Let It Beat is the second studio album by Malibu, California rapper Shwayze. It was first announced by Cisco Adler on February 4, 2009, via his Myspace page. He also confirmed the song "Make A Lil Love" in that blog post.http A few days later he posted another blog update, which confirmed the track "Livin' It Up," It also confirmed guest appearances from The Knux, and Tabi Bonney.http On May 8, 2009 Cisco announced that the album is entitled Let It Beat, and was currently being mixed and mastered. Although Shwayze's previous debut album only had one guest appearance, this album has guest appearances from The Knux, Tabi Bonney, and Snoop Dogg. Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains plays bass on a track called "Crazy For You," and Ric Ocasek of The Cars plays guitar on the same track.http Roy Bittan the pianist of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band plays piano on the track Heart and Soul. The first single, "Get U Home" was released on June 28.
Personnel
Shwayze
*Cisco Adler - lead vocals, Guitar, Piano
*Shwayze - lead vocals
Additional Musicians
*Mark Smidt - Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone Sax, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Trumpets Horn Arrangement,
*Ric Ocasek - Guitar, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals
*Darryl Jenifer - Bass Guitar
*Kool Kojak - Drum Programming, Synths, Bass Guitar. Backing Vocals
*Roy Bittan - Piano
*Snoop Dogg - Vocals
*The Knux -
*Tabi Bonney - Vocals
Chart Positions
References
Category:2009 albums
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Aaron Smith (born May 29, 1985) better known by his stage name Shwayze, is an American rapper.
He was born and raised in Malibu, California, Shwayze worked at a local Starbucks coffee shop until he met Whitestarr frontman Cisco Adler at a nightclub. Shwayze attended Duke University for one year before failing out and returning to LA. One night Shwayze jumped on stage during Whitestarr's performance and started freestyling, impressing Cisco Adler. They immediately began making music together, and landed a deal with Suretone Records.
Their first single "Buzzin'" peaked at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Their second single "Corona and Lime," has reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and #3 in the US iTunes Store.
Shwayze's self-titled debut album, which Cisco Adler co-wrote, was released on August 19, 2008. Accessed July 22, 2008.
Shwayze and Adler are the focus of a reality television series on MTV titled Buzzin', which debuted on July 23, 2008. The show has now stopped with a replacement of "Let it Beat TV" on iamrogue.com. He has been also known to work with rap legend Chris Young of banana beat records.
Shwayze and Cisco Adler released a mixtape entitled "Rich Girls" on November 24, 2008.
In June, 2010 Cisco released a mixtape entitled "Super California Lipstick Sexy Magic Dope Shit". Shwayze appeared on three tracks, "California Girl," "High, High, High" and "More Than A Fan."
Also coming in Fall 2010, Shwayze is releasing a self mixtape under his full name Aaron Smith called "Love Stoned". Previews of songs have appeared on Smith's new launched website aaronsmithmusic.com
Discography
Studio Albums
*Shwayze (2008)
*Let It Beat (2009)
References
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