Felipe Delgado (record producer)

Felipe Delgado
Birth nameFelipe Trio Delgado
Also known as
  • DJ Wax Dawg
  • Waxx
  • WaxxGado
  • Waxxxanova Muzik
  • OGWaxx
  • ChiWaxx
Born(1969-04-06)April 6, 1969 (age 55)
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S
Genres
Occupations
Years active1987–present
Labels
  • A&M (1989-1993)
  • Wax Museum (1990–present)
  • Heat City (1995–present)

Felipe "Waxx" Delgado (born April 6, 1969) is an American DJ, songwriter and producer from the south side of Chicago, Illinois, later based in Phoenix, Arizona. Primarily known for his work with house music/R&B diva, CeCe Peniston, he is also known as a founder and pioneer of Arizona hip hop/R&B and dance, and for his collaborative works with fellow Chicago producer and friend Rodney K. Jackson. In 1990, he founded the Wax Museum Productions (originally Wax Museum Music BMI), and co-founded Heat City Records with Jackson in 1995.[1] In spring 2013, Delgado was contacted by TV One executives to appear in an hour-long episode of Unsung covering Peniston's legendary music career. The episode aired on November 27, 2013 for Unsung's 6th season.

Career

He scored an international success in the early 1990s with songs recorded with singer CeCe Peniston, whose initial single "Finally" topped the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and peaked at number #2 in the UK Top 75,[2] having sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[3] The composition earned several music awards, including the Billboard Music Awards, ASCAP Awards, Annual Winter Music Conference Awards and the BMI Urban Award of Achievement.[4] In 2000, Finally was ranked as the 29th out of 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time at the VH1's five-part series hosted by Paula Abdul.[5]

Amongst other, he collaborated also with Ice Cube (as a co-producer of the Hardcore's self-titled single "Hardcore/Servin em well", released in 1987) In 1990 he landed a production deal with A&M Records to manage and produce a rapper called Overweight Pooch (whose composition "I Like It" charted at number #16 on the US Dance[6] and #58 on the UK Top 75),[7] contributed to Malaika's singles "So Much Love" (#5 on the US Dance[8]) and "Break It Down", as well as produced several indie records for local Phoenix's artists such as P.D.F. Crew, MC-J Witt, Marvelous JC, MC Leethal, The Weirdoz, LV Sharp, Ditta Don Juan and others.

In 2012 to 2018, Delgado was assistant music director of The Beatlocker Show on KNRJ (101.1 The Beat) in Phoenix Arizona by Founder, Host, and long time friend, Alafia "Pokafase" Long. Delgado responsibilities consisted of, submitting local artist's music, bookings for in studio interviews, Beatlocker Live events, and editing, mastering various artist's music for potential airplay. In 2014 while in Tucson Arizona, Delgado discovered that The Beat's wavelengths reached to Arizona's 2nd largest city, 113 miles southeast of Phoenix, where he submitted various artists of Tucson's best Hip Hop and R&B acts like, The Kennedy's, Swindoe, The Tu, Tora Woloshin, Greedy Green & Cash Lansky to name a few.

Discography

Production
Albums
Year Title Artist Role
1991 Female Preacher Overweight Pooch co-writer, producer [9]
1992 Finally CeCe Peniston co-writer, producer, programming [10]
1993 Sugar Time Malaika programming [11]
Singles & EPs
Year Title Artist Role
1987 "Hardcore" Hardcore co-producer [12]
1988 "Servin' em Well" [13]
1989 "Do It"/"Drop the Bass" P.D.F. Crew co-writer, producer [14]
1990 "Get wit It" MC-J Witt producer [15]
"Trim Hunter"/"Get a Grip" Marvelous JC producer, beats and cuts [16]
"Sticks & Stones" co-producer, beats programming, scratches [17]
1991 "Ace Is a Spade" Overweight Pooch co-writer, producer [18]
"I Like It" Overweight Pooch featuring CeCe Peniston [19]
"Finally CeCe Peniston [20]
1992 "Hitmix"/"It Should Have Been You" co-writer, producer, programming [21]
1993 "So Much Love" Malaika programming [22]
1995 "Break It Down" additional remixer [23]
"Everyday (Everywhere)"/"Weird Thang" The Weirdoz producer, executive producer [24]
2007 "Still I" CeCe Peniston co-writer, producer [25]
2013 "I Luv You" LV Sharp producer, arranger
2018 "Labels" Ditta Don Juan producer, arranger
2019 "Legal Trappin" Dottie Staxx producer
In 1991, at Chaton Studios recording with CeCe Peniston her debut album. In 1993, after receiving a BMI Award for the single "Finally". In 2007, also with Peniston at Chaton Studios, during "Still I" session.

See also

References

  1. ^ 'Wax Museum Productions, Faqs' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  2. ^ 'Finally, Peak chart positions, All Music' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  3. ^ 'CeCe Peniston, Biography, LastFM' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  4. ^ 'Finally, Music awards' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  5. ^ 'VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs, Billboard' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  6. ^ ‘Overweight Pooch, I Like It, US Chart Data’ Billboard Magazine
  7. ^ ‘Overweight Pooch, I Like It, UK Chart Data’ OfficialCharts.com
  8. ^ 'Malaika, So Much Love on the US Dance chart' AllMusic
  9. ^ 'Overweight Pooch, Female Preacher, album' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  10. ^ 'CeCe Peniston, Finally, album' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  11. ^ 'Malaika, Sugar Time, CD album, 31454 0094-2' Retrieved 21 November 2010
  12. ^ 'Hardcore, Hardcore, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  13. ^ 'Hardcore, Servin' em Well', single Retrieved 21 October 2010
  14. ^ 'P.D.F. Crew, Do It/Drop The Bass, single Retrieved 21 October 2010
  15. ^ 'MC J-Witt, Get with It, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  16. ^ 'Marvelous JC, Trim Hunter/Get a Grip, single' Retrieved 20 October 2010
  17. ^ 'Marvelous JC, Sticks & Stones, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  18. ^ 'Overweight Pooch, Ace Is a Spade, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  19. ^ 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  20. ^ "'CeCe Peniston, Finally, single'". Discogs. December 6, 1991. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  21. ^ 'CeCe Peniston, Hitmix/It Should Have Been You, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  22. ^ 'Malaika, So Much Love, single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  23. ^ 'Malaika, Break It Down, 12" Maxi, US, V011' Retrieved 21 November 2010
  24. ^ 'Weirdoz, Everyday (Everywhere), single' Retrieved 21 October 2010
  25. ^ 'CeCe Peniston, Still I' Retrieved 20 October 2010