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Music Makes Me High
"Music Makes Me High" is the fourth single released from the Lost Boyz' debut album, ''Legal Drug Money''. The original version of the song was produced by Mr. Sex and Charles Suitt, the song's official remix was produced by L.T. Hutton Lenton Terrell Hutton (born January 6, 1974) is an American record producer and entrepreneur Career Hutton has worked on several projects with Death Row Records, and became the head of A&R at Ruthless Records, Interscope Records. Starting out ... and featured Tha Dogg Pound and a then unknown Canibus in his first official appearance. The remix had a music video released which showed the Lost Boyz, Tha Dogg Pound and Canibus at a pool party. The song was the second most successful single of the five released from ''Legal Drug Money'', after " Renee". It peaked at number 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles. Single track listing Chart history Peak positions Year-End charts References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Boyz
Lost Boyz are an American hip hop group from Queens, New York, consisting of MC Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah, and K Chrys. Originally in the early 90's LB consisted of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah, Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou. Member K Chrys or “Kacey Chrysler” has been in ongoing social media controversy dating back to 2018. Dozens of women have come forward claiming that Chrysler had been predatory while providing screenshots of him soliciting nude photos from them. Chrysler’s tactic appears to be privately messaging women with the simple sentence “R U signed?” or the champagne glass emoji. Chrysler proceeds to tell the unsuspecting young women that they should be signed and work with him. He then tells them in order to get them bookings, they must send over nude photos of themselves. After that Chrysler comments on their bodies and offers to pay to get their body surgically enhanced. Any model that resists or backtracks, he blocks immediately. Several women have come forw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legal Drug Money
''Legal Drug Money'' is the debut album by hip hop group Lost Boyz, featuring members Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah, DJ Spigg Nice and Pretty Lou. The album, released on June 4, 1996, features five hit singles: "Renee", "Music Makes Me High", "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz", "Get Up" and "Lifestyles of the Rich & Shameless". The album sold well, peaking at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated Jan .... It was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 7, 1996. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Singles See also * List of number-one R&B albums of 1996 (U.S.) References 1996 debut albums Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee Albums produced by Pete Rock Lost B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uptown Records
Uptown Records is an American record label, based in New York City, founded in 1986 by onetime rapper Andre Harrell. From the late 1980s into the early 1990s, it was a leader in R&B and hip hop. During the 1990s, aided by its A&R worker Sean Combs, it led the fusion of these two genres. Its artists included Al B. Sure!, Christopher Williams, Guy, Heavy D & The Boyz, Father MC, Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Notorious B.I.G., and Soul for Real. Growth In 1986, Andre Harrell, half of rap duo Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, founded Uptown Records. Its compilation album ''Uptown Is Kickin' It'', including artists Heavy D & The Boyz as well as Marley Marl, was distributed by MCA Records. The acts who recorded on that album were collectively known as The Uptown Crew. The Heavy D & The Boyz album ''Living Large'', certified Gold, followed in 1987. The Al B. Sure! album ''In Effect Mode'', released in 1988, distributed by Warner Bros under Warner Music, place seven songs on the R&B chart. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Records
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The company went public on September 21, 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. In 2019, '' Fast Company'' named Universal Music Group the most innovative music company and listed UMG among the Top 50 most innovative companies in the world and "amid the music industry's digital tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renee (song)
"Renee" is a song by rap group Lost Boyz from their first studio album ''Legal Drug Money'' and the ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' soundtrack. It samples the Janet Jackson song "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, reaching number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 (their only one to reach to top 40) and earning a gold certification from the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies. Song information The song's lyrics discuss the narrator, a young man, who meets a woman named Renee while coming back from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The narrator promptly attempts to initiate a relationship. The song describes that Renee is studying to be a lawyer, while the narrator is a writer. The pair date for several weeks, but the relationship ends abruptly when she is shot to death by a burglar at a robbery. The moral of the song is ''"ghetto love is the law that we live by,"'' describing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get Up (Lost Boyz Song)
"Get Up" is the fifth and final single released from the Lost Boyz Lost Boyz are an American hip hop group from Queens, New York, consisting of MC Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah, and K Chrys. Originally in the early 90's LB consisted of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah, Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou. Member K Chrys or “K ...' debut album, '' Legal Drug Money''. Clark Kent and Mr. Sex produced the song, which prominently sampled Stephanie Mills' 1978 hit, " What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin. The single peaked at number sixty on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, like previous Lost Boyz singles, it found its greatest success on the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles chart, where it reached number six. Single track listing #"Get Up" - 3:54 #"Get Up" (Instrumental) - 3:47 #"Get Up" (Remix) - 3:54 #"Get Up" (Remix Instrumental) - 4:10 Chart history Peak positions Year-End charts References {{authority control 1996 singles Lost Boyz songs 1996 songs Songs written by James Mtume Songs writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tha Dogg Pound
Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip hop duo made up of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998. They eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999. Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz and Soopafly started D.P.G. Recordz. In 2002 a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. His awaited Death Row release ''Against Tha Grain'' had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August 2005, after he was off. In January 2005, Daz made another solo album release titled ''Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP''. Tha Dogg Pound then got back together as a group and released ''Dillinger & Young Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canibus
Germaine Williams (born December 9, 1974), better known by his stage name Canibus, is an American rapper and actor. He initially gained fame in the 1990s for his ability to freestyle, and eventually released his debut album Can-I-Bus in 1998. Since releasing his debut album, Canibus has gone on to release 13 solo studio albums in total, as well as multiple collaboration albums and EPs with other rappers as a member of the Four Horsemen, Refugee Camp All-Stars, Sharpshooterz, Cloak N Dagga, the Undergods and one-half of T.H.E.M. About.com placed him at number 32 on their list of the "Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)", while in 2012 ''The Source'' placed him number 44 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. Early life Germaine Williams was born on December 9, 1974, in Kingston, Jamaica. He is of Jamaican descent. _Biography_))).html" ;"title="allmusic ((( Canibus > Biography )))">allmusic ((( Canibus > Biography ))) Allmusic. Accessed February 22, 2008. His fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rap Songs
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by '' Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Streaming data and digital downloads were added to the methodology of determining chart rankings in 2012. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week. The song with the most weeks at number one is "Old Town Road", with a total of 20 weeks. Chart statistics and other facts Artists with the most number-one singles Note: Rihanna is a featured artist on all her number-one singles. Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one *25 weeks – Lil Wayne ("Lollipop", " A Milli") *20 weeks – Drake ("I'm On One", "Headlines"); T-Pain (" Good Life", "Low"); T.I. ("Whatever You Like", " Live Your Life") *19 weeks – 50 Cent ("Candy Shop", "H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Singles
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