The Futuristiks
| The Futuristiks | |
|---|---|
 The Futuristiks: Money Mike (left), J. Keys (right) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mike & Keys |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Associated acts | Casey Veggies, Dom Kennedy, Nipsey Hussle, Skeme |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Money Mike J Keys |
The Futuristiks are an American production and songwriting duo that consists of Michael Ray Cox, Jr. better known by his stage name Money Mike and John Groover Jr., better known by his stage name J Keys.[1] J-Keys, born in South Sacramento and Money Mike born in Hammond, Louisiana both name church and family as having a huge influence on the development of their musical talents. Graduates of the Los Angeles Recording School[2] in Hollywood, CA, the duos first full production credit came in 2009 on Before I Self Destruct for rapper 50 Cent.[3] After further work in 2010 on hip hop albums such Dom Kennedy’s From the Westside with Love, II, Redman'sReggie and Sheek Louch’s Donnie G: Don Gorilla, The Futuristiks became a prominent production team for hip-hop, R&B and Gospel artists.
Proving to be a life-altering year for The Futuristiks, in 2011, their work ranged from hip hop records with chart topping artists Eminem, Royce da 5’9” and Ras Kass as well as other known acts such as Strong Arm Steady[2] and Mitchy Slick. In 2011, they also produced rapper Problem’s "Last Love" for the unreleased mixtape Plan B which received video spins on BET’s 106 & Park making to the Top Ten Countdown and other video mediums. Moreover, in 2011, they also produced the lead singles for Dom Kennedy’s The Original Dom Kennedy and Skeme’s mixtapes The Statement and Before My Next Statement.
Continuing their catalog growth, the production duo began working with R&B artists Jeremih on the highly anticipated Late Nights with Jeremih Mixtape, as well as debut projects for other R&B artists TeeFlii and Elijah Blake. Not leaving their hip hop roots, in 2012, the pair produced tracks for rappers T.I., Freddie Gibbs, Fat Joe, Bad Lucc,[2] 8Ball,[4] Jay Rock,[5] Curren$y and OverDoz. The Futuristiks made the Billboard Top 100 in 2012 for their production on Capitol Records Tito Lopez’s song Mama Proud. They also made the Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and Top Rap Album for their production credit on Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records artist T.I.’s Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head.
As their sound developed and territory expanded in 2013, the Futuristiks were nominated for their first Recording Academy Grammy Award in the Best Rap Album[6] category for their contribution on Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1. Lupe's II topped Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts, while debuting and peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.[6]
The Futuristiks began working with Epic Records/Roc Nation Management artist Casey Veggies, helming the title track and six songs total on the awaited 2013 Life Changes.[1] In 2013, they also produced songs for Master P, Juelz Santana,[1] Adonis the Ace, Drumma Boy, Zeke and K.Roosevelt.
Like many mainstream producers, The Futuristiks, have taken on entire projects and recently hemmed the Executive Producer credits on the Nipsey Hussle’s, October 8, 2013 release Crenshaw.[7] In addition, the Futuristiks have the majority of the producers credit on Dom Kennedy’s, 2013 release Get Home Safely. Their aesthetic is fit for dropping the top, with crawling drums and warped samples that never push the tempo up too high for Dom’s coziness level.[7]
Discography
| Release Date | Artist(s) | Song title | Featured artist | Album title | Co-produced | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 9, 2009 | 50 Cent | "Hold Me Down" | Before I Self Destruct | Interscope | ||
