Mark Spears

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Mark Anthony Spears (* 20th century ), better known by his stage name Sounwave (derived from the English word for sound wave , soundwave ), is an American music producer and songwriter from Compton (California) . The film song All the Stars from Black Panther has been nominated for the Best Film Song category at the 2019 Academy Awards.

Life

When Spears was 10 years old, he started using a Korg drum machine for simple percussive beats. Via a four-track device he came to the MTV Music Generator , which ran on the PlayStation . A song they shared with the rapper Bishop Lamont from Carson, California , using the MTV Music Generator , was played on local radio stations. In 2005, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) co-founder Terrence Punch Henderson became aware of him and put Spears in touch with the other founder, Anthony Top Dawg Tiffith. He was initially not convinced by Sounwave, but he expanded the contact and ultimately prevailed over the concerns.

Spear's first work for TDE appeared on the Kendrick Lamar EP in 2009 and Jay Rock's compilation track Fa Sho in 2010. In 2011 he produced several tracks on Kendrick Lamar's mixtape album Section.80 , which got him on Complex's watchlist as a newcomer producer. He produced three tracks on Lamar's 2012 album Good Kid, MAAD City , which received critical acclaim. In 2014 he produced various tracks for TDE artists Isaiah Rashad and ScHoolboy Q.

Sounwave was one of the main producers of the soundtrack to Black Panther . Commenting on the compilation, he said, “I think it's only right. The film doesn't set in 1910 or the 1960s when Black Panther first came out. It is located in today. "

Awards (selection)

In 2016, Spears won a Grammy for Best Rap Song for the song Alright from the album To Pimp a Butterfly, along with Kendrick Lamar, Kawan Prather and Pharrell Williams . The song's chorus was sung in 2015 by teenage protesters demonstrating against police violence across the country, which sparked media coverage; the song was even made a black national anthem . Spears said, "I didn't expect Alright to be a protest song, but I knew it would matter because the time we live in makes it the perfect song for it."

The film song All the Stars received a nomination at the 2019 Academy Awards in the category of Best Film Song .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b The Academy Awards 2019. In: oscars.org. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ beat construction: Sounwave. In: The Fader. December 4, 2012, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Digi + Phonics on Kendrick Lamaar & Dr. Dre (video). In: DailyChiefers.com. May 30, 2012, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Brendan Klinkenberg: 15 New Producers To Watch Out For. In: complex. July 29, 2011, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Josh Weiss: Kendrick Lamar was inspired to do all of Black Panther's soundtrack once he saw the movie. In: syfy.com. February 6, 2018, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Victoria Hernandez: Kendrick Lamar's "Alright" Dubbed The New "We Shall Overcome" By Chicago Rapper Ric Wilson. In: Hiphopdx. Retrieved January 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Aisha Harris: Has Kendrick Lamar Recorded the New Black National Anthem? In: Slate. Retrieved January 29, 2019 .
  9. ↑ John Kennedy: Kendrick Lamar's 'Alright' Should Be The New Black National Anthem. In: BET March 31, 2015, accessed January 29, 2019 .
  10. ^ Andres Hale: The Oral History of Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly". In: Cuepoint. The Grammys, February 9, 2016, accessed January 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Spears, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spears, Mark Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music producer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century