

Īlong with additional releases, Abraham also steadily gained more popularity from videos on YouTube of him using the MPC to make live beats and drum patterns. It was met with largely positive reviews and garnered him a large enough audience to begin touring internationally, getting booked for various clubs and shows to perform his music using the drum machine as an instrument. ĪraabMuzik released his breakout independent project Electronic Dream in 2011, which brought this signature sound of his production to the forefront. In an interview with NPR he called "Salute" a different sound "that pretty much got me into the EDM". The first popularization of his new sound appeared in the comeback single "Salute" of rap group The Diplomats, also in 2010. His track "South Beach" sampled Alice Deejay's " Better Off Alone", which AraabMuzik has said sparked his signature samples of electronic music. This would prove to become a large influence on AraabMuzik's future sound. In 2010, The Diplomats released Dipset Trance Party, an instrumental mixtape featuring artists (including AraabMuzik) employing a style that melded trance music with hip hop influences. From 2009 to 2010, he contributed many instrumentals to a series of mixtapes called Boss of All Bosses by Cam'ron and upcoming rapper Vado.Ģ010–2015: Trance Party & Electronic Dream In 2009, AraabMuzik was featured as a main producer on rapper Cam'ron's album Crime Pays, producing the single "Get It in Ohio". He began making beats for Diplomat artists such as Hell Rell and Cam'ron. Career 2005–2010: Diplomats Īfter meeting with record producer and A&R of Diplomat Records, DukeDaGod in 2006, he became affiliated with the Dipset label. By 2006, at age 17, he had begun being noticed by Diplomat Records. Having a natural inkling towards the MPC, he went on to buy his first unit in 2005. Having a musical background lead to Araabmuzik to begin producing hip hop, and had begun getting traction in the industry at a very early age. You'll find a lot of local rap groups, solo artists out here that are trying make it, it's just the fact that we're not on the map like that just yet." "There's definitely a lot of Hip-Hop here. ĭespite not being well known for it, Abraham found a lot of hip hop inspiration in his native home town of Providence. Abraham has said he learned to play the drums at age three and later began playing the keyboard. He is the middle child of three and is of Dominican and Guatemalan ancestry. 2.2 2010–2015: Trance Party & Electronic DreamĪraabmuzik was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, into a musical household.
