Dave East Collaborates with Tracklib and The Council

Dave East, the 33-year-old emcee, and actor from Harlem, New York, is creating powerful partnerships in upcoming ventures.

Dave East’s Placement Competition with Tracklib

East is teaming up with Tracklib to host the Dave East Placement Competition. It’s part of the company’s Beat Battle series. Tracklib’s popularity is rising being that they’re the only beat library for producers. The company touts over 65,000 songs in their digital repertoire. They have partnered with other notable musicians, such as Pete Rock, Jim Jones, and Maino.

The contest rules state that producers will “sample one song or multitrack on Tracklib”. They will also make sure that it is “tailor-made for Dave East.” Dave East mentioned this in an interview with Tracklib saying:

“I’ve got an old soul. So I’m a big fan of older music. Motown, 80s R&B, 70s—all of that…so when you hear it on an up-to-date beat, sampled, it brings a nostalgic feel to it.” 

This partnership is not only a strategic move for Tracklib and East but also for the upcoming producers who place in the competition’s top three. According to the Tracklib blog, first prize includes a studio session in New York with Dave East. It also includes a track released as a song by Dave East with publishing credits. Since East is the final judge, these aspiring producers will be on his radar. In addition, they will receive public shout-outs on his socials. In an interview with HipHopDX, the emcee stated, “Honestly, I look at this as an opportunity to create a relationship with a producer that goes beyond just this situation right here. Somebody that I could really work with, that I could build with…I just feel like this is the perfect opportunity for upcoming producers to get next to somebody like me…” The contest will end on Sunday, January 23rd, 2022. Tracklib will announce the winners on their blog and on social media in March 2022.

The Council

Source: Instagram

The council is Dave East, Vado, and Lloyd Banks. This is a union that Vado says, “is three of da city’s illest MCs wanting to be a part of reclaiming back NY hip-hop.” The Council’s first feature was on Vado’s song Respect the Jux, which shares the title to the movie with which the track is associated. Aside from this song by Vado, Banks and East are present in features across Vado’s album. The album release date is December 31st. As it seems thus far, it is all respect, unity, and creativity between the group, as Vado posted under his most recent picture of himself and East riding together on Instagram, “treat ur brother as u treat urself -Da Council.”

Written by Alicia Hughley