Harry Fraud Mix-tape The Coast Rides the New Wave

Producer and Brooklyn-nite Harry Fraud released mix-tape The Coast with miraculous features from stars French Montana, Action Bronson, Rick Ross, and Wiz Khalifa. Harry Fraud has become an underground staple in East Coast hip hop. The mastermind behind French Montana’s breakout hit, “Shot Caller,” Harry Fraud has changed the soundscape of New York inspired rap. In addition to reported chemistry with frequent collaborator and discoverer French Montana, Fraud also produced Queens emcee, Action Bronson’s debut studio album SAAB Stories. Known for his hard-hitting beats and gritty drum layered production, Fraud is riding the wave. His imprint Surf School was created in tribute to Max B, as an affiliate of Priority Records.

Harry Fraud began cementing his underground legend in 2009. His last mix-tape was the sequel to Rogues Playlist. An atypical producer his bass progressions are well known in rap today. Fraud manages to implement rare classic samples in his East Coast sound. Aside from the star-studded feature list the posthumous Coke Boy, Chinx, killed by gun violence, and Mobb Deep legend Prodigy, tragically lost in April of this year appear on the tape. Harry Fraud produced some of the best indie and mainstream rap music in recent years. A bonafide hippie, Fraud hails from a now gentrified Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn.

The wave or phrase wavy was established by Max B in the early 2000’s. The wave draws on authentic energy that propels the rap game forward. The wave is a legacy that allows artist to venture out and reinvent cool. Despite the death of the boom bap era, Harry Fraud manages to keep the bass alive in new-age hip hop. He does it all live from the underground.