Legendary Connecticut rapper-producer-DJ Dooley-O is widely recognized in DJ circles as the first in hip-hop to sample obscure 70's band Skull Snaps' It's A New Day.
After recording an unreleased album for the label Tavdash (one time home to R Kelly), Dooley presented the public access series Graffiti TV video/DvD 9 volumes and became a mentor figure to funk-curator Egon who would later head prestigious indie Stones Throw. While the label would later release Dooley's single Watch My Moves and Solid would issue a album of back catalogue material under the same name, it wasn't until 2005 that Dooley's first album of new music would finally find a home. Released on Lewis to rapturous acclaim for it's expertly wild gritty production and everyman lyrical perspective, I Gotcha proved age hadn't dimmed Dooley's musical gifts.Dooley came back again in 2006 with Still Gotcha e.p,The Basement Tapes from 88 to 94 & The Beat Segment mix cds.New Album will emerge in 2013.Dooley-o still
going!