The First Flight

The First Flight is the first mixtape by American recording artist Diggy Simmons. The mixtape was released on December 2, 2009. The album was mainly produced by Black the Beast, Young Jerz, Natural Disaster and Neako, and featured collaborations including Lil Twist of Young Money and Grammy-nominated Karina Pasian and singer Khalil of Def Jam. After the release, Simmons was noticed and courted by several majors labels, eventually signing with Atlantic on March 21, 2010. Prior to his signing, the tape had been downloaded over 100,000 times.
Background and release
In interview, Simmons indicated that his interest in rapping began at the age of five, though at some point he took a break of unspecified length until 2007. though he told MTV News that, "It was really something that I picked up and did on my own. I was just writing for a while and doing my thing. It started off, I was just doing joints off my Macbook on GarageBand."
Simmons' father, pioneering rapper was initially skeptical of Simmons' desire to become a rapper until he heard the mixtape, in which his son impressed him with his rhymes.
In a separate interview with the site, when asked about his family helping him with his music success, Simmons said that he did not use his father or uncle, Russell Simmons, to push the project. The mixtape was originally set for release on November 27, 2009, but was delayed until December 2, 2009, to tweak certain tracks.
Personnel
*Black the Beast - production
*Chris Classic - featured vocals
*Daniel "Diggy" Simmons - writing, lead vocals
*DJ Spinking - sponsor, artwork
*Khalil - featured vocals
*Lil Gavin - featured vocals
*Lil Twist - featured vocals
*illRoots.com - sponsor
*Mike Charles - vocals
*Neako - production - featured vocals
*Will Prince - artwork
*Karina Pasian - featured vocals
*Young Jerz - production
*DJ Khalil - production (Truth Of Me beat was sampled from Drake's - Fear)
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