Easy Mo Bee (born Osten Harvey, Jr. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York) is a notable African-American hip hop/R&B record producer. Bedford Stuyvesant (aka Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York City. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... An African American (also Afro-American or Black American) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

Biography

Early years

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. Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. ...

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. Easy Mo Bee also produced Miles Davis' final studio album, 1992's Doo-Bop, which won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. GZA (pronounced Jizza), aka The Genius, born Gary Grice August 22, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City is an American rapper. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most distinguished jazz musicians of the latter half of the 20th century. ... Media:rofl. ... Doo-Bop album cover Doo-Bop was jazz innovator Miles Davis final studio album, which would have began the artists turn to Hip hop music. ... The Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 1990 and in 1993. ...

With Sean Combs and Bad Boy

In the early 1990s, he linked up with Bad Boy Entertainment and became their main staff producer, crafting most of the tracks for its first release, Craig Mack's Project: Funk Da World and the label's first major hit, "Flava in Ya Ear." He also produced "Party and Bullshit" for The Notorious B.I.G, the rapper's first single. Bad Boy Records is an East Coast hip hop record label founded by producer and rapper Sean P. Diddy Combs in 1992. ... Craig Mack was born in 3 September 1971 in North Trenton, New Jersey, USA. Craig Mack is an African-American rapper/hip hop musician, notable for being the first artist to debut on Puff Daddys Bad Boy Entertainment record label. ... Flava In Ya Ear is a rap song by Craig Mack. ... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (the moniker of a deceased producer who was a friend of his, Stretchs and 2Pacs, and the subject of 2Pac and Stretchs song God Bless the Dead) and Frank White (from the film King...

Subsequently he produced for both Tupac Shakur and Biggie. 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. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rap artist, actor, and poet. ...

After producing on Tupac Shakur's album Me Against the World, Mo Bee started on Biggie's Ready To 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 Hitmen production team; he declined, and Puff severed their ties. Mo Bee also produced the driving hit for Busta Rhymes's The Coming, the song "Everything Remains Raw." Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rap artist, actor, and poet. ... Me Against the World is a hip-hop album by Tupac Shakur, released on February 27, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Ready to Die is the debut album of East Coast hip hop artist The Notorious B.I.G., released on September 13, 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an American record producer and CEO and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. ... The Hitmen were a production team formed by P Diddy to produce hip hop records for his roster on Bad Boy Entertainment. ... Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. ... The Coming was the first solo album released by former Leaders of the New School representative Busta Rhymes, in 1996. ...

After 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: Resurrection Soundtrack). Mo Bee also has a label, Be Mo Easy, which has yet to see a release. w i g g e r ! ! Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem or Slim Shady is an Academy and Grammy Award-winning and honorary hip hop artist, record producer and occasional actor. ...

In recent years, Easy has worked with non hip-hop artists such as Alicia Keys, for whom he produced a cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1971 hit "If I Were Your Woman". He also produced for Afu Ra on Life Force Radio, Mos Def on The New Danger and Blaq Poet of Screwball on his solo album, Rewind <<< Deja Screw. Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25, 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, composer, pianist, record producer, philanthropist, and occasional actress and author. ... The Pips redirects here. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973) is a critically acclaimed rapper and actor. ... A screwball is a baseball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a curveball. ...

Production technique

Mo Bee has been acclaimed for his bass-heavy style and jazzy influence. In an interview with Allhiphop.com, Mo Bee stated that for collaborations, he looks for a soulful, emotional artist. AllHipHop. ...

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". Angela Winbush, Publicity Still. ... Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973) is a critically acclaimed rapper and actor. ...

External link

• Easymobee.com - Official website