Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri odziwika bwino amasiku ano oimba. Katswiri wanyimbo wakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho zinayi za Grammy, adasangalatsa komanso kusangalatsa omvera ndi kuphatikiza kwa nyumba, hip-hop, Latin, jazz, funk, soul ndi reggae.
Zaka Zoyambirira za Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez adabadwa mu 1970 ndipo adakulira ku Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka 12, anayamba kuphunzira nyimbo za hip-hop zomwe zinkamveka pamaphwando akumaloko. Ndipo mu 1985, Gonzalez adayamba ntchito yake yoimba ngati kalaliki wamalonda ku WNR Music Center ku Sunset Park. Pazaka zisanu ali mu shopu, Kenny adakulitsa chidziwitso chake cha nyimbo ndikuwerenga "diggin" yojambulira mwatsatanetsatane. Masiku ano, zosonkhanitsira za Kenny zili ndi zolemba zopitilira 50.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, ndi bwenzi lake Mike Delgado, Kenny adakonza maphwando angapo akumaloko pansi pa dzina loti MAW (Master at Work). Brooklyn DJ-wopanga Todd Terry anapita maphwando amenewa, ndipo posakhalitsa anyamata anakhala mabwenzi apamtima. Kenny anasiya sukulu kuti apite kunyumba kwa Todd kuti akamuone akugwira ntchito yoimba nyimbo, kujambula oimba ndi ma rapper otchuka.
Kuyambira ali mwana, mnyamatayo anali pafupi ndi umunthu wolenga. Ndipo zingakhale zachilendo ngati samasewera nyimbo. Kudziwana kwa Kenny ndi Mfumu Grand (Russell Cole) kunakhala koopsa kwa mnyamatayo. Adapanga gulu la KAOS. Mu 1987, Kenny ndi Todd adatulutsa chimbale cha gululo Courts In Session. Ndipo mu 1988, chimbale choyamba cha Kenny chidatulutsidwa palemba la Greg Fauré la Bad Boy Records.
Pambuyo pa 1990, gulu la MAW lidadziwika kwambiri m'makalabu. Zotsatira zake, Kenny adapanga nyimbo zosinthidwanso za ojambula monga: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Daft Punk, Barbara Tucker, India, Luther Vandross, BeBe Winans, George Benson ndi Tito Puente. Komanso Stephanie Mills, James Ingram, Eddie Palmieri, Debbie Gibson, Bjork, Dee-Lite, Soul ll Soul, Donna Summers, Puppah Nas-T ndi ena.
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Nthawi yogwira ntchito
M'zaka za m'ma 1990, Kenny adayenda kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, akusewera nyimbo zake ndikuwapangitsa kukhala otchuka kwambiri. Pa konsati ya gululo kumapeto kwa sabata ku Southport, Kenny adawonera ovina a jazz. Chifukwa chake, lingaliro la kugunda kwa syncopated, lotchedwa "wosweka", lidawuka.
Panthawiyi, Kenny sanangogwirizana ndi Louis ndipo ankagwira ntchito ku gulu la MAW. Wakhalanso wokangalika popanga ndikusinthanso nyimbo za hip hop ndi reggae. Nyimbo zake Get Up (Clap Your Hands) ndi The Madd Racket zinali nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri zamakalabu kwazaka zingapo.
Kuphatikiza pakugwira ntchito payekha, Kenny wakhala akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi Vega. Choncho, gulu loimba nyimbo MAW Nuyorican Soul, amene anaonekera mu 1993. Amatchulidwa kutengera komwe adachokera (Puerto Rican), komwe amakhala (New York) ndi mtundu wanyimbo (soul). M’chaka chomwecho, gululo linatulutsa nyimbo yoyamba, The Nervous Track, yomwe inakhala mbiri yomvetsera. Apa, Kenny adawonetsa kalembedwe kamene kamapangidwa kale. Wachiwiri, Mind Fluid, adatulutsidwanso mu 1996 (Nervous Records).
Nuyorican Soul idamalizidwa ndikusainidwa ndi katswiri wanyimbo Gilles Peterson. Pa gawo lililonse la kulengedwa kwa ma Albums, chidwi cha Kenny chinakhazikitsidwa. Ndipo adawonetsa kusintha kwa woimba Dopa kukhala m'modzi mwaopanga ofunikira komanso omwe amafunidwa kwambiri ku America.
