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Hot Traxxx / The Rapture - Reality Bites

« on: March 07, 2011, 05:53:59 PM »

The Rapture - Reality Bites (beat: Blue Ruby by Apollo Brown)...Out Of This World mixtape dropping soon...

listen and download >>http://mp3twit.com/8W5

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Hot Traxxx / Tyler The Creator, Hodgy Beats - Sandwitches, live on Jimmy Fallon

« on: February 21, 2011, 11:47:06 AM »

Guys, these dudes have officially started an outbreak...after this performance...2011 might just be OFWGKTA year...they ripped this stage apart!!!...check it out!!

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: The Alchemist

« on: February 21, 2011, 08:54:29 AM »

Wanted to do a South African beat magician today but eish, dudes are no where on the net hahahaha anywhere I can get info on SA magicians? Ootz? Battlekat? Kanief? IV League?....anyweez....

FRESH COAST STAND UP!



Alan Daniel Maman, better known as The Alchemist, is one of hip-hop’s leading producers. He hails from affluent Beverly Hills, California. After rising to prominence in the late 1990s as a close a**ociate of Dilated Peoples, he went on to produce for many of hip-hop’s leading artists in the 2000s.

As a teen, Al began to identify strongly with the rebellious lyrics and urban sounds of hip-hop, and he began writing his own lyrics as a creative outlet. He joined up with other like-minded artists who wrote lyrics and rebelled strongly against their “uptight” suburban surroundings, among whom were Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town, Evidence of Dilated Peoples and Scott Caan, son of James Caan. They would often hang out in urban areas of Los Angeles and participated in typical teenage rebellious activities like partying, smoking marijuana, and general mischief.

Al and Scott decided to become a duo named The Whooliganz. While rhyming at a party in L.A., they attracted the attention of B-Real of Cypress Hill. He invited the teens to join his crew, The Soul a**a**ins, which also included the groups House of Pain and Funkdoobiest. In 1993, the Whooliganz released their first single, “Put Your Handz Up.” The song received little radio airplay and their record label, Tommy Boy Records, decided to shelve their album. Rejected, Scott focused his creative energy on acting while Al became interested in process of making hip-hop beats.

Production:

1999:

Terror Squad - Terror Squad
"99 Live"
"Bring It On"

Focused Daily - Defari
"Focused Daily"
"Killing Spree"
"Checkstand 3"

A Tear for the Ghetto - Group Home
"Stupid Muthaf***as (30 Minutes to War)"

Home Field Advantage - The High & Mighty
"Top Prospects"
"Open Mic Night" (Remix)

Global Warning - Rascalz
"On The Run"

Balance - Swollen Members
"Front Street"
"Circuit Breaker"
"Strength"
"Horrified Nights"

Murda Muzik - Mobb Deep
"Thug Muzik"
"The Realest"

Internal Affairs - Pharoahe Monch
"No Mercy"

Build and Destroy - Royce Da 5'9"
"I'm the King"

2000:

Exhibit A - Missin' Linx
"Family Ties"

The Platform - Dilated Peoples
"The Platform"
"Guaranteed"
"The Main Event"
"Annihilation"
"The Last Line of Defense"

The Reunion - Capone-N-Noreaga
"Queens"
"Bang Bang"

Eat at Whitey's - Everlast
"Deadly a**a**ins"

Lyricist Lounge 2
"The Grimy Way"
"Right & Exact"

2001:

pron Again - Smut Peddlers
"The Red Light"

H.N.I.C. - Prodigy
"Keep It Thoro"
"Three"
"Trials of Love"
"Veteran's Memorial"

Endangered Species - Big Pun
"Mama"

The Realness - Cormega
"Fallen Soldiers" (Remix)

Baldhead Slick & Da Click - Guru
"In Here"

He Think He Raw - Casual
"I Gotta (Get Down)"

Kiss tha Game Goodbye - Jadakiss
"We Gonna Make It"
"Feel Me" (Skit)

Lyrics Of Fury Vol. 1
"Boy's About To Flip"
"Dark Riders"
"Permanent Scars"
"Metal's Advocate"

Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) - Fat Joe
"Definition of a Don"

Expansion Team - Dilated Peoples
"Live on Stage"
"Worst Comes to Worst"
"Panic"

Bad Dreams - Swollen Members
"Bad Dreams"
"Dark Riders"

Bulletproof Wallets - Ghostface Killah
"The Forest"
"The Juks"

Infamy - Mobb Deep
"Get at Me"

2002:

A Gangster and a Gentleman - Styles P
"A Gangster and a Gentleman"
"Black Magic"

The Lost Tapes - Nas
"My Way"
"No Idea's Original"

The True Meaning - Cormega
"The Legacy"

Loyalty - Fat Joe
"Bust at You"

Reanimation - Linkin Park
"Frgt/10"

God's Son - Nas
"Book of Rhymes"
"Mastermind"
"Revolutionary Warfare"
"Thugz Mirror"

Special Edition - Infamous Mobb
"Intro"
"IM³"
"Special Edition"
"The Family" (Skit)
"Mobb Niggaz (The Sequel)"
"Back in the Days"
"B.I.G. - T.W.I.N.S."
"We Strive"

2003:

Walk Witt Me - Sheek Louch
"Turn It Up"

Only the Strong - Big Noyd
"Only the Strong"
"Shoot 'Em Up (Bang Bang) Part 1"
"Noyd Holdin' It Down"
"Shoot 'Em Up (Bang Bang) Part 2"
"Air It Out"
"N.O.Y.D."

The Awakening - PMD
"The Awakening"

2004;

Neighborhood Watch - Dilated Peoples
"Marathon"
"Neighborhood Watch"
"Poisonous"
"World on Wheels"

Till Death Do Us Part - Cypress Hill
"Latin Thugs"

Amerikaz Nightmare - Mobb Deep
"Win or Lose"
"Got It Twisted"
"When U Hear The"
"Got It Twisted" (Remix)

Sweat - Nelly
"Playa"

R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece - Snoop Dogg
"(Intro) I Love to Give You Light"

Kiss of Death - Jadakiss
"Still Feel Me"

2005:

The Diamond Mine - Diamond D
"Y'all Niggaz Need to Know"

After Taxes - Sheek Louch
"Movie Niggas"

Who's Hard? - Big Shug
"Who? (Got My Back)"
"Who's Hard?"

Witness My Growth - Elzhi
"The Alchemist"

2006:

Street Music - Defari
"Make My Own"

Black Magic - Swollen Members
"Weight"

Time is Money - Styles P
"I'm Black"

Blood Money - Mobb Deep
"The Infamous"

Killa Season - Cam'ron
"Wet Wipes"

20/20 - Dilated Peoples
"Back Again"
"20/20"

You Already Know - Agallah
"Ride Out (O.G.G.G.)"
"On the Ave"

The Re-Up - Eminem
"We Ride for Shady"
"There He Is"
"Tryin' ta Win"

The Medicine - Planet Asia
"Over Your Head"

Eat or Die - Ras Ka**
"Get It In"

Full Scale: G-Check - Raze
"Bosses"

2007:

Return of the Mac - Prodigy
Whole album

The Release Party - Dilated Peoples
"Spit It Clearly"

The Death of Tragedy - Tragedy Khadafi
"Milk Murder"

Desire - Pharoahe Monch
"Desire"

The Weatherman LP - Evidence
"Letyourselfgo"
"Chase the Clouds Away"
"Evidence is Everywhere"
"Line of Scrimmage"
"Born in LA"

Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) - Styles P
"Green Piece of Paper"
"All I Know is Pain"'

2008:

The Elephant in the Room - Fat Joe
"My Conscience"

H.N.I.C. Pt. 2 - Prodigy
"The Life"
"Young Veterans"
"Illuminati"
"Veteran's Memorial Part II"
"Dirty New Yorker"

Deified - Keak Da Sneak
"That Go" (Remix)

Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne
"You Ain't Got Nuthin'" (feat. Fabolous and Juelz Santana)

I.A.Dap - Lil' Dap
"Intro I.A.Dap"
"Get It"

Politics As Usual - Termanology
"Hood Shit"

Fresh Rhymes & Videotape Vol. 1
"The Last Shall Be First"
"Road Stop"

Hunger Pains - Bekay
"I Am"
"I Am (Remix)"

The Layover EP - Evidence
"So Fresh"
"The Far Left"
"To Be Determined"

2009:

The Antidote (Mixtape) - Fashawn
The Whole Mixtape

Smoke N Mirrors - B-Real
"6 Minutes"

Channel 10 - Capone-N-Noreaga
"Follow the Dollar"

The Last Kiss - Jadakiss
"Death Wish"

Intermission - Soul a**a**ins
"Cla**ical"
"Gunshots"

A Brand You Can Trust - La Coka Nostra
"Choose Your Side"

Loso's Way - Fabolous
"Lullaby"

Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
"Microphone"

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II - Raekwon
"Surgical Gloves"

Time Machine: Hood Politics VI - Termanology
"I See Dead People"

2010:

The Green Ghost Project - Styles P
"Make Millions From Entertainment"

More Than Just a DJ - DJ Kayslay
"Hustle Game"

The Manifesto - Inspectah Deck
"The Champion"

Chain Of Command - Planet Asia & Gold Chain Military
"GCM Meets ALC"

Money Changes, Loyalty Don't - Hollow Da Don
"Greatness"

Boss of All Bosses 2.5 - Cam'ron & Vado
"Ya' Killin' Me"

The War Report 2: Report the War - Capone-N-Noreaga
"Pain"

2011:

Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang - Raekwon
"Ferry Boat Killaz"

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Hi-Tek

« on: February 15, 2011, 02:29:52 PM »

Even though he hasnt been up to scratch as of late...still a legend...

Hi-Tek started his rap career with hip hop group Mood and had a regional hit with "Hustle on the Side". That song was made for Mood's album Doom, which featured amongst others Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli. Talib and Hi-Tek clicked immediately, and Hi-Tek went on to produce most of Talib Kweli and Mos Def's Black Star (1998). In 2000, Tek and Kweli (under the name Reflection Eternal) released Train of Thought (2000) on Rawkus Records, with raps by Talib Kweli and beats by Hi-Tek. It enjoyed moderate crossover radio success with the singles "The Blast" and "Move Somethin'". Reflection Eternal released a follow-up album titled Revolutions Per Minute on May 18, 2010.

