Friday, September 5, 2008
Kings Of Queens feat. Marley Marl
S.A.Q. 192
It is pleasure to bring you the 2nd inductee to the Itsthecons.com feature "King Of Queens". Equally deserving as any other person is my man DJ Marley Marl. before Khaled or any other DJ for that matter was rounding up artist for their single Marley was the first to take a "Posse Cut" to the next level. In addition through Cold Chillin he brought us The Juice Crew. You they FRESH WAS SO CRAZY!!! My Goodness!!! Check out this clip of one of my all time favorites "The Symphony"
Enjoy!
Marlon "Marley Marl" Williams
Marley Marl was the house producer of the Juice Crew, known for The Bridge Wars, a feud with Boogie Down Productions seen as the first hip hop beef. The Juice Crew included Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté, Kool G Rap, MC Shan (his cousin) and Masta Ace, and produced songs for outside artists including King Tee and LL Cool J. He was also an important figure in the careers of Eric B. & Rakim, producing their first hits "My Melody" and "Eric B Is President", mixing James Brown samples and synthetic beats in a fashion previously unheard of.
Marley Marl was one of the pioneers of sampling in hip hop. He debuted as an electro producer, but his records became more sample heavy, as can be seen by comparing the MC Shan LPs Down By Law (1987) and Born to be Wild (1988). The rhythms became less electronic, with drum machines becoming more prominent. Marl started his career working for Tuff City records. He debuted with his own track called "DJ Cuttin" in 1985, released under the pseudonym NYC Cutter. In 1994 Marley Marl was referenced on Biggie Smalls' track "Juicy" as being one of his early influences. He still works today and his music has had influences on RZA, DJ Premier as well as Pete Rock, who is also a longtime friend.[1]
He and KRS-One released Hip-Hop Lives in May 2007 with Marley Marl as the executive producer.[1]
On June 5, 2007, Marley Marl suffered a heart attack. He was released from the hospital a few days later on the 8th. According to an interview in The Source, he blamed the heart attack on stress brought on by his worries about being a good father.
In 2008, Craig G and he released a collaborative album titled Operation: Take Back Hip-Hop.[1]
It's The Cons Fool
WORD!!!
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