We've all heard about the success stories of famous producers. What about their darkest moments? How did they push through to make a living out of their passion? How did they take care of their mental health?
This is the show that finally answers those questions. Every week we sit down with the best producers and artists in the game to not just hear their rags to riches story but how they made it despite the odds, so you can too.
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We've all heard about the success stories of famous producers. What about their darkest moments? How did they push through to make a living out of their passion? How did they take care of their mental health?
This is the show that finally answers those questions. Every week we sit down with the best producers and artists in the game to not just hear their rags to riches story but how they made it despite the odds, so you can too.
88-keys: Friendship w/ Kanye, Formula for Music Success & How Cleaning Vinyls Helped Launch His Career
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5 years ago
88-keys: Friendship w/ Kanye, Formula for Music Success & How Cleaning Vinyls Helped Launch His Career
Most producers are lucky to make a record considered a classic in their career, our next guest’s second beat he ever sold became the cult classic “Thieves in the Night” by Black Star (Talib Kweli & Mos Def). 88-keys has 20+ years in the game and has produced for Kanye West, Jay Z, Big Sean and more.
He got his start cleaning records for John Carerro where he rubbed shoulders with people like Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes, Funk Master Flex and more. He used his deep record collection and developed a formula for making records that allowed him to get the placements he has. Later he made his own album “The Death of Adam” which was executive produced by Kanye West. 88 shares the story of filming the “Stay Up!” music video with Kanye where they dressed up as old men and tore up the town.
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We've all heard about the success stories of famous producers. What about their darkest moments? How did they push through to make a living out of their passion? How did they take care of their mental health?
This is the show that finally answers those questions. Every week we sit down with the best producers and artists in the game to not just hear their rags to riches story but how they made it despite the odds, so you can too.
