Music Cartels: IN THE SPOTLIGHT #1

ninetyNINE

Welcome to our first "In the Spotlight".
I've met the artists behind these upcoming tracks when I was spinning in Orlando a few months ago and his style caught my ears IMMEDIATELY.

Mr. Gabriel-99-Leonard who is half of

S!kk Beatz along with his partner in GRIME
Josh Hamilton

Where do you most often perform:

99: At the moment S!kk Beatz are blowing up swfl with raves, club events, and a pending arena show...other than that I do lots of 99 events in Orlando and the other college towns I have networks in.

JHAM: I play in SWFL and Orlando mostly.

Influences:

99: Everything.... Some of my favs of all time would have to be Deftones, The Faint, and Nirvana. Some of my current favs are J-trick, Taylor Gang, ymcmb, and Dillion Francis..I dont really believe in genres, its pointless to compare something waka flocka flame to the new Jay-z and Kanye...you know.I love Lex Luger beats...but Kanye is in a game all his own. That said I take everything I hear and get the good/bad from it and apply that to my music..so in a way everything I hear is my influence. Besides music I am also very much to into Cinema, I try to merge the two areas of interest in my life as much as possible.

JHAM: My biggest influence is probably my Dad----but Music wise I have many influences for different genre's

Favorite track at the moment:

99: J-trick - Congaz
JHAM: hmmmmmm favorite track at the moment is probably

The Matrix by Bassnectar

Favorite Producer at the Moment:

99: The new Bassnectar is amazing! also Lex Luger
I love me a trap beat!

JHAM: I have a lot of producers that I like in different genres, but Bassnectar is a genius

Where to go from here?

99: to the motherf*cking cover of Rolling Stone!
JHAM: From here I'd like to continue the success and keep making bangin' music and putting on killer shows for the world to see and hear.

What DAW(s) do you use during Production?

99: FL studio 9 (with tons of extra plug-ins and effects) Bootlegs in Traktor Scratch 2 and I also use aged physical instruments like; guitars, bass guitars, drums, drum machines, and synths.
JHAM: I use Maschine 1.6, Traktor, and FL studio 10

99: We both sometimes use audacity for cutting samples

(zooms all the way in on waveform, down to a line) and converting sound files.

What program do you play your sets with ?

99: Traktor 2 with timecode vinyls and turntables. Sometimes Josh's s4. I use my Korg Nano Kontrol or my Akai LPD 8 on some nights, or if Im playing house music, point and click and just the mixer.

JHAM: Traktor Scratch Pro 2 HATER!

Any more things you would like to add about your group...

99: Look out for great new projects from S!KK BEATZ, 99, and LOST IN SPACE.
JHAM: Yeah....my name is Josh Hamilton....and I go hard in the mutha fuckin' paint.... #swag

I've been to a lot of clubs all over Florida and I am constantly alarmed by the "lack of SWAG" in these modern computer DJ's. Needless to say this isn't the issue here!

Not to mention, I have always had a dream for dubstep to meet rap vocals/lyrics and rap producers to step up their game into advanced dub productions. I am more than glad to see that someone is doing it right.

Without wasting any more time...LET'S GO!

ninetyNIBE (S!kk Beatz)

Gabriel 99 leonard - Harold and Kumar Commercial: Marijuana Kills (SECOND CUT) by ninetyNINE (S!kk Beatz)

Pretty Ricky - grill em vs Chrispy - find your zen (99 bootleg) by ninetyNINE (S!kk

Beatz)