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Quannum Spectrum
''Spectrum'' is a 1999 album by West Coast hip hop collective Quannum. It was the first release on the Quannum Projects label after its name was changed from SoleSides. The album features guest appearances and contributions from Jurassic 5, Divine Styler, Souls of Mischief, and El-P Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Starting his career as a member of Company Flow, he has been a .... Track listing Charts References External links * {{Authority control 1999 compilation albums Quannum Projects compilation albums Hip hop compilation albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quannum MCs
Quannum Projects (also known as Quannum MCs) is an American hip hop collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has been active since 1992, when it was formed at UC Davis under the moniker Solesides Records. It is also the name of the independent record label that releases their records, as well as those of a number of other artists. The label continues to be 100% independently owned and operated. Artist roster * Apsci (Dana Diaz-Tutaan & Raphael LaMotta – Brooklyn, New York) * Blackalicious ( Gift of Gab & Chief Xcel – Sacramento, California) * Curumin (Luciano Nakata Albuquerque – Brazil) * General Elektriks (Hervé Salters – Paris, France) * Tommy Guerrero (San Francisco, California) * Honeycut (San Francisco, California) * Lateef and the Chief a.k.a. ''Maroons'' ( Lateef & Chief Xcel – Oakland, California) * Latyrx ( Lateef & Lyrics Born – Oakland, California) * Lifesavas (Jumbo, Vursatyl, Rev. Shines – Portland, Oregon) * Lyrics Born (Berkeley, Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast Hip Hop
West Coast hip hop is a regional genre of hip hop music that encompasses any artists or music that originated in the West Coast region of the United States. West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early to-mid 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of record labels such as Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records and the continued success of Eazy-E's Ruthless Records, and others. History Early years Several events laid the foundations for West Coast hip hop, long before the emergence of West Coast rappers such as Mellow Man Ace, Too Short, Kid Frost, Ice-T and Eazy-E—or even before the emergence of rap itself. According to Syd Caesar, "a cataclysmic event helped give rise to it out West: the Watts riots of 1965." In 1967, Budd Schulberg founded a creative space in Los Angeles entitled Watts Writers Workshop, intended to help the people of the Watts neighborhood and provide a place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Compilation Albums
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyo Velarde
Joyo Velarde is a Filipino hip hop and soul singer. Her husband is Lyrics Born. She has been featured on numerous tracks by the Quannum Projects cohorts. Career Joyo Velarde's self-titled EP, ''Joyo Velarde'', was released in May 2009. She released the first studio album, ''Love and Understanding'', in February 2010. It was produced by Lyrics Born, Jake One, and Headnodic, among others. Style and influences Joyo Velarde stated that Chaka Khan and Minnie Ripperton influenced her music. Discography Studio albums * ''Love and Understanding'' (2010) Mixtapes * ''Hey Love'' (2008) EPs * ''Joyo Velarde'' (2009) Singles * "Sweet Angels" (2001) Guest appearances * Latyrx - "Balcony Beach" from ''Latyrx'' (1997) * Lyrics Born Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura (born September 2, 1972), better known by his stage name Lyrics Born (formerly Asia Born), is a Japanese-American rapper, singer, and producer. He is one half of the duo Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker. Early life Shim ... - " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroons (hip Hop Group)
Lateef and the Chief (sometimes stylized as Lateef & the Chief) is an American hip hop group from California. Originally known as Maroons, it consists of rapper Lateef the Truthspeaker (of Latyrx) and producer Chief Xcel (of Blackalicious). In 2004, the duo released their debut album, ''Maroons: Ambush''. Members * Lateef the Truthspeaker (Lateef Daumont) – rapper * Chief Xcel Blackalicious was an American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, made up of rapper Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel. They are noted for Gift of Gab's often tongue-twisting, multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's soulful pr ... (Xavier Mosley) – producer Discography ;Albums * ''Maroons: Ambush'' (2004) ;Singles * "Lester Hayes" (2002) * "Best of Me" (2004) References External links * * Hip hop groups from California American musical duos Musical groups established in 1997 Hip hop duos Quannum Projects artists 1997 establishments in California {{US-hiphop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latyrx
