DJ EFN

Eric Fernando Narciandi (born May 28, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ EFN, is an American record executive and disc jockey from Miami, Florida.

[1] Born Eric Fernando Narciandi in Los Angeles, California to parents of Cuban backgrounds, DJ EFN moved with his family to Miami, Florida in 1986.

During the next two decades he produced 42 volumes of the mixtape, featuring hip-hop artists such as Outkast, Redman, Capone-N-Noreaga, KRS-One, Wu-Tang Clan, Bun B, Ja Rule, Sean Paul, Joe Budden, Lil Jon, Ghostface Killah, Keith Murray, and David Banner.

EFN founded Miami's Crazy Sounds Record Pool in 1997 (it operated through 2007) and Hood DJs, an international coalition.

The effectiveness of EFN's street promotion for his Crazy Hood mixtapes eventually attracted the attention of various national brands in search of help with their products in the Miami market.

Today the firm manages and records Da Alliance (of which he is a member), Garcia, Heckler, ¡Mayday!, and Wrekonize, as well as the producers Big Drain, Hazardis Soundz, and Beats-N-Da-Hood.

It features production by DJ Premier, Buckwild, Nomadic Trackz, BeatsNdaHood, Hazardis Soundz, Miami Beat Wave, Nonms, The Guild, Big Drain and Matt Harris, and rapping by Bun B, Gunplay, Scarface, Talib Kweli, Redman, King Tee, Mc Eiht, Trick Daddy, Dead Prez, M.O.P., Denzel Curry, Inspectah Deck, Sizzla, Sean Price, Milk Dee, Killer Mike, Umar Bin Hassan, Juvenile and others.

Jacob Katel, writing in Miami New Times, praised the album for matching "the best underground talent in America with some of the godfathers of the genre to make an indelible classic.

"[11] Chosen as one of "The 15 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2015" by Ambrosia For Heads, EFN's work on Another Time was praised for deftly showing that "the walls and categories used to separate MCs due to age, era, region, and style are self-inflicted.

"[18] "Coming Home (Cuba)" turned out to be the first in a series of documentary films devoted to local hip-hop culture in countries other than the United States.

Writing about the series for atlantablackstar.com, Jasmine Nelson suggested, "Much like Anthony Bourdain, EFN brings people to unlikely places, exposing them to different cultures, but in this case through the eyes of hip-hop rather than food.

"Special guests like 50 Cent and Rick Ross come on, stories about the old and new days of hip-hop are exchanged, and drinks are consumed," noted Variety magazine's Oriana Schwindt.