By Sharad Thaper
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Updated: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Rapper David E Beats cites Nirvana and Metallica among his musical inspirations.
From his modest beginnings of writing poetry to his breakthrough in the rap music industry, David E Beats has always had a desire to be the best. Hailing from Washington, Beats made significant strides in the music industry when he released his first mixtape, David E Beats BLVD, a fusion of hip-hop, R&B and rock.
Having been in the underground rap scene for several years, the 21-year-old Beats has emerged as an artist with a variety of musical influences. Speaking about his musically diverse background, Beats noted, “You can say I have been inspired by everyone. I want to be like everyone I look up to.”
And there are plenty of individuals from whom Beats draws his inspiration. Rattling off names such as Nirvana, Metallica, Swizz Beats and Fefe Dobson, David E Beats believes his eclectic taste in music has contributed to his early success.
With such numerous influences, Beats’ initial projects and performances have combined grunge, classical and rock music, leading to a vibrant sound that familiar listeners may notice resembles the work of Kanye West. Clearly, Beats has emulated many of the characteristics of his idol’s work by incorporating a unique combination of instrumentals into his music.
Nowhere is this more apparent than in the newly released single “Over Here” from his upcoming album Exit, which utilizes both guitar and violin solos. For Beats, though, the lyrical quality of his music has as much importance as his unique sound does.
Strong lyrics, according to Beats, can capture the audience. For this reason, Beats has followed in the footsteps of his role models and meticulously crafted lyrics possessing a soulful power.
“When it comes to music, I’m playing guitar,” Beats said. “I make things everybody likes. At the end of the day, my job is to entertain, to turn heads and invoke a certain type of mood. Usually, when I’m writing, I’m conscious about how people will feel.”
For Beats, songwriting comes easily. As a child growing up in the northeast corridor of Washington, Beats spent his time writing poetry, painting and playing the flute. Having combined his childhood passion of writing poetry with his artistic flair, Beats feels his lyrics possess a sincerity that carries universal appeal.
“I used to do poetry and music separately,” he said of his earlier years. “Now I have combined them both.”
Surprisingly, Beats was not exposed to rap music until the age of 15.
“I grew up not even knowing what rap was,” Beats said. “I grew up listening to Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin. That’s what my parents played around me. My first rap album was Jay-Z’s The Blueprint, which I bought when I was in high school because all my friends were talking about it... From then on, I was hooked.”
From there, Beats’ artistic trajectory took a drastic turn as he aggressively pursued a career in the rap industry. Despite his young age, Beats has set high ambitions for himself not only as an artist but also as a producer. He has worked on rap albums with other artists but has also branched out by producing the projects of indie rock bands and guitarists.
“My long-term goal is to be the best — period,” he said. “I want to be everything I ever wanted to be. I want to be ranked among the best musicians out there.”
At the same time, though, the young rapper acknowledges the difficulty of achieving what he has.
“The industry can be very treacherous, but you really have to have passion for what you do in order to get as far as I’ve gotten.”
27 October 2009
Marching to his own Beats
21 October 2009
Interview with Good Fella Radio
Interview with Good Fella Radio this Saturday, October 24, 2009
Good Fella Radio is an Urban Culture Radio Show. They represent the "GOOD" in Urban Culture, rather than the commonly portrayed sex, drugs, and violence. We believe in everything that is good. Good people, good artist, good music, good living, good (everything).
Interview with CalienteHitz Mix (Arizzma Radio)
Interview with CalienteHitz Mix (Arrizma Radio) this Friday, October 23, 2009
Caliente Hitz Mix is an online Radioshow viewed by over 150,000 viewers per month (and growing) and is sponsored by ArizzmaRadio.com (past shows on youtube under the ArizzmaRadio channel). Caliente Hitz Mix is a mix of, hip hop, models, actors etc, they mesh it all into one show. They had guests like: Lil Cease, Heather Hunter, Ralph McDaniels, Tito El Bambino, Tito Puente Jr, among many other amazing guests (Mayor AND Indie)
Interview with Video City TV
Interview with Video City TV and Waheeda Sojan this Thursday, October 22, 2009
Video City TV has been Promoting Independent Artists Since 1996.
