Epiphany's House feat Chopmaster J!!!!!!!!!

Chopmaster J, born Jimi Dright, is the son of a jazz saxophone player, Jimmy Dright senior (AKA "Mr. Wonderful"), who had played with Sonny Simmons and Joe Henderson. Jimi grew up playing jazz drums, participating in the music programs of the Berkeley schools along with a number of musicians that later attained success, including Rodney Franklin, Benny Green, and Steve Bernstein. Jimi was an organizer of musicians from an early age, starting a number of groups and producing concerts while attending Berkeley High School. Out of high school Jimi studied music business and learned the ins and outs of music contracts. In 1986 he started a production company, Network One. In 1987 he produced and recorded a Jazz album, Mr. Wonderful, with his father and a hand-selected group of jazz musicians. He also produced a number of bands in genres ranging from jazz to Hip Hop. It was in the context of the hip hop movement that Jimi became known as Chopmaster J. DIGITAL UNDERGROUND (1987-Feb 1991) Chopmaster J met Shock G at Music Unlimited in San Leandro when Shock worked there selling keybards. When Chopmaster purchased some recording equipment, Shock offered to show how to use the equipment in exchange for using it to collaborate on some songs. In this way Digital Underground was born. Chopmaster worked hard to promote Digital Underground, sending demos to music business contacts, eventually landing a contract with Tommy Boy records. Digital Underground gained some success with Underwater Rimes, a single that reached the top 10 in Holland. Digital Underground was soon joined by the young Tupac Shakur, who came to the group asking for work and who began working as Jimi's roadie. Jimi produced the earliest recordings of Tupac, who was then with a band called Strictly Dope.