"Reign of the Tec" is the debut single by East Coast

East Coast hip hop

East Coast hip hop is a regional subgenre of hip hop music that originated in New York City, USA during the 1970s. Hip hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the East Coast...

 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts

The Beatnuts are a New York-based hip hop group and production duo from Queens, New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu is Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights...

. It was released by Relativity Records

Relativity Records

Relativity Records, often branded just Relativity, is an American record label founded by Barry Kobrin at the site of his company, Important Record Distribution in metro New York. Early on, as an indie label, Relativity released music in a variety of styles, including dance, jazz, punk, and...

 on May 6, 1993 before being placed on The Beatnuts' debut EP Intoxicated Demons: The EP

Intoxicated Demons: The EP

Intoxicated Demons: The EP is the debut album by the hip hop trio The Beatnuts. It was released on April 6, 1993 by Relativity Records. It is the first of two EP's released by the group. All of its songs are produced by The Beatnuts...

. The song is produced by The Beatnuts and features raps by Juju and Psycho Les. It contains a beat that samples

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 a guitar riff from "Wicked World" by metal

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 band Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

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. The song and its accompanying music video directed by David Perez Shadi are cited as "getting The Beatnuts noticed". DJ Fatboy of RapReviews.com lists its notable aspects: an"infectious chorus," a vocal sample from Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...

's "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down (Remix)," and humorous lyrics.

"Reign of the Tec" was the only single from Intoxicated Demons that charted--it reached #50 on the Hot Rap Singles

Hot Rap Tracks

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 chart--and is now considered a staple Beatnuts hit. It is found on all three greatest hits compilations by The Beatnuts. Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del the Funky Homosapien or Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an American MC.-Early life and beginnings: 1990-1997:...

sampled lyrics from Kool Fashion's verse on his 1993 song "Wack M.C.'s".