Decap (producer)
Decap | |
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Birth name | Nicholas John Piantedosi |
Also known as | DecapMusic |
Born | trap music, | November 8, 1984
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Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Future Knock |
Website | www |
Nicholas Piantedosi (born November 8, 1984), professionally known as Decap, is an American record producer from
Early life
Nicholas Piantedosi was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and relocated to Nashua, New Hampshire as a young child. As early as Junior High School, Decap was fascinated with music and began to study the art of producing. In 1995, after purchasing Snoop Dogg “Doggystyle” album, Decap was fully committed to making his presence felt in hip-hop. Decap began to collect and study the genre and drew inspiration from hip-hop pioneers such as J Dilla, Dj Premier, Pete Rock, and A Tribe Called Quest. Decap began rapping and started a 9 member rap group named, “Young Tribe.” Inspired by marginal success and wanting original material for Young Tribe, Decap bought his first drum machine and began to record beats and instrumentals.
Music career
In 2007, Decap moved to
In July 2016, Decap produced a non-album single alongside Teeko (producer) THRPY (producer) and AzizTheShake (rapper). The song, titled "Hot Box", charted at #6 on Billboard, and #6 on Spotify USA Viral 50 Charts. Also In 2016, Decap founded the label/collective "Future Knock". Beyond a label, Decap considers "Future Knock" a new subgenre with its own signature sound. Decap also curates a bi-weekly “Future Knock” podcast promoting up-and-coming artist and producers. Decap released his Drums That Knock downloadable sound kit series (volumes 1-10) for electronic producers, which received 180,000 downloads and charted at #1 on Splice for the month of December 2016.[4] In 2017, Decap produced ‘The Calling” and “Sanity” off of Locksmith album, “Olive Branch” and produced the first single, “Ultrasound” off of the Joyner Lucas album, “(508) 507-2209”.[5][6] In April 2017, Decap produced the single “In The Bay” by Capitol Fr artist Ted Park.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details |
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Omni Love |
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Qi (with Brady Watt)[8] |
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Excess Amount (with Teeko) |
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Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"Feeling" (featuring Chris Keys and Devaun Bantu) |
2015 | Non-album single |
"Metamorphosis" (featuring Melissa Piantedosi) |
2016 | Non-album single |
"Gramz" (featuring Hit-Boy and Jedi Jordan) | ||
"Knock" | ||
"Hot Box" (Aziz the Shake featuring Decap, Teeko, THRPY) | ||
"Spazzn" (featuring Gyrefunk) |
2017 | Non-album single |
Production discography
Singles produced
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US | US R&B |
US Rap |
AUS | CAN | GER
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UK
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"Wrong Ones" (D. One featuring Royce da 5’9" )
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2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Alright" (Ro James) |
2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"State of Grace" (Talib Kweli featuring Abby Dobson) |
13 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | "Gravitas" | ||||||
"Good Times" (SJB featuring Bizzy Bone) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Minds of the Future" (Brady Watt featuring Smoke DZA) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Lifetronics" | |||||
"Nobody" ( Watsky )
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1 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | "Why Am I So Happy?" | ||||||
"Feels Like Magic" (Ryan Caraveo) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Maybe They Were Wrong" | |||||
"Wake Up" (Zion I) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Labyrinth"[9] | ||||||
"On" (J-Essential) |
2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Ultrasound" (Joyner Lucas) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | "(508) 507-2209" | ||||||
"Sanity" (Locksmith) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | "Olive Branch" | ||||||
"In The Bay" (Ted Park) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
References
- ^ "jessica Care moore f. Talib Kweli - "Catch Me If You Can" [Official Video] Okayplayer". www.okayplayer.com.
- ^ "Talib Kweli — "Decap and Brady Watt" are a production supergroup..." Talib Kweli.
- ^ "Decap performs "Feeling" on Push in one take | Ableton". www.ableton.com.
- ^ "Splice". Splice.
- ^ "Joyner Lucas Brings Grandma Along for the Ride in 'Ultrasound' Video - XXL". XXL Mag. 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Locksmith - Sanity (Music Video) - The latest Bay Area rap and hip-hop music - Thizzler On The Roof". Thizzler On The Roof.
- ^ "plug-society". plug-society.
- ^ "Decap and Brady Watt compose higher level hip hop with "Grand Design" - EARMILK". Earmilk. 26 March 2014.
- ^ Duwe, Morena (14 October 2016). "Zion I Gets Personal On His New Record 'The Labyrinth' Out 10/21". Huffington Post.
External links
- Decap on Facebook