Roy Ayers - Running Away - Polydor
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something - Epic
Rick James - Give It To Me - Motown
Teena Maria - Square Biz - Motown
KC & The Sunshine Band - I Get Lifted - RCA
Emotions - Best Of My Love - CBS
Howard Johnson - So Fine - A Records
Chaka Khan - I Know You I Live You - MCA
Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up - Motown
James Brown - Doin' It To Death - Polydor
Lyn Collins - Think - Polydor
Rick James - Ghetto Life - Gordy
Rick James - Dance With Me - Motown
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter - Warner
Mary Jane Girls- Candy Man - Gordy
D'Angelo - Chicken Grease - Virgin
Tony Allen - Unknown - White
Guilty Simpson - Jungle Love - BBE
Q Tip - Let's Ride- Arista
J Dilla/Frank N Dank - Pause - BBE
J Dilla - Shot Gun- BBE
Jay Lib - The Red - White
Slum Village & Phat Kat- Nobody Care About Us - White
Slum Village - You Know What Love Is - White
Slum Village - Player - White
A Tribe Called Quest - Find My Way- Jive
J Dilla - Rico Suave Bossa Nova - BBE
Platinum Pied Pipers - 50 Ways - Ubiquity
Platinum Pied Pipers/Sa-Ra - Deep Inside - Ubiquity
Red Astaire - Follow Me - Gamm
Raphael Saadiq - Sky's The Limit (Edit) - White
Ontario Beats - Live at Rivoli
Waajeed
Platinum Pied Pipers, Bling47, USA
Keeping that Detroit-harvested bump moving forward, Waajeed led a parade of kids to his musical waters when his group Platinum Pied Pipers came out in 2005. Just one listen to their gorgeous rendering of Paul Simon's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, and you'll hear why. The current Brooklyn resident was also a long time Dilla affiliate - the first beats he threw down were made on a busted MPC Jay Dee passed down to him. A long time friend of the group, Waajeed also had a hand in Slum Village's now-classic early work, going from creating the cover art for Fantastic, Vol. 2 to producing on Trinity (Past, Present and Future). Though he's been known to liken himself to Quincy Jones, Waajeed has the studio knowhow to back that claim up. He's also a production perfectionist, as you can hear by the detail in his songs. "I could hear a killer track... but if there's no progression, or something that provides interest in the second verse, I cut it off," he told Popmatters.com. "I make music for producers, for cats who talk shit like me."
Since you're already online, why not follow the trail of knowledge to this artist's personal website/s and other related web resources:
Platinum Pied PipersBling47
The Rivoli in Toronto
Waajeed on MySpace
Download the podcast of the artist's lecture session at the Red Bull Music Academy here.
Lecture Session with Waajeed
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Waajeed - Voices From Within
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