Easy Mo Bee facts for kids
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Easy Mo Bee
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| Birth name | Osten S. Harvey Jr. |
| Born | December 8, 1965 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Associated acts | The Notorious B.I.G., Sean Combs, Ras Kass, The Lady of Rage, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, RZA, Busta Rhymes, GZA, 2Pac, Kurupt, Big Daddy Kane, Afu Ra, Lost Boyz, Mos Def, Heavy D & The Boyz, Public Enemy, Das EFX, Blaq Poet, Miles Davis, Craig Mack, The Bomb Squad, Queen Latifah, Tha Alkaholiks |
Osten S. Harvey Jr. (born December 8, 1965), known as Easy Mo Bee, is an American hip hop and R&B music producer and DJ. He is famous for creating music for artists like Big Daddy Kane and Miles Davis. He also worked closely with Bad Boy Records when it first started. Easy Mo Bee helped produce The Notorious B.I.G.'s first album, Ready to Die. He also produced two songs on 2Pac's album, Me Against the World.
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Easy Mo Bee's Music Journey
Starting Out in Music
Easy Mo Bee grew up in Brooklyn, New York City. He started making music after hearing songs by Ced Gee and Marley Marl. These producers made early hip-hop hits. His first big chance came when he produced a song for Big Daddy Kane's album, It's a Big Daddy Thing.
After that, he worked with The Genius, who later became GZA from Wu-Tang Clan. Mo Bee produced most of The Genius's first album, Words From the Genius. He also produced a track for RZA's first single. RZA is another co-founder of Wu-Tang Clan.
Around this time, Mo Bee had a music group called Rappin' Is Fundamental. They released one album in 1991 called The Doo-Hop Legacy. Later, the famous jazz musician Miles Davis asked Mo Bee to help mix jazz with hip-hop. These recordings became Davis's last album, Doo-Bop, released in 1992.
Working with Big Names in the 1990s
In 1993, Easy Mo Bee started working with Sean Combs's Bad Boy Entertainment. He produced the first song for Notorious B.I.G.. Mo Bee also produced many songs for two important albums from Bad Boy. These were Project: Funk da World by Craig Mack and Ready to Die by B.I.G. He also produced a popular remix called "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)." This song featured Craig Mack, Biggie, Busta Rhymes, and LL Cool J.
In 1994 and 1995, Mo Bee also worked with 2Pac. He produced songs for both 2Pac and B.I.G. One special song was "Runnin' From tha Police." It featured both 2Pac and B.I.G. on the same track. Mo Bee used cool production tricks for this song. He played the bassline live through his equipment, making it sound like a guitar.
He produced two songs for 2Pac's 1995 album, Me Against the World. During this time, he also made popular songs for other groups. These included the Lost Boyz ("Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz") and Das EFX ("Microphone Master").
Later Music Work
In 1997, Mo Bee produced two more songs for Biggie's album, Life After Death. These songs were "I Love the Dough" and "Going Back to Cali." These were the last songs he produced for Bad Boy Records.
In 2000, he released his own album called Now or Never: Oddysey 2000. It featured many famous East Coast artists like Busta Rhymes and Raekwon. Over the next ten years, he continued to make music for artists like Big Daddy Kane and Mos Def. He even won a Grammy Award for his work on Alicia Keys' album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003).
Family Life
Easy Mo Bee's younger brother is also a music producer. His name is The LG Experience. He produced the Ill Al Skratch album, Creep Wit' Me.
Music Albums
- Studio albums
- Now or Never: Odyssey 2000 (2000)
- Two for One (with Emskee) (2015)
- This Is My Life (with Big D) (2019)
- with Rappin' Is Fundamental
- The Doo-Hop Legacy (1991)
- Instrumental albums
- ...And You Don't Stop! (2015)
