ANTONIO MONTANA & NITRO Antonio Montana & Nitro, the first two artists to lay it down for the Beat Department, bring a new twist to the flavor we all know in the hip-hop industry. Raucous rhymes, riveted to explosive beats mixed with club banging crunk is their formula, straight from New Orleans. "Threatening Behavior" is the first release on Beat Department with these two solo artists collaborating to give people something different to vibe to. In 1994, Antonio Montana started his rap career in a group called RYP. This New Orleans group had an EP release under a local record label called TTH Marketing. RYP traveled all throughout Louisiana and Mississippi to perform and open for major acts. The group also had many local reviews and a major feature in Fly Magazine. Eventually the group disbanded and from that point on, Antonio Montana invested in his own music equipment and started recording and selling mix tapes called "Foul Play". ...