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WhoSampled is a website and database of information about sample-based music founded in London, United Kingdom.

WhoSampled is an online sample-based music databases of music that compares original songs with covered songs or songs that "borrowed" samples, it serves as a historical line of where songs have come from and where they’re going.

Registered users can submit information about a sample, remix or cover and subject, waiting for moderator's approval that will let the entry to be published on the site.

The visitor of the site gets a comprehensive list of who that artist has sampled and how, and how that artist him/herself has been sampled. The comparison of original song and the song that sampled, covered or remixed it, is done side by side with embedded tracks or videos. All audio and video clips shown on the site are embedded links to content hosted by third party services, such as YouTube or DailyMotion.

WhoSampled was named one of ''PC Magazine's'' Top 100 Web Sites of 2010.

The process and idea of the site of being a tool for research and music discovery, is similar to another project called Music Genome Project, both wanting to "explore the DNA of music."

See also

Pandora Radio

References

External links

Official site

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Paul Lansky (born June 18, 1944, in New York) is an American electronic-music or computer-music composer who has been producing works from the 1970s up to the present day (see discography, below).

Biography

A former student of George Perle, he is currently a professor of music composition at Princeton University, and in addition to his music is known as a pioneer in the development of computer music languages for algorithmic composition (''see'' Real-Time Cmix). He is also a former student of Milton Babbitt and Edward Cone.

Lansky's first album, ''Smalltalk'', was not released until 1990. It features four tracks, two covering aspects of the human voice, and two looking at two styles of music (metal and harmonica).

His second album, ''Homebrew'' (1992), contains five tracks, including the percussive and aural 18-minute piece "Table's Clear," which features samples of his children playing kitchen utensils. Following that came ''More Than Idle Chatter'', the six compositions of which focus on processings of the human voice using linear predictive coding, granular synthesis, and plucked string synthesis; its three highlights are granular synth pieces called "Idle Chatter," "Just_more_idle_chatter," and "Notjustmoreidlechatter," which look at the same thing from multiple perspectives. In 1994, he released ''Fantasies and Tableaux'', a collection of two earlier works, "Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion" and "Still Time." 1995 brought ''Folk Images'', Lansky's personal interpretation and reworking of a "good few folk songs."

At around this point there was a slight change in the style of Lansky's music that made it sound slightly more modern, and 1997 heralded a one-hour computer opera titled ''Things She Carried'', a musical portrait about an unnamed woman in a series of eight movements. During the following year, ''Conversation Pieces'' was released.

In early 2001 the CD ''Ride'' was released, featuring a new addition to the Idle Chatter family: "Idle Chatter Junior" and the 19-minute title piece, which tries to simulate a ride through various towns and country. In the spring of 2006, Lansky took an old folk song and various ingredients of hip hop music and created "Chatter of Pins." In 2008 "Chatter of Pins" was included on the compilation album ''Crosstalk: American Speech Music'' (Bridge Records) produced by Mendi + Keith Obadike.

Recently, Lansky has shifted his focus away from electronic and computer music to invest more time in composing for acoustic instruments. He has written new acoustic works for David Starobin, So Percussion, Nancy Zeltsman, and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.

The Radiohead song "Idioteque", from its 2000 album ''Kid A'', features a prominent sample from Lansky's computer tape piece "Mild und Leise" (1973). The sample, four looping chords taken from a few seconds of Lansky's piece, provides the entire harmony for the song. The name "Mild und Leise" comes from the opening lines of Liebestod, the climatic ending of Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde"s. Lansky has written an essay about Radiohead that appears in ''The Music and Art of Radiohead'', as well as online. Lansky's 1979 computer music piece "Her Song", from the ''Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion'' (re-released on the album ''Fantasies and Tableaux'', 1994), has also been sampled by Caural for his song "I Won't Race You", from his 2006 album ''Mirrors For Eyes'', with the main synthesized vocal line of Lansky's piece being used (and being the basis for the title of the latter).

Discography

''Smalltalk'', 1990

''Homebrew'', 1992

''More Than Idle Chatter'', 1994

''Fantasies And Tableaux'', 1994

''Folk Images'', 1995

''Things She Carried'', 1997

''Conversation Pieces'', 1998

''Ride'', 2001

''Alphabet Book'', 2002

''Music Box'', 2006

''Etudes and Parodies'', 2007

See also

Charles Dodge (composer)

References

Sources

Antokoletz, Elliott. 2001. "Lansky, Paul". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

Code, David L. 1990. "Observations in the Art of Speech: Paul Lansky’s ''Six Fantasies''". ''Perspective of New Music'' 28, no. 1 (Fall): 144–69.

