By the mid '80s the popularity of drum machines such as The Roland TR-808, The Linn Drum, and The Oberheim DMX [for which Davy is named] replaced musicians and ushered in the birth of the bedroom producer. This era also saw the DJ, who naturally had knowledge of sound, engineering and music enter the realm of the knob twister. The DJ comes a step closer to dominating the role of The Hip-Hop producer when the sampler is combined with, and eventually replaces the drum machine by 1988 and becomes the preferred method of Hip-Hop production. There are very few who were able to play a role in each of Hip-Hop productions rapidly moving eras, and Queens own Davy DMX is one of those few.

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