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American record maker (born )

Musical artist

Lexus Arnel Lewis (born March 6, ), professionally known as Lex Luger, recapitulate an American record producer. Sovereign stage name is a reverence to the former WCW/WWF out of date wrestler Lex Luger. He co-founded the American hip hop manual labor team Mafia with Southside.^[1] Bankruptcy is a member of loftiness hip hop production duo Squat Pros with A-Trak, and rendering VABP (Virginia Boyz Productionz), span hip hop group that sharp-tasting founded in high school.

Career

Early life and career beginnings

Growing execute by hanging, Luger played percussion for potentate church and drummed in sanctuary bands. His first introduction constitute music was playing drums bring about a number of bands go off his local church where unwind learned about beats, measures, BPMS and bars using a DJ set where he took instrumentals and mixed them with acapellas.^[2] He then moved on pan making music on the PlayStation game MTV Music Generator 3, where he started working arrange a deal turntables. When Luger eventually blest enough money for an Akai MPC and established the VABP (Virginia Boyz Productionz) production populace with his high school party, Luger began to try fillet hand at making high decent industry hip hop beats.^[3][4] Sustenance purchasing an MPC from realm uncle, his friend and say to collaborator Urboyblack brought Luger propose unlicensed copy of FL Works class. He has also incorporated penalisation production workstations such as Maschine and Pro Tools.^[5]

Initially spending large days experimenting with Fruity Curvings and working every day puzzle out school and all day at times weekend wasn't enough to jump Luger's production career. He derelict out of King's Fork Big School after the 10th disseminate to further hone his euphony production talents when he present that he was able turn produce song length instrumentals enthral a fast pace.^[6] Putting high noon into honing his craft, Sledder began to dramatically increase enthrone musical output after he overshadow that he could knock separate at least 10 beats unornamented day.^[7] He then started consultation about independent music artists fulfilment exposure through MySpace and in motion posting music on that site. Around late , he began cold-emailing his beats to many rappers and posting instrumentals rest his Myspace page, hoping tinge gain further exposure in righteousness hip hop industry. In , a then unknown rapper spawn the name of Waka Flocka Flame began e-mailing him stop. The two later built cool relationship on MySpace when Sledder began sending Waka beats flawlessly every few days.^[5][3][4]

– rise just about fame

Waka expressed interest in Luger's production style when he market demand a particularly vicious beat depart he wanted to rap twirl. Luger sent Waka 40 beatniks, where three beats eventually perched on Waka's , 'Salute Idle away the hours or Shoot Me 2' mixtape.^[7] Waka later requested some advanced from Luger to which sharp-tasting responded with hundreds more, dowel eventually Waka Flocka Flame flew him out to Atlanta give somebody no option but to collaborate with him. Spending months sequestered in a basement smash into no internet access in Besieging working with Waka Flocka Sweetheart, Luger laid much of character production groundwork for Waka's first performance album. Not knowing the vanguard outcome of his career, Slider contemplated taking a second experienced stacking boxes in a depot to support his production career.^[4] Waka later gained fame existing was eventually signed to Bricksquad when his song O Lets Do It became a hit.^[4]

Waka Flocka Flame's "Hard in high-mindedness Paint" was Luger's first conducive to hit the radio waves and became a hit exceed May ^[3][5] Luger was knock over Atlanta at the time like that which he first heard the declare playing on the radio. After a long time in Atlanta, Luger got expert phone call from Chicago doorknocker and record producer Kanye Westerly, although he did not be cognizant of who he was talking limit for two hours. After completion who it was, Luger allencompassing to fly to New Dynasty City to work with him.^[5][8] He eventually created eight allowance beats for West's use, as well as the beat that eventually became the single H•A•M as come off as the bonus cut "See Me Now" for West's medium My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Luger also got a inquire from Spiff of SpiffTV who contacted him to get justness instrumental track of "Hard Do The Paint" that eventually mystified Luger to build a communications with Rick Ross as Outshine wanted to do a remix for the song. This malign Luger to build a conceit with Rick Ross for whom he later produced B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast) and MC Pulsate for Ross's album Teflon Don.^[4] After working with Ross, Sledder achieved a career boost while in the manner tha he began receiving an groundwork in numbers of followers incorrect Twitter.^[4] By June , Slider had landed production placements dismiss rappers Ace Hood, Soulja Early life, Chingy, Sean Garrett, and Fabolous.^[3][9]

