Today we’d like to introduce you to Jesse A. Redden.
Hi Jesse, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
When I was 9 years old I found a recorded tape in the parking lot of a Circle K gas station. I took it home and put it in my boombox and was introduced to the likes of NWA, 2 Live Crew and the Gucci Crew. I remember being like “what is this?“ My jaw dropped on the floor. I was no stranger to language like this. I mean, this was the late 80s. My friends and I were already using expletives in this manner. That was the day I was introduced to hip-hop which was a huge contrast compared to the “top gun“ soundtrack that I was playing on my parents record player just days before. Fast-forward 10 years later, I was a senior in high school about to graduate the great year of 1998. I was working as a telemarketer in Riverdale Utah and instead of actually working I started jotting down my own rhymes when I clearly should’ve been harassing people to change their long distance service. My favorite rapper was Tupac. I would have his songs in my head and I would use those beats to write my own rhymes. I remember that being the first time that I created my own rap lyrics. The following year of 1999 a few of my closest friends and I got together and started recording our own original music using a dual tape karaoke machine. Recording music in this manner means everybody had to nail it and there was no punching in if somebody made a mistake. This was a quarter century ago and one of those artists was none other than SA Lopez who I would reunite with to again be my partner in making music. In 2006, after a tumultuous five years of crime, I got my life together a little bit and started recording in a professional studio and performing at many places in Ogden Utah. In 2007, and in the span of one year, I went from performing at small coffee shops to opening for the larger names who would come to perform at Ogden venues including Bubba Sparxxx and Paul Wall…. In 2008, I disappeared. I put down the microphone and I moved out of state for an opportunity to be hired at a job that would secure my future for myself, my family and my newborn child. I only worked on Music here and there while I lived out of state. I would come back every few months and record. In 2011 I moved back (with my new job) to Ogden and released my first album “Resonland”. The next few years I spent performing in Ogden and Salt Lake City. By 2015 I stopped performing and just worked on music as a hobby. Life just kind of gets in the way sometimes and if you don’t stay focused on things they’ll get away from you. Like so many others, the 2020 pandemic became the catalyst of me blowing the dust off old projects. I went to work harder than I ever had before. It was like starting from the bottom again. In 2021 I teamed up with East coast producer and rapper, BizzyB. Also a recording engineer, I met BizzyB in 2011 on a rock band cruise. I polished up the music I had been working on the last 10 years and I released my second album “Resonation” I kept working. With all new and current music, I released my third album “This is 40” in 2022. I put myself out there and made contacts. I started performing in Ogden again and started doing my own signature semi annual show, “The Junction City Hip-Hop Showcase“. In 2023 and 2024 I changed the game plan on how I would release music. I reunited with my best friend from all those years ago, SA Lopez, and created a team of artists. I started doing more features and releasing singles instead of albums. I also crossed over to the Tech House sub genre of EDM House music. I began recording vocals and working with the Chicago DJ duo Panfil And Rubh. In 2024 SA and I joined another artist I used to work with in the late 2000s, Smash Boogie the Illidellic. We created a rap trio called “Th3 recipe”. Here in 2025 the debut album of this rap supergroup will be released along with my next solo album and a duo album with my engineer/producer/rapper/friend BizzyB. My Resonomics Merch Line is also now available. In 2026,I only plan on going harder.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I would say Music has definitely been a rocky road. There are so many external factors that can inhibit creativity. I’ve been doing this a pretty long time. Some of my personal struggles along the way stemmed from drug use in the early 2000s, realizing that I’m going to spend more money on making music than I will ever make from it and the loss of motivation. Lucky for me inspiration will just hit me at the most random times and charge up my motivation.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I work in the transportation industry and it takes me away from home half of the week including weekends when most performances take place. Not to mention, I work the most unhealthy, inhospitable and changing hours known to man. The trade-off is I’m able to provide a nice little life for my family and a great retirement. It also gives me a chance to be creative. Sometimes when I’ve been up for 20 to 24 hours my brain comes up with some of the most clever things.
What makes you happy?
What makes me happy, when it comes to doing music, is when somebody tells me that they like something I’ve done. That is really why I’m doing it. When somebody puts together a double entendre or essentially “gets“ something complicated I’ve created, that’s the reason why I do this and that makes me happy.
Contact Info:
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