Then we shocked the world and shifted the music business. Let open the flood gates for edm to be accepted in the mainstream music world. We changed the game for a good for at least 8-9 years. I can go on and on about this project. I may do a book one day I have to save some for the book but the sessions were one thing all the events after is something else. Anyway as far as the creation process it was flawless... It flowed.. We were experimenting and everything worked. This was the moment where the teacher thru a challenge out to me and I came through with the checkmate. It happened... I developed something that was mines.. Tim just did a track that was crazy to me and everyone in the room!! one of those ones that leave you stuck for days he looked over at me and said " ur turn" How do you come back from that?? So let's take a step back.. A year prior I bought some sounds with my own money from Brian Kidd he gave me a lil package I was hyped. Before that I went to club space with @incrediblelago and seen the future. I've never seen a rave for lack of a better word. And the music was so ill to me. What was even more crazy was how the people were in the trance just zoned out. I made a note right then and said I need to people to react like this to my music. Fast forward back to the package of these weird trance sounds. I now had the tools. Now I tried to cook up some dance trax of course they were trash. I got a few laughs and giggles out of a few people but it was cool I knew where it was headed. Fast forward day 3 or 4 of Justin sessions tim struck 1st a few days before left me stuck til day 3. I go to the headphones.. Load my cracking ass drums I get a pattern. Boom Boom kack... Boom boom kack... Boom boom kack... Boom boom boom ... Boom boom boom..... I was like ok.... Then I load that fucking vanguard vst. And played chords with the arpeggiator..... OH SHIT 😱😱😱😱😱🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️!!!!!! I got it... It was the bones to "my love" it's been 10 years since. I'm still here thank u @justintimberlake and @timbaland we got more workro do. Stay tuned. #futuresexlovesound #doyouknowme A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 10, 2016 at 8:57am PDT
Let me take a short step back.. I'm trying to do this chronologically it's becoming a task. Anyway.. The 1st time I worked with and met @jlo was this record "he'll be back" that track was super sexy and Candace nelson did what she does! I think I've been star struck maybe 3 times (slightly btw) was jlo, Chris martin and Beyoncé. Definitely was wild being in the same room even if was for a few hours. REBIRTH "he'll be back" A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 9, 2016 at 12:02pm PDT
Then we let loose... 2 years bunked inside of a studio everyday.. Making tracks, talkin shit, drinking, eating making more music, just studio rat life crafting chemistry and we applied it all to @nellyfurtado "loose" album We started cooking ideas before she arrived. I remember specifically working on "wait for you" with @timbaland is was so jammin to us. I also remember going to atl for a few days I was working with @kerihilson then I came back and nelly was in town now. I walked in the room they were working on "glow" with @beanzbeanzbeanz I was like oh ok... I put the headphones on and magically appeared the bones to "maneater" we all went nuts in the studio and the speaker caught on fire literally! Lol. Was an amazing project. So many stories from almost every song! Needless to say "promiscuous" was my 1st #1 record with "say it right" to follow. It was now a new game.. We did 10 on that album.. Also came away with some Grammy nods.. Do you really know me?? A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 8, 2016 at 4:32pm PDT
So I started the biggie "whatcha want" in Miami @hit_factory_criteria_studios A room. Across the way in the D room. This was happening.. ..Snoop dogs "get a light" tim had the beat rocking already then I came through with the sauce. Lil small touches. It was cool to be a part of this one. Super hard! @snoopdogg blue carpet treatment #doyoureallyknowme A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 6, 2016 at 2:04pm PDT
Then I met @iamdiddy ................... All I had to go by were stories, rumors and tv shows of his character. No idea what was gonna walk into the studio. Of course he pull up and enter the room in true puff daddy fashion. I was focused tho. Me and tim worked side by side. Both of us in headphones. We were both cooking.. But I had both tim and diddy's eyes on me. Puff started ear hustling. It was burning him up hat he couldn't hear what I was hearing. He finally put on my headphones and he laid his ears on "Diddy rock" beat... He went absolutely crazy.. Him and tim bangin it in the studio. The pressure was off shit was flowing.. Diddy was stuck on this track him and tim rode down to south beach and back in the phantom to catch a vibe. If it was puff telling this story.. That's when he "discovered" me. We went on to do "Diddy rock" "after love" and "wanna move" Press play album. Do you really know me?? A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 5, 2016 at 1:49pm PDT
Then I was graced with an accapella from the late great B.I.G. "Whatcha want" ft jay-z I remember working in nyc to finish the production. It was my 1st time working wit jay. That intro before his verse came from him helping me orchestrate the feeling. I'll never forget how hype he was getting. The pressure was crazy.. But pressure can be my comfort zone. I can say I produced a track for the commission. Who else done that? Now we had to mix and get it right it was myself and @incrediblelago in the studio late. She originally did the hook vocal! Lol! But we ended up randomly finding somebody on the cold New York street to come in and lay it. Was fun and crazy. Like when Ray Charles needed a "Johnny girl" I got it. We did the same thing. #doyoureallyknowme "whatcha want" produced my Danja. The biggie duets. A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 4, 2016 at 3:23pm PDT
"Earth intruders" and "innocence" VOLTA Was crazy watching this eclectic artist do her thing. 1st time witnessing pure art on the studio. An incredible massive voice. A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Sep 3, 2016 at 6:57pm PDT
So.. We worked on a few other things in between "I'm so fly" and this record "put you on the game" ... Tim came in my room like "we got game tonite lemme see what u come up wit" I'm charged up. I start cooking. I played him maybe 3. I know I put the pressure on him. So he decided to cook on his bus.. Smh.. This fool came back wit this beat.. CRAZZZY! 🔥🔥🔥 he got me. I added my parts. The rest is history. Was happy to send that bomb back to aftermath. Would've loved to see Dre's face. @losangelesconfidential "put you on game" produced by @timbaland and Danja A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Aug 31, 2016 at 10:35am PDT
Then we started to gel.. "I'm so fly" produced by timbaland and Danja. #doyoureallyknowme A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Aug 24, 2016 at 4:36pm PDT
I told the Tim story 1000 times in bits and pieces. So fast forward...... This was one of the 1st things he pulled me into and my 1st plaque platinum by the way. Thx @mikedaddyevans and Bill! "Wonder bout" and "exodus 04" produced by me and @timbaland #doyoureallyknowme A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Aug 24, 2016 at 2:13pm PDT
"Betta half" produced by Danja I was hungry. No clue what I was doing but chipping away at the dream. This album was another wink from God that I was on my way.. A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Aug 23, 2016 at 9:27am PDT
@teddyriley1 gave me and homie mike Walla an assignment and we came make with a human nature flip. I used a pad that I created on the triton keyboard. Of course teddy made it sound how it was supposed to but the opportunity was everything. A photo posted by DANJA (@theonlydanja) on Aug 22, 2016 at 6:54pm PDT
