Crada (producer)

Christian Kalla (born June 26, 1982),better known as Crada, is a German urban music producer from Frankfurt, Germany. He has produced for artists and groups such as Kid Cudi, D-Block, Young Buck, Termanology, Stat Quo and Rell among others. He is currently one of the most sought-after producers in Europe.

Early life and career

Born and raised in a small town in northern bavaria. At the age of 13, he started DJ-ing. By the age of 18, without any formal MusicAL training, he started using the Magix Music Maker beat-making program. A few years later, he produced his first major record on the very same producing software.

Crada usually doesn't use samples in his productions, instead, he is playing most INSTRUMENTS himself. He currently uses ProTools 8.0 to make beats. Crada was influenced by many kinds of music including uk breakbeat records, rap and electronic music in general.

Discography

2006

  • "Its AbOUT 2 go down" – Rasul
  • "F***in Baus" – Samy Deluxe

2007

  • "Don't do drugs" – Olli Banjo

2008

  • "Zeig mir deine Freunde" – Saad
  • "White Label Girl" – DJ Kitsune ft. Termanology, Samuel

2009

  • "Kein Leben" – Curse
  • "Get that paper" – D-Block ft. Jadakiss, Styles P. Sheek Louch, S.I.
  • "We Goin' Shoppin" – Young Buck
  • "Hyyerr" – Kid Cudi ft. Chip tha Ripper

2010

  • "Fireworks" – Drake