{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Short description|American hip-hop production team}} {{sources|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Da Beatminerz | image = | caption = Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee | origin = Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. | genre = Hip-hop | years_active = 1992–present | label = {{hlist|Rawkus|Copter}} | current_members = Mr. Walt<br>DJ Evil Dee | past_members = Baby Paul<br>Rich Blak<br>Chocolate Ty }}
'''Da Beatminerz''' are an American hip-hop production team from Bushwick, Brooklyn that is popular with the underground hip-hop scene.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/da-beatminerz-p220223 Allmusic]</ref>
==History== The crew, originally composed of brothers Mr. Walt (born June 2, 1968) and DJ Evil Dee (born May 24, 1971), formed in 1992, making their production debut with Evil Dee's group Black Moon, on its debut single, "Who Got Da Props?" The duo produced the entirety of Black Moon's acclaimed debut album, ''Enta Da Stage'', in 1993, then continued production work with Black Moon's Buckshot and his crew Boot Camp Clik. In 1995, along with its third official member, Baby Paul, the group produced the entirety of Smif-N-Wessun's debut album, ''Dah Shinin'''. It continued work with fellow Boot Camp members Heltah Skeltah and O.G.C. in 1996, contributing multiple beats for their respective debuts, ''Nocturnal'' and ''Da Storm''. In the late 1990s, da Beatminerz expanded its client list, producing popular hip-hop artists such as Afu-Ra, Black Star, Eminem, Flipmode Squad, M.O.P., De La Soul, Mic Geronimo, and O.C.
Also in 1996, they appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, ''America is Dying Slowly'', alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip-hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine. By 2001, the crew expanded to five members, with producers Rich Blak and Chocolate Ty joining Baby Paul, Evil Dee, and Mr. Walt. That year, the group released its debut album, ''Brace 4 Impak'', on popular independent label Rawkus Records, featuring guest appearances from Royce da 5'9", Black Moon, Ras Kass, Diamond D, Cocoa Brovaz, Pete Rock, Talib Kweli, Freddie Foxxx, Jean Grae, and Naughty by Nature. The album's lead single, "Take That," became a hip-hop hit in 2001, hitting the Top 5 on the Hot Rap Singles chart. By 2004, the crew narrowed back to its original members, Evil Dee and Mr. Walt, and the duo released its second album, ''Fully Loaded w/ Statik'', on Copter Records. In the new millennium, the group has crafted beats for artists such as Akrobatik, Big Daddy Kane, Black Moon, Boot Camp Clik, Craig G, Dilated Peoples, Jean Grae, KRS-One, Naughty By Nature, Smif-N-Wessun, and Wordsworth. Currently, Da Beatminerz are running their own internet radio station. They are currently set to produce the entirety of Black Moon's next LP, 'Dark Side Of The Moon'.
