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Stone Mecca
Stone Mecca, also known as Tru James and James "Tre" Rabb, is an American multi-genre instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and mixer. A longtime collaborator with Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA, Stone Mecca has worked on many projects with RZA, including studio albums, soundtracks, and concerts. Musical career Stone Mecca is a self-taught musician from Inglewood, California, who started playing drums at age nine, then learned to play the guitar and bass as a teenager. He began his career as a session musician, often playing guitar and keyboards, appearing on several records by hip-hop artists on Priority Records, Ruthless Records, and Ice Cube’s Lench Mob Records. Notable records he contributed to include Mack 10's '' Mack 10 Based on a True Story'', Snoop Dogg's ''No Limit Top Dogg'', Eazy-E's ''Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton'', MC Ren's ''Ruthless for Life'', Ant Banks Presents T.W.D.Y.'s ''Derty Werk'', and '' NFL Jams''. Marking the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inglewood, California
Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 107,762. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. The city is in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, near Los Angeles International Airport. History The earliest residents of what is now Inglewood were Native Americans who used the Aguaje de Centinela natural springs in today's Edward Vincent Jr. Park (known for most of its history as Centinela Park). Local historian Gladys Waddingham wrote that these springs took the name Centinela from the hills that rose gradually around them, and which allowed ranchers to watch over their herds," (thus the name ''centinelas ''or sentinels). Spanish era The original settlers of Los Angeles in 1781, one of whom was Spanish soldier Jose Manuel Orchado Machado, "a 23-year-old muleteer from Los Alamos in Sinaloa". These settlers, she wrote, were ordered by the offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frusciante
John Anthony Frusciante (; born March 5, 1970) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers across three stints since 1988. He has released 11 solo albums and 7 EPs, ranging in style from acoustic guitar to electronic music. Frusciante joined the Chili Peppers at the age of 18 after the death of guitarist Hillel Slovak, and first appeared on their album '' Mother's Milk'' (1989). His second album with the band, ''Blood Sugar Sex Magik'' (1991), was their breakthrough success. Overwhelmed by the band's newfound popularity, he quit in 1992. He became a recluse and entered a period of heroin addiction, during which he released his first solo recordings: '' Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt'' (1994) and '' Smile from the Streets You Hold'' (1997). In 1998, he completed drug rehabilitation and rejoined the Chili Peppers, taking them to major success with their albums ''Californication'' (1999), ''By the Way'' (2002), and '' Stadium Arcadium' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks & Steelz
Banks & Steelz is a musical collaboration between Interpol frontman Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA. The duo began making music together in 2011 and began recording a full album in 2013. They released their debut studio album, ''Anything But Words'', on August 26, 2016. History Early stages and recording (2011–2015) The duo first began recording music together in 2011, and a demo was created; Banks had provided vocals for a beat created by RZA. During this time, however, the two were not planning on making an album together. RZA later regarded them as just "buddies playing chess" (they had played chess together at the time) who sometimes made music. Their demos caught the attention of an A&R, which is when they began recording longer compositions for an album. The duo began work on an album in 2013, which is when the first public mention of their collaboration was made, during an interview that RZA had with ''Rolling Stone''. In this interview, he explained that when his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Better Tomorrow
''A Better Tomorrow'' () is a 1986 Hong Kong crime action film directed and co-written by John Woo, and starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat. The film had a profound influence on Hong Kong action cinema, and has been recognised as a landmark film credited with setting the template for the heroic bloodshed genre, with considerable influence on both the Hong Kong film industry and Hollywood. Produced with a tight budget and released with virtually no advertising, ''A Better Tomorrow'' broke Hong Kong's box office record and went on to become a blockbuster in Asia. The film is highly regarded, ranking #2 in the Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures. Its success led to a sequel, ''A Better Tomorrow II'', also directed by Woo, and '' A Better Tomorrow 3: Love & Death in Saigon'', a prequel directed by Tsui Hark. It has been remade several times. The film was Chow Yun-fat's breakout role and launched him as one of the top superstars in the Hong Kong film industry. Chow's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django Unchained (soundtrack)
