#sd50s

[danteross]

30 years ago today One For All was released. It was dumped in the 4th quarter when that really meant something and was expected to die a quick death. The urban staff hated it, the first video Wake Up directed by Fab 5 Freddy was initially rejected from Yo MTV and had to be re-edited due to a controversial image or two. My boss Howard Thompson hated it and me, but the tape which had circulated for months in the NYC streets and beyond had developed a cult following. Red Alert championed it. Chris Lighty started managing them. There peers Tribe, Cypress Hill and De La amongst others embraced them. The Source gave it 5 mics one of the first times this ever happened and bong bong we had a sleeper hit on our hands. A lot transpired within the group. It wasn’t always easy to navigate but it was always worth it. The end result was exactly as Allah and The Gods intended. Me and my crew the SD50s produced a few tunes on it a real blessing. My partners John Gamble aka @jgambles and Geeby Dajani aka @fortydeucenyc my mentor who made Step To The Rear both passed this year, it would have been nice to share this beautiful milestone with them, but so is life. I had and have a very deep connection to this group and to this record. I love these cats, working with them was an honor, it altered my life’s course in the best of ways. Theres a reason I had them perform at my 50th Bornday. Peace to The Gods and all those who helped make this such a special moment in time for me. This project was one of the most personally important things I ever had a hand in. Making it feels like yesterday and a million lifetimes away all at once. i am a truly blessed man 🙏🏼 #Honored #OGGratitude #PeaceToTheGod #SD50s #ElektraRecords #OneForAllBrandNubian (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIXpqj3A1vO/?igshid=sodknvj5g8kr

[danteross]

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This was released 22 years ago and subsequently changed my life. We worked on it for almost a year. Eric had a heart attack the day we completed the last vocals on the record for the tune Tired. What a wild ride.John Gamble , Everlast and myself worked for a solid 10 months on this thing, hit some bumps along the way but got it done and then some. First week we moved 4300 records and looked dead in the water. End of the year we had a top 5 LP. 3 x Plat when it was all said and done. Lead me to getting one with @ogeverlast on a Santana record that was album of the year. Another reason I always dug LA, we made this one up on Mount Olympus up i. The Hollywood Hills, in the pad. ESwift lived up the block shit was just a life altering experience fir me.#Gotta thank my crew who helped including Jamey Staub, @sibagiba @divinestyler_1 my neighbor and hang out partner up the block @swiftzilla @paulinetakahashilosangeles @mrsjzzz and @cottonmouthlou for holding me down. I always look back on this time and think man how freakin lucky am I to have been involved in this one. #OGratitude #WhiteyFordSingsTheBlues #PathToAGrammy #SD50s #WhatItsLike (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE53H0XAOh5/?igshid=z98hwud1pxn4

[danteross]

13th st park basketball summer. Rest Easy Geeby🙏 #SD50s #Summer90NYC https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gnYsigZHG/?igshid=znw6lk26p2ql

[danteross]

13th st park basketball summer. Rest Easy Geeby🙏 #SD50s #Summer90NYC https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gnYsigZHG/?igshid=1ih6pqp92l36u

[danteross]

13th st park basketball summer. Rest Easy Geeby🙏 #SD50s #Summer90NYC https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gnYsigZHG/?igshid=1ih6pqp92l36u

[dcsnyder]

This was probably my least favorite joint on the Derelicts album and it’s still dope. #3rdBass #popgoestheweasel #DefJam #SD50s #StimulatedDummies #DefJamRecords #CDSingle #90sHiphop #CD #Hiphop #Rap #OldSchool #ClassicRap #RockinRoccoShow #MySon https://www.instagram.com/p/BxOV6t4lXmh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qkfv5xiifhei

[danteross]

Yesterday marked the 25 yr anniversary of Del’s No Need For Alarm. I worked on this record in several capacities. I was the A and R guy , the executive producer with Domino and I produced Boo Boo Heads and Treats For The Kiddies. Love Del and my Hiero fam were still tight took me to the premier of mid 90s a weeks ago and we drove around bumping music after. He’s a great cat as is Domino one of my best friends in the world. I rock with Hiero thats my bay area family always will be. Mad history with the fellas seen em go from teenagers to men with kids and all that. Been an honor. This record was such a departure from I Wish My Brother George was here. It was also a landmark record in terms of rapping. Del really really raps his ass off on this record. I listened to the whole record a few times yesterday it holds up and then some. Catch a Bad One might be my favorite Del song ever. Boo Boo Heads remains one of the few records I produced that I dont hear any thing on that makes me cringe. Really enjoyed working with Del he’s like a brother to me. 25 years later were still rocking who would have thunk it? #SaluteDel #SaluteHiero #SD50s (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqkrJyghLBl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i478q2abipnx

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The Nite-Liters Tango Boo Gonk- this 1971 instrumental slice of nice by the incredibly funky Nite-Liters was sampled by my partners and me for the SD50 version of Wake Up off of the Brand Nubians first LP All For One. The Nite-Liner’s was super funky, they out out 4 LPs on RCA this is kn the 2’d Morning Moon and The Nite Liters. My partner and big bro Geeby from the Stimulated Dummies out me on to them. He also taught me how to make beats. That so g was one of our first that we ever sold. The Nite-Liters were the brain child of the legendary Harvey Fuqua one of the most unsong hereos in Black music. He founded the doo wop groups The MoonGlows in the late 50s which gave Marvin Gaye his start in the game. He wrote Helped out out Motowns first hit song Money by Barrett Strong and him and his wife Ana Gordys Anna label which he then sold to Berry Gordy. He discovered Tammy Terrell and linked her with Marvin producing aint no Mountain High Enough and Your Precious Love. He founded the Nite-Liters and eventually the evolved in the hit making group New Birth who had the smash Hits I can’t Understand it and WildFlower. The Nite-Liters also were the backing band on the Alvin Cash classic Twine Time. They did double duty as there own entity and the musical bed behind New Birth with Fuqua arranging and producing. Later he discovered he disco sensation Sylvester producing and writing his smashes Dance ( Disco heat) and the classic You Make Me feel and the entire Stars album one if the greatest Disco LPs ever made. He also discovered the band Two Tons Of Fun aka The Weather Girls while he was a staff producer and a and r guy at Fantasy records writing and producing there classic Just Us. If that wasn’t enough he produced Midnite Love with Marvin Gaye which had his comeback hit Sensual Healing one of the greatest R N B songs of all time. He also wrote the disco classic K-Jee for the Nite-Kiters originally and made famous by MFSB. The man had 40 year career of brilliance and many people dont know who he was. He is also the uncle of Antoine Fuqua the film director ( Training Day). He was truly a legend! #SuperDiscoBreakin’ #SD50s #SaluteHarveyFuqua (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoUXLzYBDYZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14196m4xonrzz