Revolutionary track maker team
Master at Work Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez adatchedwa "The Most Revolutionary Track Production Team of the 1990s". Kupanga luso la akatswiri kwakhala kofala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kuyimba kwachilatini, mawu omveka bwino ndi ng'oma zachilengedwe ndizo zizindikiro za gululo, zomwe zinakweza malo ovina ndi chisangalalo ndi mphamvu. Ngati panali unyinji wa anthu, inali Nuyorican Soul (1997) ndi Our Time is Coming (2002). Zinawonetsa kuti MAW ikulemba ndikukonzanso nyimbo zabwino zomwe zili zamoyo komanso zamoyo.
Mwachitsanzo, nyimbo yotchuka A Tribute to Fela yokhala ndi ma afrobeat komanso nyimbo yayikulu ya Roy Ayers mu track yayikulu.
Kuyambira DJ kupita ku ochita masewera
"Kupambana" kwa Kenny Dopa monga wojambula payekha kudabwera mu 1995. Usiku wina, atakhumudwa ndi nyimbo zomwe zinkayenda mu malonda awonetsero, Kenny anapita kunyumba ndi kukatenga zolemba zakale. Patatha masiku atatu, woimbayo adapereka chimbale cha The Bucketheads. Kenny sankadziwa kuti zimenezi zingamuthandize kusintha zinthu. Nyimboyi, yomwe inali yosangalatsa, inali ndi nyimbo imodzi ya THE BOMB. Ndi ng'oma zoyendetsa, zomveka zoyimba komanso chitsanzo chokulirapo kuchokera ku Chicago's Street Player, nyimboyi idagunda nthawi yomweyo. Zotsatira zake, Gonzalez adagonjetsa ma chart aku Europe ndikugunda kwake koyamba.
Kwa zaka zambiri pakhala pali zoyesayesa zambiri zosinthira kapena kukopera ndi kutulutsanso nyimboyi. Palibe mwazosankha zomwe zidafika pafupi ndi mawu enieni apachiyambi. Tsopano patapita zaka zambiri, ojambula nthawi zambiri amayesa kugwiritsa ntchito zitsanzo zomwezo kuti akonzenso phokoso lachikale chosatha. BOMBA lidzakhala kosatha m'mbiri ya nyimbo zovina.
Kuyambira m'chaka cha 2000 ndi zaka 10 zotsatira, Kenny adasakanizanso nyimbo za ojambula ena, kutchula ntchito zina zofunika. Pamene kupanga ndi kuyendera kumapanga nthawi yambiri, Kenny adapanganso Kay-Dee Records mu 2003.
Nyimbo zatsopano zosakaniza
Kenako lingaliro lidawuka kuti mupeze ambuye akale ndikupanga zosakaniza zatsopano. "Osasintha, koma phatikizani zoyambira ndikupanga ambuye atsopano kuti apatse osonkhanitsa ndi DJs mtundu watsopano." Inali mfundo imene Kenny ankaitsatira nthawi zonse pa ntchito yake.
Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, wakhala akusonkhanitsa ndi kusakaniza zojambulidwa zachilendo ndi zosatulutsidwa. Koma chifukwa cha zochitika komanso kusintha kwa digito, ntchito yolenga idayima kwakanthawi. Woimbayo adasweka pakati pa chikhumbo cha nyimbo "zenizeni" zosawerengeka komanso kukonda kwambiri vinyl. Posakhalitsa Kenny anayamba kugwira ntchito yokonzanso malonda ake ndipo posakhalitsa adatsitsimutsanso dzina la Kay-Dee.
Ntchito zatsopano zopambana
Mu 2007, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez anayamba mgwirizano wina ndi Mark Finkelstein (woyambitsa Strictly Rhythm Records). Adagwirizana ndikupanga zilembo za Ill Friction. Cholinga cha chizindikirocho ndikupeza ndi kupanga ojambula atsopano ndikumasula nyimbo zabwino mumitundu yosiyanasiyana. The Ill Friction label inali kuphatikiza nyumba, disco, funk ndi soul. Ndipo anapitiriza kukankhira malire, kugwirizana ndi magulu osiyanasiyana ojambula nyimbo kuti apange nyimbo zabwino kwambiri. Ill Friction inatulutsa Ill Friction Vol. 1 ndi gulu la zitoliro zodziwika bwino zopangidwa ndi Kenny Dope. Idatulutsidwa mu Ogasiti 2011. Chimbale chachiwiri chinali ndi Mass Destruction yodzaza ndi nyimbo za LP zopangidwa ndi Kenny ndi DJ Terry Hunter.