Roads, Curtis. 1983. "Interview with Paul Lansky". ''Computer Music Journal'' 7, no. 3:16–24.

External links

Paul Lansky's Homepage on Princeton.edu

MP3 of Mild und Leise

NewMusicBox.org: In the 1st Person : Three Generations of Teaching Music Composition with George Perle and Virgil Moorefield

Short biography and a photo

Archived article and interview with Lansky from a defunct music website, "soundout"

Listen to Lansky's "Notjustmoreidlechatter" at Acousmata music blog

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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
Name	Betty Wright
Background	solo_singer
Born	December 21, 1953Miami, Florida, United States
Birth name	Bessie Regina Norris
Years active	1956–present
Genre	R&B;, soul, gospel, funk, disco
Associated acts	The Echoes of Joy, Peter Brown, Joss Stone, Gloria Estefan, Angie Stone, Tom Jones }}

Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright (born December 21, 1953), is a Grammy winning Miami-based soul and R&B; singer-songwriter, who won fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night". A pioneering singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, she remains one of the few black female musicians to have a gold record on her own vanity label. She possesses a four-octave vocal range and is adept at using the whistle register.

Early life and career

Born Bessie Regina Norris on December 21, 1953, Wright was the youngest of seven children to Rosa Akins Braddy-Wright and her second husband, McArthur Norris. Wright began her professional career at the age of two when her siblings formed the gospel group, the Echoes of Joy. Wright contributed to vocals on the group's first album, released in 1956. Wright and her siblings performed together until the mid-1960s.

In 1965, following the group's break-up, 11-year-old Wright, who was already using the name ''Betty Wright'', decided to switch musical styles from gospel to rhythm and blues, singing in local talent shows until being spotted by a local Miami record label owner, who signed her to her first label in 1966 at twelve. She released the singles, "Thank You Baby" and "Paralyzed", which found Wright local fame in Miami.

In 1967, the teen was responsible for discovering other local talents such as George and Gwen McCrae, helping them sign with Alston record label, part of Henry Stone's TK recording and distribution company. A year later, Wright released her debut album, ''My First Time Around'', when she was still 14 and scored her first hit single with Judy White's "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do". While still in high school in 1970, Wright released the sensual "Pure Love" at the age of sixteen.

Stardom

About a year later, Wright released her signature song, "Clean Up Woman", written byClarence Reid and Willie Clarke when she was 17. The record reached number two on the R&B; charts, where it stayed for eight weeks. It crossed over to the pop charts, peaking at number six and staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks. It eventually sold over a million copies and was certified gold on December 30, 1971, nine days after the singer turned 18. Wright struggled with a successful follow-up until 1972 when the single "Baby Sitter" (one of Wright's first compositions) reached the top 50 of the Hot 100 and peaked at number six on the R&B; charts. Another hit that emerged during this early period was 1973's "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker", which peaked at number 55 on the Hot 100 and number 10 on the R&B; chart, it was also the first instance (after "Baby Sitter") where Wright showed off her powerful whistle register vocals. Another successful composition was the proto-disco number, "Where Is the Love" (co-written by Wright, with producers,Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch), from KC & The Sunshine Band. This peaked at number 15 on the R&B; chart, number-two on the dance charts and crossed over to the UK, peaking at #25, leading Wright to perform overseas. Wright later won the Best R&B; Song Grammy Award for composing "Where Is the Love".

A second prominent overseas hit was another proto-disco number, "Shoorah! Shoorah!" Both songs appeared on one of Wright's most popular albums, ''Danger! High Voltage!'', released in late 1974. It would be on this album that Wright would have her most successful composition, with the smooth soul ballad, "Tonight Is the Night", which Wright attributed to her first sexual experiences. The original version peaked at number 28 on the R&B; chart. Four years later, Wright released a "live" version of the song. The remodeled version, which included a now-famous monologue and portions of Wright's 1970 hit, "Pure Love", peaked at number 11 on the R&B; chart in 1978.

That same year, Wright also discovered the talents of musician Peter Brown and sang background on Brown's hits, "You Should Do It" and "Dance With Me" (where her vocals were prominently featured alongside Brown's). In 1978, she performed a duet with shock rocker Alice Cooper on the song "No Tricks" and a year later, opened for Bob Marley on the reggae star's ''Survival Tour''. Wright's other albums at the end of the 1970s were less successful and by 1981, as TK began to struggle, she moved on to a bigger label, signing with Epic where her self-titled album was released.

