Marlon Williams (born 1962 in Queens, New York City), better known as Marley Marl, is considered one of the most important and influential hip-hop producers in the history of hip hop.
Marley Marl was the house producer of the Juice Crew, known for The Bridge Wars, a feud with Boogie Down Productions seen as the first hip hop beef. The Juice Crew included Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté, Kool G Rap, MC Shan (his cousin) and Masta Ace, a...
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Marlon Williams (born 1962 in Queens, New York City), better known as Marley Marl, is considered one of the most important and influential hip-hop producers in the history of hip hop.
Marley Marl was the house producer of the Juice Crew, known for The Bridge Wars, a feud with Boogie Down Productions seen as the first hip hop beef. The Juice Crew included Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté, Kool G Rap, MC Shan (his cousin) and Masta Ace, and produced songs for outside artists including King Tee and LL Cool J. He was also an important figure in the careers of Eric B. & Rakim, producing their first hits "My Melody" and "Eric B Is President", mixing James Brown samples and synthetic beats in a fashion previously unheard of.
Marley Marl was one of the pioneers of sampling in hip hop. He was the first to sample a breakbeat and reprogram it, which he did with the "Impeach the President" breakbeat on the MC Shan single "The Bridge" from 1985. This was an extremely important feat as it...
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