Just grinding, working hard on a few projects. I have been busy working on Universal records recording artist, Maino's album, Lil Kim's next album and her artist Money Cash Reeks, M.O.P., Frankie Krutchies, Push Montana, Cashmere, and Murder Mook just to name a few.

When did you start producing?

I started producing in 2000, but I've been playing the piano and live drums since I was seven. Just recently, two years ago, at the age of 23, I picked up the guitar. As far as producing goes, I've been playing instruments all my life and producing using machines and equipment since March 2000.

What equipment did you start with?

I started with the ASR Turbo. The drum machine I called the lil red magic box. I didn't only make beats with it, I even recorded sessions with it by sampling vocals and making songs with it, something nobody in their wildest dreams would have ever thought of doing, that's what made me and others call it the magic box.

What do you use now?

I'm currently using the mpc 2000xl, triton, motif and still to this day my good old faithful lil red magic box, the ASR turbo, which is still a good guy.

How do you feel when you listen to your first beats?

I still feel my beginning tracks are hot. I've come along way though. Since I played instruments it was just that I was putting too many sounds in the music. People use to say I left no room for the artist to rap, my beats sounded like a orchestra. I had to calm them down by not using as many sounds and not as many changes in the beat; Artists couldn't sing or rap to them.

How would you say you've progressed?

Just basically by toning my tracks down. It wasn't a thing of being wack or needed to get better, it was a situation I had to adapt to of simplifying. So as I kept making tracks I made them plainer. Also being a rapper my self I've just rap to the tracks and also now I give direction to my beats by doing hooks on them my self. That brings the artist into the world you are in when you make a track. Also they may wanna use the hook and that's more paper through publishing. (Laughs)

Are you happy with your sound now?

Yes I love my sound, but there's always room for versatility and making different, universal music, that's why I also make techno, rnb and gospel tracks.

You've done a lot of work with Maino. How did you hook up with him?

When Maino came outta jail, his aunt which is my brother's wife, told me that her nephew was finally home from a 10 year bid. She told me all about him that he was rapping and he sound good, she also told me he was looking for tracks and a studio to record out of. His mom also told me a lot about as well as my family which was his family in a crazy way. So we hooked up like that, clicked and he knew soon as he heard my tracks that I was the person he needed. As I played tracks, he had songs for them. As he started to recite songs he wrote locked up. I had beats that fit right with them, it was like magic; from there we blasted off into the street through mixtape and radio.

What is it like working with Maino?

Maino is a man of his word. When he say he's gonna do something or be somewhere, he will. He's always on time to the studio. He calls me and keeps me on point and focus, and he's also an intelligent dude. People say we are like dre and snoop but we are more than producer and artist, we like brothers. Its different from working with anybody else. Maino creates off reality and emotion. He doesn't sit and make up stuff that sounds good. He talks about real things that happened and puts that together. He puts it together in his head as he hears the track. He does what the track say do. It sounds crazy right. (Laughs) He just vibes and goes off the beats I make. We been doing that method since he came home and it worked, now we are at universal records.

What was it about Maino that made you wanna work with him?

I just believed in him as a person. We could have been robbing a bank. I would believe we would be able to do it, get out of there and be good afterwards. Also Maino is a good dude, he has my back in any situation, him, 380 and Dike-O, whether I needed bread or had a problem in the streets. In regards to artist wise; Maino had the talent, the look, the character, and the drive of a superstar. He is the total package. Many dudes out there can rap but don't have the look or got the look and can't rap or even some would have both and lack personality.

What about MOP that must have been dope working with them?

I started working with them through my man who do tracks for them by the name of uni of 4 corners production, that's the squad .. (Laughs). I was giving beats to uni and they was doing it. But I really started working with them after Maino did a song called "BK Niggas" with them which I produced. I also did a track called "Pain" featuring my artist Luther who sang on the hook. That was fire. Also more joints that's about to drop after they situate their rocafella G unite business.

How's MOP in the studio?

They are fucking crazy especially Fame.... When I first really met the nigga we had a lil beef.... I wasn't feeling him cause he was in the booth making up his rap from scratch and I had to keep punching him in and I never recorded like that before. This nigga try to scream on me ... (laughs) like I was a bitch ass nigga or something ... so we go into it a lil bit in the middle of me recording Bk Niggas with Maino. Maino and 380 had to calm down the situation. But afterwards he apologized and now we tighter than ever. We're working on a lot of material. MOP is fire and they next album gonna be the best yet. Damn sure gonna be they first platinum album....

You've done work with Cashmere too, what made you wanna work with him?

Actually that was also through Maino, he was cool with his manager by the name of hood from Manhood Entertainment who also managers Razor who is signed to Virgin Records. They did a track called Brooklyn that was hot and getting a lot of burn on the air and mixtapes. So I did two singles called "Spit It Out & They Aint Ready" for Cashmere that flex, Dj Enuff, Kay Slay and other Djs was blasting off on the radio. Cashmere is a good humble dude. That's my nigga, hot Rapper. Look for more from me and him coming up in the future.

What else is he doing now?

His label Manhood who is currently under Virgin; they are concentrating on Razor, the R&B artist that did the song Feels Good, he up first, album coming soon. Cashmere still banging out freestyles, keeping his buzz going and recording songs for his album also which is coming soon.

Who else are you workin with?

I'm also working with Lil Kim. I did two joints for her new album which is coming soon. Also working with her artist Reeks who is working on his album. Also working with the Krutch King (Frankie Krutches) the dude from the Cam'ron "Hey Ma" video. He got some crack. We will be performing all this summer at the Funk master Flex car shows all over. Also I will be performing with him for the 16 bar competition at the ball room in New York City which will also be aired on Showtime television. Check out www.frankiekrutches.com and www.16bar.tv.com for info. I also did some joints for blok gangs own News, one joint called " Until" which was on numerous mixtapes, radio and satellite radio. Been working with Ike dirty, my nigga who's still on the grind.. Also my Dude The Big Show from the pharmacy, look out for his album which is that pink crack Called "Love & Hate". Yawl better cop that ... That's what the game needs. Also still working with up and coming groups and artist such as my own Knight Fam, Pharmacy, a young hot artist by the name of Push Montanna who is the Future for the game; he got some crack. He just put out a mixtape called the "The Take Over" which was Produced by me G.Q. Beats. (laughs) also Hate Honor and Heart Entertainment. Etc. I'm also working hard in the studio with djs putting their mixtapes together such as hot djs like sickamore, dj watts and three kings. I even put some of my tracks on DVD's, I got some of my joints on All Access DVD. I'm the producer, engineer extraordinaire.

Where do you want to be in the game a year from now?

I want to be well known and established firmly in the industry. I want to have a production deal with a major label that will give me a multi-million dollar budget to put out artist, promoting them properly through music videos and radio air play.

How can Heads cop beats off you?

GQBEATS@TMAIL.COM or Get at my Management Team. MGMT Inc. 347-413-6521 or email at gqbeats@mgmtinc.net

By Brian Kayser