{"id":29899,"date":"2019-10-29T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=29899"},"modified":"2020-02-21T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:23:00","slug":"playing-cincy-babs-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/playing-cincy-babs-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"PLAYING CINCY: Jay Hill, JayBee Lamahj & Ronin Halloway Collide on “Babs Forever”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ronin Halloway<\/a>, JayBee Lamahj, and Patterns of Chaos<\/a> alum Jay Hill teamed up on a high-energy single and video called \u201cBabs Forever.\u201d The three Cincinnati emcees spit bars at a fiery pace while maintaining their lyricism over the cascading SmokeFace-produced beat.<\/p>\n

The video, directed by Bradley Thompson, matches the rappers\u2019 energy with colorful lighting, quick cuts, and dizzying effects.<\/p>\n

“Working with this lineup is definitely a dream-team scenario,” says Ronin. “Me and JayBee<\/a> had been talking about getting a track with Jay Hill all the way since last year, so it’s super dope to have one with all of us out in the world.”<\/p>\n

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“Babs Forever” cover art by Paul Kellam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I think it’s a crazy song with three unique verses. Everybody snapped,” he continued. “I definitely hope to keep making songs with all three of us in the future. It’s an exciting moment – those guys inspire me a lot, and it’s crazy to think how much room we all have to grow from here.”<\/p>\n

For Ronin, \u201cBabs Forever\u201d follows up his Smokeface-collaborated Pressure<\/em><\/a> EP, which arrived earlier this year. The single comes in a series of musical output for JayBee, who previously released \u201cAngels (Bron Bron),\u201d featuring F.A.M.E. and Phonz, and appeared on Ronin\u2019s The Icarus Trilogy<\/em><\/a>. Jay Hill most recently hopped on Khari\u2019s \u201cDa Art Of Ignorance\u201d remix<\/a> and dropped his \u201c40% Of Cops\u201d freestyle. His group, Patterns of Chaos<\/a>, released their debut EP, Freedom<\/em>, last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re two of the artists I admire most in the city and the collab itself was a long time coming,\u201d Jay Hill says of the track, calling the collab \u201cthe first of many.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love how none of us really discussed a topic for the song, yet all of us were able to tap into the same well of energy and deliver something this cathartic,\u201d he said. \u201cShooting the video was a really fun time too, I couldn’t be happier about how it all went. We spent every moment between takes\u2014sometimes during takes\u2014joking around with each other and Bradley, and y’all see the result: three grown-ass kids making hard ass rap music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Check out Jay Hill<\/a>, JayBee Lamahj, and Ronin Halloway<\/a>\u2019s new single and video, \u201cBabs Forever,\u201d below.<\/p>\n