The Mad Violinist

Posted by Whiz himself -THE MAD VIOLINIST COVERS "BLACK AND YELLOW" - Whiz Khalifa

Ashanti Floyd, aka The Mad Violinist, is one of the top Violinist/String Arrangers in the country. You may recognize his work from songs such as Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music 2” (Featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and T-Pain), Young Jeezy’s “Greatest Trapper Alive,” and most recently Travis Porter’s “I Put On A Show.”
Ashanti currently produces music alongside Kane Beatz (”Reverse Cowgirl,” “Bed Rock, “We Be Steady Mobbin“) for their production team, “The Building.”
In addition to producing with Kane, Ashanti creates music with his own band, The Symphony Crack Orchestra ( Matt Barrett – guitar, Chris Morgan – keys, Mike Belluso – Bass, Casey Crogan – Drums). Earlier this week the group re-worked Alicia Keys’ “Unthinkable,” and sent HipHopAtLunch.com the exclusive full video.
The Symphony Crack Orchestra puts an impressive amount passion into their live performances, effectively making the music come alive. On this particular cover, the group’s instruments speak in place of Miss Keys’ vocals. - Hip Hop At Lunch

Here at TheNext2Shine.com, we LOVE & APPRECIATE good music! Good music would not be possible without great musicians such as Ashanti Floyd, known as The Mad Violinist. Floyd has been featured on several top hip-hop artists' songs and more are sure to come. Check him out here doing a violin freestyle over Lupe Fiasco's, "The Show Goes On". - Next To Shine

Every now and then I’m introduced to musical greatest that I really have no words to describe, but yet I still hit The Block and try to present it to yall regardless. Today’s case in point is Ashanti “The Mad Violinist” Floyd—from what I know he’s a violinist/producer that already has a Grammy nomination under his belt for production credits he punched in along side Kane Beatz (Lil Wayne featuring Drake “Right About It,” Birdman featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga “Loyalty”), but aside from being apart of Kane’s production team The Building, The Mad Violinist is the front man in an orchestra that goes by the name Symphony Crack.

The reason I’m having a hard time explaining this is because Symphony Crack is some next level ish. Basically the orchestra consists of Matt Barrett on guitar, Mikey Belluso on bass, Chris Morgan with the keys, drummer Casey Cragan, Lance Powlis playing the horns, Adrian Crutchfield as the sax guy, and then The Mad Violinist leading the group’s instrumentation. No rapping, no singing, or whatever other kind of monkey ish you negroes do with a microphone nowadays…Symphony Crack is just music. And the first single off their upcoming album The Addiction is properly title “Muzik.” - WritersBlockMedia.Net

"Ill" -Lupe Fiasco -Official Violinist on "The Show Goes On" Freestyles! - LupeFiasco.Com

It’s not often that you come across a track that does not employ spoken word to paint an image of Hip Hop that is always on the cusp of breaking new ground within its niche. The Mad Violinist, a writer/producer/musician has come up with a gem, that I believe will be an instant classic — Muzik. Incorporating the violin as the primary storyteller, TMV has not only fused old and new schools of music together, he’s managed to produce a sound that is sensual, urbane, and most importantly fresh. - PremeireLife.Ca