CookBook--Bantha Tracks
Hip Hop. somewhere between mainstream and underground. My roots are in the west coast underground scene, but definitly love lots of hip hop, including lots of
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Hi, My name is CookBook from the Almighty L.A. Symphony crew. This is my beat page. Every beat you hear here is for sale. If you want any of these hot tracks, email me, and we'll hook it up. My prices are very cheap!!!Band/artist history
Here's my stats, and the crew's bio. I have been producing beats for about ten years. I'm real excited to have my tracks here not only for listening, but to make available for anyone who's feeling them. I am very versatile when it comes to production. I'm able to flip samples and loops real nice, but I can make hotness without using any smpling at all. if you need something specialized, email me, and I will cook something right up for you!!!! now, on to my info:
Name: CookBook
Status/Entity: 1/2 of Cookbook and UNO Mas
Position: Emcee, Producer, Engineer, doughnut maker
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Place of Birth: Big L.A., California, baby!!!!!
Favorite Color: to wear-Brown, In general-Red
Favorite Food: Arros con Pollo. (especially my mom's!!!)
Drink of choice: Most of the time, water, except when I'm feeling dangerous, then it's Dr. Pepper.
Shoe choice: Nike
NBA team: Uhh?!? NBA?
Movie choice: Weird Science, All the Star Wars movies, Wedding Singer, Braveheart, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
TV. show: The Aprentice
NFL team: New Found Love? Need Flynn to Leave? Nine Foot Lizards? I don't know. Who cares anyway!! ; )
Favorite dance: The Humpty dance, Most Definitly!!!!
Favorite city: L.A., NYC, Chi-town, and anywhere else where there's a lot of grimeyness,and/or Boriquas
Musical influences: My dad, native tongues, Outkast, GangStaar, and My Symph homies
Instrument/Equipment: SP1200, ASR-10, MPC2000, Pianos, old water jugs, sticks, wind chimes, etc...
Most memorable show moment: When Pigeon called the whole crowd up on stage with us, and afterwards the promoter yelled at me and Flynn.
Video game: video games are extreme time wasters, and therefore of the DEVIL!!!!! but since you asked...Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
L.A. SYMPHONY BIO
In a music cosmos where too much sounds too similar, L.A. Symphony has endured the test of time, blazing their own brand of classically influenced, organic hip-hop that has earned the respect of fans and peers alike over the years.
Now, on November 18, the group- comprised of FLYNN, CookBook, Sharlok Poems and UNO Mas, Joey the Jerk-drop their sophomore album, The End Is Now (Basement Records/Red)-a melodic and soulful fusion of neck-snapping beats, witty rhymes and the group's own feel good vibes.
"This album has a universal hip-hop feel," explains FLYNN. "It's just us being us. Lively, expressionist' We're really trying to have a good time with our music and not take things too seriously."
Indeed, with more musical, layered and complex production on The End Is Now, this album has the potential for marked commercial success while still staying true to the group's underground roots.
Comments Flynn: "It's definitely not the same formula. We've recreated ourselves to a certain degree."
Of course, creating and then recreating has been an integral part of L.A. Symphony's story. Formed in 1997 during a time when West Coast hip-hop was better known for gangster rap and its graphic portrayals of sex and violence, the crew rose through the ranks of City of Angels' storied underground hip-hop scene with a distinctively organic vibe that was styled to "connect with the common man."
While captivating a burgeoning fan-base and receiving early interest from record labels, the band decided to release the first album, 1999's Composition #1 independently. Despite its spotty distribution, people began to take notice, including Steve Taylor of Squint Entertainment. Having established industry respect with hit releases from Sixpence, None the Richer and Chevelle, Squint was looking to expand its hit-parade into the hip-hop market and wanted an act that was accessible but also thought provoking. Enter L.A. Symphony.
After building up a buzz, LAS's Squint debut, Call It What You Want, was hotly anticipated by both industry insiders and officianados alike. With tracks produced by the band and guest producers Mike C (Beastie Boys), will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas), and Prince Paul, the project's debut single "Broken Tape Decks" was lauded by critics.
However, due to internal problems at the label, the album would never see the light of day. In what would make for a classic "VH1 Behind the Music" story, the band was to endure a four-year struggle to record and release another album. No matter, they continued to tour relentlessly- opening for major acts like Jurassic 5 and Black Eyed Peas, and playing major events like the NBA All-Star Jam Tour, the Van's Warped Tour (Los Angeles show), and The Night Hip-Hop Stole Christmas. They even quietly released The Baloney EP in 2002.
