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OG Maco (2014)

Maco Mattox (born April 23, 1992 in College Park , Georgia ), also known by his stage names OG Maco and OGG , is an American rapper who works for the labels Motown and Capitol Records , as well as for the independent label Quality Control Music is under contract. He achieved fame in August 2014 with his single U Guessed It , which was mainly distributed via the social network Vine and was now viewed over 57 million times on the YouTube video portal (as of August 13, 2017) .

Music career

In his youth, OG Maco and friends founded a hardcore punk band called Dr. Doctor , in which he participated as a guitarist and singer. He also uses elements of trap and punk rock in his rap songs . The most conspicuous features are aggressive screaming or dynamic alternation of whispering and shouting, so-called whisper-to-a-scream . According to him, his inspirations include 2Pac , Kid Cudi , Curren $ y , Ludacris , Coolio , Black Sabbath , The Devil Wears Prada , Emarosa and Yes .

2013 to 2014: From Live Life to U Guessed It

OG Maco first attracted attention in the Atlanta music scene in early 2014 when the song Road Running developed from his debut mixtape Live Life , released in late 2013, into a hit in regional clubs.

His breakthrough came with the single U Guessed It . According to his own statements, the song was written when he returned to the studio late at night, drunk and in a bad mood from the Hooters bar . His anger at his own producer resulted in the aggressive freestyle his producer took up. Mattox only realized the recordings the following day. The single was released on August 28, 2014. In the accompanying music video, which Mattox shot spontaneously with crew members and friends, including Rome Fortune, on the night after performances at the Trillectro Music Festival 2014 , they escalate in a hotel:

“Started on a floor, went around, fucked that floor up. Went up a floor, poured everything into the elevator going up, fucked the floor up above us. Recorded everything on that floor, fucked the floor up coming back down. I slide off and the cops were right there. I was like, 'Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you.' They're like, 'We're obviously cops,' but I obviously didn't give a fuck. Like, I had just had the most amazing day of my life - I never performed at Trillectro, I had crowds that was just ready for me, shit like that. So I was just feelin 'on top of the world! "

- Maco Mattox, 2014

The success of the single enabled Maco Mattox to sign a contract with the young and creative indie label Quality Control Music , which mainly looks after up-and-coming artists from Atlanta . He himself stated in an interview with New York magazine The Fader that he would not like the single U Guessed It and called it "the stupidest song [he] ever made" ( Maco mattox : The FADER).

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
U Guessed It (with 2 Chainz )
  US 90 October 18, 2014 (4 weeks)

EPs

  • 2014: OG Maco
  • 2014: Breathe
  • 2015: Yep (with Rome Fortune)
  • 2015: I Made This Shit Before "U Guessed It"
  • 2015: OG Danco (with Curtis Williams)
  • 2015: 10 Moons 2 (as Maco Mattox)

Mix tapes

  • 2013: Live Life (as Maco Mattox)
  • 2014: Give Em Hell (with key!)
  • 2014: Live Life 2
  • 2015: 15

Singles

  • 2014: U Guessed It (with key!)
  • 2014: U Guessed It (Remix) (with 2 Chainz )
  • 2014: How We Planned It (with Skippa da Flippa)
  • 2015: Fu * kemx3 (with Migos)
  • 2015: Night Like This (Remix) (with Wiz Khalifa )
  • 2015: Mirror Mirror (with Kushy Stash)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sidney Madden: Happy Birthday, OG Maco! . XXL . April 23, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Dan Rys: OG Maco . XXL . Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Maco Mattox: OG Maco - U Guessed It (Official Video) . Youtube . August 28, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  4. ^ A b Nicholas Mojica: Who Is OG Maco . Design & trend . May 26, 2015. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 31, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.designntrend.com
  5. ↑ David Peisner: Why the rap Veterans Behind Atlanta indie label Quality Control Music Are the Smartest Guys in hip-hop . Billboard . January 20, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  6. ↑ David Peisner: The Lowdown on Atlanta Hip-Hop Label Quality Control's Young Hit Squad . Billboard . January 21, 2015. Accessed November 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b c d e Christopher R. Weingarten: OG Maco: Viral "U Guessed It" Rapper Is Atlanta's Newest Rock Star . Rollingstone . November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Chart sources: US
personal data
SURNAME 1st floor Maco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mattox, Maco (real name); OGG (another alias)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH College Park , Georgia , United States