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Lawn Mower Man
''Lawn Mower Man'' is the second solo studio album by Canadian rapper Madchild. It was released on August 6, 2013 via Battle Axe/Suburban Noize Records. Hip hop production, Production was handled by C-Lance, Rob the Viking, Chin Injeti and The iKonz, with Kevin Zinger and Madchild serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Sophia Danai, Bishop Lamont, JD Era, Prevail (musician), Prevail and Slaine (rapper), Slaine. The album peaked at number two on the Canadian Albums Chart and at number 150 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing Personnel *Shane "Madchild" Bunting – main artist, executive producer *Sophia Danai – featured artist (tracks: 3, 6) *George "Slaine (rapper), Slaine" Carroll – featured artist (track 4) *Kiley "Prevail (musician), Prevail" Hendriks – featured artist (track 11) *Joseph "JD Era" Dako – featured artist (track 12) *Philip "Bishop Lamont" Martin – featured artist (track 12) *Robin "Rob the Viking" Hoop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madchild
Shane Bunting (born October 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Madchild, is a Canadian rapper. He is part of the Vancouver-based hip hop group Swollen Members. In 2009, he released a solo EP titled ''The Madchild EP''. In 2012, he released his first album, titled ''Dope Sick'' followed by ''Lawn Mower Man'' in 2013 and ''Silver Tongue Devil'' in 2015. In 1993, he was named a member of the Rock Steady Crew. The Darkest Hour was released in 2017. Early life Bunting was born in Surrey, British Columbia, but was raised in North Vancouver. He attended Carson Graham and Sutherland secondary schools. He moved to San Francisco when he was 20 years old and returned to British Columbia in the mid-1990s. Career In August 2011, he returned to his roots by taking part in a rap battle for King of the Dot, an Ontario, Canada–based battle league. He went up against Dirtbag Dan and won on a 3–2 decision. He was scheduled to return to King of the Dot in August 2012 to battle with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guest Appearance
In show business, a guest appearance is the participation of an outsider performer (such as a musician or actor) in an event such as a music record or concert, show, etc., when the performer does not belong to the regular band, cast, or other performing group. In music, such an outside performer is often referred to as a guest artist. In performance art, the terms guest role or guest star are also common, the latter term specifically indicating the guest appearance of a celebrity. The latter is often also credited as special guest star or special musical guest star by some production companies. In pop music and hip-hop, such guests are often referred to as featured artists or featured guests. Such a performer may be annotated in credits or even in song titles by the abbreviation ''feat.'' or further abbreviation ''ft.''; or by the word ''with'' or abbreviation ''w/''. In a TV series, a guest star is an actor who appears in one or a few episodes (sometimes a story arc). In some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob The Viking
Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting mainly of Madchild and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only (who was actually a member of the group for a short period of time in the mid-1990s when the group was formed, and then again from 2002 to 2005) along with the other former members Easy Roc & Zodak who were only in the group for a few years and producer Rob the Viking, an official group member since 2002. Swollen Members has released nine studio albums, one greatest hits album and 2 compilations, as well as numerous other singles. From 1996 to 2016, Swollen Members were the second best-selling Canadian hip hop artist in Canada (behind Drake) and were the best-selling Canadian hip hop group in Canada. History Foundation and single releases Swollen Members was founded in 1990 by Vancouverites Madchild (Shane Bunting), Prevail (Kiley Hendriks), and Moka Only (Daniel Denton). Having begun a solo career while livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Albums Chart
The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... It is compiled every Monday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan, and published every Tuesday by '' Billboard''. See also * ''RPM'' (magazine) * ''The Record'' (magazine) References External linksCanadian Albums Chart Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaine (rapper)
George Carroll, better known as Slaine, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he spent his childhood and teenage years. Carroll moved to New York City in the mid-1990s, where he adopted the moniker of Slaine and started to rap and record hip-hop. In the early 2000s, Carroll became a growing figure in the Boston hip-hop scene, releasing several mixtapes, and the LP ''Stereotypez'' (2007) with his group Special Teamz. Later, ''A Brand You Can Trust'' (2009) was released, by the rap supergroup La Coka Nostra, where Carroll is joined by Ill Bill, and House of Pain. Carroll’s first solo album '' A World With No Skies 2.0.'' (2011) peaked at 33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums it, 22 on the Top Rap Albums, 29 on US Independent Albums, and 4 on Top Heatseekers. Carroll’s subsequent albums with La Coka Nostra were '' Masters of the Dark Arts'' (2012) and '' To Thine Own Self Be True'' (2016). On his own he followed up with ''The Boston Project'' (2013), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prevail (musician)
Kiley Hendriks (born November 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Prevail, is a 4-time Juno Award winning Canadian hip hop artist raised in Victoria, British Columbia and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prevail started rapping in 1990 with the guidance of his mentor Moka Only, and was a founding member of platinum-selling Swollen Members which consisted primarily of himself and Mad Child on vocals. They have been called "two of the most innovative people in hip-hop",Shapiro, P: ''The Rough Guide To Hip-Hop'', page 53. Rough Guides, 2005 and released an extensive catalog with hundreds of thousands of albums sold. Aside from Swollen Members, Prevail released a side project entitled ''Code Name: Scorpion'' with Abstract Rude and Moka Only in 2001, his first solo EP ''Baseball Bat and Nails'' in 2009, and a second solo EP with producer Ol' City Rocker titled ''Spasefase'' in 2012. Prevail then started 'Alpha Omega' - a new group teaming up with his nephew Cory Joseph (a. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JD Era
JD Era (born April 15, 1985) is a Canadian rapper and lyricist. He has worked with artists such as Nas, Gza, Kardinal Offishall, The Clipse, and has also cut several tracks with longtime friend Drake. In 2008 he won Best Rap at the Toronto Independent Music Awards, and also won the TAG Records’ Survival of The Freshest competition. He has also released a number of mixtapes and singles, and in the Juno Awards of 2013 his album ''No Handouts'' was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year. Early life JD Era was born on April 15, 1985 and raised in Missisauga, a suburb of Toronto, Ontario. He began listening to rap at a young age, particularly to groups such as Wu Tang Clan and the song "C.R.E.A.M." Rapping by the age of fourteen, he began writing his own rhymes at sixteen. He started freestyling in local rap battles as he grew older, stating "I always knew in the back of my mind that I would do ap Rap was taking up too much time and money for me to not take it seriously. I just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Lamont
Philip Brandon Martin (born October 31, 1978), better known as Bishop Lamont, is an American rapper from Carson, California. He was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label and released one project under the label, eventually leaving in 2010. Biography Born in Inglewood, California,Interview with Bishop Lamont January 2006 . AftermathMusic (January 13, 2006). Accessed August 10, 2007. Martin started rapping at age 13. Dr. Dre met Martin while filming The Game's music video for "".Paine (February 7, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio. While the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music creation, including recording the rapping of an MC, a turntablist or DJ providing a beat, playing samples and "scratching" using record players and the creation of a rhythmic backing track, using a drum machine or sequencer, it is most commonly used to refer to recording the instrumental, non-lyrical and non-vocal aspects of hip hop. Music production Hip hop producers may be credited as the record producer or songwriter; they may also supervise recording sessions. Hip hop instrumentals are colloquially referred to as beats or musical compositions, while the composer is called either a programmer, songwriter or beat maker. In the studio, the hip hop producer often functions as both the composer and as a traditional record producer. They are sometimes called Orchestrators, P. Diddy is an example of one, and they are ultimately responsible for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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