#JD Beck

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DOMi & JD BECK - Madvillainy Tribute (Madlib and MF DOOM)

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JID Live Show Preview: Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, 3/21, Chicago

Photo by David KA

BY JORDAN MAINZER

With his third album The Forever Story (Dreamville/Interscope), in reflecting on his past and family and framing it within Black history as a whole, Atlanta rapper JID has effectively sculpted his artistic voice. The opening track of the ambitious record begins with a voice recording of his old football coach chewing him out. It’s funny, but it’s also fitting: The Forever Story pays tribute to the people who shaped JID, by nurturing him, criticizing him, and having his back. Take immediate highlight “Crack Sandwich”, in which he describes himself and his siblings engaging in an all-out brawl at a bar in New Orleans. The titular metaphor flips a Reagan-caused endemic on its head and reclaims it as one of ingenuity, JID admiring his brothers and sisters’ ability to survive in spite of white hegemony and systems of oppression: “On the football shit, but in class, he on the smart shit / Black man using his mind, it’s a target on your forehead,” he raps.

Indeed, The Forever Story is all over the place, thematically and sonically, but JID’s flow and versatility bridge disparate elements. On “Dance Now”, he claims he sold his soul to the Devil for his rap skills and then consciously adopts Tyler, the Creator’s gruff, Satanic register. Equally as impressive as his trademark Atlanta breakneck pace and Southern drawl are his singing chops, like on the spiritual “Kody Blue 31″ and funky “Bruddanem”. He effectively dances atop Kaytranada & JD Beck’s skittering percussion on “Can’t Punk Me” just as well as above the Aretha Franklin-sampled trap loop of “Surround Sound”. Perhaps most stunning, though, is his minimalist humility on “Sistanem”, a reflective and subdued track tackling his own toxic masculinity, addition, and guilt over not having a better relationship with his sister. “I'm not the only one affected by the poison in the mind / And the lifestyle that shine from the iced-out diamonds / That combine with misogynistic mindsets,” JID laments, before declaring, “I tossed that mindset overboard like an object,” one of seemingly infinite times he processes his internal struggles through unrivaled wordplay and layered poetry.

Tonight at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom, JID co-headlines with St. Louis rapper Smino as part of the Luv is 4Ever tour. You better bet they’ll do “Baguetti”.

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'SPACE MOUNTAiN (Live at Tokyo)’ by Domi & JD Beck

2023.05.10

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JD BECK in RADD LOUNGE.

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Zatoichi by Denzel Curry but with JD Beck doing the breakbeat parts

Do u see my vision

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Before heading to Europe next week, Canadian psychedelic-pop singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco, a one-time Far Rockaway resident, is in the East Village this week to play his fifth album, the excellent Five Easy Hot Dogs, all the way through each night at three don’t-miss shows at Webster Hall.

(Mac DeMarco plays Webster Hall again tonight and tomorrow.)

Photos courtesy of Emilio Herce | @emilioherce

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Domi & JD Beck - "Flim" (by Aphex Twin) cover @Casa del Jazz Roma 22.06....

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DOMi & JD BECK @ Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 2/25/2023

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DOMi & JD Beck _ Knxwledge

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Domi and JD at Coachella shot by Jenn Five for NME and Israelshoots

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Music Spotlight: DOMi & JD BECK

DOMi & JD BECK, the Jazz duo consisting of French keyboardist, DOMi and American drummer, JD, met in 2018 and have been making music together ever since. They've managed to bring back classic jazz sounds with a modern twist and their creativity in music keeps us wanting more. Check out what they had to say.

How did you get started in music?

Neither of us come from a musical family.

JD: I asked my parents to play piano around 5 years old, then switched to drums around 8.

DOMi: My parents love music so much and jazz records would always be played in the house. My dad made me start drums and piano when I was 2-3 years old because he wanted my future occupation to be creative and artistic, even though he had no idea how to play or teach it. Haha.

Favorite moment in your career thus far?

Releasing our debut album and being in the studio with Herbie Hancock. We can’t pick between those two.

You’ve already worked with a plethora of amazing artists - who are some of your dream collaborations?

We really want them to happen naturally so we’re not gonna say anything yet, but lots of eclectic artists.

What was your reaction when finding out you were nominated for a GRAMMY?

We were at soundcheck for a show in London, and to be honest we didn’t think much about it. Putting out our album was much more of an accomplishment than being nominated for an award that puts artists against each other.

If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?

DOMi: I would work halftime as a professional waterslide tester and the other half as a professional sleeper. Those are real jobs, I’m not kidding.

JD: I don't know… a film director, or something with computers.

Lightning round! Describe each of the following in one word: Who you are, what you value the most, and what you’d be if you were a food item.

We are stinky, we value creativity and we’d be a margherita pizza with extra basil.

What can we look forward to from you next?

A lot of shows and tours this year, and we’re gonna go crazy for Album 2.

Listen to DOMi & JD Beck's album, NOT TiGHT, right here!