Constant Deviants

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Can't Stop 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop / Crazy Rhymin (Featuring Kriminul) 00:00 Tools
Cant Stop Only Child - Crazy Rhymin 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speed Knots 00:00 Tools
cant stop 00:00 Tools
problem child 00:00 Tools
Feel That 00:00 Tools
life portrayal 00:00 Tools
jewelia 00:00 Tools
writers block 00:00 Tools
see a part of me 00:00 Tools
dead man walking 00:00 Tools
american dream 00:00 Tools
gimme respect 00:00 Tools
virtuosity 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
It's OK 00:00 Tools
fools rush 00:00 Tools
press your luck 00:00 Tools
abcd's 00:00 Tools
Come Equipped 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speedknots (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Gangster Boogie 00:00 Tools
One, Two 00:00 Tools
Mic 5000 00:00 Tools
Man Alone 00:00 Tools
100 Dollar Bills 00:00 Tools
Cities Under Siege 00:00 Tools
Bmw 00:00 Tools
Why Ask Why 00:00 Tools
Raw (Diamond) 00:00 Tools
Fed Up 00:00 Tools
Chill 00:00 Tools
Top 10 00:00 Tools
First Place Wins 00:00 Tools
Choose Your Outcome 00:00 Tools
Bright Lights 00:00 Tools
Make That Mine 00:00 Tools
Who I Be (M.I.C.) 00:00 Tools
Here I Come 00:00 Tools
End All Be All 00:00 Tools
B My Pleasure 00:00 Tools
Exodus 00:00 Tools
8th Wonder 00:00 Tools
Collie Gardens 00:00 Tools
hustlers prayer 00:00 Tools
Krush Groove 00:00 Tools
Kronicle 00:00 Tools
Victory 00:00 Tools
Wild 2 Night 00:00 Tools
Point Blank 00:00 Tools
Avant Garde 00:00 Tools
It's All Love 00:00 Tools
The Right Moment 00:00 Tools
Life Portrayal Pt 2 00:00 Tools
FULTON STREET 00:00 Tools
Breathin' 00:00 Tools
Life Portrayal Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
So Underrated 00:00 Tools
DeLorean 00:00 Tools
Im Sayin' 00:00 Tools
Bada Bing 00:00 Tools
Newspaper Man 00:00 Tools
Standards 00:00 Tools
Side B 00:00 Tools
U Know What 00:00 Tools
Problem Child (Remix) 00:00 Tools
Chronicle 00:00 Tools
Fed Up (Street) 00:00 Tools
I-95 00:00 Tools
Machine Gun 00:00 Tools
IM Still Up! 00:00 Tools
IM Wit It 00:00 Tools
Hustler's Prayer (Street) 00:00 Tools
Reign Storms 00:00 Tools
Make My Bones 00:00 Tools
Which One 00:00 Tools
Whatever U Call It 00:00 Tools
Plata O Plomo 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Man Alone (Max Rockatansky Mix) 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop/Crazy Rhymin 00:00 Tools
M's 4 Milleniums 00:00 Tools
Plexiglass Feat Fla Fla and Rome 00:00 Tools
Violence (One Speaker Supreme Interlude) Feat. One Speaker Supreme 00:00 Tools
Cities Under Siege (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Feel That (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Fuklinski 00:00 Tools
Paid In Full '98 00:00 Tools
Problem Child (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Catch a Speed Knot 00:00 Tools
Sparks Steakhouse 00:00 Tools
Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
GTFOH 00:00 Tools
Whats Wrong Wit U 00:00 Tools
Can't stop, Crazy rhymin' 00:00 Tools
8th Wonder (Street) 00:00 Tools
Cant Stop (Radio) 00:00 Tools
Won't Stop 00:00 Tools
competition catch speedknots remix 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speed Knots (Raw Like Beef Version) 00:00 Tools
Cutt For President 00:00 Tools
come equpped 00:00 Tools
Violence (One Speaker Supreme Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Its Ok 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speed Knots (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
G T F O H 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop / Crazy Rhymin 00:00 Tools
(Intro) 00:00 Tools
Problem Child (Remix Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
violence interlude feat one speaker surpreme 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Cant Stop / Only Child - Crazy Rhymin 00:00 Tools
