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NCPC Presents 9th Wonder: Life Behind the Boards

While blasting our ipods thru our headphones, we take little account as to what makes a song really click with an audience. What makes us like it? Enjoy it? Love it? Dance to it? We place so much emphasis on the artist who’s singing or rapping and the lyrics and the ‘sick punchline’ that you’ve just made your facebook status, that we leave out one of the most important aspects to hip hop: the production. I mean, maybe you’ve caught Drake shouting out “40” a couple times in his songs, or Gucci Mane giving props to “FATBOI”, but how many people actually go looking for songs made by a certain producer, rather than a particular artist? Most people are unaware of the talent, skill, and importance of good hip hop producers. This Saturday, you have an opportunity to get insight into what’s behind the scenes of your favorite tracks, as NCPC brings us “9th wonder: Life Behind the Boards and the Battle of the Beats”.

9th Wonder is a Grammy winning producer who got his break thru on his work with Jay-Z on the ‘Black Album’ and his collaboration with his hip hop group Little Brother. He’s gone on to collaborate with many artists ranging from Lil Wayne and Drake to Erykah Badu to Wale to Ludacris. 9th Wonder’s unique production style consists of sampling “oldies” from artist such as Al Green and Curtis Mayfield and giving them an urban vibe, creating smooth and soulful beats. 9th Wonder currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he produces music and also does college lectures at Duke University.

In bringing in a legendary producer, Cornell couldn’t resist but to show off a few of its on beat ‘masters - in - the - making’. Following up 9th Wonder will be a competition of both Cornell and local producers in a “Battle of the Beats”. You don’t want to miss this.