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Something Crucial
''Something Crucial'' is the fifth album by rapper JT the Bigga Figga, his first of several released in 1999. The album was released on September 28, 1999 for Get Low Recordz and was produced by JT the Bigga Figga. Track listing #"Mob Wit' This"- 3:00 #"Thug in Me" feat. Steady Mobb'n & Killa Tay- 4:07 #"Another Episode"- 4:41 #"Certified" feat. Killa Tay, Guce & AP9- 4:23 #"Fedi Can't Buy You Love" feat. Mykatan- 4:34 #"The Hidden Hand" feat. The Commisiona & Dame- 4:45 #"Something Crucial" feat. Sigmen- 4:18 #"Too Fly for Me" feat. Miss Mocha- 3:56 #"Beware of Those" feat. Mac Mall & Yukmouth- 3:53 #"Get Low Anthem" feat. Gamblaz- 4:38 #"Don't Get It Twisted"- 3:49 #"Beating Prophecy" feat. San Quinn, Brotha John & Shug- 4:47 References {{Authority control JT the Bigga Figga albums 1999 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JT The Bigga Figga
Joseph Tom, better known by his stage name JT the Bigga Figga (also known as Figg Panamera), is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive from the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco, California. He has produced music on over one hundred albums, for artists including Daz Dillinger, Master P, The Game, San Quinn, and Messy Marv. Music career In 1991, JT founded the independent record label Get Low Recordz. What started as a basement enterprise and a one-man operation, would later become one of the most successful independent labels in the country. JT's rap debut came in 1992 with the self-released album '' Don't Stop til We Major'' at the age of 18. The next year he followed it up with ''Playaz N the Game''. The album's first single, "Game Recognize Game" received significant airplay, thrusting JT into the spotlight. The success of his album led to a bidding war among record labels, and he eventually signed with Priority Records in 1995. Subsequent albums re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsta Rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, emerged in the mid- to late 1980s as a controversial hip-hop subgenre whose lyrics assert the culture and values typical of American street gangs and street hustlers. Many gangsta rappers flaunt associations with real street gangs, like the Crips and Bloods. Gangsta rap's pioneers Ice-T in 1986, and especially N.W.A in 1988 and the rise of Tupac Amaru Shakur in 1992. In 1992, via record producer Dr. Dre, rapper Snoop Dogg, and their G-funk sound, gangsta rap took the rap genre's lead and became mainstream, popular music. Gangsta rap has been recurrently accused of promoting disorderly conduct and broad criminality, especially assault, homicide, and drug dealing, as well as misogyny, promiscuity, and materialism. Gangsta rap's defenders have variously characterized it as artistic depictions but not literal endorsements of real life in American ghettos, or suggested that some lyrics voice rage against social oppression ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Rap
Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally characterized by anger, aggression and confrontation. History Music experts have credited Run-DMC as the first hardcore hip hop group. Other early artists to adopt an aggressive style were Schoolly D in Philadelphia and Too $hort in Oakland, California. Before a formula for gangsta rap had developed, artists such as Boogie Down Productions and Ice-T wrote lyrics based on detailed observations of "street life", while the confrontational and aggressive lyrics and chaotic, rough production style of Public Enemy's records set new standards for hardcore hip hop and hip hop production.Hardcore Rap Allmusic. Accessed May 22, 2008. Though initially a largely East Coast phenomenon, by the late 1980s, hardcore rap increasingly became largely synonymous ... [...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] |
Get Low Recordz
Get Low Recordz was a San Francisco based independent record label founded in 1991 and owned by rapper/ producer JT the Bigga Figga. The first artists who released material on Get Low Recordz were JT the Bigga Figga, Get Low Playaz, San Quinn, The Game and D-Moe. In 1995, the label got a distribution deal with Priority Records for a few years. The label became involved in a beef with Memphis Bleek's record label of the same name. The label had since been dissolved. Artists * Tha Gamblaz * JT the Bigga Figga * San Quinn * D-Moe * J La Rue * Messy Marv * Seff Tha Gaffla See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... External links Discography at Discogs Record labels established in 1992 American independent record labels Hip hop record la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaytoven
