About

SMKA?

We set out to create beautiful music, work with talented people and have a lasting impact on the music industry… while having a fun time doing it

SMKA was founded in August 2008 as a music production company built – with business manager, Mike Walbert – around two very talented producers, Blake “808 Blake” German and Kyle “7King” King.  In February 2009, 7King became the tour and studio guitar player for B.o.B, who – at the time – was on still very much on the rise.   Shortly after, 808 Blake began producing music full time and has since been responsible for a vast majority of production coming from SMKA.  Our music began to spread far beyond Atlanta once our mixtapes became featured on many of the top hip-hop media outlets.  After the overwhelming response from our first few mixtapes, we began producing hip-hop events around the US, developing artists and consulting for up-and-coming artists.   In 2010, we began adding new producers and musicians to the team in order to diversify our sound and meet demand.   In 2011, Mike Walbert, was made an official partner and the artist director of the A3C Hip-Hop Festival, which is one of the largest hip-hop festivals in the US.  Since 2008 SMKA has been directly involved in nearly every aspect of the music industry, including: Event Production, Booking, Music Production, Licensing, Distribution, Consulting, Branding, Marketing & PR.  Our experience has enables us to work with a lot of great people and learn about the music business.  Today, SMKA is a independent music production, branding and development firm.

SMKA has released over 15 projects that have accumulated over 500,000 downloads, to date.  Our music has been featured in nearly every major hip-hop blog and media outlet in the US (Complex, Fader, XXL, The Source, Nah Right, Okay Player, 2Dopeboyz, HipHopDX, The Smoking Section, xclusivezone, illroots, DJbooth, RCD-LBL, OnSmash, Creative Loafing, Washington Post…and hundreds more).  We continue to work with new artists and release original music & videos each week.

 

WHO IS SMKA?

Mike Walbert: Co-Founder / Business Manager
808 Blake: Co-Founder /Producer
7King: Co-Founder / Guitar / Producer
Artist Sensey: Producer / Audio Engineer
Justin Padron: Producer / Audio Engineer

We also work with an array of very talented individuals who help us create music and keep SMKA moving in the right direction.

WHAT DO WE DO?

For a list of services please visit Services

 

WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC DO WE MAKE?

To date, a majority of the music we have produced is Hip-Hop/Rap   However, we have produced music for… Rock, Funk, R&B, Soul, Alternative & Pop. We enjoy music from all genres, and we make music that we like.

 

WHO HAVE WE WORKED WITH?

We have worked with 150+ artists from all over the US.  Here are a few:

Aleon Craft // B.o.B // Bobby Creekwater // Bone Crusher  // Casey Veggies // Donny Goines // El Prez  // Fashawn // FKi // Freddie Gibbs // Fresh Daily // Grip Plyaz //  Jackie Chain // Jarren Benton // Joe Scudda // K. Sparks // Kyle Lucas // Mikkey Halsted // Nappy Roots // Nesby Phips // Outasight //  Phil Ade // Pill // Playboy Tre // Rittz // Rockwell Knuckles // Scar // Sean Falyon // Shawn Chyrstopher // Spodee // Stanza // STS // Tonya Morgan // Tony Williams // XO // Yelawolf // Ying Yang Twins // Young Lyxx // Young Scolla

- Quality -

We understand that in one of the most competitive markets in the world, quality is king.  SMKA works directly with some of the best graphic designers, video production crews and audio engineers necessary to create the best possible product.

- Network -

SMKA has established relationships with bloggers, media outlets, A&Rs, artists, managers, booking agents and influencers throughout the hip-hop music community.  We realize that the music business – like life – is as much about who you know as what you know.

- Experience -

In just over 3 years, SMKA has accumulated a great deal of insight from our experiences, successes and failures, and constant research.  Today we offer a full range of development services focused on identifying a target market, creating a brand (sonic & visual), establishing defined goals, and developing/executing a plan of action.

 

If you have gotten this far,  SMKA = Super Market Knife Attack