Show threadDominic UmileApr 12, 2024
“We did that one if not two takes, and if you listen to the freestyle, at the end of it, you’ll hear a fire truck going by. We weren’t in a studio, we were at my house. I did it with two turntables, just cutting the record back and forth” — the late #MisterCee on manually looping the beat when he and B.I.G. laid down Biggie’s “The Wickedest” demo https://www.wbls.com/news/rip-dj-mister-cee-passes-away/ #biggiesmalls #rap #music
RIP: DJ Mister Cee Passes Away

Legendary DJ Mister Cee has passed away. He was known as one of the greatest DJs in hip-hop and helped launched the careers of many.

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Show threadDominic UmileApr 11, 2024
“Up until that point, #hiphop records were made a little bit slower,” #MisterCee says. “So between ‘Raw’ and the Public Enemy records, it just changed everything just as far as how records were being made at that time" https://rockthebells.com/articles/big-daddy-kane-raw/ #bigdaddykane
How Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw” Changed Hip-Hop Forever

Big Daddy Kane was broke and hungry even though he had a hit record. But that all changed when he found an obscure blaxploitation sample and brought it over to Marley Marl's studio. "Raw" was born.

Dominic UmileApr 11, 2024
Big Daddy Kane's "Raw" is "five intense minutes of pure, unadulterated braggadocio" (Brian Coleman, 'Check the Technique'). Still kills 37 years later. I grabbed the 'Long Live the Kane' tape as soon as it came out but it owed to hearing "Ain't No Half Steppin'" on Power 99 or seeing the video (?). Heads would've heard the Raw pre-album 12" but I was just a kid, figuring out rap in the 'burbs — Marley's beat (envisioned by Kane) + cuts by #MisterCee https://youtu.be/GK-ExN2hBO8?si=Mkrq8Zung7DMaTlE #hiphop #rap #music
Big Daddy Kane - Raw

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DeadlineApr 11, 2024

Mr. Cee Dies: DJ On Hot 97 And Hip-Hop Influencer Was 57
#Culture #News #Obituaries #BiggieSmalls #Hot97 #MisterCee #Obituary

https://deadline.com/2024/04/mr-cee-dead-dj-hot-97-hip-hop-influencer-was-57-obituary-1235881356/

Mr. Cee Dies: DJ On Hot 97 And Hip-Hop Influencer Was 57

Influential hip-hop DJ Mr. Cee has died at 57.

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VarietyApr 10, 2024

Mister Cee, Big Daddy Kane’s DJ and Notorious B.I.G.’s Producer, Dies at 57
#Variety #News #MisterCee

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/mister-cee-dead-the-notorious-big-big-daddy-kane-1235966818/

FlixtonTomJan 24, 2023

Still got this vinyl somewhere. It was one of the first I bought when I started deejaying. It's an absolute monster and definitely doesn't get enough love.... #HipHop #Biggie #MisterCee #Freestyle

https://youtu.be/MjedZ5laYB4

DJ Mister Cee feat. Notorious BIG "Freestyle" 1994

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