Xavier Lamar Dotson (born January 12, 1980), professionally known as Zaytoven, is an American trap music record producer, disc jockey, and keyboardist from Atlanta, Georgia. He has released collaborative projects with artists including Gucci Mane, Usher, Future, Young Dolph, Migos, Lecrae, Lil Yachty, Chief Keef, Young Scooter, B.o.B, Boosie Badazz, Waka Flocka Flame, Jack Harlow and Deitrick Haddon. Zaytoven signed a deal with friend/rap star Gucci Mane to become 1017 Brick Squad's in-house producer & Then went on to win a Grammy Award in 2011 for his contribution to Usher's ''Raymond v. Raymond'' album, as a co-producer and writer for the single " Papers" along with Sean Garrett. Early life Zaytoven spent a lot of time at church growing up, as his father was a preacher when not working for the Army. He learned to play instruments through the church bands along with his three younger siblings. He gravitated toward playing the piano and organ. Zaytoven was introduced to rap i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puttin' It On The Map
''Puttin' It on the Map'' is the sixth album by the rapper JT the Bigga Figga. The album was released on June 27, 2000, for Get Low Recordz, and re-released in 2006 for SMC Recordings. It was produced by JT the Bigga Figga. It was the second of his four albums released in the year 2000. Track listing #"The 2 of Us" – 2:37 #"Young Black Male" – 3:05 #"Platinume Playaz" – 5:19 #"Zeniths in the Summertime" – 4:49 #"Good for Nuthin'" – 4:44 #"Playa Haterz" – 1:38 #"History Class" – 1:19 #"Dank or Dope" – 8:20 #"GLP 4.5.7" – 1:40 #"Right on Time" – 4:35 #"Cream of the Crop" – 4:07 #"The Bust" – 1:28 #"Me and My Nigga" – 4:07 #"No Competition" – 3:58 #"Freestyle 1" – 3:17 #"Freestyle 2" – 2:22 References JT the Bigga Figga albums 2000 albums SMC Recordings albums {{2000-hiphop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steady Mobb'n
Steady Mobb'n was an American hip hop duo composed of Crooked Eye and Billy Bathgate, from the Ghost Town section of West Oakland. The duo were formally signed to No Limit Records & Bomb Shelter Entertainment in the late 1990s. Music career In 1995, Steady Mobb'n released a cassette EP titled ''Blood Money''. Two years later the duo joined rapper/entrepreneur Master P's No Limit Records, and collaborated with Master P on the single "If I Could Change", which was produced by No Limit Records in-house producer DJ Daryl and served as the first single from the ''I'm Bout It'' soundtrack. Steady Mobb'n's debut album, '' Pre-Meditated Drama'', was released in May 1997 and gave them their biggest chart success, peaking at #29 on the Billboard Hot 200 and #6 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. However, after the commercial disappointment of their 1998 follow-up, ''Black Mafia'' (#82 on the Billboard 200, #19 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums), Steady Mobb'n departed No Limit. In 2001, Steady Mobb'n r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Mall
Jamal Rocker (born June 14, 1975), professionally known by his stage name Mac Mall, is an American rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. Mac Mall signed with the record label, Young Black Brotha Records, and later came to own the label, for the production of his own albums, and those of associates.Shapiro, Peter (2005) "Mac Mall" in ''The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd edn.'', Rough Guides, , p. 241-242 One of Mac Mall's first singles was a song called "Ghetto Theme", which had a music video directed by Tupac Shakur in 1993. He was also longtime friends with Mac Dre, who was his mentor early on in his career. He is also cousins to E-40, B-Legit and Sway Calloway. Career In 1993, Mac Mall released his debut album '' Illegal Business?'' on Young Black Brotha Records. Entirely produced by Khayree Shaheed, the album featured Ray Luv and Mac Dre. ''Illegal Business?'' moved over 200,000 units independently, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukmouth
Jerold Dwight Ellis III (born October 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Yukmouth, is an American rapper from East Oakland, Oakland, California. He is the founder of The Regime, Smoke-A-Lot Records and Godzilla Entertainment. He is a member of Thug Lordz with C-Bo. Career Yukmouth is a member of the rap duo Luniz, along with Numskull. Luniz recorded the weed anthem, " I Got 5 on It". Yukmouth signed a solo record deal at J-Prince's Rap-a-Lot Records, releasing four albums. His double album debut on the label, entitled '' Thugged Out: The Albulation'', went gold. Under his own label, Smoke-a-Lot Records, he has released DVDs and compilation albums, such as the ''United Ghettos of America'' series. Smoke-A-Lot Yukmouth is CEO of Smoke-A-Lot, which is distributed by Rap-a-Lot Records. The label is home to established artists such as Luniz, Dru Down, Thug Lordz (Yukmouth, C-Bo and Spice 1), The Regime, and Yukmouth himself. Godzilla Entertainment Godzilla Entertainme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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