Kenny Dope

{{Short description|American record producer and disc jockey}} {{redirect|Bucketheads||Buckethead (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez | image = Kenny Dope Gonzalez.jpg | caption = Gonzalez in 2014 | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|7}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|publisher=allmusic|title=allmusic ((( Kenny "Dope" Gonzales > Overview )))|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p216981|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2009-04-01}}</ref> | origin = [[Brooklyn, New York]], United States | Instruments = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Electronic dance music|Electronic]] * [[House music|house]] }} | occupation = [[Disc jockey|DJ]], [[Record producer|producer]] | years_active = 1985–present | label = [[Positiva Records]] (1990-present) [[MAW Records]] (1998-present) | associated_acts = [[Masters at Work]], [[Little Louie Vega]], [[Todd Terry]], [[The Heavy (band)|The Heavy]], KAOS }}

'''Kenny''' "'''Dope'''" '''Gonzalez''' (born June 7, 1970),<ref name="allmusic"/> also sometimes known as '''K-Dope''', is an American [[record producer]] and [[disc jockey]]. He is one half of the classic [[house music]] [[Masters at Work]] musical production team with [[Little Louie Vega]]; and also released the hit "[[The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)]]" as '''the Bucketheads'''.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=68/9}}</ref>

==Biography== Gonzalez started his [[disc jockey|DJ]] career in 1985 organizing neighborhood block parties in his home of Brooklyn, New York, with his then musical partner, Mike Delgado. Under the [[Masters at Work]] moniker, the parties became quite successful and attracted [[Todd Terry]] who later borrowed the group's name for two record releases. Terry returned the favor at a later date when he loaned Gonzalez a drum machine, which began his interest in producing beats. Kenny Dope was one of the DJs for the group KAOS whose 1988 album ''Court's in Session'' featured production by Todd Terry.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Kenny Dope - Nervous Records and Risky Business ADE at W Hotel Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2016) ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/events/880486 |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography== :''See [[Masters at Work]] for his discography with the group''.

===Albums=== *1988 ''Court's in Session'' (as a member of the group KAOS) *1992 ''The Kenny Dope Unreleased Project'' *1995 ''The Best of Dopewax Records - The Dope Stuff'' *1995 ''[[All in the Mind (album)|All in the Mind]]'', as '''the Bucketheads''' *2001 ''Supa-Dope Classics Volume I'' *2001 ''Found Instrumentals'' *2005 ''Found Instrumentals Vol. 2'' *2011 ''Future Before Nostalgia'' (Kenny Dope Presents....Rasheed Chappell)

===Singles and EPs=== ;Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez/Kenny Dope *1990 ''Total Maddness EP'' *1991 ''Blood Vibes EP'' *1993 ''Phat Beats EP'' *1993 ''The Unreleased Project EP'' *1994 "Boomin' in Ya Jeep" (with [[Screechie Dan]]) *1994 ''Axxis EP'' *1994 ''The Pushin' Dope EP'' *1994 "All I'm Askin'" *1997 "Jam the Mace" (re-issue) *2000 "Brazilica" *2000 "Can You Handle It" *2000 "Buggin' on Percussion" *2000 "The Illout" *2001 "Could You Be the One (Thank God It's Friday)" (with D.M.) *2001 "Comin' Inside" *2001 ''House Brakes Vol. 1'' *2003 "Frenzy" *2005 ''House Brakes Vol. 2'' *2005 ''House Brakes Vol. 3'' *2006 "Nitelife (Encore)" (with [[Kim English]]) *2011 "I Know" Rasheed Chappell (Future Before Nostalgia) *2011 "What I'm Here 4" Rasheed Chappell (Future Before Nostalgia) *2011 "Stay Sharp" Rasheed Chappell (Future before Nostalgia)

;Power House *1989 ''Power House 1 EP'' *1990 ''Power House 2 EP - Kenny's Jazz'' *1991 ''Power House 3 EP - Makin' a Livin'''

;The Bucketheads *1994 "Whew" *1995 "[[The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)]]"<ref>Hruska, Pamela. (2009-01-19) [http://r4nt.com/quick-review/the-bucketheads-the-bomb/ The Bucketheads – The Bomb! - Reading For New Times – Exposing Intellect, People and Esthetics]. R4nt.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-05.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r225705|pure_url=yes}}|title=''The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)''|author=John Bush |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=2012-05-05}}</ref> *1995 "Come and Be Gone" *1995 "[[Got Myself Together]]" *1995 ''The Dungeon Tapes EP'' *1995 "Time and Space" *2000 "The Bomb (2000 Remixes)"

;The Untouchables *1991 ''The Untouchables EP'' *1991 ''The Swing Doctor EP'' *1991 "Take a Chance" *1993 "Go Bah" *1994 "Just the Way You Want"

;Liquid Dope *1997 ''Rock Your EP'' *1999 "Terra-Humara" *2004 "Dope Goes Back" *2005 "Oh My God/Krash" *2006 "I Want You" (with [[Raheem DeVaughn]])

;The Madd Racket *1991 "Supa" *1993 "Donndadda/Rama Jama" *2001 ''Madd Racket EP Part 1'' *2006 "Makin' a Livin'/Get It (Good God!)"

;Total Ka-Os *1991 "My Love/Get On Up" *1994 "It's an Ill Groove" *1994 "Something Old Skool"

;Other aliases *1989 ''House Syndicate EP'', as '''House Syndicate''' *1989 "Messiah/Insane", as '''NMC & ADJ''' (with [[Mike Delgado]] and [[Tommy Musto]]) *1990 ''Jam the Mace EP'', as '''House Syndicate''' *1990 "A Touch of Salsa", as '''2 Dope''' *1991 "Just Me & You/Battlestar Gallactica", as '''Kenny's House''' *1991 "Yeah/Good Feelin'", as '''Swing Kids''' *1992 "Axxis", as '''Axxis''' *1992 "Gunshot", as '''the Unreleased Project''' (with [[Todd Terry]] and [[Shaggy (singer)|Shaggy]]) *1994 "Love Is What We Need", as '''The Dream Team''' (with Todd Terry, [[Roger Sanchez]] and [[Benji Candelario]]) *1996 "Bucketbootleg", as '''K-Dope''' *1997 "And There Ain't", as '''DBX''' *1999 ''Strictly Rhythms Volume I'', as '''K-Dope''' *2001 "A Madd Cry", as '''House Brigade''' *2003 "I Got Rhythm", as '''Soul Fuzion''' (with Vee and Luisito Quintero) *2006 "They Can't Stop It", as '''Black Roots''' *2007 "Get Down", as '''Todd Terry All-Stars''' (with Todd Terry, [[DJ Sneak]], [[Terry Hunter]] and [[Tara McDonald]])

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{discogs artist|Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez}}

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