Rest in Peace Traxamillion
Some of you know Scott Nelson and I were uploading Jiu Jitsu videos to the internet with OntheMat.com before YouTube was a thing (and even before we did home video releases). At that time we had no idea what copyright laws were and we just used Napster to apply whatever track we thought fit the action at the time (I did once get a picture with Shawn Fanning at this time). We eventually wised up (thankfully without the use of any lawyers), and happily seeking legal music for our videos I often got to get direct contact with the artists themselves (thanks Adisa for this one). While we got to work with all levels of the industry to a degree I took a big delight in highlighting local artists and trading exposure much in the way we tried to for fighters on the scene back then.
One of the coolest artists I got to work with was Traxamillion. Trax repped the Bay Area hard (and San Jose in particular) and is one of the main producers who crafted the “Hyphy” Sound the area became famous for. He was always down to earth when I saw him however and genuinely interested in Martial Arts and how we used his tracks. I’ll remember him as a really nice guy and am appreciative of the support.
The following is a clip from 101 Submissions Chapter 3 and features Traxamillion’s own track “Skrape”. I thought this song was perfect for what we were trying to showcase and I often bumped it while training or even getting hyped up before matches as well. Hope this short clip brings back some memories for the veterans out there and introduces a few of you to what Traxamillion was about.
