Anonymous Twist “Sweet Sixteen” 12″
About The Project
- Client:
- Artist
- Company:
- Do Right Music
- Deliverables:
- 12
Anonymous Twist, a.k.a Owen Chaim, is a hip hop veteran. Those that grew up in Toronto’s golden age of hip hop in the late 80s early 90s will remember this Scarborough native’s alias as turntablist DJ Apollo. Cutting, scratching and kicking routines on the DJ battle scene, he took second place at his first citywide competition and had one of his routines featured on Much Music’s, Rap City. Around the same time, Owen began making his own beats and writing rhymes. He soon left the battle DJ moniker behind and resurfaced as the triple threat DJ/MC/producer Anonymous Twist. His ability simultaneously flex his DJ and Mic skills has gained him mad respect at his live shows.
With two indie albums under his belt and world wide DJ chart attention for his debut single “Royal Flush”, Anonymous Twist is back with a top notch single on Toronto’s premiere “to the left” tastemaking label, Do Right! Music. The haunting headnodder “Sweet Sixteen” featuring well-known Bay Area MC, Planet Asia (Cali Agents, Stones Throw) and the catchy and bouncy B-side “Respect That” are essential to any hip hop enthusiast”s collection.
At a time when rap is more about the flash and less about the rhyme, it”s refreshing to hear insightful yet hard-hitting slices of hip hop. Anonymous Twist delivers the straight goods using his technical and creative merit rather than relying on shock value. Twist is the master multi-tasker: he’s behind the board, on the cut and spitting on the mic. “Sweet Sixteen” is a stormer of a tune with an interesting concept. The title refers to the standard number of bars a verse will stretch for in a hip hop song. It is typically how a rapper is measured, what they do in those 16 bars. If this is the case then both Asia and Twist’s verses should be off the scale! This stone cold killer with it’s heavy and dirty bassline, and an eerie Theremin inspired melody serve as a tasty background for Planet Asia to drop his ill 16 bar verse about life, death and spirituality. Twist comes in without missing a beat, keeping the necksnapping vibe going and complementing Asia perfectly, ensuring this track’s status as a rewind certainty.
“Respect That” is the chunky beat driven monster of a B-side with A.T. kicking lyrics in his clear baritone voice and smooth yet well-enunciated and distinctive flow. He spits about different facets of hip hop and building respect and likens the artform to literally developing a structure brick by brick.
Anonymous Twist is currently working on his second album which will include collabos with top-notch artists like Sean Price (Heltah Skeltah, Boot Camp Click), Oh No (Stones Throw) and more. If “Respect That” and “Sweet Sixteen” are any indication of the dopeness to come, then expect big tidal waves from this artist who has a true understanding of hip hop culture: the roots of the artform, and a vision for taking it into the future.
Related Links
www.myspace.com/anonymoustwist
