I had the pleasure of meeting Amp in 2004 at Movement. He did a voiceover
for my college radio show back then. Real friendly nice guy and extremely
talented.
On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 4:35 AM kent williams
wrote:
> In thinking about Amp, I forgot about how much he did to help Dilla when
> he was
In thinking about Amp, I forgot about how much he did to help Dilla when he
was just a kid. Dilla was a talent that would have found a way without Amp,
but we're all lucky Dilla had such a mentor. Detroit might not be unique
in how its network of mentoring & influence works but the results have
Words.
RIP.
Long time no hear kent.
Def made his impact on some Dilla shit off the top, and if im thinking
correctly he's prob the guy who ended up lugging an obnoxiously heavy old
ass synth out just to record Over the Breaks.
Lots of 313 folks like that during the same era. No disrespect. Just
Amp was singular. I had a press pass the year he played the main stage
at DEMF so I watched him from close up, checking his hands on the keys
and how he interacted with thousands of people like they were friends
on his couch. I drove into Chicago to see him again a few months
later, and he was