Now, rejuvenated and reinvigorated-with more buzz, more fans and more music than ever before-the Symphony is ready to take center stage once again with The End Is Now. The album's lead single, the feel-good, radio friendly "Gonna Be Alright," is already receiving rave reviews from radio stations and critics alike, and is shooting to the top of the CMJ charts.
That track, however, is definitely not the only banger. "I Can't Have Her"- dubbed the 2004 "Passing Me By" by Basement label execs-is in the words of FLYNN "about a girl you've either been or you wanna be with but in both cases you know it won't work out."
"1-8-7 On The Dance Floor," melding a gritty horn sample with a club-feel, is about MC's showing skills on the mic while putting to rest all preconceived notions of hip-hop artists such as materialism, pimpery and thuggism.
The title track-with its medieval sounding brass section is a more serious song and touches on the group's struggles to survive the pitfalls of afore mentioned bad label deal and the frustration of an unreleased album. Years later, it seems that ability to survive and overcome frustration amidst and increasingly cutthroat and competitive hip-hop world has become the group's calling card.
"I hope this album will get us exposure as far as what we actually want in terms of us being a pertinent element of the culture we live in," concludes FLYNN. "It doesn't necessarily mean us selling millions of records but it also doesn't mean staying underground. We want the recognition but we still take it back to the essence.
For more information, please call Nicole Balin or Afeez Tijani at Ballin' Entertainment at 323-908-1647.Have you performed in front of an audience?My crew L.A. Symphony is known for their live shows. that's our specialty!!! We love playing live, and rockin crowds!!! We have a rep as one of the highest energy fun shows you will ever see. If you have a chance, you need to check us out. I feel we are one of the hottest live shows out there!!!!! ; )
Your musical influences
I'm influenced by every genre there is. My parents listen to Jazz, Latin jazz and oldies, so as a youngin, that's all I heard. My brother and sister are a lot older than me, and they love classic rock, 70's and 80's. I grew up on hip hop, since the eighties, and all 80's music, so I draw from all of my musical sources. I also have been playing the piano since I was 10, so I have some classical, blues, jazz and R&B in me. I produce hip hop, and r&b mostly.
My main musical influences are:
Outkast (my alltime favorite group. They are the closest thing to the perfect group that there is.)
Native tounges (especially A Tribe Called Quest. heavy influence on me as a beggining artist that still pemiates through my rhymes and produciton)
Project Blowed (Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude, Acey Alone, 2Mex)
Gangstarr (very influencial in my early rhyming and producing)
Pete Rock (Oh my God. Hit after Hit!!! Love that INI fakin jaxx 12 inch. both the OG and the remix.)
Jay Dilla (incredible beats!!!! I love almost everything he does. I love Slum Village)
Neptunes (Crazy mainstream appeal! dope dope songs, and musical ideas. Unbelievable!)
Timbaland (I've been lovin his stuff since he started.)
No doubt (my all time favorite rock band.)
the Beatles. (crazy influence here)
Jay-z. (Love the way this dude raps!!!! One of my favorites that's out right now.)
Kanye West. (love the way he flips those soul samples.)
Madlib. (love the way his beats sound grimy and dirty. He is one of the best crate diggers there is.)
theres so much inspiration all around me, I can go on forever here. My LAS partners definitly inspire me and challenge me to stretch and grow as a lyricist and producer. My dad is one of my all time biggest influences, and inspirations. he's an amazing musician with an incredible ability to play any instrument by ear in a matter of minutes. that's it. I'll stop there for now.What equipment do you use?
SP1200. I use an sp1200 for my drums, cause there's nothing that sounds like that thing!!!
ASR10. I have one of these, and I love it.
Mpc60.
Trinity keyboard
planet phatt.
techniques 1200 turntables.
Pro tools.
Mini disk player. I can't afford to buy all the gear I'd like to buy, so I'll get on people's keyboards, plug in my mini disk player, and record the sounds from their junk. then I'll just sample it into my asr10 later. ; )Anything else?
Take a listen to my beats. I'll try and update them as frequently as I can. The reason I created this page, is I want to establish myself as a producer as well as an emcee. My beats are available for purchase, and I want to work on anyone's stuff who wants to get down to one of these tracks. Plus, I'd love your feedback. Give me your opinions. Don't worry, you can't hurt my feelings. I value constructive criticizm.
Los Angeles, CA
USA
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Comments (25)
Damn, if you would give me the opportunity to bless you with a track to your Realness beat, I'd greatly appreciate that.
Simply put, let's make a beautiful track.
Holla.
-JK
Good stuff styl yo. nice one. I like the Melody that sh*** is hot. so u kno what botton i click on next. Holla back if u got any sparetime
Yo, what's up man, your tracks are off the hook! Keep up the good work. :)
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