Felipe Delgado | |
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| Born | Felipe Trio Delgado (1969-04-06)April 6, 1969 (age 55) |
| Origin | Chicago,Illinois, U.S |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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Felipe "Waxx" Delgado (born April 6, 1969) is anAmericanDJ,songwriter andproducer from the south side ofChicago, Illinois, later based inPhoenix, Arizona. Primarily known for his work withhouse music/R&Bdiva,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 friendRodney K. Jackson. In 1990, he founded the Wax Museum Productions (originally Wax Museum MusicBMI), and co-founded Heat City Records withJackson in 1995.[1] In spring 2013, Delgado was contacted byTV One executives to appear in an hour-long episode ofUnsung covering Peniston's legendary music career. The episode aired on November 27, 2013 forUnsung's 6th season.
He scored an international success in the early 1990s with songs recorded with singerCeCe Peniston, whose initial single "Finally" topped the USBillboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and peaked at number #2 in theUK Top 75,[2] having sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[3] The composition earned several music awards, including theBillboard Music Awards,ASCAP Awards, AnnualWinter Music Conference Awards and theBMI Urban Award of Achievement.[4] In 2000,Finally was ranked as the 29th out of 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time atVH1's five-part series hosted byPaula Abdul.[5]
Amongst other, he collaborated also withIce 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 withA&M Records to manage and produce a rapper calledOverweight Pooch (whose composition "I Like It" charted at number #16 on theUS Dance[6] and #58 on theUK Top 75),[7] contributed toMalaika's singles "So Much Love" (#5 on theUS Dance[8]) and "Break It Down", as well as produced several indie records for localPhoenix's artists such as P.D.F. Crew, MC-J Witt, Marvelous JC, MC Leethal, The Weirdoz, LV Sharp, Ditta Don Juan and others.
From 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.
| Year | Title | Artist | Role | |
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| 1991 | Female Preacher | Overweight Pooch | co-writer, producer | [9] |
| 1992 | Finally | CeCe Peniston | co-writer, producer, programming | [10] |
| 1993 | Sugar Time | Malaika | programming | [11] |
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| 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 andcuts | [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 featuringCeCe 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 | |
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| In 1991, at Chaton Studios recording with CeCe Peniston her debut album. | In 1993, after receiving aBMI Award for the single "Finally". | In 2007, also with Peniston at Chaton Studios, during "Still I" session. |