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CAREER Late 80's In high school, Harvey donned his Mo Bee moniker and started a group named Rapping is Fundamental among some classmates. One of its members played one of Easy Mo Bee's beat tapes for his classmate, the Brooklyn rapper who would become known as Big Daddy Kane . Impressed, Kane had Easy produce two tracks on the rapper's album ''It's a Big Daddy Thing'' and netted him production on many of Kane's future releases. Afterward, Easy produced the lion's share of ''Words From the Genius'', the debut album of GZA from what would become the Wu-Tang Clan . Early-Mid 90's/Bad Boy In the early 90's he linked up with , the rapper's first single. Subsequently he produced for both 2Pac and Biggie, two rappers who would become infamous for the feud that ended both their lives. He is one of the few producers to have worked with both of them, especially on the song Running From the Police (from the album ''One Million Strong'') where he had both of them in the studio at the same time. After producing on 2Pac's album ''Me Against the World'', Mo Bee started on Biggie's ''Ready 2 Die''. His production on both spawned hits and critical acclaim; he continued producing for Biggie on the rapper's second album. Bad Boy CEO Puff Daddy eventually asked to manage Mo Bee and for the producer to join his Hit Squad production team; he declined, and Puff severed their ties. Mo Bee also produced the driving hit for Busta Rhymes ' ''The Coming'' CD, the song Everything Remains Raw. Post-Bad Boy Easy stayed close with Big and they recorded tracks, including a song for his third album ''Born Again'' called Dead Wrong. After the rapper was killed, however, the album version that appeared was remixed without credit to Easy. Puff stopped bringing him in on label projects, and over the course of future releases has remixed more of Mo Bee's material without giving the producer credit (such as Flava in Ya Ear, remixed by Puffy on the ''Bad Boy 10th Anniversary'' album, and Runnin, remixed by Eminem on the ''Tupac: Ressurection Soundtrack''). Present Currently Easy Mo Bee, along with fellow ex-Bad Boy producers DJ Clark Kent , Buckwild and Lord Finesse are bringing a lawsuit against Bad Boy claiming Puffy (now simply Diddy) owes them royalties that have, in some cases, gone unpaid for over ten years. He also has a label, Easy Mo Records, which has yet to see a release. TECHNIQUE Mo Bee has been acclaimed for his bass-heavy style and jazzy influence; slow, powerful melodies abound as on "Flava in ya Ear", "Everything Remains Raw" and "Runnin", though he speeds it up on the frantic "A True Fresh MC" by GZA and Biggie's "Gimme the Loot". In an interview with Allhiphop.com , Mo Bee stated that for collaborations, he looks for a soulful, emotional artist. This is reflected in his soulful, emotion-invoking production, as in 2Pac's "Temptations". His hard-hitting bass lends a fat, earthly sound to his beats. At times Mo Bee has branched out more with his sound, as on the smooth, poppish "I Love the Dough" by Biggie, sampling Angela Winbush 's "I Love You More". He also turned to trippy rock for inspiration on Mos Def 's "Zimzallabim". Further, outside of rap, he's worked with the likes of Alicia Keys and Miles Davis . NON-RAP WORK Easy Mo Bee produced Miles Davis ' final studio album, 1992 's '' Doo-Bop '', which won the 1993 Grammy Award For Best R&B Instrumental Performance . In recent years, Easy has worked with artists such as Alicia Keys (for whom he produced a cover of Gladys Knight & The Pips ' 1971 hit "If I Were Your Woman"). EXTERNAL LINK |
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