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Cattfish
Thy Will Be Done
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Sex: male
Age: 25
Country: United States
Last login: 06/22/2008
status: offline
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Biggest influences.....1st and foremost God who gives me the talent and inspiration, Kriss Kross and ABC - I saw Kriss Kross debut on In Living Color and remember going into the living room trying to rap right after that and the rest is history in the making, after that me and my friends tried to starts a group like ABC, 2ndly and so important Lil O, Drama, and Miracle, when I was spittin in my dorm room for fun I heard these corny n'yahs and figured if they could get on BET rapping so could I (honest to God truth that's why I started rapping lol), Run DMC (flow - how to not sound monotone but to fluctate and move pitch and speed with the beat), Bone Thugs (flow - made me wanna learn to spit fast, I wouldn't be rapping if it wasn't for them), Jaz-O (learned to toungue twist by doin his "N**** What" verse over and over, I wouldn't have my flow if it wasn't for him), Keith Murray (one of my idols the best rapper to never blow up, Eminem put Redman over Jigga and Pac, I put Murray over Jigga and Pac), Daz (flow), Ice Cube (All time favorite & his flow), Kurupt (lyrics & freestyling - "You're not a real emcee if you can't freestyle"), The D.O.C. (cuz nobody did it better and he didn't cuss), Jurassic 5 (freestyling - crowd participation, getting 3rd parties to suggest words or give a topic so audience knows freestyle is 100% off the top and not some pre-written garbage), Brotha Lynch Hung (Flow, FLow, and FLOW......heavy influence on my current style I studied his flow on Gangsta like game tape), Dirty Birdy (made me wanna step my lyric game up), Crooked I (cuz he's just that damn good), Wu-Tang esp Ghostface, Rebel INS, Raekwon & RZA (other all time favorite, lyrics - "abstract rhyming"), Black Thought (lyrics), Nas (lyrics), Big L (Woulda been top 5 if he didn't get taken out...one of the best freestylers & the best storyteller in rap), Jay-Z (how to stay on top for years in spite of haters and naysayers, labels didn't want him so he made his own way in a big way.....and a top 2 freestyler, I think I like Monch just a little more off the top), Master P (model for independant labels even today...."major hustle" - market yourself to the consumers like a major label artist would - the strategy I'm using for Dirty Southwest), 50 Cent (flow), Chuck D & Rage Against the Machine (effectively making politcal music that folks wanna listen to), Eminem, Ludacris, Outkast, B-52's & George Clinton (attitude - that it's ok to do you on the mic and not give a damn), Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Jim Morrison, Bradley Nowell, Janis Joplin, Prince & Bob Marley (Musical geniuses - Quincy Jones & Bradley Nowell are my music idols), Timberland and Neptunes (being more than just a button pushing beatmaker and actually "producing" records, and more specifically drum patterns from both and sampling from Timb), Dr. Dre (layering drums and engineering songs/beats), Devante Swing (the man who taught Timberland and producer of my all-time favorite album), Eric Sermon (mix and matching samples to make 1 beat), Just Blaze....and last but not least Eddie Murphy (all time favorite comedian- the basis for most of my skits). |
The Bible, Autobiography of Quincy Jones, Confessions of a Record Producer |
Coming To America, Training Day, and Ray |
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Biography read about me, my style and what I'm all about.
It takes dedication and a focused mind to be so deserving of local artists’ respect and appreciation. CATTFISH’s selflessness shows through in his latest projects which include production on countless albums and mix tapes as well as lyricism on his and others’ tracks. Loving every minute of his work and appreciating the blessing, he understands the sacrifices that need to be made in order to rise in his career. Perfectionism is not the term used to describe this CATT, it’s much of an understatement, he has a fire when it comes to music and it takes more than rain in the Arizona desert to put it out.
This epic flame was ignited at the early age of nine with the upbringing of a Reverend and his wife. In The Chapel full of bible-reading, church-singing folk, you could find CATTFISH front row with a pen and his notebook practicing his lyricism and bobbing his head. Soon after he took up alto sax and joined the school band later becoming the youngest member of his school’s jazz band and joining the nationally recognized A.I. DuPont marching band in Delaware. As he matured through middle and high school his interests expanded to other entities as well as music. In 2001, a passion which was once simultaneously spread across multiple sports soon became focused on the one dwelling in his heart, his love for MUSIC.
With music in his heart and a progressing skill in his mind he soon became known around Arizona for producing phenomenal beats and creative lyrics. After recording his first album at 18, he began producing and freestyling at the tender age of 19 and polished up his expertise quickly with his background in writing and music. Soon major and local artists were requesting Fish Beats through word of mouth. His growing talent of producing would soon catch up with his dominant skills of rapping and performing as he dedicated his life to the Lord and shunned all distractions. His genuine attitude and stage presence appeal to all crowds on and off stage. With the combined sound of Snoop Dogg and artists like Z-Man, Wu-Tang Clan, and Brotha Lynch Hung, CATTFISH engages his listeners with his catchy flow and signature sound. Off stage the personality compliments the work in that it is honest, hard-working, and reflects a driven individual’s hunger for more
Production Credits: Bomb Legacy, Knoc'turnal, Mike Gotti, Ocean, Carnegie, Hejus Trife, Sol Camp, Rocstar, Freed, Petah Roy, Sam Hoody, Blaze Rock, Dem Raskals, MAV, JWun, Knawledg, Ripacut, Don Fixico, Soul Providers, Total Stranger, BDogg, Marshal Law, Lo, Seven, Angel DeLuna, Legacy, Skunk One, Cattfish, and many more on the way
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