Spkilla
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Edwin Almonte, known by stage names SPK and SPKilla, is a Dominican-American record producer, and DJ. Hip hop pioneers Run DMC, LL Cool J, N.W.A, EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, and Beastie Boys, The Police. and Metallica played at his home. He also listened to Buju Banton, Super Cat, Juan Luis Guerra,and Luis Vargas, with a Caribbean vibe.
His sound merges hip hop, reggaeton, and urban New York City, SPK lists Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Timbaland, and Pete Rock as his primary influences as an artist. SPK cites these four maestros as “the reason why I picked up a sampling machine and started making beats."
Career
1998-2002: N.O.R.E debut solo album
1998 - N.O.R.E. chose SPK to produce 3 tracks for his eponymous first solo album. However, due to sample clearance issues, only one track of his was included. SPK was labeled as the new beatsmith for the new millennium by the bible of hip hop back then, ‘The Source’.”
2002 - SPK produced a track for the movie Fast and the Furious that reached number 7 on the Billboard and number 1 on the Top Soundtracks. The Soundtrack went platinum in 2002 in both the USA and Canada.
Podcasts:
Supagloo
by: Magic DirtYou said we'd stay together
You said no matter whatever
You said we'd stay together
And you told me just to remember
That I stick to you
Like supagloo
It doesn't matter you're no professor
You don't have to try to impress her
You're in love and it's hard to confess it
Just give in 'cause it's time to test it
And he'll stick to you
Like supagloo
You suffer from a fever
And still you know that you can't leave her
This time it's better than keepin'
A little book about all your schemin'
And she'll stick to you