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Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie

,...good friends really aint shit no more...

About Me

I write dope rhymes and make ill beats. get at me if you do the same. email- toddsykes253@gmail.com aim- toddsykes253

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Members: solo mission at the moment
Influences: so many but here we go: GAMBLE AND HUFF!!!!!!! pete and cl, gangstarr, ditc, dilla, madlib, kool g rap, mobb deep, large pro, the god rakim, tavares, JIMI, sinatra, the trammps, earth, wind, and fire, BLUE NOTE, stevie wonder, grover washington jr, elliott smith, CTI RECORDS, hubert laws, bob james, melba moore, george benson, the jacksons, donny hathaway, slick rick, any one putting out real dope east coast flavor hip hop and not that fake ass garbage, jerry butler, Ronnie Mcneir, 4tops, doug e fresh, ahmad jamal, milt jackson, stax records, tom scott, ramsey lewis, krs, masta ace, kane, big, the whole bcc, justus league, nirvana, soundgarden, ray charles, thelonious monk, BEATS RHYMES AND LIFE!!!!!!! charles mingus, sam cooke, curtis mayfield, motown, shit you can get the idea of where i get my influence from to make tracks.
Sounds Like: eclectic, chopped up, dirty record samplin, boom bap hip hop shit that will make your head nod
Record Label: Golden Era Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Seattle Convention

    Whats good everybody? I just got back from a record convention up at the Seattle Center. It was certainly not the biggest but there were a lot of dope records on site and I got my h...
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:51:00 PST

Diggin’ finds

    Throughout the last few years I've been diggin' I've come across some interesting things inside some of the records I pick up. In one case me and the homie Levi Stress found someone...
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:28:00 PST

15,000 plays

    im livin the dream baby! whooooooo hahaha
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:28:00 PST

Friday

Tomorrow is friday...thank god for that shit. After work im headin up to seattle to hit up some of the late night diggin spots (i will let you know what i find up there). Should be a good ol' time ya...
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:15:00 PST

Sunday Morning Diggin’

Today I went out diggin' in a few new spots. Hit up the swapmeet and grabbed up a tupperware bin full of George Duke, Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston Smith, Bob James, Donald Byrd, and a bunch of other Blue ...
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:30:00 PST

straight from the bassment

it almost seems as thought i got no life lately...haha. another night spent in the bassment bangin out tracks and cuttin up records drinkin on a couple beers. you know how it goes though, i love this ...
Posted by Todd Sykes The Beat Junkie on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:16:00 PST