Over the course of his career, Mo Bee has worked almost exclusively with New York artists within the genre of Hip-Hop. Aside from his former close ties with Big Daddy Kane and The Notorious B.I.G., Easy has also worked with NY rappers Afu Ra (on Life Force Radio), Mos Def (on The New Danger) and Blaq Poet of Screwball (on his solo album, Rewind <<<>); the last project came throughDJ Premier, also a former Biggie affiliate. He also produced three tracks on the debut album of the Lost Boyz, Legal Drug Money, including the two hit singles "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz" and "Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless".
Easy Mo Bee has also had loose ties with members of the Wu-Tang Clan since their pre-group days, having produced RZA's first-ever single "Ooh, We Love You Rakeem" under the name Prince Rakeem; roughly half of GZA's debut album Words From the Genius under the moniker The Genius, and a collaboration between Biggie and Method Man on Big's debut album. In recent years, Easy has also worked with non hip-hop artists such as Alicia Keys, for whom he produced a cover of Gladys Knight & the Pips' 1971 hit "If I Were Your Woman". He also produced two songs on Kindred The Family Soul's sophomore album,"In This Life Together" -the tracks being,"As Of Yet" and "Who's Gonna Comfort You(Defintion)".
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