Artist description Argentinian beatmaker from Miami, Florida.

Music Style Hip Hop, R&B

Musical Influences Timbaland, Dr Dre, Bone Thugs, Neptunes,...

Similar Artists Bone Thugs, Timbaland,....

Artist History Born on April 22nd, 1985, MC Say met rap at early age. On 1990, at age five, his mother gave him a cassette: on one side, it played the Ninja Turtles. On the other, Vanilla Ice. "That’s when I began listening to Hip Hop, searching for music as I could. It was tough ‘cause I was little. Later on, when I was around seven or eight years old, my dad got me a Kris Kross cassette. That’s when I got more stuck to it", he remembers. At age nine, Say traveled to Spain to visit his father. By then, a room was being rented to him by DJ Kun, a DJ who would then become famous and sell 100.000 Hip Hop/ Funk records in Spain. During the three months Say remained in Spain, DJ Kun made him listen to a lot of music: Public Enemy, Mellow Man Ace, Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff, Def Jef, Ice Cube, Snoop, amongst many others. Plus, DJ Kun made sure Say listened to and had all the cassettes he taped when he played music at the Hip Hop discos in Madrid. When he was young, it was possible for him to spend most of his time inside recording studios, with musicians such as Charly García, Calamaro, Los Lunes, Fabiana Cantilo and even record with some of them (Los Ronaldos, Bao Bads and other). Despite the diversity of music genres which Say inevitably surrounded himself with, Hip Hop (as well as Soul, Funk, Jazz and old music) was always there. "At 14 i got into argentinian Hip Hop", he says. "When I met Jam, from Soul Nigga, I was in love with this shit... since that day I wanted to make my own music. But I actually started when I was 16. First, I started going to partys. In 2001 I recorded my first song." "Steal Dre" had "Still Dre´s" beat. "The lyric spoke about stealing other people’s beats. It was really bad, although for starters, yeah, it was really bad even for starters!", says Say who spent a lot of time locked up, practicing, until he achieved a couple of songs with a little bit of quality: Muerte Verdadera Emperador (intro) By the beginning of the year 2002, Say was meeting people and attending to many jams. He met people from Apolo 11 and Rimaoro, when he was still a member of his now extinct group, Arma Calibrada. Getting to know a lot of people motivated him to take his work seriously. He learnt a lot. And even more once he got a keyboard to match his PC abilities. During that same year, he worked on a collaboration with Lil’ T, a pretty well known MC from France, and he met Andie. "Besides love, Andie and I both had something very important in common: we both saw our future based on music." Casually, she felt the same passion towards Hip Hop, besides having taken singing classes for several years. That’s why he didn’t doubt on producing her. Plus, he created Hip Hop Argento (www.hiphop-argento.com.ar), the only Argentinean web site purely about Hip Hop. The site soon became a must-see and was visited by everyone who had any part on Argentinean Hip Hop. By mid 2002 the moment Say had anxiously waited for arrived: He was asked to perform for the first time. "That was when I got my chance to show my material, although close to unsuccessful due to my slim (or none) experience onstage, with Andie as a guest." They played Muerte Verdadera, Emperador (intro) and Back Off After that, Mestro Jodido de Actitudes (from Defensiva Comunicativa Productions) invited Say and Andie to perform in Cemento. For personal matters, however, they couldn’t make it. Later, Say joined a known graffer who used to freestyle in the streets to record. He had a band, MC’s Prophetas, but they didn’t have any beats. Thus, Say decided they should join his label; Say Productions. With them, several songs were created, all of them produced by MC Say: El Juego (feat. MC Say) Secretos (feat. MC Say) Uno Más Before MCs Profethas left the label for unclear matters, Sudaca, MC and producer from José María Ezeiza, joined. After that, they were just Sudaca, Andie & Say. Before the MC’s Profetas left the productora for reasons that remain unclear, Sudaca, MC and producer from José María Ezeiza, became a part of it. Thus, only Sudaca, Andie and Say remained. During October and November of that same year, MC Say performed three times in Cemento together with the Maestro, Raza Deforme, Pedro Juan Caballero, ADS, Suppper A, Kaioman and other bands. At the end of November, Andie presented her new soloist material with beats that were a lot better and a really nice production. Prototipo Hip Hop Argentino (feat. MC Say) It’s Like (feat. MC Say) Simula Corazón de Piedra Amor con Fecha de Vencimiento (feat. Guido Logiovane) Were presented in CBGB together with Def Com Squad, Raza Deforme, Rimaoro and others. With only 17 years of age, MC Say and Andie became a promise of success for Argentinean success. After hard work, they became worthy of performing amongst the best bands of the year on December 29th, 2002. On that same date, Sudaca performed Aunque No Tengas Pa’ Fumar Lo que Sucedió, Sucede y Sucederá And, together with MC Say, Plan B MC Say was then working on his soloist material, mixing G-Funk Snoop/ West Side style. Part of it would be presented on January 9th, 2003 in Cemento. Jaque Mate At the moment, MC Say is preparing new songs with Andie. Their main goal is to edit both their joint and soloist material as soon as possible. At the same time, Sudaca works on his own material which he has been considering to edit for a while. And ever since some months ago, Say Productions is working on a compilation CD with songs by all of its members and various featurings from well-known MCs.

Group Members Say

Instruments Keyboard, Reason, Fruity Loops, Sound forge, N Track,...

Location Miami, Florida - USA

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