# Kenny Beats

Kenneth Charles Blume III (born May 10, 1991), known professionally as Kenny Beats, is an American record producer, DJ, audio engineer, and songwriter.

## Early life

Kenneth Blume III was born and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut. He has been studying music since the age of 9 when he started playing the guitar, playing drums since the age of 11, and producing music since his sophomore year of high school. His first guitar was a Fender Stratocaster and his first amplifier was a Fender Hot-Rod Deluxe. During his junior year at Greenwich High School, he was able to enter a national electronic-music competition hosted by the National Association for Music Education (NAFME) and the National School Boards Association (NSBA). Blume III won second place in the competition, which motivated him to start taking music production seriously.
After he graduated high school, he moved to New York, where he started interning for Cinematic Music Group in the summer of 2010. His internship at CMG led to his collaboration with artist Smoke DZA on 4 of his albums. It was also during the year 2010 when his music attracted the attention of Levi Maestro, leading to their collaboration on an ad campaign for Brisk. After spending some time in New York, he moved to Boston and studied jazz guitar and music business at Berklee College of Music.

## Musical style

Kenny's production style varies. His digital audio workstation (DAW) of choice is Ableton Live. He plays piano, bass guitar, electric guitar and drums and often implements live instrumentation into his instrumentals, whether it performed by him or from a fellow instrumentalist.
A lot of his productions credits often fall into the Trap music sub-genre of hip-hop, commonly using 16th/8th note hi-hats with slight variation (such as rolls), hard-hitting kick drums, snares & booming 808 bass shots. He also explores more versatile instrumentation, tempos, production styles etc. such as with the likes of the more laid back and instrumental approach of songs such as singer Dominic Fike's "Phone Numbers" which contains a live guitar sample (performed by SNL lead guitarist Jared Scharff) and a more acoustic feel, backed by a Virtual Studio Technology (VST) version of a real electric bass within Ableton Live that plays the bass line, provided via the Kontakt (sampler) VST. Another style of his production leans to a more experimental sound, found within his collaborative project with rapper Denzel Curry, Unlocked which contains many spoken word samples scattered throughout the tracks and a more disjointed feel, provided by various creative implementations of obscure musical samples found throughout the project. His songs often begin with the producer tag "Whoa, Kenny!", which was originally said by the Atlanta rapper KEY!, who is a frequent collaborator of Kenny's.

## Loudpvck

In 2009, while attending Berklee College of Music, Kenny met Ryan Marks, a DJ. These two became friends, and in 2012, they decided to form the EDM duo Loudpvck. Marks ultimately left the group in 2017 while Kenny transitioned from being an EDM producer to a hip-hop producer.

## Social media presence

Kenny calls his studio The Cave, and beginning in March 2019, launched a YouTube series of the same name, in which he invites artists to rap 16-32 bars over a custom beat he creates during the video. Usually, the artists are people that he already has experience with, or, is already friends with. The Cave is known for showcasing not only these artists' lyricism, but their personalities. In addition to being his studio and the name of his YouTube series, The Cave is also the home to D.O.T.S. (Don't Over Think Shit), a creative group and brand that assists artists with their artistic vision.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | SCO | UK Ind. | UK R&B |
| Louie | Released: August 31, 2022 Label: XL Format: LP, digital download, streaming | 49 | 10 | 2 |
Collaborative albums
* 777 (with KEY!) (2018)
* 2 Minute Drills (with ALLBLACK) (2018)
* Anger Management (with Rico Nasty) (2019)
* Netflix & Deal (with 03 Greedo) (2019)

### Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | EP details | US | AUS | CAN | IRE | NZ |
| Unlocked (with Denzel Curry) | Released: February 7, 2020 Label: PH, Loma Vista Format: Digital download, streaming | 100 | 33 | 82 | 87 | 38 |

