This day in Hip-hop celebrates the birth of Easy Mo Bee, iconic for his high-caliber production skills working for a myriad of prominent names in the industry, from hardcore rap's Big Daddy Kane to the progressive jazz ambiance of Miles Davis.
The list also extends to both Biggie and 2Pac, featuring heavy contribution from Mo Bee for the east coast rap legend's memorable debut album, Ready To Die, and producing two songs for Pac's Me Against The World, not to mention being affiliated with Diddy's Bad Boy Records.
Mo Bee's critically-acclaimed career links all the way back to that of Ced Gee of Ultramagnetic MCs and Marley Marl, among hip-hop's earliest producers souping up tracks for hit-artists, such as Juice Drew and LL Cool J. Seeking to venture on a similar path, Mo Bee's name first erupted onto the scene on Big Daddy Kane's debut record, It's A Big Daddy Thing.
The young producer would follow-up working with Wu-Tang's GZA on his debut as well, moving on to RZA's memorable “Ooh I Love You Rakeem”, then with the legendary jazz icon Miles Davis, who rallied the producer alongside his ambition to fuse jazz and hip-hop, and the list goes on, cataloguing countless work on critically-acclaimed singles and albums for many of the industry's biggest names.
Birthday greetings go out to Mr. Easy Mo Bee as he celebrates his 51st year.
By Jods Arboleda for RAPStation.com