Interview with MediaMoiselle.com (rescheduled)
nterview with Mediamoiselle.com
30 min interview on-set this Wednesday, October 21, 2009 (rescheduled)
Mediamoiselle LLC is the brainchild of CEO, Jennifer Pons. A seasoned Television Producer, Jennifer’s career began with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from NYU. That degree turned into an internship at a major network which eventually led to various stints throughout the industry as a Production Assistant, Associate Producer, Field Producer, Production Coordinator, Segment Producer, Travel Coordinator, Writer, Director and Showrunner. In addition to her behind the scenes takeover, Jennifer has also held notable on screen gigs as Host and Voice Over Talent. Finally, after a successful run as Supervising Producer of two nationally syndicated TV shows, Jennifer is primed to spearhead the next great project of her career.
As Executive Producer of Mediamoiselle, Jennifer continues to produce and develop fresh content for Television while also venturing into New Media.
Interview with Next Up Radio Rescheuled
Interview with Next Up Radio that was supposed to be held this Monday, October 19th, 2009 at Da Matrix Studios is rescheduled to a upcoming date.
Next Up Radio showcases new & extraordinary talented urban people.
Unsigned Debut interviews David E Beats
Watch David E Beats Freestyle, and interview: http://vimeo.com/7121903
Unsigned Debut is an online magazine and social networking site for unsigned artists.
14 October 2009
13 October 2009
Blog Talk Radio Interviews David E Beats
Interview with Blog Talk Radio and radio host Timothy Hodge this Tuesday,October 13 2009 at 5 PM
09 October 2009
David E Beats 1st Print Placement in Washington Afro-American Newspaper
David was recently featured in the Historic Washington Afro-American Newspaper in both print and online!
Read the full interview by Marcus A. Williams:
Twenty-one year-old Washingtonian David E. Beats is on his way to fame, thanks to a unique combination of rapping, producing and guitar playing. Beats, who grew up on 14th and Irving streets in the District’s northeast corridor, blends his love of hip hop with classical and rock-inspired guitar playing to create a dynamic sound all his own.
“I know it sounds weird, but usually I do a lot of electric guitar solos over the instrumentals,” said Beats. “Essentially, I would rap like normal for the first two verses with a catchy hook with the violin back beat and then the third verse I break into the guitar solo.”
But studio recordings only capture a fraction of Beats’ skills. The real excitement begins when he takes the stage with bass-heavy hip-hop rhythms, electrifying guitar riffs and clever lyrics. According to the up-and-coming artist, it’s not uncommon for DJs to stop his background music track to see if he is, in fact, playing the guitar.
Beats said his ability to converge seemingly disparate musical genres is due largely to his eclectic musical upbringing.
Read more at: http://www.afro.com/tabId/551/itemId/4865/iCan-You-Feel-the-Beatibr-David-E-Beats.aspx
DJ COMMISH on Good Day NY, Fox 5
DJ COMMISH Set To Appear on Good Day NY, Fox 5
New York, NY---October 8th, 2009— Respected and acclaimed DJ, the Commander-In-Chief" DJ Commish will make an appearance on Good Day NY on Fox 5 on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9 AM! Fox 5 started to introduce notorious DJs this summer during the Good Day NY morning show, DJ Commish who is a crowd favorite is now joining the list. DJ Commish made his TV Debut on BET Rap's City in 2004 alongside Snoop Dogg, and in 2008 alongside Mike Jones, and the Cast of HBO "The Wire".
Make sure to catch him on Good Day NY, Fox 5 at 9AM
Meet DJ Commish: http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/music/091009_DJ_Commish
About Good Day New York
Good Day New York is the first morning show to air on Fox. The weekday morning news and feature show airs on WNYW (FOX 5). The show airs weekday mornings from 5 AM through 10 AM.
08 October 2009
Featured Artist: Dame Grease
Who is Dame Grease?
Dame Grease is a producer that puts out a lot of music. Raised in Harlem, he has been in the game for 14 years. When asked what he considers as his biggest achievement until this day, Dame recalls: “A couple years ago, I put out that DMX album “It’s Dark and Hell It’s Hot” that sold lots of records”.
At some point in his career, Dame Grease was involved in artist development and had his hands in launching the careers of artists & producers like Swizz Beats, DMX, The Lox.
I asked him to tell me more about his involvement on these projects.
“When we first started, we had the studio, we worked on the whole album together, LOX first album, DMX first album; we were actually doing songs that changed the Hip Hop sound even until this day.”
