Coming
from Paducah, KY and now residing in Marietta, GA this producer/songwriter
has graced the pages of The Source magazine with Phife from A Tribe
Called Quest. And was once publicized as "Raps up and Coming" in an
issue of Rap Masters magazine. He was part of a group who opened
shows for Heavy D., Hammer, Too Short, The DOC, Karyn White, Nelly,
Surface and many others. In 1991, he was given an NAACP award in the
category of music achievement. He has been featured on many up and
coming artists material as well as worked with the likes of Silk,
T-Boz, The Outlawz, and many others. As a producer he has had the
privilege of being around and learning from many successful prods
like Scott Storch, Jazze Pha, Shawn Sepp Hall from the Sam Salter
project, Kevin Kendricks of the Cameo fame, Ced Solo, and a host of
others. His music ranges from rock, hip hop, r&b, and gospel as is
evidenced by his being able to produce a remix for the highly
acclaimed Duran Duran, to doing a remix for Heather Headley, and now
working a gospel album for Keith Mitchell (former member of the
group After 7). In the past he has worked with Father MC, members of
the group Pure Soul, and even has a song that is found in Tionne,
T-Boz, Watkins' book "Thoughts" (in the audio book form). Other
notables he's been involved with in the studio have been Jamal (formerly
of the hip hop act Illegal), Jarvis (So So Def), a soon to be
newcomer Robert Conner (of the Rockland outfit). The Robert Conner
project enabled Dagga to learn so much by having the opportunity to
sit and watch R. Kelly at work. His most recent work has been with a
hot up and coming mc named Dreaded X from New Jersey. The entire
album was produced by Dagga, and the single should hit stores this
summer. There are also big plans for the Dagga Layne/Team 2080
collaboration this fall. With the likes of ETC. mc extraordinaire
and the soulful sound of Dante Thomas, there should be good music
produced from this. The love of music is evident in his ever
changing edge he puts on his works. He states the most important
aspect to him doing what he's able to do is his deep faith and
belief in God, which always seems to have him in "the right place at
the right time". Never having a music lesson and yet still playing
his music helps keep him connected to it like a baby to its mother.
We hope you enjoy this man, his spirit, his music. The man known as.......Dagga.
Coming
from Paducah, KY and now residing in Marietta, GA this producer/songwriter
has graced the pages of The Source magazine with Phife from A Tribe
Called Quest. And was once publicized as "Raps up and Coming" in an
issue of Rap Masters magazine. He was part of a group who opened
shows for Heavy D., Hammer, Too Short, The DOC, Karyn White, Nelly,
Surface and many others. In 1991, he was given an NAACP award in the
category of music achievement. He has been featured on many up and
coming artists material as well as worked with the likes of Silk,
T-Boz, The Outlawz, and many others. As a producer he has had the
privilege of being around and learning from many successful prods
like Scott Storch, Jazze Pha, Shawn Sepp Hall from the Sam Salter
project, Kevin Kendricks of the Cameo fame, Ced Solo, and a host of
others. His music ranges from rock, hip hop, r&b, and gospel as is
evidenced by his being able to produce a remix for the highly
acclaimed Duran Duran, to doing a remix for Heather Headley, and now
working a gospel album for Keith Mitchell (former member of the
group After 7). In the past he has worked with Father MC, members of
the group Pure Soul, and even has a song that is found in Tionne,
T-Boz, Watkins' book "Thoughts" (in the audio book form). Other
notables he's been involved with in the studio have been Jamal (formerly
of the hip hop act Illegal), Jarvis (So So Def), a soon to be
newcomer Robert Conner (of the Rockland outfit). The Robert Conner
project enabled Dagga to learn so much by having the opportunity to
sit and watch R. Kelly at work. His most recent work has been with a
hot up and coming mc named Dreaded X from New Jersey. The entire
album was produced by Dagga, and the single should hit stores this
summer. There are also big plans for the Dagga Layne/Team 2080
collaboration this fall. With the likes of ETC. mc extraordinaire
and the soulful sound of Dante Thomas, there should be good music
produced from this. The love of music is evident in his ever
changing edge he puts on his works. He states the most important
aspect to him doing what he's able to do is his deep faith and
belief in God, which always seems to have him in "the right place at
the right time". Never having a music lesson and yet still playing
his music helps keep him connected to it like a baby to its mother.
We hope you enjoy this man, his spirit, his music. The man known as.......Dagga.