The album was notable for the minor Stevie Wonder-composed hit, "What Are You Gonna Do With It". That same year, she contributed vocals on Richard "Dimples" Fields' ''Dimples'' album, especially on the hit, "She's Got Papers on Me", where she catches Fields singing out about another woman, verbally attacking him in the ending monologue. In 1983, the album, ''Wright Back at You'', featured compositions by Marlon Jackson, of the Jackson Five. Four years later, Wright issued the album, ''Sevens''.

In 1985, Wright formed her own label, Miss B Records. In 1988, Wright made history as the first black female artist to score a gold album on her label when the album, ''Mother Wit'', was released. The album was notable for the hits, "No Pain, No Gain" and "After the Pain". Her 1989 follow-up, ''4u2njoy'', featured a remixed duet of Marvin Gaye's "Distant Lover". Since then she has self-released several more recordings while still performing successfully as a live act. She had a hit duet with Grayson Hugh on the remake of Champaign's 1981 hit, "How 'Bout Us", and later arranged the harmonies for Gloria Estefan's "Coming Out of the Dark", which hit number-one in 1991. Wright took a break from recording following the releases of 1990's ''Passion & Compassion'' and 1994's ''B-Attitudes''. In 2001, a compilation album, ''The Very Best of Betty Wright,'' was released, along with her first studio album for several years, ''Fit for a King''. In 2008, Wright was feautured on a Lil Wayne track titled "Playing With Fire" however, due to a lawsuit the song was removed from the album online.

In 2006, Wright appeared on the TV show ''Making the Band'' as a vocal coach, appointed by Sean Combs, for new female group Vanity Kane. She now mentors several young singers and has done vocal production for such artists as Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Joss Stone. Along with co-producers Steve Greenberg and Michael Mangini, Wright was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award in the "Best Pop Album" category for producing Joss Stone's ''Mind, Body & Soul'' LP.

Wright, Greenberg and Mangini also produced two tracks on Tom Jones's 2008 album "24 Hours": A cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The Hitter" and "More Than Memories," written by Stax legend Carla Thomas. In December 2010, Wright was given another Grammy Award nomination for the song, "Go", on the Best Traditional R&B; Vocal Performance. In January 2011, it was announced that Wright would release her first album in ten years.

Legacy

Several of Wright's works have been sampled over the years by hip-hop, rock and R&B; musicians. The riff from "Clean Up Woman" has been sampled constantly by acts such as Afrika Bambaattaa, SWV, Mary J. Blige and Sublime. Wright's first hit, "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do", was sampled for Beyoncé's "Upgrade U". Another hugely sampled song has been "Tonight Is the Night". The song was first sampled (in both the original studio and live versions) in 1990 by rapper Candyman, on his one-hit wonder, "Knockin' Boots". In 1992, Wright sued the producers behind Color Me Badd's breakthrough hit, "I Wanna Sex You Up", after claiming they used the sample of her live version without clearance and without permission, and sued for royalties. Wright won her case with Wright winning 35 percent of royalties for writing the song. Other artists who sampled "Tonight is the Night" include DJ Quik, who sampled the song on his first released single, "Tonite". Her cover of the song, "Shoorah! Shoorah!", which she recorded in 1974, was used in the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' movie. The song, which was written by Allen Toussaint and first recorded by Frankie Miller, also appears on the soundtrack to the second series of the UK Channel 4 comedy drama, ''No Angels''. In 2002, the underground Hip-Hop artist RJD2 used a sample from Wright's 1974 hit "Secretary" in his most commercially successful track, "Ghostwriter". "Ghostwriter" has since gone on to be used in multiple advertisements and commercials.

Personal life

On 24 December 2005, her 21-year-old son Patrick Parker was shot and killed after a dispute at a Christmas party in Opa-locka, a Miami suburb. Wright's mother Rosa recently passed away in September 2010 at the age of 85.

Wright currently resides in her hometown of Miami.

Discography

Albums

''My First Time Around'' (1968)

''I Love The Way You Love'' (1972)

''Hard To Stop'' (1973)

''Danger High Voltage'' (1974)

''Explosion!'' (1976)

''This Time For Real'' (1977)

''Live'' (1978)

''Travelin' In The Wright Circle'' (1979)

''Betty Wright'' (1981)

''Wright Back At You'' (1983)

''Sevens'' (1986)

''Mother Wit'' (1987)

''4u2njoy'' (1989)

''Passion & Compassion'' (1990)

''B-Attitudes'' (1994)

''Fit for A King'' (2001)

Singles

1966: "Thank You Baby"

1966: "Paralyzed"

1968: "Girls Can't Do What Guys Do" (#33 U.S., #15 R&B;)

1970: "Pure Love" (#40 R&B;)

1971: "Clean Up Woman" (#6 U.S., #2 R&B;)

