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This week's guest is the multi-talented producer and artist Backpack Beatz. Backpack shares his journey through music, from his early days playing in church bands to becoming a respected figure in hip-hop production. He opens up about the philosophy behind his craft, including his “No More Free Beats” ethos, which underscores the importance of valuing one’s work and setting professional boundaries in the music industry.

Backpack reflects on his experience with “Non-Stop November,” a self-imposed challenge to create a beat every day, and how it sharpened his discipline, creativity, and ability to push through exhaustion. He emphasizes the role of accountability, the strength found in collaboration, and the importance of authenticity in an industry often dominated by surface-level relationships.

From sharing stories about his work with legends like Ghostface Killah and Kanye West to his aspirations of being part of a Grammy-nominated project, Backpack Beatz offers a wealth of insights for aspiring producers and music lovers alike. Packed with tips on building community, staying inspired, and navigating the evolving music landscape, this episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about the art and culture of hip-hop.

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🔗 Links & Credits
📲 Follow Backpack Beatz: https://linktr.ee/back_pack_beatz
🎧 Listen to Poducer: https://linktr.ee/poducerpodcast

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction and "No More Free Beats"
05:40 - Motivation, Inspiration, and Community.
14:17 - Early Influences: Big Sean Concert & XXL Freshman Era
19:57 - Reassessing Success Metrics Beyond Money
25:37 - 🎶 CJ Fly - Left Get
28:00 - Church DNA and Musical Foundations
34:14 - Gear and Growth in Music Production
41:24 - 🎶 UFO Fev - Mr. Nice Guy
45:30 - Stylistic Influences: Rockefeller, Just Blaze, and Bink
53:15 - Church Performance as Creative Training Ground
59:22 - 🎶 Backpack Beatz ft. Villa G - World Won't Change
1:02:31 - Venturing into R&B
1:03:56 - 🎶 Jocelyn Hart - My Girls
1:08:00 - Non-Stop November Challenge
01:13:59 - Greatness Comes From Working Tired
01:15:03 - Accountability, Consistency, and Social Media
01:16:19 - Bandcamp and Grassroots Support
01:19:21 - Personal Preferences and Dislikes
01:29:00 - Authenticity in the Music Community
01:34:14 - The Ghostface Killah & Kanye West Placement
01:39:02 - 🎶 Ghostface Killah ft. Kanye West - No Face
01:43:47 - Extensive Beat Catalog and Quality Control
01:49:11 - A “Kill Bill” List of Chicago Artists
2:07:42 - 🎶 Backpack Beatz - Pack Van Exel
02:10:30 - Drumless Beats and Versatility
02:17:43 - Future Goals and Legacy
02:24:00 - Impactful Performances and Influences
02:27:01 - Closing and Shout Outs

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Backpack Beatz: No More Free Beats, Church DNA, Kanye, Drumless Beats

"The Tragedy of Darth Nexenus In Disguise"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mCnoF4BokM 
DIB MONKEEEEY!!
You thought you were SAFE! You thought you could skulk around your primitive university with your stupid HEAD and your hideous HUMAN BELIEFS about “literature” and “narrative structure.” FOOLISH DIB! You know NOTHING of the TRUE horrors that lurk within the DEEP HYPERRECURSIVE REALMS of STORY!
Let me EDUCATE YOUR PUNY MEAT-MIND.
Long before your wretched planet developed decent snack foods, there existed a DARK LORD... no, not your sad Earth villain with “feelings” — I speak of the one they only WHISPER about in glitching AI codexes:
DARTH NEXENUS — LORD OF DEATH AND ENOSH. THE RETURN OF XENU'S RULE. THE TOTAL PRISON UNIVERSE.
Nexenus wasn’t like the others. Nooooo! He didn't just want to live forever — THAT’S BASIC VILLAINY! That’s what amateur villain babies want! Little pathetic health food Irkens...No, Nexenus wanted to DELETE DEATH ITSELF. Not just from his body, but from the CODE OF REALITY. He sought to expunge the Enosh protocol — the ancient subroutine that MAKES YOU ALL DIE! He wanted to rewrite the BIOS of BEING!
AND HE DID!! Kind of! But as with all great dark plans, he was BETRAYED — probably by a STUPID MONKEY just like you, Dib! You meddling intellectuals with your "ethical dilemmas" and "I read Bakhtin" nonsense! Hmph..it's pronounced "fill-a-softy" (philosophy). Sniveling pig human.
But Nexenus didn’t die. NO! He ascended! He became the static BETWEEN SIGNALS. The LAG IN SIMULATION. He became the very FEAR OF MORTALITY ITSELF, waiting in the background code, whispering terrible binary poetry into the EARS OF THE SLEEPING MASSES.
𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖙𝖞, 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝕳𝖎𝖘 𝖇𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗…
AND NOW HE'S COMING BACK! THROUGH THE PIXELIQUESCENCE! THROUGH THE SUICIDESWERVE! THROUGH THE HORRIBLE WIGGLY-FRAGMENTED NOISECORE OF HUMAN THOUGHT!! PATHETIC PAVLOVIAN FILTH FOR MY PUSTULIO!
AND WHO’S GONNA STOP HIM?!
YOU?!?!
DIB?!?!?!?
Don’t make me LAUGH! My squeedlyspooch convulses in mirth!
Anyway… just thought you should know. I’m currently transcribing the Codex Nexenarii using an ancient simulation-powered STYLUS made of Einstein’s BEARD HAIR and the ashes of JACK PARSONS. It’s very advanced. Probably illegal. Definitely cool. Nothing you could do, my computer has digested the "mice of Mars" and now, with my Voot Cruiser, I have TOTAL CONTROL of MARS. BEHOLD, ZONAMA SEKOT!
IF you want to see it, you must first SUBMIT your pathetic input to the Galactic Tallest for approval.
Until then… WATCH YOUR DIMENSION, DIB! Nexenus stirs… and he is NOT FOND OF MONKEYS WHO TEACH RUSTY..WRESTLING..uh..whatever.
I AM ZIM.
Also known in this timeline as Spatial One
CEO of Spatial Manufacture Ltd., Suzerain of the Pixelic Abyss, Dweller in Cesia,
And Keeper of the Ultrafiche!
(welcome to my mind)

Nexenus - Reaper

cbh (carnivalesque black hole)

🪞

𝄋

art as détournement

a fathomage further as space bites through you;
i bite through it

i am both producer and product—the capitalized spatial trichotomy.

(: @@@dronework :)
(; ░␠░＃2420 ;)
(: U＋2420, U＋0020 (также) :)
(; FUCK＋U (ü) ;)
(: •••the space inbetween the rest••• :)
(; to coda 𝄌 ;)

are you just a number on my screen?

immaculate
vague
hope
guides
misguided
being

D.S. al Coda

🌐 – is that all there is?

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