Nicolas “Nick Jr.” Foster and Quincy “QBeans” Nicholson were introduced to one another by family member Darrick Carruth in the summer of 2008. The two automatically formed a bond, they realized that as a team they would be a very good couple, musically that is of course. They formed the duo Nick-n-Beans.
QBeans perfectly embodies a term he coined “Progressive Hip Hop”. The term takes elements from traditional Hip Hop (lyrics, pattern flows, topics, etc.) and matches it with non-traditional (electro, rock, pop, etc.) Hip Hop music. Whether its in his writing style or it might be his production style its clear, that the young man is on to something new.
They went to work in QBeans studio and immediately started work, from this they have produced songs such as “U Aint Even That Bad”, “One Way To O’Hare”, “Fuck Wit Me”, “Don’t U See”, “One Love”, “Wake Up”, and “Do U Speak French”.
Beans’ influences include Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Quincy Jones, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest,The Neptunes, Andy Warhol, and his father Anthony Nicholson.|Jr.’s influences include Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Nas, The Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, his grandfather Stanley Abernathy, and his uncle Michael “Mike 100’s” Randolph. |
