- Joe Beats
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Joe Beats
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Background = non_performing_personnel
Born = birth date and age|1977|10|4
Origin =Providence, Rhode Island ,United States
Genre =Hip hop
Occupation = Producer
Years_active = 1998–present
Label =Lex Records Bully Records Twenty Four Seven RecordsStrange Famous Records
URL = [http://www.joeybeats.com www.joeybeats.com]Joe Beats (born
October 4 ,1977 ) is an Americanhip hop producer fromRhode Island . He is most known as the sole producer for the duoNon-Prophets . His production credits go by many like aliases: Joey Beats, The Joe Beats Experiment, The Joe Beats Conspiracy, The Joe Beats Trio, Joey “Nose” Beats, Joe Beats & Blak, etc.Joey "Nose" Beats is a hip-hop artist from Rhode Island. Currently he's shooting a music video for his new song in Newport. It's being filmed at The Salvation Cafe (Newport, Rhode Island).
Collaborative efforts
Non-Prophets
Non-Prophets is a pairing of lyricistSage Francis and beatmaker Joe Beats. The duo came to attention with their first single, the "Drop Bass" b/w "Bounce" on Emerge Music in 1999. The follow up release came in 2000 as the "All Word, No Play" vinyl single. Francis’ self-released his "Sick Of" series also included some Non-Prophets material.Their debut album, Hope was finally released on
Lex Records in October 2003. The album was praised almost unanimously by critics. For example, it received a rating of a 9.2 (out of a possible 10) on the ever ficklePitchfork Media . Hope was also nominated byNeil Strauss for theShortlist Music Prize of 2004. In early 2004 they toured the United States on the infamous 40-city Fuck Clear Channel tour.Joe Beats & Blak
Joe Beats & Blak came together during significant pauses in both of their former groups (Non-Prophets and One Drop). The pairing is simple: Joe on the beats and Blak on the mic. Their formula is even more straight ahead: pure hip hop music.
Despite living over 1200 miles apart (Rhode Island to Florida) the new duo have already embarked on two tours, releasing an EP in the process. Settling the score is not the name of the game, catering to no one is. Joe Beats & Blak are now in the process of creating their first LP.
olo career
Most of Joe’s solo efforts are presented in a continuous mix; one track transitions into the next without any pauses. With the exception of
Indie Rock Blues , Beats’ projects usually contain raw hip hop instrumentals originally intended for emcees to rap over. He has yet to do an all-out instrumental album in the vein ofDJ Shadow 'sEndtroducing .Joe doesn’t contribute much guest work or one shot beats for albums. He prefers to be the executive producer for an album. This is why his instrumentals for whatever rare guest production he has done appear compiled in the mix on his beat releases.
Discography
Albums
Trivia
-A vocal version of "Diverse Recourse"'s "Friday Afternoon" is featured on
Ambidex 's "The Great Potato Famine".External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/joeynosebeats Joe Beats on MySpace]
* [http://www.joeybeats.com/ Official Joe Beats site]
* [http://www.bullyrecords.com/ Bully Records]
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