U-Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez ungomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu benkathi yomculo yesimanje. Ungqondongqondo kwezomculo wasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, oqokwe kuma-Grammy Awards amane, wajabulisa futhi wajabulisa ababukeli ngenhlanganisela ye-house, i-hip-hop, isiLatini, i-jazz, i-funk, i-soul ne-reggae.
Iminyaka Yokuqala KaKenny "Dope" Gonzalez
U-Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez wazalwa ngo-1970 futhi wakhulela eSunset Park, eBrooklyn. Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-12 ubudala, waqala ukufunda izigqi ze-hip-hop ezazizwakala emaphathini endawo. Futhi ngo-1985, uGonzalez waqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo njengomabhalane wezentengiso esikhungweni sendawo se-WNR Music Centre eSunset Park. Phakathi neminyaka emihlanu esesitolo, uKenny wandisa ulwazi lwakhe lomculo futhi wafunda "i-diggin" yokuqoshwa ngokuningiliziwe. Namuhla, iqoqo likaKenny liqukethe amarekhodi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-50.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, enomngane kanye nozakwethu wesikhathi esizayo uMike Delgado, uKenny wahlela uchungechunge lwamaphathi endawo ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi MAW (Master at Work). Brooklyn DJ-umdidiyeli Todd Terry waya la maqembu, futhi ngokushesha abafana baba abangane abakhulu. U-Kenny wayeka isikole waya kubo ka-Todd futhi ambuke esebenza ngezigqi, eqopha abaculi abadumile nama-rapper.
Kusukela ebusheni bakhe, umfana wayeseduze nobuntu bokudala. Futhi kungaba yinqaba uma engadlali umculo. Ukujwayelana kukaKenny neNkosi Grand (uRussell Cole) kwaba yinhlekelele kulo mfana. Bakha iqembu i-KAOS. Ngo-1987, uKenny noTodd bakhipha i-albhamu yeqembu ethi Courts In Session. Futhi ngo-1988, i-albhamu yokuqala kaKenny yakhululwa ilebula likaGreg Fauré elithi Bad Boy Records.
Ngemuva kuka-1990, iqembu le-MAW laduma kakhulu emakilabhini. Ngenxa yalokho, u-Kenny udale ukuxutshwa kabusha kwezingoma zamaciko afana nalawa: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Daft Punk, Barbara Tucker, India, Luther Vandross, BeBe Winans, George Benson kanye noTito Puente. Futhi noStephanie Mills, uJames Ingram, u-Eddie Palmieri, uDebbie Gibson, uBjork, uDee-Lite, iSoul ll Soul, uDonna Summers, uPuppah Nas-T nabanye.
U-Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Isikhathi sokudala esisebenzayo
Ngawo-1990, uKenny wahamba emhlabeni kakhulu, edlala amathrekhi akhe futhi ewenza adume kakhulu. Ekhonsathini yaleli qembu ngempelasonto eSouthport, uKenny ubukele abadansi be-jazz. Ngakho-ke, kwavela umqondo we-syncopated beat, ebizwa ngokuthi "ephukile".
Ngalesi sikhathi, uKenny akazange nje asebenzisane noLouis futhi wasebenza kumaphrojekthi weqembu le-MAW. Ubekhuthele futhi ekukhiqizeni nasekuhlanganiseni kabusha amathrekhi ohlotsheni lwe-hip-hop ne-reggae. Amaculo akhe okuthi Get Up ( Clap Your Hands) kanye nethi The Madd Racket bekungamaculo ekilabhu aphezulu iminyaka eminingana.
Ngaphezu kokusebenza kumaphrojekthi ayedwa, uKenny ubesebenza ngenkuthalo kuphrojekthi ehlanganyelwe neVega. Ngakho-ke, iqembu lomculo MAW Nuyorican Soul ladalwa, elivele ngo-1993. Iqanjwe ngemvelaphi yayo (Puerto Rican), indawo yokuhlala (eNew York) nesitayela somculo (umphefumulo). Ngawo lowo nyaka, ibhendi yakhipha eyokuqala, ethi The Nervous Track, eyaba yirekhodi lokulalela. Lapha, uKenny ubonise isitayela sebhithi esithuthukisiwe esenziwe ngaphambilini. Eyesibili eyodwa, iMind Fluid, nayo yakhululwa ngo-1996 (Nervous Records).
I-Nuyorican Soul yaqedwa futhi yasayinwa yingcweti yomculo uGilles Peterson. Kuzo zonke izigaba zokwenziwa kwama-albhamu, kwabekwa isigxivizo sokudala sikaKenny. Futhi kwaphawula ukushintshwa komculi u-Dopa ekubeni ngomunye wabakhiqizi besimanje ababaluleke kakhulu nabafunwe eMelika.
