Kovas
Encyclopedia
Kovas is an American songwriter
, record producer
and recording artist
of Spanish and French descent (Central America and Morroco).
He has produced and remixed records for Justin Timberlake
, Chris Brown, Nick Cannon
, De La Soul
, Nicole Wray
, Jeannie Ortega
, Shakira
, Lady Sovereign
, Kelis
, M.I.A, Freq Nasty and Billy Crawford
. He has done ghost production and songwriting for many successful artists before branching out on his own.
He is recently scored the music for two Covergirl commercials. One directed by Hype Williams
starring Queen Latifah
& another starring Drew Barrymore
which air in American and French Canada. His single "Ready" has been featured in the Vibe Magazine Music Mixer iPad app, & been featured in USA Networks TV show "Royal Pains
" & "Necessary Roughness
" as well as in MTV
Rob Dyrdek
's Fantasy Factory. KOVAS has also had his T.O.A.K featured on this season of Fox
's American Dad from creator Seth MacFarlane
who is also the creator of Family Guy
. His song "Up In Here" is featured on the Chocolate Swim, Cartoon Network
's Adult Swim
compilation and has done a couple of their music bumpers.
He is featured on Jeannie Ortega
's No Place Like BKLYN
album, on which, he wrote and produced three songs; "Pay It" featuring Kovas, "Green I'z" and "Hear Me". He is also featured on the French recording artist's Billy Crawford
album, Big City
. He produced and wrote four songs on it, including the single "Steamy Nights" and "Steamy Nights Ghetto Beat Remix".
Kovas has a production company & indie record label called Ghetto Beat. He also runs a publishing company Infinite Rhythm Inc
His first recorded appearance was on the De La Soul
record, Words Verbs, which he wrote, co-produced and rapped on with Maseo of De La Soul when he was 15 in 2001.
Kovas has appeared on tour with De La Soul
, Billy Crawford
, Phife Dawg
of A Tribe Called Quest
, Wyclef Talib Kweli
Mos Def
and Jeannie Ortega
. Kovas plays five instruments, sings, raps and engineers on most of his productions. He has done musical scores for film and TV, winning an Art Directors Award for the ad campaign he wrote and scored for Noggin television.
Not only is Kovas an accomplished music producer and artist he is a trained actor and has also study improv at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in NYC.
He has also scored music for a Levi's jeans ad campaign and a documentary film, Hip Hop Immortals.
Kovas' song "Up in Here" was featured in an episode of the MTV
series Maui Fever
. The response to the song was so great that the [maui-fever.com Maui Fever Fansite] would later post an article featuring Kovas and talking about his song.
February 13, 2007 Kovas released his debut EP The Arrogance of Youth thorough his own digital label, Ghetto Beat Productions.
December 2007 Kovas was commissioned to do the Official International remix of Summer Love for Justin Timberlake
.
March 4, 2008 Kovas' Ghetto Beat Remix of Chris Brown's "With You
" was released on Jive Records
.
Kovas had 4 songs in the 2008 Sony Screen Gems movie Prom Night
.
On August 12, 2008 EA Sports released the videogame Madden NFL 09
which featured Kovas' new song "Wax On Wax Off".
Kovas' music video for "Wax On Wax Off" debuted on BET
's 106 & Park
in May 2009
Kovas' music feature on MTV's Rob Dyrek Fantasy Factory, VH1 The T.O.Show 2010
Kovas official remix for Usher O.M.G released on Jive Records 2010
Covergirl campaign featuring Kovas' music release 2010 & 2011
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by Jeannie Ortega
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Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and recording artist
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
of Spanish and French descent (Central America and Morroco).
He has produced and remixed records for Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
, Chris Brown, Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, radio, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent...
, De La Soul
De La Soul
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
, Nicole Wray
Nicole Wray
Nicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...
, Jeannie Ortega
Jeannie Ortega
Jeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
, Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
, Lady Sovereign
Lady Sovereign
Louise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...
, Kelis
Kelis
Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...
, M.I.A, Freq Nasty and Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford
Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
. He has done ghost production and songwriting for many successful artists before branching out on his own.
He is recently scored the music for two Covergirl commercials. One directed by Hype Williams
Hype Williams
Harold "Hype" Williams , previously known as HYPE, is an American music video and film director of African-American and Honduran descent. His nickname "Hype" comes from his hyperactive nature as a child....
starring Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens , better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy...
& another starring Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
which air in American and French Canada. His single "Ready" has been featured in the Vibe Magazine Music Mixer iPad app, & been featured in USA Networks TV show "Royal Pains
Royal Pains
Royal Pains is a USA Network television series that premiered on June 4, 2009, starring Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Flint and Reshma Shetty. The series is based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies...