Production:

213 - "Twist Yo Body" (Album: The Hard Way) (2004)
50 Cent - "Best Friend" (Album: Get Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack) (2005)
50 Cent - "Get In My Car" (Album: The Ma**acre) (2005)
50 Cent - "Ryder Music" (Album: The Ma**acre) (2005)
Beanie Sigel - "Get That Dough" (2000)
Big L ft. C-Town - "Still Here" (2000)
Bishop Lamont - "Friends" (2009)
Bizarre feat. Obie Trice - "Doctor Doctor" (Album: Hanni Cap Circus) (2005)
Bizarre feat. Eminem - "Hip Hop" (Album: Hanni Cap Circus) (2005)
Bizarre - "I'm In Luv Witchu" (Album: Hanni Cap Circus) (2005)
Blackalicious - "It's Going Down" (Album: Blazing Arrow) (2002)
Black Star - 6 tracks from Black Star
Black Star feat. Common - "Respiration"
Boot Camp Clik - "Ice Skate" (2002)
Busta Rhymes feat. Nas - "Rough Around The Edges"
Canibus - "Last Laugh"
Ca**idy ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Eve - "Cash Rulez" (2007)
Chip Tha Ripper - Sprinkle Me (2009) (Cleveland Show Mixtape)
Cocoa Brovaz - "Get Up" (2001)
Cocoa Brovaz feat. Dawn Penn - "Spit Again"
Common feat. Sadat X - "1-9-9-9" (Album: Rawkus presents Soundbombing II) (1999)
Common - "Tekzilla"
Cormega - "Take These Jewels" (2002)
D12 - "Just Like You" (Album: D12 World) (2004)
Dead Prez feat. Talib Kweli - "Sharp Shooters"
Donte - "Heat 4 The Streets"
Estelle - Life to me
G-Unit - "Eye For An Eye" (Album: Beg For Mercy)
G-Unit - "G-Unit" (Album: Beg For Mercy)
Ghostface Killah - "Josephine" (Album: More Fish)
Gym Cla** Heroes - "New Friend Request (Hi-Tek Remix)" (Album: Snakes On A Plane: The Album)
Jonell - "Don't Stop
Jonell - "Round & Round (remix)" (feat. Kool G Rap)
Jonell - "Round & Round (remix)" (feat. Method Man)
Jonell - "Round & Round (remix)" (feat. Method Man, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap)
J. Sands - "In Jail"
Kurious - "Brand New Day" (Feat. Dave Dar & Co Campbell)(2009)
Little Brother - "Step it Up" (feat. Dion) (Album: Getback)
Lil' Skeeter feat. Marques Houston - "All I Have" (Album: Midwest Mastermind)
Lil' Skeeter feat. Eminem - "What Can I Say" (Album: Dream Cruise)
Lloyd Banks feat. Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent - "I Get High" (Album: The Hunger For More)
Mood - Doom
Morcheeba feat. Talib Kweli - "Let Me See (remix)"
Mos Def - "Next Universe" (Album: Rawkus presents Soundbombing II)
Outlawz feat. Young Buck & Dion - "Drivin' Down the Freeway" (Album: Godz Plan)
Papoose - "What Makes Me, Me" (Album: Internationally Known)
Phife Dawg - 4 tracks from Ventilation: Da LP
Phife Dawg - "Miscellaneous (remix)"
Planet Asia & Grand Agent - "It's Only Right"
Slum Village - "The Set Up" (Album: Villa Manifesto)
Snoop Dogg - "I Believe In You"
Snoop Dogg feat. E-White - "I Miss That Bitch"
Snoop Dogg - "No Thang On Me"
Soopafly - "Are You Ready"
Soulive feat. Talib Kweli - "Bridge to Bama (remix)"
Styles P feat. Ray J - "Let's Go" (Album: Super Gangster, Extraordinary Gentleman)
Styles P feat. Talib Kweli - "Testify" (Album: Time Is Money)
Syleena Johnson feat. Mos Def - "Hit On Me (remix)
Talib Kweli - "2000 Seasons", "The Express", "Back Up Offa Me", "Work It Out", "Beautiful Struggle", "More or Less"
Termanology - "In The Streets" (Album: Politics as Usual)
Tha Eastsidaz feat. Nate Dogg, Butch Ca**idy - "Cool" (Album: Deuces N Trayz)
Tha Eastsidaz - "Eastside Ridaz" (Album: Deuces N Trayz)
The Game - "Ol English" (Album: Doctor's Advocate)
The Game feat. Tony Yayo - "Runnin'" (Album: The Documentary)
The Game feat. Nas - "Letter to The King" (Album: L.A.X.)
Truth Hurts - "Hollywood"
Xzibit - "Scent of a Woman" (Album: Weapons of Ma** Destruction)
Xzibit feat. Busta Rhymes - "Tough Guy" (Album: Weapons of Ma** Destruction)
Young Buck - "Don't Need No Help" (Album: Get Rich Or Die Tryin' soundtrack)
Young Buck feat. Snoop Dogg, Trick Daddy - "I Ain't f***in' Wit You" (Album: Buck The World)
Young Flame feat. Hi-Tek "Diss Track"

Albums:

Train of Thought (by Reflection Eternal with Talib Kweli)
Released: October 17, 2000
Billboard 200 chart position: #17
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #5
Singles: "The Express"/"Some Kind of Wonderful", "Move Somethin'"/"Good Mourning" & "The Blast"/"Down for the Count"/"Train of Thought", "Down for the Count"

Hi-Teknology
Released: May 8, 2001
Billboard 200 chart position: #66
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #12
Singles: "Round & Round"/"All I Need Is You", "The Sun God"/"Get Back Pt. 2"

Hi-Teknology²: The Chip
Released: October 17, 2006
Billboard 200 chart position: #38
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #8
U.S. Sales: 51,782[1]
Singles: "Where It Started At (NY)"/"Can We Go Back"

Hi-Teknology 3
Released: December 11, 2007
Billboard 200 chart position: #48
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #
Singles: "My Piano"

Revolutions Per Minute (by Reflection Eternal with Talib Kweli)
Released: May 18, 2010
Billboard 200 chart position: #18
R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: TBA
Singles: "Back Again", "In This World", "Strangers (Paranoid)"

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Nottz

« on: February 14, 2011, 09:02:25 AM »

Nottz has produced for some of the biggest names in hip hop including Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, The Game, Notorious B.I.G., Scarface, Canibus, J Dilla, and G-Unit. Some of his earliest production work was on the Rawkus Records compilation Lyricist Lounge, Volume One, in 1998. From there he landed three tracks on Busta Rhymes' Extinction level Event LP, after Rhymes stumbled across one of his beat tapes.

Like many other hip hop producers to emerge before the 2000s, Nottz borrows samples from old soul records and old movies soundtracks to reconstruct into new beats. West Coast hip hop icon, Dr. Dre, has named Nottz as one of his favourite producers, and has selected him as one of the few guest producers on his much delayed, yet anticipated Detox album.

Nottz also has a group called D.M.P., which stands for "Durte Muzik Prahdukshun". They released an EP in 2004 and a full length album on Koch Records, titled Nottz Presents D.M.P., in 2005.

On October 26, 2010, Nottz released his first solo album, You Need This Music under his label, Raw Koncept. The album features Nottz as an MC as well as a producer. He is also working on rapper Game upcoming album The R.E.D. Album, after having 3 of his beats on Game's last two albums Doctor's Advocate and LAX. He has worked with female rapper Rah Digga on her long-awaited comeback album, Cla**ic, and it has been released on September 14, 2010 under his label. Nottz also worked with rapper Asher Roth on their collaboration EP entitled Rawth, released for free on the internet, on December 27, 2010.

1998
D.V. Alias Khrist and Lord Have Mercy - Lyricist Lounge, Volume One
2-08. "Holy Water"

3rd Eye - Studio Life (Unreleased)
00. "Final Exam"
00. "'88 Flashback"

Busta Rhymes - E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front
02. "Everybody Rise"
03. "Where We Are About To Take It"
04. "Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)"

1999
Various - Violator: The Album
03. "Whatcha Come Around Here For?" - Flipmode Squad

The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again
05. "Dangerous MCs" feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes & Mark Curry

Fat Joe - Thicker Than Water soundtrack
05. "Thicker Than Blood" feat. Terror Squad

Lord Have Mercy - Thee Ungodly Hour (Unreleased)
00. "Paint Ya Face"
00. "These Men Don't Cry" feat. Method Man
00. "Home Sweet Home" feat. M.O.P.

2000
Busta Rhymes - Anarchy
11. "Get Out!!"
13. "A Trip Out Of Town"
21. "Anarchy"

Rah Digga - Dirty Harriet
08. "Showdown"
09. "The Last Word"
11. "Straight Spittin' Part II"
12. "What's Up Wit' That"
14. "Just For You"

Funkmaster Flex - 60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume IV
19. "Uhhnnh" - The Bad Seed

M.O.P. - Warriorz
14. "Home Sweet Home" feat. Lord Have Mercy

Xzibit - Restless
04. "U Know" feat. Dr. Dre (co-producer)

2001
Krumbsnatcha - Long Awaited - Snatcha Season Pt. 2
04. "Blaze" feat. Blackndekuh, Nottz & Spoon
09. "Do U Wanna" feat. Boogieman & Top Gun
11. "Can't Get None" feat. Lord Tariq
13. "Hood Turn Hot"
14. "Killer In Me"
15. "Jungle"
16. "Take Your Pain Away"

Krumbsnatcha - Training Day Soundtrack
02. "W.O.L.V.E.S." feat. M.O.P.

Busta Rhymes - Genesis
01. "Intro"
09. "Pa** The Courvoisier"
20. "Bad Dreams"

2002
Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg Presents…Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1
13. "Don't Make A Wrong Move" feat. Prodigy & Special Ed

Scarface - The Fix
06. "Keep Me Down"

Krumbsnatcha - Respect All Fear None
09. "Oxygen" feat. Boogieman

50 Cent - "Guess Who's Back?"
09. "Be a Gentleman"

2003
G-Unit - Beg for Mercy
09. "Footprints"

Kardinal Offishall - Firestarter Vol. 2: The F-Word Theory (Unreleased)
00. "Sick!" feat. Bounty Killer

Black Moon - Total Eclipse
06. "Why We Act This Way?"

Craig G - This Is Now!!!
05. "Now That's What's Up" feat. Mr. Cheekz

Pitch Black - Pitch Black Law
08. "R You Ready 4 This?"

