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Get Money, Stay True
''Get Money, Stay True'' is the third studio album by American rapper Paul Wall; it was released on April 3, 2007, by Swishahouse, Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 92,000 copies in its first week. Critical reception AllMusic editor David Jeffries praised Wall for sticking with the formula he used for his debut album but felt his material can get stale over a lengthy runtime, concluding with, "Slice this worthy follow-up to ''The Peoples Champ'' in half and it's a different story, one that justifies Wall's place in the game." ''Entertainment Weekly''s Simon Vozick-Levinson commended the production for making Wall sound credible but criticized his simplistic "elementary rhymes" when put alongside the album's featured artists. Steve 'Flash' Juon of ''RapReviews'' saw improvement in Wall's lyrical content and delivery but felt the production throughout the album weakened his charismatic personality. Track li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wall
Paul Michael Slayton (born March 11, 1981), better known by his stage name Paul Wall, is an American rapper and DJ. He has spent much of his career affiliated with Swishahouse Records, and has released several albums under the label and collaborated with numerous other rappers signed to the label. He began his career performing alongside fellow Houstonian Chamillionaire, with whom he released several albums, including 2002's independently released ''Get Ya Mind Correct''. In 2005, he was signed to Atlantic Records and became successful with his major label debut ''The Peoples Champ'', which was followed up by '' Get Money, Stay True'' followed in 2007. He has been nominated for one Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance as a Duo or Group for the song "Grillz", his collaboration with rapper Nelly. Career Swishahouse (1998–2005) Wall attended Jersey Village High School and studied mass communications at the University of Houston for three years. After proposing to do promoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Inc
Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City. It owned and published over 100 magazine brands, including its namesake ''Time'', ''Sports Illustrated'', '' Travel + Leisure'', '' Food & Wine'', ''Fortune'', ''People'', ''InStyle'', ''Life'', ''Golf Magazine'', ''Southern Living'', ''Essence'', ''Real Simple'', and ''Entertainment Weekly''. It also had subsidiaries which it co-operated with the UK magazine house Time Inc. UK (which was later sold and since has been rebranded to TI Media), whose major titles include ''What's on TV'', ''NME'', '' Country Life'', and ''Wallpaper''. Time Inc. also co-operated over 60 websites and digital-only titles including ''MyRecipes'', ''Extra Crispy'', ''TheSnug'', HelloGiggles, and ''MIMI''. In 1990, Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications to form the media conglomerate Time Warner. In 2018, media company Meredith Corporation acquired T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Target Corporation
Target Corporation (doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a component of the S&P 500 Index. Target was established as the discount division of Dayton's department store of Minneapolis in 1962. It began expanding the store nationwide in the 1980s (as part of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation), and introduced new store formats under the Target brand in the 1990s. The company has found success as a cheap-chic player in the industry. The parent company was renamed Target Corporation in 2000, and divested itself of its last department store chains in 2004. It suffered from a massive, highly publicized security breach of customer credit card data and the failure of its short-lived Target Canada subsidiary in the early 2010s, but experienced revitalized success with its expansion in urban markets within the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Buy
Best Buy Co. Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was rebranded under its current name with an emphasis on consumer electronics in 1983. Best Buy operates internationally in Canada, and formerly operated in China until February 2011 (when the faction was merged with Five Star) and in Mexico until December 2020 (due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic). The company also operated in Europe until 2012. Its subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Pacific Sales. Best Buy also operates the Best Buy Mobile and Insignia brands in North America, plus Five Star in China. Best Buy sells cellular phones from Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile, Boost Mobile and Ting Mobile in the United States. In Canada, carriers include Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless, Telus Mobility, their fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expensive Taste
Expensive Taste (styled as Expen$ive Taste) was an American hip hop music, hip hop Supergroup (music), super-group formed by Paul Wall, Skinhead Rob (Transplants (band), Transplants), and Travis Barker (The Aquabats, Blink-182, Box Car Racer, +44 (band), +44 and Transplants (band), Transplants). Expensive Taste released a 15-track mixtape for free from a newly registered website. Travis Barker said on his Twitter blog that 2 new songs will be available soon on iTunes. Two songs by Expensive Taste appeared on Paul Wall's album, ''Heart of a Champion (album), Heart of a Champion''. Discography A 15-track Expen$ive Taste mixtape was released for a free download if signed up for DJ Skee, SkeeTV, and also available at merchandise booths on the Honda Civic Tour. It is also now available at Paul Wall's official website, www.grillsbypaulwall.com. Track list From DJ Skee Presents: Expen$ive Taste - Expen$ive Taste # "Famous Anthem" (featuring B-Real, Too Short, Damu, and Eddie Rap Lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juelz Santana
LaRon Louis James (born February 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Juelz Santana, is an American rapper and member of East Coast hip hop group The Diplomats, also known as Dipset. He is best known for his appearances on Cam'ron's 2002 singles, " Oh Boy" and " Hey Ma", which peaked at numbers 4 and 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 respectively, as well as Chris Brown's 2005 triple-platinum single, "Run It!", which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for five weeks. His albums, ''From Me to U'' (2003) and ''What the Game's Been Missing!'' (2005) peaked at number 8 and number 9 on the ''Billboard'' 200 respectively, the latter containing the platinum single, "There It Go (The Whistle Song)". In December 2018, Santana was sentenced to 27 months in prison for carrying an unconcealed weapon in his bag at an airport. He was released early from prison on August 5, 2020, after serving 19 of his 27 month sentence. Early life LaRon James was born in New York City to parents of Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon B
