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Dibiase (music Producer)
Donell McGary (born 1977), known professionally as Dibiase, is an American alternative hip hop producer from Watts, Los Angeles, California. He is also a member of Project Blowed hip-hop shop. Career Dibiase released his debut album, '' Machines Hate Me'', on Alpha Pup Records in 2010. Pitchfork Media gave it 5.8 out of 10, while Resident Advisor gave it 4 out of 5. Before doing music, he made a living as a graphic artist. Unlike most hip-hop producers who use the Akai MPC and SP-1200, he primarily utilizes the SP-303 and SP-404 installments, for they provide a gritty lo-fi sound. Discography Albums * '' Machines Hate Me'' (2010) * ''Sound Palace'' (2011) * ''Looney Goons'' (2012) * ''Schematiks'' (2013) * ''Baker's Dozen: DIBIA$E'' (2016) * ''Bonus Levels'' (2019) EPs * ''Up the Joystick'' (2007) * ''Los Angeles 1/10'' (2010) with P.U.D.G.E. * ''Comfort Zone'' (2011) * ''Swingology 101'' (2011) * ''2Dirt4TV'' (2012) with Quelle Chris * ''Collectin' Dust'' (2012) * ''Thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watts, Los Angeles
Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood, Huntington Park and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south. Founded in the late nineteenth century as a ranching community, the arrival of the railroads and the construction of Watts Station saw the rapid development of Watts as an independent city, but in 1926 it was consolidated with Los Angeles. By the 1940s, Watts transformed into a primarily working class African-American neighborhood, but from the 1960s developed a reputation as a low-income, high-crime area, following the Watts riots and the increasing influence of street gangs. Watts has become a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood with a significant African American minority, and remains one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Los Angeles despite falling crime rates since the 1990s. Notable civic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machines Hate Me
''Machines Hate Me'' is the first studio album by American record producer Dibiase. It was released via Alpha Pup Records on September 14, 2010. A music video was created for "Skullcrack". Critical reception Andrew Ryce of ''Resident Advisor'' gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, commenting that "Dibiase wisely avoids the schizophrenic channel-skipping to which his peers are so often prone, building tunes armed with an exacting focus, even when it seems like brilliant ideas are defiantly tossed off." Jacqueline Whatley of '' URB'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "In an hour of utter brilliance, Dibiase offers the world a taste of what exists on the innovative Los Angeles underground and an exciting idea of what is to come." Jeff Weiss of ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu (rapper)
Johnson Barnes III (born April 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Blu, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his group Blu & Exile and their debut album ''Below the Heavens'' (2007). He is a forefront member of the California-based collective, Dirty Science. Blu is also co-CEO of New World Color, a label through which he has released many of his projects. He is recognized for his collaboration albums between him and various producers such as Exile, Mainframe, Ta'Raach, Bombay, Damu the Fudgemunk, Madlib, Nottz, and Union Analogtronics. Musical career By age 19, Blu was selling out local shows at the Knitting Factory, House Of Blues, and headlining once a month at the Rumba Room on Universal City Walk. Back then, he recorded with various rap groups such as the Ill Flava Crew, Infinite Legacy crew, The Untouchable Mob, Glory For The People, The LA Metro Crew and the Bridgetown Steel Crew. He was also a contestant on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10 Haters
''10 Haters'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Flash Bang Grenada. It was released on Hellfyre Club on August 23, 2011. Background The albums includes guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Del the Funky Homosapien, as well as productions from the likes of Dibiase, Nosaj Thing, Mexicans with Guns, Shlohmo, and Blocade. Critical reception Brett Uddenberg of '' URB'' gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, describing it as "a showcase of two of the west coast's wittier spitters stepping into a vocal booth and polishing their collective smirk into some bizarre gems." Jeff Weiss of ''Los Angeles Times'' called it "a smart, subversive swag-rap record." It was included on ''Pitchfork A pitchfork (also a hay fork) is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...''s year-end "Overlooked Mixtapes" l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Bang Grenada
Flash Bang Grenada is an American hip hop duo based in Los Angeles, California. It consists of Busdriver and Nocando. History Flash Bang Grenada released the debut album, ''10 Haters'', on Hellfyre Club in 2011. It featured vocal contributions from Open Mike Eagle and Del the Funky Homosapien. It was chosen by ''Alarm'' as one of the 50 Unheralded Albums from 2011. Discography ;Albums * ''10 Haters ''10 Haters'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Flash Bang Grenada. It was released on Hellfyre Club on August 23, 2011. Background The albums includes guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Del the Funky Homosapien, as well ...'' (2011) References External links * Alternative hip hop groups American musical duos Musical groups established in 2011 Rappers from Los Angeles West Coast hip hop musicians 2011 establishments in California {{Hiphop-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take (musician)
Alpha Pup Records is an American independent record label and digital distributor based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Daddy Kev and Danyell Jariel in 2004. ''LA Weekly'' placed it at number 2 on the "Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010" list. History BBC One DJ Mary Anne Hobbs has supported Alpha Pup Records from its inception and comments that "the artists involved with Low End Theory, with the Brainfeeder label, with Alpha Pup, with Leaving Records all have close ties with the UK". In 2014, Chris Ziegler of ''LA Weekly'' described the label as "a big part of the reason why" "Los Angeles is one of the most vital cities in the world for electronic music right now". It has released music from edIT, Daedelus, Reefer, Nosaj Thing, Nocando, Free the Robots, Take, Dibiase, Jonwayne, Young Montana?, Kone, Virtual Boy, Dot, Nobody, Mike Gao, Astronautica, Elusive, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Mast Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to: Engineering * Mast (sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exile (producer)
Aleksander Thomas Manfredi, better known by his stage name Exile, is an American record producer, disc jockey and occasional rapper. Aside from his solo career, he is a member of the musical groups Emanon alongside Aloe Blacc, as well as Blu & Exile. Career Exile's first record appearances were as a member of the hip hop duo Emanon with the rapper Aloe Blacc. They released various mixtapes beginning in 1995 with "Stretch Marx" before releasing their first album, ''Anon & On''. After 2002, Exile went on to release one more Emanon album, ''The Waiting Room'' (2005), a solo album, ''Dirty Science'' (2006), and another collaborative effort with the rapper Blu, ''Below the Heavens'' (2007). Exile released two more solo albums, ''Radio'' in 2009 and ''4TRK Mind'' in 2011. 2013 saw the release of his instrumental album, ''Zip Disks & Floppies''. Exile released his second collaborative album with Blu, ''Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them'' in 2012. Exile and Blu released t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intuition (rapper)
Lee Shaner (born July 8, 1981), better known by his stage name Intuition, is an American rapper based in Los Angeles, California. He is also the host of the music podcast Kinda Neat. Early life Intuition was born Lee Shaner on July 8, 1981. He grew up in North Pole, Alaska. At the end of 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles, California. Career Intuition released his first solo album, ''Stories About Nothing'', in 2007. In 2009, he collaborated with rapper VerBS for the ''Buzz'' EP. His second solo album, ''Girls Like Me'', was released in 2010. It featured a guest appearance from Slug, and it was almost entirely produced by Equalibrum. In 2014, he released ''Intuition & Equalibrum'', a collaborative album with producer Equalibrum. In 2013, he started the music podcast, Kinda Neat, which features artist interviews and live performances. In 2018, ''Complex Complex commonly refers to: * Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quelle Chris
Gavin Christopher Tennille (born October 19, 1984), known as Quelle Chris, is an American record producer, rapper and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. He has released over 15 albums as a solo act and with his collaborative projects. He has been described as a student of Detroit hip hop. Career Tennille was born in Johnson City, New York to a shoe designer. Tennille's career began expanding as he joined Wasted Youth and attracted the attention of hip hop recording artists in Detroit such as J Dilla and Proof. He later formed a musical group with Denmark Vessey called Crown Nation and soon began using the pseudonyms Q-Life and Quelle, the latter of which means "source" in German. With credit as a songwriter on several songs on Danny Brown's early albums, he began working on a solo career. His debut studio album, ''Shotgun & Sleek Rifle'', was released in 2011, featuring guest appearances from artists such as Brown, Roc Marciano and Big Tone. He signed with Mello Music Group aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lo-fi Music
Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. The standards of sound quality (fidelity) and music production have evolved throughout the decades, meaning that some older examples of lo-fi may not have been originally recognized as such. Lo-fi began to be recognized as a style of popular music in the 1990s, when it became alternately referred to as DIY music (from "do it yourself"). Harmonic distortion and " analog warmth" are sometimes confused as core features of lo-fi music. Traditionally, lo-fi has been characterized by the inclusion of elements normally viewed as undesirable in professional contexts, such as misplayed notes, environmental interference, or phonographic imperfections (degraded audio signals, tape hiss, and so on). Pioneering, influential, or otherwise significant artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SP-1200
The E-mu SP-1200 is a sampler created by Dave Rossum that was released in August 1987 by E-mu Systems. Like the product it was meant to replace, the SP-12, the SP-1200's intended use was as a drum machine and sequencer for dance music producers. However, its use as a phrase sampler produces a "gritty" sound due to the machine's 26.04 kHz sampling rate, its SSM2044 filter chips and its 12-bit sampling resolution. This distinctive sound, often said to capture the "warmth" of vinyl recordings (because both formats attenuate significant amounts of bass and treble), has sustained demand for the SP-1200 more than thirty years after its discontinuation, despite the introduction of digital audio workstations and samplers/sequencers with far superior technical specifications, such as the Akai MPC. The SP-1200 is strongly associated with hip hop's golden age. Its ability to construct the bulk of a song within one piece of portable gear, a first for the industry, reduced studio cos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akai MPC
The Akai MPC (originally MIDI Production Center, now Music Production Center) is a series of music workstations produced by Akai from 1988 onwards. MPCs combine sampling and sequencing functions, allowing users to record portions of sound, modify them and play them back as sequences. The first MPCs were designed by Roger Linn, who had designed the successful LM-1 and LinnDrum drum machines in the 1980s. Linn aimed to create an intuitive instrument, with a grid of pads that can be played similarly to a traditional instrument such as a keyboard or drum kit. Rhythms can be built not just from samples of percussion but samples of any recorded sound. The MPC had a major influence on the development of electronic and hip hop music. It led to new sampling techniques, with users pushing its technical limits to creative effect. It had a democratizing effect on music production, allowing artists to create elaborate tracks without traditional instruments or recording studios. Its pad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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