| March 26, 2010 | Dom Kennedy | "2MPH" | Big K.R.I.T | From the Westside with Love, II | ||
| March 26, 2010 | Dom Kennedy | "She Ain't in Love" | From the Westside with Love, II | |||
| March 26, 2010 | Dom Kennedy | "Come Over" | From the Westside with Love, II | |||
| November 30, 2010 | Ras Kass | "Life's a Bitch" | Xzibit, 40Glocc | All Day I Dream About Spittin' | ||
| December 7, 2010 | Redman | "Reggie (Intro)" | Reggie | Def Jam Recordings | ||
| December 14, 2010 | Sheek Louch | "Get It Poppin" | Donnie G: Don Gorilla | Team Ready | Def Jam Recordings | |
| March 10, 2011 | Dom Kennedy | "Designer Sh*t" | The Original Dom Kennedy | |||
| March 22, 2011 | Eminem | "Going Crazy" | Straight from the Lab Part 2 | |||
| May 16, 2011 | Strong Arm Steady | "Made in America" | Fiend | |||
| May 19, 2011 | Skeme | "F.A.Q (Interlude)" | The Statement | |||
| May 19, 2011 | Skeme | "Let It Breathe" | The Statement | |||
| May 19, 2011 | Skeme | "I Cant Lose" | The Statement | |||
| May 19, 2011 | Skeme | "Win (Interlude)" | The Statement | |||
| May 19, 2011 | Skeme | "H.T.F.T" | Casey Veggies | The Statement | ||
| June 29, 2011 | Sean Deez | "Tradition" | LA Rap League | Wrongkind Records | ||
| August 9, 2011 | Royce da 5'9" | "Legendary" | Travis Barker | Success Is Certain | Eminem | Gracie Productions |
| September 3, 2011 | Tha Youngkind | "Lunch Time" | 2Die4, Ocean | Wrongkind Records | ||
| September 14, 2011 | Mitchy Slick | "Michael Vick" | Gang Intervention | Wrongkind Records | ||
| October 3, 2011 | Raliq Bashard | "Sex Money Murder" | The Eye of the Prince Project | |||
| November 29, 2011 | Skeme | "Goin" | Twelve | Before My Next Statement | ||
| November 29, 2011 | Skeme | "Feel It" | Fitzroy | Before My Next Statement | ||
| November 29, 2011 | Skeme | "G.P.P.G." | Neako | Before My Next Statement | ||
| December 29, 2011 | Problem | "Last Love" | Plan B | Diamond Lane Music Group | ||
| January 2, 2012 | Ras Kass | "3008" | All Day I Dream About Spittin' | |||
| March 3, 2012 | 8Ball | "In This World" | Drumma Boy | Pimp Poetry | ||
| March 3, 2012 | Jay Rock | "Checkmate" | Top Dawg Entertainment, Strange Music | |||
| June 5, 2012 | Curren$y | "No Squares" | Wiz Khalifa | The Stoned Immaculate | Warner Bros. Records | |
| June 14, 2012 | Tito Lopez | "Mama Proud" | The Hunger Games | Capitol Records, LLC. | ||
| June 14, 2012 | Tito Lopez | "Mass Appeal 2.0" | The Hunger Games | Capitol Records, LLC. | ||
| June 14, 2012 | Tito Lopez | "It's Hard Pt 2" | The Hunger Games | Capitol Records, LLC. | ||
| July 11, 2012 | fowL | "LA" | Tall Tale | |||
| August 7, 2012 | Jeremih | "Rosa Acosta" | Late Nights with Jeremih | |||
| August 7, 2012 | Jeremih | "Rated R/The Masterpiece" | Late Nights with Jeremih | |||
| August 20, 2012 | Sir Jinx | "I Don't Take You Serious" | Tri Star, Dat Boi Hop & Butch Cassidy | Sir Jinx Presents: General Population - Rime Scene | Re-Up Entertainment | |
| August 20, 2012 | Sir Jinx | "Die Makin' Money" | Tri Star, Dat Boi Hop, Brandi Kane | Sir Jinx Presents: General Population - Rime Scene | ||
| August 28, 2012 | Toussaint Harris | "Love Sound" | Toussaint Harris | Popular Music Group | ||
| September 21, 2012 | Problem | 'Where She At" | Skeme | Plan B | Diamond Lane Music Group | |
| September 25, 2012 | Freddie Gibbs | "Boxframe Cadillac" (83 Deville Mix) | Z-Ro | Baby Face Killa | ||
| September 25, 2012 | Lupe Fiasco | "Hood Now (Outro)" | Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 2 | 1500orNothin | Atlantic Records | |
| October 10, 2012 | Fat Joe | "Instagram That Hoe" | Rick Ross, Juicy J | |||
| October 15, 2012 | Dom Kennedy | "Everything You Wanted (Be Happy)" | Young Nation Mixtape Vol. 1 | |||
| October 15, 2012 | Dom Kennedy | "Judgement Day" | Young Nation Mixtape Vol. 1 | |||
| October 16, 2012 | Skeme | "We Got It" | Alive and Living | |||