Jonathan David Buck (born November 11, 1974) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. His debut album, ''Bonafide'' (1995), went platinum. Early life Born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and raised in Altadena, California, Buck comes from a musical family; with his father David, a professor of music, his mother Linda, a concert pianist and his siblings Deborah, a violinist and his brother Kevin, a cellist. His mother is Jewish and his father is Puerto Rican. In 1992, Jon B. was shopping demos when he caught the attention of Tracey Edmonds, then-president and CEO of Yab-Yum Records. Career Jon B's early influences as a musician include: Duran Duran, INXS, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Babyface, Prince, and Sade. He spent the summer after high school writing, producing and recording 40 songs and began making his rounds to all major record labels. 1994–97: ''Bonafide'' and ''Cool Relax'' Jon B., before his rise to fame, used to be a songwriter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trina
Katrina Laverne Taylor (born December 3, 1978), known professionally as Trina, is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in 1998 with her appearance on the Trick Daddy single "Nann Nigga". Trina has been described by '' XXL'' as "the most consistent female rapper of all time". In 2013, ''Complex'' ranked her single "Pull Over" No. 27 in their Top 50 Best Rap Songs by Women. In 2014, Trina was included in '' Billboard''s list of the "31 Female Rappers Who Changed Hip-Hop". Early and personal life Katrina Laverne Taylor was born on December 3, 1978, in Miami, Florida. She grew up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida. Her father is Dominican, while her mother, Vernessa Taylor, was Bahamian. They separated when Trina was a child. She attended Miami Northwestern Senior High School, where she was a majorette, and where she graduated from in 1992. Taylor initially educated herself towards becoming a real estate agent, before switching her career path to music. Trin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeway (rapper)
Leslie Edward Pridgen (born August 6, 1978), better known by his stage name Freeway, is an American rapper from North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known as a member of the rap group State Property, during his time with Roc-A-Fella Records alongside Jay-Z. In 2009, Freeway was briefly signed to Cash Money Records, but returned to work again with Jay-Z at the mogul's entertainment organization and record label, Roc Nation, with his 2018 album ''Think Free''. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Freeway was born Leslie Pridgen on August 6, 1978. He adopted his moniker from the name of the infamous drug trafficker "Freeway" Rick Ross as he found no one wanted to listen to a rapper named Leslie. Freeway began his career by participating in freestyle battles in his high school and met fellow Philadelphia native Beanie Sigel, while rapping on stage at a hometown nightclub. Not long after being signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, Sigel put in a word for Freeway, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LRoc
LRoc (born James Elbert Phillips) is an American in-house songwriter and producer at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He has co-written and co-produced singles like Janet Jackson's " Call on Me", Monica's " Everytime Tha Beat Drop", Mariah Carey's " Get Your Number", Murphy Lee's "Wat Dat Hook Gon' Be", Usher's " Yeah!", LL Cool J's "Control Myself "Control Myself" is a song by American rapper LL Cool J from his 12th album, ''Todd Smith'' (2006). The song was written by Jermaine Dupri, James Phillips, Ryan Toby, John Miller, Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker and John Robie. The song was pro ...," and Nelly's " Grillz". He produced Teairra Mari's single " Sponsor" in 2010. External links *Starpoynt Magazine "LRoc-in' To The Top!"*Atlanta Daily World (July 9, 2006) "Atlanta's LROC Creates Beats For Top-Selling CDs, Works On Project To Benefit AIDS Research"*EMI Music Publishing American male songwriters American record producers Living people Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Throwed
"I'm Throwed" is the second single from Paul Wall's album, '' Get Money, Stay True''. The song was released in late March 2007, nearly a week before the release of the album. The song is produced by and features Jermaine Dupri. Dupri uses the sounds from a Theremin The theremin (; originally known as the ætherphone/etherphone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox) is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named afte ... as a part of the loop in the song. A music video was shot and released, featuring appearances by TV Johnny and Paul Wall's Son, William "Fat Pat" Slayton. In the issue dated April 28, 2007, the single debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 94, eventually peaking at number 87. Remix There is also a remix version of the song that features Bow Wow, Chamillionaire and Lil' Keke, in addition to Dupri. Charts References 2006 songs 2007 singles Paul Wall s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil' Keke
Marcus Lakee Edwards (born March 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Lil' Keke, is an American rapper and original member of the Southern hip hop collective Screwed Up Click. Biography Music career Lil' Keke gained national attention with his track "Southside" from his 1997 release "Don't Mess Wit Texas". In 2005, Lil' Keke signed to Swishahouse Records. In an interview with HitQuarters at the time, label president and A&R T. Farris said, "He is a legend here in Houston. He plays a big role in the whole style of rap that we make down here." Lil' Keke started out working alongside DJ Screw doing mixtapes. Community service In 2016, the rapper received an award from President Barack Obama for his community service efforts in the Houston area. Discography Studio albums * 1997: ''Don't Mess wit Texas'' * 1998: '' The Commission'' * 1999: '' It Was All A Dream'' * 2001: '' Peepin' In My Window'' * 2001: '' Platinum In Da Ghetto'' * 2002: ''Birds Fly South'' * 2003: ''Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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