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The Heatmakerz
The Heatmakerz is the production brand for American music producer and writer Rsonist (Gregory Green). The Heatmakerz have been crafting the sound of New York since the early 2000s. Having worked with or influenced almost every artist in the city, The Heatmakerz have accumulated a combined total of over 25 million albums sold worldwide to date. "Names like DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, and The Neptunes branded a sound that helped shape generations of rap music. Another name you can add to that list is The Heatmakerz," said The Hip-Hop Museum.
Widely known for The Diplomats' hits "Dipset Anthem" and "I’m Ready" amongst others, the credits are a who’s who of hip-hop including Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Ludacris, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, J. Cole, and Joey Badass. Rsonist defined the early-2000s Harlem sound, which quickly spread to all of rap music. He laid the groundwork for modern trap music almost 20 years before it happened.
Born in Mandeville, Jamaica, Rsonist moved to the Bronx, New York at the age of four. Talking about his childhood, Rsonist told Genius, "My parents had reggae music – that’s it. That’s all I grew up listening to. Whether it was Beres Hammond, whether it was Garnett Silk, whether it was Bob Marley – whoever it was, it was just reggae music."
After high school, Rsonist attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. While there, he also worked as a DJ and developed a friendship with Young Guru, who would go on to work with many of the top artists in hip-hop, most notably becoming Jay-Z's engineer for many years. Shortly into his tenure at the school, Rsonist was expelled from Howard University and forced to move back to The Bronx without any viable options and a newborn baby on the way.
Rsonist soon made his way into beat making as a last resort. It was at this time that the name and the team of The Heatmakerz came about. "So people understand the dynamic of The Heatmakerz and why it's still called Heatmakerz, Heatmakerz was my team growing up," he explained to The Hip-Hop Museum. "Me, Thrilla, my cousin, a bunch of people I grew up with. Me and Thrilla were the only two that physically made music."
Thrilla had bought an MPC and when he went out of town, he let Rsonist borrow it. During that time, Rsonist made two beats. Those beats eventually reached Todd Terry, a Brooklyn-based producer and DJ who was working with top artists at the time. Terry was intrigued and asked if he could purchase the tracks. "I made a joke and said, 'Give me a stack ($1,000) for each beat,'" Rsonist told Genius. "He was like 'Aight, bet,' goes in the other room, goes in his safe, brings me back $2,000." Afterward, Terry asked for more beats, to which Rsonist replied that he didn't have the equipment. Terry then sent him $20,000 worth of gear to get him started.
It was at this point that Rsonist realized hip-hop could be more than a hobby. Soon after, he was in the studio with Big Pun and his protégé Fat Joe, playing them his beats. During the session, Rsonist asked Fat Joe what new producers typically earn per track. Fat Joe replied that they could expect $5,000 or more. "When Joe said $5,000, I just realized that if I take this seriously, I could really turn this into something," he told HuffPost. "Because even then I knew it was all about relationships... From there, I knew it was always just going to be about figuring out that six degrees of separation. It was common sense. That's when I knew."
The Heatmakerz first major label placement was the title "The C-Quel" which led off the Canibus album 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) on Universal Records in 2000. That was followed up with Ghostface Killah's "Ice" off the Bulletproof Wallets and Cam'ron's "Come Home With Me" and "Boy Boy" on the Come Home with Me album released in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
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The Heatmakerz
The Heatmakerz is the production brand for American music producer and writer Rsonist (Gregory Green). The Heatmakerz have been crafting the sound of New York since the early 2000s. Having worked with or influenced almost every artist in the city, The Heatmakerz have accumulated a combined total of over 25 million albums sold worldwide to date. "Names like DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, and The Neptunes branded a sound that helped shape generations of rap music. Another name you can add to that list is The Heatmakerz," said The Hip-Hop Museum.
Widely known for The Diplomats' hits "Dipset Anthem" and "I’m Ready" amongst others, the credits are a who’s who of hip-hop including Lil Wayne, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Ludacris, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, J. Cole, and Joey Badass. Rsonist defined the early-2000s Harlem sound, which quickly spread to all of rap music. He laid the groundwork for modern trap music almost 20 years before it happened.
Born in Mandeville, Jamaica, Rsonist moved to the Bronx, New York at the age of four. Talking about his childhood, Rsonist told Genius, "My parents had reggae music – that’s it. That’s all I grew up listening to. Whether it was Beres Hammond, whether it was Garnett Silk, whether it was Bob Marley – whoever it was, it was just reggae music."
After high school, Rsonist attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. While there, he also worked as a DJ and developed a friendship with Young Guru, who would go on to work with many of the top artists in hip-hop, most notably becoming Jay-Z's engineer for many years. Shortly into his tenure at the school, Rsonist was expelled from Howard University and forced to move back to The Bronx without any viable options and a newborn baby on the way.
Rsonist soon made his way into beat making as a last resort. It was at this time that the name and the team of The Heatmakerz came about. "So people understand the dynamic of The Heatmakerz and why it's still called Heatmakerz, Heatmakerz was my team growing up," he explained to The Hip-Hop Museum. "Me, Thrilla, my cousin, a bunch of people I grew up with. Me and Thrilla were the only two that physically made music."
Thrilla had bought an MPC and when he went out of town, he let Rsonist borrow it. During that time, Rsonist made two beats. Those beats eventually reached Todd Terry, a Brooklyn-based producer and DJ who was working with top artists at the time. Terry was intrigued and asked if he could purchase the tracks. "I made a joke and said, 'Give me a stack ($1,000) for each beat,'" Rsonist told Genius. "He was like 'Aight, bet,' goes in the other room, goes in his safe, brings me back $2,000." Afterward, Terry asked for more beats, to which Rsonist replied that he didn't have the equipment. Terry then sent him $20,000 worth of gear to get him started.
It was at this point that Rsonist realized hip-hop could be more than a hobby. Soon after, he was in the studio with Big Pun and his protégé Fat Joe, playing them his beats. During the session, Rsonist asked Fat Joe what new producers typically earn per track. Fat Joe replied that they could expect $5,000 or more. "When Joe said $5,000, I just realized that if I take this seriously, I could really turn this into something," he told HuffPost. "Because even then I knew it was all about relationships... From there, I knew it was always just going to be about figuring out that six degrees of separation. It was common sense. That's when I knew."
The Heatmakerz first major label placement was the title "The C-Quel" which led off the Canibus album 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) on Universal Records in 2000. That was followed up with Ghostface Killah's "Ice" off the Bulletproof Wallets and Cam'ron's "Come Home With Me" and "Boy Boy" on the Come Home with Me album released in 2001 and 2002, respectively.