Podcasts by Beat The Block
We've all heard about the success stories of famous producers. What about their darkest moments? How did they push through to make a living out of their passion? How did they take care of their mental health?
This is the show that finally answers those questions. Every week we sit down with the best producers and artists in the game to not just hear their rags to riches story but how they made it despite the odds, so you can too. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beattheblockpodcast/support
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Focus- Producing for Dre, Building for Legacy & Protecting Your Mental Health from 2020-08-21T12:00:39
Focus is someone whose skill is only matched by heart and passion for the music he makes. He proved his chops by producing for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Lopez, Lil Wayne, Christina Aguilera...
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Nascent- Coming up w/ Chance, Brent Faiyaz & More, Quitting His 9-5 & How He’s Handled His Business from 2020-08-14T12:00:14
There are some who are lucky enough to grow up in a city that has a musical revolution, Nascent was one of the few in Chicago that had enough smarts, skills and humility to actually rise with that ...
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Tiffany Miranda- Producing & Engineering for Pitbull & DJ Khaled & More + Starting Girls Make Beats from 2020-07-31T13:00:35
Tiffany Miranda is someone who has always taken matters into her own hands, learned the ropes of the business and given everything back to help those coming after her. She got her start in music in...
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Vic Spencer- Touring Group Homes, Sticking To His Sound & Stories w/ Sean Price & Heltah Skeltah from 2020-07-24T12:00:06
This show is all about turning lemons into lemonade, taking a bad situation and flipping it so it works for you. Few have done this better than our next guest, Chi Town’s own Vic Spencer. In middle...
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DJ Shay- Discovering Benny The Butcher, Starting a Record Label & Perseverance Through Self Belief from 2020-07-17T13:00:08
There was a time not too long ago where people weren’t checking for Buffalo when it came to hip hop. Still, our next guest DJ Shay was grinding his way through and is the man that is responsible fo...
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BankRollGotIt- Strategy for Working with Rising Artists, Quitting Their Jobs & Opening Their Studio from 2020-07-10T13:00:23
The internet has completely changed the music industry and as a producer you have to create your own path and not rely on gatekeepers. Our next guest, BankRollGotIt did exactly that. The producer g...
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Decap- Studying Spirituality & Meditation, Building Multiple Income Streams & Drums That Knock from 2020-07-03T13:00:06
Decap cut his teeth in the rap game joining a 9-person rap group, he was the only producer and had a make the beats for all their tracks. That was in junior high, by the time he got to his school h...
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Antman Wonder- Working w/ DJ Premier, Commanding Producer’s Worth & Bouncing Back Mentally from 2020-06-26T13:00:02
Creating a beat with a sample can be hard enough, today’s guest would recreate samples from scratch ever since he started making music. Our guest this episode, Antman Wonder, hails from Philly and ...
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Charity- Meeting Dre, Her Production Company, Finding an Artist & Rebounding from Hurricane Harvey from 2020-06-19T13:00:03
When Charity entered her first beat battle ever she made an ultimatum, if I don’t do well in this beat battle I won’t pursue music as a career. Thankfully, she got 3rd place and that gave her the c...
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Billy Martin of Good Charlotte: Transitioning to Making Beats, Illustrating for Marvel + Others from 2020-06-12T13:00:02
In today’s world, we producers often have many creative skills they learn that helps fulfill them and pay the bills. That is definitely the case for our next guest, Billy Martin who is a guitarist ...
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Hip Hop Social Worker: How to Help & Heal In Light of George Floyd’s Death from 2020-06-05T13:00:10
Please find ways to support here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ In light of the tragic murder of George Floyd we wanted to have an open discussion on the podcast about what we can do to help...
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Ms.Madli: Moving From Estonia to NY, Winning Her 2nd Beat Battle & Composing for VH1, CBS and ABC from 2020-05-28T12:00:06
Today’s guest doesn’t hail from the usual hip hop mecca’s like New York, LA or Chicago… she’s from Estonia. Our next guest Ms.Madli came to the US without much of a plan other than to make it in th...
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Cameone: His Kanye Placement, Being Fired, Building His Design Company & Selling Samples from 2020-05-21T12:00:04
Every producer has to make this decision, do I go all in or keep doing it making music on the side? Our next guest’s decision ultimately led to his placement with Kanye West. Today’s guest, Cameone...
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MTK: How Quitting Music Led to Trippie Redd, Logic & Other Placements from 2020-05-14T12:00:11
Not every producer finds success and creative fulfillment after they decide to give up on making it in the music industry. Our next guest, MTK, did. MTK started making beats during a graveyard shif...
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88-keys: Friendship w/ Kanye, Formula for Music Success & How Cleaning Vinyls Helped Launch His Career from 2020-05-14T11:50:27
Most producers are lucky to make a record considered a classic in their career, our next guest’s second beat he ever sold became the cult classic “Thieves in the Night” by Black Star (Talib Kweli &...
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Denaun (Mr.Porter): Producing Eminem’s First Album, Exiting his Publishing Deal & Mental Health for Producers from 2020-05-14T11:45:03
Mr.Porter grew up in a musical family, his grandfather was in “The Original 5 Blind Boys of Alabama” and his father who started off as their driver and Popular gospel singer himself, he spent much ...
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Beat The Block Launches on May 14th! from 2020-05-11T18:50:12
Beat The Block will be releasing our first 3 episodes on May 14th at 8AM EST. Our first episode is with legendary Detroit producer and right-hand man for Eminem, Mr.Porter. He will share his incred...
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Announcing Beat The Block Podcast! from 2020-04-17T04:44:08
We're thrilled to announce the Beat The Block Podcast! This is a show where we go way deeper than the surface and talk to the best producers and artists in the game about not just their success but...
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