Basement Beats | |
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Background information | |
Origin | St. Louis,MO |
Genres | Pop, rhythm & blues, alternative rock, hip-hop |
Years active | 1999–present |
Labels | Indie |
Associated acts | Nelly, St. Lunatics, Vzillion, StedFast, Kenny Knox, Murphy Lee, Bubba Sparxxx, P.Diddy, Tech N9ne |
Website | [1] |
Basement Beats is a St. Louis based Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum production team best known for their collaborations with Nelly and the St. Lunatics. It was founded by Jason "Jay-E" Epperson, Waiel "Wally Beamin" Yaghnam, Lavelle "City Spud" Webb and Jayson "Koko" Bridges in 1998 after being kicked out of the Saints studio and forced into Jay-E's mom's basement where it later became the new home studio for Basement Beats.
In 2005 Jay-E left the company to pursue other partnerships and establish himself as a renowned club and video dj. BBR was born with the help of Demetrius Bledsoe and Stan Wright, Wally and Koko began to sign upcoming producers and artists to brand and build the label Basement Beats Records.
2012 Basement Beats Brasil forms.
They were Grammy nominated several times before winning their first Grammy for the production on "Shake Ya Tailfeather" in 2004. They have received multiple ASCAP Awards and are attached to over 30 million records sold. They received "Street Song of the Year" at the 2009 Traffic Music Awards (TMA) for their production on Kenny Knox's "Git Ghetto" ft Kane. Basement Beats also got the TMA as Best Producers of the year on March 7, 2010.
Nelly "Country Grammar"
Funkmaster Flex 'The Mix Tape, Vol 4
Training Day Soundtrack
Ali - Heavy Starch
Nelly - Nellyville
Bad Boys 2 Soundtrack
Dj Envy "The Desert Storm: Blok Party Vol.1"
Nelly - Sweat&Suit
Nelly "SweatSuit"
Tim Mcgraw "Reflected Greatest Hits Vol. 2"
Chingy "Hate It Or Love It"
Plies- "You" ft Tank produced by Jay-E
Nelly "Brass Knuckles"
Bubba Sparxxx "The Lost Tracks"
Tech N9ne "Killer" Disc 1
Disc 2
Gille Da Kid "TBD"
Ebony Eyez "TBD"
Torre Sanders "The Next Man"
Mai Lee "TBD"
Tim Mcgraw "Greatest Hits Limited Edition" Disc 2
BrookRoyal "Motives"
Kutt Calhoun — Feature Presentation