Introduction
Tshuutheni Emvula(born October 19, 1981 in Berlin, Germany),sometimes known as Becoming Phill is an entrepreneur, hip hop record producer, DJ, composer, and video editor from Windhoek, Namibia. He has produced for various Namibian and international artists, Gazza (musician), Sunny Boy (rapper), TeQuila, Qonja, RUN N.A.M.S., Lize Ehlers, Zeus (musician). Has composed music for the Namibian films 100 Bucks, Love Is... (Won Best Director at Namibian film awards 2012), My Beautiful Nightmare [1] (Won Best Independent Film at Luxor Film Festival Egypt 2012), Try (Won Best Film at Namibian Film Awards 2012) and Eembwiti.
Becoming Phill has various production styles.. He attributes his style to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and J Dilla and also artists like Kanye West, Brenda Fassie, Cameo, Osunlade and others.
Music career
Becoming Phill has been producing for over a decade, producing works with artists across southern Africa and US. He began when his older sister gave him a copy of the then just released Fruity Loops in 1998. He went on to work in a full studio environment becoming an understudy of French guitarist/producer Christian Polloni at Discogs from 2005 til 2009. He is currently working on several anticipated projects.
Solo albums
- 2009: Allsorts Vol. 1
- 2016: Electrum
Production credits
- 2004: Gazza (musician) produced KKN from Zula II Survive
- 2005: Gazza (musician) produced Nobody and My Love on Stof-Lap Chikapute
- 2005: Hiphocalypse Mixtape various remixes
- 2006: Qonja produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Koek n Jam
- 2007: TeQuila produced, co-produced, arranged and mastered for Sound of My Heart
- 2008: Sunny Boy (rapper) produced 'Jaiva Mfanyana' on The Sleeping Giant
- 2009: Qonja produced 'Take Me Home', 'Here I Come' and 'Wonderful' on Mdakadaka
- 2010: Run N.A.M.S. produced The Mixtape Vol.1
- 2011: Lize Ehlers produced whole African Cleavage on Spotify album.
- 2014: Pumpkinhead (rapper) Produced Tracks 1,2,3 on This is Not a Tyler Perry Movie as PH (2014) Label: MCMI
- 2014: Malkovich (rapper) produced tracks 4,12,13 on Great Expectations