"... Jahlil Beats! Holla At Me", is a coined phrase that you are sure to here over some Hip-Hop and R&B's hottest songs both recently and years to come. Coming off of over 40 hit tracks used and still in radio rotation throught the country including Meek Mill " Make 'Em Say", " Hottest In The City " and Rose` Red Remix" featuring T.I, Vado, and Rick Ross; to "Money" by Red Cafe featuring Diddy and Fabolous, just to name a few. This is the unofficial story of how one Chester, Pennsylvania Producer went from putting his city on the map, To having the whole nation in A frenzy.
Written By: Brandon Needam
Photos By: Kirk Smith (Courtesy of Flickr)
For 23-year-old Producer/Artist Jahlil Beats, creating music started as just a release from everyday pressures of living in Chester, Pennsylvania; A small, yet dangerous area that is all but 10-minutes shy of Center City, Philadelphia. And though he started at the tender age of 15, learning audio engineering concepts and building a passion for music under the guidance of his uncle's studio; As for becoming hip-hop's rising super producer, it was sort of an after thought. That 8 -year grind laned his production in some of the hottest names in the industry to date; one beat at a time.
On a interview on MTV's Sucker Free Sunday, Jahlil Goes on to explain how his career propelled to where it is now. Jahlil said , "I'm Jahlil Beats. I'm 23. From Chester, PA. My career and me getting my production to cats like Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Tyga, Red Cafe, Rick Ross and others came through me working with my partner Meek Mill. We had the Tri-State Area ( Philly,PA/New Jersey/Delaware) locked. Then, the music started spreading to [Washington] D.C. I met Meek Mill originally off of Myspace. I hit him up, like "Yo, your mixtape is dope. He hit me back like he appreciated it, but he was feeling my beats too, and to send him some". He used them throughout his Flamers Mixtape Series, which was some of his biggest tracks to date. From that, I did a track called "Willy Wonka", and the Homie DJ Ill Will from out in L.A. got a hold of it with Meek [Mill] on it, and he reached out to K.P. from Dat Piff, the Website, and K.P. reached out to Me, and I sent him the beat directly. Next thing I know, he got Lil Wayne and Gudda Gudda on it. After That, stuff just started picking up!"
That spur-of-the-moment opportunity spring boarded two monumental projects within Jahlil's budding career. The first was becoming the producer of choice for Meek Mill's Flamers 2 and 3 projects, which were sponsored and distributed through T.I.'s Grand Hustle, DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz, and Charlie Mack's 215 Aphillyated. The mixtape sold over 100,000 units nationwide, and counting, which later lead to Meek Mill signing a multi-million dollar recording deal with Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group, which is a joint venture with Warner Brothers Music, Inc. Their recent smash hit, is "Imma Boss" which features Rick Ross, is currently still in national radio rotation and the hit single as far as iTune's downloads for the collaboration-style album that MMG has put out entitled, "Self Made".
Check out The Videos of Jahlil's Hit Singles Below:
(Disclaimer: Some Videos Contain Explicit Lyrics)
So, If you a fan of Meek Mill, by default, you're a fan of Jahlil Beats because he produced the whole album. But Don't take my word for it, check Meek's words on Jahlil out his own mouth:
Here is the official XXL Video Interview:
From that, the wave of top industry artist hitting Jahlil's twitter, (@JahlilBeats) was unbelievable. Top Artist like Young Money CEO requested more beats directly, which in turn became " Green Goblin" by Jae Millz featuring Chris Brown."Green Goblin", {also known as "Green Gobblin'"), is the first single from Jae Millz's first studio album Nothing Is Promised.
The music video premiered on MusicMatrix.com and AllHipHop.com, with an interactive version for MusicMatrix.com users. The video takes cues from the 1995 movie "Dead Presidents". The video shows Millz and Brown counting money after a bank heist. The video also includes krump dancers. According to Millz, the video was Brown's idea. The video was directed by Antwan Smith.
Here is the "Green Gobblin" and "Holla At Me" Video:
(Videos Directed by: Alex Nazari)
As far as where he gains his inpiration to create some of his bangers, Jahlil was interviewed on Istandard Producers Dot Com stating in reference to " Money, Money, Money" by Red Cafe Featuring Diddy and Fabolous that, " I made the track last summer in my Mom’s basement. I wanted to make a simple but hard 808 track, so I sampled my niece on the track (she says the Jahlil Beats Holla @ Me at the beginning of all my tracks). But, the craziest thing was It wasn’t even finished. I was stuck on it, and I felt like it was missing something, but when I would let cat’s hear the track, they’d be like “Damn!! Leave it just like that”. I just ran with it off of their reaction."
He also goes on to explain that, "I played it for a couple artist before I let [Red] Cafe hear it but it didn’t grasp on to them at all. I would play like 20 sec of the beat and they’d be like NEXT TRACK but, when I played it for Cafe he fell in love with the track and he already had a vision for it. Red Cafe Came to Philly to pick the track and he had a session with my partner Meek Mill but when he got back to New York he laid the whole Song Asap and threw Diddy & Fab on it. The first time that I heard the song on the radio, I was in NY when DJ Envy premiered the record. I went to see my lawyer in Manhattan and when I got in the car and turned the radio on the song was playing. I just felt like , 'Wow, this is gonna be a big record', and I still feel that way. It’s spreading everywhere."As of lately,Jahlil Beats is officially signed with Universal Records. Despite all the success, Jahlil vows to continue to stick to the basics when it comes to doing what he loves. Known amonst the industry for being a "hybrid producer", creating hot tracks behind any piece of hardware you put him behind, He perfers to use FL Studios software as his studio of choice. Proving that you to can get to the next level by just staying true to yourself. From Minimal to Millionaire producer, any thing truly is possible.
For All beat inquiries, feel free to contact Jahlil At:
Here is his latest video of the heat he created, just yesterday:
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