AMC (of Wildstyle) - The RAGE CAGE (The 90's Mixtape) (2025)

This project is something I put together over a week last May when I didn’t have a laptop and needed something to do. When looking for options, I stumbled on a folder (on a OLD laptop) of beats I made in the 90s for other MCs who never laid vocals to them. I was originally going to do an instrumental release of those beats, but since I needed something to do, I decided to time travel back to that time and write a full mixtape capturing and celebrating that time.

The RAGE CAGE was my home studio circa 1986-1995, and this is mixtape showcasing the sound of that era. In short, it’s a bunch of battle rhymes, along with some abstraction, a few personal reflections, a teasing of some Vocal Violence (what I called my primary style back then), an Electro Vocoder Jam, a Hip House track, and lots of celebration and shout outs of people, places and things I remember about the Lake County Hip Hop scene circa 1986-1995.

For many, many years I have wanted to do either a documentary or write a book to document the Lake County scene (1986-1995) but have hit so many walls getting people to participate or tell me their stories, or get me the other tools I need to make it possible. I’m hoping this will encourage people to get on board…

Beat-Jacked, Re-Produced, Written & Performed by AMC

Scratches by DJ Nikoless Skratch

Track 1 Un-Produced & Co-Produced by Black Man Zeke

Track 10 Co-Produced by The Great JD

Track 11 Co-Produced by D.B.I

Track 12 Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Taigo Onez (2025)

Tracks 1-11 Mixed & Mastered by Lake at Pro Studio

Recorded In The Rage Cage(s)

The Rage Cage logo by Ekwa

7X3=21 + August Fanon - The Intentional Whatever (2024)

Produced By August Fanon

Written, Recorded & Performed by 7X3=21

Scratches by DJMIKEC

Mixed & Mastered by Willie Green at the Greenhouse

Artwork by Artist Bertrell Smith

7X3=21 + DJ Freddy Fresh - Purple Perspective (To The Max Maxi-Single Series #3) (2025)

This is the third release in the “To The Max (Maxi-Single Series)” (of seven in total), where each single is three versions of the same song (different beats), all produced by DJ Freddy Fresh, and all the cover art was done by Orikal Uno. The series is meant to mimic the 12” singles of the 80s/90s that were often heavy on remixes. But it’s also meant to be a showcase of DJ Freddy Fresh’s incredible range and expertise as a producer, covering a wide variety of styles, while also challenging me as an MC as well.

Purple has always been my favorite color, and the second verse actually tells the story of how that came to be. The first verse is more of an abstract approach that I wrote after going down a rabbit hole reading about the history of the color purple, and then just incorporating those ideas and references into a verse.

For all 21 beats in this Maxi-Single series, Freddy Fresh let me pick anything I wanted from his extensive catalog over the years (all on Bandcamp), so all of these beats are previously released, and below is info on the OG versions, so YOU can dive deeper into his catalog if you aren’t familiar…

-Mauve MIX #1: “Manhattan Bonus” from RapNScratch

-The Amethyst Theory MIX #2: “The Smiths” from The Smiths

-Vocally Violet MIX #3: “Oyster” from Oyster Breaks

All Versions Produced by DJ Freddy Fresh

Written & Performed by 7X3=21

Mixed & Mastered by Lake of Pro Studio 216

Cover Art by Orikal Uno

7X3=21 - Sum (of) Inspirations (2021)

These are some "writing" exercises I did over a 3-day weekend in July. It was my first time writing rhymes/songs since 2001. It was a test to see what making music would sound and feel like. It felt really good, and inspired a whole lot more music that followed.

I put writing in quotes above because this project, and most of my writing these days, is a mixture of improvisation, editing, and concentrated thought. Some of these in particularly leaned pretty heavy on improv.

Since these 7 writing exercises, I feel like I've already evolved in many ways, including delivery, presence, and song structure. But, these songs still represent the reigniting of this passion, so I wanted to share them.

Planning a lot of creative endeavors for 2022 and beyond...

credits

released December 25, 2021

All the lyrics conceived via improvisation, re-editing, writing, and life experiences by Kevin Beacham

Mixed & Mastered By Serious

Cover Photo by Mike "Bumpopera" Madison

All the beats are from previously released previously released projects spanning Odd Nosdam's career from 1998-2019. I wanted to show his diversity as a producer, as well as capture the evolution from using some of earliest work, up until his more recent offerings.