“When the stress burns my brain just like acid raindrops, maryjane is the only thing that makes the pain stop; just let the music take over your soul body & mind, kick back, relax, one time and you will find…” The People’s are composed of MC’s Double K and Thes One, both hailing from Los Angeles; their brand of sample-laced, laid back beats matched with chill and heartening lyrics run against the grain of what one might expect coming out of L.A. Both of these guys have impeccable rhyming abilities, creative vocabularies without sounding nerdy, and the chorus above is still one of the catchiest flows I’ve ever heard; the only reason I wound up getting turned onto these guys was because of the record label they were on: OM records typically deals in house music, but is a trustworthy label for any lover of beats.
