Da Internz

Da Internz
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Hip hop, R&B, pop
Years active	2004–present
Associated acts	Mims, Big Sean

Members	Marcos "Kosine On Da Beat" Palacios Ernest "Tuo" Clark

Da Internz are a production team from Chicago, Illinois. The duo is composed of Marcos "Kosine on Da Beat" Palacios and Ernest "Tuo" Clark. Da Internz describe their sound as "gourmet ratchet".^[1]

Background

Both men state that they were born to make music. Marcos’ mother put him in piano at six years old. He picked up the saxophone in 5th grade and then the drums in 8th. This duo is from Chicago but is currently based out of Los Angeles, California. Their sound can be found across many genres like hip-hop, pop and neo soul.

The team came together in 2004 when Kosine was a student at Columbia College Chicago and Tuo was working for Conquer Records in Management and as an A&R. Upon graduation in 2006, Marcos was hired at Columbia as a professor of hip-hop beat making. He held this position for two and a half years.

The team had their first major break in 2009 with Mims’ sophomore album, Guilt. The two served as co-executive producers for the project, where they had seven songs.^[2] The album’s first single, "Move, If You Wanna", was released in 2008.^[3] Kos and Tuo, as they are known, received ASCAP(American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) awards in 2013 for producing, "A$$" by Big Sean and "Birthday Cake" by Rihanna, two of their biggest songs. In addition to the ASCAP awards, Da Internz has had several Grammy nominations. My World 2.0 received a Grammy nomination for best pop vocal album in 2011.^[4] Life Is Good, by Nas, received a Grammy nomination for best rap album.^[5] Tamar Braxton's Love And War earned a Grammy nomination for best urban contemporary album.^[6] Love in the Future by John Legend was also Grammy nominated for best R&B album.^[7] Lastly, "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj, was nominated for best rap song for the 2015 Grammy awards.^[8]

Influences

They cite, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Gerald Albright, Donny Hathaway, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Migus and Michael Jackson as musical influences.^[1] In addition to this, Kos and Tuo, are avid readers. Dr. Myles Munroe and Malcolm Gladwell are among their favorite authors.

Production discography

Singles

2009: "Move (If You Wanna)" (MIMS)
2010: "Waiting Outside The Lines" (Greyson Chance)
2011: "Benefit Of A Fool" (Boyz II Men)
2011: "Birthday Cake" (Rihanna)
2011: "Dance (A$$)" (Big Sean)
2012: "The Don" (Nas)
2012: "Marry Go Round" (Nelly featuring Chris Brown)
2012: "Mona Lisa" (Big Sean)
2012: "88" (Diggy Simmons)
2013: "I Would" (Justin Bieber)
2013: "Paradise" (Cassie featuring Wiz Khalifa)
2014: "Anaconda" (Nicki Minaj)
2014: "Good Lovin" (Ludacris)
2015: "If I Don't Have You" (Tamar Braxton)

2009

Mims - Guilt

02. "The Skit"
03. "On & On"
04. "Love Rollercoaster" (feat. LeToya Luckett)
10. "Makin' Money"
11. "In My Life (Why Oh Why)"
14. "I Do" (feat. Nice & Smooth)

2010

Jesse McCartney - Have It All

11. "Seasons (My Love Will Never Change)"

2011

Greyson Chance - Hold On 'til the Night

09. "Stranded"

Boyz II Men - Twenty

07. (Disc One) "Benefit of a Fool"

2012

Big Sean - Detroit

10. "Sellin' Dreams" (feat. Chris Brown)

Nas - Life Is Good

11. "The Don" (produced with Heavy D & Salaam Remi)

2013

Cassie - RockaByeBaby

02. "Paradise" (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

Ludacris - #IDGAF

07. "Dancing Dirty" (feat. Chris Brown)

The-Dream - IV Play

06. "Where Have You Been" (feat. Kelly Rowland) (produced with The-Dream and Miykal Snoddy)

Mayer Hawthorne - Where Does This Door Go

02. "Back Seat Lover" (Produced with Mayer Hawthorne)

Big Sean - Hall Of Fame

08. "Mona Lisa"
10. "MILF" (feat. Juicy J and Nicki Minaj)

John Legend - Love in the Future

04. "Made To Love" (feat. Kimbra) (produced with Dave Tozer, Nana Kwabena, and Kanye West)

Tamar Braxton - Love and War

02. "Tip Toe"
07. "She Did That"

James Arthur - James Arthur

09. "Suicide"

Sevyn Streeter - Call Me Crazy, But...

05. "B.A.N.S."

2014

JoJo - #LoveJo

01. "Intro"
02. "Caught Up in the Rapture"
02. "Take Me Home"

Lil Herb - Welcome To Fazoland

08. "On My Soul" (feat. Lil Reese)

Candice Glover - Music Speaks

09. "Coulda Been Me" (produced with Darkchild and Hot Sauce)

Jennifer Lopez - A.K.A.

Leftover

00. "Love Line" (feat. Robin Thicke & Wiz Khalifa)

Trey Songz - Trigga

13. "Change Your Mind"
15. "Love Around The World"
19. "Serial"

Marsha Ambrosius - Friends & Lovers

02. "So Good"
04. "69"
06. "How Much More (Interlude)"
11. "Kiss & Fuck (Interlude)"
15. "OMG I Miss You"

Tank - Stronger

10. "If That's What It Takes"

Big Sean

00. "Jit/Juke" (produced with Nate Fox and L&F)

Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint

12. "Anaconda"

2015

Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise

08. "Stay Down" (produced with L&F)

Trey Songz - Intermission

02. "Don't Play"

Ludacris - Ludaversal

02. "Grass Is Always Greener"
07. "Get Lit" (produced with Lil Ronnie)

Tamar Braxton - Calling All Lovers

07. "If I Don't Have You"
17. "A.S.A.P." (produced with Snoddy)

References

1 2 Goldberg, Max (9 September 2013). "Interview: Da Internz Talk About Success with Big Sean, Going to Hawaii with Kanye West, and Texting with Miley Cyrus". Complex. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
↑ "Guilt - MIMS Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "MIMS". Starpulse. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ Papadatos, M. "2011 Grammy Award Nominees: Best Pop Vocal Album". Suite. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
↑ Markman, R. "Nas Will Be Grammy 'Greatness,' If You Ask Da Internz". MTV News. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "Who got nominated for Grammy Awards?". USATODAY. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ "Genius annotation". Genius. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
↑ Alexis, N. (December 5, 2014). "Check Out The Hip-Hop Nominees For 2015 Grammy Awards". MTV News. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

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