NICK WIZ

Hip-Hop mainstay and underground veteran, Nick Wiz, shares his vast catalog of rare,
unreleased, and 12” only productions. Having first impacted the early 90’s Hip-Hop scene with
his beat contributions to Ecko Unlimited’s “Underground Airplay” cassette series (which are now
highly collectable); Wiz’s sound was a considerable part of the early Lyricist Lounge movement.
Working with Lounge alum, The Cella Dwellas, on their classic 1996 debut album, further
cemented Nick Wiz as an up-and-coming beat phenom. From there his unique fusion of filters,
horns, smacking SP-1200 drums and dense bass-lines were soon heard on projects from Mad
Skillz, Darc Mind, Chubb Rock, Chino XL, Rakim and others. With this influx of production work
coming his way, Nick’s New Jersey studio, appropriately named “The Cellar”, was constantly
flooded with both Hip-Hop’s elite talent and the best of the 90’s underground scene as well.
While a lot of the material produced and recorded by Wiz found its way to full-length CD releases,
countless other tracks were unreleased, relegated to vinyl bootlegs / 12” only versions, or
cassette only.
OFF RAKIMS THE 7TH SEAL ALBUM -
HOLY ARE YOU PRODUCED BY NICK WIZ AKA HAFIQ



RAKIM TALKING ABOUT THE 7TH SEAL
AND NICK WIZ AKA HAFIQ



KHANFLICT- AT THE WAKE UP SHOW
(THANKS FOR THE SHOUT OUT KHAN)