''Django Unchained'' is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture ''Django Unchained''. It was originally released on December 18, 2012. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, though with an especially heavy influence from Spaghetti Western soundtracks. Tracks composed for the film are "100 Black Coffins" by Rick Ross and produced by and featuring Jamie Foxx, "Who Did That To You?" by John Legend, "Freedom" by Anthony Hamilton (musician), Anthony Hamilton and Elayna Boynton, "Ancora Qui" by Ennio Morricone and Elisa (Italian singer), Elisa. These four songs were all eligible for an Academy Awards, Academy Award nomination in the Best Original Song category, but none of them were nominated. The soundtrack also includes seven tracks that are dialogue excerpts from the film. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Track listing Film music not included on the album # "Rito Finale" - Ennio Morricone # "Norme Con Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With The Iron Fists (soundtrack)
''The Man with the Iron Fists'' is the soundtrack to the 2012 American film, ''The Man with the Iron Fists'', released on October 22, 2012, by Soul Temple Entertainment. The soundtrack was produced by RZA, who also co-wrote, acted in and directed the film. Background The soundtrack is a blend of hip hop, R&B and neo-soul, with Wu-Tang Clan and their affiliates featured on the album. It also includes Kanye West, Pusha T, Danny Brown, Freddie Gibbs, Corinne Bailey Rae and The Black Keys, with production by RZA himself, along with Frank Dukes, BADBADNOTGOOD, West, and S1, among others. Reception Critical reception Jody Rosen of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine awarded the soundtrack three out of five stars, writing, "The soundtrack is not as evocatively cinematic as the Wu's greatest songs, but it's a tasty mixtape – a blend of vintage R&B, neo-soul and hip-hop, featuring Kanye, Pusha and many Wu members," adding, " heBlack Keys bring scuzz funk to "The Baddest Man Alive," a white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rah Digga
Rashia Tashan Fisher (born December 18, 1974), known professionally as Rah Digga, is an American rapper and actress. She is best known as a longtime member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes. Her debut album, ''Dirty Harriet'' (2000), peaked in the top-20 of the ''Billboard'' 200, and she released her second album, ''Classic'', in 2010. She starred in the horror film ''Thirteen Ghosts'' (2001) as Maggie. Early life Rah Digga was born in New Jersey. She studied electrical engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She learned how to rap by studying the raps of KRS-One, Rakim, and Kool G Rap of the Juice Crew. Career Music She worked with hip hop group Twice the Flavor before joining the Outsidaz, leading to a feature on the track "Cowboys" from the Fugees album '' The Score''. She was spotted by Q-Tip at the Lyricist Lounge which led to her meeting Busta Rhymes and joining his Flipmode Squad.Edwards, Paul, 2009, ''How to Rap: The Art & Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sly Stone
Sylvester Stewart (born March 15, 1943), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer who is most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds." ''Crawdaddy!'' has called him "the founder of progressive soul". Born in Texas and raised in the Bay Area of Northern California, Stone mastered several instruments at an early age and performed gospel music as a child with his siblings (and future bandmates) Freddie and Rose. In the mid-1960s, he worked as both a record producer for Autumn Records and a disc jockey for San Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resurrection (soundtrack)
Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and resurrects. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, which involves the same person or deity coming back to live in a different body, rather than the same one. The resurrection of the dead is a standard eschatological belief in the Abrahamic religions. As a religious concept, it is used in two distinct respects: a belief in the resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing ( Christian idealism, realized eschatology), or else a belief in a singular resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. Some believe the soul is the actual vehicle by which people are resurrected. The death and resurrection of Jesus is a central focus of Christianity. Christian theological debate ensues with regard to what kind of resurrection is factual – either a ''spiritual'' resurrection with a spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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