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for Parks alone to rap over the duo's beats, but both members now rap as well as produce instrumental music. Gainey and Parks also collaboratively DJed at house parties in their teenage years; by incorporating a diverse selection of genres into their DJ sets, the duo began establishing the combination of influences that would go on to define They Hate Change.
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at the age of twelve. At that time, he moved into the same apartment building as Parks, who at the time was already becoming involved in the local music scene. Gainey took an interest in the local musical styles of Tampa, and began collaborating with Parks to produce beats. Initially, the duo planned
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I go more wild with things. And Dre is able to see exactly where supposed to go. So it's very maximal at the beginning of the process; a kitchen sink kind of approach. And then we start dialing it back and making it into something
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