Koolade

Koolade (real name Matko Šašek) is a Croatian hip-hop producer.[1] Born in Zagreb, Jugoslavia in the late 1970s, he began his music career in the mid/late 1990s. Along with other members of the Blackout family he made a strong contribution in making hip-hop an established genre in the Croatian mainstream music scene. Soon after that, he and his partner/manager Phat Phillie realized that his production would make a good export, and continued to expand his work throughout Europe and the US, where he is perhaps best known for his works with Masta Ace on Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer, as well as a number of other prominent American hip-hop artists such as Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, Bow Wow, and Das EFX.[1] Koolade is also known for his long-time collaboration with Bosnian rapper Edo Maajka that began with his 2002 album Slušaj mater.[2]

Los Angeles-based URB magazine named Koolade the best up-and-coming producer in 2007.[3]

Contents

Production credits

Croatian releases

International releases

References

  1. ^ a b "Blackout Lounge" (in Croatian). aquarius.hr. Aquarius. http://www.aquarius.hr/event/2011-01-28-blackout-lounge-a1. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Edo Maajka: Album za novu generaciju balkanske hip-hop publike" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 20 March 2008. http://www.jutarnji.hr/template/article/article-print.jsp?id=246885. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "Koolade za Ghostface Killaha - Posredno to znači i za Jay Z-a" (in Croatian). vip.hr. Vipnet. http://static.vip.hr/sp/index?origurl=/sp/show%3Fidc%3D25000637%26idnews%3D82480. Retrieved 31 July 2011.