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Preferring the role of Hip-Hop insider than hyped recording artist,
DJ/Producer K-Def has kept a low profile in the game for a number of years.
Earning critical praise for his early production work with Marley Marl on
the classic album "Here Comes The Lords" by the group Lords
Of The Underground. K-Def has steadily produced stellar Hip-Hop music
for the world to bump their heads too. During the 1990's, K-Def has co-produced some of Marley Marl better tracks, taking his place as Marley's go-to man on the MPC. With this opportunity K-Def carved out a defying discography. K-Def has lent his production talents to artist such Tragedy (Intelligent Hoodlum), A.D.O.R., Da Youngstas, Real Live, World Renown, Positive K, and The Artifacts to name a few.
In 1996, having paid his dues, K-Def & Larry-O formed Real Live. They released an album aptly titled, The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama. His cousin Larry-O handled all the vocal production, and the duos complementary styles; were applauded by rap fans and critics. They created the underground smash 'Real Live Shit". K-Def has a blues/soul sampling style, which of late has come back in vogue, with current Hip-Hop artists. A style he and other 1990's hip-hop producers help solidify. Before his work had matured beyond 2000, his catalog had been sampled three times. The first time by Easy Mo Bee for "Machine Gun Funk" for The Notorious B.I.G., then by "Wildchild" for the club anthem "Renegade Master", followed by a track called "Got Me Open" which was featured on Dr. Dre's first release ..math Entertainment.
In 2004 K-Def kept his name relevant by producing the standout track, "Its Over" on the Ghostface Killah release, "The Pretty Toney Album" (Def
Jam). He has kept the ball rolling by contributing tracks on other Ghostface project "Theodore Unit" and Ol' Dirty Bastard's "The Osirus Mixtape".
Earlier this year he was a contributor to El Da Sensei's new baby, "The Unusual". In 2006, K-Def decided to work on an instrumental album called Willie Boo Boo"The Fool", a tour-de-force in hip-hop production, K-Def hopes it pleases his fans, who sit by the radio hoping that of his tracks leak out. This is a first for K-Def, no rappers just the beats. For more info on K-Def please visit
www.kdef.biz
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