When you think of eccletic producers, unique in many ways, then you just hit my stomping ground. I'm a multi-instrumentalist, with skills on: "all" brass instruments, piano and drums fluently. I've been a musician since the age of 4 yrs old. You can read my bio for more details. I've been producing consistently since 1995.
My niche is, I have an eye for talent and the ability to see past the artists vision in order to recreate them. Let's say I'm a "renovator." Artists who have failed at an identity, came come to me and I will give them one, if they belong in this industry. However, you can't milk a cat. You have to be a cow.
Who Am I?
Rico Gibson, aka, "Bigg Gipp", started playing drums and trombone at the age of 4yrs old. His talent begin at a church called "The United House Of Prayer For All People", in Macon, Ga. He learned very early that music would be a great part of his destiny. Being a seed of two musically gifted parents, his father, Henry Gibson played all instruments, guitar and piano. He was the best-friend to the late-great Otis Redding Sr. His mother Cora was a singer with "Little Richard" as a little girl. Rico started playing Trumpet while in 3rd grade and continued playing brass until High School where he migrated through several other brass instruments and eventually landed on Tuba. He sat 1st chair his last (2) years in high school, in the marching band at Southwest. He went to college in South Carolina and continued his love of music as a snare drummer with the Claflin College marching band until 1990. Following in his father's footsteps as a musician, Rico now plays "all" brass instuments, piano and drums fluently. His latest credit, adding to his on stage performances, he played drums live, supporting his best-friend Ricky Bennett ..s, while opening for Donnie McClurkin, playing for up and coming Gospel Singer, "Kita." He began his journey again as a rapper with his childhood best-friend Dondrell Williams. They rocked the house on many stages opening for different artists in the secular scene. He gave his life to Christ in 1996 and chose to rhyme about Jesus through his lyrics soon after getting saved. He then found a new love for music production, so he saved money through the years and acquired his own music studio. He has done production for countless Gospel artists throughout the industry and the underground. His desire now is to find "raw" gifted artists and nurture them into "hitmakers." His new album, "Bigger Than Death", is slated to be released in February 2010. With guest appearances, from some of Holy Hip Hop notables, his album is expected to pound trucks and cars, with the message of hope through salvation for all who has been through "extremely hard-times" in their life.