1972: "Baby Sitter" (#46 U.S., #6 R&B;)

1972: "Is It You, Girl?" (#18 R&B;)

1972: "I'm Gettin' Tired Baby" (#42 R&B;)

1973: "It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good to You)" (#72 U.S., #11 R&B;)

1973: "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker" (#55 U.S., #10 R&B;)

1973: "It's Bad for Me to See You" (#66 R&B;)

1974: "Secretary" (#62 U.S., #12 R&B;)

1975: "Where is the Love?" (#96 U.S., #15 R&B;, #2 Disco, #2 Club Play, #25 UK)

1975: "Tonight is the Night" (#28 R&B;)

1975: "Shoorah! Shoorah!" (#28 R&B;, #27 UK)

1976: "Slip and Do It" (#21 R&B;)

1976: "If I Ever Do Wrong" (#23 R&B;)

1977: "Life" (#64 R&B;)

1977: "You Can't See for Lookin'" (#73 R&B;)

1978: "Dance With Me" (with Peter Brown) #5 R&B;, #8 pop)

1978: "Tonight is the Night, Pts. 1 & 2 (live)" (#11 R&B;)

1979: "Lovin' Is Really My Game" (#68 R&B;)

1979: "My Love Is" (#48 R&B;)

1981: "What Are You Gonna Do With It?" (#42 R&B;, #61 Dance)

1981: "Goodbye You Hello Him" (#65 R&B;)

1983: "She's Older Now" (#22 R&B;)

1986: "Pain" (#42 UK)

1988: "No Pain, No Gain" (#14 R&B;)

1988: "After the Pain" (#57 R&B;)

1989: "From Pain to Joy" (#39 R&B;)

1989: "Quiet Storm" (#88 R&B;)

1989: "Keep Love New" (#71 R&B;)

1990: "How 'Bout Us" (with Grayson Hugh) (#30 R&B;, #67 pop)

1994: "For Love Alone" (#98 R&B;)

2007: "Baby" (with Angie Stone) (#22 R&B;, #3 Dance)

References

External links

Soul Patrol page on Betty Wright

[ Betty Wright biography] at Allmusic website

Wright albums on Alston/Atlantic/TK-Records

Betty Wright Myspace

Story of Betty Wright by The Chancellor of Soul (Mike Boone)

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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
name	Pete Rock
background	solo_singer
birth name	Peter Phillips
alias	Soul Brother #1The Chocolate Boy Wonder
born	June 21, 1970New York City, New York, United States
origin	Mount Vernon, New York, United States
instrument	Turntable, sampler, keyboard, bass guitar
genre	East Coast hip hop, jazz rap
occupation	Music producer, disc jockey, rapper, singer
years active	1987–present
label	Elektra, Loud/RCA/BMG, Rapster/BBE, Nature Sounds/Caroline/Virgin/EMI
associated acts	CL Smooth, Marley Marl, INI, Heavy D, The UN, YGz, DJ Premier, J Dilla, 9th Wonder, DJ Green Lantern, Rakim, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Pharoahe Monch, Kanye West
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Peter Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier and RZA as one of the mainstays of 1990s East Coast hip hop production. Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and Heavy D.

Biography

Early life

Pete Rock was born in The Bronx, New York, the sixth of seven children of Jamaican immigrant parents. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was seven years old. During high school, he met his future recording partner CL Smooth. According to Rock, his father was also a part-time DJ who had an impressive record collection. Rock would often accompany his father to a cricket club called Wembley in The Bronx and watch as he spun records for the guests. His first job was as a paperboy, in his neighborhood.

Early career

His first major exposure to the hip-hop audience was in 1987 with Marley Marl, as a DJ on New York's WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl." The 17-year-old Phillips was recognized by the listening audience as the man "puttin' in work", as he would use double copies of each record to cut up every song he played, when most New York DJs would only use double copies on every third or fourth song. Propelled by the growth of his popularity, he began producing in the early 1990s. In 1991 he joined with CL Smooth to release the EP ''All Souled Out''.

The following year saw ''Mecca and the Soul Brother'', the first of two full-length albums, released to critical acclaim and hailed as a classic by many. During this period, Pete Rock began to produce songs for other acts, such as "Down With the King" for Run-DMC and "The World Is Yours" for Nas, as well remix singles for Jeru the Damaja ("You Can't Stop the Prophet"), Public Enemy ("Shut 'em Down"), and The Notorious B.I.G. ("Juicy" - the original of which was allegedly based on Rock's own demo). Pete and CL followed up ''Mecca'' in 1994 with ''The Main Ingredient''. Like its predecessor, ''The Main Ingredient'' also received wide critical acclaim. However, soon after the album's release, the duo split and went their separate ways, with Rock focusing on production work for other artists.

