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Ed Pryor
Background information
BornSeptember 1989
OriginWinchester, Tennessee, United States
Genres
Occupations
Instrument(s)sampler, synthesizer, piano, percussion
Years active2007-present
Websiteedpryor.com.

Ed Pryor (born September 7, 1989) is an American record producer[1] and music video director.[2] At an early age he experimented with a growing interest in music production and film - influenced by his father, whom had worked as a DJ. Raised in Winchester, Tennessee, Pryor graduated from Middle Tennessee State University before moving to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in the music industry.[3]

Career

Music videos

Pryor's work has been featured on television channels/programs such as Today with Hoda & Jenna, CMT, Fox Sports 1, CMT Music, GAC, and AXS TV.

In addition, his work has been featured in many publications. These include: Billboard (magazine),[4] People (magazine),[5] Rolling Stone,[6] Fox News,[7] Entertainment Weekly,[8] CMT (U.S. TV channel),[9] SIRIUS XM Radio,[10] WorldStarHipHop,[11] Affliction Clothing,[12] The Source Magazine,[13] The Tennessean,[14] Taste Of Country,[15] Nashville Scene,[16] DJ Booth,[17] 2dopeboyz,[18] and more.

Music production

Pryor's production is featured on many albums spanning several genres - rap album's such as Lil Wyte and JellyRoll's (2013) No Filter,[19] to Average Joes Entertainment's country compilation series (2014) Mud Digger 5,[20] to electronic inspired hip-hop on Chancellor Warhol's (2014) Paris is Burning and more. Many of these albums have appeared in the Billboard 200 and various other charts.[21]

Pryor is also frequent collaborator with the country rap duo Redneck Souljers and has produced both of their albums in entirety. The most recent, (2015) Firewater, debuted at No. 8 on Billboard's Heatseeker's Chart, #19 on Billboard's Rap Albums Chart, #37 on Billboard's Independent Chart, and #42 on Billboard's Top Country Albums Chart.[22]

Videos directed

Year Video Artist
2020 "Gone"[23] (co-directed with Wes Edwards) Dierks Bentley
"Just the Way"[24] Parmalee + Blanco Brown
"Numb" FU Stan
"Song About You" Sam Grow
"Politically Correct" Rittz
2019 "Twin Lakes"[25] Rittz
"Slow Ride" (ft. Mitchell Tenpenny)[26] Colt Ford
"We The People"[27] Colt Ford
"Drink About That"[28] Sam Grow
"Skylines"[29] Carter Winter
"King of the World"[30] (co-directed with Grant Claire) Montgomery Gentry
2018 "Enemy"[31] Muscadine Bloodline
"Girl from Mississippi" Muscadine Bloodline
"Get Down South"[32] Montgomery Gentry
"You Won't See Me Again"[33] Sister Hazel
"All Rise"[34] Yonas (hip hop artist)
2017 "Dynamite" (ft. Waterloo Revival)[35] Colt Ford
"Reload" (ft. Taylor Ray Holbrook)[7] Colt Ford
"Silent Night" Lizzie Sider
"Love Again"[36] Todd O'Neill
"I'd Die For You" Robert Stowell
"The Feel Good"[37] Rioville
"Back To You" (ft. Stevie Stone) Bingx
2016 "4 Lane Gone"[38] Colt Ford
"That Kind of Beautiful"[39] Sister Hazel
"Ain't Gonna Hurt You"[40] Redneck Souljers
"Day Away" Bingx
"Summertime Buzz" Brandon Holland
2015 "Firewater" Redneck Souljers
"Calm Before the Storm" Sarah Ross
"Whiskey Dreaming" Morgan Myles
"Backwoods Badass" Outlaw
2014 "City Life"[41] Justin Forrest
"I Don't Know"[11] Frayser Boy