Iqembu labakhi bethrekhi benguquko
U-Master at Work u-Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez ulebulwe ngokuthi "Ithimba Lokukhiqiza Ithrekhi Elikhulu Yawo-1990." Ukuqanjwa kabusha kwamaciko sekuphenduke inkomba emhlabeni womculo. I-Latin percussion, amazwi ajabulisayo kanye nezigubhu zemvelo kwakuyizimpawu zokuthengisa zebhendi, okwenza izindawo zokudansa ziphile ngomuzwa wenjabulo namandla. Uma kwenzeka kube nendlu enkulu egcwele phama, kwakunguNuyorican Soul (1997) kanye ne-Our Time is Coming (2002). Kubonise ukuthi i-MAW ibhala futhi ixube kabusha izingoma ezimnandi eziphilayo futhi ezinomphefumulo.
Isibonelo, iculo elidumile elithi A Tribute to Fela elithinta i-afrobeat kanye neculo elimnandi lika-Roy Ayers engomeni enkulu.
Kusukela ku-DJ kuya kumculi
"Ukuphumelela" kukaKenny Dopa njengomculi oyedwa kwafika ngo-1995. Ngobunye ubusuku, ekhungathekile ngomculo owawusakazwa ebhizinisini lemibukiso, uKenny waya ekhaya futhi wathatha uchungechunge lwamarekhodi akudala. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, umculi wethula i-albhamu ethi The Bucketheads. UKenny wayengazi ukuthi lokhu kwakuzomshintsha. Irekhodi ebelimnandi belicula ingoma eyodwa ethi THE BOMB. Ngezigubhu zokushayela, imisindo ehlabayo kanye nesampula enwetshiwe evela ku-Chicago's Street Player, ingoma ibe yingoma eshisa izikhotha. Ngenxa yalokho, uGonzalez wanqoba amashadi e-pop yase-Europe ngokushaya kwakhe kokuqala.
Eminyakeni edlule kuye kwaba nenqwaba yemizamo yokuhlanganisa kabusha noma ukukopisha nokwenza kabusha leli culo. Azikho izinketho ezisondele kumsindo wangempela woqobo. Manje eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, abaculi bavame ukuzama ukusebenzisa amasampula afanayo ukuze baphinde badale umsindo we-classic engaphelelwa isikhathi. Ibhomu lizohlala liyingxenye yomlando womculo womdanso.
Kusukela ngo-2000 nangaphezulu kweminyaka engu-10 eyalandela, u-Kenny wahlanganisa kabusha izingoma zabaculi abathile, ecaphuna amanye amaphrojekthi abalulekile. Ngenkathi ukukhiqiza nokuvakasha kwenza inqwaba yesikhathi sakhe, uKenny uphinde wadala i-Kay-Dee Records ngo-2003.
Izingxube ezintsha zomculo
Khona-ke kwavela umqondo wokuthola amakhosi amadala futhi udale izingxube ezintsha. "Musa ukuhlanganisa kabusha, kodwa hlanganisa okwangempela futhi udale izingcweti ezintsha ukuze unikeze abaqoqi kanye no-DJ inguqulo entsha." Kwakuyilesi simiso uKenny ayehlala ebambelele kuso emsebenzini wakhe.
Kusukela lapho, ubelokhu eqoqa futhi exuba okuqoshiwe okungajwayelekile nangakakhishwa. Kodwa ngenxa yezimo nokushintshela enguqulweni yedijithali, umsebenzi wokudala wema isikhashana. Lo mculi wayehlukene phakathi kokuthanda umculo “wangempela” ongandile kanye nothando olujulile lwe-vinyl. Ngokushesha uKenny waqala ukusebenzela ekubuyekezeni imikhiqizo yakhe futhi ngesikhathi esifushane wavuselela ilebula ye-Kay-Dee.
Amaphrojekthi amasha aphumelele
Ngo-2007, uKenny "Dope" Gonzalez waqala okunye ukusebenzisana - ukubambisana noMark Finkelstein (umsunguli we-Strictly Rhythm Records). Bahlangana futhi bakha ilebula ye-Ill Friction. Inhloso yelebula ukuthola nokukhiqiza abaculi abasha futhi bakhiphe umculo wekhwalithi ngezinhlobo ezahlukene. Ilebula ye-Ill Friction ibiyinhlanganisela ye-house, i-disco, i-funk ne-soul. Futhi waqhubeka nokuphusha imingcele, esebenzisana namaqembu ahlukene amaciko ukuze enze umculo omuhle kakhulu. I-Ill Friction ikhiphe i-Ill Friction Vol. 1 iqoqo lemitshingo edumile elahlanganiswa nguKenny Dope. Yakhululwa ngo-August 2011. I-albhamu yesibili yayihlanganisa i-Mass Destruction, i-LP ephelele yamathrekhi akhiqizwa u-Kenny no-DJ Terry Hunter.
