A-Trak

...many cooks in her kitchen-well, that naturally depends on whom you ask. "Originally," explains DJ and Dream Date/Ultraviolet producer A-Trak, "we were only going to change a few little bits." But those minor tweaks, he explains, eventually...

In this article: Kid Sister, Pro Nails, Rihanna, Fantasy, Disturbia, Bath & Body Works, and Mariah Carey

Production-wise, Ultraviolet is a dance album, not a rap album. The beats, from folks like XXXchange, Sinden, and boyfriend/label boss A-Trak, blow by at frantic but assured clips, picking up and then discarding little melodic ideas as they...

In this article: Kid Sister, So Stylistic, Spank Rock, Pro Nails, Chicago, Euro-dance, Gant-Man, DJ Sammy, and Kanye West

Ultraviolet does well by its inspiration in the beats department, thanks to hard-hitting production by collaborators like A-Trak, Sinden, and Gant-Man, the latter of whom also guests on the album's standout ode to juke-house, "Switch...

In this article: Kid Sister, Chicago house, Pro Nails, Gant-Man, and Kanye West

...deck, like the Beastie Boys used to do. Just a drum machine, ghetto blaster and a microphone," he blogged. West's touring DJ, A-Trak, talked about West's music plans as well. "Kanye's taking a bit of time away from the limelight. But he...

In this article: Kanye West, Daily Star, Kid Cudi, Video Music Awards, Beastie Boys, and Muhammad Ali

...here. Obviously, no reason 2 believe this is for sure happening until there's somethin' a little more concrete but given the sources - A-Trak & Mr. Hudson - we know that there's some substance behind this. I think it's important 2...

In this article: Kanye West, Muhammad Ali, R&B, Producer, Cool & Dre, Freeway, College Dropout, and Late Registration

...a glittering, repetitive rap cut that gained clubland ubiquity and of which I tired after a brief infatuation. Now she's got A-Trak, Spank Rock's XXXchange, Sinden, Yuksek, DJ Gant-Man, and other solid beatmakers on production for her...

In this article: Joey Arias, Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, Arias with a Twist, Spank Rock, Pro Nails, and Cirque du Soleil

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "Heads Will Roll" (A-Trak Remix) MP3 Feels strange to think of a time when Karen O's slightly nasal snarl was anything but ubiquitous considering she's now got her hands in a million different projects at any given moment.

In this article: Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Karen O

...and D.I.T.C., the Roc Raida tribute will included a reunion of the DJ collective The Allies as well as performances from Craze and A-Trak, Z-trip, DJ Scratch, Roli Rho and I Dee. Doors open at 10:30 p.m. for the event, which will kick off...

In this article: Roc Raida, X-ecutioners, D.I.T.C., Busta Rhymes, New York City, Grandmaster Caz, and Large Professor

Over the years they have seen Chad Jackson, Cash Money, A-Trak and Scratch Perverts vie for the prize of world champion DJ, and now DMC are celebrating the 25th year of their annual competition. From USA's 1986 winner DJ Cheese, who brought...

In this article: DJ Q-bert, Q-Bert, DJ Yoda, Scratch Perverts, Kanye West, London, and UK

Tonight Tonight in Music: A-Trak, the Weakerthans, Snoop Dogg Posted by Chris Govella on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 9:00 AM "It's not just about finding a new sound, but finding the right process to change a sound," insists Matt Shoemaker,...

In this article: Snoop Dogg, Weakerthans, Death Cab for Cutie, World Wide Web, Oakland, and Banana