Bama Boyz

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Hailing from the last place on earth that you expected to hear the hottest new sound in music, the Bama Boyz, producer/songwriter trio, emerge from Montgomery, Alabama to claim their spot as the youngest and latest addition to the Music World/Sanctuary Urban empire, which boasts an impressive roster of clients, such as, Destiny's Child, Nelly, St. Lunatics, D12, and Mario just to name a few. The Bama Boyz's familiarity with back roads in Alabama is evidently paying off because they have navigated their career through the back roads of this music industry right into mainstream. The Bama Boyz consists of Eddie "E-Trez" Smith III (23), Jesse Rankins (22), and Jonathan Wells (22). In 2004, music mogul, Mathew Knowles, pioneer of the Grammy Award winning, Multi-Platinum group Destiny's Child, offered the Bama Boyz a deal immediately after personally witnessing the trio in action in the studio. This opportunity came about when Mathew accepted an invitation to be the keynote speaker and judge for a leadership seminar and talent showcase hosted by Eddie, Jesse, and Jonathan at their college, Alabama A&M University. Highly impressed by the trio's professionalism and marketing tactics, Mathew invited Eddie, Jesse, and Jonathan to do an internship that summer at his company in Houston, TX. "I remember the day after school was out we packed all our stuff in our cars, I mean clothes, music equipment, everything, and we drove from Huntsville [AL] to Houston not even knowing where we was g

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# On "Bama Boyz" What emerges from Montgomery, Alabama is worth considering carefully. This producer-songwriter trio arrives with a sonic perspective shaped by an unexpected geography, bringing fresh approaches to contemporary R&B and hip-hop production. Their work demonstrates genuine craft—intricate arrangements and thoughtful compositional choices that suggest deep engagement with the music itself rather than formulaic reproduction. The album's significance lies partly in how it complicates assumptions about where innovative sounds originate, challenging the listener's preconceptions about regional musical authority. Their navigational skill through both literal and industry terrain reveals musicians thinking strategically about their place within a larger tradition while maintaining distinctive artistic identity. The result invites attentive listening