Producer C4: Dirty Deeds Part deux (2)

I enjoyed yappin' it up with Producer, C4. He is talented, motivated, and has a way with words; like:
 "F*** me on the Beat" 

Legion: You being from Montreal, do u find it easier to pick up females here in Toronto?
Do you lay on the Quebecois extra thick around hotties?

And why do u suppose that most of our PMs are from Montréal / Québec?(#CanadianPolitics). Do you see yourself running for PM anytime soon? Well? 

(We continued the interview as we both go back and forth in our daily routines and responsibilities. Between that time, I had majorly stubbed my baby toe. I see C4's IM indicating that he’s back online. But you know how those indicators go…)

C4: Sorry man, in session

Legion: Ok, np (like I said, IM online indicators could be sporadic. He came back later to clarify a message I left in a previous chat session)

C4: I need (can't recall the number of) “likes” by Monday to unlock the next video


[That was to unlock the next Dirty Deeds video on DirtyDeeds.TV The concept is quite dope! You share/like (on the social media tip) the Dirty Deeds project, videos to unlock the next one. Just Like the uncensored 'vid' of Lets Be Friends. (We’ll get back to that in a minute)]

(… feeling my toe throbbing, I commented)

Legion: *Re: toe* Now I know how your house felt :-P (see part 1 of interview)I hope that table unit has insurance... Come on dude that was my best line today

C4: Yeah man, u crushed it. I’ve had a house burn down and a car smash into my house all in year. 2 houses so far, geeez!

Legion: Jeez, don't jinx my baby toe

C4: yup

Legion: Insurance company must love you. Who/what burned your house?

C4: I dunno I was at Medieval Times at the time.

Legion: What did the insurance say the cause was?

C4: They just put it down as an accidental fire. But I lost everything… and didn't have any insurance

Legion: (stunned in silence)

C4: So not like I had a motive. I was homeless for 3 months. Literally living a the studio

Legion: Wooo! Didn't know that

C4: Yeah most people don't. That's also why the release date is March 6th. Exactly 1 year after it happened.

First my house gets burnt down. Then I tear it down a year later… I just don’t talk about my personal life so much...

Legion: No doubt bro [We briefly reminisced about the early production websites...]

C4: Yeah every producer has to start somewhere!

(We took an hour to continue going thru our daily’s.  I got a chance to look at the uncensored Lets Be Friends video. Then continued…)

Legion: Wow bro, that vid is really uncensored. I can really see the Montreal attitude and culture in this.

C4: Yeah Montreal culture is more about the joy of living and less about being consumed with money.

Legion: And the view on nudity and the human body?


C4: Yeah nudity is awesome.  I love nudity lol. But really, Montreal'ers and nudity... probably closer to France in that sense...


Legion: What are your outside interests, besides putting on armour and jousting?

C4: Hockey to be honest. In 10 minutes I’m going to go meet my buddy who plays nets for some shinny for a couple hours and back to the studio. I’m on a deadline for something that I’m pitching on but it's necessary when i'm too stressed...

Legion: Shinny?

C4: lol, outdoor rinks, pick up games

Legion: Oh aight cool

C4: Toronto killssss Montréal in terms of their outdoor rinks.  

They have zambonis here!… And then probably (meet up with the) ladies after …always been a weakness to me.
Legion: Dude, u talk’n french to me right now, sorry.
C4: Haha! How the fuck are you Canadian and not know what a Zamboni is?
Legion: (Kanye shrugs, and quickly changes the subject, kind of) Ladies are the producers drug... (he got me that time)
Next week, more on the Dirty Deeds Project, featured artists, and the unlocking of more Dirty Deeds Videos... and maybe some nudity...maybe...

Producer C4: Dirty Deeds

C4 and I got it in over the weekend (on IM chat) prior to the Superbowl.  He picked Montreal, I picked New York-go figure I had a good chance since Montreal wasn't in it...but he didn't need to know that...

Legion: Why did you move from Montreal? 
And why to Toronto?

C4: Moved from Montreal to open a music production company and to get closer to the States.  Toronto's really the hub for entertainment in Canada and Toronto could use a little bit of Montreal flavor anyways.  And I had been working on placements for a bit and when I started getting more work here than in my hometown, the move made sense.
                                        

Legion: How do you normally hook up or meet artist that are interested in your beats?


C4: Usually I get a facebook message like: " Yo, dis C4?"
 "Your beats are crazy man I'm gonna get signed next week and I was thinking you should send me some beats"


Legion: Lol so Facebook is your main medium?


C4: Facebook is definitely not my medium. I'm just laughing at how people approach me on this


Legion: Ok, so how do peeps usually get at you?


C4: Usually through e-mail to my management by reaching c4@imyourproducer.com or by using an agency.

Legion: What method has been most successful for you?


C4: e-mail

Legion: When was the last time you smashed some beatmakers @ a beat battle?
 and what’s it like to see their reaction when your beat drops?


C4: Aaah, I love beat battles but I haven't done one since I won in Montréal and New York. It's honestly like the exact moment you enter the ‘vagin’


Legion: New York? Gotta link to that battle? and lolz @ ‘vagin’ :-D


C4: Unfortunately not, the room was super dark


Legion: The ‘vagin’ or NY battle?  (Dirty Deeds)


C4: HAHAHA  The NY battle

Legion: Speaking of smashing, do you have an opinion on young drivers? ;-)

C4: They shouldn't crash into my backyard, and they should get insured otherwise they'll be paying me out of pocket again.


