MPC Photo Shoot Part 1( Behind The Pads )
Not to long ago, while working on this Akai project with The [r ] evolve Group, I came up with an idea to shoot all the legendary producers holding their MPC that they made hit records with. We called to all the artists that we know that are out of NYC to be a part of this legendary moment. One of the reasons that I got into photography is because of a good friend of mine, Oluwaseye Olusa. The two of us have been working together since my AND 1 days. When it comes to me using a photographer for a project this is my go-to man in the 4th quarter. Everybody is out there using the 7d and 5d even me lol. Well, you know he had to come to set with the big dawg. He brought the HASSELBLAD out. SEEEEESSHHHH, talk about 40,000 grand cock sucker well here it is.
The list of producers we came up with for this shoot was Kg from Naughty By Nature, Marley Marl, 88 Keys, Grind Music ( Sean C & LV ), Heatmakerz (Rsonist), Scram Jones, Lord Finesse, Buckwild, Jerry Wonder, Green Lantern & Prince Paul. Talk about a line up. If you take any of these guys out of the Hip Hop time line we would be missing some classic music and albums.
When it was time to start the day, first up to bat was KG. KG is the guy that produced 2 of the biggest records in hip hop OPP and Hip Hop Horay. The day I heard both of these records I got goose bumps and said, this is a new sound in Hip Hop. KG produced a lot of records on the MPC 3000. I think the 3000 is the best beat machine ever made. For the shoot he was rocking the legendary Naughty By Nature shirt. Below is a timeless shot.
Many of you might not know this, but I used to produce music myself. I have 3 MPC 3000 still to this day. I thought it would be cool if I brought one of my MPC’s to the shoot to get it signed by all the producers. The first person to bless the 3000 was KG. KG was even saying to me that if he knew all these guys were going to be here that he would’ve brought his to get signed too.
Next up was one of my favorite producers ever, 88 keys. He just produced the hit record on the Watch The Thrown Album ( No Church In The Wild ). 88 still produces all his music on the MPC 3000. He has even given his machine a nickname, “Raw Dawg”, and there is even a polo sticker on his machine. Thats another reason he is one my favorite producers we are both Lo heads. If the Lo Life would start a new movement we would definitely be down. My partner Kirk and 88 was trading RRL secrets while we were setting up the next shot.
88 is defiantly a true character. He had everybody on set cracking up. 88 looked like he was doing a producer ad for Ralph Lauren. lol
When we were finishing up 88’s shoot, and I had to get a shot with both of us and our MPC 3000’s. I think im going to send this to the Polo marketing department and see if we can get a sponsorship. LOL. This is one of my favorite pix in my Hip Hop history. The next thing was to get 88 to sign my 3000. Getting him and everyone else to sign my MP was a dream come true.
Shouts out to The [r]evolve Group, Oluwaseye Olusa, Dre, Denero, Akai and everybody else that made this happen. Make sure you check back in for part II where I break down the next part of the day with Marley Marl & Grind Music ( Sean C & Lv ). C-YA and holla at me and let me know what you think @iam_setfree