2004
Krumbsnatcha - Let The Truth Be Told
03. "Do Me"
04. "Boston To VA" feat. Fam-Lay
06. "Thorough" feat. Ghostface Killah & Solomon Childs
14. "Get Live" feat. DMP
00. "Never Grow Up"

Ca**idy - Split Personality
12. "Real Talk"

213 - The Hard Way
07. "Lonely Girl"
Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album
14. "Be This Way"
16. "Tooken Back" feat. Jacki-O

Kardinal Offishall - Kill Bloodclott Bill (Mixtape)
04. "Gas"

D.M.P. - Nottz Presents D.M.P. The E.P.
[Entire album]

2005
Ghostface Killah and Trife Da God - Put It On The Line
03. "Struggle" - Ghostface Killah

Consequence - Caught Up in the Hype (Single 12')
"Caught Up in the Hype"

D.M.P. - Nottz Presents D.M.P. The album
[Entire album]

Skillz - Confessions Of A Ghostwriter
06. "Wave Ya Hands" feat. Musiq Soulchild
07. "Imagine"
08. "S.K.I.L.L.Z."

Canibus - Hip-Hop for Sale
01. "It's No Other Than"
02. "Back Wit Heat"
04. "Show 'Em How"
05. "Dear Academy"
06. "I Gotcha"

Royce Da 5'9" - Independent's Day
05. "Politics" feat. Cee-Lo Green
09. "Blow Dat..."

2006
Little Brother - Soldiers of Fortune (Hall of Justus album)
07. "Life of The Party" feat. Carlitta Durand

Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
05. "That's That Shit" feat. R. Kelly

The Game - Doctor's Advocate
10. "One Night"

2007
Sunshine Anderson - Sunshine At Midnight
03. "My Whole Life"

Boot Camp Clik - Casualties of War
04. "Bubblin' Up"

WC - Guilty by Affiliation
03. "Jack & The Bean Stalk"
[edit] Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man
03. "Big Munny"

Kanye West - Graduation
07. "Barry Bonds" feat. Lil' Wayne (co-produced by Kanye West)

Little Brother - Getback
08. "Two-Step Blues" feat. Darien Brockington

Scarface - Made
04. "Girl You Know"

Ca**idy - B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story
11. "I Get My Paper"

2008
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin'
11. "Deez Hollywood Nights"

Dwele - Sketches of a Man
05. "A Few Reasons (Truth Pt. 2)"

AZ - Undeniable
04. "Fire"
10. "Now I Know"

The Game - L.A.X.
07. "Cali Sunshine" feat. Bilal
08. "Ya Heard" feat. Ludacris

Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale
08. "Ill Eagle Alien"

MURS - Murs for President
10. "Me and This Jawn"
11. "Think You Know Me"
00. "Better Than The Best" (Leftover)

J Dilla - Pay Jay (Unreleased MCA Album)
01. "Diamonds"

Termanology - Politics As Usual
05. "Please Don't Go"
06. "Float"
08. "Drugs Crimes Gorillaz" feat. Freeway & Sheek Louch

Bishop Lamont - The Confessional
"Ghetto Song" feat. YM
"What People Do"
"Why U Wanna Piss Me Off"

Scarface - Emeritus
04. "Can't Get Right" feat. Bilal
05. "Still Here" feat. Shateish

Adama
"Take Me Home"/ Remix

Rapper Big Pooh - Rapper's Delight
"Rapper's Delight" feat. Chaundon

Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles
03. "D-I-A-M-O-N-D"
Nottz - n/a
"Can't Hide The Truth" feat. Kardinall Offishall & Cory Gunz

Ne-Yo - n/a
"Free Me"

Drake - n/a
"One More Time"

2009
Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle
15. "Y.O.U." (UK Bonus Track) feat. Slick Rick

Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse
00. "Woodstock (Hood Hop)" feat. M.O.P

Finale - A Pipe Dream and A Promise
06. "Jumper Cables"
11. "Brother's Keeper"

T.I. - n/a
"The Way You Want It"

Skyzoo - The Salvation
05. "Popularity"
16. "Maintain"

M.O.P. - Foundation
11. "I'm A Brownsvillain"

KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
09. "One Shot" feat. Pharoahe Monch

Cormega -"Born & Raised"
10. "What Did I Do"

Shafiq Husayn - Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka (Nottz Remix)
03. "Cheeba" feat. Bilal

Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop
02. "Count for Nothing"
13. "Street Hop"

Rakim - The Seventh Seal
04. "Man Above" feat. Tracey Horton

Snoop Dogg - Malice n Wonderland
11. "Pimpin' Ain't EZ" feat. R. Kelly

2010
Little Brother - Leftback
"Life of the Party Pt. 2"

Snoop Dogg - More Malice
02. "Protocol"

Dwele - W.ants W.orld W.omen
02. "I Wish"
16. "Give Me A Chance"

Mayer Hawthorne - bonus "Stones Throw Records recording artist's
"I Need You"

Bilal - Airtight's Revenge
04. "Flying"
12. "Lost My Mind" (Bonus)
00. "Free"

Ghostface Killah - "The Apollo Kids"
09. "Handcuffin Them Hoes" produced by Nottz

2011
Upcoming projects
SEVEN

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Hot Traxxx / kriMzin - 4 Finger Ring

« on: February 14, 2011, 07:30:16 AM »

Was bumping a few instrumentals at my boyz lab, came across the Method Man Yah Meen beat and instantly started writing bars....came up with 4 Finger Ring...tell me what yall think...

>http://mp3twit.com/8jQ

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Jake One

« on: February 11, 2011, 01:34:23 PM »

Dutton grew up in Capitol Hill and moved to the North End of Seattle when he was 15. He started making music on a Casio keyboard in 1992. He attended the University of Washington and gave a tape of his music to a friend who worked in a local record store. One of the store’s other employees, the DJ Mr. Supreme heard the tape, and when he set up his Conception Records label, he used Dutton to create backing tracks. The first record he produced was Eclipse’s World Premier. His early influences included Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and Marley Marl. Dutton has worked with local artists as well as major names from further afield. He has produced tracks by artists such as De La Soul, Strange Fruit Project, Prozack Turner, MF DOOM, E-40, John Cena, Planet Asia, Nas, and 50 Cent. He is part of the G-Unit production team, The Money Management Group.

His first album credited to Jake One, White Van Music, was released in October 2008 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, and featured contributions from Brother Ali, Young Buck, De La Soul, M.O.P., Freeway, MF DOOM, and E-40.

He has had tracks included on the soundtracks to films such as Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (50 Cent’s I Don’t Know Officer), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (“Jake Alert”), and Gone Baby Gone

Production:

1998

"World Premier", "No Introduction", "No Introdeezy", "Neva Scared", "Essay on Pseudo-ism", "Thoughts I Generate" (from the Conception Records compilation Walkman Rotation)

1999

"Eyez on the Prize", "Game Trump Tight" (from the Trump Tight Records compilation Eyez on the Prize)

2001

"Ice Age" (from the Mix Master Mike compilation album Spin Psycle)
"Writers Guild", "Odds on Favorite", "All Stars", "The Trade", "Net Worth", "All I Have Left" (from the Boom Bap Project album Circumstance Dictates)

2002

"The Reckoning" (from the Musab album Respect the Life)

2003

"Ends to Means" (from the DJ Babu album Duck Season Vol. 2)
"The Sweet Science", "Put Your Hands Up", "We Get Live" (from the Rasco album Escape from Alcatraz)
"Betta Ask Somebody" (from the G-Unit album Beg for Mercy)
"Fatal Mistake", "Walk With My Dogs", "Sashay" (from the Sly Boogy album Judgement Day)
"Super Education Part 2" (from the compilation West Coast Lyricist Lounge)

2004

"The Ride of Your Life", "Rat Race", "Flashback", "Up", "To Know You", "Hold On", "In a Minute Doe", "Evolution", "Moonshine" (from the Gift of Gab album 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up)
"Days of Our Lives", "Rock Co.Kane Flow" (from the De La Soul album The Grind Date)
"Fallback" (from the Kardinal Offishall mixtape Kill Bloodclott Bill)
"As Long As I'm Alive" (from the Planet Asia album The Grand Opening)
"Layover", "Step It Up Or Wrap It Up", "Zigga Zigga", "The Schizm", "My Way Home" feat. DJ Topspin (from the Encore album Layover)

2005

"Kaysarasara" (from the Kardinal Offishall album Fire and Glory)
"This Is It", "Ice Cold", "Everyday Shit" (from the I Self Devine album Self Destruction)

2006

"Wasn't for You" (from the De La Soul album The Impossible: Mission TV Series – Pt. 1)
"Moonlight Melodic Pt. 2" (from the Planet Asia mixtape The Sickness Part One)
"Memories" (from the Deep Routed album The Second Coming)

2007

"Clean Up Man", "Buck The World" feat. Lyfe Jennings (from the Young Buck album Buck the World)
"Movin on Up", "All of Me" (from the 50 Cent album Curtis)
"Initiated (Nu-Mixx)" feat. Boot Camp Click (from the posthumous 2Pac album Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2)
"Don't Kill Me", "Fukk Kramer Radio (Interlude)" (from the Bishop Lamont & DJ Skee mixtape N*gger Noize)
"It's Over" (from the Freeway album Free at Last)
"Beast" (from the Guilty Simpson mixtape Stray Bullets)

2008

"Digital Motown" (from the Kardinal Offishall album Not 4 Sale)
"4 All My Niggaz" feat. Planet Asia, Mistah F.A.B., & Ya Boy (from the Black Milk & Bishop Lamont album Caltroit)
"Ready or Not" (from the G-Unit album T.O.S: Terminate on Sight)
"Shed Thy Blood", "Damn Daddy" (from the Prodigy album Product of the 80's)
"High Note" (from the Scarface album Emeritus)

2009

"Ballskin", "Rap Ambush", "Microwave Mayo", "More Rhymin'" (from the DOOM album Born Like This)
"Won't Be Long" (from the Rakim album The Seventh Seal)
"Dream" (from Elzhi mixtape The Leftovers Unmixedtape)
"The Return", "Wake Up", "Yah Have Mercy" (from the D.Black album Ali'Yah)
"Get Right" feat. Mistah F.A.B. & Baba Zumbi (from the Jern Eye album Vision)
"No Substitute", "Life Line" feat. One Be Lo (from the Supastition album Splitting Image)
"This Is That Fire" (from the Spaceman mixtape Flawless Hustle Presents: Stay Flawless)

2010

"Rock Star" (performed by Freeway on the UeRadioLive.com Mixtape)
"Salute" (from the T.I. album No Mercy)
"Armed & Dangerous" (from the Cypress Hill album Rise Up)
"Escalators", "Beautiful Music" (from the upcoming Freeway album Diamonds in the Ruff)
"Troublemakers" (from the Ghostface Killah album Apollo Kids)
"C Scrolls" (from the Canibus album C of Tranquility)
"One Of These Kids", "High School Sweet Heart" (from the JFK of Grayskul album Building Wings On The Way Down)
"All That Fire" (from the J.Pinder Code Red EP)
"Cry For Help" (by Fatal Lucciauno)

2011

"Gangbang Rookie" feat. Pilot (from the Snoop Dogg album Doggumentary)
"I Ain't Gonna Say Nothing" (by Slim da Mobster)
"Crime Scene Cinema" (from the upcoming Evidence album Cats & Dogs)

Albums:

-White Van Music (2008)
-The Stimulus Package, with Freeway (2010)
-Patience, with Truthlive (2010)

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Producers - Discussion / #2 Beat Magician of the Day: Salaam Remi

« on: February 10, 2011, 05:05:23 PM »

1 word.....UNDERRATED!...dude iz a genius...





