Trade Secret: Q&A with Producer Maxwell Benson

You won’t find Maxwell Benson on Twitter. You won’t find him on Instagram. In fact, if you walked right past him on the street you wouldn’t even know you just encountered the music producer who is ready to lead a Hip Hop revolution.

Benson is set to transform from mild-mannered beatmaker to superproducer rap savior with his Dawn Of A New Day album featuring performances by Brand Nubian’s Sadat X, Little Brother’s Big Pooh, Living Legends’ Scarub, Substantial, Wordsworth, Paper Boy Prince of the Suburbs, Que Billah and Trin. The 8-track EP will drop online on August 11 commiserating the day the culture was birthed 40 years ago at DJ Kool Herc’s legendary party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx.

DZI: The Voice caught with Maxwell Benson to discuss the new project, why he keeps his identity a secret, his views on mainstream Hip Hop, and more.

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