Daddy Kev (born July 22, 1974 in Los Angeles) is a prolific producer, recording engineer and record label owner who has contributed to hundreds of musical recordings in the underground hip-hop genre. 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Alternative hip hop (Bohemian hip hop) is a style of hip hop distinguished by socio-political lyrics, sparse beats that sample few and/or unusual sources (see jazz rap) and uniquely positive rhymes. ...

Together with Hive and Shaggy, he founded the Celestial Recordings record label in 1998. Their early records included Phoenix Orion's critically acclaimed Zimulated Experiencez album and the Celestial Squadron compilation. They went on to release records by NYC's freestyle phenom Supernatural, featuring a Daddy Kev-produced B-side "Seven Minutes of Understanding" (1999). Kev also produced records by Naptron and Alien Nation, most of the songs characterized by fusing rap with sci-fi samples. His work with AWOL One on Souldoubt (2001) saw Daddy Kev return to a more conventional underground rap context. Celestial Recordings was founded in 1998 by producers Daddy Kev and Hive. ... The supernatural (Latin: super- exceeding + nature) refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond ordinary scientific understanding. ...

Celestial Recordings folded in early 2002, with Hive moving to San Francisco at the helm of Violence Recordings (originally a Celestial imprint), and Kev staying in Los Angeles to focus on production and engineering. This would prove to be a time of intense creativity for Daddy Kev, as a series of ground-breaking albums would be released: Busdriver Temporary Forever (2002), D-Styles Phantazmagorea (2002), AWOL One Slanguage (2003), The Grouch Sound Advice (2003), and Existereo Dirty Deeds & Dead Flowers (2003). Busdriver, whose birth name is Regan Farquhar, is an underground MC hailing from Los Angeles. ... D-Styles (born July, 1972 in the Philippines) is generally regarded as the most skilled scratch DJ in the world. ... Slanguage is a space and artist collective founded by Mario Ybarra and Juan Capistran, working with community artists, curators and historians on many projects and workshops. ... Sound Advice is a radio show on CBC Radio. ...

April of 2004 brought Busdriver's Cosmic Cleavage album, released to worldwide acclaim by Big Dada, and produced entirely by Daddy Kev. In July 2004, Kev begins work on Mix Master Mike's Bangzilla album. Busdriver, whose birth name is Regan Farquhar, is an underground MC hailing from Los Angeles. ... DJ for the Beastie Boys and member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. ...

Upon the conclusion of work on the Mix Master Mike album, Kev hatches a plan with business manager Danyell Jariel to start a new record label, Alpha Pup Records. By the end of 2004, the label is formed, and Kev begins mixing the label's first release, Paris Zax Unpath'd Waters (2005). DJ for the Beastie Boys and member of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz. ...

In 2005, Alpha Pup quickly hits its stride, releasing the Paris Zax album to critical acclaim, as well as offerings from turntablist Mike Boo and longtime Kev-collaborator AWOL One.

External links

• Official website and discography

• Alpha Pup Records (current record label)