Eric Strand (born September 28, 1980, in San Francisco, California), better known as Fatgums, is an American

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DJ and

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owner/president. He is best known for his work with

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Bambu of the

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group Native Guns. Fatgums'

, Beatrock Music, was founded in 2009 in collaboration with the

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based clothing company Beatrock.

Background

Fatgums started his music career in 1993 as a DJ/

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in the

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. In 1999, he moved to

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to attend college at

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. He began his professional

production career after graduating in 2004.

Recent and current projects

In April 2009, Fatgums and Bambu released the critically acclaimed EP, ''Beatrock Presents: Fatgums x Bambu ...A Peaceful Riot...''. The musical chemistry between Fatgums and Bambu has been likened to that of

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and Murs (rapper), Murs. ''Bookends (produced by Fatgums and Gammaray)'' by Novelists (Ajax and

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aka Randruff), was his first full-length production effort.Can't Stop Fanatics
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Discography

Mixtapes * 2000: ''OHHSSH!!'' by Fatgums and Gammaray Albums * 2008: ''Bookends (Produced by Fatgums and Gammaray)'' by Novelists * 2008: ''The Appetizer'' by The CounterParts * 2009: ''Beatrock Presents: Fatgums X Bambu ...A Peaceful Riot...'' by Fatgums x Bambu * 2009: ''The CounterParts LP'' by The CounterParts * 2010: ''Remittances'' by Power Struggle * 2010: ''Gumstrumentals Volume I'' by Fatgums Featured Production * 2005 ** The Committee - "Struggles" (''The Committee EP'') * 2008 ** Bambu - "Make Change" (''...Exact Change...'') ** Bambu - "Seven Months" (''...Exact Change...'') ** Bambu - "Exact Change" (''...Exact Change...'') ** Bambu - "Iron Bam" (''...Exact Change...'') ** ReVision - "Forward Progress ft. DJ Krissfader" (''Forward Progress Mixtape'') ** ReVision - "Daily Grind ft. C-Los" (''Forward Progress Mixtape'') * 2009 ** Geologic (of

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), Kiwi & Bambu (of Native Guns) - "Divide & Conquer" (''A Song For Ourselves Mixtape by DJ Phatrick'') * 2010 ** Rocky Rivera - "The Rundown" (''Rocky Rivera'') ** Bambu - "The Queen Is Dead" (''...Paper Cuts...'') * 2011 ** Bambu - "Jonah's Lament" (''...exact change... Reloaded'') ** Dregs One - "Think About It" (''The Wake Up Call Mixtape'') ** Prometheus Brown and Bambu - "Lookin Up" (''Prometheus Brown and Bambu Walk Into A Bar'') ** Otayo Dubb - "Jerry McGuire" (''Cold Piece of Work'') ** Otayo Dubb - "A Lil' More (feat. Bambu)" (''Cold Piece of Work'') * 2012 ** Bwan - "Infinite" (''Living Room'') ** Bwan - "Grindstone" (''Living Room'') ** Bwan - "Lyricists (feat. Akil)" (''Living Room'') * 2013 ** Patience - "City Love" (''Broken Hourglass'') ** Bambu - "Sun In A Million" (''Sun Of A Gun'') ** Rocky Rivera - "Air Mail" (''Gangster of Love'') * 2014 ** Power Struggle - "A Round For My Friends" (''In Your Hands'') ** Power Struggle - "Live That Life" (''In Your Hands'') ** Power Struggle - "Falling From The Sky" (''In Your Hands'') * 2015 ** Rocky Rivera - "Godsteppin" (''Nom de Guerre'') ** Rocky Rivera - "Turn You" (''Nom de Guerre'')

References

External links

Official Fatgums Blog

FATGUMS X BAMBU EPK

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Beatrock

Beatrock Music
Album Reviews * Taylor, Patric
RapReviews.com
* Kiw
''"POWER STRUGGLE – “REMITTANCES” (A REVIEW)"''The Deconstruction of Kiwi Illafonte
* Taylor, Patric
RapReviews.com
* Taylor, Patric
RapReviews.com
* The Mixshow Commande
The Slap Report
* Ryan, Gabe, & Robins, Freesia
''"OHHSSH!! DJ's Release First Mixtape!"''

The Guardsman
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