A simple man with a passion for music trying to live a positive life.....
"To live is to suffer, it's how you choose to deal with it"
DJ RHETTMATIC
WORLD FAMOUS BEAT JUNKIES/VISIONARIES
A major force behind the creation of Southern California's first turntable band, the Beat Junkies, is a multi-faceted musician known to the world as DJ Rhettmatic. Born Nazareth Nirza, his artistic contributions to the music industry have placed him, along with his fellow members of the Beat Junkie crew, at the top of the DJ universe. Possessing unstoppable visions of excelling in this art form, Rhettmatic unites music enthusiasts around the world by sharing his unparalleled skills and talent. His personal discography of musical achievements presents a host of successful accomplishments, and by applying his creativity and dedication, his record of ingenious masterworks will continue to grow.
Rhettmatic began his DJ career in 1983, with Double Platinum, a DJ group based out of Cerritos, CA. As one of the original members of the Beat Junkie crew, he played a major role in introducing Southern California's first turntable band to global audiences. Rhettmatic's unique style encompasses the many elements of a multifaceted Hip Hop DJ. As an accomplished scratch musician, as well as an explosive party/club DJ, Rhettmatic demonstrates his versatility by using the turntable as his musical instrument. His talent and musical expertise also extends into the realm of producing beats that helped him earn recognition and rewards well deserved. Citing a number of distinguished influences, Rhettmatic credits those individuals that greatly impacted the Hip Hop/DJ culture as honorable talent who helped shape his musical style. Inspiration derives from a spectrum of legends, including Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Joe Cooley, the now defunct Invisibl Skratch Piklz, and the X-ecutioners. Rhettmatic highly acknowledges fellow Beat Junkie member, DJ Curse, as his leading mentor. As Curse shared his turntable exhibition, involving scratches and other DJ techniques, Rhettmatic's interest in the DJ art form leaped, allowing him to take hold of his musical passion and succeed. Viewing a live performance of "Rock It" by Herbie Hancock featuring Grandmixer DST on Saturday Night Live also serves as a major driving factor in motivating Rhettmatic to set his place in music history. Rhettmatic not only applies the skills and techniques of his DJ influences to his individual compositions. He also dives into a pool of other musical genres, which feed him valuable sources of motivation. His collection of Soul and old school R&B, including James Brown and Prince, exemplify Rhettmatic's draw towards funky grooves. Jazz supremes such as John Coltrane and Bob James, as well as masterful Rock composers, including The Beatles and Steely Dan, also enrich his musical style and creative arrangements. Rhettmatic also helped founded and is the Dj/Producer for the LA based Underground Hip Hop Super Group, the Visionaries in 1994.
Rhettmatic seized numerous triumphs both as a musical performer and as a creative genius. He claimed the titles of Disco Mixing Club (DMC) West Coast Champion (1996), International Turntablist Federation (ITF) Team USA Champion (1997), Rhettmatic's innovations produce a boundless list of prized accomplishments. He has worked with almost everyone in the Hip Hop community, with the likes of Peanut Butter Wolf, Talib Kweli, Madlib, Dj Premier, and just recently, Aftermath's Bishop Lamont. His musical masterpieces include "E=MC5" by Key Kool and Rhettmatic featuring Ras Kass, LMNO, Voodoo, and Meen Green, "Peace Mic" by The Visionaries, "From The Ground Up" b/w "Ubiquity" by The Associates featuring LMNO & Key Kool of the Visionaries, Rakaa Iriscience & Evidence of Dilated Peoples, and Divine Styler. Just recently of Dec. 05, Rhettmatic had the honor of being the late great J Dilla's tour show DJ in Europe, for his last tour ever, along with fellow Detroiters, Frank N Dank & Phat Kat. Currently, he is working on several projects, which he plans to release this year.which he plans to release this year. Rhettmatic ended up doing half of the production on the new Visionaries album titled "We Are The Ones", on Up Above Records. He did scratches for Talib Kweli's new album, "Eardrum", made mixtapes & podcast mixes for Ghostface Killah, Guilty Simpson, and Stones Throw Records. He has also finished producing some tracks for OhNo & Roc C (Stones Throw), Aloe Blacc (Stones Throw) , Prince Po (Organized Konfusion), Pigeon John (Quanuum), RBX (The Dogg Pound), Noelle Scaggs of The Rebirth & the legendary Percee P. He will be also working on a producers' album with J-Rawls of the Lone Catalysts, which will combine both their talents as producers and will featured guests like Rene Neufville of Zhane, Trek Life, and Supastition, and hopefully, an official Beat Junkie Crew recorded album by 2008.