Latyrx is an American alternative hip hop duo consisting of Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born. The roots of their partnership lay in the formation of the Solesides collective at the University of California, Davis. History The crew's charter members—which also included DJ Shadow and the future Blackalicious team—were all involved in student radio and shared a progressive-minded approach to hip hop. Lateef and Lyrics Born initially recorded as solo artists; under the name Asia Born, the latter released the first single on the Solesides label, "Send Them," in early 1993. The first proper Latyrx release came in 1996, and was actually the B-side of Lateef's solo single "The Wreckoning." For the track in question, also called "Latyrx," both MCs recorded completely different raps that were played back simultaneously. Coupled with DJ Shadow's production and its unique effect, it started to build an underground buzz for the duo. More solo sides followed that year&mdas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackalicious
Blackalicious was an American hip-hop duo from Sacramento, California, made up of rapper Gift of Gab and DJ/producer Chief Xcel. They are noted for Gift of Gab's often tongue-twisting, multisyllabic, complex rhymes and Chief Xcel's soulful production.Edwards, Paul, 2009, ''How to Rap'': The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 322. The duo released four full-length albums: '' Nia'' in 1999, ''Blazing Arrow'' in 2002, '' The Craft'' in 2005, and ''Imani Vol. 1'' in 2015. Gift of Gab died in June 2021. Career 1992–1999: Early years, Quannum Projects, ''Nia'' album While Tim Parker (Gift of Gab) and Xavier Mosley (Chief Xcel) spent their early childhood years in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area respectively, the two first met while attending John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California. At the time, Gift of Gab was known as Gabby T, while Chief Xcel went by the stage name of DJ IceSki. After graduating from Kennedy High in 1989, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souls Of Mischief
Souls of Mischief is a hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. The Souls of Mischief formed in 1991 and is composed of rappers A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai. History East Oakland native Tajai began rhyming with future bandmate A-Plus at age 8, while both were in elementary school. Tajai and Phesto met later in junior high school. Tajai recruited his best friend Phesto in middle school and A-Plus brought Opio into the budding act in high school before making its major-label debut on Jive Records with the group's well-received album ''93 'til Infinity'', in 1993. The group is part of the hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, along with emcees Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Casual, Pep Love, Jaybiz, and producer Domino. The group participated as full members in all three of Hieroglyphics' studio albums: 1998's ''3rd Eye Vision'', 2003's '' Full Circle'', and 2013's The Kitchen. ''93 ’til Infinity'' is the group's highest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divine Styler
Mikal Safiyullah (born Mark Richardson; 1968), better known by his stage name Divine Styler, is an alternative hip hop artist from Brooklyn, New York. History He first emerged as part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate. His first LP, '' Word Power'', was hailed by critics and fans, but was not a commercial success. His second album, the wildly experimental '' Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light'', also failed to sell well. In 1998, Divine Styler hooked up with the Quannum Records crew, teaming up with his dear friend and fellow Rhyme Syndicate alumni Everlast, Styles of Beyond, and the Beat Junkies. The latter also appeared on his third LP, '' Wordpower, Vol. 2: Directrix'' (Featuring Exceed), which trafficked in information-age paranoia. Although he did not bask in much commercial success he is a well respected factor from the early 1990s West Coast Underground scene. His poetical approach and unorthodox dance crew "The Scheme Team" influenced the likes of Abstract Rude Tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic 5
Jurassic 5 is an American alternative hip hop group formed in 1994 by rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Soup aka Zaakir), Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist). The six piece crew that was formed, came out of the Los Angeles venue Good Life. The group broke up in 2007,2na learning to swim alone by Mike Devlin, ''The Times-Colonist'', September 23, 2010 shortly after releasing their fourth LP ''Feedback'', citing "musical differences," but returned to the stage in 2013 and released a new track in 2014. The members have continued to release music individually. History Jurassic 5 debuted nationally in 1995 from |
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