DJ E-Z Rock of 'It Takes Two' Fame Dead at 46

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1. OH NO!

WAY too young. "It Takes Two" became a classic (and still is in the dance/club circuit) in terms of a mix style that heavily used sampling of repetitive, single-word vocalizations as the major backing rhythm to the rap. It's ironic that just last month, I actually downloaded the mp3 of the source of "It Takes Two", which was Lyn Collins' "Think (About It)", a song that has been running in rotation on the local "Old School" station.

In both these cases, this was a style that James Brown initiated and perfected (and he brought us Lyn Collins). DJ E-Z Rock modernized the style for the '80s.

Damn. R.I.P.

Here's what DJ E-Z Rock was sampling -

As a sidenote, PE also sampled from Lyn Collins as well...