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- BIOBorn in New York City's Little Italy in the early 80s, The Arcitype's love for music began at the young age of five when his father enrolled him in music school and surrounded him with different Instruments. Moving from the New York to the rural and isolated Western Massachusetts, The Arcitype continued his musical education and began playing Classical piano. Influenced by his guitar rocker uncle, he engendered a strong love for the blues, and began picking licks on the old beat-up Fender Strat his uncle gave him.
As the lead guitarist with Blues/Funk group Tip Top Deluxe, The Arcitype played shows to packed houses. Touring the New England Tri-State area, Tip Top Deluxe headlined shows at various clubs, bars and festivals from 1998-2000. When the group split in 2000, The Arcitype moved onto a solo career in Acoustic Rock and Blues. The need for demos spurred his interest in the recording process, and led him to set up a home studio.
By 2002, The Arcitype had branched out into Hip Hop, seeing it as the modern day interpretation of the traditional Blues he loves. Utilizing his diverse musical background, The Arcitype began creating Hip Hop beats.
Leaving the Berkshires for Boston, The Arcitype pursued a degree in Audio Production and Music at Emerson College. It was during this time that he began to establish himself in the Boston Hip Hop scene, forming relationships with the city's best emcees, other producers and various promoters.In the spring of 2008, The Arcitype formed his own label, AR Classic Records, to have a home for the projects he was working on. Later that same year, The Arcitype opened his own studio, The Bridge Sound & Stage with business partner (and former Emerson professor) Owen Curtin, and has since built the studio's reputation into one of the premier studios and the Hip Hop epicenter of Boston.
The Arcitype's production credits include:
AR Classic RecordsBig NoydBrick RecordsCa$his (Shady Records)CopywriteCraig G.Dillon CooperDuck Down RecordsEdo GGuilty SimpsonIlla Ghee
Ill BillJaysaun (Special Teamz)John Robinson (Lil Sci of Scienz of Life)Killa ShaKing MagneticKool G RapLil' Fame (of M.O.P.)Moe PopePlanet AsiaPunchlineR.A. The Rugged ManREKSRockness MonstaRuste JuxxSadat X (of Brand Nubian)ScarfaceSean Price
Shabaam SahdeeqSlaine (of La Coka Nostra)Steele (of Smif N Wessun & Boot Camp Clik)Tek (of Smif N Wessun & Boot Camp Clik)TermanologyVinnie PazWais PXL (of The Kreators)& Many More.
The Arcitype's production has been featured in:- Hand-selected by producers, Jake One and Vitamin D to compete in Red Bull's Big Tune Beat Battle in Philadelphia, May 2010.
- Rotation on SiriusXM's Shade45 and Hip Hop Nation channels.
- Featured on Redbull.com, TheSource.com, AllHipHop.com, NahRight.com, 2dopeboyz.com, CrateKings.com, HipHopDX.com, XXLmag.com, MTV.com, CollegeHumor.com and many more reputable blogs.
- Numerous ESPN specials including "Depth Chart: Arkansas Razorbacks" National Special, ESPN's national coverage of Miami Heat's season home debut Oct, 2010 and ESPN's national promo for the coverage of the 2010 Men's NCAA Basketball season.
- Numerous national TV placements including VH1's Tough Love, Bravo's Shahs on Sunset, MTV series' MADE, Catfish, The World of Jenks, 10 On Top, When I Was 17, & more
- MLB.com
- Shapemix iPad & iPhone Music Remixing App
- Youtube's Featured Video.
With his studio, The Bridge Sound & Stage, stationed in Cambridge MA as his headquarters, The Arcitype continues to work with artists throughout the US and abroad. His is currently a signed producer with the legendary Duck Down Music label and has proved himself to be one of Hip Hop's strongest up and coming producers, and it's only the beginning.
Specialties: Music Production, Beat Production, Sound Engineering and Artist Development.
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1 Producer, 1 Store, 1 Day, 10 Beats. ‘Evolution’ (The One Day Beat Tape) Official Promo Video.
Brought to you by Annie Mulz, AR Classic Records & The Arcitype.
Directed by Hi-Lite Reel Boston.
Download ‘Evolution’ here: http://www.audiomack.com/album/ar-classic-records/evolution-the-beat-tape
Description: Listen to and Download Evolution (The One Day Beat Tape), the new album from The Arcitype. This beat tape was made by The Arcitype in under 8 hours at a live in-store event at Annie Mulz’s Kyoto Jungle in Boston, MA on May 11, 2013. It contains no samples. All parts were played and/or recorded and all the beats were conceptualized and created on the spot in the store. This tape is brought to you by Annie Mulz, AR Classic Records and The Arcitype. Follow ThevArcitype: http://www.twitter.com/thearcitype Like The Arcitype: http://www.facebook.com/thearcitype © AR Classic Records 2013
- Single Produced by The Arcitype Placed in MTV's World Of Jenks
The High Life’s single “We Came To Rock” (produced by The Arcitype) was recently aired on MTV’s hit show World Of Jenks.
At 20:37 in the episode above, you can see Usher and a number of other dancers performing while the single plays in the background.
This is the 2nd full song placement on MTV for The Arcitype this year.
- Moe Pope Names The Arcitype One of His Favorite Boston Artists
Please vote for my remix of Styles P’s “So Deep” in Beatstars.com remix competition:
https://apps.facebook.com/promotionshq/contests/315415/voteable_entries/66461737
You can vote daily until April 22, 2013!
New video “Stand Strong” with Ruste Juxx off our album V.I.C. available now on AR Classic Records/Duck Down Music. This single features Sarah Miller on the hook.
Buy V.I.C. on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/PTCzTj
The new Moe Pope & Rain album, Let The Right Ones In, dropped today.
It features Reks, Blacastan, Ceschi, Dua Boakye (Bad Rabbits) & Many More.
I produced 2 songs on the album, and mixed/mastered it. Pick it up on iTunes.
New video for “Barbarian Bars” featuring Punchline off my album, V.I.C. with Ruste Juxx.
New video with Esh off our new 6 song EP ‘Nightworks’, which feature contributions from Ceschi, Fran-P & Romen Rok.
‘Nightworks’ is now available for whatever price you’d like to pay for it by clicking below:
The Boston Phoenix had some very kinds about my album V.I.C. with Ruste Juxx this year. It was both unexpected and humbling.
Pre-order Moe Pope & Rain’s new full length album, “Let The Right Ones In” dropping January 22, 2013 on BrickRecords/AR Classic Records. I produced 2 songs and the album features contributions from:
Reks
John Robinson
Blacastan
Dua Boakye (of Bad Rabbits)
Ceschi
Boycott Blues
Here’s the second teaser for the EP, NIghtworks I’m dropping with Esh on December 26, 2012. It has beer helmets and fireworks in it.
I’m dropping more new music in 2012. This time with my long time homie and dope emcee, ESH. We’re dropping an EP titled, Nightworks on Dec. 26, 2012. Here’s the first video promo for the album.
I just dropped a new EP with VICEVERSAH called 2 Days Off. You can pick it up for whatever price you want.
Enjoy.
- Ruste Juxx & The Arcitype – V.I.C. (Hip Hop Dependency Review)
I can say, without hesitation, that Ruste Juxx has been on of the most prolific artists in the last few years. He has been featured donzens of times on other people’s projects. He has been on a a blistering pace of almost releasing two albums a year and V.I.C. is his second of 2012. His first project this year was with French producer Kyo Itachi, entitledHardbodied Hip Hop. That album was outstanding and I thought Juxx had outdone himself with that effort but, V.I.C.expounds even further on that effort, making it one of the top notch albums of 2012. I believe one of the reasons this album shines so bright is the beat selection from producer, The Arcitype. He is able to fuse different sounds together for an album that I really hadn’t heard before and that only enables Ruste Juxx to showcase even more of what he can do with the microphone.
Can Only Be Me, production wise is hard, edgy, and built to go hard. It’s dark and aggressive with the choral electronica. I also love the use of the staccato violin that comes and goes throughout the song. Ruste Juxx isn’t just about bucking down the competition. You hear on the track, a man whose hunger for the prize can not satisfied. The man is doing himself and could care less about the haters. They only provide inspiration. Peep the lyricism on the first verse:
I can only be me, myself, and I / Great father, plus I’m one hell of a guy/ But them haters is ill / They be doubtin’ the skill / Like I can’t take it to the hole, handle the pill / I’m a man of my word and my word is bond / And the bond is unbreakable, incredibly strong / I be out and about making miracles happen / You be down in the dumps while your enemies laughin’ / I won’t ever change cuz of what they say about me / As long as I’m the hottest topic and they talking BOUT ME / In the zone son my pen game’s sharper / Weed got lighter and my liquor got darker / You be on their diggin’ that man Juxx’s delivery / Punch him in the face, he gonna call security / Superior don’t deal with stupidity / Bring it to the hood and raise the humidity
Rock To The Rhythm is a track that we have already spoke upon but damn this is a choice jam. It’s definitely a track that you are going to want to ride to at full volume. The Arcitype provides one of the more unique production meshes of the album. It’s amazing how he blends something to bounce to with that gritty street flavor. He also intermingles what I consider a little Middle Eastern synth that you would most expect from a 1990s West Coast cut (ala The Luniz) but he incorporates it seamlessly into this joint. On cue, Ruste Juxx knows exactly what to do with a beat this tasty…he bodies it. He utilizes a quick rhyme scheme and, by all appearances, an effortless flow.
