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Pretty Ricky (album)
''Pretty Ricky'' is the third studio album by Pretty Ricky. It was released on November 17, 2009, and featured new vocalist Lingerie replacing Pleasure P and 4Play. Twitter.com (2009-07-23). Retrieved on 2011-04-16. Commercial performance The performance of ''Pretty Ricky'' was poor in comparison to the group's previous gold-selling albums '' Bluestars'' and ''Late Night Special
''Late Night Special'' is the second studio album by Pretty Ricky. It was released on Janua ...
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Pretty Ricky
Pretty Ricky is an American R&B/ hip hop group originating from Miami, Florida. The group originally consisted of brothers Diamond Blue (Baby Blue) Smith and Spectacular Smith, plus Corey (Slick 'Em) Mathis and Marcus (Pleasure P) Cooper. Pleasure P was the group's main singer while the other three members performed as rappers. After he departed in 2007 to embark on a solo career, the group shuffled through several replacement vocalists. The name "Pretty Ricky" was taken from a character in the sitcom ''Martin''. The group enjoyed its biggest success in the mid-2000s with their gold-selling albums '' Bluestars'' and ''Late Night Special'', and the platinum singles " Grind With Me" and "On The Hotline". Baby Blue, a.k.a. Diamond Blue Smith, who appears on the show '' Love & Hip Hop: Miami'', pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to file at least 79 fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $24 million in forgivable PPP loans. Smith used the loan proceeds to make "lux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, pitch corrected vocals, and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences are becoming an increasing trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music and pop culture and pop music. Pre-history According to Geoffrey Himes speaking in 1989, the progressive soul movement of the early 1970s "expanded the musical and lyrical boundaries of &Bin ways that haven't been equaled since". This movement was led by soul singer-songwriter/producers such as Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Cat Records (U
Big Cat Records is a British independent record label. It launched around 1990 and originally specialized in industrial and noise-rock releases. Big Cat operated a US office in New York City for a few years. Integrated with V2 Records in 1996, at which point their roster became much more diverse in style. Artists include Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, Heather Nova, Paul Schütze, Pavement, Shudder To Think, Lotion, Corduroy, Junior Delgado, Blumfeld, Broken Dog, Experimental Audio Research, One Minute Silence and Grandaddy Grandaddy is an American indie rock band from Modesto, California. The group was formed in 1992, and featured Jason Lytle, Aaron Burtch, Jim Fairchild, Kevin Garcia and Tim Dryden, until Garcia's death in 2017 following a stroke. After several .... References Record labels established in 1990 British independent record labels {{UK-record-label-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Boy Records
Tommy Boy Entertainment is an American independent record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman. The label is credited with helping and launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Coolio, De La Soul, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, and Force MDs. Tommy Boy is also credited with introducing genres such as EDM, Latin freestyle, and Latin hip hop to mainstream audiences in America. History 1981-1985: Independent music media Tom Silverman created Tommy Boy Music in 1981 in his New York City apartment with a $5,000 loan from his parents. The label was an outgrowth of Silverman's ''Dance Music Report'' bi-weekly publication, which spanned 14 years, beginning in September 1978. 1985–2002: Partnership with Warner Bros. Records In 1985, Warner Bros. Records entered into a partnership with Tommy Boy and acquired half of the label, and it allowed the label to use independent distribution as it saw fit, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Night Special
''Late Night Special'' is the second studio album by Pretty Ricky. It was released on January 23, 2007. The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart, selling over 132,000 copies in its first week. In its second week on the chart, it fell to #5 with 62,000 copies in the United States. The album has since been certified Gold by the RIAA. Singles The first single from the album is "On the Hotline" and a video for the song was released January 7, 2007 as a new joint on BET Black Entertainment Television (acronym BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting African-American audiences. It is owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global via BET Networks and has offices in New York City, Los .... The other singles were " Push It Baby" and "Love Like Honey". Another single "Wet Dreams" was released in late 2007. Track listing Track 8 entitled "Personal Trainer" is replaced with "Go Getta (featuring Meat n Bones)" on the Amended Version Charts We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleasure P
Marcus Ramone Cooper Sr, (born December 27, 1984), better known by his stage name Pleasure P, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group Pretty Ricky before embarking on a solo career in 2007. His debut album ''The Introduction of Marcus Cooper'' was released in June 2009. In October 2014, Pleasure P and the rest of Pretty Ricky officialized on Instagram a reunion tour with a Bluestars 2 album for 2015. His first reunion single with Pretty Ricky is called "Puddles" and has been released during Valentine's Day 2015. It was the most requested song on South Florida's 99 Jamz radio station in the days following its release. Career 2009–2012: ''The Introduction of Marcus Cooper'' After leaving the group Pretty Ricky, Pleasure P began working on his solo career, he released his solo debut single " Did You Wrong" on July 22, 2008. The single debuted at No. 90 on the Billboard 100 Hot charts, and debuted at No. 20 on the top R&B/Hip-H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluestars (album)
''Bluestars'' is the debut studio album by American R&B group Pretty Ricky. It was released on May 24, 2005 by Atlantic Records and Bluestar Entertainment. The record serves as their second release under their record label, called Bluestar Entertainment. The album was supported by three singles: " Grind with Me", " Your Body", and "Nothing but a Number". ''Bluestars'' debuted at number 16 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and sold 56,000 units in its first week. To date, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Critical reception AllMusic's Andy Kellman felt that Pretty Ricky's sexual content paled in comparison to fellow artists like Usher and the Ying Yang Twins due to lackluster writing, concluding that, " e group has more talent than it leads you to believe. Maybe they won't be so hungry for street credibility on album number two." Azeem Ahmed of musicOMH also found the sex jams monotonous after the fourth track and came across as "vain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2009. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2009 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 albums Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ... 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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