Genres East Coast hip hop Name Street Radio | Years active 2007-Present | |
Birth name Kendred Smith & Jesse Matthews Origin Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Occupation(s) Record producer, songwriter, singer Instruments Sampler, keyboard, drums, vocoder, synthesizer. | ||
" NOBODY SHOWED " FEAT JIMI KENDRIX PRODUCED BY STREET RADIO
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. 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.
Contents
- NOBODY SHOWED FEAT JIMI KENDRIX PRODUCED BY STREET RADIO
- Biography
- Production style
- Joell Ortiz The Brick Bodega Chronicles
- Bone Thugs n Harmony Strength Loyalty
- 2Pac Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol 2
- Styles P Ghost Sessions
- AZ Undeniable
- AZ N4L
- AZ Anthology B Sides Unreleased
- AZ Promo
- G Unit TOS Terminate on Sight
- Lloyd Banks Return of the PLK
- Rick Ross MI Yayo
- Foxy Brown Brooklyns Don Diva
- Big Noyd Illustrious album
- DJ Kay Slay
- DJ Absolut
- Freeway The Intermission
- Freeway
- DJ Kay Slay More Than Just a DJ
- Styles P The Ghost Dub Dime
- Lil Kim Black Friday Lil Kim mixtape
- Wu Tang Clan Legendary Weapons
- 50 Cent The Big Ten
- Lil Kim
- References
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."