" & "Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness (TV series)
Necessary Roughness is a USA Network television series starring Callie Thorne and Marc Blucas. The one-hour drama series was picked up for 12 episodes on January 19, 2011...
" as well as in MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Rob Dyrdek
Rob Dyrdek
Robert Stanley "Rob" Dyrdek is an American professional skateboarder, actor, entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist, and reality TV star. He is best known for his roles in the reality shows Rob and Big, Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness .- Personal life :Rob Dyrdek was born in...
's Fantasy Factory. KOVAS has also had his T.O.A.K featured on this season of Fox
Fox
Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...
's American Dad from creator Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...
who is also the creator of Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
. His song "Up In Here" is featured on the Chocolate Swim, Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
's Adult Swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
compilation and has done a couple of their music bumpers.
He is featured on Jeannie Ortega
Jeannie Ortega
Jeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
's No Place Like BKLYN
No Place Like BKLYN
No Place Like BKLYN is the first album recorded by the singer Jeannie Ortega, released by Hollywood Records on August 1, 2006. The album includes the singles "It's R Time" and "Crowded".- Track listing :Explicit / Clean ...
album, on which, he wrote and produced three songs; "Pay It" featuring Kovas, "Green I'z" and "Hear Me". He is also featured on the French recording artist's Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford
Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
album, Big City
Big City (Billy Crawford album)
Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
. He produced and wrote four songs on it, including the single "Steamy Nights" and "Steamy Nights Ghetto Beat Remix".
Kovas has a production company & indie record label called Ghetto Beat. He also runs a publishing company Infinite Rhythm Inc
His first recorded appearance was on the De La Soul
De La Soul
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
record, Words Verbs, which he wrote, co-produced and rapped on with Maseo of De La Soul when he was 15 in 2001.
Kovas has appeared on tour with De La Soul
De La Soul
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...
, Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford
Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
, Phife Dawg
Phife Dawg
Malik Isaac Taylor , better known by his stage name Phife Dawg, is an American rapper of Trinidadian descent, and a member of the acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest with high school classmates Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad...
of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...
, Wyclef Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli Greene , better known as Talib Kweli, is an American hip-hop artist and poet from Brooklyn, New York. His first name in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" ; his in Swahili means "true"...
Mos Def
Mos Def
Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
and Jeannie Ortega
Jeannie Ortega
Jeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
. Kovas plays five instruments, sings, raps and engineers on most of his productions. He has done musical scores for film and TV, winning an Art Directors Award for the ad campaign he wrote and scored for Noggin television.
Not only is Kovas an accomplished music producer and artist he is a trained actor and has also study improv at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater in NYC.
He has also scored music for a Levi's jeans ad campaign and a documentary film, Hip Hop Immortals.
Kovas' song "Up in Here" was featured in an episode of the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
series Maui Fever
Maui Fever
Maui Fever is a reality series, created by haole Morgan J. Freeman for MTV. Filmed on location in Maui over a three month period, the show explored the real lives of several young haole friends living in the Kaanapali area....
. The response to the song was so great that the [maui-fever.com Maui Fever Fansite] would later post an article featuring Kovas and talking about his song.
February 13, 2007 Kovas released his debut EP The Arrogance of Youth thorough his own digital label, Ghetto Beat Productions.
December 2007 Kovas was commissioned to do the Official International remix of Summer Love for Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
.
March 4, 2008 Kovas' Ghetto Beat Remix of Chris Brown's "With You
With You (Chris Brown song)
"With You" is a pop/R&B song by Chris Brown, nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and written by Johntá Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate...
" was released on Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
.
Kovas had 4 songs in the 2008 Sony Screen Gems movie Prom Night
Prom Night (2008 film)
Prom Night is a 2008 horror film from Screen Gems directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow. The film is a re-imagining of the 1980 Canadian horror film of the same name.-Plot:...
.
On August 12, 2008 EA Sports released the videogame Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 20th annual installment in the Madden NFL video game franchise. This game is known for its realistic graphics and big hits...
which featured Kovas' new song "Wax On Wax Off".
Kovas' music video for "Wax On Wax Off" debuted on BET
Bet
Bet or BET may refer to:* A wager in gambling* Basic Economics Test * Bet , the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac* Brunauer-Emmett-Teller isotherm. See BET_theory...