Singles...

1993:

"Young Girl Bluez" (Biz Markie)

1994:

"Here Comes the Hotstepper" (Ini Kamoze)

1996:

"Fu-Gee-La" (The Fugees)

2003:

"I Can" (Nas)
 
"Can't Get It Back" (Mis-Teeq)
"Get Down" (Nas)
"Stronger Than Me" (Amy Winehouse)

2004:

"In My Bed" (Amy Winehouse)
"Thief's Theme" (Nas)
"f*** Me Pumps (Amy Winehouse)

2007:

"Tears Dry on Their Own" (Amy Winehouse)
"Less Than an Hour" (Nas feat. Cee Lo Green)

2008:

"Be a Nigger Too" (Nas)
"Labels or Love" (Fergie)
"Just Friends (Amy Winehouse)
"Bust Your Windows (Jazmine Sullivan)
"Lions, Tigers & Bears" (Jazmine Sullivan)

2009:

"Now I'm That Bitch (Livvi Franc feat. Pitbull)

2010:

"All I Want Is You" (Miguel feat. J. Cole)
"Follow Us" (Big Boi feat. Vonnegutt)
"Night Is Young" (Nelly Furtado)
"Fuerte" (Nelly Furtado feat. Concha Buika)
"10 Seconds" (Jazmine Sullivan)

With Amy Winehouse :
Amy Winehouse - You Sent Me Flying/Cherry
Amy Winehouse - I Heard Love Is Blind
Amy Winehouse - In My Bed
Amy Winehouse - Just Friends
Amy Winehouse - Me & Mr Jones
Amy Winehouse - Moody Moody For Love
Amy Winehouse - Mr. Magic
Amy Winehouse - 'Round Midnight
Amy Winehouse - Some Unholy War
Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me
Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own

With Nas:

Nas - Bridging The Gap
Nas - Get Down
Nas - Hey Nas
Nas - I Can
Nas - Made You Look
Nas - The N
Nas - Suicide Bounce
Nas - Thief's Theme
Nas - What Goes Around
Nas - Where Y'all At?
Nas - Zone Out
Nas - You Can't Stop Us Now

Others:

Beenie Man - Love Me Now (feat. Wyclef Jean)
Big Boi - Follow Us (feat. Vonnegut)
Blaque - Can't Get It Back
Buckshot LeFonque - No Pain, No Gain (Salaam Remi Remix)
Toni Braxton - You're Making Me High
Canibus - Get Retarded
Cee-Lo Green - Bodies
Ciara - Click, Flash
Da Bush Babees - Remember We (Remix)
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
Fugees - Nappy Heads (Remix)
Fugees - Ready Or Not (Salaam's Remix)
Fugees - Vocab (Salaam's Remix)
Greg Nice - Set It Off
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows
Jazmine Sullivan - Lions, Tigers And Bears
Joss Stone - Young At Heart
Wyclef Jean - Bubblegoose (co-produced by Wyclef Jean)
Lil' Flip - You'z A Trick
Lil' Flip featuring UGK - You'z A Trick (Remix)
Mutya Buena - B Boy Baby
Rupee - Do The Damn Thing
Angie Martinez - No Playaz (feat. Lil' Mo & Tony Sunshine)
Angie Martinez - Live At Jimmy's (feat. Big Pun, Cuban Link, Domingo & Sunkiss)
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - The Block Party
Mis-Teeq - All In One Day
Mis-Teeq - Can't Get It Back (co-produced by Staybent)
Mis-Teeq - Strawberrez
Pras Michel - Dance Hall (feat. Sean Paul, Spragga Benz & Roundhead)
Nas & Cee-Lo - Less Than An Hour
I-20 - Fightin In The Club (feat. Lil Fate, Titty Boi & Chingy)
I-20 - The Realist
I-20 - Point 'Em Out (feat. Juvenile)
Kevin Lyttle - Last Drop (feat. Spragga Benz & a**a**in) (produced by Nicholas Brancker & Salaam Remi)
Kevin Lyttle - I Got It (feat. Trey Songz & Troy Taylor) (Produced by Nicholas Brancker & Salaam Remi)
Kevin Lyttle - My Lady (produced by Salaam Remi)
Kevin Lyttle - Dancing Like Making Love (Produced by Nicholas Brancker & Salaam Remi)
Kevin Lyttle - My Love (Produced by Da Bhann & Salaam Remi)
Leona Lewis - Forgiveness (Co-produced and co-written by Remi & Kara DioGuardi)
Leona Lewis - You Bring me Down (Co-produced by Taj Jackson and Remi and co-written by Remi, Jackson & Lewis)
Ludacris - Virgo (feat. Nas & Doug E. Fresh)
Chrisette Michele - In This For You, Good Girl
Carlos Santana - Manana (feat. Keon Bryce)
Tego Calderón - Payaso Ft. Eddie Dee & Voltio
Lemar - Trust Me
Livvi Franc - Now I'm That Bitch
Nelly Furtado - Suficiente Tiempo
Nelly Furtado - Girlfriend in the City
2005: Motown Remixed - "ABC" (Jackson Five Remix)

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: DJ Khalil

« on: February 10, 2011, 10:33:55 AM »

Youngest son of former UCLA player and coach and NBA player Walt Hazzard. From underground heavyweight to mainstream success, Khalil Abdul-Rahman better known by his current stage name DJ Khalil, Los Angeles based producer who has been in the biz for over 15 years.

The last few years have been ground breaking for him as a producer. Placements with multi-platinum artist, The Game “Da Shit” (Doctor’s Advocate), Jay Z “I Made It” (Kingdom Come), and Talib Kweli “Oh My Stars” Feat. Musiq Soulchild & “Hostile Gospel Pt. 2” Feat. Sizzla (Ear Drum).

Most recently he delivered 50 Cent’s latest commercial smash hit “I’ll Still Kill” Feat AKON on the multi-platinum selling Curtis LP.

In 2008 he picked up right were he left off with his production for Jim Jones commercial single “Love Me No More” Feat Cobe (Harlem’s American Gangster) and a musical score of the horror film titled “The Portal”. He also created tracks for an upcoming animated feature film, “The Blockheads”

Early production is already in the mix with Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated “Detox”, NAS, Kelis, and Busta Rhymes among several others.

These recent accomplishments have catapulted his name as one of the music industry hottest new producers.

Rewind to his early days, Khalil’s pa**ion for music began as a youth growing up in Los Angeles listening to everything from “NWA” to “A Tribe Called Quest” exposing him to the best of what hip hop music was delivering from both coasts during a time which is now remembered as “The Glory Years” in hip hop.

It was during this time that a young DJ Khalil was heavily influenced and knew he wanted to be a part of the rapidly growing hip hop movement that influenced many kids during this era.

After purchasing his first pair of technique turntables and years of perfecting his skills as a DJ, Khalil would be influenced by the likes of DJ Premiere, Pete Rock, & Ali Shaheed. These incredible individuals would eventually spark the pa**ion he had in him to produce his own music.

This led to the purchase of his first beat machine, the ASR10 made by Ensoniq. Making his transition from DJ to producer and giving birth to his official production/artist name, DJ Khalil.

He developed his pa**ion for music from his father who to this day possesses an incredible jazz collection. This not only inspired the young producer but it exposed him to thousands of famous Jazz musicians, which helped develop and mold his sound to what you hear today.

While still in High School he shared a bond with another talented up and coming artist from Los Angeles by the name of Chace Infinite. The two met mutually through the friendship their parents shared and the love for their first pa**ion as youth, Basketball.

It was during this time that Khalil finally had someone he could bounce and share ideas with musically and begin his long journey through the winding roads of the music industry.

Upon graduation from North Hollywood High, he enrolled in the Historically Black University, Moorehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. The move would prove to be beneficial for him. At Moorehouse College he shared the same hallways with the likes of many striving young artist and soon to be executives who are currently major players in the music business today. It would also prove to be a time where the majority of his growth and experimentation as a Producer would play a significant role in what is now known as his unique signature sound.

He continued to develop as an artist eventually forming a group called “Self Scientific” in the early 90’s exposing the Hip Hop community to a series of underground produced cla**ics. However, it wasn’t until 1993 when Khalil produced the underground hit “Return” that they made their official introduction and solidified him as one of the newest producers to keep an ear open for.

After the success of ‘Return” and a series of 12’ vinyl singles his group eventually landed a development deal with Loud Records in1995. Although things didn’t pan out like he expected, the knowledge he gained would give him the inspiration to produce two cla**ic Self Scientific albums. “The Self Science” in 2000 and “Change” in 2006.

In 2003 while continuing to establish himself as a young producer on the rise, Khalil caught the attention of west coast Legend and co- founder of NWA, Dr. Dre. Dr. Dre saw great potential in Khalil as a producer and felt with his guidance he could help develop his sound to great heights.

“I want to sign you as a staff producer” Dre told Khalil, “I want you as a part of the family”

Persistence and countless hours perfecting his sound paid off landing him a slot on Dr. Dre’s production staff at Aftermath Records.

“I grew up listening to Dre, so to be working with him and the fact that he really like my music is dope”, explains Khalil.

His new affiliation would allow him to produce for the likes of major artist like Keith Murray “Candi Bar”, Cypress Hill “The Only Way”, XZIBIT “Beware Of Us”, Raekwon “Ice Cream Part 2”, and G-Unit’s 50 Cent “Lay You Down”.

Even though he was beginning to receive early success with mainstream artist he still continued to inject underground artists with his infectious sound.

