The Almighty RSO was an American hip hop group from

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. Members included MCs E-Devious (Marco Antonio Ennis, later known as Antonio Twice Thou), Ray Dog (Ray Scott, later known as

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), Tony Rhome and DJ Deff Jeff.

History

One of their first breakthroughs was winning the ICA B-Town Rap Battle in 1986. In 1988 they released the single, "We're Notorious." Current Boston hip hop favorite Akrobatik said "Initially I would think of RSO Crew who were from here and making any type of noise. Locally, if I turned on the radio, those would be the guys that I would know who they were and follow their songs. I've definitely been checking them out from the beginning." In 1991, 17-year-old Rodney "Rock" Pitts joined as a MC referred by his cousin Big Hurst who was member of the Legion of Doom, the groups answer to the S1Ws. Rock was stabbed to death by a bouncer at a night club shortly after the group signed a deal with Tommy Boy Records. In 1994 they released the EP ''

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'' which created controversy with the single "One in the Chamba," which was inspired by two killings of youths by Boston Police. The

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(BPPA) pressed charges against the group under a state law that prohibits inciting assaults against public figures. The Almighty RSO spent a short period being part of

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, appearing on the album ''Rollin' With The Flavor''. In 1996, they produced their first full-length LP, '' Doomsday: Forever RSO'', which included the singles "

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" featuring

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, "The War's On" featuring

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and "You'll Never Know. In 1998, Scott (now known as Benzino) and Ennis (now known as Twice Thou) formed the group

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with Cool Gsus and released an album entitled ''

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''.

Discography

Studio albums

*'' Doomsday: Forever RSO'' (1996)

Extended plays

*''

'' (1994)

Other related releases

*Wiseguys – ''In Tha Company of Killaz'' (1996) *

– ''

'' (1998) *Hangmen 3 – ''No Skits Vol. 1'' (2000)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Almighty RSO, The East Coast hip hop groups Musical groups from Boston Tommy Boy Records artists Rap-A-Lot Records artists RCA Records artists Hardcore hip hop groups