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The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1
''The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1'' is the debut studio album by American DJ Kay Slay. It was released on May 20, 2003, through Columbia Records. The production was handled by Paperchase Inc., Dame Grease, Buckwild, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, DJ Scratch, Dream Team, E-A-Ski, Eminem, EZ Elpee, Havoc, Jazze Pha, Jerry Duplessis, Kyze, Nottz, P. King, Stevie J, Supa Mario, The Heatmakerz, Vinny Idol and Wyclef Jean. It features guest appearances from Fat Joe, Remy Ma, The Lox, 8Ball & MJG, 50 Cent, Aaron Hall, A Bless, Amerie, Amil, Angie Martinez, Big Noyd, Birdman, Black Rob, Bristal, Brucie B, Bun B, Cam'ron, Cassidy, Craig Mack, DJ Clue?, DJ Doo Wop, DJ S&S, Dutchess, E-A-Ski, Eminem, Flipmode Squad, Foxy Brown, Funkmaster Flex, G. Dep, Grafh, Hak Ditty, Hollywood, Jagged Edge, J-Hood, Joe Budden, Kam, Kid Capri, Killer Mike, Lady May, MC Ren, Mobb Deep, Nas, Noreaga, Postaboy, Raekwon, Ron G, Sauce Money, Scarface, Shells, Sonja Blade, Tony Touch, Vita, WC and Wyclef Jean. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
DJ Kay Slay
Keith Grayson (August 14, 1966 – April 17, 2022), professionally known as DJ Kay Slay, was an American disc jockey (DJ) from New York City. He is referred to by ''The New York Times'' as "Hip Hop's One-Man Ministry of Insults". He released four studio albums: '' The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1'' (2003), '' The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2'' (2004), '' The Champions: North Meets South'' (with Greg Street; 2006), and '' More Than Just a DJ'' (2010). Known for extensive curation of prominent figures in East Coast hip-hop, his albums were met with success in the regional market; his first two were released by Columbia Records. Grayson died from COVID-19 in 2022. Early life Grayson was born August 14, 1966, in New York City. He was originally a prominent graffiti artist, having been featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary, ''Style Wars''. One of Grayson's better known tags was "Dez". As a youth involved in New York's flourishing hip hop scene, Keith witnessed firsthand the ascent of legendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
DJ Scratch
George Spivey (born June 21, 1968), known professionally as DJ Scratch, is an American hip hop music, hip hop DJ and producer from Brooklyn, New York. DJ Scratch is the 1988 New Music Seminar Battle For World Supremacy DJ champion, the 2010 Master of the Mix winner and the 2012, 2013 & 2014 Global Spin Awards' "Turntablist of the Year". 19 albums produced by DJ Scratch were RIAA certification, certified Gold in United States, seven of them were certified as Platinum. Career DJ Scratch was introduced to EPMD by Jam Master Jay at the Run's House Tour after DJ K LA Boss left EPMD. Impressed by his skills, the two designated DJ Scratch as their official D.J. by their second album ''Unfinished Business (EPMD album), Unfinished Business'' in 1989. His presence was felt with his powerful cutting and scratching techniques that are heard on various tracks. Aside from scratching, on ''Business as Usual (EPMD album), Business As Usual'', he produced the track "Funky Piano", "Rampage" a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
HipHopDX
''HipHopDX'' is an online magazine of Hip hop music, hip hop music criticism and news. ''HipHopDX'' has over 3.5M monthly readers, the website encompassing hip hop news, interviews, music, and reviews. The website's founder and CEO is Sharath Cherian and the Head of Content is Jerry L. Barrow. ''HipHopDX'' is the flagship publication of Cheri Media Group. ''HipHopDX'' can be found on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. In September 2020, the website was acquired by Warner Music Group; however, the website was sold in 2024 to Uproxx Studios, managed by will.i.am, Jarret Myer, and Rich Antoniello. ''HipHopDX'''s Director of Hip Hop Journalism, Elliott Wilson, is a co-host (with DJ Hed and Jeremy Hecht) on ''The Bigger Picture'', a weekly hip-hop debate show managed by Uproxx Studios. ''HipHopDX'' was nominated for "Best Hip Hop Online Site" at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards. On September 3, 2013, ''The Source (magazine), The Source'' named ''HipHopDX'', n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Entertainment Weekly
''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American online magazine, digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular culture. The print magazine debuted on February 16, 1990, in New York City, and ceased publication in 2022. Different from celebrity-focused publications such as ''Us Weekly'', ''People (magazine), People'' (a sister magazine to ''EW''), and ''In Touch Weekly'', ''EW'' primarily concentrates on entertainment media news and critical reviews; unlike ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' and ''The Hollywood Reporter'', which were primarily established as trade magazines aimed at industry insiders, ''EW'' targets a more general audience. History Formed as a sister magazine to ''People'', the first issue of ''Entertainment Weekly'' was published on February 16, 1990. Created by Jeff Jarvis and founded by Michael Klingensmith, who serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, 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 compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes 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 res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Pain From The Game