## Production discography

| Year | Artist | Album | Song |
| 2010 | Smoke DZA | Substance Abuse 1.5: The Headstash | "Headstash" (featuring Den10) |
| 2010 | Smoke DZA | George Kush Da Button | "Continental Kush Breakfast" (featuring Den10) |
| 2011 | Smoke DZA | The Hustler's Catalog | "Profit" (produced with 183rd) |
| 2011 | Smoke DZA | Rolling Stoned | "Ball Game" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) (produced with 183rd) |
| 2011 | Smoke DZA | Rolling Stoned | "Pow Wow" (featuring Dom Kennedy) (produced with 183rd) |
| 2011 | Smoke DZA | Sweet Baby Kushed God | "Smokey Klause" (produced with 183rd) |
| 2011 | Skeme | Before My Next Statement | "Truth" |
| 2012 | ScHoolboy Q | Non-album single | "Party" |
| 2012 | Smoke DZA | K.O.N.Y | "Diamond" (featuring Ab-Soul) |
| 2012 | Skeme | Alive & Living | "Everything on Me" |
| 2012 | Jet Life | Jet World Order 2 | "24 Hrs" (featuring Trademark Da Skydiver and Young Roddy) |
| 2014 | Ab-Soul | These Days... | "Hunnid Stax" (featuring ScHoolboy Q) |
| 2016 | Lucki | Son of Sam | "Double Check" |
| 2016 | Lucki | Son of Sam | "His Only..." |
| 2016 | Skywlkr | Joints | "3 Drugs" (featuring Kenny Beats) [produced with Skywlkr] |
| 2017 | Lucki | Non-album single | "Live It" |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "Dead End" |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "Everyday |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "Ruthless" (featuring Duke) |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "Do This" |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "C Sick" |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "3 Point Stance" |
| 2017 | Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Kenny Beats | South Dark | "Hood" (featuring Baby Uiie) |
| 2017 | DJ Lucas | Non-album single | "Big Dope" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Topgolf" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Dope Man" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Walking Dead" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Friday the 13th" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Grow Up" |
| 2017 | Lil Wop | Wopavelli 3 | "Xans" (produced with ChaseTheMoney) |
| 2018 | YoungBoy Never Broke Again | Until Death Call My Name | "Traumatized" (produced with Judge) |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Demolition 1 + 2" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Hater" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Blurry" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Boss" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Move" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Famous" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "It Gets Better" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Kelly Price Freestyle" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Love on Ice" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Dig It" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Toronto" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "True Love Interlude" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Control'" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Twisted" |
| 2018 | Key! and Kenny Beats | 777 | "Squeamish" |
| 2018 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie | "Automatic" |
| 2018 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie | "Death Row" (featuring 03 Greedo) [produced with Freddie Kane] |
| 2018 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie | "Set Set" |
| 2018 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie | "Toe Tag" |
| 2018 | Freddie Gibbs | Freddie | "FBC" (produced with A. Lau and Tony Seltzer) |
| 2018 | Zack Fox | Non-album single | "Square Up" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "Feels Like Summer" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "Outside!" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "Don't Get Chipped" (produced with Cubeatz) |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "New earlsweatshirt" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "FUN!" (produced with Hagler) |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "No bleedin" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "Brand New Tyga" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "(562) 453-9382" |
| 2018 | Vince Staples | FM! | "Tweakin" (produced with KillaGraham) |
| 2018 | JPEGMafia and Kenny Beats | Not on Veteran! | "Puff Daddy" |
| 2018 | 10k.Caash | The Creator | "Mutumbo" (featuring Rico Nasty) |
| 2018 | 10k.Caash | The Creator | "Aloha" (featuring GUN40) |
| 2018 | JID | DiCaprio 2 | "Slick Talk" (produced with EWonder and Christo) |
| 2018 | Ski Mask the Slump God | Stokeley | "Foot Fungus" (produced with Roofeeo) |
| 2018 | Ski Mask the Slump God | Stokeley | "Unbothered" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Cold" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Cheat Code" (featuring Baauer) |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Hatin" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | ""Big Titties" (featuring Baauer & EARTHGANG) |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Nasty World (skit)" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Relative" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Mood" (featuring Splurge) |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Sell Out" |
