Agallah Don Bishop and Duke Westlake--------3 Day Theory

Agallah Don Bishop and Duke Westlake--------3 Day Theory

Agallah Don Bishop is back teams up with Duke Westlake on the brand new project "3 Day Theory". Ten dope tracks self produced with guest appearance from Spliff Hemingway.

Agallah---------Monarchy

Agallah---------Monarchy

Agallah continues to bring hot blazing music with the new self produced track "Monarchy".

Agallah Don Bishop featuring Big Daddy Kane-------Get Your Shit Together

Agallah Don Bishop featuring Big Daddy Kane-------Get Your Shit Together

Agallah Don Bishop got some heat preparing for his album "Agalito's Way: The Life of Don Francis". Here's one of the joints with the legend Big Daddy Kane on "Get Your Shit Together".

GSBookings Mixtape Volume 1

GSBookings Mixtape  Volume 1

Independent booking agency and top promotional entertainment company GSBookings drops the hot mixtape Vol 1 hosted by Jui Sweet with many guest appearances from Chino XL, Ras Kass, Agallah Don Bishop and others.

Agallah Don Bishop-------Elevation Music

Agallah Don Bishop-------Elevation Music
Agallah Don Bishop brings that heat with the smooth joint and the hot visuals to his self produced joint "Elevation Music" directed by Memz On The Lenz from his latest release "Don Status".

Supreme Cerebral-------Michael Brown

Supreme Cerebral featuring Agallah-------Michael Brown

With the story of Michael Brown surfacing the nation, Supreme Cerebral pays homage to the teen with a joint laced with Agallah's dope moody production in Michael Brown featuring the beatsmith Agallah.

J-Ro--------Flip Like This

J-Ro featuring Agallah--------Flip Like This
J-Ro of the Alkaholiks presents the hot new visuals to his joint with the assist from Agallah titled "Flip Like This" produced by DJ Devastate from J-Ro's solo album "Boom Bap West."

Agallah--------Time, Money, Drugs & Life

Agallah--------Time, Money, Drugs & Life

The prolific artist/producer Agallah comes with a creative track with the singing backdrop. Here is his latest track "Time, Money, Drugs & Life" produced by Citylights from Agallah's upcoming album "Agalito's Way:The Life of Don Francis.

Agallah Don Bishop-------See Us Make It

Agallah Don Bishop-------See Us Make It
Agallah gets it cracking all the time with this hot blazing gem See Us Make It. The self produced track is on the already release Agallah Don Bishop and Alchemist duo project Past and Present EP.

Agallah Don Bishop------Blaze of Glory

Agallah Don Bishop featuring Roc Marciano------Blaze of Glory

This is a perfect chill feel good vibe production right here!

Agallah Don Bishop delivers heavy on the boards with this chill get high beat to the track bringing Roc Marciano with him Blaze of Glory. This track will be on the forthcoming Agallah and The Alchemist project Past and Present EP dropping in January.

Agallah Don Bishop-------We Just Want It All

Agallah Don Bishop featuring Cannibal-------We Just Want It All

Agallah Don Bishop got some heat with the new single featuring Cannibal We Just Want It All. The self produced track is on Agallah's well received Red V Mixtape Deluxe Edition.

Agallah--------Identity Theft

Agallah--------Identity Theft

Agallah releases the visuals to the track Identity Theft produced by the homey The Alchemist off the highly impressive mixtape The Red V Mixtape.

 

Interview with Agallah

The golden 90’s era is where sampling beats and lyrics matter and it still is today. A lot of producers have paved their way through sampling beats from the MPC 2000, ASR 10 to chop up beats, add kicks and snares. Artists can flip both emceeing and production in one element. This includes Brownsville New York’s prolific artist Agallah who has blessed the hip hop scene since his first single hood anthem “Ghetto Girl”. Agallah have produced for EPMD, Das Efx, Onyx, Sean Price, R.A. The Rugged Man, Mr. Cheeks, Busta Rhymes, Big Pun, Remy Ma, to name a few. As a former member of the group Purple City, he is well known for his solo projects and his production skills. Agallah has been one of the few emcee/producers during the 90’s before it exploded to a different phenomenon.

