MVP (short for "Most Valuable Playas") was a hip hop act from
New York
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. The line-up of the
group
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singer
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from
The Bronx
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Stagga Lee
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(a.k.a. Eric Newman); and
Robert Clivillés
Robert Manuel Clivillés (; born July 30, 1964 from
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The group released two
album
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s, ''Stagga Lee presents MVP'' (
Casablanca
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/
Universal Records
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, 2003) (when the line-up contained four more members: Mighty Max, Jasmine Ray, J.R.X.L. and Fatts Bronston) and ''Hip Hop, Clubs, Girls & Life Vol. 1'' (
Positiva
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/
EMI Records
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, 2006).
The group's debut
single
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* "Single" (Natasha Bedingfield song), 2004
* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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hit
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in
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. It reached No. 5 in the
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in July 2005. "Bounce, Shake, Move, Stop!" was the second single, and reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 43 on the
Irish Singles Chart
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in 2006.Everyhit.com The group has released no further singles.
See also
*
Robert Clivillés
Robert Manuel Clivillés (; born July 30, 1964 from
C+C Music Factory
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