| 2019 | Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats | Anger Management | "Again" |
| 2019 | Zack Fox and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)" |
| 2019 | Dominic Fike | Non-album single | "Phone Numbers" |
| 2019 | Ed Sheeran | No.6 Collaborations Project | "Take Me Back to London" (featuring Stormzy) (produced with Skrillex and FRED) |
| 2019 | Gucci Mane | Delusions of Grandeur | "Proud of You" (produced with Nils) |
| 2019 | Gucci Mane | Delusions of Grandeur | "Us" |
| 2019 | Rexx Life Raj | Father Figure 3: Somewhere Out There | "Moonwalk" |
| 2019 | Yung Bans | Misunderstood | "Touch the Stars (featuring Lil TJay)" |
| 2019 | FKA twigs | Magdalene | "Holy Terrain (feat. Future)" (produced with FKA twigs, Jack Antonoff, Skrillex, Sounwave, Lewis Roberts, and Noah Goldstein) |
| 2019 | DaBaby | Kirk | "Toes (featuring Lil Baby & Moneybagg Yo)" (produced with Queen Sixties) |
| 2019 | Smino | Non-album single | "Trina" (produced with Lido) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Traffic" (produced with Captain Crunch) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Paid in Full" (produced with Nils) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Disco Shit" (featuring Freddie Gibbs) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Maria" (produced with 1Mind) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Blue People" (featuring Vince Staples) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Beg Your Pardon" (featuring Maxo Kream) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Brad Pitt" (produced with Nils) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Aye Twin" (featuring Key!) (produced with Dylan Brady) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Life" |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Payback" (featuring OhGeesy) (produced with Judge Beats) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Soul Food" (featuring Buddy) (produced with Elijah Rawk) |
| 2019 | 03 Greedo and Kenny Beats | Netflix and Deal | "Dead Presidents" |
| 2020 | Key Glock | Yellow Tape | "Loaded" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "Track 01" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "Take_it_Back_v2" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "Lay_Up.m4a" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "Pyro (leak 2019)" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "DIET_" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "So.Incredible.pkg" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "Track07" |
| 2020 | Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats | UNLOCKED | "'Cosmic'.m4a" |
| 2020 | Deb Never and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "Stone Cold" |
| 2020 | James Vickery | Overture | "Tear It Apart" |
| 2020 | ICECOLDBISHOP and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "DICKIES SUIT" |
| 2020 | ICECOLDBISHOP and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "TRICK DADDY" |
| 2020 | Slowthai | Non-album single | "MAGIC" |
| 2020 | Aitch | Polaris | "Safe to Say" (produced with Cubeatz) |
| 2020 | IDLES | Ultra Mono | "Grounds" |
| 2020 | Trash Talk and Kenny Beats | Squalor | "Point No Point" |
| 2020 | Trash Talk and Kenny Beats | Squalor | "Something Wicked" |
| 2020 | Trash Talk and Kenny Beats | Squalor | "Worst of Times" |
| 2020 | Trash Talk and Kenny Beats | Squalor | "Clutch/A.N.M." |
| 2020 | Trash Talk and Kenny Beats | Squalor | "Kicking and Screaming" |
| 2020 | SL | Selhurst SE25 | "Bad Luck" |
| 2020 | SL | Selhurst SE25 | "Little Bird" |
| 2020 | SL | Selhurst SE25 | "Leave Me Alone" |
| 2020 | Smino, JID, and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "Baguetti" |
| 2020 | Dominic Fike | What Could Possibly Go Wrong | "Florida" |
| 2020 | James Vincent McMorrow and Kenny Beats | Grapefruit Season | "I Should Go" |
| 2020 | Joji | Nectar | "Mr. Hollywood" |
| 2020 | Fivio Foreign and Kenny Beats | Non-album single | "Bop It" (featuring Polo G) |
| 2020 | Benee | Hey U X | "Night Garden" |
| 2020 | Mae Muller | no one else, not even you | "Plot Twist" |
| 2020 | Bastille | Goosebumps EP | "Goosebumps" |
| 2021 | Flo Milli | You Still Here, Ho? | "Roaring 20s" |
| 2021 | 347aidan | Non-album single | "IDWK" |
| 2021 | Slowthai | TYRON | "Focus" (produced with Dominic Maker) |
| 2021 | Slowthai | TYRON | "Terms (featuring Dominic Fike & Denzel Curry)" (produced with Dominic Maker and JD. Reid) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | Unlocked 1.5 | "So.Incredible.pkg (Robert Glasper Version)"(featuring Smino and Robert Glasper) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "Track07 (Georgia Anne Muldrow Version)" (featuring Arlo Parks) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "'Cosmic'.m4a (The Alchemist Version)" (featuring Joey Badass) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "Take_it_Back_v2 (Charlie Heat Version)" |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "Pyro (Sango Leak)" (featuring Kenny Mason) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "Lay_Up.m4a (Jay Versace Version)" |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "DIET_1.5" (featuring Benny the Butcher) |
