Rapper/producer Jay The Kidd is showing off his production skills with the new 10 track Rare Kicks Collection EP. The Toronto representative’s latest beat tape shout outs some famous footwear as he provides a taste of the sounds that have been playing in his head.

Jay connected with DZI: The Voice to participate in the “Track Down” series. The creator of 2013’s Visions mixtape gives insights and back stories into four of the cuts from RKC. Go behind the beats with Jay The Kidd.

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“AIR YEEZY 2”

Jay The Kidd:

This was the first beat I completed. I had the concept for this idea in my phone’s voice memos for months. There was so much energy that went into its creation. It took me about 10 minutes to find all of the sounds, drums and synths I needed and another 20 to lay them all down.

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