The Heavy wanted to make a mixtape where one track would be reminiscent of Neil Young and the other of Led Zeppelin,“We didn’t go out of the way to say, ‘These are the influences we want to get in,’ but it’s the way we work,” Swaby says. “We’re kind of schizophrenic.” And it’s true. They switch from the sexy, slinky blues of "Brukpocket's Lament" to the backbeat driven soul of "Coleen". They play ’70s rock or throw in a little acoustic guitar. They even get tongue-in-cheek on “Girl” where Swaby raps over a rhythm described as “The Kinks-meets-Marly Marl.”

To read the article in its entirety, pick up the Summer 2008 issue of Beyond Race Magazine.