Ben Rome

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From Ben Rome: I'm a 22 year old music producer from Gaithersburg, MD. I have been passionate about hip hop music since as far back as I can remember. My sister used to make me mixtapes of all her favorite artists of the time.. (snoop dogg, scarface, 2pac, Biggie) in exchange for keeping my mouth shut while she had parties at my parents house when she was supposed to be babysitting me. I used to stay up all night waiting for her to come in with the newest mix she had made so I could pop the tape into my walkman. Bone Thugs N Harmony and Biggie were two of my biggest influences as a child. When I was in elementary school my parents bought me a cheap yamaha keyboard and a karaoke machine. I used to make beats with the karaoke machine by recording using one of the tape players and playing back my last track using the other. I just kept switching tapes over and over until the beat was done. lol. Now I look back and laugh at what a primitive way to make beats that was. When I was 12 years old my parents bought me a piece of music software called "Acid Pro 2.0" That's when I really learned how to construct, compose, edit, and arrange a beat. I formed a group with my next door neighbor and best friend and recorded 2 albums in middle school and sold them around the school. To this day people still call me from time to time telling me how much they love those albums and still listen to them. lol. In high school I recorded 2 more albums with an artist from my high school named swift-d. Both of those albums got really bad feedback as well which kept my motivation going to continue. Working with artists at such a young age and going through the process of recording a whole album on my own is what I feel really seperates me from your average beatmaker of this new software production based generation. I learned very early on how to interact with an artist during the creative process. After High school I continued making beats everyday and learning new techniques. One day I was bored messing around on myspace and I discovered Whitefolkz. I was immediately drawn to him after seeing his video "God of the Block." It just struck me as very unique and strange to see a white dude in front of 50 black dudes calling himself "the god of the block." Not to mention I really liked his music and felt there was something real special about his image. I felt he could be very marketable if taken in the right direction. I sent him a message and some beats and the rest is history. I have produced over 30 songs for him to date.

In the summer of 2007 I spent some time at Full Sail University in Winter Park,FL and became real good friends with a guy by the name of Jeff Lunceford who was from Atlanta. After I left school he contacted me a few months later and asked me if I wanted to join a production team called "Drum Majors ATL." with he and a childhood friend of his. At this time I had just started to take the business aspect of the music industry seriously and I did some research and realized he and his partner had already created a considerable buzz in Atlanta producing tracks for the likes of Yung LA and OJ Da Juiceman. I agreed to join. In span of a little over a year now since joining Drum Majors ATL we have done production for some of the biggest artists in the south as well as in the country such as OJ Da Juiceman, Yung LA, Field Mob, Derron from 112, Mullage, Ya Boy, Shawty Lo, Skull Gang, Rich Kids, Young Fletcher, J Futuristic, Rich Boy and many more major label artists as well as independent acts. Today I reside in Gaithersburg,MD but travel back and forth from Atlanta, GA to work on projects and go to meetings. We are looking forward to make 2010 our biggest year yet so look out for us! We are coming!

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Rich Kids-Feelin Dat I Get
Yung LA Feat. J Futuristic-Right Now (Co-Produced By Uptown Hannibal)
Yung LA Feat. Mitchelle’l-Blessings (Co-Produced By Uptown Hannibal)
Yung LA Feat. Young Woo-One Dunn (Co-Produced By Uptown Hannibal)
Maserati Fresh Feat. Yung LA and Derron from 112-You Know
King David and Rich Boy-Put it in Dey Face
Shawty Lo Feat. Lil Wayne-WTF (Co-Produced By Uptown Hannibal)
Whitefolkz and Infa Redz-Dope Spot
Whitefolkz and Infa Redz-Big Work
Whitefolkz-Lose Myself
Whitefolkz Feat. DC Don Juan-Criss Angel
Whitefolkz Feat. Smoke of Field Mob-Burn
Whitefolkz Feat. Mullyman-Gotta Get Paid
Whitefolkz Feat. Kingpen Slim-Big Bills
Whitefolkz-Storytelling
Whitefolkz-Hustler’s Hustler
Whitefolkz Feat. Infa Redz-Certified
Whitefolkz-I Heart DMV
Whitefolkz-Jungle Fever
Whitefolkz-Beautiful Thing
Whitefolkz-DBIYAM
Whitefolkz-It’s So Good
Whitefolkz Feat. Latina Nichelle-Natural
Whitefolkz Feat. E-Skillz-I Told My Mama
Whitefolkz Feat. 20 Bello-On a Roll
Skull Gang-Don’t Sweat Me Now
Young Fletcher-Now and Later
Young Fletcher Feat. Small World-Now and Later Remix
Young Fletcher-Leanin’
Young Fletcher-I Just Want You
Mullage Feat. Trig-Hotel
Mullage Feat. Ya Boy-So Long So Wrong
Janelle Nadine-Poetry
Janelle Nadine-First Move

Upcoming work with: Plies, Flo rida, Shawty Lo, Whitefolkz, Calmplex, Young Fletcher, OJ Da Juiceman, F.L.Y., Mullage, Ya Boy, Skull Gang, Big Bank Black, Yung LA, Rich Kids, Janelle Nadine, Travis Porter and many more.