As with each passing year, not does only his skill and reputation as a Dj grows, but Rhettmatic's reputation as an up and coming producer and his passion for musical knowledge and musicianship tends to grow as well. With all these components, hopefully one day Rhettmatic will be acknowledge along with the greats in Hip Hop music history.
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RHETTMATIC'S DISCOGRAPHY -
Go to - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rhettmatic
Releases:
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic - Can U Hear It? (12", Single) Up Above Records 1995
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic - Headtrip (12", Single, Whi) Up Above Records 1995
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic - Kozmonautz (2xLP, Album) Up Above Records 1995
Dj Rhettmatic - World Famous Beat Junkies Vol. 2 Blackberry Records 1998
Dj Rhettmatic - Exclusive Collection Up Above Records 2004
OhNo, Roc C, & Rhettmatic - Turn That Shit Up Mixtape (CDr) Beat Junkie Sound 2006
Guilty Simpson & Dj Rhettmatic - Stray Bullets White Label 2007
Scratches:
Writer's Block -No More No Less (12") Up Above Records
Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team Dilated Junkies Capitol Records 2001
Dj Babu - Duck Season Vol. 2 (CD) Outro Sequence Records 2003
Tracks Appear On:
D.J. King Bee's Crown Jewels Of Hip Hop (CD) Head Trips Explorer Records 1997
Galleries (2xLP) The Gallery (Duction),... Up Above Records 1997
The 1997 Technics USA DJ Championship (VHS) Untitled DMC 1997
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 2 (2xCD) The 97 ITF Team World ... Blackberry Records 1998
The World Famous Beat Junkies Volume 2 (3xLP) Intro, 96 West Coast D... Blackberry Records 1998
Connect The Dots: Music For All Cities (2xLP) How Long Have You Been... Concentrated Entertainment, Ground Control Records 1999
Elephant Tracks (CD) People Don't Know How ... Asian Improv Records 1999
The Funky Precedent (CD) The Audition Loosegroove Records 1999
Movie Madness (CD-ROM, Car) The Audition Riffage Records 2000
Exclusive Collection (2xCD) Intro, Scratch Interlu... Up Above Records 2004
The Unending, Undying, & Often Unforgiving Pursuit Of Spring (2xCD, Smplr) Linguistics Caroline Records 2004
THE BEAT JUNKIES:
Along with the Invisibl Skratch Piklz and the X-Ecutioners, the Beat Junkies were one of the seminal DJ crews that revived the art of turntablism (i.e., using turntables as musical instruments in and of themselves) during the '90s. Distinguished by their multicultural membership and trademark Green Lantern rings, the Beat Junkies were formed in Orange County (outside Los Angeles) in 1992 by J-Rocc (born Jason Jackson). Fellow core DJs Rhettmatic (born Nazareth Nizra) and Melo-D (born David Mendoza) were joined by charter members Curse, Icy Ice, Symphony, and DJ What?!. Other crew members came onboard within the next year, including core DJ Babu (born Chris Oroc) and two future members of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Shortkut and D-Styles, plus Havikk and Tommy Gun. Mr. Choc completed the crew upon his arrival in 1995.
