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Shaya cuts to the chase in a serious way with “Fall Back,” bringing his signature flow to the table alongside a low-key yet highly memorable beat produced by the red hot Jake One. The opening line, “Hit ‘em with that critical hip-hop,” embodies Shaya’s philosophy when it comes to making hip-hop: no excess, no frills, just solid rhymes and beats and music that comes from the heart. Lines such as: “Your boy can rhyme, outta sight outta mind, guaranteed to shock deep, never there but right on time” re-affirm Shaya’s belief in genuine hip-hop music. The track’s beat grabs the listener right from the beginning with a walking bass line that kicks things off. With an ethereal synth line sitting on top of the mid-tempo beat, the track’s simplicity is reminiscent of hip-hop’s glory days back in the early 90′s. A few other elements, including a sampled vocal line underlie the rhyming; the focus, still, is the lyrical content. “Fall Back” is a throwback to the days in hip-hop when rhymes and beats mattered more than jewelry and women. Shaya’s debut album, Fallen Awake, is available in stores and online everywhere on Interdependent Media.

“Fall Back” [download] [instrumental download]

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