As certainly one of hip-hop’s rising stars, producer TwanDaGod has taken his abilities to RocNation, and he tells HL EXCLUSIVELY why he signed with the label whereas sharing a playlist of a few of his favourite RocNation hits.
“I signed with Roc Nation as a result of it simply felt proper,”TwanDaGod tells HollywoodLife about partnering with the leisure company based by Jay-Z. After producing for artists like JayDaYoungan, Rylo Rodriguez, and YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more, the Atlanta-based TwanDaGod was beginning to catch the ear of some influential individuals, and that’s how he ended up signing on the dotted line with RocNation.
“I met with Andrew Gould, the EVP, and Michelle Bell, the VP of Inventive,” he shares in an EXCLUSIVE interview. “They had been very welcoming and beloved the music I offered to them. In addition they got here to my studio in ATL to fulfill me, and I performed some information that me and my workforce 6Lement had been engaged on, and so they beloved it.”
The love is mutual, as TwanDaGod shares that RocNation is a part of his musical journey. “I grew up listening to Jay Z, Kayne, Rihanna, etcetera,” he tells HollywoodLife. “So after I heard Roc Nation was , I used to be overly excited. I actually didn’t really feel it was massive till my first brief type of my contract; then I used to be like this was actually occurring.”
There are some main names on the RocNation roster. Together with Rihanna, Kalan.FrFr, Yo Gotti, Snoh Aalegra, Tinashe, Willow, Jaden, J.Cole, Jay Electronica, Alicia Keys, Fats Joe, Miguel, Lil Uzi Vert, Normani, and so many extra work with RocNation on a wide range of initiatives. Nevertheless, if given the keys to the dominion, there are two RocNation stars that TwanDaGod would like to collaborate with. “Positively Jay and Ye could be my high artists I might work with,” he tells HollywoodLife. “They influenced me in some ways from a baby to an grownup.”
One can see that affect on the playlist that TwanDaGod has EXCLUSIVELY shared with HollywoodLife. When requested to curate a playlist of RocNation songs that matter most to him, TwanDaGod chosen a handful of tracks from Hova and Ye.
There’s “All Falls Down” (“This track is put collectively so nicely, and the message from the track nonetheless lives on right now,” says TwanDaGod), “Stronger” (“It is a track I get up to work out and it simply motivates me”), “Runaway” (“I like this as a result of I really feel like I join with it; I’m a workaholic and it all the time causes issues in my relationships”) and “Devin IN A New Gown (“This entire track is a vibe and the manufacturing is wonderful”). The pair of Jay-Z songs he picked embody “Misplaced One” – which TwanDaGod says he pertains to “as a result of I misplaced lots of people all through this grind to get the place I'm at now” – and “Arduous Knock Life,” a track that was the introduction to Jay-Z for a lot of, together with TwanDaGod. “This was one of many first songs I heard from Jay-Z rising up,” he shares when explaining his choice.
With that head filled with reverence for the previous, TwanDaGod turns his ideas to the longer term. Recognized for his high-quality manufacturing, TwanDaGod will proudly signify the 6Lement workforce whereas utilizing his high-level abilities at RocNation. “TDG followers might be 6Lement followers,” he says, saying that these followers are “lovers of excellent music in each style – from hip-hop to R&B to pop.” With a strong roster of expertise that crosses all genres, there might be loads of demand for TwanDaGod’s abilities.
“I plan to convey again music with extra which means that’ll last more with the listener,” he tells HollywoodLife when requested how he plans to assist RocNation on this new decade. “I really feel like that’s what’s lacking from music proper now. Music with substance.”