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City Life (Boogie Boys Album)
''City Life'' is the first studio album by American rap group Boogie Boys, released on February 18, 1985 by Capitol Records. The album peaked at No. 53 on the Billboard 200 The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of art .... The album had a major hit in America with the single "A Fly Girl." "A Fly Girl" As one of the first rap groups to sign with a major label, the Boogie Boys were under pressure to create a fresh, new sound. Capitol wanted to release "City Life" as their first single as they felt it would have broader appeal, especially since the song combined rapping and singing. But the Boogie Boys felt "A Fly Girl" would have more impact. Boogie Boys member Joe "Romeo J.D." Malloy: Track listing # Runnin' From Your Love (4:58) # Do or Die (4:52) # Break Dancer (3:23) # A Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boogie Boys
The Boogie Boys were an United States, American hip hop group from Harlem, New York City. It was the first hip hop group that signed with Capitol Records, and it had a major hit in America in 1985 with the single "A Fly Girl" and two successful albums. In 1988, Rudy Sheriff left the group and, soon after, it disbanded.[ Biography], Allmusic.com The group were veterans in sampling using high end systems such as the Synclavier, the Fairlight CMI, Fairlight, an E-mu Emulator, Emulator and the DKI Synergy synthesizer. Members *William "Boogie Knight" Stroman (deceased) *Joe "Romeo J.D." Malloy *Rudy "Lil' Rahiem" Sheriff Discography Albums Charting Singles *"You Ain't Fresh (High Noon Mix)" (1985) US R&B #60[ Billboard Singles], Allmusic.com *"A Fly Girl" (1985) US Hot 100 #102 US R&B #6 *"Girl Talk" (1986) US R&B #62 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Age Hip Hop
Golden age hip hop is a name given to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid-1980s to early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. An outgrowth of the new school hip hop movement, it is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence on hip hop after the genre's emergence and establishment in the old-school era,Green, Tony, in Wang, Oliver (ed.) ''Classic Material'', Toronto: ECW Press, 2003. p. 132 and is associated with the development and eventual mainstream success of hip hop. There were various types of subject matter, while the music was experimental and the sampling from old records was eclectic. The artists most often associated with the period are LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Ultramagnetic MC's,Linhardt, Alex (June 10, 2004)Album Reviews: Ultramagnetic MC's: Critical Beatdown. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on December 24, 2014. the Jungle Brothers, Run-D.M.C., Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, KRS-One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note in the United States in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn E. Wallichs. Capitol was acquired by British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary in 1955. EMI was acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012, and was merged with the company a year later, making Capitol and the Capitol Music Group both distributed by UMG. The label's circular headquarters building is a recognized landmark of Hollywood, California. Both the label itself and its famous building are sometimes referred to as "The House That Nat Built." This refers to one of Capitol's most famous artists, Nat King Cole. Capitol is also well known as the U.S. record label of the Beatles, especially during the years of Beatlemania in America from 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Survival Of The Freshest
''Survival of the Freshest'' is the second album by American rap group Boogie Boys, which was released in 1986 on Capitol Records. The album peaked at #124 on the Billboard 200 and spent nine weeks on the charts. The album had two charting hits, "Girl Talk" and "Share My World." Track listing # "Dealin' With Life" – 5:02 # "Girl Talk" – 4:37 # "Starvin' Marvin" – 3:58 # "Share My World" – 5:13 # "Run It" - 4:12 # "Friend Or Foe" – 5:14 # "Love List" – 4:55 # "Colorblind World" – 5:18 Samples Run It * "Hang It Up" by Patrice Rushen Dealin' With Life * "Superappin'" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Personnel * William "Boogie Knight" Stroman - Vocals * Joe "Romeo J.D." Malloy - Vocals * Rudy "Lil' Rahiem" Sheriff - Vocals * Garry Shider - Background Vocal Arrangement, Background Vocals * Audrey Wheeler - Backing Vocals * Bruce Shider - Backing Vocals * Cindy Mizelle - Backing Vocals * Craig Stanton - Backing Vocals * David Sanchez - Backing Vocals * Kevin S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The '80s
File:1980s replacement montage02.PNG, 420px, From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, '' Columbia'', lifts off in 1981; US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ease tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is considered to be one of the most momentous events of the 1980s; In 1981, the IBM Personal Computer is released; In 1985, the Live Aid concert is held in order to fund relief efforts for the famine in Ethiopia during the time Mengistu Haile Mariam ruled the country; Pollution and ecological problems persisted when the Soviet Union and much of the world is filled with radioactive debris from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and in 1984, when thousands of people perished in Bhopal during a gas leak from a pesticide plant ; The Iran–Iraq War leads to over one million dead and $1 trillion spent, while another war between the Soviets and Afghans leaves over 2 million dead. rect 2 3 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
