Larry Smith

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hip hop producer human musician record producer songwriter

Larry Smith was an influential American hip hop producer best known for shaping the early sound of Run-D.M.C. and Whodini in the 1980s.

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Label	Occurrences
Larry Smith canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop producer ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1980s ⓘ
associatedAct	Kurtis Blow NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Whodini NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Larry Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
contributedTo	development of stripped-down, drum-machine-driven hip hop production ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
fieldOfWork	hip hop music ⓘ music production ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ rap ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
influenced	golden age hip hop sound ⓘ
influencedBy	R&B music ⓘ disco music ⓘ funk music ⓘ
instrument	bass guitar ⓘ drum machine ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	old school hip hop ⓘ
name	Larry Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	shaping the early sound of Run-D.M.C. ⓘ shaping the early sound of Whodini ⓘ
notableWork	Escape (Whodini album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Freaks Come Out at Night NERFINISHED ⓘ Friends (Whodini song) NERFINISHED ⓘ King of Rock (Run-D.M.C. album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Run-D.M.C. (Run-D.M.C. album) NERFINISHED ⓘ production work for Run-D.M.C. ⓘ production work for Whodini ⓘ
notedAs	influential early hip hop producer ⓘ
occupation	hip hop producer ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfActivity	New York City ⓘ
usedEquipment	LinnDrum NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland TR-808 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Raising Hell → producer → Larry Smith ⓘ

Piper Kerman → spouse → Larry Smith ⓘ

"Friends" by Whodini → producer → Larry Smith ⓘ

subject surface form: "Friends" (song)