R3LL

NOBODY IS COMING TO SAVE YOUR CAREER. BUILD YOUR OWN PLATFORM. MAKE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES. STOP WAITING FOR A CO SIGN THAT'S NEVER COMING.

shoutout to every DJ who played a jersey club set in a city where nobody knew what it was and converted the whole room by the end of the night. missionary work.

there's a whole generation of producers in Lagos and Johannesburg making jersey club influenced beats right now and most of America has no idea. the diaspora stays connected through the bounce.

shoutout to the DJs who still carry crates in their head even when everything is digital now. you know who you are. the muscle memory never leaves.

ableton open. 2k loading in the background. son sleeping. coffee cold. this the sweet spot right here. this where the magic happens.

i be in the studio at 2 AM knowing i gotta be up at 6 telling myself "just one more bounce" and then it's 4:30. every time.

the hardest transition in music isn't going independent. it's unlearning all the bad habits you picked up trying to impress people who were never gonna sign you anyway.

labels will pass on you 50 times then call you "overnight success" when you blow up without them. that's not a story about you being late. that's a story about them being blind.

unpopular opinion: the best beats are the ones that make the producer move first. if you're nodding your head while you make it somebody else will too. stop overthinking.

BUILT THE LABEL. BUILT THE WEBSITE. CODED THE SOFTWARE. MADE THE MUSIC. STILL SHOWING UP TO WORK EVERY DAY. THAT'S THE PART THEY DON'T POST ABOUT.

THE BOUNCE NEVER LIES. IF IT MAKES YOU MOVE IT'S WORKING. STOP SECOND GUESSING IT.

YOUR FAVORITE PRODUCER'S FAVORITE PRODUCER STARTED IN A BEDROOM TOO.

people call jersey club a "subgenre" like it didn't birth an entire movement across 3 continents. Japan. UK. Africa. all bouncing to something that started in Newark basements. put some respect on it.

jersey club been around for 20 years without a single major label pushing it. no co signs. no playlists. just kids in basements who refused to make music that sounded like everybody else. that's why it's still here.

what's the first piece of music software you ever opened? mine was ACID Pro. i had no idea what i was doing and it was the best feeling ever.

real question. if you could go back and watch ONE DJ set from any era any venue any artist who are you watching?

DJs — what's a track you play every set no matter what because you KNOW it's gonna work? we all got that one.

what's the craziest venue you ever seen a DJ perform at? i did Yangon, Myanmar and the crowd went OFF. that energy was different.

drop a 2000s song that needs a jersey club remix. if it's fire i might actually cook it.

All my music is now available at r3ll.com go grab those hidden gems now. Copy rights ain't taking these down. 😅💯

producers — if you had to delete every plugin except one, which one survives?