Waajeed

Infobox musical artist
Name = Waajeed

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Birth_name = Robert O'Bryant
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Origin = Detroit, Michigan
Instrument = Keyboard
Sampler
Drum Machine
Genre = Hip hop
Occupation = Record producer
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Label = Bling47
Associated_acts = Platinum Pied Pipers, Slum Village, J Dilla, Dwele, Tiombe Lockhart
URL = http://www.bling47.com

Waajeed (b. Robert O'Bryant) is a Detroit-born music producer, and one half of the hip hop and R&B group Platinum Pied Pipers. He formed the Bling47 record label & coinciding website/online store, Bling47.com [http://www.bling47.com] in 2002 and released an instrumental album called "B.P.M.". Bling47 has also released projects by J Dilla and the vocalist Tiombe Lockhart. The name "Waajeed" means "finder or seeker" in Arabic.

Biography

Background

Before producing records, Waajeed was studying art and DJing in and around the Detroit music circuit. He designed the cover for Slum Village's "Fantastic, Vol. 2". As a producer Waajeed began comparatively late (2000), but before long had landed a handful of tracks on the group's "Trinity (Past, Present and Future)" album. According to Waajeed, his first MPC had previously belonged to J Dilla. After the hardware was broken by ?uestlove, J Dilla said that Waajeed could keep it if he could fix it. His first beats were made on that very same MPC after managing to correct the problem.

Career

Waajeed was an executive producer on Dwele's pre-debut project, "Rize," which ultimately led to Dwele getting signed to Virgin Records shortly thereafter. He has been a close friend of Slum Village since its earliest days, DJ'ing for them on their earliest tours, convincing the group to release their first album/demo, "Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)", choosing the group's name, and introducing them to fourth member Elzhi.

Waajeed's productions have led to him working with some of the industry's most respected artists such as Roy Ayers and Radiohead. He is currently working on forthcoming albums by Bling47 artists, Tiombe Lockhart, and Invincible. In 2007 he released a compilation called "The War LP".

He is currently working on the second Platinum Pied Pipers album.

Due to work, Waajeed currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Discography

* "B.P.M." - Waajeed (2002, Bling 47)
* "Triple P" - Platinum Pied Pipers (2005, Ubiquity)
* "The War LP" - Bling47 (2007, Ubiquity)

External links

* [http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/TUTORS.9.0.html?act_session=185 Waajeed RBMA video lecture session Pt.1]
* [http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/TUTORS.9.0.html?act_session=186 Waajeed RBMA video lecture session Pt.2]
* [http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php?extID=0&showID=297 RBMA Radio On Demand - Melbourne Marvels - Waajeed (Platinum Pied Pipers, Bling 47)]