| October 16, 2012 | Skeme | "What's Ya Name?" | Bryan Roberts & Dom Kennedy | Alive and Living | ||
| October 16, 2012 | Skeme | "Headed Home" | Bryan Roberts | Alive and Living | ||
| November 1, 2012 | Badd Lucc | "96'" | Breaking Bad | Diamond Lane Music Group | ||
| November 1, 2012 | Don Trip | "Gold" | Danny Brown, Starlito | Help Is On the Way | ||
| November 1, 2012 | Don Trip | "Hold Back Tears" | Help Is On the Way | |||
| November 13, 2012 | OverDoz | "Dear God" | ||||
| December 1, 2012 | TeeFlii | "Intro" | Annie R U Otay V.1 | EML | ||
| December 1, 2012 | TeeFlii | "Furniture" | Annie R U Otay V.1 | 1500 or Nothin | EML | |
| December 12, 2012 | Elijah Blake | "Talk to Me" | Bijoux22 | 1500 or Nothin | ||
| December 12, 2012 | OverDoz | "Lap Dance" | Juicy J | |||
| December 18, 2012 | T.I. | "The Way We Ride" | Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head | 1500 or Nothin | Grand Hustle, Atlantic | |
| January 8, 2013 | K Roosevelt | "Diamonds and Gold" | Mibbs | Rose Gold | K Roosevelt | HS87 |
| January 14, 2013 | Juelz Santana | "Nothing to Me" | Jeremih | God Will'n | ||
| January 16, 2013 | Master P | "No Limit to This Real Shit" | The Game, Nipsey Hussle | Master P: Al Capone | 1500 or Nothin | |
| January 16, 2013 | Master P | "Louie Sheets" | Alley Boy, Fat Trel | Master P: Al Capone | 1500 or Nothin | |
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "Young Niggas" | Juicy J | Life Changes | ||
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "Life Changes" | Phil Beaudreau | Life Changes | 1500 or Nothin | |
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "These Days" | Life Changes | |||
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "Take My Life" | Life Changes | |||
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "My Vision" | Life Changes | |||
| January 22, 2013 | Casey Veggies | "The Team" | Life Changes | |||
| February 15, 2013 | Adonis The Ace | "Life Changes" | ||||
| March 7, 2013 | TeeFlii | "Bed" | Annie R U Otay V.2 | EML | ||
| April 1, 2013 | Drumma Boy | "Good Year" | Good Year | |||
| April 1, 2013 | Zeke | "Killa" | 2090 | |||
| October 7, 2013 | Nipsey Hussle | "Don't Forget Us" | Dom Kennedy | All Money In Records | ||
| October 8, 2013 | Nipsey Hussle | Checc Me Out" | Dom Kennedy, Cobby Supreme | Crenshaw | 1500orNothin | All Money In Records |
| October 8, 2013 | Nipsey Hussle | "H Town" | Dom Kennedy, Cobby Supreme, TeeFlii | Crenshaw | 1500orNothin | All Money In Records |
| October 8, 2013 | Nipsey Hussle | "Summertime In That Cutlass" | Crenshaw | All Money In Records | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Let's Be Friends" | Get Home Safely | |||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "17" | Get Home Safely | Larance of 1500orNothin | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "All Girl Crazy" | Get Home Safely | |||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "After School" | Get Home Safely | Dammo | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "If It Don't Make Money" | Skeme | Get Home Safely | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Honey Buns Interlude" | Get Home Safely | Dave Foreman | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Honey Buns" | Krondon | Get Home Safely | YuYu | |
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Erica Part 2" | Get Home Safely | DJ Khalil, Dave Foreman, Danny Keys | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Black Bentleys" | Get Home Safely | DJ Khalil | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "Tryna Find A Way" | Get Home Safely | |||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "A Intermission For Watts" | Get Home Safely | Preach | ||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "South Central Love" | Get Home Safely | |||
