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D-Russ A.K.A. Pot Belli Beatz

IT'S A POT BELLI BEAT! SHUT UP, AND LISTEN!

About Me

POT BELLI, A.K.A., D-RUSS STARTED OUT IN THE CHOIR IN GONZALES, TEXAS AS A CHILD! HIS MOTHER JOSEPHINE RUSSELL PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLL IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AS A MUSICIAN. HIS FATHER, TOMMY RUSSELL WAS BLESSED WITH A GIFT OF PLAYING MUSIC BY EAR, WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING AT ALL. THIS GIFT WAS PASSED DOWN TO HIM. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL, POT BELLI ATTENDED COLLEGE IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS. MID WAY THROUGH SCHOOL HE OPTED OUT FOR THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, BEING ATTATCHED TO THE ELITE GREEN BERET/SPECIAL FORCES UNIT. AFTER COMPLETING HIS OBLIGATION TO UNCLE SAM, HE DECIDED TO ATTEND THE ART INSTITUTE OF HOUSTON, TEXAS WHERE HE WOULD STUDY VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS. HIS GOAL WAS ALWAYS A CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. WHILE IN HOUSTON, HE MADE A FEW KEY CONTACTS. HOUSTON WASN'T HIS SPEED SO HE WOULD MAKE A PIVITOL MOVE TO AUSTIN, TEXAS THAT WOULD CHANGE HIS DIRECTION FOREVER! ONCE IN AUSTIN, HE MET HIS MENTOR CASSIUS CLAYMOE, AND PRODUCER BORNE PHAT! CLAYMOE WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING HIS MUSICAL DIRECTION. WHILE DOING SHOWS AROUND AUSTIN, AND CRAFTING HIS SKILLS IN THE STUDIO WITH CLAYMOE AND PHAT HE WOULD RUN INTO OTHER KEY PEOPLE. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PEOPLE TO WORK WITH POT BELLI RAN INTO COURTNEY, A LOCAL INDY RECORD LABEL OWNER. THEY CLICKED RIGHT AWAY AND GOT TO WORK ON MUSIC. POT BELLI VENTURED OUT TO FIND MUSIC FOR HIS UP COMING PROJECT. WHILE DOING SO, HE RAN INTO 8-TRACK, ANOTHER UP AND COMING PRODUCER HERE IN AUSTIN! 8-TRACK HAS A GROUP HE WAS WORKING WITH, THEY WAS ALRIGHT, BUT THOSE BEATS WAS KNOCKING YOU SEE, AND HE HAD TO GET HIS HANDS ON THEM. IT WORKED OUT, BUT LITTLE DID 8-TRACK KNOW, POT BELLI HAD OTHER THINGS IN MIND, NAMELY MAKING HIS OWN MARK AS A PRODUCER! POT BELLI SPLIT WAYS WITH COURTNEY AND UNITED FRONT RECORDS CAUSE, WELL...THEY WAS FRONTING, BUT THEY DID TEACH HIM A LOT SO RESPECT DUE! J-HUNT WAS A D.J., AT THE HISTORICAL 88.7 RADIO STATION IN AUSTIN. POT BELLI AND HUNT BECAME A TWO MAN TEAM, HUNT DID THE BLENDING, POT BELLI DID THE SCRATCHING. ONE NIGHT WHILE DIGGING, (LOOKING THROUGH RECORDS) AT HUNT'S PLACE, POT BELLI HEARD A BEAT COMING FROM THE BEDROOM. IT TURNED OUT TO BE SYCAMORE, A.K.A., SHANKA. