Track Bangas

Track Bangas
Smitty & D for Track Bangas
Background information
Also known as	The Track Bangas
Origin	Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter, composer, photographer, director
Instruments	FL Studio, Motif keyboards, Akai MPK49 controller guitar, sampler, drums, turntable
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Track Bangas Entertainment, ASCAP Publishing
Associated acts	Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Trae, Chamillionaire, Kurupt, Slim Thug, Pusha T, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Mystikal, Tech N9ne, Yelawolf
Website	trackbangas.com

Track Bangas is a record production team consisting of Jeffrey "Smitty" Smith, Derrick "D." St. Amand, Justin "J. Pill" Pipkins, Dana Harmon, & Justin "J. Jones" Jones. They were best known early on for their "banging" drums, thus their moniker Track Bangas, as well as their sampled production. The production team is also well known by their signature tag, “You are listening to a Track Bangas production", at the beginning of their beats.

They have worked with artists like Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Trae, Yelawolf, DJ Khaled, Mystikal, Pusha T, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, Tech N9ne, Chamillionaire, Young Money Entertainment's Jae Millz, and Inspectah Deck among others.

They are currently working with Shady Records artist, Yelawolf, and are the in-house producers for Kurupt and Trae.

Smitty and D. were both born in western Massachusetts in 1985 and were raised in Holyoke, MA. Smitty's first instrument was the recorder in elementary school. He then worked his way up to the saxophone, which led him to be recruited to another school for his raw, untrained skill. D. took a liking to the art of DJing at an unusually young age (4 years old). At that age, his parents bought him a Big Bird turntable and Michael Jackson's Bad album and the three were inseparable.