Latest Beat the block Podcast Episodes
Focus- Producing for Dre, Building for Legacy & Protecting Your Mental Health
Beat The Block - August 21, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutesFocus is someone whose skill is only matched by heart and passion for the music he makes. He proved his chops by producing for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Wayne, Christina Aguilera, not to mention his father was the renowned bassist and co-founder of the funk band “Chic”. Focus...
Nascent- Coming up w/ Chance, Brent Faiyaz & More, Quitting His 9-5 & How He’s Handled His Business
Beat The Block - August 14, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutesThere are some who are lucky enough to grow up in a city that has a musical revolution, Nascent was one of the few in Chicago that had enough smarts, skills and humility to actually rise with that revolution. Surprisingly though, his first big break didn’t come from Chicago but rather a trip he m...
Tiffany Miranda- Producing & Engineering for Pitbull & DJ Khaled & More + Starting Girls Make Beats
Beat The Block - July 31, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutesTiffany Miranda is someone who has always taken matters into her own hands, learned the ropes of the business and given everything back to help those coming after her. She got her start in music in her late teens, she even had a meeting with the Miami legend Uncle Luke’s record label. A few years...
Vic Spencer- Touring Group Homes, Sticking To His Sound & Stories w/ Sean Price & Heltah Skeltah
Beat The Block - July 24, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutesThis show is all about turning lemons into lemonade, taking a bad situation and flipping it so it works for you. Few have done this better than our next guest, Chi Town’s own Vic Spencer. In middle school Vic entered the group home system and when his schedule was restricted so he couldn’t play b...
DJ Shay- Discovering Benny The Butcher, Starting a Record Label & Perseverance Through Self Belief
Beat The Block - July 17, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutesThere was a time not too long ago where people weren’t checking for Buffalo when it came to hip hop. Still, our next guest DJ Shay was grinding his way through and is the man that is responsible for helping put it on the map. He started DJ’ing when he was just 10 years old and played gigs all th...
BankRollGotIt- Strategy for Working with Rising Artists, Quitting Their Jobs & Opening Their Studio
Beat The Block - July 10, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutesThe internet has completely changed the music industry and as a producer you have to create your own path and not rely on gatekeepers. Our next guest, BankRollGotIt did exactly that. The producer group is comprised of brothers Joel and Taylor Banks (hence their producer name) and created their ow...
Decap- Studying Spirituality & Meditation, Building Multiple Income Streams & Drums That Knock
Beat The Block - July 03, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutesDecap cut his teeth in the rap game joining a 9-person rap group, he was the only producer and had a make the beats for all their tracks. That was in junior high, by the time he got to his school he had built some buzz for himself and started selling beats. He eventually left to make it in New Yo...
Antman Wonder- Working w/ DJ Premier, Commanding Producer’s Worth & Bouncing Back Mentally
Beat The Block - June 26, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutesCreating a beat with a sample can be hard enough, today’s guest would recreate samples from scratch ever since he started making music. Our guest this episode, Antman Wonder, hails from Philly and when he started making beats he didn’t even realize sampling existed so he would remake them from sc...
Charity- Meeting Dre, Her Production Company, Finding an Artist & Rebounding from Hurricane Harvey
Beat The Block - June 19, 2020 13:00 - 1 hourWhen Charity entered her first beat battle ever she made an ultimatum, if I don’t do well in this beat battle I won’t pursue music as a career. Thankfully, she got 3rd place and that gave her the confidence to keep going. She started producing more around Houston (her hometown) and worked closely...
Billy Martin of Good Charlotte: Transitioning to Making Beats, Illustrating for Marvel + Others
Beat The Block - June 12, 2020 13:00 - 1 hourIn today’s world, we producers often have many creative skills they learn that helps fulfill them and pay the bills. That is definitely the case for our next guest, Billy Martin who is a guitarist and keyboardist for the punk rock band, “Good Charlotte”. He shared his journey joining “Good Charlo...
Hip Hop Social Worker: How to Help & Heal In Light of George Floyd’s Death
Beat The Block - June 05, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutesPlease find ways to support here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ In light of the tragic murder of George Floyd we wanted to have an open discussion on the podcast about what we can do to help and how we can heal ourselves and help others heal around us. To help us do that we had Christopher...
Ms.Madli: Moving From Estonia to NY, Winning Her 2nd Beat Battle & Composing for VH1, CBS and ABC
Beat The Block - May 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourToday’s guest doesn’t hail from the usual hip hop mecca’s like New York, LA or Chicago… she’s from Estonia. Our next guest Ms.Madli came to the US without much of a plan other than to make it in the music industry. She was classically trained on piano but knew the reading music wasn’t her passion...
Cameone: His Kanye Placement, Being Fired, Building His Design Company & Selling Samples
Beat The Block - May 21, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutesEvery producer has to make this decision, do I go all in or keep doing it making music on the side? Our next guest’s decision ultimately led to his placement with Kanye West. Today’s guest, Cameone, was forced to make that decision after he got fired from his job at a sneaker store and had to dec...
MTK: How Quitting Music Led to Trippie Redd, Logic & Other Placements
Beat The Block - May 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourNot every producer finds success and creative fulfillment after they decide to give up on making it in the music industry. Our next guest, MTK, did. MTK started making beats during a graveyard shift then while he traveled around Europe, his big break came at a Seattle beat battle where he met Mac...
MTK: How Quitting Music Led to Trippie Red, Logic & Other Placements
Beat The Block - May 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hourNot every producer finds success and creative fulfillment after they decide to give up on making it in the music industry. Our next guest, MTK, did. MTK started making beats during a graveyard shift then while he traveled around Europe, his big break came at a Seattle beat battle where he met Mac...
88-keys: Friendship w/ Kanye, Formula for Music Success & How Cleaning Vinyls Helped Launch His Career
Beat The Block - May 14, 2020 11:50 - 41 minutesMost 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 mo...
Denaun (Mr.Porter): Producing Eminem’s First Album, Exiting his Publishing Deal & Mental Health for Producers
Beat The Block - May 14, 2020 11:45 - 1 hourMr.Porter grew up in a musical family, his grandfather was in “The Original 5 Blind Boys of Alabama” and his father who started off as their driver and Popular gospel singer himself, he spent much of his childhood on the road and surrounded by music. His life changed when at the age of 15 he was ...
Beat The Block Launches on May 14th!
Beat The Block - May 11, 2020 18:50 - 1 minuteBeat The Block will be releasing our first 3 episodes on May 14th at 8AM EST. Our first episode is with legendary Detroit producer and right-hand man for Eminem, Mr.Porter. He will share his incredible journey diving into music after he was shot and producing Eminem’s first album to now, we’ll ta...
Announcing Beat The Block Podcast!
Beat The Block - April 17, 2020 04:44 - 1 minuteWe're thrilled to announce the Beat The Block Podcast! This is a show where we go way deeper than the surface and talk to the best producers and artists in the game about not just their success but the dark times and how they bounced back (so you can too). Since we are making this for the Beatst...
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