Intrigued has the humble chance to interview with Agallah as he discussed his most talked about mixtape “The Red V” as well as his forthcoming album, working with Alchemist, working with Pop Off and his overview of the hip hop game.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): The Red V mixtape is awesome, tight production, great lyrics. The audience is receptive to the mixtape. Are you satisfied with the mixtape and if there is anything you would change on the mixtape?

Agallah: Yes i stayed tru to my roots on #REDVMIXTAPE i dont regret nothing or changing we spent a lot of time trying to make sure its special  , I don’t try and come with music to compete cause everyone is in competition and this industry can be very competitive and don’t want that aura on my music . I just know how to make incredible records.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): Flashback thought: When you came out with Ghetto Girl (my personal favorite till this day) and the classic album Wrap Your Lips Around This, did you say to yourself, this is what I wanted to do with hip hop?

Agallah: When I came out with ghetto girl it wasn’t my plan to make that record. I was experimenting but knew it was something the label (east west) could market and promote, they really had no plan when they signed me as well as the other artists on East West/Elektra at the time. Wrap your lips around this is a cult classic heads will never hear me rhyme like that again. I switched my style cause you grow out of certain ways as a MC so that’s what happened and glad it’s one of your favorite joints .glad it made an impact.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): You’re on of the most prolific producers in the game. Who were your musical influences in the game?

Agallah: Thank you well the pioneers Marley Marl, Erick Sermon, Dr Dre, DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Pete Rock, Latief who did the slaughter house album for Masta Ace, Ty fyfe got dope production too always wanted to work with him, and others, Alchemist is dope I just know my style goes with his production so me and ALC have chemistry, sampling will never die the game needs that.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): I definitely admire your work ethic. You got that go getter attitude by doing it on your own and you had tragedies early in life. How did it shape your musical work ethic and your view on life?

Agallah: Well we are all human at the end of the day and work without faith isn’t happening. I did demos in studios on borrowed time. Shopped deals even still when labels turned me down and didn’t give up. I’m a man first before the mic so there’s certain things I’m not gonna tolerate like disrespect. I am from Brownsville projects so I grew up with a chip on my shoulder and learned to brush it off cause nowadays these youth don’t know struggle to a certain extent. I as well as other rappers my age pay respects to the forefathers and I don’t see that in today’s culture, people screaming out young like that is gonna last forever. Nas said you gonna be older longer then you'll be younger.  Do the knowledge.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): The Red V mixtape is the warm up to your next project, the Red Velvet. How the project coming along and how much of it is completed?

Agallah: Red Velvet been was completed but didn’t wanna surprise the people too soon cause it is truly an epic album which I been working on for the last 7 years. I know you saying 7 years? Yeah it takes time to make a fine wine and that’s what red velvet is like a fine wine sifting thru the b.s going on in the rap game now. Trust me this is a classic album i put my name on that.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): We are going to keep the new album in suspense for the listeners, (laughs). What can the fans expect from the new album?

Agallah: They can expect greatness at a high level, right now I got Roc Marci, Big Daddy Kane, Prodigy, Alchemist and Dame Grease ,Killah Priest, Inspectah Deck, Sean Price, Termanology, Killer Mike posed to make an appearance as well as others such as Planet Asia, Rockness Monsta, Onyx and more. I got a gang of dope motherfukers who is all on the same vision with me and I can’t go wrong cause I aint planning to fail. Word! The red velvet album is fire also got Ras Kass and Chino XL. Total emcee and producer carnage!

DJC Jones (Intrigued): One of my favorite tracks on the mixtape is “Sky High” with Popoff. It has an intoxicating feel good west coast feel to it, love the video. What did you see in Popoff that made you decide yo I want him to get on this track?

