Mr. Somebody
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Paul C, the most influential hip-hop producer you've never heard of
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OGBobbyJohnson
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he worked with just about all the artists from queens so just imagine if he would've lived & worked with Nas 
Polonegrotone
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I think its very inaccurate to say everyone knows or would know who Paul C was. For one he died when he was 24. Two rap is not what it is now what is was then, at all. There would have been no reason, with exception for , beat heads (small community), aspiring or people already involved in music to be concerned about album credits. 90% of these people would have had to be in Nyc. The rap world and communication was not even US wide like that yet, this was strictly Ny rap were talking from what may have been a tri-stare circuit. You add that at the out of state populace purchasing all those albums, you are still forgetting that the demorgaphic was way smaller than todays, and todays is almost Producer centric. Even still, there was plenty of white Engineers/producers that preceeded the great brothers that can perform both of modern time. Isnt Bob Power white? Qtip was not originally a producer, like Eric B and Rakim he was a record nerd, and found samples, which he admits he used to at most loop through a tape deck. Lp said Qtip only started working on his own a little before Ilmatic. Naturally music inclined artists like Tip, Lp, even Dnice and Scott La before them learned the boards. Only in the mid 90s did signature group producers like Pete and Premiere start to work with other artists, which is what made they roll stand out.
Polonegrotone
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Ive heard several theories, including yours from several articles and sources during research. My cousin D the Nasty African is a member of the Zulu nation and was a coleague of Pauls.
-Ive heard that Tim and his wife both had a hand, with no elaboration.
-Ive heard that his parents did not want to consort with any of his black friends after his death.
-Ive heard Lp and some others say that they actually understand the parents point of view, and that everyone including Nypd was suspicious of people involved in making music with him. He states even at the funeral, that people knew or thought the killers were in attendance.
-Ive heard that the overall rap community felt Super Luver C and Rud's involvement in the streets was resonsible for Paul Cs death. Apparently at the time they were still involved in drug trafficing, and Pauls face had been identified and linked to them and their crew.
- The guy named Shoe Shine, they arrested and had to release was arrested in Nc.
-I just wish there was a hiphop cold case, there are so many differences in laws and police work. If he were murdered today, there would have been more people arrested.
-Ive heard that Tim and his wife both had a hand, with no elaboration.
-Ive heard that his parents did not want to consort with any of his black friends after his death.
-Ive heard Lp and some others say that they actually understand the parents point of view, and that everyone including Nypd was suspicious of people involved in making music with him. He states even at the funeral, that people knew or thought the killers were in attendance.
-Ive heard that the overall rap community felt Super Luver C and Rud's involvement in the streets was resonsible for Paul Cs death. Apparently at the time they were still involved in drug trafficing, and Pauls face had been identified and linked to them and their crew.
- The guy named Shoe Shine, they arrested and had to release was arrested in Nc.
-I just wish there was a hiphop cold case, there are so many differences in laws and police work. If he were murdered today, there would have been more people arrested.
OGBobbyJohnson
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JulesWinfield
TheBrehdrenMovement
RIP. I gotta check out that documentary.
PlayerNinety_Nine
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he worked with just about all the artists from queens so just imagine if he would've lived & worked with Nas
I know the dude who made this film from back in the day.
Self_Born7
SUN OF MAN
i thought it was his girl/wife who had something to do with it.
Off the Onion
No tolerance for the fatherless
Insensitive
Superstar
I'm not super knowledgeable about production so I think it'd be dope to
have a thread on very specific producers and their massive influence
on Hip-Hop as music.
We all know about Marley Marl, Rick Rubin, Pete Rock etc.
but it would be dope to specify when the genre took a major
change after their contributions.
Or even introduce new/old posters to producers forgotten to time
or that generally go unknown and knowledge of them exists in
small circles.
@TEKBEATZ @SoulController and any other super knowledgeable cats.
have a thread on very specific producers and their massive influence
on Hip-Hop as music.
We all know about Marley Marl, Rick Rubin, Pete Rock etc.
but it would be dope to specify when the genre took a major
change after their contributions.
Or even introduce new/old posters to producers forgotten to time
or that generally go unknown and knowledge of them exists in
small circles.
@TEKBEATZ @SoulController and any other super knowledgeable cats.
OGBobbyJohnson
Veteran