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Funkorama
"Funkorama" is a song by American rapper Redman. It was released on December 19, 1995 via Interscope Records as the first single from '' The Erick Sermon Compilation Album Insomnia''. Written and produced by Redman, it samples "Midnight" by A Tribe Called Quest and "Stick 'Em" by The Fat Boys. The single peaked at number 81 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. Black-and-white music video starring Redman also featured cameos from Def Squad, Method Man, Treach Anthony Criss (born December 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Treach, is an American rapper and actor. He is perhaps best known as the lead rapper of the hip hop group Naughty by Nature. Career With Naughty by Nature, Treach worked ..., Q-Tip and other fellow rappers. Track listing Charts References External links * {{Authority control 1995 singles Redman (rapper) songs Song recordings produced by Erick Sermon Interscope Records singles Black-and-white music videos 1995 songs S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insomnia (Erick Sermon Album)
''Insomnia'' is a hip-hop compilation album presented by American rapper and record producer Erick Sermon. It was released on April 23, 1996 via Interscope Records. Recording sessions took place at Mirror Image, at the Music Palace, and at Rockin' Reel Recording Studios in New York, and at Chuck Simone Studio. Production was handled primarily by Sermon, who also served as executive producer, Redman, and co-producers Rockwilder and Ty Fyffe. Beside Sermon, it features contributions from fellow artists affiliated with or discovered by him, such as Calif, Domo, Duo, Jamal, Keith Murray, L.O.D., Passion, Redman, The Wixtons, Xross-Breed, and Thomas "Tommy Gunn" Blincoe, who was murdered shortly before the album's release, and to whom this album is dedicated. The album peaked at number 53 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. It spawned three singles: "Funkorama", which peacked at No. 81 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "It's That Hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How High (song)
"How High" is a song by American hip hop duo Method Man & Redman, released on August 15, 1995, as the duo's first single. It was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 hip hop documentary film, '' The Show'', and has since appeared on several compilation albums such as '' The Hip Hop Box'' and ''Def Jam's Greatest Hits'', among several others. The song, produced by Erick Sermon, is the first official collaboration from longtime friends and East Coast rappers Method Man of Wu-Tang Clan and Redman of Def Squad, marking their debut as a duo. The song performed exceptionally well commercially, reaching number 13 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The single has since been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redman (rapper)
Reginald Noble (born April 17, 1970), better known by his stage name Redman, is an American rapper, DJ, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an artist on the Def Jam label. He is well known for his collaborations with his close friend Method Man, as one-half of the rap duo Method Man & Redman, including their starring roles in films and sitcoms. He was also a member of the Def Squad in the late 1990s. Early life Raised in Newark, New Jersey, Redman attended Speedway Avenue School and 13th Avenue School before attending West Side High School, an experience he described as "off the hook". In 1987, Redman was expelled from Montclair State University his freshman year due to poor academic performance at age 16. Having no other options, Redman then went back home to live with his mother, Darlene Noble, who eventually kicked him out of her house for selling cocaine. Two years later, at age 18, Redman was a young DJ-MC who went by the name "DJ Kut-Killa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Written By Phife Dawg
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Written By Ali Shaheed Muhammad
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Songs
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Black-and-white Music Videos
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a range of shades of grey. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. However, there are exceptions to this rule, including black-and-white fine art photography, as well as many film motion pictures and art film(s). Photography Contemporary use Since the late 1960s, few mainstream films have been shot in black-and-white. The reasons are frequently commercial, as it is difficult to sell a film for television broadcasting if the film is not in color. 1961 was the last year in which the majority of Hollywood films were released in black and white. Computing In computing terminology, ''black-and-white'' is sometimes used to refer to a binary image consisting solely of pure black pixels and pure white ones; what would normally be called a black-and-white image, that is, an image containing shades of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interscope Records Singles
Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Music Group and Interscope Communications, it differed from most record companies by letting Artists and repertoire, A&R staff control decisions and allowing artists and producers full creative control. Its first hit records arrived in under a year, and it achieved profitability in 1993. Chair and CEO until May 2014, Iovine was succeeded by John Janick. In 1992, Interscope acquired the exclusive rights to market and distribute releases from the hardcore hip hop label Death Row Records, Death Row, whose artists included Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, a decision that ultimately put the label at the center of the mid-1990s Gangsta rap#Criticism and debate, gangsta rap controversy. As a result, Time Warner, owning Atlantic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Recordings Produced By Erick Sermon
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redman (rapper) Songs
Redman may refer to: People *Redman (surname) *Redman (rapper) (born 1970), American vocalist, producer, and actor **Method Man & Redman *Red Dragon (musician) (c. 1966 – 2015), Jamaican deejay Leroy May, who initially worked under the name Redman Places ;United States * Redman, Michigan *Redman, Missouri, an unincorporated community in Macon County *Redman, Scott County, Missouri, a ghost town Other uses *Homo Sovieticus, people whose minds are shaped by living in the Soviet Union *Red Man, an American brand of chewing tobacco * Red man syndrome, a reaction to the antibiotic vancomycin * ''Redman'' (TV series), a Japanese tokusatsu television series ** ''Redman: The Kaiju Hunter'' (comic book), a comic book by Matt Frank and Gonçalo Lopes based on the tokusatsu series *''The Gospel of the Redman'', a 1936 book by Ernest Thompson Seton *Red man, a symbol on traffic lights that signal pedestrians to stop *A variation of the term redskin See also * Redmen (other) * Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Singles
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Ty Fyffe
Tyrone "Ty" Fyffe (also known as Sugarless) is an American record producer from Queens borough of New York City. During his career he produced tracks for MC Lyte, Foxy Brown, Slick Rick, Ja Rule, Canibus, Jayo Felony, Queen Pen, Cam'ron, 54th Platoon and Royce da 5'9", remixed songs for LL Cool J, The Party, Royal Flush, Robin Thicke and Nas, and collaborated with Teddy Riley, Erick Sermon, Irv Gotti and Dr. Dre. Fyffe met Teddy Riley through fellow music engineer Franklin Grant. In 1992, Fyffe joined Riley, Grant, David Wynn and Wreckx-n-Effect on the production duties of ''Hard or Smooth'', which spawned the hit song " Rump Shaker". In January 1993, the single received 2× Platinum certification by the RIAA and the album went Platinum. Fyffe continued to work in a team with Riley and Grant, and from 1993 to 1994 he contributed on Father MC, MC Lyte, Shinehead, Ed Lover & Doctor Dré projects. In 1995, he eventually began credited as 'Sugarless' during his collaborations wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
