Not only did вЂњMy LifeвЂќ utilize вЂ70s soul samples from Barry White, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green and Roy Ayers to create the backdrop for BligeвЂ™s pain, it became the manifesto for Black women staring that pain in the face and pushing forward, even at their lowest moments. Blige through the grief that inspired 1994вЂ™s вЂњMy Life,вЂќ producing almost the entirety of arguably the best R&B album of the decade. He produced three songs, including the chart-topping ' Big Poppa' and the original вЂњOne More Chance,' on the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 debut, вЂњReady to DieвЂќ - the album that propelled Bad Boy to a new plateau. The Washington, D.C., nativeвЂ™s ability to spot the ties between R&B and its brash offspring, hip-hop, then create something novel in the overlap was the bedrock of the Bad Boy records that helped push the label, and Black music in general, up the mountain at a pivotal time for both. Quietly, ThompsonвЂ™s resume and musical acumen reflect so much of what remains singular about those genres during that era - particularly their fusion. 9 from COVID-19 complications at age 53, was a pillar of the Hitmen - which included Deric вЂњD-DotвЂќ Angelettie, Nashiem Myrick, Stevie J and Mario Winans - and his fingerprints are all over some of the greatest hip-hop/R&B records of the вЂ90s and 2000s.

Producer Carl вЂњChuckyвЂќ Thompson, who died Aug. They did, however, during the label's indomitable peak in the mid- to late 1990s, popularize and glamorize the remix, as hip-hop and R&B began to supplant rock as the sound of popular music. (Kris Connor / Getty Images)Дespite mogul and marketing wizard Sean вЂњDiddyвЂќ CombsвЂ™ bold assertion, he and his Bad Boy Records in-house production team, the Hitmen, didnвЂ™t invent the remix. Carl 'Chucky' Thompson, a skilled hitmaker who blended hip-hop and R&B for Bad Boy Records, died Aug.

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