The world of hip-hop is as competitive as ever, and nowhere is that truer than among producers, one of the few lucrative positions left in the market.  The name !llmind first popped off on the Beat Society circuit, one of the first live producer events in existence, where he showcased with heavyweights like Kanye West and Just Blaze. In 2006, Sha Money XL (former G-Unit records president & current VP A&R at Def Jam) signed and upgraded the New Jersey beat-smith’s seat from economy to first class, bringing new !llmind produced songs with Erykah Badu (Get Live), 50 Cent (Queens, Make A Movie, All His Love), Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, Kool G Rap, Redman, Scarface (Who Are They, It’s Not A Game), LL Cool J, and even The Jabbawockeez (America’s Best Dance Crew season 1 Champs).  Since then, he’s released multiple full-length albums, and is also executive producing albums for 3 groups which he is a member of: Fortilive, SunZoo, and Smokey Robotic .

As an advocate for education in music business and production, !llmind taught Music Production Business classes at one of NYC’s largest non-profit organizations, Harlem Children’s Zone, and was recently hired at the prestigious Clive Davis Department Of Recorded Music at NYU as a Technical Music Instructor for a program called “Future Music Moguls”.  Taking his entrepreneurship even further, !llmind started his own bi-weekly producer showcase event in NYC called “Beats, Love, Alcohol & Party” (B.L.A.P.), which gives up-coming and established music producers a chance to showcase exclusive music in a club atmosphere. With an on-going digital compilation series called “Blaps, Rhymes & Life” (touting over 200,000 downloads worldwide & 5 Volumes), an exclusive bi-monthly event for his fellow producers, and a handful of music for both underground and mainstream/pop artists in the works, things can only get bigger. “Reach for the stars, and the sky can never be your limit.”

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