Ras Ka** “Kiss Of Death”, Sway & King Tech “Better Days”, Planet Asia “It’s On”, Strong Arm Steady (Blacksmith/Warner Bros.), Evidence (“All Said & Done”/The Weatherman LP) and newly acquired Aftermath Recording Artist Bishop Lamont have and are still benefiting from this musical talent.

Khalil’s never ending appetite for challenging himself musically has brought him to his most recent personal venture, “The New Royales”.

This hybrid group made up of himself and a group of very talented songwriters / musicians based out of Canada have combined his distinct sound with the “Royales” alternative rock melodies making the match a perfect alliance.

Production: 2010/2011

2010:

-Cypress Hill (Rise Up) "Pa** the Dutch" (feat. Evidence & The Alchemist), "Take My Pain" (feat. Everlast), "Strike the Match" (Co-productions with DJ Muggs)
-Kida (The Endemic) "Street Music", "Wanna Be's" (feat. Kobe), "Eulogy"
-Eminem (Recovery) "Talkin' 2 Myself" (feat. Kobe), "Won't Back Down" (feat. Pink), "25 to Life", "Almost Famous"
Laws (4:57) "Hold You Down"
-Xzibit (MMX) "Gotta Get 'Em" (feat. Kobe)
-DJ Muggs Vs. Ill Bill (Kill Devil Hills) "Luciferian Imperium" (Co-production with DJ Muggs)
-Redman (Reggie) "Def Jammable"
Hot Dollar (n/a) - "I Promise You" (co-produced by Dr. Dre)
-M.E.D. (Bang Ya Head) - "West Iz Back"
-Dr. Dre (Detox) "Kush" (feat. Snoop Dogg & Akon)
-Dr. Dre (Detox) "Topless" (feat. Eminem & Nas)
-Self Scientific (n/a) "Peaceful" (feat. Freddie Gibbs & Krondon)
-Chin (D'Tach) "Separated" (Co-production with Chin Injeti), " Mask On My Face (Remix)"

2011:

-Raekwon (Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang) "Rock' N Roll" (feat. Ghostface Killah, Jim Jones & Kobe)
-Strong Arm Steady (Arms & Hammers) "Klack Or Get Klacked"
-Joell Ortiz (Free Agent) "Cocaine"

Full Production credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Khalil_discography

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Hot Traxxx / Phonte - Blessings (prod. by Khrysis)

« on: February 09, 2011, 10:17:57 AM »

via tiwtter:

>KHRYSIS:
ladies and gentalmen!! Blessings - @phontigallo (prod by @khrysis ) http://hulkshare.com/l7zhrcrlhwg0

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Kev Brown

« on: February 09, 2011, 08:19:13 AM »

The true genius behind Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent...get ya learn on!



Kev Brown made his debut as a featured artist on Marley Marl’s BBE Beat Generation series instalment Re-Entry (2001). His guest appearance alongside Grap Luva left an impression on the underground and he subsequently contributed a track to De La Soul’s AOI: Bionix later that year.

Kev Brown continued to build his resume with contributions to DJ Jazzy Jeff’s The Magnificent (2002). As a then-member of Jazzy Jeff’s production-for-hire unit A Touch Of Jazz, Brown contributed no less than 7 tracks to the project yet it wasn’t until his remix of Jay-Z’s The Black Album, aptly titled The Brown Album was released in January, 2004 that he began to receive recognition.

As the first producer to do so (to date there are more than 100 submitted remixes of the project), Brown made use of Jay-Z’s starpower and commercial appeal. Although his time in the spotlight was somewhat overshadowed by DJ Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album (2004), a remix project of the same album noticeable for its use of The Beatles’ White Album (1968) as a soundbed for Jay-Z acapellas, Kev Brown was nevertheless able to garner enough of a following to embark on a solo career.

After numerous productions and collaborations with artists throughout 2003 and 2004, Brown made his debut in 2005 with I Do What I Do through the independent Up Above imprint. The single, “Life’s A Gamble”, followed in late 2005. Kev Brown is currently working with Freddie Foxxx on a full-length project.

>I Do What I Do (Up Above Records,  2005)
>I Do What I Do (2xLP, Album) (Up Above Records,  2005)
>I Do What I Do (CD, Album) (Up Above Records,  2005)   
>I Do What I Do (Sampler) (CD, Album, Smplr, Promo) (Up Above Records,  2005)
>I Do What I Do Instrumentals (2xLP, Album, Ltd) (Up Above Records,  2006) 
>LMNO & Kev Brown - Selective Hearing (CD, Album) (Up Above Records,  2008)
>LMNO & Kev Brown - Selective Hearing 2 (CD, Album) (Up Above Records,  2010)

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: DJ Premier

« on: February 07, 2011, 10:16:25 AM »

Premier is known for producing the majority of Gang Starr's songs as well as many of the Gang Starr Foundation's songs. His work also includes production for heavyweight rappers such as Nas, Jay-Z, Mos Def, 50 Cent, Scarface, Big L, Lord Finesse, M.O.P., The Notorious B.I.G., D.I.T.C., The LOX, Royce Da 5'9", Redman, Ghostface Killah, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Fat Joe, Snoop Dogg, rock band Limp Bizkit and pop singer Christina Aguilera amongst a plethora of others.

Premier collaborated with MC Jeru the Damaja on the album The Sun Rises in the East, released in 1994, as well as the 1996 follow-up, Wrath of the Math. Also from the Gang Starr Foundation, Premier produced and supervised Group Home's Livin' Proof; although overlooked at the time of its 1995 release, the album has since come to find similar acclaim. Among others in that are closely tied to the Gang Starr Foundation who have worked with DJ Premier include Afu Ra, Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Smiley the Ghetto Child, and NYGz. He recently produced the majority of Blaq Poet's The Blaqprint in 2009 & will produce the entirety of NYG'z debut album.

DJ Premier's style of production epitomizes the New York sound of his earlier peers. He is known for sampling jazz, funk, and soul artists, as well as sampling an artist's past work when creating a new track for that same artist. In addition, his encyclopedic memory of hip-hop lyrics allows him to distinctively speak with his hands by scratching in lyrics from several different songs to construct new phrases. Premier's beats are known for his oft-imitated combinations of short vocal samples, often from multiple artists, to create a chorus. Premier has also experimented with atonal samples that are not confined to soul, jazz, and funk. For example, he sampled chopped up seminal electro-acoustic music from the 1960s on the track “Mental Stamina” by Jeru the Damaja.

In an interview with XXL Magazine, DJ Premier was asked how his sound evolved, to which he replied, "Marley Marl is my number one inspiration. Jam Master Jay, Mixmaster Ice and UTFO. Grandmaster D and Whodini. DJ Cheese, Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa. Jazzy Jay, even Cut Creator. Seeing them do what they do. It’s black music, it’s black culture, it comes from the ghetto. How can you not relate to ghetto people when that’s the rawest form of blackness? Even though it’s not a good place in regards to the economy and how bad people have it in the neighborhood, the realism’s there, and that’s what we were born out of. So I very much pay respect by doing the same type of music in return." DJ Premier attended Prairie View A & M University and may have been influenced by the musical atmosphere at the university

This dude has done ALOT in the 90s....im just gonna cover the 2010 and 2011...check out the rest here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier_discography

2010:

Fat Joe - The Darkside Vol. 1
"I'm Gone"

Joell Ortiz - Project Boy Single
"Project Boy"
Sample Credit: Royce da 5'9" - "Hip Hop" (vocals by Royce Da 5'9")
Sample Credit: Nas - Nas Is Like (vocals by Nas)

Bun B - Trill O.G.
"Let 'Em Know"
Sample Credit: Big L - "Flamboyant"

Canibus - C Of Tranquility
"Golden Terra of Rap"
Sample Credit: Busta Rhymes Feat. Chauncey Black (singer) & Q-Tip - "You Can't Hold The Torch"
"Golden Terra of Rap iM Remix Feat. Donwill, Von Pea & Truthlive"

Smiley The Ghetto Child - The Antidote Part 2
"I'm Legend"

Big Shug - I.M.4EVA (Invincible Music 4 Eva)
"Spit Six"

SoulKast - Bientot L'Album
"Premiere Salve"

Year Round Records - DJ Premier Presents Get Used To Us
1. "Bang Dis!" (Blaq Poet)
2. "Policy" (NYGz)
3. "Opportunity Knock" (Nick Javas)
4. "Hot Flames" (Khaleel)
5. "Epic Dynasty" (Dynasty)
6. "Fine By Me" (MC Eiht)
7. "Temptation" (Young Maylay) * not produced by DJ Premier
8. "5%" (KRS-One Feat. Grand Puba)
9. "Ya Dayz R #'D (NYGemix)" (NYGz Feat. Lady Of Rage, Freddie Foxxx, & Royce Da 5'9")
10."Sing Like Bilal" (Joell Ortiz)
11."Married 2 Tha Game" (Teflon Feat. Styles P)
12."Not A Game" (Nick Javas)
13."Ain't Nuttin' Changed (Remix)" (Blaq Poet Feat. MC Eiht & Young Maylay)
14."Lifetime Membership" (Teflon Feat. Saigon & Papoose)
15."Rappin' Exercise" (Feat. Panchi of NYGz)
16."The Gang Starr Bus" (Freddie Foxxx)

2011:

Reks - R.E.K.S (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme)
25th Hour

Christina Aguilera - TBA
TBA

NYGz - Hustla's Union: Local NYG
Entire Album

DJ Premier - Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 2
01. "John T."
02. "Ch-Ching"
03. "Dots"
04. "Doomp Doomp Doomp"
05. "Stylesss"
06. "Epic-ishh"
07. "Beautiful"
08. "Change"
09. "Live Pro"
10. "I Don't Know"
11. "Late Night"
12. "N.Y.S.O.M.#20"

Pete Rock v.s. DJ Premier - TBA
TBA

Freddie Foxxx - The Kollexxxion
TBA

Nick Javas - Destination Unknown
Not A Game
Opportunity Knocks
Doomsday (feat. Royce Da 5'9")

Game - The R.E.D. Album
"Born in The Trap"

Teflon & DJ Premier - Contraband
TBA

KRS-One & DJ Premier - Return of the Boom Bap
TBA

Joe Budden - The Great Escape (Joe Budden album)
TBA

MC Eiht - Which Way Is West?
TBA

Khaleel - Already!
"Hot Flames"

Prop Dylan - TBA

Immortal Technique - The Middle Pa**age
TBA

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Pete Rock

« on: February 04, 2011, 10:28:22 AM »

Legend of note...