Paid in Full 00:00 Tools
GOTTA GET PAID REMIX 00:00 Tools
Keep It On 00:00 Tools
Competetion Catch Speedknots (Remix) 00:00 Tools
8.VIRTUOSITY 00:00 Tools
Cant Stop (Instr) 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop (Radio) 00:00 Tools
problem child(remix 1995 md) 00:00 Tools
Kronicle (The Custodian Of Records MIX) 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop / Competition Catch Speed Knots 00:00 Tools
Abcds 00:00 Tools
Violence Interlude Feat. One Speaker Supreme 00:00 Tools
GETAWAY 00:00 Tools
DREAMS R FREE 00:00 Tools
We Up Tho 00:00 Tools
Hustler's Prayer 00:00 Tools
California (Jewelia Pt.2) 00:00 Tools
One Call Away 00:00 Tools
It's Like That feat. Aye Wun 00:00 Tools
Only Child feat. Kriminul - Crazy Rhymin' 00:00 Tools
It's Like That (ft. Aye Wun) 00:00 Tools
Fed Up (Radio) 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speedknots (SWC Remix) 00:00 Tools
OTIS 00:00 Tools
Im Sayin 00:00 Tools
It's OK (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
A LITTLE STRANGE 00:00 Tools
Its All Love 00:00 Tools
One, Two (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speed Knots Instrumental 00:00 Tools
End All Be All (Da Beatminerz remix) 00:00 Tools
HOMETOWN (MURDAMORE) 00:00 Tools
NEVER CHANGE 00:00 Tools
competition catch speedknots (alpine metropolis jazz remix) 00:00 Tools
Plexiglass Feat. Fla Fla, Rome 00:00 Tools
Khronicle 00:00 Tools
It's OK! 00:00 Tools
We Up Tho! 00:00 Tools
PLATINUM (INTRO) 00:00 Tools
Forever 00:00 Tools
Problem Child Remix Instrumental 00:00 Tools
FIRST CLASS FLIGHT 00:00 Tools
READY 00:00 Tools
ANYHOW 00:00 Tools
PANDAMONIUM 00:00 Tools
SUN MOON AND STARS 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop (Inst) 00:00 Tools
Cant stop / Only child - Crazy 00:00 Tools
Cities Under Siege Instrumental 00:00 Tools
Can't Stop, Won't Stop 00:00 Tools
ON ONE 00:00 Tools
Plexiglass 00:00 Tools
8th Wonder (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
PAST PRESENT FUTURE 00:00 Tools
Delorean (produced by DJ Cutt) 00:00 Tools
Violence Interlude 00:00 Tools
cant stop (remix) 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speedknots (Jazz Remix) 00:00 Tools
California (Jewelia Pt.2) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Man Alone (Max Rockatansky Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Cant stop // Only child - Crazy rhymin 00:00 Tools
Competition Catch Speed Knots (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Raw Diamond 00:00 Tools
HATE ME WHEN IM GONE 00:00 Tools
Competiton Catch Speed Knots (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
Standards (produced by DJ Cutt) 00:00 Tools
Problem Child Remix 00:00 Tools
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In the world of Hip-Hop, a name carries the weight of an entire career. It’s the brand, the logo, but most importantly the mission of the group. For Constant Deviants, it’s a title that has grown with them over time: constantly changing, departing from the norm. As the duo collectively kick starts their journey into Hip-Hop once more, their name bears more meaning than it ever has. Consisting of emcee M.I. and producer/DJ Cutt, the New York slash Baltimore artists began making music as teenagers during Hip-Hop’s pivotal Golden Era. The pair locked themselves in a studio during a 24-hour period, delivering their 4-track demo. On it, the classic “Competition Catch Speed Knots”, which caught some speed knots of its own. Released under Vestry Records but distributed through Dance/Reggae label Strictly Rhythm, “Speed Knots” was a Rap record touted to a Dance audience. “That was our first independent deal so we were just excited about it,” Cutt explains. “We didn’t understand what it was at the time,” continues M.I. The record was affectionately certified “Ghetto Gold” by the team, where true