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT. POT BELLI STOPPED D.J.ing, CONENTRATED ON THE RAPS AND THE MUSIC. WITH THE RAPS, HE FROMED A GROUP WITH CHILD HOOD FRIEND, MEL-GRAPH, CALLED SOUTHERN INFLUENCE. THE PRODUCTION FOR S.I., WAS FOR THE MOST PART HANDLED BY 8-TRACK, WITH POT BELLI COMING UP WITH BEATZ AS WELL. SO SOUTHERN INFLUENCE HOOKED UP WITH SYCAMORE AND MIKE BOOGIE WHO AT THAT TIME WAS KNOWN AS "HARD COPY", THEY FORMED THE SUPER GROUP, "ONE BODY", ONE BODY EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO THREE BODIES, SYCAMORE, MIKE BOOGIE, AND D-RUSS, A.K.A. POT BELLI! THREE BOIES EVENTUALLY TURNED INTO TWO BODIES, SYCAMORE AND D-RUSS, WHO TURNED INTO SHANKA D-RUSS. SHANKA A.K.A., SYCAMORE ALSO DID SOME PRODUCING! SHANKA DID TEACH POT BELLI A GREAT DEAL ABOUT ARRANGING MUSIC AND MELODIES AND SO FORTH, AND IN THE END, GAVE BIRTH TO POT BELLI BEATZ! THERE IT IS IN A NUT SHELL! DEVELOPING HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE IN MAKING WHAT HE CALLS "SCORES"! MUSIC YOU CAN FEEL, RELYING ..S AND STRINGS. QUICKLY DEVELOPING A REPUTATION FOR CROWD MOVING, THOUGHT PROVOKING MUSIC, POT BELLING IS ETCHING OUT HIS OWN PIECE OF HIP-HOP HISTORY. HE BELIEVES MUSIC IS SUPPOSE TO SAY SOMETHING AND CHANGE LIVES AND THAT'S WHAT HE IS SETTING OUT TO DO! BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE WHIRLWIND THAT IS ABOUT TO HIT!!!! WHAT'S THAT SOUND YOU ASK? IT'S A POT BELLI BEAT! SHUT UP, AND LISTEN!!! body{scrollbar-arrow-color:999900;scrollbar-Track-Color:0000 00;scrollbar-Highlight-Color:999900;scrollbar-base-color:999 900;scrollbar-Face-Color:000000;scrollbar-Shadow-Color:99990 0;scrollbar-DarkShadow-Color:999900
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/25/2007
Band Website: COMING SOON!!!
Band Members: THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST!
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Influences: JESUS, CASSIUS CLAYMOE, BORNE PHAT, J-HUNT, MEL-GRAPH A.K.A. STARSKI, 8-TRACK, SHANKA, SMACKOLA, D.J.CRASH, MR. BLAKES, OVERLORD, D.J. CASSANOVA, D.J. THRILLER, DANK, 3-D, DINKY-D, EAST-35, BASSWOOD LANE, CARNIVAL BEATS, SALIH WILLIAMS, MC FATAL, TEE-DOUBLE, THE D.O.C., DR. ROC (K104, DALLAS) THE D.O.C., MIKE DEAN, GHETTO BOYS, PIMP C AND BUN B, WINE O, SLIM THUG, POINT BLANK, D.J. SCREW, MICHAEL 5000 WATTS, DR. DRE, TIMALAND, HIT MAN, D.J. SCRATCH, ERIC SEARMON, STAR-TRACKS (CHAD HUGO, PHARELL), SCOTT STORCH, THE LEGIONARY TRAXTER, JERMAIN DUPREE, RUBBERROOM (OUT OF CHICAGO), RICO WADE (THE DUNGEON FAMILY), HI-TEK, D.J. QUICK, D.J. Q-BERT, SHORT-CUT, MIX MASTER MIKE, D.J. DISK, D.J. APOLLO, GRAND MASTER ROC RAIDA, ROB SWIFT, MISTER SINISTER, TOTAL ECLIPSE, BABU, MELO-D, RHETTMATIC, D.J. SPINBAD, D.J. REVOLUTION, D.J. PREMO (GANGSTARR)

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Sounds Like: AN ANGEL IS SITTING ON HIS SHOULDERS!
Record Label: POT BELLI BEATZ ENT.
Type of Label: Indie