His first major exposure to the hip-hop audience was in 1987 with Marley Marl, as a DJ on New York's WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl." The 17-year-old Phillips was recognized by the listening audience as the man "puttin' in work", as he would use double copies of each record to cut up every song he played, when most New York DJs would only use double copies on every third or fourth song. Propelled by the growth of his popularity, he began producing in the early 1990s. In 1991 he joined with CL Smooth to release the EP All Souled Out.

The following year saw Mecca and the Soul Brother, the first of two full-length albums, released to critical acclaim and hailed as a cla**ic by many. During this period, Pete Rock began to produce songs for other acts, such as "Down With the King" for Run-DMC and "The World Is Yours" for Nas, as well remix singles for Jeru the Damaja ("You Can't Stop the Prophet"), Public Enemy ("Shut 'em Down"), and The Notorious B.I.G. ("Juicy" - the original of which was allegedly based on Rock's own demo). Pete and CL followed up Mecca in 1994 with The Main Ingredient. Like its predecessor, The Main Ingredient also received wide critical acclaim. However, soon after the album's release, the duo split and went their separate ways, with Rock focusing on production work for other artists.

In 1995, he formed the group INI, with Grap Luva, Rob-O, and I Love H.I.M. and released the cla**ic 12" "Fakin' Jax". The trio recorded an album, Center of Attention(originally named The Life I Live), which was heavily bootlegged and remained unreleased until 2003, when BBE Records picked it up for distribution. The release of this album was coupled with another previously unreleased mid-'90s Pete Rock-produced album, DeDa's The Original Baby Pa.

In 1996, he appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source magazine.

:Production:

Pete Rock builds his beats from samples, the majority of which are taken from obscure R&B, funk, and jazz records. Early on in his career he would also sample drum breaks such as Black Heat's "Zimba Ku" for Heavy D & The Boyz's "Letter To The Future". Pete Rock heavily used the E-mu SP-1200 as well as the AKAI [S950]later moving onto using the MPC—for his productions. Pete Rock tends to use the samples as palettes for his beats, chopping (cutting the sample into smaller parts), filtering (altering the frequencies of the sample), and layering several samples, often within the same song. While this technique was applied long before Rock (on De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising or the work of The Bomb Squad for example), Rock's work is distinctive for the way in which he uses samples to achieve a hazy, droning effect. He is also noted for his resonant ba**lines, horn samples, and gritty sounding drums. His beats often sound as though they were being played from an old vinyl record; he samples many of his sounds straight off these records.

Another trait of his, more so in the earlier part of his career, is the way he uses horn samples to supplement his grooves. With perhaps the most famous example being "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" (on which he uses a horn sample from Tom Scott's "Today"), Rock has also used horns on several other productions such as "Straighten It Out", Public Enemy's "Shut 'Em Down", Rah Digga's "What They Call Me", and A.D.O.R.'s "Let It All Hang Out".

Along with Gang Starr, The Roots and A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock played a large role in the fusing of jazz and funk music into Hip hop. The aforementioned "Reminisce..." withstanding, Rock used many jazz samples on his album Mecca and The Soul Brother, such as Cannonball Adderley's "Country Preacher", for the song "Return of the Mecca", or "Capricorn" for the song "In the House" from The Main Ingredient. Pete Rock's heavy use of intro and outro beats has also been widely influential. To introduce feature songs, he often plays a short instrumental excerpt, completely different from the rest of the song. Aside from their role as transitions, these are widely regarded as a way of displaying his large collection and as a challenge to other hip-hop producers to identify the records that the breaks come from. Mecca & the Soul Brother and The Main Ingredient use intro/outro beats on nearly every track to great effect, and the tradition continues to the present on Rock's recent releases.

Solo Albums:

1998: Soul Survivor
2001: PeteStrumentals
2004: Soul Survivor II
2005: The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions
2008: NY's Finest
2011: TBA

Collaboration Albums:

1991: All Souled Out (with C.L. Smooth)
1992: Mecca and the Soul Brother (with C.L. Smooth)
1994: The Main Ingredient (with C.L. Smooth)
1995: The Original Baby Pa (with Deda)
1995: Center of Attention (with InI)
2004: My Own Worst Enemy (With Edo G)
2011: "TBA" (with Tha Dogg Pound)
2011: "Pete Rock v.s. DJ Premier" (with DJ Premier)
2011: "Monumental" (with Smif-N-Wessun)
2011: "Tango & Cash" (with DJ Doo Wop)
2011: "TBA" (with Diamond D)
2011: "TBA" (with C.L. Smooth)
2011: "80 Blocks From Tiffany's" (with Camp Lo)
[edit] Compilations / DJ Work
1998: Pete's Treats
1999: Diggin' On Blue
2006: Underground Cla**ics
2009: Jay Stay Paid

Production credits:
A.D.O.R.

Enter The Center
Let It All Hang Out
The Penetration
Akhenaton

La Face B (Pete Rock Remix)
Akiko

Back Home (Pete Rock Remix)
Alexander O'Neal

In The Middle (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
All City

Priceless
Amel Larrieux

Get Up (featuring Mos Def) (Pete Rock remix)
AZ

Gimme Yours
Rather Unique
Gimme Yours (Pete Rock remix)
Baldhead Slick

Pimp (featuring Keason & Kreem.com)
Basic Black

She's Mine (featuring Pete Rock & New Jack Swing)
Big L

Holdin' It Down (featuring Miss Jones, A.G. & Stan Spit)
Holdin' It Down (unreleased version) (featuring Party Arty, A.G. & Pete Rock)
Put It On (Pete Rock Remix)
Who You Slidin' Wit? (featuring Stan Spit)
The Black Eyed Peas

They Don't Want Music (featuring James Brown) (Pete Rock remix)
Black Star

Respiration (Flying High mix) (featuring Black Thought)
Boot Camp Clik

1-2-3
Brand Nubian

Slow Down (remix) (featuring Pete Rock)
Brandy

I Wanna Be Down (Pete Rock remix)
Busta Rhymes

Shut 'Em Down 2002 (featuring Pete Rock)
Cappadonna

Slang Editorial (Remix)
Champ MC

Keep It On the Real (Pete Rock remix)
Charles Hamilton

Stay On Your Level
Chaundon

Geek Down
CL Smooth

Multi Barz Of Fury
Common

The Bitch in Yoo
Cormega

Never Personal (Pete Rock Remix)
Crown Lee

2 Many Stars (featuring Pete Rock)
Curse

Nimm's Leicht (featuring Pete Rock)
Da Beatminerz

Open (featuring Caron Wheeler and Pete Rock)
Produced by Mr. Walt
Open (featuring Caron Wheeler and Pete Rock) (Pete Rock remix)
Da Youngsta's

Iz U Wit Me? (Pete Rock remix)
Pa** Da Mic
Who's The Mic Wrecka? (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
Das Efx

Jussummen (Pete Rock remix)
Real Hip-Hop (Pete Rock remix)
Diamond D

Painz & Strife (featuring Pete Rock & Phife Dawg)
Produced by Diamond D
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Code Red
Somethin' Like Dis
DJ Kay Slay

Up In Harlem (featuring Juelz Santana, Hell Rell & JR Writer)
DJ Muro

Patch Up The Pieces (featuring Freddie Foxxx)
Dogg Pound

Fire
Doo Wop

Back Of Your Mind (featuring Da Ranjahz)
Do New Things (featuring Joell Ortiz)
Refuse 2 Lose
Doug E. Fresh

No
Earatik Statik

Tearz!
Ed O.G.

Jus Listen (featuring Pete Rock)
Shed a Tear (featuring Pete Rock)
Situations (featuring Pete Rock)
EPMD

Rampage (featuring LL Cool J) (Pete Rock Remix)
F.I.L.T.H.E.E.

Ayayay (Remix) (featuring Ice-T & Grandmaster Caz)
Father MC

Lisa Lisa (remix)
R&B Swinger
Freddie Foxxx

Bumpy Knuckles Baby
Industry Shakedown
The ChanceSellor
U Krazy
We Gon Win
Who Knows Why?
Mind Frame
Fintelligens

Kaiku
Funkmaster Flex

Prime Time (featuring Xzibit, Phil Da Agony, and Tha Alkaholiks)
Gang Starr

Militia (featuring Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx) (Pete Rock Remix)
Ghostface Killah

Be Easy (featuring Trife)
Be Easy (Remix) (featuring Ice Cube & Trife Da God)
Chunky
Dogs Of War (featuring Raekwon, Trife Da God, Cappadonna, and Sun God)
R.A.G.U. (featuring Raekwon)
Grand Agent and Pete Rock

This Is What They Meant
This Is What They Meant (remix)
Produced by Ge-ology
Grand Puba

Issues (Pete Rock remix)
Grap Luva

Beats & Rhymes
Collector's Item
Revenge (featuring Pete Rock)
Groove B Chill

Starting From Zero
There It Is
Haph of Da Ranjahz

Back Of Your Mind
Heather B

Dedicated (featuring Tammy Lucas & Pete Rock)
Heavy D & The Boyz

A Better Land
Big Tyme
Black Coffee
Produced by Easy Mo Bee and Pete Rock
Blue Funk
Cuz He's Always Around
Do Me, Do Me
Don't Curse (featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, and Q-Tip)
Got Me Waiting
It's A New Day
Is It Good To You? (The Straight Remix) (featuring Tammy Lucas)
Let It Flow
Let It Rain
Letter To The Future (featuring Johnny Gill)
Love Sexy
Mood For Love
Sex Wit' You
Hezekiah

Right On
House of Pain

Jump Around (Pete Rock Remix) (featuring Pete Rock)
Incognito

Roots (Pete Rock Remix)
INI

Fakin Jax (Pete Rock Remix)
Universal Dialect
Square One
Keep On
Inspectah Deck

Trouble Man
J Dilla

Remember (featuring Bilal)
J-Live

Kick It To The Beat (featuring Asheru & Probe.dms)
Jamal

Fades Em All (Pete Rock Remix)
Jemini the Gifted One

"No More Dating DJs"
Jeru The Damaja

Can't Stop The Prophet (Pete Rock Remix)
Jesse Powell

I Wasn't With It (Remix)
Jim Jones

G's Up (featuring Max B)
Up In Harlem
Johnny Cash

Folsom Prison Blues (Pete Rock Remix)
Johnny Gill

Rub You The Right Way (Remix) (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
K-Solo

Letterman
Letterman (Pete Rock Remix)
Kanye West

The Joy (featuring Jay-Z & Kid Cudi)
Keith Murray

Say Goodnite (co-produced with Erick Sermon)
Keyshia Cole

Got To Get My Heart Back
Kid 'N Play

Bill's At The Door
Next Question
Kozmonautz

Blindsided (featuring LMNO)
Kreators

Nightlife (featuring Nicki Richards & Cheryl Pepsii Riley)
KRS-One

Get Yourself Up (Pete Rock Remix)
Go South-Bronx (featuring Pete Rock)
Krumbsnatcha

Here We Go (featuring Guru)
Kurupt

Yessir
L.O.R.D. of Dojo Pros

Why?
Lady Gaga

Poker Face (Pete Rock Remix)
Large Professor and Pete Rock

The Rap World
Produced by Large Professor and Pete Rock
Leela James

Good Time (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
LMNO

Blindsided (featuring The Visionaries)
The Lost Boyz

Renee (Pete Rock Remix)
The Yearn (featuring Pete Rock)
Lords of the Underground

Flow On (featuring Kid Deleon & Sah-B) (Pete Rock Remix)
M.O.P.

