Styles P and Street Radio Team up for Ghost Sessions

Street Radio, J. Math and Jimi Kendrix, A&Red and
produced 6 tracks for Styles P’s new album Ghost
Sessions, to be released on May 22. The first of two
albums this year, Styles revisited some mixtape verses
and recorded new material as well. Street Radio had a
vision for the music & arrangements and worked with SP
to create a classic street album.
J. Math says, “It was crazy to be able to sit with
Styles and see what direction he’s trying to go. He
had a lot of deep verses that were never really
released. Some were just ideas, but we were able to
turn them into songs with full soundscapes. We focused
on sculpting the sound to be as impactful as the
lyrics.”
Street Radio produced songs like “Poor Folk”, which
features Joell Ortiz and was also released on his
recent debut album The Brick: Bodega Stories. “Fuck
The Police” is a contemplative track about the
realities of injustice and the jail system, while “No
Remorse” teams SP with J-Hood for one of the darkest
songs on the album.
Ghost Sessions also features Kool G. Rap, AZ,
Cormega, and Jimi Kendrix himself. Jimi says,” We’ve
been writing a lot of hooks with our tracks. We like
to present songs with some kind of direction, not just
a beat. We always got some crazy themes and sound
effects; it only made sense to start jumping in the
booth too. Some may be surprised to see I did the hook
on “Pain”, but you gonna start seeing a lot more of
that from us.”
Street Radio is currently working with AZ on his
forthcoming album to be released in August. After
hearing some beats, AZ immediately recruited them to
handle 90% of the production. AZ says, “Working with
these dudes is like working with Dr. Dre. They come
with the whole picture and it all has their own feel
to it.”
The production team recently produced one of the
highlight tracks, “9mm”, on Bone Thugs N Harmony’s new
album Strength & Loyalty. Papoose also tapped into the
Street Radio sound for the songs “Wheel Of Fortune”
and “Victory 2007” off his debut album Nacirema’s
Dream. And with five tracks on this summer’s new 2Pac
album, Street Radio continue to spread their
distinguished sound throughout the game.
But through it all, the duo keeps their roots with
the community. Jimi maintains an active life in the
church, while Math continues to work with at-risk
teens at the A.E.E.P. youth center in Brooklyn. You
can often find them hanging out at the center or
running their annual Rap, Poetry, & Word class, which
is in its fifth year.