Shondrae Crawford, better known as
Bangladesh, is an American record producer and DJ who was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, and now lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He began producing beats in 1998, but his first big break did not come until 2000 for his production of Ludacris' hit single, What's Your Fantasy, who he then worked with many times after. He is recently known for working with Lil Wayne, producing one of his biggest singles - A Milli. He chose the name
Bangladesh because he describes his sample-free, keyboard centric production style as "
Bangladesh. It's just
Bangladesh. It's foreign to the ears." In the beginning of most of his songs, you can hear an almost robotic voice...
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