CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt

About Me

I'm a simple cat. I love music - period. I used to think of myself as a hip hop cat, but as I grow, I've risen above restriction in my expressions, so I'm just a music cat. I used to try to differentiate between being a producer and an artist...but I learned that in a big way, my production is my art, so I'm both and neither. Just a music cat. I love anything soulful...anything progressive...anything fresh...anything that makes me feel. I love light...so I usually write about love & freedom....trust me....it never gets old. I've been blessed to be exposed to a lot of different types of music in my life, and I've gravitated to several different styles over the years. I stopped trying to figure it out and decided to just make the music, so bear with me as I explore these various grooves. I'm not worried. There is a higher purpose and it will be.

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Member Since: 4/15/2005
Band Website: rootworkrecords.com/crisis.htm
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Influences: Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Special Ed, Biz Markie, Tribe Called Quest, Outkast, Common, Talib Kweli, Pete Rock, Jay Dilla, James Poysner, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Gil Scot Heron, Twinkie Clark, Andre Crouch, Rick James, Ziyon, Kaidi Tathum, 4Hero, Miles, Coltrane, Monk, The Isley Brothers, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Willie Hutch, Madlib, Tommy Sims, Mark de Clive Lowe, Jeremy Ellis, The Dust Brothers, The Postal Service, Pat Methany, Lyle Mays, Stewart Mathewman, Andrew Hale, Sade, Nas, James Brown, Osunlade, Esthero, Will.i.am, Dwele, DJ Premiere, Jazzanova, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Bobby Caldwell, Lauryn Hill, Monk Higgins, Ronnie Laws, Allison Kraus, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Anton Pillow.....and my brother D.D.
Sounds Like: good music....you be the judge
Record Label: Rootwork/CRISIS Situations
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Obama...the hope and the dream of the slave

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past several months, you've no doubt witnessed the phenomenon that is Barack Obama. This relative newcomer to national politics has put together one of ...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:15:00 PST

Movin’ Down the Highway

Life is wild. The older I get and the more I look for some type of stability and consistency in my life, the more it says to me, "keep dreaming." There have been few constants in my life.&...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

Careful what you ask for...

Have you ever wanted something really bad...and then gotten it...and been bored? I'm not really one for misery...at least not any long drawn out version of it...but the current state of things i...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:12:00 PST

Times are a changin'

People, As many of you know, I am an advocate of the revolution and rennassaince in hip hop. As an artist and a producer, I make moves to try to provide a balance in a game that is oversaturated...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Thu, 31 May 2007 01:20:00 PST

Reunited (...and it feels so good!)

Yo...last night I had the oppurtunity of a lifetime. My partner in rhyme, Ziyon, moved to South Africa almost three years ago, ending a long time reign of the worlds greatest band, Audiofonix (A...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Mon, 21 May 2007 01:13:00 PST

Living the dream

So, I'm in the studio today with my brother cutting vocals for this gospel record that we're producing. I got up at like 9 this morning, got a cup of coffee on my way to my brother's house, and proce...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:29:00 PST

Creative frustrations...

For some reason, I can never seem to get my creative mind to stay on track. I make music for a living...which is the coolest thing ever...but it causes me to have to wear a lot of different hats...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:56:00 PST

Mourning the loss of a legend...

One of my favorite producers died Friday. Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla is the man behind a thousand dope songs, from Pharcyde to Tribe Called Quest to Slum Village to Common and so much more. In...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:25:00 PST

I'm just sayin...

People kill me. I mean, if you ever just slow down and pay attention to things people do and why they do them, it's really quite hillarious. And sad. It gets sad after a minu...
Posted by CRISIS is William Fredrick Holt on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST