Kenny Beats

Kenneth Charles Blume III, known professionally as Kenny Beats (born May 10, 1991), is an American music producer. He has produced songs with Tisakorean, Zack Fox, Vince Staples, Freddie Gibbs, KEY!, Gucci Mane, Ski Mask the Slump God, Dominic Fike, Rico Nasty and JPEGMAFIA, among others.

Blume was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and grew up there. He started playing guitar at the age of 9 and began drumming at the age of 11.After he came 2nd in a national electronic music competition, he began to take music seriously. After he graduated high school he moved to New York, where he interned for Cinematic Music Group's Jonny Shipes. After spending some time in NY, he moved to Boston and studied Jazz Guitar and Music Business at Berklee College of Music..

Beats is known to tailor his production to artists' requests, helping them develop their own individual sound. He handles vocal production as well as instrumental and frequently mixes and masters the final products. His YouTube series "The Cave" highlights his frequent use of Ableton Live.

His songs often begin with the tagline "Woah, Kenny!".

In 2009, while attending Berklee College of Music, Beats met Ryan Marks, a DJ. These two became friends, and in 2012, they decided to form the EDM duo Loudpvck. The group had a successful run, releasing plenty of successful original music, but solidified themselves as a force once they collaborated with bigger artists, such as NGHTMRE and Zeds Dead. In 2017, the two parted ways and went on to pursue solo endeavors.

Beginning in March 2019, Beats launched a YouTube series called "The Cave", in which he invites artists to rap 16-32 bars over a custom beat he creates during the video.Usually, the artists are people that he already has experience with, or, is already friends with.They come in, tell him what kind of beat they want, and in 10 to 15 minutes, he'll have something ready that caters to that particular style. The Cave is known for showcasing not only these artists' lyricism, but their personalities. As of October 19, 2019, he has uploaded 13 episodes and amassed just over 7.5 million views. Guests of The Cave include Vince Staples, JPEGMafia, Freddie Gibbs, Rico Nasty, EARTHGANG, Lil Yachty, Smino, Denzel Curry, Zack Fox, Doja Cat, Danny Brown, 6lack and Slowthai.

2010

Smoke DZA - Substance Abuse 1.5: The Headstash

• 02. "Headstash" (featuring Den10)

Smoke DZA - George Kush Da Button

• 01. "Continental Kush Breakfast" (featuring Den10)

2011

Smoke DZA - The Hustler's Catalog

• 14. "Profit" (produced with 183rd)

Smoke DZA - Rolling Stoned

• 05. "Ball Game" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) (produced with 183rd)
• 09. "Pow Wow" (featuring Dom Kennedy) (produced with 183rd)

Skeme - Before My Next Statement

• 05. "Truth"

Smoke DZA - Sweet Baby Kushed God

• 01. "Smokey Klause" (produced with 183rd)

2012

ScHoolboy Q -

• "Party"

Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y.

• 09. "Diamond" (featuring Ab-Soul)

Skeme - Alive & Living

• 16. "Everything On Me"

Jet Life - Jet World Order 2

• 06. "24 Hrs" (featuring Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy)

2014

Ab-Soul - These Days...

• 03. "Hunnid Stax" (featuring ScHoolboy Q)

2016

Lucki - Son of Sam

• 01. "Double Check"
• 02. "His Only..."

Skywlkr - Joints

• 01. "3 Drugs" (featuring Kenny Beats) [produced with Skywlkr]

2017

Lucki -

• "Live It"

Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats - South Dark

• 01. "Dead End"
• 02. "Everyday"
• 03. "Ruthless" (featuring Duke)
• 04. "Do This"
• 05. "C Sick"
• 06. "3 Point Stance"
• 07. "Hood" (featuring Baby Uiie)

DJ Lucas -

• "Big Dope"

Lil Wop - Wopavelli 3

• 05. "Topgolf"
• 09. "Dope Man"
• 10. "Walking Dead"
• 11. "Friday the 13th"
• 14. "Grow Up"
• 16. "Xans" (produced with ChaseTheMoney)

2018

YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Until Death Call My Name

• 09. "Traumatized" (produced with Judge)

Key! and Kenny Beats - 777

• 01. "Demolition 1 + 2"
• 02. "Hater"
• 03. "Blurry"
• 04. "Boss"
• 05. "Move"
• 06. "Famous"
• 07. "It Gets Better"
• 08. "Kelly Price Freestyle"
• 09. "Love On Ice"
• 10. "Dig It"
• 11. "Toronto"
• 12. "True Love Interlude"
• 13. "Control"
• 14. "Twisted"
• 15. "Squeamish"

Freddie Gibbs - Freddie

• 02. "Automatic"
• 03. "Death Row" (featuring 03 Greedo; produced with Freddie Kane)
• 07. "Set Set"
• 08. "Toe Tag"
• 09. "FBC" (produced with A. Lau and Tony Seltzer)

Zack Fox -

• "Square Up"

Vince Staples - FM!

• 01. "Feels Like Summer"
• 02. "Outside!"
• 03. "Don't Get Chipped" (produced with Cubeatz)
• 05. "New earlsweatshirt"
• 07. "FUN!" (produced with Hagler)
• 08. "No Bleedin"
• 09. "Brand New Tyga"
• 10. "(562) 453-9382"
• 11. "Tweakin" (produced with KillaGraham)

JPEGMafia and Kenny Beats -

• "Puff Daddy"

10k.Caash - The Creator

• 02. “Mutumbo” (featuring Rico Nasty)
• 10. "Aloha" (featuring GUN40)

J.I.D - DiCaprio 2

• 02. "Slick Talk" (produced with EWonder and Christo)

Ski Mask the Slump God - Stokeley

• 03. "Foot Fungus" (produced with Roofeeo)
• 05. "Unbothered"

2019

Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats - Anger Management

• 01. "Cold"
• 02. "Cheat Code" (featuring Baauer)
• 03. "Hatin"
• 04. "Big Titties" (featuring Baauer & EARTHGANG)
• 05. "Nasty World (skit)"
• 06. "Relative"
• 07. "Mood" (featuring Splurge)
• 08. "Sell Out"
• 09. "Again"

Zack Fox and Kenny Beats -

• "Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)"

Dominic Fike - Untitled Debut Album

• "Phone Numbers"

Ed Sheeran - No.6 Collaborations Project

• 04. "Take Me Back to London" (featuring Stormzy) (produced with Skrillex and FRED)

Gucci Mane - Delusions of Grandeur

• 06. "Proud of You" (produced with Nils)
• 15. "Us"

Rexx Life Raj - Father Figure 3: Somewhere Out There

• 03. "Moonwalk"

Yung Bans - Misunderstood

• 07. "Touch the Stars (featuring Lil TJay)"

FKA twigs - Magdalene

• 04. "Holy Terrain (feat. Future)" (produced with FKA twigs, Jack Antonoff, Skrillex, Sounwave, Lewis Roberts, and Noah Goldstein)

DaBaby - Kirk

• 08. "Toes (featuring Lil Baby & Moneybagg Yo)" (produced with Queen Sixties)

03 Greedo and Kenny Beats - Netflix and Deal

• 01. "Traffic" (produced with Captain Crunch)
• 02. "Paid in Full" (produced with Nils)
• 03. "Disco Shit" (featuring Freddie Gibbs)
• 04. "Maria" (produced with 1Mind)
• 05. "Blue People" (featuring Vince Staples)
• 06. "Beg Your Pardon" (featuring Maxo Kream)
• 07. "Honey I Shrunk The Kids"
• 08. "Brad Pitt" (produced with Nils)
• 09. "Aye Twin" (featuring Key!) (produced with Dylan Brady)
• 10. "Life"
• 11. "Payback" (featuring Ohgeesy) (produced with Judge Beats)
• 12. "Soul Food" (featuring Buddy) (produced with Elijah Rawk)
• 13. "Dead Presidents"

2020

IDLES - TBC