Ntchito ina yayikulu inali mgwirizano ndi wojambula Mishal Moore. Pa Meyi 31, 2011, chimbale chake Bleed Out chinatulutsidwa. Zaka zoposa zitatu zakhala zikugwira ntchito pakupanga ndi chitukuko cha kusonkhanitsa. Pamene malingaliro operekedwa ndi woimbayo adagunda tebulo la Dop, zomwe munthu wamba amatha kumva zinali mawu ake komanso kusewera gitala. Koma zimene Kenny anamva zinali zosiyana kotheratu. Anapereka mawu ake kuti asiya maziko a nyimbo za Mishal Moore. Koma adzawonjezera maziko, makiyi, magitala amagetsi, ng'oma ndi nyanga zinayi kuti apange zotsatira zapadera. Posakhalitsa otsutsa nyimbo adalemba za Mishal kuti ndi woimba wophunzitsidwa bwino. Mawu ake akhoza kukhudza moyo.
Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Osakwatira
Kuphatikizidwa ndi mawu opangidwa ndi Kenny Dope, ndichinthu chenicheni komanso chotsitsimula. Nyimbo yoyamba ya Oh, Lord idatulutsidwa mu 2009. Chojambulacho chinali chowombera moto, koma zinatenga nthawi kuti zigwire. Nyimbo yachiwiri ya It Aint Over idatulutsidwa mu 2010 pamodzi ndi kanema wachilendo. Nyimboyi idasinthidwanso ndi Wide Boys. Sing'onoyo idakhala yotchuka pomwe mtundu wa dub-step wa mbiriyo unapangidwanso ndi gulu la Document One. Ndi mtundu uwu wokha womwe wapeza mawonedwe 1 miliyoni. Chiwerengero chonse cha mawonedwe a single It Aint Over chinafika pafupifupi 2 miliyoni. Chifukwa cha luso, mawu ndi nyimbo za Mishal Moore, komanso zochitika za Kenny, wolemba nyimbo, makonzedwe ndi kupanga, album yodabwitsa inalengedwa. Ndi iye, wojambula anayendera dziko kwa zaka zingapo.
Zatsopano mu ntchito ya Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
Mu 2011, Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez adalandiranso chisankho cha Grammy. Chimbale chachitatu cha Raheem DeVn cha Love & War Masterpeace (Jive Records) adasankhidwa kukhala "Best R&B Album of the Year". Kenny adatulutsa nyimbo 11 mu chimbale. Pa Julayi 12, 2011, Kenny adatulutsa chimbale choyambirira cha hip hop.
Ilinso ndi nyimbo ya Mishal Moore ndi nyimbo ya DJ Mella Star waluso kwambiri. Ntchito yatsopano yopanga The Fantastic Souls ndi gulu la mamembala 12 lomwe Kenny adapanga mu 2012. Anasonkhanitsa gulu laluso kwambiri la oimba omwe ankagwira nawo ntchito zina. Chaka chino, oimba aluso adatulutsa Aftershower Funk ndi Soul of a People. Amatulutsidwanso pa vinyl yamitundu yocheperako. Miyoyo Yodabwitsa imathandizana, ndipo zida zawo zimalumikizana bwino chifukwa cha makonzedwe ndi malangizo a Kenny.
The Fantastic Souls ili ndi imodzi yomwe idatulutsidwa kumapeto kwa 2012. Album yayitali yonse idatulutsidwa mu 2013. Zosonkhanitsazo zili ndi mawu a oimba angapo otchuka kwambiri.
Podziwika kuti ndi DJ wodabwitsa, Kenny akuwonetsa luso lapadera lopangira ma beats apamwamba kwambiri, kuphatikiza masitayilo angapo oimba kuti apange MIX yabwino kwambiri. Zimaphatikiza nyumba, jazi, funk, soul, hip-hop ndi zina zambiri, kusunga chiwonetsero chokongola, champhamvu komanso chamoyo. Kupanga ndi kuyendera zimapanga zochuluka za nthawi yake. Kwa zaka makumi awiri zapitazi, Kenny Dope wakhala akutanganidwa kumasula zikwi za nyimbo, kukonzanso mazana a nyimbo ndikuyenda ndi DJs padziko lonse lapansi.
