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Interview with Sinista (producer) 0:04 Upbringing, Florida Housing Project, many musicians in his family, family from Gonzales, LA, his uncle has always run a music studio, early musical influences 2:15 NO rap influences, Mannie Fresh drum patterns 3:32 NO rap sound, effect of Katrina & people dispersing **good clip** pre/post Katrina sounds of NO rap 4:50 Hot venues/clubs he wanted to perform at growing up, musicians he wanted to see 5:45 **good clip** effect of Juve’s Solja Rag, importance of that album and Soulja Slim and UNLV—using NO dialect, slang, and sound—the effect of that 8:00 On the first beats he produced & the equipment he used vs now 10:23 On using live instrumentation for beats **good clip** 12:00 His career, working with L.O.G., Juvenile, BG, PnC, producing 10 tracks for Juvenile’s Reality Check during Katrina—pre/post Katrina bounce 15:00 On leaving NO after Katrina, Gustav, choosing to live in Lafayette 16:15 On the track he produced for Soulja Slim, “I Keep That Heat on Me” feat BG 16:50 First time he heard one of his songs playing in a club (a song for UNLV), his songwriting process/how he makes a beat 19:07 Other people he’s produced for: Ms Tee, Turk, Master P, Curren$y, etc 19:55 On pushing himself artistically, ageism in rap vs production 20:53 On losing everything in Katrina **great clip** 22:10 On being featured in Nik Cohn’s Triksta book on rap and not being contacted 23:20 Meeting Dizzy as a teenager, violence and crime, music as a respite...
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2012 06 22
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