Soul Supreme Explained

Soul Supreme
Birth Name:David Åström
Alias:Kocky
Birth Date:17 February 1983
Birth Place:Sweden
Genre:hip hop
electro
Occupation:hip hop producer
Label:Grit Records

Soul Supreme (real name David Åström), born 1983, is a hip hop producer from Sweden. He has worked with the likes of KRS-One, Pete Rock and Big Daddy Kane.

Career

In 2003 he released his debut self-produced album The Saturday Night Agenda as Soul Supreme on Boston-based Grit Records. The album featured KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Pete Rock, O.C. and many more. Later the same year he produced the mixtape "Soulmatic", a remixed version of Nas classic album "Stillmatic", released through hiphopsite.com.[1] In 2004 he added mixtape, Soul & Sense, containing remixes on early Common material.In 2005 this was released on Nocturne as a CD entitled Uncommonly Nasty: Remixed By Soul Supreme & Statik Selektah. In 2006 he made URB Magazines list of the next 100 producers. His production borrows heavily from, often pitched-up, soul samples, hence the name. He is signed to JuJu Publishing.

Soul Supreme also makes more electro-themed music (his preferred name for this style is rapclash) under the name Kocky. In 2007, Soul Supreme released an electro-house album called Kingdome Come as Kocky. The album was released by La Vida Locash and features guest appearances by Timbuktu, Chords, Mapei, and Jens Lekman.[2]

Albums

Soul Supreme

Kocky

Notes and References

  1. http://www.reocities.com/hiphopinterview/soulsupreme.html An interview with Soul Supreme
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20070723021905/http://www.jujurecords.com/viewArtist.php?id=2 SOUL SUPREME Bio