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No Trespassing (album)
''No Trespassing'' is the nineteenth studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on February 28, 2012, under Dangerous Music, owned by Too Short. The album's production was handled by Vincent VT Tolan, Exclusive, DJ Klypso, and various others with guest features from 50 Cent, E-40, Kokane and Snoop Dogg. Background The album was backed by the lead single "Money on the Floor", which features Bay Area friend and ex-Label Mate, E-40. After the video release $hort revealed the cover of the album, that features his face over plates of the warning of No Trespassing, and after few days the track list was revealed to the public. Music videos were also released for "I Got Caught" featuring Martin Luther, "Playa Fo Life" featuring Dom Kennedy and Beeda Weeda, "Hey" featuring Silk-E, "Hog Ridin'" featuring Richie Rich, "Double Header" featuring Wallpaper, and "Trying to Come Up" featuring C.O. Commercial performance The album debuted at number 129 on the ''Billboard'' 200 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival. This is respectively exemplified in his most popular songs "Blow the Whistle" and " The Ghetto". A pioneer of West Coast rap, Shaw began recording in 1983, cultivating a large following in his native Oakland. In 1987, his fourth album ''Born to Mack'' attracted the attention of Jive Records, who signed him and distributed the album nationally. His subsequent 1988 album '' Life Is...Too Short'' was highly successful, going double platinum, and he remained prominent into the 1990s. Early life Shaw was born and grew up in Los Angeles, California. In the early 1980s, he and his family moved to Oakland, California. He was a drummer in the band at Fremont High School in Oa ... [...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] |
Too Short Albums
Too or TOO may refer to: * Threshold of originality, a concept in copyright law * ''Too'' (Fantastic Plastic Machine album), the fourth studio album by Fantastic Plastic Machine * ''Too'' (FIDLAR album), the second studio album by American skate punk band Fidlar * ''Too'' (Kingdom Come album), the seventh album by the band Kingdom Come * ''Too'' (Madita album), the second solo album by Matida * ''Too'' (S.O.S. Band album), the second album by the band The S.O.S. Band * To1, a South Korean boy band, formerly known as TOO People with the surname Too * David Kimutai Too (1968–2008), a Kenyan politician and National Assembly member for the Orange Democratic Movement * Too Too (born 1990), a Burmese fighter See also * To (other) * Toon (other) * Toos (other) * Tootoo, an Inuit surname * TU (other) * Two (other) 2 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 2, two or II may also refer to: * AD 2, the second year of the AD era * 2 BC, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Albums
The following is a list of Album, albums, Extended play, EPs, and Mixtape, mixtapes released in 2012. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding Reissue, reissues, Remasters, remasters, and Compilation album, compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) WP:MUS, notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2012 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date 2012 albums, 2012-related lists, Albums Lists of albums by release date, 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallpaper (musician)
Wallpaper (stylized as Wallpaper.) is an American hip hop and pop music project, fronted by producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Eric Frederic (better known as Ricky Reed) based in Oakland, California. Wallpaper is signed to Boardwalk Records/Epic Records and has played at SXSW. The band is known for their lyrics, which Frederic has characterized as satire of pop music and consumer culture, as well as for their early use of exaggerated auto-tune. History In 2005, Eric Frederic began experimenting with music that emphasized the effects of auto-tune, an approach which was, at the time, still relatively uncommon. Frederic named this solo project Wallpaper, and developed the alter-ego of Ricky Reed as Wallpaper's lead singer; Reed was described as rude, reckless, and irresponsible, and was intended to personify everything Frederic disliked about the contemporary pop music industry. As exaggerated auto-tune became more prevalent in the mainstream, Wallpaper's songs gaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Jon
Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971) better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, producer and former frontman of the rap group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz. He was instrumental in the emergence of the hip hop subgenre crunk, and is credited with bringing the genre into mainstream success. Lil Jon frequently collaborates with Miami-based rapper Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull, San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area-based rappers Too Short and E-40 . He participates as one-third of an unofficial trio consisting of Atlanta-based artists Ludacris and Usher (musician), Usher who frequently create songs together. As a producer, Lil Jon has produced several Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit singles including "Salt Shaker (song), Salt Shaker", "Cyclone (song), Cyclone", "Get Low (Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz song), Get Low", "Snap Yo Fingers", "Damn! (song), Damn!", "Freek-a-Leek", "Lovers and Friends (song), Lovers and Friends", "Goodies (song), Goodies" and "Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twista
Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his Chopper (rap), chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastest English-speaking rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds. In 1997, after appearing on Do or Die (group), Do or Die's hit single "Po Pimp", produced by the Legendary Traxster, Twista signed with Big Beat and Atlantic Records, where he released his third album ''Adrenaline Rush (album), Adrenaline Rush'' and formed the group Speedknot Mobstaz, in 1998. His 2004 album ''Kamikaze (Twista album), Kamikaze'' topped the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, after the success of the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single "Slow Jamz" (with Kanye West and Jamie Foxx). Early life Carl Terrell Mitchell was born on November 27, 1973, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devin The Dude
Devin Copeland (born June 4, 1970), better known by his stage name Devin the Dude, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He is known for his unique rapping style and his 2002 songs "Lacville '79" and "Doobie Ashtray". Early life Devin Copeland was born in Pontiac, Michigan on June 4, 1970. He spent most of his early childhood in St. Petersburg, Florida and moved to Houston, Texas while in the fourth grade. He spent the rest of his youth moving back and forth between New Boston and Houston, finally settling in Houston after graduating from high school. He smoked marijuana for the first time at a skating rink in seventh grade; marijuana would later become a major influence on his music. As a teenager, Copeland became interested in breakdancing, joining several dance crews until he began rapping, which soon became his main interest. After graduating from high school, he met Rob Quest, a rapper and record producer Jugg Mugg. The trio formed the group the Odd Squad. Musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Michael Rocks
Antoine Reed (born December 24, 1987) is an American rapper better known by his stage name Sir Michael Rocks (or Mikey Rocks). He started his music career in 2005 as a member of the hip hop duo The Cool Kids, and later joined the groups All City Chess Club, the "super group" P.O.C. (Pulled Over by the Cops), and The Toothpick Clique. The Cool Kids released their debut album ''When Fish Ride Bicycles'' in 2011, which features production by The Neptunes and artists such as Ghostface Killah. The album peaked at No. 76 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and No. 9 on Top Rap Albums. Starting in 2011 Rocks began releasing a number of free mixtapes, also contributing as a guest artist to tracks by Mac Miller, Dom Kennedy, Jeremih, Curren$y, Freddie Gibbs, Ski Beatz, and more. In April 2014 he contributed to the Chuck Inglish album ''Convertibles''. His first commercial solo album, '' Banco'', was released on July 29, 2014, and features guest appearances by artists such as Too $hort, Mac Miller, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richie Rich (rapper)
Richard Serrell, better known by his stage name Richie Rich, is a rapper from Oakland, California, Oakland, California. He currently runs his own record label, Ten-Six Records. Music career Early years (1987-99) Richie Rich first entered music in the late 1980s with the group 415 (group), 415. With 415 (group), D-Loc, 415 (group), DJ Daryl, and 415 (group), JED, Rich crafted a Bay Area album in 1989 called ''41Fivin'', which sold well around the Bay Area and spawned a Richie Rich solo album in 1990, titled ''Don't Do It''. His rapping style had an influence on Snoop Dogg. In Snoop's own words As the group was ready to sign a major-label contract with Priority Records in 1990, however, Richie Rich was arrested for possession of cocaine. 415 released its next album and faded from the scene soon after, while Rich sat in jail; he was released a year later, and began appearing on tracks by 2Pac and the Luniz. Richie Rich soon found himself being in the middle of a bidding war betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
