After much anticipation Dre Manning has finally released his FOUR ep. Working with producers Kelly Portis, Jamie Valentine and Creative Collective Music Groups in-house production team GäDS. Dre has curated 4 amazingly crafted, mixed and mastered records for your listening pleasure. Dre had this to say about his creation process and the scenarios that led up to its release:
“I started working on this project 4 years ago. During that process I went through 2 relationships, child birth, opening a recording studio, losing my apartment and couch hopping. My manager dropping me with out even telling me. Working at a non-profit with some amazing young men. Finding myself as a man which helped make me a better artist. Linking up with old friends and forming City of GäDs now known as Creative Collective. Realizing there’s certain people I can’t associate with. Over 100 re-writes, lost beats, broken computers, 1000+ punch ins. No show bookings. People forgetting I make music. Me wanting to quit music. Going bald. Losing weight. Gaining it back. Finding love. Creating a family. Opening another studio. Getting laid off. Twice. Deciding not to give up on my goals. Taking my life choice more serious. Recording 200+ tracks to put on this project only using 4. Welcoming J Monop, Eric Sosa, Geronimo, Arbz the Wolf and Sheray to Creative Collective. Couple court cases that I won’t speak on. A bunch of bottles of Paul Maason. Couple pulls of the green. Lots of laughs. Attitudes. Fights and tears. Mixes. Masters and Uploads later. And it’s finally here. Hope you enjoy it.
Peep it after the jump.
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