Enye iphrojekthi enkulu kwaba ukusebenzisana nomdwebi uMishal Moore. NgoMeyi 31, 2011, i-albhamu yakhe ethi Bleed Out yakhululwa. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu besebenza ekwakhiweni nasekuthuthukisweni kweqoqo. Lapho imibono eyethulwa umculi ishaya itafula lika-Dop, wonke umuntu ovamile ayengakuzwa kwakuyizwi lakhe nokudlala isiginci se-acoustic. Kodwa lokho uKenny akuzwa kwakuhluke ngokuphelele. Unikeze izwi lakhe ukuthi uzoshiya isisekelo sokuqala somculo kaMishal Moore. Kodwa uzofaka isisekelo, okhiye, iziginci zikagesi, izigubhu nezimpondo ezine ukuze enze umphumela oyingqayizivele. Ngokushesha abagxeki bomculo babhala ngoMishal ukuthi ungumculi oqeqeshwe kahle. Izwi lakhe lingathinta umphefumulo.
U-Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez: Abangashadile
Kuhlanganiswe nemisindo eqanjwe u-Kenny Dope, kuyinto yangempela futhi eqabulayo. Eyokuqala ethi Oh, Lord yakhululwa ngo-2009. Irekhodi laliyiziqhumane, kodwa kwathatha isikhathi ukulibamba. Eyesibili ethi It Aint Over yakhululwa ngo-2010 kanye nevidiyo engajwayelekile. Ingoma ihlanganiswe kabusha ngabakwaWide Boys. Eyodwa yaduma lapho inguqulo ye-dub-step yerekhodi iphinda idalwa yiqembu elithi Document One. Yile nguqulo kuphela yeyodwa ethole ukubukwa okungu-1 million. Ingqikithi yenani lokubukwa kwengoma eyodwa ethi It Aint Over ifinyelele cishe ezigidini ezingu-2. Ngenxa yamakhono, izwi nemiculo ka-Mishal Moore, kanye nolwazi luka-Kenny, umqambi, amalungiselelo nokukhiqiza, i-albhamu emangalisayo idaliwe. Naye, umculi wavakashela umhlaba iminyaka eminingana.
Intuthuko entsha emsebenzini kaKenny "Dope" Gonzalez
Ngo-2011, uKenny "Dope" Gonzalez wathola enye imiklomelo ye-Grammy. I-albhamu yesithathu ka-Raheem DeVn ethi Love & War Masterpeace (Jive Records) iqokelwe "I-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu Ye-R&B Yonyaka". UKenny ukhiqize amaculo angu-11 ku-albhamu. NgoJulayi 12, 2011, uKenny wakhipha i-albhamu yokuqala endala ye-hip hop.
Iphinde ibe nengoma ethi Mishal Moore kanye nengoma ka-DJ Mella Star onethalente kakhulu. Iphrojekthi entsha yokukhiqiza ethi The Fantastic Souls iyiqembu elinamalungu ayi-12 elasungulwa nguKenny ngo-2012. Uhlanganise iqembu labaculi abanesiphiwo esikhulu nabo ababebambe iqhaza kweminye imisebenzi. Kulo nyaka, abaculi abanekhono bakhiphe i-Aftershower Funk nethi Soul of a People. Ziphinde zikhishwe ku-vinyl enemibala elinganiselwe. I-Fantastic Souls iyaphelelisana, futhi izinsimbi zayo zihlangana kahle ngenxa yamalungiselelo neziyalezo zika-Kenny.
I-Fantastic Souls inenye ingoma, eyakhululwa ekupheleni kuka-2012. I-albhamu ephelele ikhishwe ngo-2013. Iqoqo liqukethe amazwi abaculi abambalwa abadume kakhulu.
Ngedumela lokuba u-DJ ongajwayelekile, u-Kenny ubonisa ikhono elihlukile lokuhlela amabhithi amahle, ahlanganise izitayela zomculo eziningi ukuze akhe i-MIX ephelele. Ihlanganisa i-house, i-jazz, i-funk, i-soul, i-hip-hop nokunye, igcina umbukiso ogqamile, onamandla nonomphefumulo. Ukukhiqiza nokuvakasha kwenza ingxenye enkulu yesikhathi sakhe. Kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, u-Kenny Dope ubematasa ekhulula izinkulungwane zamathrekhi, ehlanganisa kabusha amakhulukhulu ezingoma ezingashadile futhi ehamba no-DJs emhlabeni jikelele.
