In an interview with DJBooth, North Carolina-born producer 9th Wonder spoke about getting discovered by Masta Ace in the early days of the Internet.
“Masta Ace was listening, at my brokest times he was listening,” 9th Wonder says. “A lot of people like to credit Jay Z for putting me on to everybody, but they don’t really factor in the Masta Ace component and they should because he was the one. I was working with Little Brother and the Justice League at the time, but you’re not really proven until you work with somebody outside of your team. Masta Ace was the one that said, ‘I like this kid.’”
9th Wonder, who recently detailed a post-A3C festival police encounter, gave the sit down interview as part of the A3C Pro Audio Conversations series.
In January, 9th Wonder presented a music compilation from his label, Jamla Is The Squad. He said that he practices his leadership through his studio endeavors.
“My studio is one big armory,” 9th Wonder says. “Jamla comes off the heels of Little Brother. We were the first Hip Hop group to pop on the Internet.”
In addition to his label, 9th Wonder has also been a college professor at institutions such as Duke University and Harvard.
“My studio is an everyday teaching ground of what to do and what not to do,” he says. “That’s an every day process.”
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9th Wonder is a punk ass nerd. Fuck his tired ass drums and his garbage samples.
Man, I’m from NC but I gotta agree with you. He’s wild arrogant but extremely limited in his talent. And he puts on the most underwhelming rappers. Rapsody is the most boring female rapper of all time but because she’s not selling sex, rap nerds love her. Fuck Jamla. Little Brother is my ish though.
Rapsody is the best female rapper to came along since Rah Digga. Sorry that she disappoints you because she doesn’t rap about being a ho. Keep on listening to your booty implant rappers in iKKKy azaela and nicki minaj.
^this guy just got done blowing 9th
rapsody isn’t even the best female rapper 9th worked with. jean grae is way better.
I’m from NC. Born & raised & I gotta admit that 9th Wonder is the most arrogant producer on the planet. He’s stuck in 1989 with Public Enemy lol! The producers are the only thing 2 talk abt when talking about Jamla. 9th & Phonte single handley broke up “The Justice League/H.O.J.” with there arrogance. With the exception of Add 2 & GQ… The rest are boring as fck! Arrogant ass niggaz! What has he done in music lately?? I don’t wanna read something he did 10yrs ago! FOH!!
2004: Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (with Murs)
2005: Chemistry (with Buckshot)
2005: Spirit of ’94: Version 9.0 (with Kaze)
2005: 9th Gate (with Access Immortal)
2006: Murray’s Revenge (with Murs)
2006: Cloud 9: The 3 Day High (with Skyzoo)
2007: Class is in Session (with Pete Rock)
2008: The Formula (with Buckshot)
2008: Jeanius (with Jean Grae)
2008: Sweet Lord (with Murs)
2008: The Corner of Spec & 9th (with Spectac)
2010: Fornever (with Murs)
2010: Death of a Pop Star (with David Banner)
2012: The Solution (with Buckshot)
2012: The Final Adventure (with Murs)
What have YOU done in music lately?
His beats sound nothing like Public Enemy’s. Get a fucking clue. Don’t hate because he works with rappers who actually have lyrics, instead of your fav wack ass rappers who rap about fucking some dirty fucking slut and bragging about money they don’t have.
tigerking79 is wild gay. bitch ass wannabe fanboy faggot.
First off fuck the 9th Wonder haters, he is one of the best beat makers in hip hop. And the only people who thought Jay-Z put 9th Wonder on are Jay-Z dick riders. Real hip hop heads knew about 9th Wonder long before he worked with Jay-Z.
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I liked his 1st album with MURS, that was probably my favorite thing to come out of Def Jux.
I highly doubt he is a “college professor,” though.
He is one. Why “highly doubt” anything these days? Why not just look it up? Sitting here on this huge ass pile of bullshit knowledge, and people still want to go around life assuming shit.
the first HipHop group to Pop on the internet?????????
9th actually came on DX & listed his “albums/credentials” jus like dude said… From 10yrs ago lmao! 9th’s production is cool. He was better in the beginning but his production lately is unimpressive. Plus that dude is madd sensitive. He can’t take criticism. He thinks everybody’s a hater who do like his shit or his shitty ass artists lol!
NEWSFLASH!!!! Not everybody is gonna like you! Move on & get the fck over it!!!
its a shame how underground justice league is
Thanks for telling us something we already know there 9th. Jay Z is a trend follower and not an innovator, but he’s smart enough to assemble whatever crew to stay relevant in the pop game.
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Masta Ace is broke as fuck now and begging for spare change outside Home Depot.
Masta Ace just finished touring Europe clown as he does every other year, i know cos i been to see him on 28th October. Fucking idiot…