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Kokane
Jerry Buddy Long Jr. (born March 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Kokane, is an American recording artist best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances, such as on Snoop Dogg's ''Tha Last Meal''. Early life Long Jr. was born on March 10, 1969, in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Motown composer Jerry B. Long Sr. and singer Debra Long. His family soon relocated to Pomona, California, where he would grow up surrounded by his father's work and later joined the gang 357 Gangster Crips. He started his career at Eazy-E's Ruthless Records in 1989, co-writing songs for N.W.A and Above the Law, before releasing his first album, '' Addictive Hip Hop Muzick'', in 1991. Career He began his career as a vocalist in the mid-1980s before eventually signing to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records label in late 1989. His debut album, '' Addictive Hip Hop Muzick'', was released in 1991, on which he was credited as "Who Am I?" to avoid infringing on laws which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk Upon A Rhyme
''Funk Upon a Rhyme'' is the sophomore studio album by American recording artist Kokane. It was released in 1994 through Ruthless Records with distribution by Relativity Records. Recording sessions took place at the Edge Studio and Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California. Production was handled by Cold 187um with executive production by Eazy-E. The album features contributions from Janine, Nicki and Tha New Funkateers on background vocals, Cold 187 um on keyboards and vocals, Mike Smooth on guitar and keyboards, Mike "Crazy Neck" Sims on guitar, with guest appearances from Dirty Red, Tha Alkaholiks, Black Hole Of Watts, and Above The Law. Previously, the rapper debuted with '' Addictive Hip Hop Muzick'' under the name 'Who Am I?', making this full-length his first one recording as 'Kokane' and his second release overall. ''Funk Upon a Rhyme'' peaked at number 56 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number 19 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States. The al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Last Meal
''Tha Last Meal'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on December 19, 2000. It was his third and final studio album released on No Limit, his first album on his newly founded label Doggy Style in the United States, and as referenced in the album title, his last record partially owned by his former label Death Row Records. The album was produced by Dr. Dre, Timbaland and Soopafly, among others. The album included the singles "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)", "Lay Low", "Loosen' Control" and " Wrong Idea". The album was generally met with positive reception with many critics citing it as one his best albums. Background The single " Snoop Dogg (What's My Name II)" was nominated for ''Music Video of the Year'' at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001. The album was nominated ''Album of the Year'' at the same ceremony. The single "Wrong Idea" was also included in Bad Azz's second album '' Personal Business'' released on Doggystyle. The video ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tray Dee
Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known by his stage name Big Tray Deee (formerly Tray Deee and Tracy Deee), is an American rapper signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Records. Career Before becoming a rapper, Davis was an active gang member. Tray Deee is a member of the Insane Crips Gang in Long Beach, California. Tray Deee made his first appearance on Snoop Doggy Dogg's Murder Was the Case soundtrack in 1994, guest starring on the track "21 Jumpstreet", Tray Dee also featured on the song Reality off the Doggfood album in 1995, followed by an appearance on Tha Doggfather in 1996. In 1999, he joined the Platinum-selling group Tha Eastsidaz, which consisted of himself, Snoop Dogg and Goldie Loc. The group released two albums. Simultaneously and after the Eastsidaz project he was affiliated with car club-street band the IV Life Family. He later signed to the related record label IV Life Records. In 2014, Tray Deee announced his intention to release his debut so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ King Assassin
Craig Venegas Alvarado (born January 15, 1971), known by his stage name DJ King Assassin, is an American disc jockey, producer, and engineer from Los Angeles, California. Venegas became influential in the west coast hip-hop music scene after having helped pioneer records for 1990s era rap moguls such as 2Pac, Ice-T and Eazy-E. Venegas started producing at an early age, growing up in the California Bay Area. Starting in the 1980s, Venegas influenced the west coast hip-hop music culture by creating sounds for rappers in the Bay Area & L.A California. He connected with former Ruthless Records rapper Kokane and charted on billboard with Dr Kokastien and The Legend Continues. Throughout his career, Venegas engineered over 300 titles for recording artists signed to Universal Records, EMI, Def Jam, including several of which reached the Billboard charts, respectively. In 2014, he peaked at #7 on the Billboard charts in the US following the release of a mixtape with fellow industry pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addictive Hip Hop Muzick
''Addictive Hip Hop Muzick'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Kokane, and the only one released under his 'Who Am I?' alias. It was released on July 2, 1991 through Ruthless Records and Epic Records. Recording sessions took place at the Edge Recording Studio in Inglewood, California. Production was handled by Cold 187um and fellow Above the Law members with executive production by Lay Law and Eazy-E. It was mixed by Dr. Dre and Cold 187um at Audio Achievements in Torrance, California. The album features contributions from DJ Total K-oss, Funkette, Go Mack, KM.G, Lay Law, Lillian, Mz Kilo and Tha New Funkateers on vocals, Cold 187 um on vocals and keyboards, Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones on bass and guitar. Track listing Sample credits *"Would U Die 4 Me" sampled " After the Dance (Instrumental)" by Marvin Gaye (1976) *"Action" sampled "Mission: Impossible Theme" by Lalo Schifrin (1967), "Funky Drummer" by James Brown (1970), "Feel Good" by Fancy (1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Eastsidaz (album)
''Tha Eastsidaz'' is the eponymous debut studio album by American Gangsta rap group Tha Eastsidaz. It was released on February 1, 2000, on Dogghouse Records and TVT Records. The album was recorded at Dogghouse Studio, Music Grinder & Skip Saylor Recording, Hollywood, California. Most of the songs were performed live on Hustler's rap-porn compilation '' Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle'' XXX DVD. The album was executive produced by Snoop Dogg. Critical reception The album overall received generally positive reviews from music critics. Commercial performance ''Tha Eastsidaz'' debuted at number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It was certificated Platinum on October 11, 2000. Music Videos Despite only 2 songs being released as singles, Tha Eastsidaz did a total of 6 videos altogether off the album: "Dogghouse" f/Rappin' 4-Tay & Twinz; "G'd Up" f/Butch Cassidy (directed by Diane Martel); "Got Beef" f/Jayo Felony & Sylk-E. Fine (directed by Chris Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mafia Life
