I had the honor of spending some time with Kavet the Catalyst to talk about his past as a beatmaker and what inspired him to create Hawaii’s first beat battle, Beatroot.

Kavet and I go way back, we listened to the same underground hip hop tapes back in the late 90s/early 2000s and I had sent him my first beat album, Pendulum while he was the host of the legendary Lightsleepers show on KTUH. When I moved out to the 808 state, he was the first cat I contacted, and the rest is history.

Mr. Carmack is a fellow Bay Area head who moved out to Hawaii around the same time I did. His beatmaking style is on the edge of modern aesthetics with a touch of old school influence. In this final producer profile for the Beatroot 2012 Grand Championships, he speaks about his artistic upbringing and how it inspired him to create his own sound.

Hailing from Camden New Jersey and currently residing in Honolulu Hawaii, Jerz-E-Ric is the fifth of six finalists in Hawaiiʻs long-standing beat battle, Beatroot. The 2012 Grand Championships take place on April 20th, 2012. This is yet another producer profile Iʻve created to bring light to the event as well as the artists who are keeping the art of beatmaking alive in the 808 state.

The fourth of six producer profiles for the Beatroot 2012 Grand Championships. This here is Welwing, originally from Massachusetts, now residing in Honolulu. Out of all six producers, his style is on the border of experimental hip hop and electronic. An interesting cat, this dude.

This is the third of six producer profiles for the Beatroot 2012 Grand Championships. Beatroot is Hawaiiʻs long standing beat battle. Sentric is a producer with that 90s boom bap flavor who resides in Mililani Hawaii.