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The Grouch (rapper)
Corey Scoffern (born May 20, 1975), better known by his stage name The Grouch, is an American rapper and producer. He is currently based in Maui, Hawaii, but grew up and spent most of his time in the San Francisco Bay Area (specifically Oakland, California). He is a founding member of Living Legends, an underground hip hop collective based in Los Angeles, California. Life and career The Grouch was born & raised in Oakland, California, where he attended Skyline High School. He produced the entirety of Felt's debut album, '' Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci'', in 2002. He collaborated with Eligh, Evidence and Zion I on the song "Amp Live for President" in 2011. Discography Studio albums * ''Don't Talk to Me'' (1995) * ''Nothing Changes'' (1996) * ''Success Is Destiny'' (1997) * ''Fuck the Dumb'' (1998) * ''Overall'' (1999) (with Luckyiam, as CMA) * ''Making Perfect Sense'' (1999) * ''G&E Music Volume 1 & 2'' (2000) (with Eligh) * ''They Don't Have This'' (2000) * ''Crusade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Fresh (producer)
Marqus Brown, known as DJ.Fresh, is an American hip hop DJ based in Oakland and Los Angeles, California. Acclaim for his work includes being named to ''XXL'' magazine's 30 Best Hip-Hop Producers of 2016. In 2006 DJ.Fresh began releasing his ''The Tonite Show'' series of albums, which have featured artists such as Yukmouth and Raekwon. He has also released a number of mixtapes and has produced albums for other artists. His 2013 collaboration with J. Stalin, '' Miracle & Nightmare on 10th Street'', peaked at #61 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at #28 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. Early life Marqus Brown was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. While an adolescent in Baltimore he became immersed in hip hop culture, and he started mixing vinyl on turntables at age nine. Among his early musical influences were soul, hip hop, and jazz artists popular in the 1970s and 1980s, including Anita Baker, Whitney Houston, and the Gap Band. He moved with his mother and siblings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes In The Healing Of The Nation
''Heroes in the Healing of the Nation'' is the second collaborative studio album by Zion I and The Grouch. It was released by Z & G Music on March 22, 2011. It is the follow-up to their 2006 collaborative album, ''Heroes in the City of Dope''. It features guest appearances from Fashawn, Casual, and Freeway, among others. It peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart, number 47 on the Independent Albums chart, number 48 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and number 23 on the Top Rap Albums chart. Critical reception Edwin Ortiz of ''HipHopDX'' commented that the album "invokes a general ambience of positivity that you'll rarely find these days." Meanwhile, Will Georgi of ''Okayplayer'' said, " hesanctimonious vibe just makes me feel like a difficult teenager and want to do anything but listen to Zion I & The Grouch." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Zumbi (Zion I) – vocals * Amp Live (Zion I) – production (except 12) * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say G&E!
''Say G&E!'' is a studio album by American hip hop duo The Grouch & Eligh. It was released on Legendary Music in 2009. It peaked at number 186 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, as well as number 81 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and number 23 on the Independent Albums chart. Critical reception Andrew Martin of ''PopMatters'' gave the album 8 stars out of 10, describing it as "one of this year's strongest and most balanced hip-hop releases to date." Nate Knaebel of 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 databas ... said: "The tracks here are infectious and bang as hard as they want to, but they also show an artistry and intelligence you're just not going to get in the mainstream." Track listing Charts References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show You The World
''Show You the World'' is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician The Grouch. It was released on Legendary Music on April 8, 2008. It peaked at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ... chart. Critical reception Scott Ramage of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, praising " hemix of soulful samples and fresh, honest lyrics." Zoneil Maharaj of '' XLR8R'' wrote: "Meticulously crafted, ''Show You the World'' is The Grouch's first solo release in five years, serving food for thought over a platter of tight production." Track listing Charts References External links * * {{Authority control 2008 albums The Grouch (rapper) albums Albums produced by Raphael Saadiq Albums produced by Eligh Albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroes In The City Of Dope
''Heroes in the City of Dope'' is the first collaborative studio album by Zion I and The Grouch. It was released on Om Records on October 10, 2006. It peaked at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart, as well as number 34 on the Independent Albums chart. Critical reception Kevin Jones of ''Exclaim!'' gave the album a favorable review, saying: "With no shortness of inspiration, Zion I and the Grouch ensure that not a minute of this record goes to waste, matching engaging auditory pleasure with words that actually amount to something." Marisa Brown of AllMusic called it "partially introspection, partially consciousness, and partially hyphy-inspired dance music." Eric K. Arnold of ''East Bay Express'' wrote: "This collaborative effort presented an alternate view of Bay Area rap, one more concerned with quality-of-life issues than grill-pieces and rims." Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Zumbi (Zion I) – vocals * Amp Live (Zion I) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luckyiam
