ʻO Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez kekahi o nā mea pena kaulana loa o ke au mele hou. ʻO ke akamai mele o nā makahiki 2000 mua, i koho ʻia no ʻehā Grammy Awards, hoʻokipa a hoʻohiwahiwa i nā mea hoʻolohe me ka hui pū ʻana o ka hale, hip-hop, Latin, jazz, funk, soul and reggae.
ʻO nā makahiki mua o Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez ma 1970 a hānai ʻia ma Sunset Park, Brooklyn. I ka piha ʻana o ke kāne he 12 mau makahiki, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo i nā beats hip-hop i kani ʻia ma nā pāʻina kūloko. A ma 1985, hoʻomaka ʻo Gonzalez i kāna ʻoihana mele ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai aku ma ka WNR Music Center ma Sunset Park. I loko o kāna mau makahiki ʻelima i loko o ka hale kūʻai, ua hoʻonui ʻo Kenny i kāna ʻike mele a ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka "diggin" no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kikoʻī. I kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hōʻiliʻili o Kenny ma mua o 50 tausani.
I ka hopena o 1980s, me ka hoa a me ka hoa e hiki mai ana ʻo Mike Delgado, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Kenny i kahi pūʻulu o nā pāʻina kūloko ma lalo o ka pseudonym MAW (Master at Work). Ua hele ʻo Todd Terry, ka mea hoʻokani DJ ʻo Brooklyn i kēia mau pāʻina, a ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu ua lilo nā kāne i mau hoaaloha maikaʻi. Ua haʻalele ʻo Kenny i ke kula e hele i ka hale o Todd a nānā iā ia e hana ana i nā beats, hoʻopaʻa i nā mele kaulana a me nā mea hoʻokani pila.
Mai kona wā'ōpiopio, ua kokoke ke kanaka i nā mea hana. A he mea kupanaha inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻokani pila. Ua lilo ko Kenny kamaʻāina me King Grand (Russell Cole) i mea pōʻino no ke kanaka. Ua hana lākou i ka hui KAOS. I ka makahiki 1987, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Kenny lāua ʻo Todd i ka album ʻo Courts In Session. A i ka makahiki 1988, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album mua a Kenny ma ka inoa ʻo Greg Fauré ʻo Bad Boy Records.
Ma hope o 1990, ua kaulana loa ka hui MAW i nā hui. ʻO ka hopena, ua hana ʻo Kenny i nā remix o nā mele e nā mea pena e like me: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Daft Punk, Barbara Tucker, India, Luther Vandross, BeBe Winans, George Benson a me Tito Puente. A me Stephanie Mills, James Ingram, Eddie Palmieri, Debbie Gibson, Bjork, Dee-Lite, Soul ll Soul, Donna Summers, Puppah Nas-T a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Ka wā hana hana
I ka makahiki 1990, hele nui ʻo Kenny i ka honua, e pāʻani ana i kāna mau mele a kaulana loa. Ma ka ʻaha mele a ka hui i ka hopena pule ma Southport, ua nānā ʻo Kenny i ka poʻe hula jazz. No laila, ua ala mai ka manaʻo o kahi syncopated beat, i kapa ʻia ʻo "broken".
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i hui pū ʻo Kenny me Louis a hana i nā papahana no ka hui MAW. Ua ʻeleu ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana a me ka hui pū ʻana i nā mele hip hop a me reggae. ʻO kāna mau mele Get Up (Clap Your Hands) a me The Madd Racket ʻo ia nā mele kalapu kaulana loa no kekahi mau makahiki.
Ma kahi o ka hana ʻana i nā papahana solo, ua hana ikaika ʻo Kenny i kahi papahana hui me Vega. No laila, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui mele MAW Nuyorican Soul, i ʻike ʻia ma 1993. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o kona kumu (Puerto Rican), kahi i noho ai (New York) a me ke ʻano mele (soul). I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui i ka mele mua, The Nervous Track, i lilo i moʻolelo no ka hoʻolohe. Ma ʻaneʻi, hōʻike ʻo Kenny i kahi ʻano beat syncopated i kūkulu mua ʻia. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kekahi lua, Mind Fluid, ma 1996 (Nervous Records).
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Nuyorican Soul a kau inoa ʻia e ka mea haku mele ʻo Gilles Peterson. I kēlā me kēia pae o ka hana ʻana i nā album, ua hoʻokau ʻia ke kiʻi hoʻomohala a Kenny. A hōʻailona i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Dopa i kekahi o nā mea hana nui a ʻimi ʻia ma ʻAmelika.