Stick To Ya Gunz (Pete Rock Remix) (featuring Kool G Rap)
Here Comes The Realness (featuring Pete Rock)
Main Source

Vamos A Rapiar
Marley Marl and Pete Rock

This Life Forever
Produced by Marley Marl and Pete Rock
Mary J. Blige

Reminisce (Pete Rock & CL Smooth Remix)
Family Affair (Pete Rock Remix) (featuring CL Smooth)
Masta Killa

Older Gods Part 2
MC Lyte

Keep On Pushin' (featuring Bahamadia, Nonchalant & Yo-Yo)
Meccalicious

Hope The World Don't Stop
How You Feel
The Youth
Meccalicious
Method Man & Redman

A-YO (feat. Saukrates)
Mic Geronimo

Unstoppable
Michael Jackson

Butterflies (Pete Rock Remix)
Mona Lisa

You Said (Pete Rock Remix featuring C.L. Smooth)
Monica

Before You Walk Out My Life (Pete Rock Remix)
Mr. Cheeks

All I Know (featuring Babydoll, and Madman)
Keep it Movin
Turn It Up (featuring Wild Walt, and Madman)
Muneshine

Imagine That (featuring Dminor)
These Days (Remix) (featuring Emilio Rojas & D-Sisive)
Nas

It Ain't Hard to Tell (Pete Rock remix)
Favour For A Favour (featuring Scarface) (Pete Rock Remix)
Street Dreams (featuring R. Kelly) (Pete Rock Remix)
The World Is Yours
Analyze This (feat. Jay-Z & Lord Tariq) (unreleased)
Nature

Ultimate High (Pete Rock Remix) (featuring Nas)
Naughty By Nature

Hip-Hop Hooray (Pete Rock Remix)
Non Phixion

If You Got Love (Featuring Pete Rock)
Northern State

Time To Rhyme (featuring Pete Rock)
Notorious B.I.G.

Juicy
Juicy (Remix)
One Be Lo

Deceptacons (Pete Rock Remix)
Onyx

Shout (Pete Rock Remix)
Pa**i

Who Is This (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
PM Dawn

Looking Through Patient Eyes (Pete Rock Remix)
Phife Dawg

Lemme Find Out (featuring Pete Rock)
Melody Adonis
Pitch Black

Block To The Boardroom
Planet Asia

Full Course Meal
PMD

Buckwild
Prozack Turner

Wonderful Life
Psycho Realm

Stone Garden (Pete Rock Remix)
Public Enemy

Nighttrain (Pete Rock Remix)
Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Pushim

Soldier (Pete Rock Remix)
Raekwon

Kids That's Rich
Sneakers
Sonny's Missing
Rah Digga

What They Call Me
Rahzel

All I Know
Rakim

Living For The City
The Saga Begins
When I'm Flowin'
Redman

Gimme One
How To Roll A Blunt
Whateva Man (Remix)
Rob-O

If I Die
Mention Me (featuring Meccalicious)
Murderville
Rhyme Tighter
So Many Rappers (featuring Pete Rock)
Stay Away (featuring De La Soul)
Top Notch Microphonist
War
Who Is He?
Superspectacular
Wonderlust
World Premier
Rock Marciano

Fall Back
Pimpin' Ain't Easy
Roughhouse Survivers

Rough House (Pete Rock Remix)
Run DMC

Down With The King (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
Down With The King (featuring Pete Rock & CL Smooth) (Ruffness mix)
In The House
Wreck Shop
Sadat X

Escape from New York (featuring Deda)
Turn It Up
Scha Dara Parr

Kanata Kara No Tegami (Pete Rock Remix)
Screwball

You Love To Hear These Stories (featuring MC Shan)
Scritti Politti

Tinseltown To The Boogiedown (featuring Mos Def and Lee Majors) (Pete Rock Remix)
Shabba Ranks

Just Reality
Shazzy

Pa** Anotha Bag
Skyzoo

Straighten It Out
Slick Rick

Get A Job
I'm Captive
World Renoun (featuring Pete Rock)
Gambling
Slum Village

Once Upon A Time (featuring Pete Rock)
Co-produced by Jay Dee (J Dilla)
Once Upon A Time (featuring Pete Rock) (Pete Rock Remix)
Soul Supreme

Queen (featuring Pete Rock, T-Max and AG)
Produced by Soul Supreme
Special Teamz

Boston 2 Bucktown (featuring Sean Price & Buckshot)
Spinderella

Burn 'Em (featuring Pete Rock, Medusa and Sugga B)
Sporty Thievz

Street Cinema 2 (Pete Rock Remix)
Steph Pockets

My Crew Deep (Pete Rock Remix)
Styles P

Gangster, Gangster (featuring Sheek Louch & Jadakiss)
Talib Kweli

Holy Moly
Stay Around
Brooklyn Story
Termanology

We Killing Ourselves
Hold That
Terrace Martin

Jazz, Soul & Hip-Hop (featuring Pete Rock)
Tha Dogg Pound

Fire
Yes'sir
Tommy Tee

World Renown (featuring Pete Rock, Mike Zoot, Large Professor and AG)
Tony Touch

Out Da Box (featuring Large Professor, Masta Ace, and Pete Rock)
A Tribe Called Quest

Jazz (We've Got) (Pete Rock version not used on Low End Theory Album)
1nce Again (Pete Rock Remix)
Troy Slugs

Get It 4 Real
The UN

Ain't No Thang (a.ka. How They Want It)
Avenue
Game Of Death
Long Time Coming
The Art (mixed by Pete Rock)
Vast Aire

Mecca And The Ox (featuring Vordul Mega)
YG'z

Ghetto Celeb
Street ***** (Pete Rock Remix)
Street *****
Sumthin´ 4 Da Head
YZ

Do Or Die (Pete Rock Remix)

14

Producers - Discussion / Beat Magician of the Day: Illmind

« on: February 03, 2011, 10:32:41 AM »

One of my modern faves...



Participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El Da Sensei. At Sha Money XL's Money Management production company he has produced tracks for 50 Cent, Eminem, Redman, Scarface, LL Cool J, Talib Kweli and others.

In 2005, Illmind collaborated with producer Symbolyc One, releasing an album entitled The Art of OneMind on the BBE imprint. The album features Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, Little Brother and several other notable artists. The single from the album was "The Broke Song", featuring Strange Fruit Project.

In 2006, Illmind produced tracks from Boot Camp Clik's album The Last Stand and Kenn Starr's Starr Status. He was responsible for "Cardiac" from Sean Price's 2007 album Jesus Price Superstar and produced four tracks on the 2007 Little Brother album, Getback. In 2008 he produced on Absolute Value by Akrobatik.

Illmind released a mixtape project featuring some of the artists he produced for throughout 2008 entitled Blaps, Rhymes & Life. It was followed by the second volume in early 2009, the third volume in the summer, and the fourth volume in December 2009.

He has been featured in multiple publications, such as Scratch ("Top 20 Best Producers"), Ma** Appeal, The Source, XXL, Hiphopgame and Hiphopdx.

In 2008-2010, Illmind taught at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

Production:

2003

Grand Agent - Fish Outta Water: The Remixes (Soulspazm)
03. "Plans To Blow (Illmind Remix)" (Featuring Reef)
[edit] Akrobatik - Balance (Coup D'État)
05. "Remind My Soul"
2004
The Last Poets, Dead Prez & Common - Panthers (Counterflow, Traffic)
05. "Panthers (Illmind Remix)"

Braille - Shades Of Grey (Syntax)
14. "Nobody"

Supastition - The Deadline (Soulspazm)
01. "Deadline (Intro)"
02. "Boombox"

Strange Fruit Project - Soul Travelin' (Octave)
09. "Eternally Yours"

Strange Fruit Project - From Divine (Special Edition) (Spilt Milk, Soul Kontrollaz Productions, Black Son)
15. "Back Drop" (Bonus Track)

Organic Thoughts - The Purest Form (Blaze The World)
03. "World Renowned" (Featuring Large Professor)
04. "Hypnotic Travellin'"
05. "No 1 Can Rise Above Me"
06. "Higher Degree" (Featuring Illmind)
07. "Get Fonkee" (Interlude)
09. "Next Levelists"
10. "Soul Movement"
12. "Be Alright" (Featuring Prince Poetry and Uniq)
14. "No Options" (Featuring Chan)
17. "Get It Right" (Featuring Peril-L)
18. "All Too Easy" (Featuring Uniq)
19. "Tell Me Now" (Featuring Andrew Choi)
2005

Dave Ghetto - Love Life? (Counterflow)
02. "Day In And Day Out" (Scratches by DJ Kwestion)
07. "The Game"
[edit] The Pacifics & Illmind - The Case (All Natural)
01. "Matches"
02. "Pa**port"
03. "Maps Ronbe" (Featuring Ronde)
04. "The Case"
05. "Watch" (Featuring Russell Pride and Tanya Reed)
06. "Black Book" (Featuring Russell Pride)
07. "Antidote"/"The Case Part 2" (Scratches by Toadstyle)

De Loach - The Life And Times Of Wally Deluxe (Black Son)
06. "Wha Cha Gon Do" (Featuring Kay)
07. "Labor of Love" (Featuring Bavu Blakes and Poisoned FETUS)
13. "Writer's Block"