Tommy Woolfolk, better known by his stage name Luckyiam, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a founding member of Living Legends. He is also a member of CMA and Mystik Journeymen. History Luckyiam released ''Most Likely to Succeed'' in 2007. In 2009, he released a collaborative album, ''One Uppers'', with Sapient of Debaser as The Prime. ''I Love Haters'' was released as a free download on Lifted Research Group's website in 2011. The album features guest appearances from Aceyalone and Slug. He released ''Time to Get Lucky'' in 2012. He formed the duo Luck & Lana with vocalist Lana Shea. Luck & Lana have since released 2 albums together with production team Kill the Computer, under the name Luck & Lana Kill the Computer. Their first self-titled album was released in 2013. The follow up, titled ''Go'', was released in 2016 and has been critically acclaimed for both its lyricism and genre-bending beats. Discography Albums * ''Walkman Invaders'' (1995) * ''4001: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okayplayer
Okayplayer is an online hip-hop and alternative music website and community, described by ''Rolling Stone'' as a "tastemaker" and "an antidote to dull promotional Web sites used by most artists". The community was founded by The Roots' drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and author Angela Nissel as a loose musical collective in 1987, and evolved into an online community in 1999. In 2004, Questlove launched Okayplayer Records as a spin-off of the community, in partnership with Decon. After a near-decade hiatus, the label was rebooted in 2012 with Danny! as its flagship artist. This community is made up of recording artists (who keep their official internet homes there), visitors to the site, and individuals who post on the site's message board, the most popular feature of the site. All of the artists and staff, as well as those who post to the site's messageboard, are considered "okayplayers," or "OKPs" for short. Okayplayer was one of the first online hubs through which fans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evidence (musician)
Michael Taylor Perretta (born December 10, 1976), known professionally as Evidence, is an American rapper and record producer from Venice, Los Angeles, California. He is also a member of the group Dilated Peoples, as well as being one-half of Step Brothers with The Alchemist. Before creating music, Perretta was a graffiti artist. Early life Evidence was born Michael Perretta on December 10, 1976 in Venice, Los Angeles, California to Louis Michael Perretta, an Italian American, and actress Jana Taylor, who appeared in American television shows in the 1960s and 1970s. Growing up he lived next to Quincy Jones III’s studio. He learned the ins and outs of recording and emceeing there. Music career Dilated Peoples Shortly after meeting QD3, Evidence teamed with the like-minded Rakaa to form the group Dilated Peoples and after the success of their 1997 single "Third Degree" b/w "Confidence" and "Global Dynamics" on ABB Records – and the addition of DJ Babu to the fold a year lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eligh
Eli Nathan Nachowitz (born February 28, 1978), better known as Eligh, is an American rapper and producer from Los Angeles. He is a member of the underground hip hop group Living Legends. Biography Eligh's inspiration for making hip hop music came in the mid 1980s from the film ''Beat Street'' and LL Cool J's "I'm Bad." In high school, he co-founded the hip hop duo Boogalu Badboys with Scarub. When they crossed paths with another rapper Murs, the three formed 3 Melancholy Gypsys (3MG). Eligh then moved from Los Angeles up north to the Bay Area, where he met The Grouch, which ultimately led to 3MG's incorporation into Living Legends. In the mid and late 1990s, while simultaneously continuing to produce with Living Legends, Eligh released several self-pressed solo albums, such as ''As They Pass'' and ''Gas Dream''. In the early 2000s, he released darker and more cryptic albums such as ''Poltergeist'' and ''Enigma''. In 2005, Eligh took a break from music to confront his grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Daily
The ''Minnesota Daily'' is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota, published Monday and Thursday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. Published since 1900, the paper is currently the largest student-run and student-written newspaper in the United States and the largest paper in the state of Minnesota behind the ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'' and the ''St. Paul Pioneer Press''. The ''Daily'' was named best daily college newspaper in the United States in 2009 and 2010 by the Society of Professional Journalists. The paper is independent from the University, but receives $500,000 worth of student service fees funding. The ''Daily'' has a distribution of 12,150 copies per day (Monday and Thursday during the school year) and 10,000 copies per day (Wednesdays during summer) – available at over 200 locations on and near campus free of charge, as it is largely funded by advertising. A typical edition has about a dozen pages. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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