Birth name Joseph Montana Instruments turntable, sampler Record label Soulspazm | Origin Brooklyn, U.S Years active 2010–present Music group Brown Bag AllStars | |
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Occupation(s) Disk jockey, record producer Labels Soulspazm
Five Se7en Music
ATW/Sony Albums Element(als) Vol. 1, Still Eatin Genres Hip hop music, Gangsta rap, Pop music, Instrumental Similar J57, Koncept, Soul Khan, The Audible D, El Gant Profiles | ||
Joseph Montana, professionally known as DeeJay Element, is an American disc jockey and record producer. In February 2013, he beat 24 regional DJs from the United States to win the third edition of Flavor Battle, a DJ battle competition sponsored by McDonald's and Complex Magazine. He is a member of the hip hop group Brown Bag AllStars and has been credited for producing several catalogues for artistes including Soul Khan, Ras Kass, Homeboy Sandman among others.
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Early beginnings
DeeJay Element picked interest in DJing after he regularly watched a friend of his performing. He later got employed at Fat Beats, where he met J57 who introduced him to record production before going on to become a Brown Bag AllStars member.
2013–present: Reality Kings & Reason and Element(als) Vol 1
In February 2013, he released his debut project Reality Kings & Reason, a 5-track EP which featured Koncept, Sene, J57, J Swiss, Gorilla Tao, Soul Khan among others. The EP was relatively well received by music critics with Steve Juon of Rap Reviews rating it 7 out of 10 stars and further went on to state that the EP is a "perfectly delivered 5 track slice of his skill that shows his name definitely deserves to be higher on the playbill - and quite possibly on the marquee". Between 2013 and early 2016, DeeJay Element produced and co-released projects with Koncept, Soul Khan, J57 and Allen Poe. On 13 October 2016, he released another solo project titled Element(als) Vol 1, a collection of 15 instrumentals in the boom, rap, hiphop and trap genres of music. On 27 July 2016, he released "Element for President (Remix)" as the lead single off his forthcoming EP titled Element for President. The single features vocals from J57, CashUs King, Johaz and Choosey; and was originally released in 2014 as a track off J57's Wax Aesthetic EP.
Songs
RottweilersBrown Label Pt 1 & 2 · 2014
Got It All2011
Rhett Committed MurderBrown Label Pt 1 & 2 · 2014