Adam Deitch may have been predestined to be a drummer. The son of two professional funk drummers and Berklee grads, Adam first picked up his sticks at the age of two and was sitting in with his parents’ funk band by the age of six. Adam’s career has crossed genres, focusing on hip-hop, funk and jazz, playing the role of both drummer and producer.

Adam has done major session work on drums for artists including Justin Timberlake, Daniel Bedingfield, Anthony Hamilton, DJ Quik and Wycleff, Black Rob and Afu-Ru and the Fugees record, sure to be one of the year’s biggest records. Recently Adam has made Lauryn Hill, Pras of the Fugees, GZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Dead Prez, Meshell Ndegeocello, Wordsworth and his own Fyre Dept.

Adam began several successful groups including hip-hop groups The Formula and Fatbag, winner of the Boston Music Awards best hip-hop band in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Fatbag had the chance to open for hip-hop legends LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and KRS-One.

In his third year in Boston, he joined the world renowned Average White Band, whom he performed with for the two following years. Adam was featured on the band’s DVD, Live in LA, recorded at a sold out show at the House of Blues, and showed the band was at it’s best. While touring with AWB, Adam performed alongside many of his heroes including Earth, Wind and Fire, Tower of Power and Chaka Kahn.

Adam has branched out from hip-hop and funk, recording and touring with jazz legend John Scofield. Adam has recorded on two of John’s latest records (both released on legendary label Verve Records), Up All Night, which he also shares composers credit on many of the tracks and the Grammy nominated Uberjam. Adam is currently in the studio working on several projects including work with Talib Kweli and Eric Krasno for Talib's upcoming album, with his group, the Adam Deitch Project for Adam's debut solo record and completing the Fyre Department record (his production duo with Krasno) which will feature tracks by Talib, Jean Grea, J-Live and many more.

Look for Adam Deitch tracks on upcoming releases by Redman (Defjam), Exhibit and the Soulive Remixes featuring Chaka Khan and Talib.

The Pimpwiz Bottom Line: We have been watching this kid kill it since FatBag and his skills speak for themselves. Get those Fatbag tracks, trust us. Yo Adam, where's your man Optimus Prime at? ;-)

Sample music and additional info:
MySpace Music - Adam Deitch Project
MySpace Music - Adam Deitch