About Us

Who are we? What do we do? Why do we do it?

Summary
As the nation's foremost production brokerage firm we professionally shop, pitch and promote on behalf of our producer clientele to facilitate the sale of beats across a network of recording artists. Top artists and record labels routinely consult with us as part of their executive production process, exposing our client's beats to countless opportunities for placement within the marketplace.

History
Urban South was founded in 2007 as a full-service beat brokerage interagency and marketing firm to service the needs of our expanding client base of popular music producers. From inception, our focus has been placing commercially acceptable master recordings with prominent hip-hop and popular music artists and negotiating favorable terms to effect the sale and commercial viability of our client's material.

Approach
Our executive team of brokerage professionals is situated across offices in Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Dallas and New York, providing uncompromising access to a network of music industry insiders. We regularly participate in private A&R listening sessions and track dumps while also delivering production directly to prospects via our proprietary BeatReach 2.0 production management platform. A partnership with Urban South is truly an investment in your continued success. Whether you are an emerging producer looking to break in to the lucrative world of music production or a multi-platinum super-producer looking to strengthen your brand and build incremental value, Urban South can offer you a customized solution unlike any of our competitors.

Direct Placement Credits
Maino, Tech N9ne, Rick Ross, Styles P, Jim Jones, Slim of 112, Jay Rock, Scotty Boi, Billy Blue, Sheek Louch, Tyler Woods, Atiba, Charles Sweeting, Magazeen, Remo Da Rap Star, Ras Kass, Stat Quo, Spider Loc, NOE, Kartoon, MTV's Steve-O, Billionz, Ricky Ruckus, Glueazy, Billionz, Breeze, Jem Star, DJ, Inertia, Big Scoob, Kutt Calhoun, Krizz Kaliko, Jimmy Dade, Bossman, Paco Tha Don, Ces, Agony, Sam Crow & others.

Beat Brokers

Send your beats directly to power brokers:

*Generally, send your best 3 heaters as direct mp3 attachments and wait patiently for a response. If you don't get a response heed the words of sir Aldous Snow: "I was going to listen to that, but then I just carried on living my life." Don't get discouraged just keep it moving.
(Listed brokers are not affiliated with UrbanSouth.com)

Sarah Johnson

E-mail: BeatFlowSarah40@gmail.com
Twitter: @SJManager

Bruce Jagger

E-mail: anrwerk@gmail.com
Twitter: @Jaggerwerks

SKID

E-mail: music4skid@me.com
Twitter: @senatorSkid

Mike Tetreault

E-mail: hhfhtracks@gmail.com
Twitter: @TheOfficialTATE

Jack Russell

E-mail: jackrussellent@gmail.com
Twitter: @JackRussellEnt

Brian Garrett

E-mail: nextfuturestar@gmail.com
Twitter: @BrianGarrett

Otha "Vakseen" Davis III

E-mail: Snsrecords@gmail.com
Twitter: @Vakseen

Brendan

E-mail: nostrugglebeats@gmail.com
Twitter: @BrendanLLM

Ben Maddahi

E-mail: benmaddahimusic@gmail.com
Twitter: @benmaddahi