| Info: | Christopher Ray Glick, residing in Phoenix, Arizona, is DJ
CreOne. Cre pronounced as kree and One as wun. This DJ and
producer of hip hop and praise music is born in the border
town of Douglas, Arizona. His family moved to Tucson, where
he was raised, until he moved to Phoenix.
Producer
In 1998, CreOne started producing hip hop tracks and
stacking records in the confined space of his apartment
room. Faster than you can say Creezy Weezy (one of his
various nicknames), Cre had his hands in everything from
promoting to recording, and even playing live shows with
real audiences!
Credits
His production credits include tracks for: Vocab Malone,
Verbs, ILLTrip, Marvin Jr., Emayus, Faynt, MC Quest and his
own rap group The Migrants. His production work can be heard
on the following albums:
- IllTrip - Rumored Existence EP (2002)
Song: Disconnect.
- Urban Artists United (UAU) Compilation (2002?)
Songs: Emayus - Marathon, Castro & Cre Breakbeat Session.
- XTruth.com Global Frequency Compilation (2003)
Songs: Emayus - Marathon, Vocab Malone, Creone, Vidal,
Emayus - Word Word.
- Scorpion Kingz II: Southwest Hip Hop Collection Volume 2
(2003)
Song: Vocab Malone - Dear Mr. Rapper Man.
- Vocab Malone - Notepad Nomad (2003)
Songs: U, People That Rap, Lonely Maloney, All Over, Dear
Mr. Rapper Man, Castro & Cre Breakbeat Session, Hey.
- Marvin Jr. - Captain Save A Hood (2003)
Songs: Burn Berries, CAPT, The Victories Bangin, Poultry,
Noggins, Soufers, To Contain It.
- Emayus - Collabos (2003)
Songs: Word Word, People That Rap, Marathon, Hey.
- Marvin Jr. - The Bus Book (2004)
Song: Tambourine.
- Vocab Malone - Happy Hardcore (2005)
Songs: Produced all tracks.
- The Migrants - Excuse Us While We Work These Lights (2005)
Songs: Intro, Insides, Don't Be Here, Two, Patience, Really
Tired, Posse Cut, Rest Remix, Cre's Beat.
- Quest - My Him Book pt1 (2005)
Song: Alot of Talk.
- Quest - Get Up (Single) (2005)
Song: Get Up Remix.
- Rage Crash Compilation (2006)
Song: Vocab Malone featuring Lightheaded - Prime Of Life.
- Vocab Malone - Active Session (2006)
Songs: All tracks.
Guest appearances
Besides producing DJ CreOne also made several guest
appearances as a MC:
- Vocab Malone - Notepad Nomad (2003)
Song: Acoustic Freestyle.
- Tommyboy - Who Knew? (2006)
Songs: We Don't Stop, Ridaz.
- The Migrants - Excuse Us While We Work These Lights (2005)
Songs: All tracks.
- Emayus - Collabos (2003?)
Song: Word Word.
Urban Artists United
He's also been heavily involved with the grass roots hip hop
ministry, Urban Artists United, as well as a DJ collective
called Urban Ministry of Sound.
On stage
In this time, Cre shared the stage with Five Iron Frenzy,
John Reuben, Relient K, Mars ILL, LA Symphony, KJ-52, Verbs,
Pigeon John, Dirt, Red Cloud, Man of War, The Visionary and
Soup The Chemist. His DJ residencies include Urban Artists
United?s Open Mic, Enter the Artist Open Mic, Club H2o, Cafe
Boba, Americana Espresso Lounge, Mason Jar and The Puma
Store.
Albums
Cre also has a couple mixtapes under his belt, 2002's "Green
Socks and Pepper Sauce" with DJ Fidel Castro and 2004's
"Underheard". His last album is "From The Files Of..."
released in May 2007.
Sabbatical: A New Start
On July 21st, 2007 the DJ announced his retirement of the
christian hip hop scene having lost his inspiration to make
hip hop music, the questionmarks regarding hip hop's
effectiveness as a ministry tool and his new found love of
making worship music. Thankfully this did not turn out in a
real farewell, but in a sabbatical period, as DJ CreOne
explains on January 18th, 2008: "I'm back doing hip hop
again, I've found a way to do both types of music. I'll
probably still make a few just regular underground beats
here and there, but I think the new stuff I'm gonna work on
with Vocab Malone is going to be way different and hopefully
reach more and more people. I'm also working on worship
music, which is really exciting as it proves that I can do
both types of music without contradicting myself or the
music."
Sources: MySpace Blog: Retirement, July 21st, 2007. |
