Street Radio

Street Radio
Birth name Kendred Smith & Jesse Matthews
Origin Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres East Coast hip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, songwriter, singer
Instruments Sampler, keyboard, drums, vocoder, synthesizer.
Years active 2007-Present
Labels Interscope Records
Associated acts 50 Cent, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Rick Ross, Styles P

Kendred Smith, better known by his stage name Jimi Kendrix, and Jesse Matthews, better known by his stage name J. Math are a Hip hop record production team from Brooklyn, New York and are known collectively as Street Radio.[1] Street Radio has produced songs for artists including 50 Cent, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Rick Ross, Styles P, and many others, as well as scored for shows such as MTV Cribs and True Life, among others.[2]

Biography

Street Radio is well known for producing songs for 50 Cent, G-Unit, Joell Ortiz, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and many other notable rappers. They are also frequent musical contributors to television shows such as MTV's MTV Cribs and True Life, Spike's Unrivaled; Investigation Discovery's The Shift, Sundance Chanell's Be Good Johnny Weir, and many more. Street Radio is also known to run music programs in various high schools in New York City.

In the August 2008 issue of Vibe Magazine, Street Radio was featured in the article "VRap" with the author stating "Hip Hop is definitely not dead because these producers are making some serious noise."

Production style

Street Radio was the cover story off Plateau Magazine's spring 2007 issue. The duo describe their sound in the article.

"My background is God, family, music," explained Kendrick. "While Math was running around, I was in church," he said. Kendrix also described the strong R&B influences he grew up with, like the Clark Sisters and Timohty Wright. Math, on the other hand, cites traditional hip-hop artists like RZA and 2Pac as his main influences.

He's the white boy, but he's the gangster of the group," said Kendrick of Math. "But Math is also the cordial one in the studio," he said. "When you look at me , I'm the one jumping up and down on the couch," he said, flailing his arms. "It's the perfect combination - he's diplomatic and I go on my personality."

Street Radio's sound is unique and successful because it is different, albeit a little taboo, when compared to what's currently out there. Thanks to the meshing of two very different backgrounds, the sound becomes something like hard rap with a bluesy R&B tendency, sometimes with traditional African instruments thrown in, or with a sample from random television shows or documentaries.

"When we combine that radio sound, the strong R&B sound, and the type of music I came up on, it becomes something so crazy," explained Math, "like this dirty frequency New York music, but with a melody."

Production discography

2007

Joell Ortiz - The Brick: Bodega Chronicles

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Strength & Loyalty

2Pac - Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2[3]

Styles P - Ghost Sessions[4]

AZ - Undeniable

2008

AZ - N4L

AZ - Anthology: B-Sides & Unreleased

AZ - Promo

G-Unit - T.O.S: Terminate on Sight

Lloyd Banks - Return of the PLK

Rick Ross - M.I. Yayo

Foxy Brown - Brooklyn's Don Diva

Big Noyd - Illustrious (album)

2009

DJ Kay Slay

2010

DJ Absolut

Freeway - The Intermission

Freeway [6]

  • 01. "Love Is A Battlefield"

DJ Kay Slay - More Than Just a DJ

  • 03. "Bad Girls" (feat. Jacki-O, Remy Ma, Hedonis da' Amazon & Ayanna Irish)
  • 04. "Blockstars" (feat. Busta Rhymes, Ray J, Jim Jones, & Yo Gotti)
  • 09. "Let's Ryde Together" (feat. Trick-Trick, M.O.P., Trae & Tre Williams)
  • 14. "God Forgive Me" (feat. Joell Ortiz, Jae Millz & Saigon)
  • 19. "Blockstars remix (feat. Busta Rhymes, Sheek Louch, Rick Ross, Papoose, Cam'ron, Vado & Ray J)

Styles P - The Ghost Dub-Dime[7]

  • 02. "G-Sense"
  • 03. "Back On My New Shit"
  • 04. "Where I'm From"
  • 06. "The Beat Don't Stop"
  • 09. "Here I Am"
  • 12. "Outro"

2011

Lil' Kim - Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape)

  • 03. "Clap Clap" (feat. IRS)

Freeway

  • 01. "Treat U Better" (feat. Jimi Kendrix)

Wu-Tang Clan - Legendary Weapons

50 Cent - The Big Ten

  • 08. "Off & On'"

Lil' Kim

  • 01. "I Am Not The One"

2013

DJ Absolut

2014

DJ Absolut

  • 01. "Plaza Hotel (feat. Murda Mook, Ransom, Inspectah Deck, & Maffew Ragazino)"

2015

DJ Absolut

  • 01. "If You Love Me 3000" (feat. AZ, Ransom, & Loaded Lux)

References

  1. ↑ "Street Radio discog". www.discogs.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ "MTV Teen Cribs". MTV.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tupac Resurrected". Sohh.com. April 17, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Styles P and Street Radio Team Up For Ghost Sessions". www.hiphopdx.com. May 14, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Return of the PLK". datpiff. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Freeway Addresses Jay-Z Beanie Conflict". MTV.com. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  7. ↑ "Styles P Talks Dub Dime". April 20, 2010. www.hiphopdx.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011.

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