Alex G / South Rakkas - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Alex G has produced and remixed some of the hottest artist including T-Pain, M.I.A, Lilly Allen, Chris Brown, Kelis, Bounty Killer, Bennie Man, Justin Timberlake, Beck, Duran Duran (to see full discography click the link below) and also ownes the South Rakkas Crew label with his partner Dow Jones. Alex's past includes writing and producing 7 of the songs on the last 2 NSYNC records and credits include Britney Spears, Pink, Shakira and Michael Jackson. Alex also worked for Rodney Jerkins as a writer/beat maker, you can hear some of his work on Brandy's "Full Moon" record. The Blake Lewis song "She's Making Me Loose It" was written and produced by BT. Right now Alex is working on Janet Jackson (just finished) , Yo Majesty, Pussycat Dolls and the BT album STAY TUNED!!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Here is some footage from us @ Fabric Room in London

I get a lot of requests for a list of songs I have done so just click on the box below for a list.

Music:

Stevie Wonder
Led Zepplin
The Streets
Common
Zero 7
Massive Attack
Mos Def
Queen
Dizzy Rascal
Spank Rock
Nine Inch Nails
The Beatles
Ladytron
Goldfrapp
Capelton
Sizzla
Basement Jaxx
Air
Kraftwerk
ELO
M.I.A
Felix Da Housecat
The Prodigy
Coldplay
Belle & Sabastian
Depech Mode
Postal Service
David Hasslehoff...GOT YA
Kenna
Daft Punk
The Killers
Fuck too much to list.....well, anything good. I am getting sick of the retro "Killers" type shit now that emo kids have wrecked it. So im on to the next thing...and its better than the stuff you like SO THERE!

Movies:

Raiders of the lost Ark, Bladerunner, Shawshank, Napoleon Dynamite, Forbidden Planet, Airplane, Die Hard, Alien, Day the earth stood still, Goodfellas, Momento, you know I love so many movies that I cannot finish this list..... I love watching movies.

Television:

CSI , Law&Order, Without a Trace, The Office (UK Version), Family Guy, Dave Allen (you wish you knew) and documentry's on cool shit and I HATE REALITY SHOWS!... MTV sucks and I love my Tivo.

Books:

Only teaching books, Im not into novels. Eye Like two Leern stuf .

Heroes:

Captain Crunch, Michael Knight, Paunch and Baker from C.H.I.P.S, and the guy that was on that one episode of Manimal that had the cool jacket with the patches and stuff on the left sleeve that was a cool blue color when he saved the crew from certain disaster by holding a cup of coffee that kep't everyone awake so they wouldn't crash n' stuff

My Blog

"Influences of Modern Music"

"Influences of Modern Music" These are songs and bands that set trends that spawned off and influenced todays music. This list crosses many styles but each was a major influence. Some of these mig...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:45:00 PST

Too much shit on your page!!

This is for all those people out there that got way too many videos and songs and glitter on your page! I would love to leave you a comment or a message or see what's up with your but your page takes ...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:04:00 PST

MySpace about to implode on itself.

It was a fun ride but I think it's almost over, MySpace is like hollywood, so over the top and over exposed that it's about to crumble to the ground. Yes the number of users will continue to grow at a...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:47:00 PST

Cheaper, Better and Interactive

Cheaper, Better and Interactive I am always looking to do things cheaper and better. There are so many new kids on the block in music, Video, Web and technology in general. Finding them is easy! Th...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 02:43:00 PST

Time Machine's and Mix Tapes

I cannot function without music. Its the soundtrack of our lives, it burns memories to an era. It really is magic! Think about it, if I said "Ride The Train" by Quad City DJ's I bet you can remember a...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:26:00 PST

Coachella Music Festival

This last weekends Coachella festival was pretty kick ass. The highlights for me was in order Prodigy (Smack My Bitch Up was the crowd favorite) NIN (Whole show was amazing, Closer still my fav) ...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

C'mon dude, wake up.

Guys, dont be stupid! If she has 500 friends and is taking her clothes of in the pics, guess what, she ain't fucking you!!. It's a cry for "ooohh . So many guys sweat me"
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Drugs and Rock Music.

Before I start I would like to pre-comment that I do not think that people should try or pick-up the habbit of doing drugs. Yes I used to do em all and loved em, but I am 31 years old now and am smart...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Why the music biz sux

Well this is all I know so this is what I will write about! Music... I have mixed feelings when people say that music sucks nowadays and that they want to hear something different and then they turn a...
Posted by Alex G / South Rakkas on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST