I chose my name to represent the thousands of stacks of albums I freak beats from.

Strictly production, baby!

It has made it easier for young beatheads to find music. They don't have to dig for rare grooves anymore. Oldheads like me still scrounge around old dirty record shops for breaks and loops.

I would if the deal was right, but it's more profitable to sell my tracks to artists (and gain publishing rights as well).

Big Stacks was born somewhere in North Carolina. My initial attraction to music spawned from my pop's record collection, and an initial interest in percussion. In fact, I started playing drums at the tender age of five (and I still gets busy!), and evolved to more electronic-oriented instruments (e.g., drum machines, synthesizers, keyboard samplers, etc.) at a later period. I began DJ-ing with an emphasis on the party circuit during my high school years. Throughout junior and senior high school, I performed in jazz band (playing drums, of course), as well as in various bands and rap groups outside of school. Consequently, my many musical performances and demonstrated musical ability resulted in my high school class awarding me the senior superlative "Most Musically Inclined."

I entered the hip-hop culture roughly around 1984. During this period, I bought my first drum machine (a Korg DDM-110), a set of Technics B-12 turntables, and a Gemini mixer. A few months later, I purchased my first sampling keyboard (a Cascio SK-12), and became a member of a high school rap group. With this group, I produced my first demo in 1987. From this point on, I would go on to produce (and eventually engineer and mix) demos for a series of rap groups from 1989 to 1995. However, none of the groups were signed to record deals, although one demo ("A Bird's Eye View" by Birds of a Feather) did receive consideration from Jillian Rogers of Idolmakers Management in 1992. Since 1995, I have sought to forge ahead on my own to pursue possible production deals with major record labels, and to solicit songs to hip-hop artists.

Mantronik, Marley Marl, DJ Mark the 45 King, Ced-Gee from the Ultramagnetic MC's, Afrika "Baby Bam" from the Jungle Brothers, and Prince Paul.

The State of Maryland (Go Terps!!!!)

Ensoniq ASR-10 and Korg Triton Extreme

I flip my beats to make hip-hop heads' necks snap. No jigginess!!!!