WAAJEED

'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 [1] 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.

Contents

Biography

Background

Career

Selected discography

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 it's 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 lead 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, a Bling47 compilation called ''The War LP'', as well as a follow-up to the Platinum Pied Pipers' debut album, ''Triple P''.
Due to work, Waajeed currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Selected discography

★ ''B.P.M.'' - Waajeed (2002, Bling 47)

★ ''Triple P'' - Platinum Pied Pipers (2005, Ubiquity)

★ ''The War LP'' - Bling47 (2007, Ubiquity)