's 106 & Park
106 & Park
106 & Park is a Top Ten Hip-Hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that airs weekdays at 6:00 PM on BET . Since its inception, it was the network's #1 rated show...
in May 2009
Kovas' music feature on MTV's Rob Dyrek Fantasy Factory, VH1 The T.O.Show 2010
Kovas official remix for Usher O.M.G released on Jive Records 2010
Covergirl campaign featuring Kovas' music release 2010 & 2011
Production credits
- 2001: "Words & Verbs" (Maseo De La Soul) feat.(Kovas) (singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
) - 2002: "Brooklyn to Brixton" (Freq Nasty) feat.(Kovas) (singleSingle (music)In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
) - 2003: "Attitude" (Nick CannonNick CannonNicholas Scott "Nick" Cannon is an American actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, radio, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenage sketch comedian on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent...
) - 2004: "Intro" (Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
)(Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
) - 2004: "Steamy Nights" (Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
)(Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
) - 2004: "Three Wishes" (Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
) feat.(Kovas) (Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
) - 2004: "Hiccups" (Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
)(Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
) - 2004: "Cowboy" (Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
) feat. (Kovas) (Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
) - 2005: "Bounce" (Rosette) feat.(Kovas) (Uh Oh)
- 2005: "Mirage" (Rosette) feat.(Kovas) (Uh Oh)
- 2005: "Delirious Ghetto Beat Remix" (Rosette) feat.(Kovas) (Uh Oh)
- 2005: "I Owe" (Rosette) (Uh Oh)
- 2006: "Pay It" (Jeannie OrtegaJeannie OrtegaJeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
) feat.(Kovas) (No Place Like Brooklyn) - 2006: "Green I'z" (Jeannie OrtegaJeannie OrtegaJeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
) (No Place Like Brooklyn) - 2006: "Hear Me" (Jeannie OrtegaJeannie OrtegaJeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
) (No Place Like Brooklyn) - 2008: "Say What" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "Up in Here" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "Love & Touch" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "Popsicle" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "Popcorn" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "T.O.A.K" (Kovas) (The Arrogance of Youth)
- 2008: "So Hot" (Kovas) (Prom NightProm Night (2008 film)Prom Night is a 2008 horror film from Screen Gems directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow. The film is a re-imagining of the 1980 Canadian horror film of the same name.-Plot:...
) - 2008: "Love & Touch" (Kovas) (Prom NightProm Night (2008 film)Prom Night is a 2008 horror film from Screen Gems directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow. The film is a re-imagining of the 1980 Canadian horror film of the same name.-Plot:...
) - 2008: "Hasta La Vista" (Camp Rock) (Disney's Camp Rock)
- 2009: "Wax On Wax Off" (Kovas) (Reagan Babies)
- 2009: "Reagan Babies" (Kovas) (Reagan Babies)
- 2009: "Grape Drank" (Kovas) (Reagan Babies)
- 2009: "Can't Get Enough" (Kovas) (Reagan Babies)
- 2010: "Been Doing My Thang" (Nyne West) feat.(Yung JocYung JocYaMar Jon Robinson , better known by his stage name Yung Joc, is an American rapper.-Early life:Robinson's father, Vivian Young, ran a hair-care products company and helped him write a jingle for Revlon; Robinson founded his own label to release his music.-New Joc City :After Teaming with producer...
) - 2010: "Overdrive" (Nyne West) feat.(MarioMariois a fictional character in his video game series, created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as Nintendo's mascot and the main protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation...
)&(Kovas) - 2010: "UpperCut" (Nyne West) feat.(Red CafeRed CafeJermaine Denny , better known as his stage name Red Café, is an American rapper. He was born to Afro-Guyanese parents and is signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik, Diddy's Bad Boy Records and DJ Clue's Desert Storm label.-Biography:...
) - 2010: "Full Time Lover" (Nyne West)
- 2010: "Roll The Credits" (Roxxi Jane)
- 2010: "Ready" (Kovas)
Remixes
- 2005 Billy CrawfordBilly CrawfordBilly Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
f. Kovas - "Steamy Nights (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" V2 Records - 2006 ShakiraShakiraShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
f.Wyclef & Kovas - "Hips Don't Lie (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" - 2006 Lady SovereignLady SovereignLouise Amanda Harman , better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is an English rapper & grime artist. She is noted for her professional success in performing styles of music generally dominated by males...
- "Fiddle With The Volume (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Chocolate Industries - 2007 Justin TimberlakeJustin TimberlakeJustin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
- "Summer Love (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records - 2008 Chris Brown - "With You (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records / Ultra Records
- 2008 T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
f Lil WayneLil WayneDwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included...
- "Can't Believe It (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records - 2008 T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
f LudacrisLudacrisChristopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...
