"Already Dope" and How They Really Are

"Honestly...I don't like anything I make after I'm finished with it," Marques Boykin comments about his music.

"But why doesn't he?" I couldn't help but ask myself. As each half of the Already Dope duo, both Anthony Bryce and Marques Boykin promise listeners with deep seeded basses and layering that has an essence of "chill swag". With popular songs as the bottom layer, Already Dope adds their own spins to songs listeners already know-and this spiciness gives the tracks a new pop.

"It's scary how in-tune we are with our brains. Not to sound weird or anything haha. I'll be thinking of a song, and he'll start humming it. It's so weird," Anthony tells me.
"Okay, it's happened like twice haha" added Marques.
"Okay yeah, but that's still enough to be weird," finishes Anthony.Then a few minutes later, that very thing happened and they enthusiastically laughed together.

The funky flare the duo gives off can be seen in their music as well as in their complementary personalities. With small touches such as these, listeners will be given a musical treat guaranteed to give them something different to groove to.

While many producers start off just slightly tweaking popular tracks, songs remixed by Already Dope sound almost completely different, making any artist lucky to be featured on their beats. Another positive trait of this duo is the interesting combinations of songs mixed together on tracks. Just when you recognize a song, another one you know comes in...but not one you would expect. With this unpredictability, listeners can listen to any songs made by these two and never see what's coming-a great skill to accomplish, as music critics are born in the masses in these days of quick media spreading.

Having the opportunity to sit in as the two recorded new tracks with fellow student artist Cools Miliyan, the finished product was unexpectedly well put together. And not only are they a comfortable duo, they also are comfortable putting together beats separately. This independence is hard to come by in any music group, and it shows that they both collaborate to do what they love most: make music for people that just love a hot beat.

"I'll make something and send it to him. I wanna know what he thinks and see what he thinks should be added," explained Marques.

I'm sure we will all agree that we will like anything these two come up with.



Be sure to check out Already Dope's music on their site, located under the Artists tab of this blog.