Tastemaker Music


Tastemaker Music LLC is a record production company, owned and operated by songwriter & multi-platinum selling record producer, Chad Dexter, primarily known as Chad Beatz.
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Background

Chad Dexter was born Chad Dexter Burnette on December 7, 1983. At age 17, during his high school years, Chad Dexter was introduced to and then soon after mentored by the artist/producer Ryan Leslie for a few years under Leslie's NextSelection imprint where he honed half of his songwriting and vocal/record production skills. Burnette, along with his father, used to also DJ local parties in the Boston metropolitan area; Burnette constantly wrote and produced full records from his bedroom/basement studio, where he learned and acquired most of his production and musical skills. In October 2003, at age 20, he was discovered by Derick Prosper and the VP of G-Unit, Sha Money XL during his junior year in college, where he was soon awarded the moniker, Chad Beatz due to his infectious and hard-hitting sound. As a part of the deal, Beatz began doing in-house production for 50 Cent, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks and more.
Chad graduated with a Baccalaureate degree in Communications in Jan. 2005 from Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts.
After a striving stint with G Unit Records, Beatz founded and formed the production company/imprint TasteMaker Music and started producing records under the label name.
Beatz has produced records, singles, demos and remixes for Jim Jones, Ashanti, Robin Thicke, Twista, Talib Kweli, Mobb Deep, Olivia, Cassie Ventura, Tiffany Evans, Teddy Riley, Fergie, Dawn Angeliqué Richard, and is currently producing for and collaborating with Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, Colin Munroe, Priscilla Renea, Noreaga, Nelly, Lupe Fiasco, Tila Tequila, and Hannah Montana star, Shanica Knowles plus many more.
Chad Beatz co-wrote and produced the hit single "Girls Up" for The X Factor super-group Belle Amie and also produced on the Cee-Lo Green and Goodie Mobb album We Sell Drugs Too with Nex Phaze.
Chad Beatz was formerly part of the now defunct collaborative production group known as AudioDope that worked with rap artist Kal Duzay and Harlem rap collective Cheers Club – Vinny Chase and Kid Art.

Production and songwriting

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 20019
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums3
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums1

ChartProvidersPeak
position
U.S. Billboard 200Billboard6
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop AlbumsBillboard2

  • Talib Kweli Eardrum 2007
  • *"Hush" ft. Jean Grae
  • **Eardrum debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 60,000 copies in its first week, making it Kweli's highest debuting album to date. On its second week it fell to #20 with sales of 25,000 copies, selling a total of 85,500 units.
  • Mobb Deep Blood Money (Mobb Deep album)
  • *"DayDreamin"
  • ** 875,000 copies sold in the U.S. Now Platinum
  • Lloyd Banks
  • *"If You So Gangsta" Hunger For More
  • **It was released in 2004 and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 charts with 433,000 copies sold in the first week. Banks for the feeling of having the number 1 album in America, with over 450,000 units sold in the first week of The Hunger For More. "That's the kind of debut that veteran artists have," says Banks. "That showed me that following 50's moves and studying the way that he played the game had put me in an incredible position." The album has since sold over 6 million copies worldwide and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Chart Peak
position
Dutch Albums Chart83
French Albums Chart37
German Albums Chart45
Irish Albums Chart36
Swiss Albums Chart65
UK Albums Chart15
Canadian Albums Chart2
U.S. Billboard 2001
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums1

Chart Peak
position
French Albums Chart65
Irish Albums Chart27
Swiss Albums Chart36
UK Albums Chart40
Canadian Albums Chart6
U.S. Billboard 2003
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums1

Remixes and leaks

  • Michaela Shiloh 2008
  • *Bitch I'm Special
  • Beyoncé 2008
  • *"Greenlight "
  • Michelle Williams 2008
  • *"We Break The Dawn"

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