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean ( ; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, singer, and record producer. Born in Haiti, Jean emigrated to the Northeastern United States, United States as a child. He gained fame as a founding member of the Fugees, a New Jersey–based hip hop music, hip hop trio he formed in 1990 with Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, serving as the group's lead producer and guitarist. Their second album The Score (Fugees album), ''The Score'' (1996) became one of the List of best-selling albums, best-selling albums of all time. Following the Fugees' success, Jean launched a solo career with ''Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival'' (1997), which featured the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten hit "Gone till November". Also in 1997, Jean guest appeared on Destiny's Child, Destiny Child's breakout single "No, No, No (Destiny's Child song), No, No, No". Afterwards, he co-wrote the 1999 singles "My Love Is Your Love (song), My Love Is Your Love" for Whitney Houston, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Heatmakerz
The Heatmakerz is the production brand for American music producer and writer Rsonist (Gregory Green). The Heatmakerz have been crafting the sound of New York since the early 2000s. Having worked with or influenced almost every artist in the city, The Heatmakerz have accumulated a combined total of over 25 million albums sold worldwide to date. "Names like DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, and The Neptunes branded a sound that helped shape generations of rap music. Another name you can add to that list is The Heatmakerz," said The Hip-Hop Museum. Widely known for The Diplomats’ hits “ Dipset Anthem” and “I’m Ready” amongst others, the credits are a who’s who of hip-hop including Lil’ Wayne, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Ludacris, Fat Joe, Ghostface Killah, Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, J. Cole, Joey Bada$$ and more. Rsonist defined the early-2000s Harlem sound, which quickly spread to all of rap music. He laid the groundwork for modern trap music almost 20 years before it happened. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stevie J
Steven Aaron Jordan (born November 2, 1973) Note: Live HHS link goes to error page, but copy-pasting the URL works. is an American DJ, record producer, and television personality. As part of the Bad Boy Records production team the Hitmen, Jordan won a Grammy Award for his work on Puff Daddy's debut album '' No Way Out'' (1997). Throughout the late 1990s, Jordan produced for a number of artists including Mariah Carey, Tevin Campbell, The Notorious B.I.G., 112, Jodeci, Faith Evans, Jay-Z, and Eve. Early life Steven Aaron Jordan was born on November 2, 1973, in Utica, New York, to Moses Jordan and Penny Daniels. He was raised in Buffalo, New York, and Rochester, New York, by his father after his mother abandoned the family. Career Jordan first rose to fame as a member of Bad Boy Records' "Hitmen" roster of in-house producers and writers during the 1990s. He worked often with label owner Sean "Puffy" Combs, producing on several Bad Boy projects, such as the self-titled debut a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nottz
Dominick J. Lamb, (born February 21, 1977) better known by his stage name Nottz (or Nottz Raw), is an American hip hop producer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia. Life and career Some of Nottz's earliest production work was on the Rawkus Records compilation '' Lyricist Lounge, Volume One'', in 1998. From there he landed three tracks on Busta Rhymes' '' Extinction level Event'' LP, after Rhymes stumbled across one of his beat tapes. Like many other hip hop producers to emerge before the 2000s, Nottz samples from old (primarily soul) records and film soundtracks to reconstruct new beats. West Coast hip hop icon, Dr. Dre, has named Nottz as one of his favorite producers, and has selected him as one of the few guest producers on his much delayed, yet anticipated '' Detox'' album that never was released. Nottz assisted in the production of the singer Bilal's second album, '' Love for Sale''. Nottz has a group called D.M.P., which stands for "Durte Muzik Prahdukshun". They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jerry Duplessis
Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis (born August 9, 1975) is a Haitian record producer and musician. His first major success came as the producer of the Fugees' 1996 album ''The Score (Fugees album), The Score''. He served as the bass guitarist for the group and is the cousin of Wyclef Jean, with whom he has collaborated on multiple projects. Early life Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis was born and raised in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At 14, he began playing the Bass instrument, bass. Early influences at this time included musicians Aston Barrett, and James Jamerson. At 16, he was sent to the US and was raised by his father and his aunt who was also musician Wyclef's mother. The basement of their family home soon became their home studio. From church to some time at the Institute of Audio Research, and gigs wherever he could play, their home studio "Booga Basement" was opened serving artists near New Jersey. Wyclef, Samuel Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill would then unite to create a new Caribbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander, known professionally as Jazze Pha ( ), is an American record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter. He founded the record label Sho'nuff Records in 1995, through which he signed R&B singer Ciara in 2003. He produced her 2004 single " 1, 2 Step," which peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and served as executive producer for its parent album, '' Goodies'' (2004). Released in a joint venture with LaFace Records, the album was met with critical and commercial success, although Ciara parted ways with Sho'nuff shortly after. During the remaining decade, Alexander's subsequent productions proved commercially successful. He is credited on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten singles " Get Up" also for Ciara and " So What" for Field Mob, the top 20 singles " Let's Get Down" for Bow Wow, " Let's Get Away" for T.I. and " Just Fine" for Mary J. Blige, as well as the top 40 singles "Area Codes" for Ludacris and " Do That..." for Birdman. Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