In 1995, he formed the group INI, with Grap Luva, Rob-O, and I Love H.I.M. and released the classic 12" "Fakin' Jax". The trio recorded an album, ''Center of Attention''(originally named ''The Life I Live''), which was heavily bootlegged and remained unreleased until 2003, when BBE Records picked it up for distribution. The release of this album was coupled with another previously unreleased mid-'90s Pete Rock-produced album, DeDa's ''The Original Baby Pa''.

In 1996, he appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, and Fat Joe, among others. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by The Source magazine.

Solo career

While working as a DJ with Marley Marl on Hot 97's Future Flavas show, Rock was able to forge a relationship with Loud Records, allowing him to release his solo album ''Soul Survivor'' in the summer of 1998. After being dropped from the Loud imprint, Rock signed with Rapster/BBE under his own label Soul Brother Recordings. His first release on the imprint was ''PeteStrumentals'', which was mostly made up of previously unreleased Rock beats; all recorded between 1990 and 1995 but remixed and mastered for the 2001 BBE Project. The album did however feature two additional 2001 songs that featured the vocals from The UN. An expanded and revisited version of the album was released less than one year later; three instrumentals had been replaced with three new songs performed by C.L. Smooth, Freddie Foxxx and Nature separately.

Since then he has continued releasing solo albums including 2004's ''Soul Survivor II''. In that same year he also produced the bulk of Edo G's ''My Own Worst Enemy'', as well as a track for the all-girl rap group Northern State.

Pete Rock returned to greater visibility through a closer relationship with the Wu-Tang Clan. Their collaborations began with ''Soul Survivor'', which featured Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon on various tracks as well as producing a track each for Inspectah Deck's ("Trouble Man") and Raekwon's ("Sneakers") respective 1999 albums. Rock continued to work with the Wu on ''Soul Survivor II'' which featured both GZA and RZA. In 2006 he also produced three tracks for Ghostface's release ''Fishscale'', including the first single, and Nature Sounds labelmate Masta Killa's second album, ''Made in Brooklyn''.

Pete Rock has cultivated a relationship with Brooklyn-based Nature Sounds Records. He recorded the song "The PJs", which also features Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon and Masta Killa, released on the Nature Sounds compilation ''Natural Selection''. He released an album entitled ''NY's Finest'' in February 2008, featuring Raekwon, Masta Killa, D-Block, Redman, Papoose, Slum Village and Jim Jones, among others, also on Nature Sounds. The lead single from the album is entitled "914" and features rappers Sheek Louch and Styles P. He is scheduled to appear on albums by Bishop Lamont, Cannibal Ox, Termanology, Freddie Foxxx, Royal Flush, Verbal Threat, LL Cool J, JoJo Pellegrino, La The Darkman, Cormega, R.A. The Rugged Man, and others. He is also working with DJ/Rapper Doo Wop under the name Tango & Cash (taken from the film of the same name).

Planet Asia has recently claimed that later on in 2009 he will release a collaboration fully produced album with Pete Rock called "Planet Rock". On December 2009 Rock denied that, but talked about collabo projects with Tha Dogg Pound, Camp Lo, Smif-N-Wessun.

Pete Rock oversaw the production of ''Jay Stay Paid'', a posthumous album by the producer J Dilla, released June 2, 2009, on Nature Sounds. Lately he has been in Hawaii, working with Kanye West on the latter's fifth album, ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy''. In addition, he and DJ Premier have announced that they are working on a joint album together, although further details are unknown. Recently in London he confirmed that Big Pooh & C.L. Smooth will be on his half of the VS album and he plans on dropping 5 albums in 2011 including reuniting with C.L. Smooth for a third album & drop his 4th album on Nature Sounds. His next few collaborative albums are both due for a summer release with Monumental first then with Camp Lo's "80 Blocks From Tiffanys" LP. In an April 2011 interview on Conspiracy Worldwide Radio, Pete Rock discussed his new solo work including his album with DJ Premier, as well as exploring the fact that he has had numerous beats rejected by Eminem over the years Pete Rock Uncensored Radio Interview

Affiliates

Proteges

Through the years, Rock has helped to jump-start the careers of several artists. His first project outside of Pete Rock & CL Smooth was the hardcore duo YG'z, who released an EP called ''Street Nigga'' in 1993, with four out of the six tracks produced by Rock; however, they were quickly dropped from their deal with Reprise Records. His next venture, INI, was a group featuring Rock, his younger brother Grap Luva, Rass and rapper Rob-O. They released a single, "Fakin' Jax", through Elektra Records in 1995, before their debut album, ''Center of Attention'', was shelved by the label. The other two members continue to record solo material, albeit only sporadically. In an interview Rock elaborated on the situation:

Another mid-1990s artist, DeDa, also met the same fate with his album ''The Original Baby Pa'', although both this and INI's album were eventually released as a double album package in 2003. Other associated artists include Meccalicious, who recorded a few songs under Pete Rock's guidance (sometime around 1997), before disappearing from the music scene altogether.

