Made The Breaks by Kurtis Blow, Sucker MCs and Rock Box for Run-DMC, Five Minutes of Funk, Friends and Freaks Come out at Night for Whodini among many others. When you consider the influence these songs had on Hip-Hop it's easy to see Premier's stance.
Any of the DJ's on here have a tribute mix of his work? If not, can I please request one be made?
2. "Between his work with Run-DMC and Whodini I see it" In response to Reply # 1
Rock Box is a personal fav.
What makes him number 1 to you?
To me, understanding how his approach impacted Hip-Hop at the time and how it influenced the music moving forward is amazing.
I feel I need to study the greats further to be able to confidently make a list but I definitely understand him being placed at the top or near the top.
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7. "He was responsible for most of Whodini's catalog" In response to Reply # 4
pretty much everything they're known for.
I think Rock Box is what got me to appreciate "old school" hip-hop.
I grew up on G-funk then started getting drawn into "back pack" stuff in late 90's early 2000's thanks to aquemini and the aint sayin nothin new/double trouble/act too (love of my life) trio. Eventually got into late 80's/early 90's thanks to tribe and de la. Took a while to appreciate early 80's.
Didn't really look much into production of the early 80's stuff as I wrongly assumed it was all break beats and sampels from pre-existing songs. Reading about Larry know I get why those beats went so hard.
3. "if Larry Smith was producing pop records for white people" In response to Reply # 1
his position would be indisputable. I mean it already is, but he's be considered on equal footing with the best producers of any genre, where he belongs.
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