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About Me

My name is Orlando and I'm 21 years old. I was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Miami, Florida. I was a mobile DJ for about 5 years, and a producer for about 4. I kind of fell into it all...

My sister had a friend who was a mobile DJ and ran a pirate radio station. I had listened to his station a few times, and had even attended a few parties he had DJed at, but I felt I could do better. I did some research and found a website (Pro Sound and Stage Lighting) that was holding weekly give-away contests for DJ equipment. I signed up and waited for the results. I must have tried for 2 months. Finally, I got VERY lucky, or should I say blessed. I received a phone call from PSSL and they told me I had won a Stanton Scratch Pak. It had EVERYTHING I needed to get started...

One year later I found myself at my middle school DJing the Thanksgiving Dance. I felt so cool...hehe. All of the "cool" people suddenly knew who I was...

DJing led to me experiment a bit. I started to make some mixtape-style remixes of songs for my parties, and that's where I fell in to producing. I made beats for about a year until I found some MC's. It just took off from there...

I accepted Christ in 2003, and slowly I began to change my musical direction. This is where I learned about Hip-Hop for the Soul. It introduced me to a whole new style of hip-hop. I learned about artists such as Braille, Soul Plasma, Shai Linne, Tony Stone, and other extremely talented Christian artists...

Soon after I was blessed once again in a big way. On Myspace I was able to locate many of those artists I had just learned of; I was even able to contact them. This is where I met Soul Plasma. He liked my music and was interested in working with me, so I gave him a couple of my beats. He felt that my music complimented his style, so things just picked up from there. It was through Soul that the Lord opened many more doors for me, allowing me to work with artists from Surreal to Kaboose to Shai Linne. I couldn't be any more thankful for all of His blessings which I am so undeserving of.

Thanks for taking the time to learn about me. God bless you.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/02/2005
Band Website: kritikul.tumblr.com
Band Members: GOD, kritikul
Influences: For MY PRODUCTION...

The BEAT FANATIC CREW, Pete Rock, Alchemist, DJ Premier, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Dr. Dre & Mel Man, Timbaland, Teddy P, DJ Essence, AFTA-1, DJ Nu-Mark, Cut Chemist, DJ Spinna, DJ Hi-Tek, Raphael Saadiq, Tony Stone, Stro of the Procussions, Beatnuts, Da Beatminerz, Ohmega Watts, ?uest Love, J Dilla (R.I.P) and other under appreciated hip-hop producers.

OVERALL MUSICALLY...

Stevie Wonder, Sade, Train, Alicia Keys, Jeremy Camp, Decyfer Down, 3 Doors Down, Roy Ayers, David Byrd, John Coltrane, Lonnie Liston Smith, Kenny Burrell, Quincy Jones, Al Green, Lou Rawls (R.I.P), Temptations, Earth Wind and Fire, Stylistics, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Queen, John Williams, John Mayer, Aerosmith and many more from different genres.

IN LIFE...

God, Jesus Christ, Paul the Apostle, Martin Luther, John Piper, RC Sproul, Paul Washer, Mark Driscoll, Eric Mason, my girlfriend, my pastor, my parents, my grandmother, my neighbor who is the Deacon at my church, and other who play smaller parts in my life.
Sounds Like:
Kritikul Drums

My Blog

KRITIKUL DRUM KIT!!!

That's correct! I'm just about done with the drum kit I've been working on and I hope to release it within the month. I've worked hard on it and I'm confident that it will not disappoint. These sound...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:25:00 GMT

Oh, the flesh is SOO weak!

How true this is for me. I know it all too well. I wrestle with my fleshly desires DAILY. Pray for me. But that isn't the purpose for which I write this. I write this to share my praise to GOD ALMIGHT...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 20:58:00 GMT

KriTiKul T-Shirts...anyone?

Thanks to my man DJ Idull of Sean Herman Designs, I now have a t-shirt design that's ready for print. I am just curious as to how many of you would be interested in picking one up. The plan is to hav...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:08:00 GMT

New projects coming soon!

Wussup people? Thanks for taking time to read about my upcoming projects. Now, I can't give away ALL the details, but I got some great stuff on the way. Be on the lookout for production by yours truly...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:30:00 GMT

DJ KriTiKul...a poet???

Well, I wouldn't go so far as calling myself a poet, but I do scribble down complex thoughts or simple emotions from time to time. I couldn't figure out a name for this one, but maybe you can. Please ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 May 2006 20:08:00 GMT

Great news!!!

Recently I hooked up with former member of Double Helix, Surreal (http://www.soulkitchensound.com). He has been featured on projects such as Ohmega Watts's "The Find", Lightheaded's "Wrong W...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:14:00 GMT

Beats for sale!!!

Interested in buying one of my beats? You can do so by going to http://www.soundclick.com/djkritikul to listen to my beats before you buy. If you are interested in any of my beats please contact me he...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:01:00 GMT

GREAT NEWS!!!

The blessings continue to shower!!! Wisdm O.N.E of 1773 and I hooked up for a few tracks. I also spoke with Kaboose last month and we are now working on some new material for his u...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:16:00 GMT

Eternal Vacation...

This is a true story that REALLY HAPPENED to me. Please read this in its entirety...Last week I experienced yet another death of somebody very close to my heart. This person was so close to me that I ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT

Like what you hear? Interested in a collab?

Are you a MC/singer interested in a collab? If so, please contact me here at myspace or at my personal e-mail at [email protected]. In your e-mail include the following info: -Name (Stage ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 00:00:00 GMT