L.A Beat Scene is everywhere.
Japan to Africa, no matter where we get in the world
this is what's universal.
The scene that happened here, it was like a perfect storm.
The thing that really made it was the fact that everybody was like joining forces.
We always talk in the same language man. Dude, the frequency.
It ain't about what your background or your race is,
It's about the [airhorn] sound right, and is that sh*t bumpin'.
Ah man, I been all about beats from... since I was a kid, man.
I've been more into beats than I been into rappers.
The rappers, they was like the rockstars.
We were like low-key nerdy kids that made beats.
You don't need a whole bunch of people to make this stuff, you could be a loner
and in your room make a whole bunch of stuff, like that's all me, right there.
I'm not somebody who is really about fashion.
They always want to have a fly outfit. I want to always have a dope ass beat.
The early 2000's era, you know, there was no YouTube and all that stuff, so we kinda
have to figure everything out and experiment--trial and error--you know.
From there I was just like, okay I found my people, you know. I found my weirdos.
Most of the cats that knew I made beats, they called me mad scientist.
I had this dance documentary called 'Reck N Shop'
while making beats, trying to act like they're dancing to the beats
Sometimes it was off but when it was locked in, it was magic.
Growing up here, like my grandmother, she didn't really like me bumping the music.
That was like my first motivation, really, just, I want to hear how this beat sounds loud.
Now, you would hear your music at home, and then you take it to 'Low End Theory'
and then snap your neck off.
Going to 'Low End', it was like church man, you know, it was a very special thing, special time.
It was crazy to see but crazier to hear.
Once I get out there, play the first beat, I have a whole different alter ego.
You see me on stage, I am in the SP-404 right now.
I'm mixing, I'm juggling, I'm adding effects... I want to be flawless.
Project Blowed. Sketchbook. Low End Theory. They were allowing us a platform to say,
'No, this isn't just beats, this is actually the show.
That's always been the strength about L.A.
Everybody is pushing each other to do the greatest thing they could do out of themselves.
It's all community, man. You just sessioning like the jazz musicians back in the day.
I couldn't imagine wanting to pursue music
in the way that I did if I hadn't lived here and if the community wasn't here.
The ripple effect is still going
A sampler is all about how you hear things in life.
How do you work?
How does your heart beat?
How does it translate to you?
As long as I'm excited about sounds,
I'm gonna be excited to loop up that sound...
...and add another layer to that sound...