I was ready to go in, But, Joyner was next to me and there was no expression on his face (laughs). I started playing him beats and I thought those were my hottest beats. After he won, he flew out to Atlanta, came over to the crib and he told me he was working on a project. As soon as I heard his bars, I knew he was the winner. Joyner entered the contest at the last minute, and people didn’t know who he was back then. That was my way of discovering and curating new aspiring talent. Every year since 2012, I held an online rap contest called No Sucka MCs. You also linked up with Joyner Lucas in 2014. I was like, “ Shit, that’s Lil’ Scrappy!” I was so hype. I remember Scrap walked in with this big ass fur coat on (laughs). Everything in the studio that night was new to me because I hadn’t been in the studio with a real artist before that. We pulled up to his studio, he recorded it, and that was my first time in the studio with a major artist. My homie and I were working on a song together and he got a feature from Scrap. I remember my first session with a major artist when I moved to Atlanta was with Lil Scrappy. Who was the first major artist you were in the studio with? In this installment of “Studio Sessions,” the producer discusses how he made a beat out of random sounds for Red Bull Mystery Pack, Joyner Lucas’ picky beat selection, and how he made the viral TikTok smash “So Pretty.” Read below.
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They had monitors, laptops, and mini-keyboards,” Kato told REVOLT. I hit him up and he told me to pull up to the hotel, and they had a little hotel studio set up. “ Jack was in Atlanta and staying at a hotel.
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These are the stories that rarely leave the booth.īefore Kato On The Track had everyone from Alicia Keys to Nicole Scherzinger participating in the TikTok challenge for the “So Pretty” track he produced, he was working with future stars anywhere they decided to set up a studio. For “Studios Sessions,” we delve into the stories behind the long hours in the studio and all that goes into making an album by talking with artists, producers, engineers, photographers, and more who are intimately connected to the recording process with some of the biggest artists in the world.