Clinton Sparks
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Clinton Sparks is a Boston native U.S. radio, mixtape DJ and Hip Hop producer. He produced the second single off the Notorious B.I.G.'s Duets: The Final Chapter song Hold Ya Head featuring Bob Marley. He is known to the public via satellite radio, terrestrial radio and mixtapes. His weekly syndicated radio show named SmashTime Radio can be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio and on radio stations around the world from Australia, Belgium, Holland, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.
He released his first and only retail CD Maybe You've Been Brainwashed in 2005 on Koch records, which he produced entirely himself.
Together with Prince Paul and Dante Ross, Sparks appeared on the series finale of the VH1 reality show The (White) Rapper Show, where he sat on the three-judge panel that decided the winning contestant.
On March 6, 2007, Sparks showed up on Boston's Jam'n 94.5 morning show and had an interview about signing his record deal with DTP/Def Jam. He was asked about talking about certain rappers, along with becoming Diddy's official tour DJ. Diddy knew about Clinton but did not know he was white when he met him. Diddy shook hands with [Sparks] black agent by mistake.
In 2007, he signed a deal with the E! Channel to be the new music correspondent on The Daily 10 show every Tuesday at 7:30 ET. He also signed an endorsement deal with Pepsi and is part of the Pepsi DJ division. He tours heavily around the world DJing parties and events from Hong Kong to Hollywood. He most recently produced and co-wrote Akon's new single "Sorry, Blame it on Me" and Colby O'Donis' newest, unreleased single. Clinton also created & DJs Smashtime Saturdays @ Body English in the Hard Rock hotel & casino in Las Vegas every week along W/ the E! channels Daily ten hosts Sal Masekala,Catt Sadler & Ben Lyons. In May 08 Clinton produced the title track for rapper BunBs album II Trill which debuted #2 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. He recently wrote & produced music which will be on upcoming albums for Akon, Beyonce, Ludacris & Sean Kingston.
[edit] Albums/Mixtapes
A wide selection of his mixtapes are available free to download via his website, ClintonSparks.com
- Get Familiar Volumes 1-8
- Get Familiar Blends Volumes 1-7
- SmashTime Blends Volume 8
- SmashTime Blends Volume 9
- The Mixtapes of Tomorrow
- Clinton Sparks & DJ Warrior: Coast Control
- DJ Radio & Clinton Sparks Beanie Sigel & Jadakiss: Brotherly Love
- Clinton Sparks, The Wayans Bros.: White Chicks Like Mixtapes, Too
- DJ Kay Slay & Clinton Sparks: Kill Yourself, Part 1
- Clinton Sparks & DJ Rukiz Shyne: If I Could Start From Scratch
- Clinton Sparks Jay-Z: Concert on Smash
- Clinton Sparks, Clipse & The Re-Up Gang: We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 1
- Clinton Sparks, Clipse & The Re-Up Gang: We Got It 4 Cheap: Vol. 2
- Clinton Sparks & DJ E-Rock: Welcome To The U.S. of Bay
- Clinton Sparks & Beanie Sigel: SP2: The Movie Mixtape
- Clinton Sparks, DJ Kay Slay, Saigon (rapper): The Return of the Yardfather
- Maybe You Been Brainwashed
- The Pulling Strings Mixtape (with Miri Ben-Ari)
- Clinton Sparks Presents Touch the Sky (with Kanye West)
- Anger Management 3 (with Shade 45)
- Welcome to Bad Boy (with Diddy)
- Block Music: The Mixtape (with Shawnna)
- New Crack City: The Mixtape (with Busta Rhymes)
- Clinton Sparks, Big Mike, Hi-Tek: Teknologically Advanced
- SmashTime Radio Vol. 1 Starring Kanye West
- Clinton Sparks & Consequence: The Cons, Volume 4: Finish What You Started
- Clinton Sparks & Grafh: MySpace Jumpoff
- Clinton Sparks w/Damon Dash & DJ Kay Slay: Grafh - Classic
- SmashTime Radio Vol. 2 Starring 50 Cent & Samuel L. Jackson
- SmashTime Radio Vol. 3 Starring Rick Ross, Yung Joc, Paul Wall & T.I.
- Clinton Sparks & DJ Boogie, Pharoahe Monch: The Awakening
- SmashTime Radio: Shade 45 Anniversary Edition
- Clinton Sparks & Tommy Lee: Hip-Pop Rock Star
- SmashTime Radio Vol. 5 - Def Jam Edition Starring Jay-Z, Fabolous, Young Jeezy, Ne-Yo & Lloyd
- Clinton Sparks Presents: Do the Right Thing (with Kardinal Offishall)
- Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli Blacksmith Street Album
- Clinton Sparks & Diddy - Hip-Pop Rockstar II
- Clinton Sparks & Talib Kweli - Get Familiar (The Blacksmith Mixtape Street Album)
[edit] Awards & Accolades
- 2002 Mixshow Power Summit (Puerto Rico), Awarded The Prestigious DJ Threat Award (Rookie of The Year)
- 2002 Justo's Annual Mixtape Awards (NYC), Awarded New Mixtape DJ of the Year
- 2003 Mixshow Power Summit (Puerto Rico), Nominated for, East Coast DJ of the Year, Mixshow DJ of the Year
- 2003 Justo's Mixtape Awards (NYC), Nominated for Mixtape Producer of the Year, Radio Mixtape DJ of the Year
- 2004 Mixshow Power Summit (Puerto Rico), Awarded Mixshow DJ of the Year; Nominated for, Mixshow DJ of the Year
- 2005 Core DJs Convention (Miami), Awarded East Coast Mix Show DJ of the Year
- 2005 Global Mixx Conference (Chicago), Awarded Power Player of the Year
- 2005 Justo's Annual Mixtape Awards (NYC), Awarded Best Mixtape Satellite Radio DJ of the Year
- 2006 Power Summit awards (Dominican Republic) Awarded Syndicated Radio show of the year for SmashTime Radio
- 2006 USA Today names Clinton Sparks one of the top 7 DJs in the world
- 2006 Rolling Stone magazine recognizes Clinton Sparks as one of the top 10 DJs in the world
- 2008 Justos annual mixtape awards (NYC) Nminated for Best Club DJ,Best Radio Dj & Best Mash up Dj - Awarded Best Mash up Dj