Rock has had some success, however, overseeing and jump-starting the career of hardcore underground favorites The UN, a group featuring four MCs, including former Flipmode Squad member Rock Marciano. Rock premiered the group on the single "Nothin' Lesser" from his ''PeteStrumentals'' album, and they went on to release the fairly successful album ''UN or U Out'' in July 2004, featuring production by Rock, Large Professor, and several others.

Relationship with CL Smooth

Since their split in 1995, Pete Rock's relationship with CL Smooth has been highly unpredictable. Although the pair briefly united for the reflective "Da Two" from Rock's ''Soul Survivor'' album in 1998, they avoided entertaining requests for a reunion album until 2001, when they once again teamed up for "Back on Da Block" from Rock's ''PeteStrumentals''. In their interviews during this period, it appeared as though a new album was underway. As Rock would explain:

The pair went on a short international tour culminating in their well-received show at London's Jazz Cafe; however, soon after this they declined to comment any further on the new album, which never materialized (although Smooth did make three separate appearances on ''Soul Survivor II''). Eventually, Smooth would confirm rumors of a rift in an interview with AllHipHop.com, in which he appeared angry and frustrated with his former partner, saying "I didn’t ask him to be a superhero" and "I’m not the problem." In an interview taken in December 2006, Rock ruled out any further collaborations with Smooth but stated that he holds no grudges against his former partner. He recently confirmed that he will be recording a third album with C.L. Smooth.

Musical style

Production

Pete Rock builds his beats from samples, the majority of which are taken from obscure R&B;, funk, and jazz records. Early on in his career he would also sample drum breaks such as Black Heat's "Zimba Ku" for Heavy D & The Boyz's "Letter To The Future". Pete Rock heavily used the E-mu SP-1200 as well as the AKAI [S950]—later moving onto using the MPC—for his productions. Pete Rock tends to use the samples as palettes for his beats, chopping (cutting the sample into smaller parts), filtering (altering the frequencies of the sample), and layering several samples, often within the same song. While this technique was applied long before Rock (on De La Soul's ''Three Feet High and Rising'' or the work of The Bomb Squad for example), Rock's work is distinctive for the way in which he uses samples to achieve a hazy, droning effect. He is also noted for his resonant basslines, horn samples, and gritty sounding drums. His beats often sound as though they were being played from an old vinyl record; he samples many of his sounds straight off these records.

Another trait of his, more so in the earlier part of his career, is the way he uses horn samples to supplement his grooves. With perhaps the most famous example being "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" (on which he uses a horn sample from Tom Scott's "Today"), Rock has also used horns on several other productions such as "Straighten It Out", Public Enemy's "Shut 'Em Down", Rah Digga's "What They Call Me", and A.D.O.R.'s "Let It All Hang Out".

Along with Gang Starr, The Roots and A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock played a large role in the fusing of jazz and funk music into Hip hop. The aforementioned "Reminisce..." withstanding, Rock used many jazz samples on his album ''Mecca and The Soul Brother'', such as Cannonball Adderley's "Country Preacher", for the song "Return of the Mecca", or "Capricorn" for the song "In the House" from ''The Main Ingredient''. Pete Rock's heavy use of intro and outro beats has also been widely influential. To introduce feature songs, he often plays a short instrumental excerpt, completely different from the rest of the song. Aside from their role as transitions, these are widely regarded as a way of displaying his large collection and as a challenge to other hip-hop producers to identify the records that the breaks come from. ''Mecca & the Soul Brother'' and ''The Main Ingredient'' use intro/outro beats on nearly every track to great effect, and the tradition continues to the present on Rock's recent releases.

