Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez (born July 5, 1970), also sometimes known as K-Dope, is an American

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

and

disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music f ...

. He is one half of the classic

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

Masters at Work Masters at Work is the American garage house production and remix team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. The duo has produced music together under the names MAW, KenLou, Sole Fusion, Hardrive, and Nuyorican Soul. They have been r ...

musical production team with

Little Louie Vega Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr. (born June 12, 1965), as known as "Little Louie" Vega, is an American DJ, record producer and Grammy Award winner remixer of Puerto Ricans in the United States, Puerto Rican ancestry. He is one half of the Masters at Work ...

; and also released the hit "

The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" is a house music track by Kenny Dope's musical production team the Bucketheads, released in February 1995. It was later dubbed into the project's sole album, '' All in the Mind'' (1995). The single w ...

" as The Bucketheads. He has been referred to as one of the most prolific artists of the modern music age.

Biography

Gonzalez started his DJ career in 1985 organizing neighborhood block parties in his home of Brooklyn, New York, with his then musical partner, Mike Delgado. Under the

moniker, the parties became quite successful and attracted

Todd Terry Todd Norton Terry (born April 18, 1967) is an American DJ, record producer and remixer in the genre of house music. Musical career Todd Terry was influential in moving House music beyond the early Chicago house sound of 1984–86. He crossed ...

who later borrowed the group's name for two record releases. Terry returned the favor at a later date when he loaned Gonzalez a drum machine, which began his interest in producing beats. Kenny Dope was one of the DJs for the group KAOS whose 1988 album ''Court's In Session'' featured production by

Discography

:''see

for his discography with the group''.

Albums

*1988 ''Court's In Session (as a member of the group "KAOS")'' *1992 ''The Kenny Dope Unreleased Project'' *1995 ''The Best of Dopewax Records - The Dope Stuff'' *1995 '' All in the Mind'', as The Bucketheads *2001 ''Supa-Dope Classics Volume I'' *2001 ''Found Instrumentals'' *2005 ''Found Instrumentals Vol. 2'' *2011 "Future Before Nostalgia" (Kenny Dope Presents....Rasheed Chappell)

Singles

;Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez/Kenny Dope *1990 "Total Maddness EP" *1991 "Blood Vibes EP" *1993 "Phat Beats EP" *1993 "The Unreleased Project EP" *1994 "Boomin' in Ya Jeep" (with Screechie Dan) *1994 "Axxis EP" *1994 "The Pushin' Dope EP" *1994 "All I'm Askin'" *1997 "Jam the Mace" (re-issue) *2000 "Brazilica" *2000 "Can You Handle It" *2000 "Buggin' on Percussion" *2000 "The Illout" *2001 "Could You be the One (Thank God it's Friday)" (with D.M.) *2001 "Comin' Inside" *2001 "House Brakes Vol. 1" *2003 "Frenzy" *2005 "House Brakes Vol. 2" *2005 "House Brakes Vol. 3" *2006 "Nitelife (Encore)" (with Kim English) *2011 "I Know" Rasheed Chappell (Future Before Nostalgia) *2011 "What I'm Here 4" Rasheed Chappell (Future Before Nostalgia) *2011 "Stay Sharp" Rasheed Chappell (Future before Nostalgia) ;Power House *1989 "Power House 1 EP" *1990 "Power House 2 EP - Kenny's Jazz" *1991 "Power House 3 EP - Makin' a Livin'" ;The Bucketheads *1994 "Whew" *1995 "

" *1995 "Come and Be Gone" *1995 "

Got Myself Together "Got Myself Together" is a house music track by The Bucketheads, released in late 1995. It was the commercial follow-up to global hit The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind), and was the third single taken from the project's sole album '' All i ...

" *1995 "The Dungeon Tapes EP" *1995 "Time and Space" *2000 "The Bomb (2000 Remixes)" ;The Untouchables *1991 "The Untouchables EP" *1991 "The Swing Doctor EP" *1991 "Take a Chance" *1993 "Go Bah" *1994 "Just the Way You Want" ;Liquid Dope *1997 "Rock Your EP" *1999 "Terra-Humara" *2004 "Dope Goes Back" *2005 "Oh My God/Krash" *2006 "I Want You" (with Raheem DeVaughn) ;The Madd Racket *1991 "Supa" *1993 "Donndadda/Rama Jama" *2001 "Madd Racket EP Part 1" *2006 "Makin' a Livin'/Get It (Good God!)" ;Total Ka-Os *1991 "My Love/Get On Up" *1994 "It's an Ill Groove" *1994 "Something Old Skool" ;Other aliases *1989 "House Syndicate EP", as House Syndicate *1989 "Messiah/Insane", as NMC & ADJ (with

Mike Delgado Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documen ...

and

Tommy Musto Tommy Musto is an American record producer from New York, who gained fame throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the dance music scene as a DJ and producer. In 1990, he collaborated with fellow New York DJ Frankie Bones as 'Musto and Bones', yielding ...

) *1990 "Jam the Mace EP", as House Syndicate *1990 "A Touch of Salsa", as 2 Dope *1991 "Just Me & You/Battlestar Gallactica", as Kenny's House *1991 "Yeah/Good Feelin'", as Swing Kids *1992 "Axxis", as Axxis *1992 "Gunshot", as The Unreleased Project (with

and

Shaggy Shaggy may refer to: People *Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer *Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse *Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...

) *1994 "Love Is What We Need", as The Dream Team (with Todd Terry,

Roger Sanchez Roger Sanchez (born June 1, 1967) is a Dominican-American house music DJ, remixer and producer. He won a Grammy Award for his remix of "Hella Good" by No Doubt in 2003, and is best known for his song " Another Chance", which was an internationa ...

and

Benji Candelario Benji is a fictional character created by Joe Camp. He has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s. It is also the title of the first film in the ''Benji'' franchise. Benji is a small, lovable mixed-breed dog with an unca ...

) *1996 "Bucketbootleg", as K-Dope *1997 "And There Ain't", as DBX *1999 "Strictly Rhythms Volume I", as K-Dope *2001 "A Madd Cry", as House Brigade *2003 "I Got Rhythm", as Soul Fuzion (with Vee and Luisito Quintero) *2006 "They Can't Stop It", as Black Roots *2007 "Get Down", as Todd Terry All-Stars (with Todd Terry,

DJ Sneak Carlos Sosa (born November 5, 1969), known as DJ Sneak, is a Puerto Rican-born American DJ and record producer raised in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is noted as being one of the second wave of Chicago house producers, (alongside Derrick ...

Terry Hunter Terry Hunter is a grammy-nominated American house music DJ from Chicago, Illinois. He has been active in the Chicago music scene since the early 1990s. He has produced many of his own albums, as well as remixes for other artists. Career In 1 ...

and

Tara McDonald Tara Jane McDonald (born September 9, 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. She is signed to Play Two/Warner Records. McDonald achieved success working and co-writing with Armand van Helden and Axwell on the chart hits " My My My" and " Feel ...

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Kenny 1970 births Club DJs Electronic dance music DJs DJs from New York City Remixers American dance musicians American house musicians Living people Deep house musicians Positiva Records artists