SQUAD DOWN RECORDS

CHARLOTTE, NC

Biography

SQUAD DOWN RECORDS IS AN UNDERGROUND INDEPENDENT RAP LABEL,LOCATED IN CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA. THE LABEL WAS STARTED BY RODNEY L. ROBINSON AKA LIL ROD(C.E.O OF SQUAD DOWN RECORDS)IN THE YEAR 2000.(ROD WAS BORN IN ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA IN 1982 AND NOW RESIDES IN CHARLOTTE N.C.) LIL ROD STARTED WITH A HOMEMADE STUDIO...A HOME RADIO AND A TAPE RECORDER. ROD USED TO BEBOP HIS BEATS WITH HIS MOUTH,RECORD IT WITH THE TAPE RECORDER,PLAY THE BEAT FROM THE HOME RADIO AND THEN RAP OVER THE BEAT AS IT PLAYED TO CREATE HIS CUSTOM MADE TRACKS! AS OF THE YEAR 2009, ROD HAS A HOME PC USING MAGIX SAMPLITUDE 14 FOR RECORDING AND FRUITY LOOPS 9 XXL EDITION FOR BEAT MAKING.THE RECORD LABEL'S NAME(SQUAD DOWN RECORDS) MEANS EXACTLY HOW IT SOUNDS. WHICH IS...THIS SQUAD IS DOWN FOR WHAT EVER,WHICH MEANS THIS SQUAD IS TIGHTER THAN GLUE AND WE HAVE EACH OTHERS BACK THROUGH WHAT EVER MAY COME, GOOD OR BAD!WE ARE OUR BROTHERS/SISTERS KEEPER! ROD NOW HAS A FEW ARTIST UNDER HIS LEADER SHIP.LOCAL CHARLOTTE ARTIST LIKE, YUNG TRILL,CHATTA BOX AND MORE.ROD ALSO PRODUCES MUSIC VIDEOS USING MAGIX MOVIE EDIT 15.EVERY THING ROD KNOWS ABOUT PRODUCING MUSIC AND VIDEO,HE HAS LEARNED ON HIS OWN. JUST IMAGINE WHAT HIS CRAFT WOULD BE LIKE IF HE ENROLLED INTO A MUSIC OR VIDEO SCHOOL! ROD'S FATHER (RODNEY O. ROBINSON) WAS KILLED WHEN ROD WAS 7 YEARS OF AGE. AFTER HIS FATHERS DEATH ROD WAS DETERMINED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE HIS FAMILY NAME WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN. AND NOW HIS MIND IS SET FOR NOTHING BUT THE BEST FOR HIM AND HIS KIDS (RASHAWN AND RODNEY L. ROBINSON JR),FRIENDS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME VISION AS HIM.ROD NOW RUNS A HOME STUDIO IN CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA.HE LEASES HIS BEATS FOR $20 AND SELLS THEM FOR $100 DOLLARS OR MORE.RECORDING SESSIONS WITH ROD ARE $20 DOLLARS AND HOUR. ROD FEELS HIS PRICES ARE A WAY TO HELP STRUGGLING ARTIST BY GIVING THEM PROFESSIONAL QUALITY SOUNDING RECORDINGS AND BEATS FOR LOW PRICES!ROD WAS ALSO A DRUMMER AT HIS LOCAL CHURCH (FAITH MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH) IN 2000 THROUGH 2005.HIS MOTHER KEPT HIM IN THE CHURCH SO MUSIC AND LIL ROD ARE NO STRANGERS.HIP HOP/RAP IS NOT THE ONLY MUSIC ROD CREATES.ROD CREATES ROCK,R & B,COUNTRY JAZZ AND MANY OTHER GENRES.WHEN PEOPLE ASK LIL ROD WHAT IS HIS REASON FOR WANTING TO BECOME RICH AND WELL KNOWN FOR HIS MUSIC, HE REPLIES BY SAYING,"ALL I WANT IS TO BE SECURE MONEY WISE TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY AND BLESS THE WORLDS EARS AND EYES WITH MY MUSICAL AND VIDEO CREATIONS! SQUAD DOWN RECORDS, DOWN 4 WUT EVA!!!!