Remixes

"Another Pete Rock Remix" is Pete Rock's trademark catchphrase, heard on countless singles which he has remixed. In addition to Hip-hop artists he has done remix work for artists from other genres such as his 1995 remix of "Before You Walk Out Of My Life" for R&B; singer Monica. In 1992 he collaborated with Mary J. Blige on the ''What's the 411?'' single "Reminisce", which utililized the same sample from his own single "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)". Rock claims to have done several high profile remixes which remain unreleased including one of Madonna's "Secret". He also claims to have produced the original beat for The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy", and that it was recreated by P. Diddy and Poke (of Tone & Poke fame), without consent. However, he was invited to produce the remix, which utilizes the same sample as the original - Mtume's "Juicyfruit". Although he received no official producer credit, he made the original demo beat for A Tribe Called Quest's "Jazz (We've Got)", which was then recreated by the group for the album ''The Low End Theory''. He remixed Public Enemy's "Shut 'em Down" and "Nighttrain", in the same day, starting at 12pm and finishing at 12am.

Up until 2003, he created all of his productions on the E-mu SP1200, thereafter using the AKAI MPC2000XL. He also has a collection of about 90,000 records and looks for records at least once a week. Pete Rock was one of 9 artists who participated in thetruth.com’s Remix Project, where he remixed the Sunny Side song “Magical Amount”.

Influence

Pete Rock has had a considerable impact on a number of record producers who have emerged in the hip hop scene since the late 1990s. Many critics have compared newcomers to him, generally favorably. Perhaps most notable among these comparisons are the late Detroit producer J Dilla, and North Carolina's 9th Wonder, both of whom have worked with Rock during their recording careers. Several of the comparisons stem from the fact that these producers have created the bulk of their productions out of samples, as well as the warm, mellow, and exuberant undertones apparent in their work. Pete Rock himself has added validation to the comparisons with J Dilla by stating "he's the only producer in this game that was just as serious [as me]."

Many other producers, including Kev Brown and Kanye West, have also found themselves compared to Pete Rock, with the latter glowingly referring to himself as "the new version of Pete Rock" on Slum Village's "Selfish" from the group's 2004 album ''Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)''. Pete Rock has acknowledged his relevance to these artists, releasing an instrumental record with 9th Wonder (''Class Is in Session''), as well as recording his own remix of West's "Heard 'Em Say". Rock himself has named his main musical influences as being influential hip hop producer and close friend Marley Marl and legendary soul musician James Brown.

Discography

; Studio albums

''Soul Survivor'' (1998)

''PeteStrumentals'' (2001)

''Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics'' (2003)

''Soul Survivor II'' (2004)

''The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions'' (2005)

''NY's Finest'' (2008)

''PeteStrumentals: 10th Anniversary Expanded & Limited Edition'' (2011)

References

External links

Pete Rock — official website

Pete Rock discography at Discogs

Pete Rock at MySpace

Pete Rock Interview - February 2008

Pete Rock Interview Part 1

Pete Rock Interview Part 2

Riot Sound, Hip-Hop, Rap & Urban Culture - Pete Rock Interview

Interview with Pete Rock

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Coordinates	34°5′24″N74°47′24″N
name	DJ Paul
born	1977
background	solo_singer
birth name	Paul Beauregard
origin	Memphis, Tennessee
genre	Hip hop
occupation	Rapper, record producer
label	Columbia/Sony Music (2003-Present)Loud (2000-2003)Relativity (1997-2000)Prophet (1995-1997)
associated acts	Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Juicy J, Lil Wyte, Lord Infamous
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Paul Beauregard, better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is one half of the current Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is also the half brother of former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp".

Rap career

DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) started out as a DJ, producer, and rapper in the early 90's. He was one-half of the duo The Serial Killaz, in which his older half-brother Lord Infamous (Ricky Dunigan) was the other half. They began by putting out self-recorded tapes in their neighborhood, school, and local shops. "Portrait Of A Serial Killa" was their first tape, released in 1992. Also, while putting out tapes with his brother, DJ Paul also put out numerous solo mixtapes (ex: classics such as "Volume 12 (Pts. 1 and 2)", "Volume 15: For You Niggaz Wit' Anna", and "Volume 16: 4 Da Summa of '94").

DJ Paul built his rep as one of the best DJ-producers on the South side of Memphis, and was hearing how another DJ/artist/producer - Juicy J (Jordan Houston) - was garnering buzz on the North side of Memphis. They met up and listened to each other's sound; noticing that they had a lot of similar interests, they decided to merge their sound and crew members to form the super-group The Backyard Posse (later known as Triple Six Mafia). DJ Paul and Juicy J soon began producing dark, eerie tracks driven by bass-heavy beats and haunting sounds, and invited numerous Backyard Posse members to rap over the beats with them. They released the resulting tracks locally as Triple Six Mafia; years later these recordings would resurface as re-releases.