References

  1. ^ "Ed Pryor | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  2. ^ "Ed Pryor | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  3. ^ "About". edpryor.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  4. ^ "Sister Hazel Delivers Hopeful Message About Addiction With 'You Won't See Me Again' Video: Premiere". Billboard. 2018-05-30. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ "Adam Craig's 'If You're Lucky' Video Shoot: Behind-the-Scenes Photos". people.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  6. ^ "Watch Sarah Ross's Rainy 'Calm Before the Storm' Video". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  7. ^ a b "Exclusive: Colt Ford debuts 'Reload' music video starring UFC's Rashad Evans". Fox News. 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  8. ^ "Watch Dierks Bentley transform into Dwight from 'The Office' in hilarious 'Gone' video". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  9. ^ "Video Premiere: Sister Hazel's "That Kind of Beautiful"". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  10. ^ "SiriusXM The Highway". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  11. ^ a b "FrayserBoy - I Don't Know [Phixieous Entertainment]". WorldStarHipHop. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  12. ^ "Colt Ford debuts 'Reload' with UFC's Rashad Evans". Affliction Clothing. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  13. ^ Wall-Doe (2013-08-15). "Source Exclusive: Lil Wyte and JellyRoll Speak On Their Latest Release 'No Filter' Juicy J And Much More". The Source. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  14. ^ "Mt. Juliet Road to close early Sunday for music video". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  15. ^ "The Lacs Hit the Road for 'Back to Georgia' Video". Taste of Country. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  16. ^ "Numbah 4,080: Chancellor Warhol's Paris Is Burning, Blksunchild's Hii on the Lows EP". Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  17. ^ "Rio - So You Say | Hip Hop Songs". DJBooth.net. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  18. ^ "Curren$y Performs Live In Tennessee (Video)". 2dopeboyz. 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
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  20. ^ "Mud Digger, Vol. 5 - Various Artists | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  21. ^ "Mud Digger, Vol. 5 - Various Artists | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  22. ^ "Redneck Souljers - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  23. ^ "Watch Dierks Bentley Transform Into Dwight Schrute, Fight Daenerys' Dragons & More in 'Gone' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  24. ^ "Parmalee & Blanco Brown See Beauty in "Just the Way"". CMT News. 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  25. ^ Rittz - Twin Lakes (Official Music Video), retrieved 2019-11-28
  26. ^ "Colt Ford Releases "Slow Ride" Music Video with Mitchell Tenpenny, New Album 'We The People' Drops September 20th". Music Mayhem Magazine. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  27. ^ "Colt Ford Releases Music Video for "We The People" and Writes Essay Calling for Unity". Music Mayhem Magazine. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  28. ^ "Sam Grow Sends a Message in "Drink About That"". CMT News. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  29. ^ "Carter Winter "Skylines"". CMT News. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  30. ^ "Exclusive: Eddie Montgomery releases 'King of the World' music video". Fox News. 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  31. ^ Freeman, Jon (2018-12-28). "See Muscadine Bloodline's Haunting 'Enemy' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  32. ^ Whitaker, Sterling (June 7, 2018). "Montgomery Gentry Show Us How to 'Get Down South' in New Video". Taste of Country. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  33. ^ "Sister Hazel Delivers Hopeful Message About Addiction With 'You Won't See Me Again' Video: Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  34. ^ Vandala (2018-04-26). "Indie Rapper, YONAS, Declares It's His Time on "All Rise"". Vandala Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  35. ^ "A country rapper turns on the sophisticated swagger in this surprising new music video". Country Music News, Artists, Songs, and Videos | Rare Country. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  36. ^ "Todd O'Neill Brings "Love Again" to Fans & Country Radio". Big Machine Label Group. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  37. ^ "Watch: "The Feel Good" by Rio Ville |". liquidloungeradio.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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  39. ^ Sister Hazel | That Kind of Beautiful | Music Video | CMT, retrieved 2016-11-06
  40. ^ "Redneck Souljers "Ain't Gonna Hurt You" | | Hick Hop Music". hickhopmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  41. ^ "[Video] Justin Forrest- City Life (dir. Ed Pryor) | 2 L's On A Cloud". www.2lsonacloud.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.