- "Chopped & Skrewed (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records - 2009 CiaraCiaraCiara Princess Harris , known mononymously as Ciara, is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, actress and fashion model. Born in Austin, Texas, she traveled around the world during her childhood, only to land in Atlanta, Georgia where she met music producer, Jazze Pha...
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- "Chopped & Skrewed (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records - 2009 Michelle WilliamsMichelle Williams (singer)Tenitra Michelle Williams , commonly known as Michelle Williams, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress...
- "Hello Heartbreak (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Sony Records - 2010 UsherUsher (entertainer)Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100...
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- "OMG (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)" Jive Records
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American Virgin (2009 film) and Soundtrack
"Up in Here" "Morning Wood" "Grape Drank" and "As the Sun Sinks" He had two songs on the soundtrack: "Love and Touch", and "Up in Here" |
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|align="left"|Madden NFL 09 videogame
Madden NFL 09
Madden NFL 09 is an American football video game based on the NFL that was published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It is the 20th annual installment in the Madden NFL video game franchise. This game is known for its realistic graphics and big hits...
and soundtrack
- Released: August 12, 2008
- Kovas had 1 song in the videogame and soundtrack: "Wax On, Wax Off"
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| Prom Night Prom Night (2008 film) Prom Night is a 2008 horror film from Screen Gems directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow. The film is a re-imagining of the 1980 Canadian horror film of the same name.-Plot:... and Soundtrack
"Up in Here" and "So Hot (Popcorn)" He had two songs on the soundtrack: "Love and Touch", and "Up in Here" |
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Reagan Babies EP
Tracks: "Reagan Babies", "Wax On Wax Off", "Grape Drank" "Can't Get Enough" |
It's Time - Kovas vs. Billy Crawford
Tracks: "It's Time (Kovas'Deux Cafés Dans Montmartre Remix)", "Kovas' Directors Commentary", "He Said/She Said (Original '03 Demo)" |
The Arrogance of Youth
Tracks: "Popsicle", "Love and Touch", "Popcorn", "The Break Up Song", "T.O.A.K", "Up in Here" |
Other albums and songs produced by Kovas
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|align="left"|Crack The Code by Empire ISIS
Empire ISIS
Empire ISIS is a singer, songwriter and social activist based in Montreal, Canada. Her musical style has been described as a blend of dancehall, reggae, hip hop, pop and World music...
- Released: April 26, 2011
- Produced: "NANA Power", "Louder", "Bang Bang", "Permanent Stranger", "Rich Girl". Also Produced the unreleased bonus track "Last Woman Standing"
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|align="left"|No Place Like BKLYN
No Place Like BKLYN
No Place Like BKLYN is the first album recorded by the singer Jeannie Ortega, released by Hollywood Records on August 1, 2006. The album includes the singles "It's R Time" and "Crowded".- Track listing :Explicit / Clean ...
by Jeannie Ortega
Jeannie Ortega
Jeannette "Jeannie" Ortega is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She made her recording debut in 2006 with the album No Place Like Brooklyn at the age of 19. The album featured the hit single "Crowded," which topped the Billboard Hot 100.- Biography :Jeannie Ortega was born in...
- Released: August 1, 2006
- Produced: "Pay It" featuring Kovas, "Green I'z", "Hear Me"
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|align="left"|Chocolate Swim
- Released: June 26, 2006
- Genre: Hip hopHip hop musicHip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
- Length: 24:09
- Label:Adultswim.com
- Produced: "Up In Here"
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|align="left"|Big City Tour Live
Big City Tour Live
Big City Tour Live is the DVD release from Philippine Pop/R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in France in 2005. Directed by Michel Jankielewicz and produced by Yves El-Baze. Distributed by UMG...
by Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford
Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
- Released: August 2005
- Produced: "Intro", "Steamy Nights", "Candy Store", "3 Wishes" featuring Kovas, and "Hiccups"
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|align="left"|"With You
With You (Chris Brown song)
"With You" is a pop/R&B song by Chris Brown, nominated for 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and written by Johntá Austin, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, and produced by Stargate...
" by Chris Brown
- Released: March 4, 2008
- Tracks: "With You (Kovas Ghetto Beat Remix)"
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|align="left"|"Steamy Nights" by Billy Crawford
Billy Crawford
Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
- Released: February 22, 2005 FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- Album:Big CityBig City (Billy Crawford album)Big City is the third studio album from Philippine Pop and R&B singer, Billy Crawford. The album was released in year 2005. There are 15 known songs in this album.-Track listing:#"Intro"#"Steamy Nights"#"Bright Lights"#"Candy Store"#"Magazine"#"3 Wishes"...
- Produced: "Steamy Nights", "Steamy Nights Ghetto Beat Remix" featuring Kovas
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