In 1994, Triple Six Mafia released the classic underground album "Smoked Out Loced Out". The album was laden with much hardcore content, such as violence, heavy drug use, and sexually explicit lyrics. Triple Six Mafia received a great response from listeners of this tape. In 1995, the loose collective changed its name to Three 6 Mafia and self-released its debut album, Mystic Stylez. The album became an underground success, and Three 6 Mafia, in turn, signed a distribution deal with Relativity for its Hypnotized Minds imprint. Throughout the late '90s, Juicy J and DJ Paul produced numerous albums a year for Hypnotize Minds and capitalized on the lucrative distribution deal. By the end of the decade, the two producers were at the helm of an empire, having extended their brand to alarming lengths, culminating with their commercial breakthrough album, When the Smoke Clears, which debuted at number six on Billboard's album chart.

Together with production partner Juicy J, DJ Paul played an important role in the South's rise to prominence within the once East- and West Coast-dominated rap industry. Behind the duo's leadership, Three 6 Mafia rose from an underground phenomenon in Memphis to a nationally recognized rap empire, spinning off numerous solo albums for the collective's many members in the mid- to late '90s. DJ Paul raps as a member of Three 6 Mafia and contributes rhymes to most of the albums he produces for such artists as Project Pat, Gangsta Boo, La Chat, and Tear Da Club Up Thugs. Moreover, DJ Paul ventured into filmmaking with Choices, a straight-to-video film starring most of the Three 6 Mafia collective.

Personal life

DJ Paul has a son, Nautica.

DJ Paul, along with half-brother Lord Infamous, is a member of the Gangster Disciples.

His half-brother is Memphis drug-dealer Craig Petties. Petties fled the United States after being found in possession of 600 pounds of Marijuana, and is accused of murdering six police informants.

Discography

2002: ''Underground Volume 16: For Da Summa''

2009: ''Scale-A-Ton''

2011: '' Pray For Forgiveness''

2011: ''Too Kill Again: The Album''

Mixtapes

2009: ''The Weigh In W/ DJ Scream

2010: ''Too Kill Again Mixtape W/ DJ Scream & DJ Whoo Kid

2011: ''Pray For Forgiveness W/DJ Scream, Ya Boy & Lil Lody

Underground Albums

1991: DJ Paul: Vol. 1

1991: DJ Paul: Vol. 2

1991: DJ Paul: Vol. 3

1991: DJ Paul: Vol. 4

1991: DJ Paul: Vol. 5

1992: DJ Paul: Vol. 6

1992: DJ Paul: Vol. 7

1992: DJ Paul: Vol. 8

1992: DJ Paul: Vol. 9

1992: DJ Paul: Vol. 10

1993: DJ Paul: Vol. 11

1993: DJ Paul: Vol. 12

1993: DJ Paul: Vol. 12 Part 2

1993: DJ Paul: Vol. 13

1993: DJ Paul: Vol. 14

1994: DJ Paul: Vol. 15: For You Niggaz Wit' Anna

1994: DJ Paul: Vol. 16: 4 Da Summa of '94

1994: DJ Paul: Greatest Hits

1995: DJ Paul: Greatest Hits Part 2

With Lord Infamous

1992: DJ Paul and Lord Infamous: Portrait Of A Serial Killa

1993: DJ Paul and Lord Infamous: Da Serial Killaz

1994: DJ Paul and Lord Infamous: Come With Me 2 Hell

1995: DJ Paul and Lord Infamous: Come With Me 2 Hell Part 2

With Juicy J

1993: DJ Paul and Juicy J: Vol. 1 Da Beginning

1994: DJ Paul and Juicy J: Vol. 2 Da Exorcist

1995: DJ Paul and Juicy J: Vol. 3 Spring Mix

Music Videography

''U Don't Want It'' ''w/ Lord Infamous''

''She Wanna Get High'' ''w/ Lord Infamous''

''Wanta Be Like You''

''Fuckboy/Im Drunk (Remix)'' ''w/ Lil Wyte''

''Hi Way (I'm Gone)'' ''w/ Montana Trax''

''Gimme Yayo'' ''w/ Miscellaneous''

''Buy My Old Shit''

''Lose It'' ''w/ Lil Wyte''

''Ima Show My...'' ''w/ Mac Butta & Reno''

''I'm Lookin For It'' ''w/ Lion Heart & Partee''

''Stick'm Up'' ''w/ Drumma Boy & DJ Zirk''

''Get Rowdy'' ''w/ Drumma Boy & Young Buck''

''Hard Shit'' ''w/ Travis Barker''

''Me Dats Who'' ''w/ Ya Boy''

''Buck Nah'' ''w/ Ya Boy''

''Dead Wrong'' ''w/ Ya Boy''

See also

Three 6 Mafia

Hypnotize Minds

References

External links

DJ Paul Official Website

DJ Paul Official Youtube

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