Combs: I got an opportunity one night when [mega-successful R&B producer] Teddy Riley didn’t show up to the studio. He had a session at Chung King, this famous studio downtown. So I said, I’m just gonna utilize this time. I had this idea, which was influenced by the mixtapes of Brucie B. and Kid Capri: They would blend hip-hop beats with R&B a cappellas. I took one of Jodeci’s a cappellas and put an EPMD beat underneath it, and it was the first record I produced: “Come and Talk to Me,” the remix.

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