TheSource.com Exclusive: SnizzyOnTheBeat Produces "Nightmares Of The Bottom"

July 14, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos No Comments  
Ddotomen managed to track down the producer responsible for Lil Wayne’s song that he debuted on MTV Unplugged called “Nightmares of The Bottom“. Here’s the result of the conversation, which you can read fully on The Source.
Okay introduce yourself to the world:
Wassup world, I’m Ben Vaughn, better known as ‘SnizzyOnTheBeat’. I’m 17 & I was born in raised in west Texas. SnizzyOnTheBeat.com
How did you get started making music and producing?
I first started making beats.. Well actually, let me take it back a little bit. When I was 6 years old, I took piano lessons for one year.. I stopped taking piano lessons after the first year and quit playing because I felt like I had lost interest in it.. Then when I was 11 years old, my dad bought a Casio keyboard for me, so I started playing again. Honestly, as far as what made me wanna start producing/making beats goes, I really don’t remember specifically.. I just know that since then I’ve always been real interested in music.
I was on the internet one day and I came across Soundclick & was posting on the forums and this dude Izzy hit me up on MSN & we started talking & I downloaded FL Studio & started fucking around with it.. After that it was a done deal.
Who are some of your influences in making music and explain your style?
Back then, I was a big fan of southern rap.. I listened to alot of Ludacris, Lil Jon [ha ha] & really just southern artists mainly.. But I kinda fell out of that phase & branched out and started listening to alot of different styles. But as of now, my favorite artist as far as music goes is hands-down Drake & his producer 40. Nobody makes beats like 40.
My style.. It’s just my style I don’t really know how to explain.. I like to have melodies that are different, and chords that stick out that you wouldn’t normally hear, but where they sound good together.
How did you land on the name “Snizzy”?
[laughs] oh boy.. That goes way back. Me & a friend we’re trying to come up with a name for our little ‘rap group’ and we put mine and his name together and added izzy and there it was. It just stuck ever since.
So we understand that you are in fact the producer of Lil Wayne’s song from Tha Carter IV called “Nightmares of the Bottom?”
It blows my mind just reading that question, but yessir.
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Lloyd & Miguel R&Beef Conversation

July 13, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Videos No Comments  

Although Lloyd kept his cool in response to Miguel’s sub-tweet last week, the hair-do battle continued on this weekend backstage at Z107.9′s Summer Jam in Cleveland. Above, Z107.9 catches their exchange of words.

Miguel replied, “Yo, it shouldn’t have been said, as honest as I may have been. If it was like me and you having a conversation and I said it to you, it would have been different. The fact that I said it on Twitter was fu**ed up and I apologize for that.”




Lloyd responds:


“But the fact is that I was not trying to imitate you,” he continued. “I just felt like it was disrespectful. On some real shit, it was cheap and I felt like it was distasteful. The idea behind it wasn’t to mock you or imitate you, it was just to shave my [hair] so I could get a tattoo. For you to say that and bring all that kind of energy to me… It’s album release week so why am I answering questions about Miguel when I should be talking about my album that I worked two years for?





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Allindstrom.com Presents: Sounds Of Brazil With Larry Gold & Le’roy Benros

July 13, 2011 JUKEBOXDC Staff Interviews, Videos No Comments  

(Ed. Note: Normally I’ll give you a nice write up on the video you are about to watch, but I was asked by Le’Roy to let him tell you some things in his own words. Before you read that, let me give you a description of what this video is about. SOBs has made it’s way from a Brazilian club, to a well known venue in hip-hop. Over the past decade it has really solidified it’s name as the place where new artists are being broken. Larry Gold started this club in 1982 and hasn’t looked back since. In this interview with Larry is Le’Roy Benros, the man behind booking all the up and coming talent.

In part 1 of the interview we talk about the history of the club, the history of hip-hop at the venue, and how the club made it’s name for breaking rap artists. With that said, Le’Roy has given us a nice little write up of things he wants you to know. Scroll down and read away:)

SOB’s is a great place for up and coming talent to perform not only because of the historical presence it has in the New York market but because we also take pride in the development of the artist leading up to their show. Coming from an artist manager background, I understand the importance of maximizing opportunities for an artist. If I book a show, Im going to be coordinating with the publicist/manager on a consistent basis to ensure that certain press has been scheduled, the music gets to where it needs to “buzz” is maintained and that NYC/blogs knows where to be at on that given night; Im pretty much serving as an assistant manager to the camp. Its important that awareness is generated through all outlets and that fans know whats going on. Managers have so many other areas to focus on that the added help on this end is one less thing for them to worry about. My goal is to make this the best possible NY and SOB’s experience for the talent and their camp. To submit material or discuss potential shows, hit me at LB@sobs.com.

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