"Bob was the KING of the Low End. Before Power, Hip Hop was chaotic & muddy, but man-when Bob entered our sonic sphere? Jesus. - Questlove, The Roots"
"Coming to New York to mix / It's Bob Power with the snares and kicks to fix - Black Thought, The Roots' song 'Distortion to Static,' referencing Power's reputation for enhancing drums and production clarity"
"one of the iLLest Engineers of all time - DJ Premier, describing Power's engineering legacy and influence on hip-hop production"
Bob Power, a highly influential musician and engineer, passed away at 73 after a career spanning decades working with premier hip-hop and R&B artists. He gained recognition for his exceptional work on drums and sample integration, contributing to landmark albums including De La Soul Is Dead, A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory, D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, Erykah Badu's Baduizm, and Common's Like Water for Chocolate. Power received Grammy nominations for his engineering on Meshell Ndegeocello's Peace Beyond Passion and India.Arie's Acoustic Soul. Peers credited him with revolutionizing hip-hop production, transforming the genre from chaotic and muddy to crisp and refined. Born in Chicago in 1952, Power also taught at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
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