The camaraderie of Dinner Party is what smacks harder than any shredding. They’re a group, bonded together for the sake of the songs. But it was important for the band not to be four individuals. Listening to the original Dinner Party album, one might expect roller coaster solos, wild expressions from each of the people involved, especially given their reputation and prowess. He’s the leader of this outfit, and we trust him one hundred percent.” Whether he likes to believe it or not, he is the leader of Dinner Party. “He’s seen some of my highs and lows, and I’ve seen some of his. Ever since, the two have been kindred spirits. 9 th Wonder met Terrace Martin, who co-founded Dinner Party with Glasper, about a decade ago at a Rock the Bells show in D.C. He supplied the seven beats for the debut chart-topping album, and the musicians used each to produce the group’s debut. With Dinner Party, a group known for its jazz sounds and instrumentation, 9 th Wonder provides the foundation. The prolific producer doesn’t want to leave anything in the can after he perishes, he says. Since then, he’s produced for myriad artists and released many solo records. Me or the band teacher taught me or every hip-hop record I listened to all cameĩ th Wonder was working with the rap group, Little Brother, when Jay-Z called his name for The Black Album. Wonder says, “I started to pursue happiness.
“I wouldn’t say I started to pursue music,” 9 th By the time he started making beats, he was a musical encyclopedia. Growing up in North Carolina, he was in the school band and orchestra, first playing clarinet and then picking up seven more instruments by 8 th grade. Simultaneously, he studied rappers like LL Cool J. Soon after, 9 th Wonder discovered groups on MTV, like Phil Collins and Duran Duran. His older brother, who was twelve years older, and who has also sadly passed away recently, introduced him to records from bands like Boston and Night Ranger. He laughs as he thinks about growing up and being forced to listen to what his parents listened to. In a way, it’s what he’s always done since was 11-years-old. It was almost too much.”ĩ th Wonder knows about melding music. Generation had never heard no shit like that before. “That was theĪlbum that made everyone say, ‘Oh, you can do that on a rap record!’ Kendrick melded these worlds together. Is what sparked all this, really,” 9 th Wonder says. The first clearly stands on the shoulders of the second, but without Lamar’s seminal album, the world may not know that so clearly. That album, which 9 th Wonder and the other principle players from Dinner Party (Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin and Kamasi Washington) worked on, crystalized a modern-yet-practically-timeless relationship between hip-hop and jazz. In 2015, the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper’s record, To Pimp A Butterfly, changed music forever. One must also think about Kendrick Lamar. To think about Dinner Party, one must think about Jay-Z. When thinking about contemporary music, it’s impossible not to quickly turn to its influences, inspirations and roots. Real!’ It used to make me so mad at first that people would not take my musicĪlbum, that’s the moment in time when it became real.” “For me,” 9 th Wonder says, “that was theīeginning of family members believing. And that familial inspiration continues to permeate 9 th Wonder’s music today, including the songs he makes in the supergroup, Dinner Party, which released its latest record, Dessert, on Friday. But, perhaps first and foremost, that validation began with family – his mother, his older brother. His appreciation for music has been validated by fans all over the world. Ever since, 9 th Wonder’s career has taken off. For the rapper to reach to the underground to bring up 9 th Wonder was remarkable, a bridge to a new generation’s sound. At the time, Jay-Z was one of the biggest names in entertainment.
One of the most notable aspects of that particular record’s announcement was the inclusion of the then-underground producer, 9 th Wonder (born Patrick Denard Douthit).
Many music fans can remember where they were when rumors of Jay-Z’s The Black Album began to swirl on early blogs in 2003.
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