| 2021 | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | "Take_it_Back_v2 (GODMODE 950 Version)" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "ARE YOU WITH THAT?" (produced with Reske) |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "LAW OF AVERAGES" (produced with Reske) |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "SUNDOWN TOWN" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "THE SHINING" (produced with WahWah James and Harper Gordon) |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "TAKING TRIPS" (produced with Monte Booker) |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "THE APPLE & THE TREE" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "TAKE ME HOME" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "LIL FADE" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "LAKEWOOD MALL" |
| 2021 | Vince Staples | Vince Staples | "MHM" (produced with Nils) |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "MTT 420 RR" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "The Wheel" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "When the Lights Come On" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Car Crash |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "The New Sensation" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Stockholm Syndrome" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "The Beachland Ballroom" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Crawl!" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Meds" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Kelechi" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Progress" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "Wizz" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "King Snake" |
| 2021 | IDLES | CRAWLER | "The End" |
| 2021 | Roddy Ricch | Live Life Fast | "Murda One" (featuring Fivio Foreign) (produced with Nils) |
| 2021 | Isaiah Rashad | The House Is Burning | "Score" (featuring SZA and 6LACK) |
| 2021 | Isaiah Rashad | Non-album single | "200/Warning" (produced with Nabeyin, Amaire Johnson, Rory Behr & Almatic) |
| 2021 | ALLBLACK | TY4FWM | "Ego" (featuring Drakeo the Ruler) |
| 2021 | Fivio Foreign | Non-album single | "Unruly" |
| 2021 | Ski Mask the Slump God | Sin City The Mixtape | "Merlin's Staff" |
| 2021 | Offset Jim and Kenny Beats | Rich Off The Pack | "Face Card" |
| 2021 | Remi Wolf | Juno | "Front Tooth" |
| 2021 | Remble | It's Remble | "Book Bag" (featuring BlueBucksClan) |
| 2021 | Remble | It's Remble | "Firesticc" (featuring B.A.) |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "THE BEACH" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "DJ QUIK" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "MAGIC (featuring Mustard)" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "EAST POINT PRAYER (featuring Lil Baby)" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "LEMONADE (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "BANG THAT (featuring Mustard)" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "ROSE STREET" |
| 2022 | Vince Staples | Ramona Park Broke My Heart | "THE BLUES" |
| 2022 | Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | "Troubles" (featuring T-Pain) |
| 2022 | Denzel Curry | Melt My Eyez See Your Future | "Larger Than Life" [extended edition track] |
| 2022 | Dermot Kennedy | Sonder | "Homeward" |
| 2022 | Freddie Gibbs | $oul $old $eparately | "Ice Cream" (featuring Rick Ross) [bonus edition track] |
| 2022 | Benee | Lychee | "Soft Side" |
| 2022 | TiaCorine | I Can't Wait | "Chaka Khan" (featured artist) |
| 2022 | Alexander 23 | Non-album single | "ill" (featured artist) |
| 2022 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts | "The Only One" |
| 2022 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts | "The World" |
| 2023 | Benny Sings | Young Hearts | "Young Hearts" |
| 2023 | Dominic Fike | Sunburn | "Dancing In The Courthouse" |
| 2023 | Dominic Fike | Sunburn | "Mona Lisa" |
| 2023 | Quavo | Rocket Power | "Fueled Up" |
| 2023 | Knucks | Non-album single | "I Suppose" (featuring Larry June) |
| 2023 | IDLES | TANGK | "Dancer" (featuring LCD Soundsystem) |
| 2023 | IDLES | TANGK | "Grace" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Gift Horse" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "IDEA 01" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "POP POP POP" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Roy" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "A Gospel" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Hall & Oates" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Jungle" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Gratitude" |
| 2024 | IDLES | TANGK | "Monolith" |
| 2024 | Kenny Mason | Non-album single | "100%" |
| 2024 | Dermot Kennedy | I've Told the Trees Everything | "Lessons" |
| 2024 | Rachel Chinouriri | What a Devastating Turn of Events | "Dumb Bitch Juice" |
| 2024 | Anycia | PRINCESS POP THAT | "EAT!" |