The work was later nominated for a Grammy-Native American Music Award. Strafe recorded & produced an album for Global Beat Records in 1997 for the artist Wayquay, titled Tribal Grind. The first recordings from the label were the singles “What isa Kwanzaa” by the late Medicine Man Ya Ya that same year, and Strafe’s “Happy Birthday / Special Occasion”, which was released in 1992. In 1985 Strafe was signed to A&M Records which released three singles from the artist: “React” that same year, “Comin’ From Another Place” in 1986, and in 1987 “Outlaw.” Two years later in 1989 he formed Hard Soul® Recordings which currently houses his recording and production projects. However, by early 1985, the original version of the record became the most sought after and requested record by the club DJs and the public. Additional cover versions of the work by various acts also appeared internationally as well as domestically. Months later, due to artistic differences with Strafe, the label owners shelved his original version of “Set It Off”, and released a remake version of the song with the Harlequin Fours. aka “The Boogie Monger” of FunkwizardryTM Mobile throughout the New York City tri-state area, rocking the hottest records of the day along with obscure tracks that exposed his formula for the perfect raw club experience.īy 1983, Strafe was signed to Jus Born Records, which released the original “Set It Off” to the marketplace in May of 1984. Years later, Strafe would add DJ to his artistic credit, performing as Steve S.T.D.
He had been studying music and reading drum notation since the age of 6, also played trumpet & violin, and by the time he was performing with The Young Ones, he was already a professional, performing at venues like the Electric Circus, Audubon Ballroom, and various other local venues in the New York City area. Steve and The Young Ones in the early ‘70’s, which featured Strafe as a teen on rhythm & lead guitar.
#STRAFE DESIGN TV#
The song has been used in TV as well, in shows like the Jamie Foxx Show, and Keenan Ivory Wayans’s In Living Color, the series.īorn Steve Standard, Strafe was born into a family of music lovers-his stepfather, Steve Gordon, a multi-instrumentalist, headed the band Mr.
#STRAFE DESIGN MOVIE#
“Set It Off” has also entered the film world, with the song or a derivative of the song, featured in the soundtracks and/or structure of Set It Off, The Principal, Bad Boys, Big Momma’s House, Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It, Black & White, and a line from the song was featured in the movie Shark Tales.
Diddy, Big Pun and Fat Joe on Jennifer Lopez’s “Feelin’ So Good,” 2Pac’s “Changes”, Missy Elliot on Monica’s “Get It Off,” Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock “It Takes Two,” C&C Music Factory “Here We Go,” Queen Latifah with Organized Noise “Set It Off,” Lady Saw “Hice It Up,” Patra “Pull Up To The Bumper (Salaam Remi Mix),” and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam “Let The Beat Hit ‘Em” to name a few.
Dre and Mike Elizondo’s “Outta Control,” P. As a song which has inspired many performing artists with its catchphrase “Y’all want this party started, right?” and various alternative phrases like “Let’s get it started,” “Let’s get this party started,” “Set It Off,” the song, and Strafe the composer, producer, musician, arranger and recording artist, continues to administrate this work to successful results, as evidence by the artists who have benefited from the sample use of the song, including Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz “I Like Dem Girlz,” 50 Cent, Dr. A "club classic" electro-dance cooker mixed with love by the late great DJ Walter Gibbons.įor over two decades the name Strafe has rocked the underground club world with his signature masterpiece “Set It Off,” hailed as “the most sampled song of all time,” by Billboard Magazine.
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