Easy Mo Bee
| Easy Mo Bee | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Osten Harvey Jr. |
| Born | December 8, 1965 |
| Origin | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York |
| Genres | Hip hop, jazz rap |
| Occupation(s) | Producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Bad Boy, A&M, Priority |
| Associated acts | The Notorious B.I.G., Sean Combs, RZA, GZA, 2Pac, Big Daddy Kane, Afu Ra, Mos Def, Blaq Poet, Miles Davis, Craig Mack |
Osten Harvey Jr. (born December 8, 1965), better known by his stage name Easy Mo Bee, is a hip hop and R&B record producer, known for production work for late 1980s with artists such as Big Daddy Kane and Miles Davis, as well as his affiliation with Bad Boy Records in its early years and his heavy production involvement in The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut album Ready to Die. He also produced two songs on 2Pac's album Me Against The World.
Mo Bee began producing after hearing music by Ced Gee of Ultramagnetic MCs and Marley Marl, producer of early hip-hop hits for the likes of the Juice Crew and LL Cool J. His first production placement came on Big Daddy Kane's breakthrough album, It's a Big Daddy Thing, after which he was approached to work with another Cold Chillin' Records artist, The Genius—an early alias for now-Wu-Tang Clan co-founder GZA. Mo Bee produced the rapper's debut album, Words From the Genius, as well as fellow future Wu-Tang co-founder RZA's first single, "Ooh I Love You Rakeem", which the rapper/producer released under the alias Prince Rakeem. Around that same time, Mo Bee had a group with neighborhood friends A.B. Money and J.R. called Rappin' Is Fundamental. The trio released only one album on A&M Records in 1991: The Doo-Hop Legacy. Jazz pioneer Miles Davis approached the young producer to help fuse jazz and hip-hop. These sessions would become his last studio album, 1992's Doo-Bop. The project, released posthumously after Davis died during the recording process, leaving the project unfinished, garnered generally mixed reviews.
...
Wikipedia