| October 15, 2013 | Dom Kennedy | "The 5 Year Theory" [Real Shyt Last] | Get Home Safely | DJ Tech | ||
| March 7, 2014 | Casey Veggies | "Anything Goes" | N/A | Peas N' Carrots International (PNCINTL), Roc Nation, Epic Records | ||
| May 29, 2014 | Tracy T | "Money Chant" | The Wolf Of All Streets | MMG, Hood Rich Entertainment | ||
| November 24, 2014 | Faith Evans | "Make Love" | KeKe Wyatt | Incomparable | Prolific Music Group, BMG Rights Management | |
| November 19, 2014 | BJ The Chicago Kid | "Wednesday Weekend" | The M.A.F.E. Project | Motown Records | ||
| November 19, 2014 | BJ The Chicago Kid | "Go Girl" | The M.A.F.E. Project | Motown Records | ||
| November 19, 2014 | BJ The Chicago Kid | "Its True" | Schoolboy Q | The M.A.F.E. Project | Motown Records | |
| December 31, 2014 | Nipsey Hussle | "Real Nigga Moves" | Dom Kennedy | Mailbox Money | Uncle Dave, Larance of 1500orNothin | All Money In Records |
| December 31, 2014 | Nipsey Hussle | "50 Niggaz" | Mailbox Money | 1500orNothin | All Money In Records | |
| December 31, 2014 | Nipsey Hussle | "A Miracle" | Mailbox Money | DJ Khalil | All Money In Records | |
| December 31, 2014 | Nipsey Hussle | "No Nigga Like Me" | Trae The Truth | Mailbox Money | THC | All Money In Records |
| December 31, 2014 | J Stone | "I Got Now" | 25/8 No Breaks | All Money In Records | ||
| December 31, 2014 | BH | "Playmakers" | Buddy, Nipsey Hussle | Boyz In Tha Hood | All Money In Records | |
| February 3, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Intro" | Starr | 1500orNothin | Epic Records | |
| February 3, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Blue Lipstick" | Chris Brown | Starr | 1500orNothin | Epic Records |
| February 3, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Hennessy and Weed" | Nipsey Hussle | Starr | Epic Records | |
| February 3, 2015 | TeeFlii | "I Don't Need You" | Dom Kennedy | Starr | Epic Records | |
| February 3, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Something She Will Do" | Skeme | Starr | Epic Records | |
| March 12, 2015 | T.I. | "Project Steps" | Mars of 1500orNothin | Grand Hustle Records | ||
| March 31, 2015 | Ludacris | "Beast Mode" | Ludaversal | 1500orNothin | ||
| June 2, 2015 | Dom Kennedy | "2 Bad" | Tish | |||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Intro" | Annie R U Otay V.4 | Larrance of 1500orNothin | ||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Undressing You" | Skeme | Annie R U Otay V.4 | DJ Khalil, Sid Siriam | |
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Life of the Party | Kevin McCall | Annie R U Otay V.4 | MyGuyMars of 1500orNothin | |
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Imagination" | Annie R U Otay V.4 | MyGuyMars of 1500orNothin | ||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Make Yo Money" | Nipsey Hussle, Casey Veggies | Annie R U Otay V.4 | ||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Get Rich" | Annie R U Otay V.4 | Uncle Dave | ||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | "Light It Up" | Jelly Roll | Annie R U Otay V.4 | ||
| June 30, 2015 | TeeFlii | All Up On You" | Annie R U Otay V.4 | |||
| October 16, 2015 | The Game | "Moment of Violence" | King Mez, Justus, Jon Connor | The Documentary 2.5 | DJ Khalil | Blood Money, eOne |
| November 13, 2015 | Redman | "No Nigga Like Me" | Mudface | |||
| May 2, 2016 | Nipsey Hussle | "Ocean Views" | DJ Khalil | All Money In Records |
References
- 1 2 3 Gaspard, Keonda. "THE FUTURISTIKS Bio". The Aver Agency. Last.Fm. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 Sturrup, A. "The Futuristik". 2010. Retrieved 2013.
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- 1 2 Mitchell, Gail. "2013 Grammy Awards: Rap Song, Rap Album". Billboard.com. Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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