Kiʻi hana kipi kipi
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Master at Work Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez "The Most Revolutionary Track Production Team of the 1990s". Ua lilo ka mea hana hou i mea cliché ma ke ao mele. ʻO ka Latin percussion, upbeat vocals a me ka hoʻokani pahu maoli nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hui, nāna i hoʻokiʻekiʻe i nā papahele hula me ke ʻano o ka hauʻoli a me ka ikaika. Inā he lehulehu ka lehulehu, ʻo ia ʻo Nuyorican Soul (1997) a me ko mākou manawa e hiki mai ana (2002). Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo MAW ke kākau nei a hoʻohui pū i nā mele maikaʻi loa a me ka ʻuhane.
No ka laʻana, ʻo ke mele kaulana ʻo A Tribute to Fela me kahi pā o ka afrobeat a me ke mele nui a Roy Ayers ma ke mele nui.
Mai ka DJ a ka mea hoʻokani
ʻO ka "breakthrough" a Kenny Dopa ma ke ʻano he mea pena mele i hele mai i 1995. I kekahi pō, me ka huhū i ke mele e hoʻolaha nei i ka ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike, ua hoʻi ʻo Kenny i ka home a ʻohi i nā moʻolelo kahiko. ʻEkolu mau lā ma hope mai, ua hōʻike ka mea hoʻokani pila i ka album The Bucketheads. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻo Kenny he wahi huli kēia nona. ʻO ka moʻolelo, he mea leʻaleʻa, ua hōʻike ʻia hoʻokahi mele THE BOMB. Me nā pahu hoʻokele, nā hopena kani a me kahi laʻana mai Chicago's Street Player, ua paʻa koke ke mele. ʻO ka hopena, ua lanakila ʻo Gonzalez i nā papa mele pop European me kāna pā mua.
I loko o nā makahiki, ua nui nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻohui a kope paha a hana hou i ke mele. ʻAʻohe o nā koho i kokoke i ke kani maoli o ke kumu. I kēia mau makahiki ma hope mai, hoʻāʻo pinepine nā mea pena kiʻi e hoʻohana i nā laʻana like e hana hou i ke kani o kahi mele kahiko. E lilo ana ka BOMB i ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala o nā mele hula.
E hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2000 a ma luna o nā makahiki he 10 e hiki mai ana, ua hui hou ʻo Kenny i nā mele mai kekahi mau mea pena kiʻi, e kuhikuhi ana i nā papahana koʻikoʻi. ʻOiai ʻo ka hana ʻana a me ka huakaʻi i ka hapa nui o kona manawa, ua hana pū ʻo Kenny iā Kay-Dee Records ma 2003.
Hui puolo hou
A laila ua ulu ka manaʻo e ʻimi i nā haku kahiko a hana i nā hui hou. "Mai remix, akā hoʻohui i nā kumu mua a hana i nā haku hou e hāʻawi i nā mea hōʻiliʻili a me nā DJ i kahi mana hou." ʻO ia ke kumu i mālama mau ai ʻo Kenny i kāna hana.
Mai ia manawa, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia a hui pū i nā leo leo ʻole a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia. Akā ma muli o nā kūlana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi mana kikohoʻe, ua kū ka hana hoʻomohala no kekahi manawa. Ua haehae ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila ma waena o ka makemake nui i nā mele "ʻoiaʻiʻo" a me ke aloha nui no ka vinyl. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻomaka ʻo Kenny e hana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna mau hōʻailona a i ka manawa pōkole ua hoʻōla hou i ka lepili Kay-Dee.
Nā papahana holomua hou
I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez i kahi hui pū me Mark Finkelstein (hoʻokumu ʻo Strictly Rhythm Records). Ua hui pū lākou a hana i ka lepili Ill Friction. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka lepili ka loaʻa a hana i nā mea pena hou a hoʻokuʻu i nā mele maikaʻi ma nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole. ʻO ka lepili Ill Friction kahi hui o ka hale, disco, funk a me ka ʻuhane. A ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka pana ʻana i nā palena, e hui pū me nā hui like ʻole o nā mea pena e hana i nā mele maikaʻi loa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Ill Friction Vol. ʻO 1 kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā ʻohe kaulana i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e Kenny Dope. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻAukake 2011. ʻO ka album ʻelua i loaʻa iā Mass Destruction piha i nā mele LP i hana ʻia e Kenny lāua ʻo DJ Terry Hunter.