That year, the Beat Junkies got their own radio show in the suburb of Santa Ana, and began testing their skill regularly on the DJ battle circuit around southern California. The core quartet of J-Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, and Melo-D all won individual titles at various levels of competition, and as a team, the Beat Junkies won the ITF (International Turntable Federation) world team championships in both 1997 and 1998, after which they collectively retired from competition.
Also in 1997, the Beat Junkies released their first widely available (i.e., non-mixtape) album, The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 1, on PR Records. It was followed by further volumes on Blackberry in 1998 and 1999, with the former including their ITF championship-winning routine from that year. J-Rocc and Babu teamed up to form the Bumrush Bros., who appeared on the 1999 Rawkus compilation Soundbombing, Vol. 2, and also opened the Fat Beats record shop in Los Angeles, which later spawned an acclaimed compilation series of its own. Babu became the third member of the L.A. underground rap crew Dilated Peoples, serving as DJ on their acclaimed albums The Platform and Expansion Team; meanwhile, Rhettmatic landed a similar post in the Visionaries, and Melo-D served as the in-house DJ for Vibe magazine's late-night television spin-off. Several crew members past and present also worked in radio or other aspects of the industry. In 2001, J-Rocc launched the group's own Beat Junkie Sound label with Classic Material, a collection of Beat Junkie-related items spanning 1995-2000.
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MAY 29: SAN ANTONIO TX - 2009 DMC SOUTHWEST HEAT Judges: DJ
Donnie Dee, DJ Kico, DJ AK & Manila Ice! 8pm. All Ages. $10 cover.
Blue Bubble Ballroom 9315 Broadway SATX 78217. bluebubbleballroom.com +
myspace.com/dmc_south +
JUNE 13: NEW YORK CITY - 2009 DMC EAST COAST + DMC BATTLE FOR USA SUPREMACY
4pm - 11pm. House DJs: Rob Swift & DJ Spictakular. Host: DJ
Fatfingaz. Judges: DJ IXL, Precision & Spictakular. All Ages. $10
in adv. at ticketweb.com. $15 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette
St NYC 10013. santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
JUNE 27: LOS ANGELES CA: 2009 DMC WEST COAST + 209 DMC USA TEAM BATTLE
6pm-? Judges: P-Trix, D-Styles, more tba. 18+. $15-$25. Sabor Lounge
847 S. Union Ave. LA CA 90017. saborlounge.com.
myspace.com/bombandsystems
JULY 10: DMC NEW ORLEANS 9pm - ? Showcases by Teeko and DJ
I-Dee. Judges: I-Dee, Teeko, DJ Spin & Shortkut. Host: Truth
Universal. Howlin Wolf 907 S Peters St NO LA 70130. $10 at
howlin-wolf.com. neworleansdmc.com & myspace.com/dmcneworleans.
AUGUST 1: 2009 DMC USA FINALS - NEW YORK CITY 4-11pm. Host: Kool DJ
Red Alert. House DJ: Lord Finesse. All Ages. $15 adv. through
ticketweb.com. $20 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St. NYC
santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal. MYSPACE.COM/DMCUSA
MAY 28: ROC RAIDA'S 2009 GONG DJ BATTLE:
NEW YORK CITY
May 28: Roc Raida in assoc. with Rane and Serato presents THE 2009 GONG DJ BATTLE: NEW YORK HEAT
When he's not touring with Busta Rhymes, Roc Raida is throwing DJ
Battles! 8pm - ? Feat. Grand Master Roc Raia,
& Friends. Judges: Rob Swift, 2008 Gong champ: DJ Solo and 2007
Gong champ: DJ Esquire. Hosts: Lord Sear and DJ Fatfingaz. House DJ Boogie Blind. SOBs 204 Varrick St. @ West Houston NYC. SOBs.com. 1 train to Houston. Any DJ from any country can enter - simply sign up by 8pm on the day of, at SOBs. $12 advance tickets at ticketweb.com and the SOBs box office. Rules, routine times and more on the blog at myspace.com/thegongdjbattle & myspace.com/rocraida
