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ALBUMFace CardZaytoven
Albums by Zaytoven
ALBUMFace CardZaytoven
ALBUMKeep It StreetZaytoven
ALBUMPIANO NIGHTS (Instrumentals)Zaytoven
ALBUMPray For Atlanta1K Phew & Zaytoven
ALBUMI'm the OneZAYSKII & Zaytoven
ALBUMZaytoven the Trapfather (Instrumentals)Zaytoven
ALBUMZAY'S KITCHEN (Instrumentals)Zaytoven
ALBUMClash of Nature (Dark) [Instrumental]Zaytoven
ALBUMClash of Nature (Light) [Instrumental]Zaytoven
ALBUMLowballs-N-TopsidesZaytoven & C.O.E. Mook
Zaytoven's Popular Music Videos
Peace Sign
USHER & Zaytoven
Mo Reala (feat. Future)
Zaytoven
Get Back Right
Lecrae & Zaytoven
The Click (feat. ZayBang, Lil Bean, KxNG LLAMA, Lil Yee, Prezi & Lil Pete)
Zaytoven & Fo15
Can't Help It (feat. Hotboii)
Moe & Zaytoven
Left Da Bank
Zaytoven & Young Dolph
Bigger Picture (feat. Lil Bean, ZayBang, Prezi, KxNG LLAMA & Lil Yee)
Zaytoven & Fo15
Old Me
Zaytoven & Yella Beezy
Can't Help It (feat. Hotboii) [Official Lyric Video]
Moe & Zaytoven
All My Guys (feat. ZayBang & Lil Yee)
Zaytoven & Fo15
Artist Playlists
Zaytoven: The Producers
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Artist Biography
Xavier Lamar Dotson was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1980, just two hours away from where Beethoven was born 210 years earlier. Dotson, who produces hip-hop under the name Zaytoven, is clever to illustrate this parallel with his moniker. But with his pioneering approach to music construction, Zaytoven makes clear that the ties between both composers are more than geographical. Zaytoven was raised in Atlanta’s churches after his preacher father’s stint in the army ended, playing the keys in a moody manner that would come to influence the production style he’d eventually bring to Atlanta’s major rappers. “Being a church musician, I’m used to using pianos and organs...to set a certain mood that brings out heavy emotions,” he explained to Apple Music. Zaytoven first emerged in 2005 with Gucci Mane, producing the MC’s “Icy,” after saving enough money as a barber to buy recording equipment. His signature piano riffs and heavy, clapping drums brought bravado and nuance to Gucci’s laconic flow. After producing Future’s seminal series Beast Mode and BEASTMODE 2, Zaytoven became a much-sought-after music maker in the ATL. He was the brains behind Migos’ first hit, “Versace,” and though Zaytoven came up on the church stage, his style would eventually become equally informed by a different kind of performance venue. “I go to the strip joints that the big time, major people don’t go to. But that’s where I live. That’s where I got my sound from, the dirty hole-in-the-wall clubs,” he explained. Perhaps that’s where the similarities between Zaytoven and Beethoven end, but as Atlanta’s go-to producer, he clearly qualifies as a maestro in his own right.
Hometown
Frankfurt, Germany
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap