Part 3: Ced-Gee on Producing Tim Dog's 'F*** Compton,' Starting East vs West Beef
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Ced-Gee continued to explain how the Ultramagnetic MCs formed by describing how Moe Love and TR Love joined. Ced-Gee said that they were originally an eight to ten person DJ crew, known as the People's Choice Crew, and would DJ parties.
Ced-Gee also described signing to Next Plateau and Andrew Harrell's Uptown Management. The Ultramagnetic MCs dropped a string of singles before their debut album, including "Ego Trippin" which featured the same Joe Cocker sample heard in 2Pac and Dr. Dre's "California Love." The crew eventually left Uptown Management for Rush Management. Lyor Cohen also tried to get the Ultramagnetic MCs out of their deal with Next Plateau after they felt like the label's president wasn't putting enough effort into their records.
Ced-Gee also talked about being the primary producer on the crew's classic debut, "Critical Beatdown." He also talked about DJ Scott La Rock making him take music seriously as well as encouraging him to purchase the SP-12. He detailed his production work on Boogie Down Productions' "Criminal Minded" album and the classic track, "The Bridge is Over." Ced-Gee explained how the song was made in only 30 minutes and the record's impact.