Agallah: Well Pop Off has a commanding voice when I met him. I was impressed by his style to say that he is Mexican from Whittier California who has been in the streets and survived thru the love of hip hop. Him and his brother Gil are very passionate about the culture and they were like my first homies I met on the west. Me and Pop Off have a good chemistry and that’s what’s it’s all about. Can’t force great sound or music when you don’t have chemistry! Check his mixtapes G&C 1 and G&C 2 also his EP with producer Max Dollas called Strength. Pop Off is a part of my movement now Propain Campain. Other artists to watch for Spliff Hemingway and my secret weapon Young hope! Hope will bring hope back to this rap shit.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): You also got an Alchemist track on the mixtape. In fact, you and Alchemist produced Crookie Monster which is very creative. How was it working with him and what element(s) did he add to the mixtape?

Agallah: Alchemist is like a drug dealer with the best coke in town. I mean he a white boy making crack that’s like Boston George or some shit feel me, when I met him he had a keyboard, ASR and records and just bangin out joints. When I met Al, we just were fond of each other skills and became friends. Hung out in his apt in NYC a lot and just was creatively making joints and record shopping. Al makes sure he is doing something that is gonna last that’s why I work with him. He is not a fly by night producer.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): What are the arsenals of equipment you use when making an Agallah beat?

Agallah: My mpc 2000, 3000, reason, logic , live instruments , analog gear , my portable mpk mini , lots of vst's ,protools mbox and mic 

DJC Jones (Intrigued): What do you think about hip hop nowadays compared to how hip hop was when you first started?

Agallah: Hip hop has evolved into a big corporation now. It’s all over. Anyone can try to rap but it’s not organic anymore. Now you can buy a ratchet rapper song online like a dollar menu, music that don’t help you get healthy but causes a cancer, that’s what’s going on cancer music. I’m not gonna say that for every artist, there are some who trying to say some stuff, I can’t even remember who, it’s so much poison out right now.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): If you come through material from an upcoming artist or producer, what talents do you look for?

Agallah: I look for a skill a talent that no one has, how much an artist puts into his or her craft dedication and work. The work will speak for itself as Jordan said he had to start from the bottom when he played for North Carolina and when he got to the NBA he also started at the low bottom of the totem pole, soon to win 6 chips. Start from the bottom for real you'll get to the top eventually.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): The hip hop world heard the Kendrick Lamar verse on Big Sean’s “Control” record. What were your thoughts of Kendrick’s verse?

Agallah: Kendrick’s verse def sparked a riot for a few weeks, I don’t know if it was positive or negative, hopefully he can just keep making good material, as far as his style, Andre 3000 is def the father of it and can’t say that he is truly original. I break down rappers, I’m a producer I hope he don’t get offended. Oh well, PROPAIN IS THE SHIT!

DJC Jones (Intrigued): You discography resume is filled with the best artists. You worked with the best of the best from R.A. the Rugged Man, The Alchemist, Mr. Cheeks to platinum artists like Busta Rhymes and Big Pun. With 20 plus years under your belt, what motivates you to continue do music?

Agallah: Technology was gonna change the game whether producers emailed beats or not, now it’s too easy, so now everything don’t come across authentic it’s very hard to filter tru hip hop so be careful listeners everything aint that boom bap rap, it’s a lot of wack sauce over bass beats and that ross style era of music is now played out to me, people can be more creative. I aint knock the bass sound but be more creative. We gonna start looking stupid if we don’t.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): With technology changing the game, emcees and producers are emailing tracks and doing beats on IPad’s. During the 90’s golden era, everything is done in the studio. What do you think about artists emailing tracks and do you think that messes up the creativity as oppose to working with the artists in the studio?

Agallah: Yes and no on that one from a labels perspective yes, from an artist /fan perspective no.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): What advice would you give to upcoming artists and producers that want to get in the game right now?

Agallah: Start building your brand from the start. Don’t get caught up in false promises and dreams go and get yours. You ya self, don’t rely on people in the business ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU AINT PAYING THEM YET. Best advice i could give.

