast Coast \u2014 the hip-hop collective featuring Flatbush Zombies, Pro Era (Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution, CJ Fly, Powers Pleasant) and the Underachievers&nbsp;\u2014 tap into a reggae vibe with their laid-back new song \u201cSnow in the Stadium.\u201d Producer Erick The Architect weaves the numerous verses between his smooth R&amp;B vocal hook. In his early [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 15:36:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}