==Discography==
===Albums=== * ''Brace 4 Impak'' (2001, Rawkus Records) * ''Fully Loaded w/ Statik'' (2004, Copter Records) * ''Unmarked Music Vol. 1'' (2007, Raw Deal Records)
* ''Rah Deluxe '' (2022, Supremacist) Single
===Production=== {|class="wikitable" |- !align="center" width="20"|Year !align="center" width="200"|Artist !align="center" width="200"|Album !align="center" width="60"|Songs Produced |- | rowspan="2" |1992 |Finsta Baby<ref>{{Cite web |title=bandcamp |date=August 29, 2017 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/finsta-bundy-feature}}</ref> |Finsta Baby '''12"''' |1 |- |Ultramagnetic MCs |Poppa Large '''12"''' |1 |- | rowspan="1" |1993 | rowspan="2" |Black Moon |Enta da Stage |<code>Totality</code> |- | rowspan="7" |1994 |I Gotcha Opin' / Reality... '''12"'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=genius |url=https://genius.com/albums/Black-moon/I-got-cha-opin-remix-reality-killing-every}}</ref> |2 |- |Black Moon / Smif-n-Wessun |Headz Ain't Readee / Murder MCs '''12"'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soundcloud |url=https://soundcloud.com/hiphop-classics1/black-moon-feat-smif-n-wessun-headz-aint-redee-1994-beatminerz-mix}}</ref> |2 |- | rowspan="2" |House of Pain |On Point '''12"''' |1 |- |Over There '''12"''' |1 |- |DFC |Things in tha Hood EP<ref>{{Cite web |title=spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/61hnCSTdRSjfMl2uAJejqD}}</ref> |1 of 5 |- |Terror Fabulous |Yaga Yaga '''12"''' |1 |- |Miss Jones |Don't Front '''12"''' |1 |- | rowspan="11" |1995 | rowspan="2" |Smif-N-Wessun |Dah Shinin' |<code>Totality</code> |- |Wreckonize / Sound Bwoy Buriel '''12"'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=genius |url=https://genius.com/albums/Smif-n-wessun/Wrekonize-remix-sound-bwoy-bureill-re-edit}}</ref> |2 |- |Sista, Craig Mack |Dangerous Minds (soundtrack) |1 of 12 |- |Brothers of the Mind<ref>{{Cite web |title=YouTube | website=YouTube | date=October 7, 2008 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y54fwE9hdMs}}</ref> |Rough & Tough (Daytime/Nytetime Mix) '''12"''' |2 |- |Don T |Professional Girls' Man |1 of 11 |- |Doug E. Fresh |Play |1 of 14 |- |Lady Apache |Rock and Comeen '''12"''' |1 |- |Ill Breed |The D&D Project |1 of 12 |- |Mic Geronimo |The Natural |2 of 13 |- |8Ball & MJG |Break 'Em Off '''12"''' |1 |- |D'Influence<ref>{{Cite web |title=YouTube | website=YouTube | date=February 21, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnmjJ54JqnE}}</ref> |Waiting '''12"''' |1 |- | rowspan="14" |1996 |A+<ref>{{Cite web |title=who sampled? |website=WhoSampled |url=https://www.whosampled.com/A%2B/All-I-See-(Beatminerz-Remix)/}}</ref> |All I See '''12"''' |1 |- |Bahamadia |Kollage |4 of 15 |- |The Roots |Silent Treatment '''12"''' |1 |- |Heather B. |Takin' Mine |1 of 10 |- |Mondo Grosso |Diggin' in the Real |1 of 7 |- |Heltah Skeltah |Nocturnal |8 of 17 |- |DJ Krush<ref>{{Cite web |title=youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFp5DyaYVpo}}</ref> |Meiso '''12"''' |1 |- |The Pharcyde |Drop '''12"''' |1 |- |De La Soul |America Is Dying Slowly |1 of 16 |- |Mark Morrison<ref>{{Cite web |title=spotify |website=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/1pyDtU3IRakCJozFTyo3sl}}</ref> |Return of the Mack '''12"''' |1 |- |Sadat X |Wild Cowboys |1 of 15 |- |Shadez of Brooklyn |Change / When It Rainz It Pours '''12"''' |2 |- |Originoo Gunn Clappaz |Da