DUBBSACK MUSIC

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Location:
California, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Hip Hop / Rap
Label:
DUBBSACK RECORDS
Type:
Indie
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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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