Beat Assailant
Beat Assailant (born Adam Turner, Atlanta, 1977) is an American musical artist known for fusing hip-hop with jazz, funk, and other musical genres, which Celeste Rhoads of Allmusic writes "push the boundaries of hip-hop".[1] Rain or Shine, a song off his 2012 album B, is featured in a commercial for the 2013 Nissan Juke.[2]
Biography
Originally from Atlanta, Turner moved to Paris, where he recorded Hard Twelve, produced by Dany Wild ("Max"). Afterward he began experimenting with a big band format. He spent much of 2007 and 2008 on the road with a nine-piece band, with which he recorded Imperial Pressure. Discordance said the album was of great class, and mixed hip-hop, jazz, rock, and electronic music in an intelligent manner.[3] His third album, Rhyme Space Continuum, was praised for its "vocal acrobatics".[4]
Discography
Albums
- 2004: Hard Twelve (Twin Fizz Records / Wagram)[5]
- 2008: Imperial Pressure (Dirty Dozen Records/Notre P'tite Entreprise/Discograph)[6]
- 2009: Rhyme Space Continuum (Discograph)
- 2012: B (Discograph)
- 2014: City Never Sleeps
Singles
- 2004: "Hard Twelve - The Ante"
- 2004: "I Like Cash"
- 2008: "Better Than Us"
- 2009: "Spy Feat Ben l'Oncle Soul"
- 2012: "Rain or Shine"
- 2014: "Run"
- 2014: "Story O' my LF feat Shaka Ponk"
References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/beat-assailant-mn0000820377/biography
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Chs-p1diQ
- ^ Stv (12 February 2008). "Beat Assailant". Discordance (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Bouithy, Alain (22 July 2010). "Beat Assailant fait sensation à Casablanca". Star du Congo (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ^ Beat Assailant 'Hard Twelve' album - MusicRemedy
- ^ Beat Assailant en Février avec Imperial Pressure
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