C3MI
My name is CEMI.
I make beats.
Listen.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
It started back around 1985 when I first heard Run-DMC. After that I locked myself in a room with nothin' but a boom box and a gang of D batteries, and listened.
I started having thoughts of being an m.c. between 1990-92. I started writing and writing and writing until about 2001 when my first son was born.
I started makin' beats around 2005 and have been doin' it ever since.
Your musical influences
I have a lot of influences. I grew up hearing my dad play old country music like Alabama and The Oakridge Boys. My mom was listening to Hall and Oats and The Eagles. I also heard some old R&B like Stevie Wonder and The Wispers. I was listening to Whodini, Eric B. and Rakim, NWA, and Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo. Pretty much a little bit of everything.
What equipment do you use?
A little bit of not too much at all really. I got enough to do what I gotta do right now but i'm lookin' to get a little more later.
Anything else?
LISTEN!
Hip-Hop is not just simple club beats to nod ya head to. I put a lot of time and a lot of thought into every beat I make so all I ask is that you listen to the WHOLE beat and try to pick up on every aspect of it and most of all....enjoy!!