''Black Mafia Life'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group Above the Law. This album is what would be considered the blueprint of the G-Funk sound similar to Dr Dre's The Chronic. The album was recorded in 1991 into 1992 but was held back due to legal issues with Epic And Dr. Dre's Departure from Ruthless Records. It was released on February 2, 1993, via Ruthless Records. The album peaked at number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 37 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. ''Rolling Stone'' gave the album 4.5 stars of 5. As on the group's previous works, ''Livin' Like Hustlers'' and ''Vocally Pimpin''', this album's audio production was mostly handled by A.T.L. themselves, but this one excluded any contributions from Lay Law. It featured guest appearances from Kokane, Eazy-E, 2Pac, MC Ren, and Money-B. Its lead single "V.S.O.P." peaked at number 9 on the Hot Rap Singles and number 97 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. Above the Law member Go Mack left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eazy-E
Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1964 – March 26, 1995), known professionally as Eazy-E, was an American rapper who propelled West Coast rap and gangsta rap by leading the group N.W.A and its label, Ruthless Records. He is often referred to as the "Godfather of Gangsta Rap". Born and raised in Compton, California, Wright had several legal troubles before founding Ruthless in 1987. After a short solo career with frequent collaboration with Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, they joined, forming N.W.A, later that year. N.W.A's debut studio album, ''Straight Outta Compton'', was released in 1988. Controversial upon release, it is now ranked among the greatest and most influential albums ever. The group released its third and final studio album, '' Niggaz4Life'', in 1991, and soon after disbanded. During N.W.A's splintering, largely by disputes over money, Eazy-E became embroiled in bitter rivalries with fellow group-members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, who had departed for solo careers in 1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Cover (soundtrack)
''Deep Cover (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack to Bill Duke's 1992 film ''Deep Cover''. It was released on April 4, 1992 through SOLAR Records and consisted of hip hop, reggae and R&B music. The soundtrack peaked at 166 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and featured the popular single "Deep Cover" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg in his first official appearance on a song. Track listing ;Notes *The song "It's On", performed by The Lady of Rage Robin Yvette Allen (born February 6,1966), known professionally as the Lady of Rage, is an American rapper, singer and actress best known for her collaborations with several other Death Row Records artists, including Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on th ..., Snoop Doggy Dogg and produced by Dr. Dre, remains unreleased and was listed on the original track listing; however, the song did not make the final cut. There is a rare and low-quality version that leaked on the internet. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Above The Law (group)
Above the Law was an American Hip hop music, hip hop group from Pomona, California, founded in 1989 by Cold 187um, KMG the Illustrator, Go Mack, and DJ Total K-Oss. Biography In 1989, the group signed with Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, while there, the group became an additional influence in pioneering with the group, N.W.A. Their first album on Ruthless, 1990's ''Livin' Like Hustlers'', featured a guest appearance from N.W.A and production from Dr. Dre. Above the Law member Cold187um worked closely with Dre on production and the two had great influence on each other. The songs "Untouchable" and "Murder Rap" became minor hits from the album. "Murder Rap" appeared in the 2008 film ''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express''. The song "Freedom of Speech" appeared in the 1990 movie ''Pump Up the Volume (film), Pump Up the Volume'' and was also featured on the movie Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack), soundtrack album. In September 1990, members of hip hop act Above the Law clashed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niggaz4life
''Niggaz4Life'' (also known as ''Efil4zaggin'' as per album cover art, stylized in all caps and horizontally mirrored) is the second and final studio album by gangsta rap group N.W.A, released on May 28, 1991. It was their final album, as the group disbanded later the same year after the departure of Dr. Dre and songwriter The D.O.C. to form Death Row Records; the album features only four members of the original line-up, as Ice Cube and Arabian Prince had already left the group in 1989 and 1988 respectively. ''Niggaz4Life'' debuted at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, but in its second week peaked at number 1. In 1992, several months after the release of the album, N.W.A released a video named '' Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video'', which chronicled the making of the album and its three music videos, "Alwayz into Somethin'", "Appetite for Destruction" and "Approach to Danger". In 2002, the CD was re-released in two formats. Both had the EP ''100 Miles and Runnin''' appended to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appetite For Destruction (song)
"Appetite for Destruction" is a song by American hip hop group N.W.A. The song is the second single from their final studio album ''Niggaz4Life''. The song also appeared on '' The Best of N.W.A: The Strength of Street Knowledge''. The music video featured members of N.W.A robbing a bank in a 1920s setting. After they rob the bank, the video returns to color and a modern setting. In the last scene, when the other members of N.W.A attempt to get away in a car, Eazy-E blows the car up killing the other members thus ending the song with the line, "Number 10 is my appetite to kill", referencing his version of the 10 Commandments in his verse. An extended version of the song for the music video also appeared on the home video Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video released in 1992. In popular culture * The song is featured in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto V'' as part of the West Coast Classics radio station.Martin, Matt (November 18, 2014)"Here's all 162 new songs in the refreshed GTA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
