Seattle by way of Oakland Oakland by way of San Diego San Diego by way of Chicago Chicago by way of Dyersburg, TN Dyerbsurg, TN by way of Harvey, IL Started making beats around 1996 using a 4 Track and looping my Dad's old records Have used various mediums to make beats including- FL Studio Reason Adobe Audition SP404 SP505 Zoom HD8 currently using NI Maschine but when it really comes down to brass tax; it's not what you use but what you make. dope is dope 98% of what I do is sample based the other 2% is just me being experimental (ie. tweaking some VST presets because I have no idea how to build a synth sound)