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In 2005, Spyder became the owner of an American Basketball Association franchise, the Charlotte Krunk (named after a type of hip hop music). He released a full-length album in 2000 entitled True Dat. In 1999, Spyder moved to Atlanta, and began freelance engineering at Dallas Austin's DARP Studios, and Bobby Brown’s Boss Recording, bringing with him some of his New York and northeast clientele, including Jam-Master Jay protégé Derrick Stanfield-Kivoi. At Toy Factory he engineered for such clients as Mic Murphy of The System, and Pharaoh Monch of Organized Konfusion, as well as on Mel Holder’s stirring saxophone rendition of R. In 1997, Spyder moved on to become manager and engineer for Gospel Jazz musician Mel Holder at Toy Factory, another Queens, NY based recording studio. He brought back into the studio clients like DJ Run of Run-DMC, producer Larry Smith ( Whodini, Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash), Herbie Azor and Salt-n-Pepa, as well as bringing in new superstar producers like P Diddy Hit Squad producer Ron (Amen Ra) Lawrence.
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He learned to use the state of the art SSL G Series recording and mixing console from some notes given to him by chief engineer Dino.
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In 1996, after once again taking over the reins as Power Play Studios full time manager, Spyder began a dual role as both engineer and manager for the renowned studio. Spyder worked in the studio with Malcolm McClaren on writing lyrics for Sparky D for McClaren's Hip-Hop/Opera fusion. The imprint was distributed through Macola Records who, at the time also signed 2 Live Crew and Dr. Spyder co-engineered and recorded his first full album, Gangsta Wages, with multi-platinum "remixologist" Greg Royal, which was released through his own Hype-Hop label. He lived in Los Angeles between 19, where he worked with KDAY-AM's Greg Mack and Curtis Harmon. He also managed Power Play Studios in Queens, from various stints from 1983 to 1998. Spyder produced several tracks for artists such as Infinity Machine's DJ Divine, Sparky D, Roxanne Shante', as well as a string of tracks for independent labels such as Profile Records, Select Records, Spring Records, and a joint label venture with Next Plateau (launching Fly Spy Records).
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Ĭhildhood schoolmate Russell Simmons later became his manager and mentor in 1983. Other Spyder D releases include "Buckwheat's Rap" (released by Profile in 1985), and "Smerphie's Dance," which has been sampled on other tracks including How We Do by The Game. Another notable release was "I Can't Wait (To Rock The Mike)," a version of the Nu Shooz hit " I Can't Wait" released in 1986 as a single. "Big Apple Rappin' was released on his own Newtroit Records in 1980, placing it among hip-hop's earliest single releases.