Bangladesh-The Hit Maker
By Roxanne Blake
He is the producer that changed the way we listen to music, the way we bounce and revolutionized the rap game. He is the magic behind Lil Waynes, A Millie track, his name is Bangladesh and his Swagg has producers worrying about how they are going to compete. If you are lucky enough to cop a beat from Bangladesh you are almost guaranteed to have a hit single and a high volume in album sales. Originally from Iowa and now residing in Altanta he has worked on familiar songs as: Whats your Fantasy- Ludacris, Bossy- Kelis, Missy Elliot – Click Clack, Ciara- Hotline, of course Lil Waynes biggest track A Millie and Diva by Beyonce, which is another version to the A Millie beat. Bangladesh’s versatility has allowed him to work with many Artist and although he has a signature sound all of his beats are uniquely different. In his words ‘If you want a hit record, come see me I’m the dope man; I got those heroin tracks’. Swagg had the exclusive interview with Mr. Bangladesh himself and he lets us know how he makes it all happen.
You worked with Ludacris on the hit debut single ‘Whats Your Fantasy’ and produced other tracks on the Album ‘Back For The First Time’. How did you two hook up to make history?
We met each other through a mutual friend and we became friends. Ludacris was a Jockey on the radio and was trying to get into rapping. I started to make beats and I gave them to him. He rapped on them and then we made it happen.
How did you get into Producing and Beat Making?
I always wanted to make beats I was always into sounds and patterns. In High School I was trying to figure out what I was going to do so I started studying producers like Timbaland. After that I started saving up and bought the equipment I needed to start my career.
Who would you say you have had the most musical chemistry with?
There is no particular person, anybody who let me do my job. You gotta let a Producer Produce and let me do me. It all about making a hot beat, the new shit, the hot shit. The worst is if somebody is trying to get something out of me that I don’t do. Who ever I work with lets me do me. There is no brain wrestling with an artist I make the beat and they feel it and we work together on the track. It’s all about the music and the feeling. It comes from the feeling within and once the artist feels it we are on a good page. I’m a producer so I make the beat and I’m in the studio letting them know what sounds good and what doesn’t. Even with the mix engineer I let them know how it should sound.
How did Lil Wayne get on the A Millie Beat?
I made that beat off of feeling it was not made for anybody. When I’m done with a beat I do think about who would sound good on the track and Lil Wayne was one of the first that came to mind. We have a mutual female friend so I sent her some beats to give to him and he chose the A Millie.
On Beyonce’s recent Album ‘I am Sasha Fierce’ you produced ‘Diva’, which is very similar to A Millie. How did that come about?
The Diva is a twin of the Millie beat its from the same baby. I had the inspiration and I was brainstorming and it turned into Diva. I put it out and thought who would be better on the track than Beyonce. Sean Garrett the songwriter wrote Diva for her. He writes for everybody and when I played it for him and he liked it so much that it made his day.
How would you describe your Musical Ability?
My music is described as foreign to the ear. It’s everything, its hard, soft, sexual, aggressive, rock, alternative, euro, everything. If you listen to my music you can hear elements of different genres in it and that’s what makes me different. I don’t do what every other producer is doing musically I stay ahead. Before I made beats other producers and creative sounds would motivate me and now sometimes I’ll hear a track that inspires me to make a beat.
A lot of people are out there playing with different programs making beats with dreams of being a Producer what advice would you offer?
Get your craft up and keep practicing. Create a sound you can brand. Don’t make music that you are competing with every other beat maker. If you really want to get on stop following and be a leader. I get a lot of CD’s from producers and they are excited because they made 20 beats, but they all sound the same. They hear snap songs and make beats like that and all their tracks sound the same with nothing significant. There is not a smash beat or something I can work with, it’s the same pattern. My sound is different every time but it took me 4 years into the industry to evolve. I created a signature sound and it does come in time. I’ve been doing this for 10 years and it took Lil Wayne in 08 to solidify it. It’s all about consistency and being patient especially if you have something new. I its different people don’t know how to take it until you get Lil Wayne or Beyonce on the track then its accepted. All The elite pros in the game went through the same struggle.
What's Next for Bangladesh?
A Grammy in 09, we have been nominated for a few of those with A Millie. I have my own projects that I’m working on. I have my Artist Muffy that I’m working with right now and I’m also working on my Album. I have a song ‘Girls Love Me’ featuring Rick Ross and Busta Rhymes and ‘How you feel’ with Muffy. I’m recording a mixtape with Don Canon and I’ll be doing five videos with the mixtape. I’m also working with Busta Rhymes and Fabolous right now. I worked on the first single for Young Joc. . I pitch beats to anyone who wants them. I can give a beat to someone today and three months they are ready they pay the money and the track it’s recorded. Anything I do is Single material, you want a hit come see me I’m the Dope Man! I got those heroine tracks.
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