ʻO kekahi papahana nui ʻē aʻe ʻo ka hui pū ʻana me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Mishal Moore. Ma Mei 31, 2011, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kāna album Bleed Out. ʻOi aku ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki e hana ana i ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili. I ka wā i paʻi ai nā manaʻo i hōʻike ʻia e ka mea hīmeni i ka papaʻaina o Dop, ʻo ka mea wale nō i lohe ʻia e ke kanaka maʻamau, ʻo kona leo a me ka hoʻokani pila. Akā, ʻokoʻa loa ka mea a Kenny i lohe ai. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kāna ʻōlelo e haʻalele ʻo ia i ke kumu kumu o nā mele a Mishal Moore. Akā e hoʻohui ʻo ia i kahi kumu, kī, nā kīkā uila, nā pahu a me nā pū ʻehā e hana i kahi hopena kūʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua kākau nā mea hoʻokani mele e pili ana iā Mishal he mea hoʻokani leo maikaʻi ʻo ia. Hiki i kona leo ke hoʻopā i ka ʻuhane.
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Singles
Hoʻohui ʻia me nā leo i haku ʻia e Kenny Dope, he mea maoli a hōʻoluʻolu. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mele mua ʻo Oh, Lord ma 2009. He mea puhi ahi ka mooolelo, aka, ua loihi ka manawa e hopu ai. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua ʻelua ʻo It Aint Over i ka makahiki 2010 me kahi wikiō maʻamau. Ua hui hou ʻia ke mele e ka Wide Boys. Ua kaulana ka mea hoʻokahi i ka wā i hana hou ʻia ai kahi dub-step version o ka mooolelo e ka hui ʻo Document One. ʻO kēia mana wale nō o ka mea hoʻokahi i loaʻa iā 1 miliona mau manaʻo. ʻO ka nui o nā manaʻo o ka mea hoʻokahi It Aint Over ma kahi o 2 miliona. Mahalo i nā talena, leo a me nā mele o Mishal Moore, a me ka ʻike o Kenny, haku mele, hoʻonohonoho a me ka hana ʻana, ua hana ʻia kahi album kupaianaha. Me ia, ua kaapuni ka mea pena i ka honua no kekahi mau makahiki.
Nā hanana hou i ka hana a Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
I ka makahiki 2011, loaʻa iā Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez kahi koho Grammy hou. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Raheem DeVon ʻekolu album ʻo Love & War Masterpeace (Jive Records) no "Best R&B Album of the Year". Ua hana ʻo Kenny i 11 mau mele ma ka album. Ma Iulai 12, 2011, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Kenny i ka album hip hop kahiko i hana mua ʻia.
Loaʻa iā ia ke mele ʻo Mishal Moore a me kahi mele na ka DJ Mella Star akamai loa. ʻO ka papahana hana hou ʻo The Fantastic Souls he hui 12 mau lālā i hana ʻia e Kenny ma 2012. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i kahi hui puʻupuʻu maikaʻi loa o nā mea hoʻokani pila i komo pū i nā papahana ʻē aʻe. I kēia makahiki, ua hoʻokuʻu nā mea hoʻokani pila iā Aftershower Funk a me Soul of a People. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou ma ka vinyl kala paʻi liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopiha nā ʻuhane maikaʻi i kekahi i kekahi, a ua hui pū kā lākou mau mea kani me ka mahalo i nā hoʻonohonoho a me nā ʻōlelo aʻo a Kenny.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka Fantastic Souls ma ka hopena o 2012. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi album lōʻihi piha i ka makahiki 2013. Aia i loko o ka hōʻiliʻili nā leo o kekahi mau leo leo kaulana loa.
Me kahi kaulana ma ke ʻano he DJ kupaianaha, hōʻike ʻo Kenny i kahi mana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻolālā i nā beats superb, e hui pū ana i nā ʻano mele he nui e hana i ka MIX kūpono. Hoʻohui ia i ka hale, ka jazz, ka leʻaleʻa, ka ʻuhane, ka hip-hop a me nā mea hou aʻe, e mālama ana i kahi hōʻike ʻoniʻoni, energetic a me ka ʻuhane. ʻO ka hana ʻana a me ka huakaʻi ka mea nui o kona manawa. No nā makahiki he ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua luhi ʻo Kenny Dope i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā tausani o nā mele, e hui pū ana i nā haneli haneli a me ka huakaʻi me nā DJ a puni ka honua.