DJC Jones (Intrigued): We’re about to close this, where can peeps hit you up for guest features and production. Also where can peeps download and hear your music? Any social networks or emails they can hit you up with!

Agallah: FOR GUEST FEATURES WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/AGALLAH

SUBSCRIBE TO MY VEVO CHANNEL WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/AGALLAHVEVO

LIKE RED V MIXTAPE PAGE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/REDVMIXTAPE

TWITTER INSTAGRAM PAGES: @AGALLAHTHEDON @PROPAINCAMPAIN

DJC Jones (Intrigued): Any last words and or shoutouts!

Agallah: The most high, Allah the most merciful, my family, friends those who support me, my whole Propain Campin family, the city of New York and the city of Los Angeles, Propain Cats World Wide

Go cop that new mixtape from Agallah The Red V on Itunes! Hip Hop at its purest. 

Agallah----The Red V

Agallah-The Red V--(2013)

Artist: Agallah

Album: The Red V

Label: Independent           

Producers: Artist, The Alchemist, Oh No

Agallah has been doing this for years since the underground classic opuses “Ghetto Girl” and “Alize 4 Dolo” including the Game Recording smash tag teaming it with The Alchemist on the innovative “Crookie Monster”. Agallah is a hip hop wizard who can make a classic beat and have the average listener nodding for days. If you have to name one of the best producers in the game, it has to go to Agallah hands down. Now Agallah hits ya with the mixtape featuring DJ J. Ronin titled The Red V.

If you know Agallah’s music, it’s that addictive beat nodding production and the slick lyrical cadence. The interesting part of this mixtape is Agallah can fit anywhere in the circle. Tracks like “Coat of Arms” featuring Tristate, Planet Asia and Rocko has him on that west coast vibe while the smooth hypnotic track “Sky High” featuring Pop Off is self-explanatory for the weed heeds. Agallah spits the real lyricism on this: I don’t wrote poetry, poetry writes me/you cats don’t excite me, there is nothing like me/show you what the difference is, tell you where your spirit is/give you the business, I’m one of the best lyricist.  Agallah’s production brings out his lyrical flow and his guest appearances. The high inspired energized track “Where Things Can Go” brings Agallah to the forefront of his life experiences in the game being around hell and back from Brownsville to toasting to the good life. Now you know where things get tough, things will musically pop off. Agallah gets gully really quick on the Alchemist moody grimy track “Identity Theft” Agallah lets the know cats know that pretty boy shit doesn’t impress anyone.

The guest appearances fit like a glove. As mentioned, Agallah’s production will bring out the energy and “Haterz Are Madd” featuring Boot Camp Clik’s general Sean Price and Wu-Tang’s leadoff hitter rhyme slinger Inspectah Deck is self-explanatory with the hard ominous beat and the fire lyrical flow while “Simon Bar Sinister” featuring Supernatural has that dark sound with the ringing bell within the beat that brings the freestyle giant Supernatural bodying this track. You can also hear the piano infusion in the beats like “Come On” and the head nodding “Slaughter” featuring Murdoc has the awesome kicks and a ridiculous beat pattern.

The mixtape has some gems on it and Agallah continues to impress the audience. The guest appearances came through that gives the mixtape a boost. Majority of the production is Agallah and he has never missed a step with the assistance of Alchemist and Oh No. The minor thing is the mixtape is 19 songs too long which may cause musical fatigue. This only happens to the new hip hop heads that don’t understand musical hip hop theory. For the real heads, length songs don’t matter if most of them are hip hop bangers. The Red V fits that bill of pure hip hop production. Agallah does swing the west coast feeling while still sticks to the east coast Brownsville roots. This mixtape is the warm up for the anticipated album Red Velvet.

            Strong Tracks: “Sky High”, “Where Things Can Go”, “Identity Theft”, “Haterz Are Madd”, “Slaughter”

            Rating:out of