Dallas producer Sikwitit has had an enviable start to his career. He鈥檚 performed with rap superstar Lil Wayne, produced viral beats for hip-hop magazine XXL, and his music was featured on the Showtime series 鈥淧ower.鈥� He鈥檚 also earning recognition locally, because of his documentary "Sound Collectiv #DallasUp" and his winning of the Dallas Observer's award for "Best Producer."
Inside , Dallas producer prepares for an evening of work with Dallas rapper and 17-year-old producer .
鈥淩ight now, we鈥檝e already kind of got the beat laced, but we wanted to revisit some parts of it and get it in a good place for Bobby to finish writing to it, so that we can record him,鈥� says Sikwitit.
Just before they kick things off, Sikwitit queues up a ridiculously long commercial featuring famed producer promoting McDonald鈥檚 鈥淒ollar Menu.鈥� The trio recites the words to the commercial and laughs.
鈥淭his is something we do before we work together,鈥� says Sessions. 鈥淚 do not endorse McDonald鈥檚 or the 鈥楧ollar Menu,鈥� but if you can be as passionate about a topic as DJ Khaled is about this 鈥楧ollar Menu,鈥� you can pretty much do anything.鈥�
Sikwitit shouts out, 鈥淜haled for President!鈥�
This is all in a day鈥檚 work for a couple of North Texas鈥� rising stars. Sessions pulls out his cell phone and begins rapping over a beat that Sikwitit and Brown Royal put together for him the last time they worked together. He usually comes into the studio with previously prepared raps that he wants to use for specific tracks. Sikwitit and Brown Royal discuss drum beats and samples that they want to work into the track and suddenly the sounds are flying.
鈥淚t鈥檚 all about understanding the purpose of what you鈥檙e trying to do,鈥� says Sessions. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why picking the right producer is so important. I鈥檓 making the producer responsible for the sound that鈥檚 going to accompany my message and it has to be right, because that could stop somebody from killing themselves.鈥�
Sessions鈥� music has a message. So yes, he does want a track that will make a listener bob their head, but it also has to be good enough that he can still inspire people who may be dealing with struggles in their life.
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