The music industry is dominated by alpha male executives, emo artists, nomadic backpackers, a diverse collective of true-school creatives, and lost tribes of yonder rural turned yuppie urban backpack posers too confused not to find Caitlyn cute. While rappers are almost always male there are even fewer female producers. 19-year-old production prodigy Seneca B, born Celin Carlo-Gonzalez in Boston, engineers soul-sampled tracks for the songwriters to cypher. Earlier this year, Seneca took a unique approach to gaining exposure for her production by dropping the “Rascal” EP. A 10 track collective of moody beats sewn into a storytelling experience, the project has earned the attention of several rap artists. Seneca’s beats will soon be in greater demand due her consistency.
Written by ToneSwep
Drawing influences from such contemporary boom-bap pros as Knxwledge, Equalibrium, Alchemist, Harry Fraud, and MF Doom, Seneca’s style is closely based in early approach and final product to a young 9th Wonder; not there just yet but the dreamy teenager is aiming at being simultaneously that good and that gold one day. Though creating quality music is a lost art, it is even more embraced as a result of this rarity. Sometimes the best way to standout is to avoid fitting in. Seneca B and her Rascal EP filled with Beats headset ammo are intent on capitalizing on their potentially game-changing momentum.
Interestingly, when women are encouraged to shatter glass ceilings in any industry, they are almost instantly criticized for doing that very thing. As if women who change the game, end up changing the game a bit too much for the bigots to be cool with. Hater’s gone hate but no matter, Boston is a tough town built brick by brick (one cobblestone at a time), so Seneca B should be poised to tackle the seemingly daunting challenge of breaking into the Hip Hop industry selling music and ideals instead of mascara and hood posturing. Hidden gem on the project? “Painting”, a piano-assisted audio conversation with definitive drums, a whispering voice on loop, and old hat horns. As the young producer stated on one of her social media channels: “I like beats… and social change.”