DUBBSACK MUSIC
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BORN JULY 30 1979 AT HAYWARDS KAISER HOSPITAL AND RAISED IN THE BAY AREA UNTIL MOVING TO
TRACY CA. AT A YOUNG AGE. AS A KID FREEZE WAS ALWAYS FREESTYLING AND WRITING RHYMES. THEN AROUND
7TH OR 8TH GRADE FREEZE ALONG WITH ANOTHER FRIEND STARTED LOOPING THE BEATS AT THE BEGINNING
AND END OF THERE FAVORITE SONGS SUCH AS TOO SHORT, SPICE 1, AND THE GHETTO BOYS. THEY WOULD RECORD
OVER THE LOOPS USING A KARAOKE MACHINE AND A CHEAP MICROPHONE. AROUND THIS TIME FREEZE APPROACHED
ONE OF HIS FRIENDS TO DRAW AND DESIGN THE COVER ART FOR THE TAPE THAT HE WAS PUTTING TOGETHER,
NOT KNOWING THAT YEARS LATER THIS SAME PERSON WOULD BE THE ONE THAT HE WOULD MAKE MUSIC WITH.
ALL THROUGH OUT HIGH SCHOOL FREEZE WAS KNOWN BY EVERYONE AS "THAT GUY THAT COULD FREESTYLE LIKE
CRAZY". NO MATTER WHERE YOU WENT YOU WOULD SEE HIM RHYMING IN A CIRCLE OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT
BE IN THE LUNCH ROOM OR AT A PARTY ON THE WEEKENDS FREEZE WAS THERE EATING PEOPLE UP. TOWARDS
THE LATER PART OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL YEARS FREEZE AND HIS LONGTIME FRIEND DESIFER WOULD OCCASSIONALY
ATTEND DIFFERENT HOME STUDIOS THAT OTHER FRIENDS WOULD HOOK UP FOR THEM ON THE WEEKENDS. NOT
GETTING MUCH ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE OF THE UNCONSISTANCY OF THE DIFFERENT STUDIOS, AND NOT REALLY
SATISFIED WITH THE BEATS THEY WERE RECEIVING THEY BEGAN LOOKING FOR A MORE CONSISTANT AND PERMANENT
PLACE TO RECORD. AROUND THIS TIME AN OLDER HOMIE WHO WAS ALSO A DJ KNEW SOMEONE THAT HE WAS IN A
RECORD POOL WITH THAT OWNED A NICE HOME STUDIO AND WAS LOOKING FOR UP AND COMING ARTISTS. SO
DJTQ INTRODUCED THE 2 PARTIES AND FREEZE AND DESIFER JUMPED IN WITH BOTH FEET SOAKING UP ALL THE
INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE THAT THEY COULD. THE STUDIO OWNER MARTY SMITH BEGAN SHOWING THEM WHAT
WOULD BE EXPECTED OF THEM IN A RECORDING SITUATION. ALTHOUGH THE EXPERIENCE WAS GREAT FREEZE AND
DESIFER STILL WERENT GETTING THE SOUND THAT THEY WANTED. AROUND THIS TIME FREEZE AND DESIFER
LINKED UP WITH THERE HOMIE J-SMOOV WHO IS A VERY TALENTED VOCALIST AND PRODUCER. SMOOV TOLD THEM
THAT HE HAD A HOMIE WITH A 4 TRACK TAPE RECORDER AND A DRUM BOX AND WAS ALWAYS DOWN TO MAKE MUSIC.
SO THE 4 OF THEM GOT TOGETHER AT FREEZE'S HOUSE AND STARTED KNOCKING OUT TRACKS. IT WASNT THE
BEST RECORDING BUT TO THEM IT WAS PLATINUM BECAUSE THEY WERE FINALLY GETTING TO MAKE MUSIC
THAT WAS THERE STYLE. THEY PUT TOGETHER A FEW SONGS ON A TAPE AND BEGAN PLAYING IT FOR EVERYONE
THEY KNEW. THEY BEGAN GETTING ALOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON THE SONGS THAT THEY HAD RECORDED SO
THEY DECIDED ALONG WITH A FEW OF THERE CLOSE FRIENDS TO INVEST THERE MONEY INTO PUTTING TOGETHER
A MUSIC STUDIO AND CREATING A RECORD LABEL. AFTER SENDING DESIFER TO RECORDING SCHOOL IN 2001
THE 2 HIT THE STUDIO HARD RECORDING THE LABELS FIRST ALBUM A COMPILATION CALLED "HOOKED ON
CHRONIC VOL.1 ILL-LITERATE". WITH THE RELEASE OF THE CD THEY BEGAN BUILDING THERE FANBASE
DOING SHOWS ANYWHERE THAT THEY COULD GRAB A MIC. AFTER RELEASING NUMEROUS MIXTAPES AND SELLING
THEM ON THE STREET FREEZE BEGAN WORKING ON HIS FIRST SOLO MASTERPIECE "ICEOLATION" A COLLECTION
OF MUSIC THAT TOLD THE STORY OF A YOUNG EMCEE COMING UP IN THE GAME AND THE EVERYDAY STRUGGLES
THAT HE FACED. ALTHOUGH VERY UNDERGROUND AND AHEAD OF ITS TIME THE ALBUM PRODUCED A FEW CLASSIC
SONGS. SUCH AS "HUSTLIN MY LIFE AWAY" FEAT. J-SMOOV AND "RAISED IN CA." FEAT. J-SMOOV AND DESIFER.
CAPITALIZING ON THE FACT THAT FREEZE LIVED IN THE BAY AND DESIFER LIVED IN THE VALLEY THEY BOTH
STARTED SATURATING THERE AREAS WITH THERE MUSIC EXPANDING THERE ALREADY VAST FANBASE. HUSTLING
TO PERFORM AT ANY SHOWS THAT THEY COULD BEGAN TO PAYOFF, THEY BEGAN TO BE OFFERED BIGGER SHOWS
WITH BIGGER HEADLINERS. TO DATE FREEZE HAS PERFORMED WITH DAVID BANNER, YUNG JOC, E-40, AND A
LIST OF OTHER MAJOR ACTS IN HIP HOP. HE HAS ALSO COLLABORATED WITH BAY AREA LEGENDS RBL POSSE
ON HIS SOLO ALBUM AND THE PRINCE OF THE BAY MISTAH F.A.B. ON A HOT TRACK ON THE GROUPS UPCOMING
RELEASE "BETTER LATE THAN NEVER" WHICH IS BEING DISTRIBUTED BY KOCH RECORDS. WITH REMARKABLE
SKILL AND AN UNDYING LOVE FOR THE MUSIC FREEZE WILL NO DOUBT BE A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE HIP HOP
GAME, AND IS AN ARTIST TO KEEP AN EYE ON IN THE FUTURE!
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