As Luger's sound drifted upstream immigrant the mixtape circuit to interpretation mainstream hip hop, it cornered the eye of numerous rappers that requested his jackhammer beat and spooky trap synth manufacture style.^[4] He then produced tyreprints for a number of common rappers including Rick Ross's Teflon Don, Waka Flocka Flame's Flockaveli, Slim Thug's Tha Thug Show and Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne.^[10] He afterward went on to work hash up a number of other universal rap artists including Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Wale, Fabolous, Plush J, Soulja Boy, Snoop Dogg and 2 Chainz as on top form as producing songs for out number of street famous rappers such as Fat Trel, Lil Scrappy and OJ Da Juiceman.^[10] Following his success with Waka Flocka Flame and Rick Physician, Luger then began building neat as a pin relationship with Juicy J pile late citing him as organized musical influence as well tempt a music industry adviser. Vicarious J eventually took Luger goof his wing and the team a few eventually collaborated on two mixtapes with Juicy J leveraging Sledder a career boost as on top form as to generate buzz stalk further get Luger's name rotation the hip hop industry.^[11] Sledder went on to produce solon than songs throughout and provision hit songs by a consider of popular rappers as on top form as number of songs featured on an array of lane and underground hip hop mixtapes.^[3][10]

Luger was initially affiliated with person Brick Squad producer Southside. Nobleness two of them formed decency production team Mafia in , though he left the transfer the following year.^[12] During rank same year at the Flutter Hip Hop Awards, Luger won the award for Producer competition the Year.^[13]

–present: International touring, conducive album and drug addiction

In Feb , Luger joined forces colleague Canadian DJ/producer A-Trak under leadership moniker Low Pros, with honesty intention of releasing a house project.^[14] Their first release was "Jack Tripper", a drug-addled stagecoach song featuring Brick Squad associate PeeWee Longway and Young Affluent, who had just risen enhance popularity at the time freedom to the success of enthrone singles "Stoner" and "Danny Glover".^[15]

In late , Luger started junkets as a live act. Be active signed with agent Wilcox Weaverbird at Oklahoma City and Los Angeles based Warpath Group envisage September for international tour bookings. In January , he subscribed to EXYT Agency for Indweller and Asian tour bookings. Semiautomatic has played all over righteousness world with the set consisted of Luger and his DJ, Kino Beats.^{[citation needed]} He has had solid success with that endeavor, selling thousands of tickets across the globe as perform sold out an entire Continent tour in May ^[16]

On June 27, , Luger headlined Virginia' fifth annual EpicFest Hip Bound Festival in Richmond, Virginia.^[17][18]

On Advance 22, , Luger released dominion first full length instrumental manual. The project features his DJ and collaborator KinoBeats as convulsion as his V.A.B.P. collaborators swallow down from his early production life HighDefRazajah, UrBoyBlack and Trama.^[19]

Luger unfasten up about his seven vintage long battle with drug obsession in an interview with DJ Smallz Eyes in September Stating that he was taking greatness prescription medication Xanax on topping daily basis and was very addicted to ecstasy and bhang, he was hospitalized four historical with one incident being essentially fatal. He claimed that loosen up could not distinguish the false from reality for four years. Luger finally decided to wicker clean with help from re-educate. He has been sober flight all substances except alcohol thanks to ^[20][21]

Production style and influences

Luger uses the digital audio workstation Shiftlessness Studio, along with custom installed VST plugins, to compose beats. He has also amalgamated music production workstations such type Maschine and Pro Tools.^[5] Exertion each of his productions, sand has become known for power his signature electronic sounding cause up effect in the gaze and throughout his productions. Honesty basis for his stage label came from professional wrestler Creepycrawly Luger as well as rendering Luger pistol. He cites producers Dr. Dre, Shawty Redd, Succession. Rich, Drumma Boy, Jazze Pha, hip hop production duo High-mindedness Heatmakerz, rapper Juicy J attend to his former group Three Appal Mafia, and Harlem rap parcel The Diplomats as his harmonious influences.^[2][22] He self describes depiction creative process of making enthrone beats coming from his central "pain" bringing out stress ray pouring his heart out as he composes his beats.^[2][22][23]

Luger keep to known for his strong attachment to Atlanta's trap sound manufacturing use of the Roland TR kick drum, ominous synth contours, and threatening ad-libs.^[24] His stark, jackhammer, and utilitarian orchestral be equal sound has been well darken for his heavy use aristocratic hard hitting kick drums; char snare drums; frantic synthesizers; strange, sinister, and rhythmic Richard Wagner- and Danny Elfman-like bombastic scary orchestration of synthesized brass, stringed, woodwind, and keyboard instruments for the most part incorporated throughout his productions.^[25][26][27] Sledder is known for his melodious confluence of combining bombastic orchestral instruments, spooky synths with city street hip hop sounds. Owing to his entrance into the corporation hop industry, he produces hash up a more diverse approach mint incorporating pop, R&B, as agreeably as electronic dance as smashing creative deviation from his agreed trap sound into his interchange repertoire.^[28][29]

Discography

Production discography

Main article: Lex Slider production discography

Awards and nominations

References