Kenny Beats
Producer/songwriter Kenny Beats is generally regarded as one of hip-hop's most versatile producers, working with Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q in his teenage years and later recording alongside artists from Travis Scott to Vince Staples. After rising to international success as half of the electronic duo LOUDPVCK, he returned to hip-hop following the group's 2017 split, and developed a close pool of collaborators through his tailor-made production style. This took the form of joint mixtape releases such as 2019's team-up with 03 Greedo, Netflix & Deal, and the contributions from Thundercat, Vince Staples, JPEGMAFIA, Mac DeMarco, and many others to his 2022 studio debut Louie.
Getting a start in music from his high school's production classes, Kenny Beats (born Kenneth Blume III) started his musical career by producing for a plethora of local rappers from his bedroom. Through subsequent apprenticeships at RCA, J Records, and Cinematic Music Group, Blume swiftly developed both his production talents and his industry contacts. By the age of 19, he had collaborated with artists from Kendrick Lamar to Mac Miller, and had landed a spot at Berklee College of Music. There he met classmate and fellow producer Ryan Marks, who introduced him to the rapidly rising EDM subgenre of trap. Putting their spin on the genre, the pair became LOUDPVCK and went on several international tours and appeared at festivals thanks to a string of high-energy singles. After four years of collaborative work, Marks departed from the duo in November 2017 to pursue new creative directions.
Blume, increasingly dissatisfied with his legacy in EDM, delved back into his original passion, returning to hip-hop on Huncho Jack's "Dubai Shit" in December that year. 2018 marked Blume's full re-entry into rap as he joined KEY! for collaborative album 777 and produced Rico Nasty's debut album, Nasty. Working directly alongside collaborators in the studio, Blume catered his beats to each artist's needs, using his trademark 808s to adapt modern hip-hop's bouncier sonics.
This direct approach resulted in numerous collaborative projects: Blume closed out 2018 with joint project 2 Minute Drills (with ALLBLACK) and kicked off 2019 with Bad Influence (with Q Da Fool) and Anger Management (with Rico Nasty). He continued to find high-profile placements, most notably on Vince Staples' FM! and Ski Mask the Slump God's Stokeley. That year, he also started his video series The Cave, which documented his studio sessions and produced the comedy single "Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)" with Zach Fox. One particular session with Denzel Curry was put on wax in 2020. Unlocked captured the pair's frenzied studio session, which debuted just outside the Top 100 on the Billboard 200. The producer's first official solo studio album came in 2022 with Louie. Released in August of 2022 through XL Recordings, Louie featured guest vocal and musical appearances from longtime collaborators like Vince Staples and Slowthai, as well as cameos from Mac DeMarco, JPEGMAFIA, Thundercat, and others.
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Diskografie
57 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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UNLOCKED 1.5
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Loma Vista Recordings am 05.03.2021
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UNLOCKED
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Loma Vista Recordings am 07.02.2020
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Bad Luck
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei SL Music - EBG - Virgin EMI Records am 14.05.2020
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Baguetti
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Zero Fatigue - Downtown - Interscope Records am 21.07.2020
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Last Words (Extended Edit)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei XL Recordings am 06.01.2023
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lowlife (with kenny beats)
Pop - Erschienen bei XL Recordings am 15.09.2021
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Ego
ALLBLACK, Kenny Beats, Drakeo The Ruler
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Play Runners Association - EMPIRE am 15.04.2021
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Puff Daddy
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei EQT Recordings, LLC am 07.11.2018
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Phone Numbers
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 04.07.2019
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I Suppose
KnuckS, Larry June, Kenny Beats
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Knucks am 17.08.2023
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Anger Management
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Sugar Trap am 25.04.2019
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Hit Me Up
Omar Apollo, Dominic Fike, Kenny Beats
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Omar Apollo am 05.11.2019
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Square Up
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei D.O.T.S. - Zack Fox am 02.10.2018
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UNLOCKED
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Loma Vista Recordings am 07.02.2020
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Bad Luck
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei SL Music - EBG - Virgin EMI Records am 14.05.2020
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Baguetti
Hip-Hop/Rap - Erschienen bei Zero Fatigue - Downtown - Interscope Records am 21.07.2020
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I Should Go (with Kenny Beats)
James Vincent McMorrow, Kenny Beats
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Columbia am 13.01.2014
Verfügbar in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo