The Director… “My style is foreign to the ear, that’s what Bangladesh means”.  Our foreign fetish as a country might explain the industry’s infatuation with the fan nominated and entertainer endorsed instrumental of the year.  Drop the “A Milli” beat in the club and you might feel like you’re at a Diddy’s party, controlled chaos with a guest list that includes Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Corey Gunz, Lil Mama, etc…. not bad when you didn’t send out any invitations.  There are kids who wake up every morning and shoot thousands of jumpers trying to be like Jordan, but the smart kids sleep in, toss back donuts and hit the books attempting to be Jerry Reinsdorf (Bulls’ majority owner).  The movie Ocean’s Thirteen had a star studded lineup which included Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, and Bernie Mac (R.I.P) all who probably can’t go to a McDonald’s without creating a scene. Like Jordan, these stars are easily recognizable. You watch their movies, games, commercials and hang their posters up on your wall. These are the “rich guys”. They get the fame and a nice check but you know who really got broke off? Steven Soderbergh! Who? You probably wouldn’t notice him if you saw him everyday but of all the stars in the movie he takes home the biggest check.  He roams the streets without dealing with the paparazzi, probably has an international model for a wife, and likely looks more like the guy you used to pick on in fourth period. But why is he more valuable than Hollywood’s elite? He’s the director.

Movies are like jobs, no matter how good you are (actors/ employees) you can always be replaced, but you never replace the owner of the business or writer of the script. Ask any rapper and they’ll tell you the producers are the people who get the director checks. A lot of artists are selling records on production alone; because nobody is going platinum without platinum production, do the research. “I like to enjoy my kids, I play basketball, I’m about to start riding my bike, I work out, cook, clean cut grass, etc. That’s relaxing to me”.  It may sound like the average person to you, and you’d be right, 98% of the time, but it’s that two percent similar to the amount of people on the same level that make him truly unique. “I have my own sound that’s what separates me from the rest”. Music is a movie of life, and we give all the credit to the actors, but your real hero is the neighbor who beats you in horse and disappears from time to time without notice, probably partying with the “rich guys”, and they all know and respect him, because Bangladesh Is The Director.
Casting Call… “My days are full of responsibility, I’m responsible for getting my kids to school and then I’m responsible for staying creative so I can make the greatness”. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa coming from a musical family it was beat boxing in the school cafeteria where Bangladesh discovered his love for production. Dissecting and studying the music it wouldn’t be long before he began making tracks of his own. Five minutes or four days it didn’t matter, always on the grind Bangladesh starting turning mesmerizing instrumentals into reality checks. Debuting with hot 107.9 radio station vjay Chris Lova Lova (now known as Ludacris) with “What’s Your Fantasy” he’s came a long way from the 10th grade Timbaland fan beating on the table.

What producers do you look up to? “Besides Quincy Jones, I’m not looking up… My performance level is neck and neck”. Bangladesh aka Mr. A Milli aka King of the Beats has reason to be so confident. With a resume full of platinum references that includes Lil Wayne, Kelis, and Ludacris just to name a few he could easily say I been doing this, but it’s his modest demeanor that makes him that much more valuable. “I’m not an asshole”, which is rare in today’s game of self-centered money made entertainers.

What’s the difference between working with R&B artist and rappers? “The process is sometimes longer working with R&B verses rap and with R&B you can get musical with the track”. Truly innovative with his sound a Bangladesh beat stands out like a nun at a frat party, except his differentness is not only embraced it’s marveled at. In a Simon says industry Bangladesh is quickly stepping to the forefront as a trendsetter. At the top there’s nowhere to go but down, but when you make your own path you see the sky’s not the limit, the icons just float in space.

Did you expect the success of the “A Milli” beat? “The feeling I got from the track when I made it was incredible so I expected that”. “That milli was the nail in the fu*king coffin … ni**az being able to sell records again … you single handedly saved ….. The game” stated Busta Rhymes on Bangladesh TV.

The Premiere… “I use to daydream about it and spoke it into existence”. Success… the validation of your hard work, it’s one thing for your inner circle to vouch for you, but when absolute strangers lose it at the hint of your song you know you’ve done something special. Bangladesh the business man hopes to be on the same pace with his favorite artist Muffy, “She’s not my favorite because she’s my artist, she’s dope. With a dj background and a playlist that includes Andre 3stacks (3000), Kanye, Robin Thicke, Coldplay, and Missy I think I’ll take his word for it. I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost. “My character has always been the same I do things the way I like not the way others think I should”.
With today’s pacified artist surrounded by leeching yes men anything not hailing them as the greatest can be perceived as hating. Along with blog gangsters, biased radio show host, and local cheerleader dissing you to boost their career, the hip hop industry is starting to look like politics. Even when you try to do it for the people you have to deal with negativity. “Like I said I do things my ways so there always people that don’t like me along way. I’m an easy going person, not hard to get along with at all but you can’t mix the phony with real cause they’re to different materials”. It seems like there real are becoming the minority by far. Real people stand for something bigger than their self, real people see the bigger picture; they also know sometimes the truth hurts. Today the radio sounds like a non-stop party, and that doesn’t reflect real life. “I’m trying to show the world that there is substance out there”, just like there is substance behind his summer anthem, Bangladesh is more than a milli … in more ways than one. Cut!