Saigon, Inspectah Deck & Bekay - The Raw(Coalmine)
04. "The Raw (Ill Side)"
[edit] The Pacifics - Sunday's Chicken (All Natural)
03. "Magnificent"
07. "Talk Is Cheap" (Featuring Rakaa Iriscience)
16. "Prayers (God Talk)" (Featuring Denizen Kane) (Electric guitar by Pacoy Anag)
[edit] Hezekiah - Hurry Up & Wait... (Soulspazm)
06. "Children Don't Play"
15. "Before I Go"
[edit] Fel Sweetenberg - Lost Dreams, Wasted Talent (Soulspazm)
09. "Lost Children (Illmind Remix)"
[edit] Muneshine - Opportunity Knocks (Handcuts)
06. "Luke Warm" (Scratches by Muneshine)
07. "Aight, Chill..." (Interlude)
12. "Nine To Five"
14. "Imagine That (Remix)" (Featuring Surreal) (Scratches by ReaLsoN)

Little Brother - The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 (Fastlife)
05. "Nobody Like Me" (Featuring O-Dash and Darien Brockington)
18. "The Beginning" (Featuring YahZarah)
[edit] Raks One - Raks (Verses) The Industry (Wax Reform)
02. "Stand Down"
12. "Over You"
20. "This Is It" (Featuring Ha**aan, Kenn Starr and Supastition)

Edgar Allen Floe - True Links (MCEO)
03. "I For An I"
[edit] Intense - The Bohemian Pimp Project (Defend Music)
01. "Bohemian Renaissance"
04. "That's Life" (Featuring Lady Alma and Mushmouf) (Scratches by DJ Statik)
10. "Need"
11. "The Truth About Me"
17. "A Healthy Obsession"
18. "A New Beginning" (Scratches by DJ Statik)

Supastition - Chain Letters (Soulspazm)
01. "Chain Letters (Intro)"
04. "Soul Control" (Featuring Little Brother)
06. "That Ain't Me"
08. "Special Treatment"
09. "Ain't Goin' Out"
11. "100%"
15. "Blood Brothers" (Featuring Seven)
17. "Soul Control (Solo Version)"
[edit] Supastition - Unreleased Remixes Vol. 1 (Reform School Music)
05. "Adrenile (Illmind Remix)"

Chris Cureton - The Christening (Amped)
02. "Who I Am"
03. "The Getdown" (Featuring Dan Johns, Mastamilli and Supastition)
05. "Self Control"
06. "All I Want"
08. "My Philosophy"
09. "Our Love"
12. "Diamond In The Rough"
15. "Step One"

2006

Various Artists - Heavy Rotation (Hiphop Is Music)
07. The Procussions & Strange Fruit Project - "Changes"
[edit] Reef The Lost Cauze - Long Live The Cauze (F.U. Pay Me)
21. "Get Lost"

Young Hannibal - Check My Resume (Amped)
02. "I'm That"
15. "Rewind"

Infinito 2017 - The Soul Of Benjamin Banneker In The Age Of The Aquarius (Nephew Of Frank)
03. "A Free Man's Soul"

Kenn Starr - The Starr Report (Halftooth)
15. Supastition - "Ain't Goin' Out (Remix)" (Featuring Kenn Starr)

Kaze - Word On The Street (Mixtape) (Vintage Music Group, Soul Dojo)
11. "Shut Up" (Featuring Amen, Erv Ford, Raks One and Silent Knight)
[edit] El Da Sensei - The Unusual (Fat Beats)
02. "Crowd Pleasa"
03. "Hold On"

Kenn Starr - Starr Status (Halftooth)
02. "Against The Grain"
11. "Inside" (Featuring Wayna)
[edit] Boot Camp Clik - The Last Stand (Duck Down)
02. "Let's Go"

Strange Fruit Project - The Healing (OM Hip Hop)
03. "You"
07. "Get Live" (Featuring Erykah Badu)
11. "Rise" (Featuring Little Brother)

Othello - Alive At The a**embly Line (Miclife)
08. "Silhouette" (Featuring Dminor)
[edit] Little Brother & DJ Drama - Separate But Equal (Heat)
06. "Can't Let Her"

2007

Silent Knight - Hunger Strike (Elementality Productions)
03. "Everybody Needs"
[edit] Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar (Duck Down)
04. "Cardiac" (Featuring Buckshot, Ruste Juxx and Flood)

Mr. J. Medeiros - Of Gods And Girls (Miclife, HNGR Music)
05. "Change" (Featuring Rez and Strange Fruit Project)

Skyzoo - Corner Store Cla**ic (Mixtape)
03. "The Paper"
17. "Never Sleep"
[edit] Pumpkinhead - Border Blockerz Pt. 1 (Mixtape) (Red Army)
02. "Best Rappers Out" (Featuring Sean Price)

2Pac - Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution: Duets & Remixes (Amaru, Death Row, Koch)
03. "What'z Ya Phone # (Nu Mixx)" (Featuring Candy Hill)

Supastition - Guest Of Honor (Reform School Music)
12. Kenn Starr - "This Is It" (Featuring Emilio Rojas, Ha**ann and Supastition)

Strange Fruit Project - The Lost Documents Volume 1 (OM)
09. "Take It Slow" (Featuring Bavu)
13. "The Grind"
16. "The Definition" (Featuring Chip Fu and Knes)

Little Brother - Getback (ABB)
01. "Sirens"
02. "Can't Win For Losing"
04. "Good Clothes"
09. "That Ain't Love" (Featuring Jozeemo and Darien Brockington)
[edit] Jozeemo - Cry Now L.A.F. Later (Defend Music)
07. "We Don't Wait" (feat. L.O.C.)

Don Cerino - Nothing In Life Is Free (Mixtape)
17. "My Life"

Raks One - For Good (Wax Reform)
07. "This Is It" (Featuring Ha**aan Mackey, Kenn Starr and Supastition)
09. "Over You"

2008

Chaundon - Carnage (Hall Of Justus, Defend Music)
12. "Selfish" (Featuring Joe Scudda and Jozeemo)

Akrobatik - Absolute Value (Fat Beats)
01. "A To The K" (Featuring B-Real)
05. "Rain"
09. "Kindred" (Featuring Brenna Gethers and Chuck D)
12. "If We Can't Build" (Featuring Bumpy Knuckles)
[edit] Starrs & Murph - Boxes For Sale (Loose Change Muzik)
07. "Damn"

Skyzoo - Corner Store Cla**ic (The Remixes) (Audioworx)
05. "Never Sleep"
07. "The Paper"

Brooklyn Academy - Bored Of Education (Gold Dust Media)
02. "Raise Ya Hands" (Featuring Jean Grae)
08. "Hide" (Featuring Fresh Jones and Keith Murray)

The Wrist - Recycling Sucks (Otha Ish)
06. "Exit 9"

El Da Sensei - Unheard Of (Next Mill)
09."Thank You"

Supastition - Leave Of Absence EP (Reform School Music)
08. "Thankful" (Featuring Kil Ripkin)

Rapper Big Pooh - Rapper's Delight (Mixtape)
10. "Geez Like Deez" (Featuring Quan)
[edit] Muneshine - Status Symbol (Australian Release) (Grindin)
11. "Mark My Word"

Various Artists - DJ K.O. Presents "Picture This..." (Shaman Work Recordings)
03. "Get 'Em" (Featuring Silent Knight, Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas)

Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) (Duck Down)
02. "Everything Is Heltah Skeltah"
07. "So Damn Tuff" (Featuring Buckshot and Ruste Juxx)

Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles (Babygrande)
04. "Don't Beg"
[edit] Above Ave. - Mission
01. "Like We Do"
04. "Drop The Rhymes" (Featuring J Wess)
10. "Blast Off!!!"
17. "Roof Of All Evil (Wake Up)"

Bambu - Exact Change (Community Kitchen)
07. "Quit"

Fresh Daily - Dub MD & Fresh Daily Presents...Winter Fresh (Mixtape)
18. "Get Over"
23. "New Blood V2 (Featuring Emilio Rojas, Skyzoo and Torae)

Scarface - Emeritus (Rap-A-Lot 4 Life, J. Prince)
06. "It's Not A Game"
07. "Who Are They" (Featuring K-Rino and Slim Thug)

Silent Knight - Holla Burton (The UnMixed Ca**ette) (Elementality Productions)
02. "Regular Guy"
08. "The Wager" (Featuring 8th W1 and Fresh Daily)
16. "Get 'Em" (Featuring East, Emilio Rojas and Skyzoo)

2009

Emilio Rojas - Recession Proof (Mixtape)
05. "Young, Fresh & Fly"
10. "Murder" (Featuring Donny Goines and Mela Machinko)

Fresh Daily - The Gorgeous Killer: In Crimes Of Pa**ion (High Water Music)
01. "Wildlife"
13. "Crimes Of Pa**ion"

Rapper Big Pooh - The Delightful Bars (The North American Pie Version) (Hall Of Justus)
10. "Problems" (Featuring Jozeemo)

Various Artists - Rik Cordero presents "Inside A Change" (Soundtrack)
04. A.P. – "All I Seen" (Featuring Illmind)

Skyzoo - The Power Of Words: The Mixtape (Mixtape) (Showoff Records, Jamla)
06. "Freshfest" (Featuring Wale)
14. "Say What You Say" (Featuring Rapper Big Pooh and Naledge)

TBC...this dude has been on the GRIND!!

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Producers - Discussion / #2 Beat Magician of the Day: Grap Luva

« on: February 02, 2011, 11:58:09 AM »

The most slept on ever!!!...younger brother of Pete Rock...



Primarily active during the 1990s as a member of the group INI (composed of him, Rob-O, Ra**, Marco Polo and his older brother, Pete Rock). His first appearance was as a guest on the track "The Basement", included on Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992), the first album released by Pete Rock and his creative partner CL Smooth. Grap Luva is noted for being among the star-studded lineup of producers involved with The Best Part, the debut LP by the rapper J-Live. He has been largely silent in the 2000s; his activity has been limited to sporadic guest appearances on albums by Marley Marl, Kev Brown and the Nextmen. He currently resides in Washington, DC.

Some of my fave tracks he produced:

Asheru & Blue Black (Unspoken Heard) - Trackrunners (feat. J-Live & Grap Luva)


J-Live - Vampire Hunter J


Pete Rock - Half Man, Half Amazin (feat. Method Man)


Also check out this exclusive session he did with Damu the Fudgemunk revealing some material he has never released

GRAP LUVA - 7 Minutes of Sound - SP1200 Beats - Damu The Fudgemunk & Redefinition Records - Part 1[/b


Part 2