Producer Gallo Locknez known for being the “Sound Up” guy for the NBA teamed up with the one and only Buddhakai to create an ALL POSITIVE hip hop album called “Take Off”.
For the last year, Gallo Locknez has been working with Buddhakai to create this amazing piece of art that is sure to lift your energy and frequency! With hard-hitting beats and cadence flows only vets can deliver, this album is sure to be one of your most visited this year!
Released with the album is the energetic video “No Brakes” hosted by team Grind Mode Cypher.
Gallo is an independent artist/producer who is the rapper behind the NBA SOUND UP tracks and the voice and music production behind the Canelo vs GGG 2 Rematch. Gallo also has produced for many tv shows such as Love and Hip Hop, Black Ink, and many more. Also has produced for ESPN, NFL, Netflix many other movies, shows, and commercials nationally and internationally. He has performed in many venues, schools, and events all across the East Coast.
Buddhakai is a truly dynamic rapper based in Denver, with personal and sonic roots firmly planted in New Jersey. The Wu-Tang comparison is easy to draw given his incredibly forceful delivery over boom bap, and penchant for using vocal inflection and cadence switch-ups to sound like multiple characters. But Buddhakai’s content sets him apart. He’s a proud and sober man of God, and while for most artists that means one-dimensional storytelling, for Buddhakai it means the opposite. His positive presence is starkly contrasted by his drug-fueled tumultuous past, and he pours both lives into his music.
As an emcee he understands and speaks to such a range of experiences that he unifies otherwise estranged audiences. Years of dominating stages in New Jersey with his guttural delivery and razor sharp timing earned Buddhakai a spot on D&D Project II in the early 2000s, sharing the album with the likes of Big Daddy Kane, RA The Rugged Man, The Alchemist, DJ Premier, and more. His 2013 release, Clock Strikes 13 expanded on the creativity that gained him recognition, using catchy hooks to compliment detailed and metaphoric storytelling.
Since his return to music in 2017, Buddhakai has focused on forging inspirational, life-changing lyrics on top an array of diverse instrumentals and hooks, giving birth to the hard-hitting, positive Hip Hop album, “Timeless.”