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Sound Providers
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Out of 49 votes - Similar Artists: A Tribe Called Quest, the Pharcyde, Lone Catalysts, Maspyke, The Procussions, Dream Warriors, Kero One
Out of 49 votes
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- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Genre: Hip-Hop » Soul/Jazz Hip-Hop
Editor's review
Crate-digging record fiends as well as your average music admirer will appreciate the sharp production of the Sound Providers. Partners Jason Skills and Soulo give us their take on '90s hip-hop formula with bouncy beats covered in cleverly rearranged jazz and soul samples. The toned-down rhymes won't get you too excited, but they won't turn you off either.
Biography
As we grow older we change. It’s one of the constants in life. Things are bound to change. Some will cling to the ideology of yesteryear. Others will forget the lessons of yesterday in search of new tomorrows. Somewhere in the middle are a smaller sect of society that will apply yesterday’s rules, and traditions to the new rising sun. The true test in life is how we deal with, and meet change.
Hip Hop is no exception. Times have changed. Sounds have changed. Phrases and language have changed. But somewhere beneath all this change still rests the reasons that we as individuals have embraced this music, this lifestyle, so wholeheartedly. As some race to the forefront of change, they have mistakenly left behind rules and traditions that make hip hop what it is. The Sound Providers have made an art form of holding steadfast in the rules and traditions of yesterday while embracing today’s changes for the positive force that it can be.
In the summer of 1998 the Sound Providers settled in for recording sessions in a small San Diego apartment. Those summer days would produce the first Quarternote releases “Dope Transmission” B/W “The Field”. Weeks later the Sound Providers signed a distribution agreement with ABB Records, and began work on three more singles, released over the next three years.
For the Sound Providers, things have changed. With Profile going in search of a solo career, the Sound Providers hit the record spots and continued to stack up new sounds and beats. Slimmed down to a two-man production team, Jason Skills and Soulo updated their abilities and put together their first LP “An Evening with the Sound Providers” which features some of their favorable artists like Little Brother, The Procussions and Maspyke to name a few.
In 2006, the Sound Pros have given listeners the chance to take it back to the original trio’s true classics. “Looking Backwards: 2001 – 1998” is a compilation of songs that have been released on vinyl and tracks that have yet to be discovered. Change is good and these men have done it well, keeping to their original ideals and providing the sounds from 1998 on.
