Reuben Daniel Armstrong (born March 29, 1980, in

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. He produced Skatterman & Snug Brim's single, "Block Party," which charted #24 on ''

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Career

At the age of 17, Armstrong started to attend a local Kansas City studio called Faculty Sound. During his days at Faculty Sound he was introduced to the music industry and learned the business through associates, Godren T. Duckett, Theodis Brown, and Vonzell & Adrian Washington, etc. Armstrong produced a variety of beats for local rap & R&B artists including “Boy Big” a.k.a. Big Boy Levar and associate producer, Tom Woosley of Woo Woo Productions, with his first underground LP, ''All Sides''. In his days with Faculty Sound, Armstrong was introduced to various music players including

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’s brother, Big Wes Crockett. Faculty Sound eventually folded due to improper business management.

Tekneko Bros.

Armstrong, along with his younger brother, William ‘Dee’ Armstrong, had met Antonio ‘Elmo’ Wesley at Faculty Sound, and the three of them decided to join forces and start Tekneko Bros. production team. In 2001 Armstrong was contacted by Aaron ‘

’ Yates and Travis O’Guinn, about producing on Yates’ '' Absolute Power'' album. Armstrong along with Tekneko produced 7 of the 23 tracks, including one of the singles, " Imma Tell." Tekneko also produced albums for

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artists,

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which included Skatterman & Snug Brim's single, "Block Party." Through Yates and the Strange Music label, Armstrong along with Tekneko were introduced and worked with several other artists including

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Recent career moves

Currently, Armstrong has expanded his horizons in not only composing, engineering and

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with film companies such as: GMF Films, SKILYNE RECORDINGS formally YANEZ Entertainment, and Fylmwerks. Armstrong is finishing a project with up-and-coming hip-hop sensation GGL3, whose album is titled ''The Weekend''. He is also putting the finishing touches on his first solo R&B album entitled ''Nightlife'', which is scheduled to release in 2009.

Production discography

Documentary DVD

*2004:

– T9X: The Tech N9ne Experience

Music videos

*2007: “Jelly Bounce” by Mr. Jellybounce, MAG & Young Slim *2007: “Parkin’ Lot Pimpin’” by Royalty ft. Bonyx *2008: “What It Is” by Kredulous ft. 3rd Degree *2008: “Lovin’ It” by A-Squad / 211 M.G.I. *2008: “Get Faded” by KALAB *2008: “My Star” by RJ ft. Bonyx *2009: "Drunk Game" B4 and GGL3

References

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