I started producing music in 2001 when I bought a Boss DR-202 "groove machine", and it was a piece of sh*** (pardon my French), but getting that drum machine was probably the best decision I have ever made in my life. After having it I learned the theory and intricacies of rhythm programming, and I owe what skill (if any) I have presently to that machine. I have of coarse upgraded my set up to a MPC driven studio over the years, but don’t forget your roots! I started off producing Techno music and was slowly driven towards Hip Hop because of the complexity of the break beat, and how it just seems to make everyone bob their head, regardless of whether or not they know it or want to for that matter. Growing up in Detroit I was always a huge fan of Hip Hop to begin with, and the only reason I didn’t originally produce it was a lack of knowledge, and a lack of an Emcee, this all changed when an old high school friend contacted me about making him a beat for one of his a’cappellas. That friend was, Christopher Fluker (Fluke), and in part I too owe him for blossoming my musical knowledge, because if not for him I may have never pushed myself to figure out how to make a beat someone can flow to. It was then that I really studied producers like Dr. Dre, Timberland, Eminem, The Beastie Boys (under-rated producers), and a whole list of others. I don’t really know what, or when it clicked but it did, and at that point I just was totally submerged in Hip Hop.