SMKA's DOPE GIVE AWAY ---> Contest!!!

So here is the deal...We get hit up a lot by ppl trying to get on VOl 2 and "Back in My Younger Days"... so we did the math, hooked up with DOPE Couture decided to do a contest...

THE BEST SONG gets on VOL 2 and wins a free hat and shirt from DOPE Couture.

DOPE COUTURE

BACK IN MY YOUNGER DAYS DOWNLOAD

HELPING OUT WITH PROMO and picking the song is CREATIVE LOAFING and Illroots.com

the contest ends on October 1st!!!!

Parker Smith - Amazing Guitar Solo w/ SMKA

Get to know Parker Smith... he plays guitar for SMKA a lot and is an amazing talent. You can catch him playing in Atlanta most weekdays or feeding the Whale Sharks at the Georgia Aquarium on Saturday.

www.myspace.com/psmithatl

spread the work...the dude can PLAY.

Bobby Ray - "Wonderland" (co-prod. SMKA)

B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray mixtape was released today and the first Bobby Ray and SMKA track is ft. on the mixtape...obviously on the Bobby Ray side.



7King on guitar

DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE MIXTAPE HERE

B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray (Mixtape) - "Wonderland" Co-Produced by SMKA

.............. 7King and the Eastsiders first co-produced track with Bobby Ray..."Wonderland"

Let us know what you think?

Download project HERE

The Red & Black - Producer showcases Atlanta music scene

Big ups to John Barrett, The Red & Black, UGA and the Rest of the World.

FROM THE ARTICLE
....Music producer and University alumnus Blake "808 Blake" German has a love for underground hip-hop, and he is dissatisfied with occupying the homogenous and well-trodden ground of present-day mainstream rap culture.

German graduated from the University as recently as 2007, but his production team, SMKA Productions, is quickly garnering a reputation within the Atlanta music community.

Alongside co-producer and engineer Kyle "7King" King and business manager Mike Walbert, German uses the project to shed light on some of the city's less recognized talent.

"These days, everyone is releasing music products like mixtapes all the time, so we wanted to showcase the underground scene in Atlanta," Walbert said.

"With his style, Blake bridges the gap between the hipster movement in Atlanta and a strong southern feel."

Elaborating on this unusual crossover appeal, German commented: "I was born and raised on UGK and OutKast, as well as the hard-driving southern bass that has been synonymous with the South and hip-hop. Then the next step is to mix those roots with different samples and influences - whatever sounds good to me."

But German acknowledged that King played an equally important role in the team's process.

"Mixing the soulful samples, taking a ragtime piano sample and being able to make something new from it ... It's the diversity of the music that we hear and the music that we put out," he said.

So far, the production trio's efforts to deliver a unique approach to the hip-hop scene have been met with a substantial amount of success.

This triumphs are embodied in the team's new compilation album, "The 808 Experiment," featuring collaborations from Atlanta hip-hop artists such as Supreeme, Gripplyaz and Jay West...

For the Whole Article Click Here

Creative Loafing Interview - "SMKA Productions’ The 808 Experiment: Vol. 1 reclaims Atlanta’s hip-hop identity"

Thanks to Rodney Carmichael and Creative Loafing....


"God bless the child that’s got his own.

From the outset of SMKA Productions‘ newly released compilation, The 808 Experiment Vol. 1, it’s clear that Atlanta has finally arrived.

Surely, you say, the hip-hop capital of the world is no newbie to rap’s all-encompassing map. And you’re right. But among Atlanta’s emerging rap underworld — filled with hipster-leaning hoppers, 2nd generation ATLiens, and otherwise unidentifiable but objectively fly MCs — that original, Dirty South sound had been all but bleached out and forsaken. Until now.

With The 808 Experiment, SMKA accomplishes the seemingly impossible: It bridges Atlanta’s slick, hipster-hop derivative with the indigenous, red clay swagger for which the A has always been known.

Beats simultaneously swim in bass-drunk, 808 kicks while dancing between melodic, pastel-colored keys. Even when SMKA dares to sample esoteric pop songs like Sting’s “Englishman in New York,” the resulting track ["Alien (When in Rome) feat. Jay West, Savage and Gilles] is certifiably stamped “ATL.”

Their secret weapon? SMKA producers Blake “808 Blake” German and Kyle “7King” King, along with in-house “hustler” Mike Walberg, are all Atlanta natives. Damn near unheard of in this day and age, right? Meanwhile, the compilation features plenty among the city’s rising crop of natives and transplants alike, including Gripplyaz, A. Leon Craft, and Young Trimm (”Caddy”), trio Supreeme (”I’m On Fire”), Wil May (”Sweet Confusion”), and o8o of T!Katz (”Fire in the Hole”). But some of the biggest surprises come from lesser known cats who turn in equally stellar performances, including Double R of Miami, Nuff Sed, J Beans, Dee Rail, Fat Tony, Niko Villamor, Jay West, Rome Fortune, J Young, Radcliff Hyphen, Crysis, Brandon Michael, Toussaint, Alexandria Lushington and Tom P of Decatur. El da Sensei of New Jersey-based Artifacts is also featured.

With only 48 hours since it’s release it’s impossible to say just yet, but here’s hoping The 808 Experiment represents a truly formative moment in what’s already proven to be a watershed year for Atlanta’s slightly off-the-radar hip-hop movement.

Needless to say, I had to talk to the guys behind SMKA to find out where the heck they’ve been hiding. Oh, and you’ll never guess what SMKA stands for?"

DOWNLOAD: The 808 Experiment Vol. 1

For the Full Interview....Click HERE

IllRoots.com Shows SMKA love!!!

Our new friends at illRoots.com show some big love to SMKA - The 808 Experiment: Vol 1... more info to come but here is a bit of the article.

"This project was put together by Atlanta native 808 Blake & Thing [Thing = 7King..Hahah] and it’s amazing. A must hear. You got it here first."

Thanks for the love folk... I'll halla.

To download the project click HERE

"Caddys" getting a make over

in case you have been a fan of "caddys" and we know a few people that are, continue to read...

Yelawolf is jumpin off the track and making way for Head Roc. Yela is off by his own will and is looking to record another track possibly for the Next 808 Experiment... stay tuned.

Head Roc is recording a verse this weekend and we should have that to you by Monday...?

Things are coming together.... for updates check up www.myspace.com/smkamusic (as always)