What's up this is GJ comin straight outta Medina, OH...round the Cleveland/Akron area...check me out, been producin for about 3 years. 2nd Generation musician, my father was a folk artist back n tha day. I'm takin it back to the origins of Hip Hop, back before it was mainstream, like the late 70's cats. Switch it up a madd amount, take it a different direction and create something totally new. I'm in college doin Musical Production, my dream job is to be an in-house producer for Def Jam. I got alot of big plans, dreams, ideas, and ways of doin things...I'm confident you'll see me a little later.
Well...i first started playin the guitar at 4...i learned the violyn and piano when i was a lil kid...my life became a broke down dollar around 13 and i grabbed my music tight...the only friend i had for a long long time, first of the month came around one month and i spotted a keyboard at Radio Shack...snatched that up, dude, i got a dell on my slow way comin back up outta the grind but still there...startin producing stuff cuz i never went outside (wanna know why? listen to "Project Windows" by Nas) slowly built up my studio and skill...
I don't play live now, I used to play live with my father when I was a youngin. After I get a few albums out, get my name around a bit, get a chunch of contacts, get a lil bit older and switched around in life...imma throw off the gloves and drop it all on it's chin n go into the game swingin n tear it up from coast to coast club to club
Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Wyclef Jean, DJ Premier, Jam-Master Jay
Lyrically - Royce Da 5'9", Nas, Gang Starr, The Notorious B.I.G., Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Method Man
All together - The Midwest...Imma do it by city who's influenced me...
Cleveland
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 216
Detroit
Eminem, Kid Rock, D12 (Proof, Bizarre as solo artists also, and Kon Artist as a producer), Royce Da 5'9", De-Elite, Tre Little, Slum Village, Bugz, Young Z, Obie Trice
St. Louis
Nelly, St. Lunatics (Ali, Murphy Lee as solo artist...i wanna see a Keyaun solo album!), J-Kwon, Chingy, G.I.B., good producing from The Track Boyz, Trackstars
Chicago
Kanye West, Twista, The Legit Ballaz, Do Or Die, Common, Benzino
i also like some stuff from surrounding cities of Cleveland...
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (also as solo artists...), A Tribe Called Quest, The Clipse, Cam'ron
Keyboard, Computer, Mixer, Turntables, Digital Recorder, Piano, Guitar, Violyn, I'm looking to buy some more instruments and record more of my own samples