Producer CEO: Illmind [Part 1]

We got a new exclusive series for you all premiering tonight called Producer CEO. This particular series has been a work in progress for a couple of months now and started when my homie John Public hit me up and said he wanted to do some interviews for the site. This series looks specifically into what makes a successful producer and CEO. Huge shouts to John Public for making all this come together; this really was all him.

We kicked things off this week with Jersey beatsmith Illmind (credits include 50 Cent, Eminem, Little Brother, Emilio Rojas, Skyzoo, LL Cool J and many others), a man that has found a way to balance independent and major success, teaching, science and mixtapes with the music industry relationships necessary to take his craft to the next level. In Part 1 of 5, we looked into how he got his start, Kriss Kross, J Dilla, which album he’d need on a desert island and a few other nuggets to help unlock the mind of one of hip-hop’s brightest young producers. A very special thank you to Illmind for being our first guest in this series and helping make this an extremely interesting interview. Check for parts 2-5 to drop each day this week!