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A REALLY NICE DAY, THE NEW LP FROM PIP SKID, OUT JUNE 17 VIA PEANUTS AND CORN
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The second single from Pip Skid’s forthcoming album A Really Nice Day, due out June 17 via Peanuts & Corn Records, is a nod to Ice’s Cube’s “Ghetto Bird”. Pip’s "Cop Chopper" is a frustrated, sleepless, and thoughtful look at Winnipeg’s extremely expensive military style helicopter that relentlessly patrols our skies late into the night, every night, pointlessly keeping poor and working class people awake. A catchy jam that questions glutenous police budgets and some of the fallout of what happens to a city that spends 30% of its annual budget on the police force.
"Cop Chopper" features lyrics by Gully of The Lytics, cuts by Skratch Bastid and production by bigmcenroe.
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MORE ABOUT PIP SKID
A Really Nice Day marks Pip’s first album on Peanuts & Corn since 2004’s Funny Farm. Pip and bigmcenroe were unfortunately unable to record in the same room – so while bigmcenroe produced the entire project, Pip was able to self record in his basement. The result is a must listen for fans of progressive hip-hop.
After growing apart in the late 2000s, Pip and bigmcenroe had remained good friends and kept in touch. When real life slowed down for both due to the pandemic, they began to talk about working together again. bigmcenroe proposed maybe a new Fermented Reptile album, however Pip had other ideas. After hearing a few new beats from bigmcenroe, Pip sent back some demos that went in a completely different direction – a gravelly voiced singing with some great hooks and funny ideas. Despite revisiting many of the songwriting themes that put him on the map in the first place – the cycle of poverty, police brutality, depression, labour exploitation – he manages to sharpen those themes for 2022 with a new tone, and lyrics that are relevant to today.
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Pip Skid’s brilliant, often hilarious commentary on political and social issues has earned him critical acclaim and pockets of devoted fans all over the world. He has been writing and performing for nearly thirty years, first as a founding member of the seminal Brandon-based group, Farm Fresh and soon after as a solo artist and collaborator on countless critically recognized independent hip hop projects across North America and Europe.
Pip was at the forefront of a burgeoning hip hop scene in central Canada in the early 1990′s. He is a cornerstone of the success of indie label Peanuts & Corn Records and has featured on many of their 50+ releases. Beyond Farm Fresh, he has also recorded as a member of hip-hop groups Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Wieners, the Break Bread Crew and with Skratch Bastid. Pip is also a co-founder of the Belgium based Marathon Of Dope label, working and touring with artists from all over the world.
Throughout Pip’s career he has also spent a massive amount of time working with and mentoring young people interested in pursuing music and art. Developing and coordinating a multitude of after school programming, workshops, events and skill building platforms focused around independent music and art programming.
A REALLY NICE DAY TRACKLIST
01 A Really Nice Day
02 What Are You Working On?
03 You’re Not The Boss Of Me ft. Leonard Sumner
04 Cop Chopper ft. Gully & Skratch Bastid
05 Cheap Labour ft. DJ Hunnicutt
06 Booze, Butter And Bullshit ft. DJ Hunnicutt
07 Must Be More
08 Elizabeth
09 So Small ft. Gruf
10 So Many Cops
11 Brain Fog
12 Dance Break
13 Thoughts and Prayers ft. Birdapres
14 Sing-a-long
15 Drugs And Roses