Another free mixtape has dropped from the straight-out-of-the-Bay Area (San Francisco to be specific) rappers Roach Gigz and Lil 4-Tay, who together form the group Bitch I Go (B.I.G.). The duo stepped on to the Northern California music scene in 2006 with their street smash “I Get It.” The single was the first song they ever recorded together and it ended up getting spins on the two biggest hip-hop radio stations in the Bay Area, 106 KMEL and WILD 949. Roach and 4 continued to record song after song with no backing or musical outlet, and without any kind of formal release. Although it seemed as though every young person from San Francisco to Stockton already had most of the group's songs playing on their iPods, car stereos, and phone ring tones, when a collection of the group's recordings was issued on a 2008 Internet-only, Mistah Fab-hosted mixtape, it was downloaded thousands of times. This leads to… Their latest release, “From Another”. The EP dropped on 2/23/2010 at midnight, exclusively online, and again free for fans to download. “From Another” is their first formal CD, and consists of music mostly recorded in 2007 and early 2008, but held out from public ears for an official album that never came. The link and track list are below. Enjoy. Read more...
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