There are lots of great guests featured on this album, but my favorite collaborative cut involves Shabaam Sahdeeq, Guilty Simpson, and Ill Bill. The track is called The Walking Dead. The cut starts with a maniacal laugh and then proceeds into a flurry of illness. The Arcitype puts a new twist on spooky with what sounds like harpsichord-type-keys and an musical eeriness that reminds me of the sound effects from Scooby-Doo cartoons . All the emcees bring a definite degree of filthy wordplay that sounds very cohesive throughout.
In conclusion, you are used to Juxx’s tough deliveries and bars that will body the competition but this album is different. I think he takes flow and lyricism up a notch to give you (the listener) the absolute best product. You are also not going to hear production like this from anyone else or on any other project. The Arcitype is bringing his own unique blend of hip hop flavor to the table. It can best be described as musical alchemy. His melding of sounds is amazing and you can’t label it. The emcee and producer, together, build momentum with each track until we have one of the best albums crafted this year. Enjoy this one!
Pick up the new album “God Of The Serengeti” from Jedi Mind Tricks’ frontman, Vinnie Paz.
I produced “Problem Solver” on the album which features the legendary Scarface. It was an honor to be a part of this record.
To celebrate the release of our new album, Ruste Juxx and I bring you our new video for “GGTC” off V.I.C.
Directed by Hi-Lite Reel Boston.
- Here’s a track I did with the homie Dillon Cooper. Kid got talent. Enjoy.
(No streaming audio available)2060 plays - New weed anthem featuring Craig G and General Steele off Ruste Juxx & The Arcitype’s ‘V.I.C.’ dropping September 25th, 2012 on AR Classic Records /Duck Down Music.
(No streaming audio available)8181 plays - New single featuring Ill Bill, Guilty Simpson and Shabaam Sahdeeq off my album with Ruste Juxx ‘V.I.C.’ dropping September 25th on AR Classic Records / Duck Down Music. Here’s what DJBooth.net had to say about the single: “You’d think that a creature as slow-moving, mindless, inarticulate and unfashionable as the zombie would be an unlikely role model for a rapper. On the other hand, you can’t expect to leave such a tempting bandwagon unattended without some enterprising emcee jumping in. Thus, we have Ruste Juxx’ The Walking Dead, a blood-spattered hip-hop tribute to the monster popularized by George Romero, and recently brought into the spotlight thanks to the AMC series of the same name. Not to be left out of the shambling, flesh-eating fun,Ill Bill, Guilty Simpson and Shabaam Sahdeeq grab the mic to deliver aggressive guest bars over project producer The Arcitype‘s sinister beat. For more from the BK rapper and his behind-the-boards partner, grab a copy of V.I.C. when it drops Sept 25, via AR Classic Records/Duck Down Music Inc..”
(No streaming audio available)8688 plays - Here’s a new promotional single I produced for Carolina Black and Dominik Omega for their upcoming EP, Smartest Guys The Room dropping later this summer. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE HERE.
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- @CUTSDATFLO thank you fam! glad you liked it!
- RT @TheBridgeStudio: Here's a look at how/where The Arcitype made that 10-Track Beat Tape in 8 hrs: http://t.co/KcOIbUhmZl
- Waters' debut album "Surface Tension" drops tomorrow. I produced most of the songs on it. Look out for that. #arclassic
- Who's checked my new free One Day #EvolutionBeatTape? http://t.co/vFom0u6pOG What are your favorite beats off the tape? #beattape #HIPHOP
- RT @therealreks: REVOLUTION COCKTAIL JULY 2ND
- This is the 1st video off my 'V.I.C.' album w/ @rustejuxx357 http://t.co/cReaOUhyPO Dir. by @CUTSDATFLO 62k views on that. Check it out.
- Here's the link to purchase "V.I.C." on iTunes: http://t.co/izXydxwJ3O
- Pick up the deluxe version of my full length album w/ @rustejuxx357 'V.I.C.' on iTunes. ℅ @arclassic @perfecttimepub & @DuckDownMusic
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- RT @therealreks: @waisthep just SPAZZED on this record yall are not ready!!!!!! @TheArcitype #SKRIPPAHSONG!!!!!!
- RT @HipHopAndBS: YO THIS NEW @rustejuxx357 ALBUM "V.I.C." IS STRAIGHT CRACK ROCKS!!! BONG BONG!!!
- @SlainesWorld hey homie, hope you've been well. Are you in Boston next week? Would love to link in the studio, lemme know.
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