Dame Grease started Vacant Lot Records, his own record label. Some of the artists signed to the label include an R&B artist T6, whose song was out earlier this month. There is also Jae Millz from Young Money Lil Wayne’s label. Another artist is Push Montana who recently signed to Konvict.
Dame Grease also has a series of mixtapes out right now, the Max B. mixtape”, the goon mixtape series. “The Wave Gang” mixtape series.
We discussed about auto-tune.. Dame Grease said: “I have absolutely nothing against auto-tune, I like natural singing songs and I also like auto-tune songs; I’m a musician, so I like whatever is pleasant to the ear! I don’t really hate when somebody is doing that, if it’s good, it’s good! I have an auto-tune artist named Blanket Jackson.”
Dame Grease favorite songs include: “Big Poppa” by Biggie Smalls, DMX “Get at Me Dawg” and “Dawg For Life” from X second album, Mary J Blige “Dance For Me” among many others.
Send your beats to biggathreat@gmail.com. If the beats are fire, they will definitely be contacting people back and possibly put the beat on an upcoming mixtape.
Myspace.com/Damegrease
Twitter.com/damegrease
Damegrease.ning.com
06 October 2009
The Fantasy Boiz To Be Featured On Bet 106 N Park “Wild-Out Wednesday”
Oct 07, 2009 – The Fantasy Boiz is a male performing group hailing from Shreveport, Louisiana. The group is composed of Red, J-Luv, Prince, Teddy B N King Jones and their newest member Cain; they believe that "5 brothers and a dream, 6th man makes a team". These young boys aging from 17 – 21 years-old took the online world by storm after forming their group in October 2006, and soon became web celebrities. Due to their diligent work and remixes to popular songs by other groups including Pretty Ricky – “Up N Down” -the group generated a huge online buzz and amassed more than 3,000,000 views on Youtube. The Fantasy Boiz succeeded to create a strong worldwide fan base and started to receive a surge of attention from media outlets such as MTV:
“The Fantasy Boiz are a popped-collar, color-coordinated song-and-dance machine that makes no qualms about its desire to get signed to a major label and make a ton of cash”_ James Montgomery_ MTV News
Fresh off their recent radio interview with esp51.com; on October 7th, 2009, the Fantasy Boiz will be making the transition from the online world to the real world with their first appearance on national television on BET 106 N Park Wild-Out Wednesday.
Make sure to watch the show, log onto: www.bet.com/106andpark and vote for them!
What: The Fantasy Boiz
When: Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Where: BET 106 N Park Wild-Out Wednesday
In recent news, the Fantasy Boiz are currently working on a mix-tape; a release date has not been revealed yet.
Twitter: @fantasyboiz
Myspace.com/officialfantasyboizent
05 October 2009
DJ Commish Releases New Mix-tape “Party Starter”, Plus Re-launches Thursdays After-Work At Katra Lounge
New York, NY—October 5th, 2009—The Commander-In-Chief DJ Commish is releasing today a new mix-tape called “Party Starter” available for free download by going to the music section onwww.djcommish.com and clicking on podcast. This is DJ Commish’s first mix-tape in over 4 months, it's over 60 minutes of music that will feature different genres ranging from Hip-Hop & R&B to Electro-House and Hyphy music.
“I'm really excited about it”, says The Commander-In-Chief, “because a new mix is long overdue.”
Additionally to this new project, DJ Commish is re-launching Thursdays after-work at Katra Lounge beginning Oct. 15th with a sneak preview this week. He is teaming up with 2 new promoters (RMC & Get Fresh Entertainment). The party will still feature the 2 for 1 drink specials from 5-7pm and the $5 apple martini's from 7-8pm. There will be other drink specials throughout the night. There is also another DJ on the bill, Big Dawg Pitbull's own DJ Spynfo.
Log on now on www.djcommish.com to download “Party Starter” the mix-tape.
Join DJ Commish this week at Katra Lounge on Thursday, September 8th, 2009. Katra Lounge is located at 217 Bowery, New York, NY 10002 between Rivington and Prince
02 October 2009
David E Beats To Perform At Overtime NYC Concert Series
October 15th, 2009 at 10 PM
Bowery Poetry Club
Oligoville.com Interviews David E Beats
Read The Interview Here: http://www.oligoville.com/2009/09/30/ten-minutes-with-david-e-beats/
