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Early life

Raised in

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, Hudson began developing his craft at the age of sixteen, playing bass in the band of his friend and mentor Charles Harrington. He eventually started his own band, Chapter One, with Al Johnson, after playing with Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers. He later moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to become one of Stax Records recording bassists. At Stax Records, he recorded and toured with Isaac Hayes on his Grammy-winning soundtrack for the 1970s hit movie ''Shaft'', and multi-platinum ''Black Moses''. He also recorded and co-produced songs with Rufus Thomas on the "Breakdown", and Luther Ingram on "If (Loving you is wrong I don't want to be right)".

Career

Hudson went on to work in the hip hop genre, probably being best known for his multi-platinum recording, "West Coast Poplock". Many artists have sampled this song, including Dr. Dre and 2pac with "California Love" and Snoop Dogg with "Poplock 2". The track consists of a three-man horn section, upright piano, guitar, percussion, and drums, with Hudson on the bass guitar.

1982: "West Coast Poplock"

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2014: Hudson presents ''Westcoastin'' – EP

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, Lee "DJ Flash" Johnson and Larry "Captain Rapp" Glenn as the album's executive producers.

Discography

; Album(s) * 2014: Ronnie Hudson – Westcoastin' (Re-mastered) ; Single(s) * 1982: West Coast Poplock (with the Street People) ; Compilation album(s) * 1983: Victor & The Glove – Breakmixer (Part 1) * 1991: Various – Lowrider Soundtrack Volume 2 * 1992: Various – West Coast Rap – The First Dynasty, Vol. 2 * 1992: Various – South Central (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) * 1993: Various – Compton's Greatest Rap Volume 1 * 1994: Various – Old School Volume 5 * 1995: Various – Eazy-E & Posse * 1996: Various – Street Jams : Back 2 The Old Skool Part Three * 1997: Various – The Best of Old School Funk Vol. 02 * 1997: Various – West Coast Posse 2 * 1998: Various – Funky Break Essentials 2 * 2002: Various – Old School Funkin' Hip Hop 2 * 2002: Various – Hip Hop Most Wanted – Chapter 2 * 2004: Various – Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas: Official Soundtrack * 2004: Various – Grand Theft Auto San Andreas: Official Soundtrack Box Set * 2005: Various – The 2Pac Collection * 2006: DJ Riz – Live From Brooklyn, Volume 2 (A Side) * 2008: Various – Old School Jams 8 * 2008: Various – Gold Digging – As Sampled By 2Pac * 2008: DJ Git Hyper – DJ Git Hyper Presents Music From Raymann Is Laat! * Ronnie Hudson's discography at

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Filmography

Soundtracks

* 2010: ''

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Actor

* 2013: California Dreamers (as Ronnie 'GEE')

References

External links

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