Legion: :-D :-D :-O :-D Is it possible they heard about your production and wanted to get your attention?

THE PRODUCER'S SHOWCASE CHALLENGE OFFICIAL REVIEW

Approximately 300 people jammed into Downtown Kathy Brown's to witness New Industry Canada's, PRODUCER'S SHOWCASE CHALLENGE on NOV, 7TH.

I told you all it was "GONNA BE ONE DOPE ASS EVENT, DONT MISS IT!" I Told You! And it was.

The Performances

Bizz from crackhouse radio and livetheculture.com exclaimed, "Rich Kidd's performance... he crushed it!" "Point Blank was the most jovial and outgoing I've ever seen...I finally got a Point Blank t-shirt."

Yes the performances were incredible that night.

New Industry's, Rugged One: Strik9 & Flex set the whole vibe of the show by opening the event with high energy and positive records, Rich Kidd & Junia-T did they thing for sure, letting Londoners know whats happening out in T-dot.

Judge, Mic Boogie: I was impressed alot by Rich Kidd. Didn't know he rapped. He was live. Got the crowd into it for sure.

Top indie group, Point Blank put on a solid performance as always and showed what they can do as a top Indie group in Canada. "They did like 6 songs," says Bizz, "including their singles!"

Okay, now for the main course. The Producer Battles.

Boogie: As far as the beats go. All the producers brought some dope beats. Some had more consistent production as they got into further rounds
...biggest surprise was Neenah. The only female in the whole contest.
Her first round beat was insane. It was probably the grimiest beat I heard all night. And she don't look like she makes beats like that. I had to spit a verse on it.

Rugged One: Our judges panel consisting of (heavy weight rapper) Mic Boogie, (T-dot's choice producer and now rapper) Rich Kidd, (champion rapper) D-Sisive and Londoner (and one of Canada's new favourite and respected rapper) Shad K.

Some of the highlight battles were the surprising first round outcome where C4 knocked out Contejous Management's, Vokab... and that was only the beginning for this explosive producer who took out Vokab without a single...sample.

Big Pops vs Memorecks was another memorable first rounder.

Boogie: ...Pops, from the first round he was just banger after banger.
Some guy rushed the stage and fell down (lol).

C4 was definitely very consistent from round to round. His beats were all dope. Nice heavy low end in his beats. I'm definitely going to work with him.

Those two matches set the tone for the night.

C4 went on to battle Contejous Management's, Neenah.
C4: ...next round was against Neenah. I knew that was going to be tough. For one, she's Vokab's girl so I knew she was going to try to take me out (like, you cant beat my man and me too).
So I dropped something different; that I felt would get people hyped....Next was J Staffz.

I asked judge Mic Boogie if he found the judges differ in scores; "or where you all pretty much in agreement during most battles?"

Boogie: We all had our own preference as for production style.

Any closely "scored" battles?

Boogie: Yeah, Big Pops and Black Ghost to go to the finals

The Finals, C4 vs. Big Pops ... 3 rounds ding ding!

C4 felt the first round against Pops was ruined.

C4: The sound guy played my beat at low volume and restarted it 3 times; it played for a total of 5 mins. That's not the way you take people by surprise.

I think that Pops is great at what he does and I don't think he's responsible for what happened but I would like to see an uninterrupted final.

Boogie: As for C4, the only reason why he lost I would say was that Big Pops beats just had a bit more feeling and life in them. More emotion with how he chopped up his samples.
His beats were monsters...
all of them.

For the night each producer there seemed to have their own crews with them, but for sure Big Pops stole some peoples friends away.

The Event as a Whole


The Showcase was a great success. The Producers came with some of the most incredible production and the crowd response was a testament to that. A good place for artist to meet up with talented producers." Ultimately Big Pops' thunderous production styles dictated the outcome and had him crowned the grand champion of the evening. But that in no way takes away from the caliber of beats we heard all night from all the competitors," said producer Rugged One.

Boogie:Yeah for sure a good way to connect. I made some connects...

Legion: you mentioned working with a few of these producers in the future, anything peeps s/b looking forward to hearing soon?

Boogie: Well Im waiting on some beats from C4. I hit up Black Ghost about a beat he had I want to do something with. AND Big Pops... I could do a whole album with him.
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C4: There's a lot of talent out here and I look forward to making hits for as many people as I can. I work with Jd Era quite a bit..i've done some remixes for Elephant Man and Akon in Toronto. Funny thing is; my day job is making jingles for commercials. I do hip hop for the love.

Congratulations to Big Pops, all the contestants and performers and Ruggerd One for hosting and putting it all together with New Industry.
New Industry Canada is a sister company of New Industry Records based in New York City headed up by Pottersfield's Boss St.Laz (http://www.myspace.com/stlazpottersfield)and world renowned Dj Fade.
NEW INDUSTRY CANADA is committed to that effort for our Canadian talent and will help to promote, build and strengthen our underground music scene until it is out in front enough that we can start allowing these talented artists to live off of their work.


Contact info:
Producer's who wanna get @ Mic Boogie, email: mb@micboogiemusic.com

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