Tasha Tee (born September 22), known professionally as Sweet Tee and sometimes DJ Swoop, is an American

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who was signed to

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in the 1980s. Her first single in 1986 was the hit "It's My Beat" featuring

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. Sweet Tee would be part of the crew of producer Hurby Azor " Idol Makers" along with She scored minor

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success with her debut

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, '' It's Tee Time'' in 1988, which peaked at No. 31 on the US ''

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'' R&B chart.

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/ref> She scored four chart

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from her debut album. These included "I Got da Feelin'" (No. 48 US R&B, No. 31

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), "On the Smooth Tip" (No. 36 US R&B) and "Why Did It Have to Be Me". In the UK, "It's Like That Y'All" peaked in the Top 40. In 1995, Sweet Tee released the single "What's up, Star?" under the moniker Suga. UK-based act

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's 1994 debut single, "The Feeling", was a piano-based house track that

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Sweet Tee's lyrics from "I Got da Feelin'". The song reached No. 32 in the

. It is credited to Tin Tin Out featuring Sweet Tee. She is related to the radio personality K-Dolo of Solo & Dolo. Tasha is currently the assistant director at

, an album printing division located in

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New York.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

As lead artist

Featured singles

Guest appearances

Notes

References

External links

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