Rap fans were demanding it but couldn’t find it. “It seems like a lot of people have that record, but we have no numbers,” M.I. explains. “There’s a dude from Germany I met and he even has the record and still plays it to this day.” CD also delivered their letter to Hip-Hop “Can’t Stop” (Brooklyn Pipeline) and “8th Wonder / Hustler’s Prayer” (Brooklyn Pipeline), among other notable cuts during their early run. Their music reached the ears of famed manager Mark Pitts. By 2000, M.I. signed a deal with Arista Records, with Cutt aiding in production while solidifying his career as a DJ and engineer. The next few years showed M.I. as an emcee on the rise, Cutt working heavily with Rap heavyweight N.O.R.E. as his engineer and touring DJ, plus working with Jay-Z’s famed Roc-A-Fella Records. By 2006, their worlds came together, again, as M.I. featured N.O.R.E. on the remix to the track “Yup” alongside Rick Ross, co-produced by Cutt. Their efforts reached another pitfall when an outside marketing agency promoted the record as “M1” a.k.a one-half of the group Dead Prez. The backlash was terrible. “We had a lot of money invested in that record, and that one mistake completely sabotaged it” M.I. recalls. “It killed me because it ruined that record and there was no way to get it back.” The duo realized in order to get their original spirit back, they’d have to return to their roots. They started SIX2SIX Records, self-funded and self-managed by Constant Deviants, releasing other artists’ material, but most importantly their own. “We realized we had to do our own thing,” Cutt explains. “Creatively, we had a good time when we were in the studio and needed to get back to that.” The meaning behind SIX2SIX is the hours they work, 6AM to 6AM. “Anything we do, we go that hard,” says M.I. Their triumphant return to Hip-Hop will be marked by the release of Diamond, a culmination of the eras that Constant Deviants experienced on their journey, while pushing Hip-Hop forward. “It took us time to put together something really right because it had been a long time since the two of us created that sound,” M.I. says of the project. The sound is an amalgam of organic drums and classic samples with the level of artistry that Constant Deviants were known for from the beginning. “We didn’t go back and completely recreate that sound and just leave it there,” M.I. explains. “We tried to update it a little bit so it sounded more modern from back then.” Diamond primarily features M.I. and Cutt, with possible collaborations on remixes. The introductory track “Krush Groove” comes complete with a video honoring Hip-Hop’s beginnings, taking place in Baltimore’s Graffiti Alley with such relics as a 300ZX. “It’s a real simple video with a ‘90s feel,” M.I. says. As another testament to the past, “Won’t Stop” continues the progression of “Can’t Stop,” with a brand new letter about the current state of Hip-Hop. Finally, the track “Gotta Get Paid” is what the two simply call a “return to hard Hip-Hop”, sampling Greg Nice on the original and KRS-One on the remix. Another remarkable aspect of Constant Deviants and the SIX2SIX movement is their loyal vinyl fan base. Digital downloads are offered for free, knowing the fans will purchase wax, a phenomenon that challenges the current recording industry’s infrastructure. “We look at our label almost like a boutique Hip-Hop label, like the early days of Def Jam” says M.I. “Even in a world where all people may not like vinyl, they still love Hip-Hop.” As Constant Deviants bring Hip-Hop back to the future with Diamond, they maintain their original mantra. “Sometimes people take Hip-Hop too far underground or too far Pop to the point where it’s not even Hip-Hop anymore,” says M.I. “We sit somewhere in the middle, just delivering good music.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.