DJ Doo Wop aka. Da Bouncemasta

DJ Doo Wop is probably best known for his many classic mixtapes in the 90s, where he featured legendary New York emcees like Busta Rhymes, Redman, Mobb Deep, AZ, Big Daddy Kane, Raekwon, MOP, KRS-One, Q-tip, Big Pun and many more. He's also been known to spit a hot verse or two on his own tapes and through his Diaz Brothers teamup with Tony Touch. Rumor has it the duo is releasing an album later this year. Doo Wop definitely holds it down on the mic as well as the turntables. After hearing his verses on Pete Rock's "Let's Go" and seing him live on tour with Guru, I contacted him through his Myspace Profile to record a song for my album. The collaboration went extremely well, it was obvious that Doo Wop has a genuine passion for real hiphop. The song is titled "Da Bouncemasta" and the beat won a beatmaking competition here in Copenhagen back in 2007.

Until it gets out, here are some recent Doo Wop verses to check out:






Last year Lil' Wayne aka The Gremlin got taped badmouthing mixtape djs, which made Doo Wop produce this video response:

Slick The Ruler Rick wants to rock right now...

Slick Rick is one of my favorite emcees of all time. His stories, delivery and presence on a beat can make the hardest street thug crack a smile. Here he breathes new life into the choice freestyle beat of the year, Snoop Dogg's lead single "I Wanna Rock".

How I Got Hustled By The Cab Driver Rapper

He used to be known as Cappachino The Great and spit fire on the mic like his infamous verse on "Winter Warz" from Ghostface's "Ironman" album:










...but these days he is better known for driving tourists around New York in a yellow cab busting the occasional verse here and there. Nothing wrong with that, he's got a big family to feed from what I hear, but the dude and I made a deal of him recording a song of two verses for my album, and he didn't deliver. It started as a Myspace correspondence back and forth negotiating the price. Cappa also told me about his new baby and how he's not rich like The Rza and drives a taxi cab. After agreeing on a price he asked me to talk to his manager Honor also going by the exotic AOL name IronShiek7000 who would take care of the business side of things... Mind you, I never willingly transfer the full amount of money upfront! Normally I pay half upfront and the rest once I receive the vocals. But here, Cappa wrote me the following email...

"ok lets do this .... do u have yahoo messenger or aim? if you do my mgr will work everythging out with you his yahoo is HONORMANAGEMENT and his aim is IRONSHIEK7000 now im saying this up front before we get started i need the full payemnt and the music upfront for the simple fact cause the last time i did this with someone from europe they didnt pay me and i went to the studio and did the work for this dude named cop killa (note: contained a link to his blog which doesn't work anymore) so thats why i require the money upfront and i will have the song back to you in 48hrs (2 days) with vocals seperated and everything you need let me know if that is ok and trust me brother i will not cheat you in the name of allah!!!!!!!!!"

...And somehow I decided to trust the guy, probably still high off the success I'd experienced with the other collaborations thus far. I remember transferring the money by Western Union directly to Darryl Hill (Cappa) in Park Hill, Staten Island. After nothing happened for several weeks I complained to both Shiek and Cappadonna directly and when I finally got a chat reply from Shiek on AOL, he told me that he wasn't managing Cappadonna anymore and that he'd been hustled too... No doubt a lie. I'd been bamboozled. Some will say it comes with the territory, I say bad form Cappa be warned other producers out there. The collaborations went well with all the other emcees I worked with...

"5'9+Won" Mp3

Here's the second single from my album. I' m aiming to build up a buzz by releasing at least 4 singles before the album drops.

 KVBeats feat. Royce Da 5'9 & Pace Won "5'9+Won"

Featuring DJ Noize on the turntables.

I had already recorded a solo song with Pace Won for the album ("Things I Need") when I decided to let these two old buddies of Eminem go toe to toe. I wanted to create a classic battle song between them with Noize building his signature sentenses around the title of the song which in this case is the two numbers added up. I give him a lot of credit for the creative chorus he came up with.

"Clap To This" Mp3

Here's the first single from my producer album "The Résumé".

KVBeats feat. Mic Geronimo "Clap To This"

The way the song happened was, Mic G was out here in Denmark to perform and got a hold of a beat cd from Danish emcee J-Spliff. My beat was on the cd since I had given it to Spliff earlier for a song. I don't know why he put that particular beat on the cd, but Mic obviously digged it, recorded his own song over it and put it up on his Myspace page.

By chance I stumbled upon the song and heard my beat underneath his vocals. At first I was shocked that my joint had been used without me knowing, but on the other hand it sounded great and Mic G is a legendary Queens emcee. I got in touch with him and his manager, and Mic explained how he had tried to find the creator of the beat but couldn't. He gave me credit on his Myspace page and we agreed that I could put the song on my album.

About a year later Radio DJ Peter Rosenberg plays it on his "Late Night" show on HOT 97 in New York and Mic G wants to release it as a 12" single, but the vocals were never sent to me. So what you hear is the exact version of the song he recorded over my demo beat tweaked by sound engineer extraordinaire Anders Schumann at C4 Studios.

FYI: Check Mic Geronimo's cell phone going off a couple times during the session.

Juice Magazine Cover CD feature

KVBeats feat. Chaundon "Ambitions Of A Writer" will be featured on the cover CD of Germany's biggest selling hiphop publication Juice with a print of 60.000 copies. Check for the March issue with a street date of April 16th!

Chaundon is probably best known for his connection to popular underground act Little Brother and The Justus League. This song is about him making his way up in the music business with all the ups and downs he faces along the way. I've been checking for Chaundon since I heard a couple of songs on his Myspace back in 2006 where he flips topics over classic J Dilla Donuts ("Strap", "Want Me Back"). Chaundon has got a serious talent for story telling and an equally professional work ethic. He wrote two of the best and most meaningful songs on my album.