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General Discussion / Re: SMH!! Hayi!
« on: February 09, 2011, 12:35:55 PM »
Balls! this is nothing but balls...no way she stayed asleep during penetration...no way
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General Discussion / Re: Yo Song Of The Day 2011...........................!
« on: February 09, 2011, 11:27:12 AM »
LMNO & Kev Brown - Gotta Get It (feat. Kenn Starr)
THAT Ba**LINE!!! WHOOOOOO!
THAT Ba**LINE!!! WHOOOOOO!
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Producers - Discussion / Re: Beat Magician of the Day: Kev Brown
« on: February 09, 2011, 11:22:16 AM »Hmmmm, KEVIN BROWN...HMMMMM....hes a bit of a tricky one...do i like him?....(i dont dislike him)...is he a good producer?...(yeah, he has his moments)....will he last beyond what hes given us?...(hmmm, he seems to have been able to make it thus far)...
in my humble opinion, there is something about his beat making design that doesnt seem to promise anything NEW from what we've heard from his so far....his ACE up the sleeve is the way he crafts his Ba** LINES...without that, his production pretty much falls flat in terms of innovation...!
my ultimate favourite KEVIN BROWN production has to be what he did for the crew CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (Calibre & Quartarmaine) on their e.p "CIRCA 88"
everything else hes done, as far as my ear percieves it, has been very very SIMILAR in design (a flaw)
Agreed, but then again...each beat maker has their own production style, Khrysis and Apollo have those signature drum loops which are distinct, Dre with the clean kicks and keys(even though Storch does them for him)...9th with the soul sample hard snare combo...
Kev iz the dude who introduced kats to using to the Double Ba** for ba**lines, unlike the conventional digital/analogue SP1200 or MPC ba** lines...this guy is a GENIUS in my eyes(and most importantly ears hahaha) Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent wouldnt have been a hit if it wasnt for this dude....Have you heard the production on Selective Hearing 2??..OMG, i lost my mind hahahahaha and he does most of Low Budgets production, Kev iz mad dope to me
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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
>KHRYSIS:
ladies and gentalmen!! Blessings - @phontigallo (prod by @khrysis ) http://hulkshare.com/l7zhrcrlhwg0
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Hot Traxxx / Re: Rate my joint
« on: February 09, 2011, 08:49:10 AM »
Word, ima peep these joints
I was in booth on saturday with my boi Zed-Eye, did a track for his mixtape...ill drop a link after its mastered n what not...Awe!
I was in booth on saturday with my boi Zed-Eye, did a track for his mixtape...ill drop a link after its mastered n what not...Awe!
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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)
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 / Re: Beat Magician of the Day: Apollo Brown
« on: February 09, 2011, 08:03:02 AM »Peace...!
seems like your boy is souping up his catalogue
01. Danny Brown - The Wizard
02. Dudley Perkins - Heaven Or Hell (Remix)
03. Magestik Legend - Brag Language
04. Bang Bang Instrumental
05. Diamond District - Streets Won't Let Me Chill (Remix)
06. Helpless Dreamer Instrumental
07. The Left feat. MarvWon - Real Detroit (Remix)
08. Finale - Departure
09. The Left feat. Mu - Battle Axe
http://www.multiupload.com/EK8836N0LF
Mixtape? i know most of teh tracks...that Real Detroit remix iz on The Reset, I prefer it over the version on Gas Mask...Battle Axe iz on Gas Mask as well...Im getting it anywayz! hahahahah
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Producers - Discussion / Re: Beat Magician of the Day: M-Phazes
« on: February 08, 2011, 04:17:15 PM »
hahahah check out M-Phazes recent tweet...
"Liquid fruit, pap, eish, women with a**, borewors and chakalaka - things I will miss"
"Liquid fruit, pap, eish, women with a**, borewors and chakalaka - things I will miss"
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General Discussion / Re: Yo Song Of The Day 2011...........................!
« on: February 08, 2011, 11:02:36 AM »
GZA, Method Man - Shadow Boxin
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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)
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)
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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!!
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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General Discussion / Re: Talking Sneakers
« on: February 02, 2011, 03:34:36 PM »
Copped these recently (Check attachment), very comfy...going for some new Dunks this weekend 
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Producers - Discussion / Re: Beat Magician of the Day: M-Phazes
« on: February 02, 2011, 02:48:36 PM »
The 4 joints he did on Supastition's Deadline EP made me a bigger fan...this guy iz mad dope on the boards!
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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
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