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Oddz N EndzWords by Jee’Van BrownPhoto by GrazMagicPhoto.comYou can find the production duo Jay Houstonand Philip Nino (above, l-r), otherwise knownas Oddz N Endz, in the studio any time of day.Whether Nino is doing his thing at the radiostation, or both producers are making hits forartists like Slim of 112, this team is making suretheir work is heard.How is everything going?Nino: Everything is going good. “So Fly” is #7 onthe Billboard Top R&B and Hip Hop chart. We’restarting to get a lot of looks and producing forsome artists, but nothing we really want to talkabout until the record comes out.How did you guys hook up with Slim?Nino: I’m a radio personality at 102 Jamz andmy friend Ricky introduced me to Slim. We justhooked up and made a hit.When you’re are in the studio producing,what is the process you go through?Nino: Jay Houston does the majority of theprogramming, and I may come in and touch upwith a concept or he comes with a concept.How often do you create the beat right therein front of the artist?Nino: We prefer to do it like that. Some peopleare hands on and so are we. When an artist is inthe studio, I feed off the energy from the artistbeing there. We’re producers, not beatmakers.It’s more than just sending beats through email.Besides music, what else do you two do?Nino: Besides producing and radio, we alsohave a company called Write Brothers, wherewe do a lot of writing for our tracks. We helpedwrite “So Fly.” We also have new tracks withMack Maine and Juelz Santana.Do you have any artists you’re working withand trying to develop?Nino: Yeah, we have a phenomenal singer bythe name of Evan Clap who we’re messing with.We’re messing with Young Jones, he’s pretty hot.Joe Boom, he’s really good and Magnolia Chop– you don’t even understand, he’s a beast. Weare developing our own empire called AnothaOne Records. But as of right now, we don’t haveartists we’re trying to push out, we’re still inour experimental stages. Evan Clap and YoungJones are from Orlando. Magnolia Chop is fromthe N.O. and Joe Boom is from South Florida.What kind of production equipment andsoftware do you use?Nino: We don’t use an MPC. It’s actually all relativeto what you’re comfortable with. Some peopleget it in on Reason, some get it in on FruityLoops, and others use Pro Tools, but whateveryou use, use it the best. We don’t have anythingparticular we use to make hits. If it sounds goodand we like it, we’re going to use it.Would you say you have a signature sound?Nino: Not really, we try to make all of our stuffsound different. The only way you will know ifit’s our track is is if you hear our tag line in thebeginning. If we wrote the song you’re goingto hear a plane sound, like on the Slim and B.G.song.Do you plan to stay in Orlando?Nino: Oh yeah, we here. I’ve been on the radiofor the past four years so we riding out here.OZONE MAG //
Words by Ms. RivercityPHOTO BY MALIK ABDULRecognized as the CEO behind the label 2 Dog Records, 1Leerecently found a new niche as an artist. After fundingseveral projects for his artists Big Koon and Hollywood,now known as Certified, along with the solo artist Willo DaDon, 1Lee landed his own hit record with Plies titled “Actin’Like.” As the direction of his company changes, 1Lee hopes hecan open even more doors for his own artists.10 // // OZONE MAG
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