Storm |8 of 15 |- |Black Moon |Diggin' in dah Vaults |<code>Totality</code> |- | rowspan="11" |1997 |Rino |回帰線 '''12"''' |1 |- |Neneh Cherry |Feel It '''12"''' |1 |- |Afro Jazz |Afrocalypse |2 of 17 |- |Artifacts |That's Them |3 of 16 |- |Aquasky |Raw Skillz '''12"''' |1 |- |Joe |No One Else Comes Close EP<ref>{{Cite web |title=spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/5U92H6lvxsseeCYtBfuujE}}</ref> |1 of 2 |- |Next |Rated Next |1 of 18 |- |Fünf Sterne Deluxe |5 Sterne Deluxe '''12"''' |1 |- |Jungle Brothers |Brain '''12"''' |1 |- |Royal Flush |Ghetto Millionaire |1 of 22 |- |O.C. |Jewelz |3 of 15 |- | rowspan="9" |1998 |Shadz of Brooklyn |Diamond Mine / Calm Under Pressure '''12"''' |2 |- |Funkdoobiest |The Troubleshooters |1 of 20 |- |Cocoa Brovaz |The Rude Awakening |4 of 17 |- |M.O.P. |First Family 4 Life |1 of 17 |- |Cheyenne |Your Hot Lips / Keep in Touch '''12"''' |2 |- |Black Star |Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star |1 of 13 |- |Fat Joe |Don Cartagena |1 of 15 |- |Hussein Fatal |In the Line of Fire |1 of 11 |- |Flipmode Squad |The Imperial |1 of 16 |- | rowspan="8" |1999 | rowspan="2" |Black Moon |War Zone |<code>Totality</code> |- |Worldwind '''12"''' |1 |- |Eminem |Soundbombing II |1 of 27 |- |Originoo Gunn Clappaz |The M-Pire Shrikez Back |1 of 17 |- |Brixx |Everything Happens for a Reason |3 of 24 |- |Duck Down |Duck Down Presents: The Album |4 of 15 |- |Ras Kass |Oral Sex '''12"''' |1 |- |Pharoahe Monch |Next Friday (soundtrack) |1 of 15 |- | rowspan="2" |2000 |Afu-Ra |Body of the Life Force |1 of 18 |- |Rah Digga |Dirty Harriet |1 of 18 |- |rowspan="2"|2001 |Nas |Stillmatic |1 of 14 |- |Dilated Peoples |Expansion Team |1 of 16 |- | rowspan="8" |2002 |KRS-One |The Mix Tape |1 of 13 |- |D&D ALL STARS |D&D Project |2 of 14 |- |Boot Camp Clik |The Chosen Few |3 of 15 |- |Krumbsnatcha |Respect All Fear None |2 of 15 |- |AZ |Aziatic |1 of 14 |- |Naughty By Nature |IIcons |2 of 18 |- |Jean Grae |Attack of the Attacking Things |2 of 12 |- |Akrobatic |Balance |1 of 15 |- | rowspan="3" |2003 |Black Moon |Total Eclipse |9 of 17 |- |The Last Emperor |Music, Magic, Myth |6 of 21 |- |KRS-One |Kristyles |3 of 17 |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |Truth Enola |6 O'Clock Straight |1 of 20 |- |Vast Aire |Look Mom... No Hands |1 of 17 |- | rowspan="2" |2005 |Ghostface Killah & Trife |Put It on the Line |1 of 15 |- |Tek & Steele |Smif 'n' Wessun: Reloaded |4 of 15 |- | rowspan="2" |2006 |Boot Camp Clik |The Last Stand |1 of 14 |- |Buckshot |Alter the Chemistry |<code>Totality</code> |- | rowspan="2" |2009 |Tiye Phoenix |Half Woman, Half Amazin' |1 of 13 |- |Steele |Welcome to Bucktown |1 of 14 |- |rowspan="1"|2010 |Vinnie Paz |Season of the Assassin |1 of 21 |- |rowspan="1"|2011 | rowspan="2" |Apathy |Honkey Kong |1 of 23 |- |rowspan="1"|2014 |Connecticut Casual |1 of 12 |- |2016 | rowspan="4" |Truth |From Ashes to Kingdom Come |1 of 17 |- |2019 |The Fight for Survival |2 of 15 |- |2022 |For All Intents and Purposes |<code>Totality</code> |- |2024 |Nostalgia ThEraPy |<code>Totality</code> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2014/04/bushwicks-finest-feature Bushwick’s Finest: Forgotten Heroes of the Brooklyn Hip Hop] Red Bull Music Academy * [http://www.btsradio.com/html/mr-walt-da-beatminerz-bts-radio-guest-mix.html Mr. Walt] on Andrew Meza's BTS Radio
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