Waajeed (b. Robert O'Bryant) is a Detroit-born music producer, and one half of the hip hop and R&B group Platinum Pied Pipers. He formed the Bling47 record label & coinciding website/online store, Bling47.com [LINK: http://www.bling47.com] [1] in 2002 and released an instrumental album called B.P.M.. Bling47 has also released projects by J Dilla and the vocalist Tiombe Lockhart. The name "Waajeed" means "finder or seeker" in Arabic. Biography Background Before producing records, Waajeed was studying art and DJing in and around the Detroit music circuit. He designed the cover for Slum Village's Fantastic, Vol. 2. As a producer Waajeed began comparatively late (2000), but before long had landed a handful of tracks on the group's Trinity album. According to Waajeed, his first MPC had previously belonged to J Dilla. After the hardware was broken by ?uest

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