Wreckx-n-Effect (originally Wrecks-n-Effect) is an American new jack swing group from

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most known for their No. 1 Rap songs, " New Jack Swing" & their multi-platinum hit " Rump Shaker".

History

Wrecks-n-Effect was founded in 1988 by Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley and Brandon "B-Doggs" Mitchell. A fourth member: Keith "K.C." Harris, was added while creating their demo but was a member only on their debut EP. One year later, Davidson, Riley and Mitchell reconvened and recorded their First LP containing New Jack Swing. Markell Riley is the brother of new jack swing producer

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. The group debuted in 1988 on Atlantic Records and soon after transitioned to Motown Records. The group achieved their first number one song on the Billboard

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chart with the single " New Jack Swing" in 1989 on Motown Records. In 1990 former member DJ "B-Doggs" Brandon Mitchell was killed in a local shootout, which nearly caused Davidson and Riley to end the group. The group continued after encouragement from producer

and

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. Aqil Davidson changed the spelling of Wrecks-n-Effect to Wreckx-n-Effect in honor of Mitchell. In 1991 Teddy Riley built Future Recording Studios, a multi-million dollar recording studio in

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, VA. Among the first records produced at Future Recording Studios was Wreckx-n-Effect's 1992 smash Rump Shaker, which would go on to reach number 2 on the

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. Wreckx-n-Effect also recorded their 1992 album

Hard or Smooth ''Hard or Smooth'' is the second album released by Wreckx-n-Effect. It was released on November 24, 1992, for MCA Records and featured production from Teddy Riley, Ty Fyffe, Riley's engineers Franklyn Grant and David Wynn and Wreckx-n—Effect. ...

at Future Recording Studios, which would go on to sell roughly 2 million copies and peak at number 16 on the

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, then known variously as the Hip Hop Minister and Conrad Muhammad, became a fixture in hip-hop in 1993 after he arranged a meeting and a truce in a feud between rising bands Wreckx-N-Effect and A Tribe Called Quest, that Tillard said threatened to turn Harlem into a "war zone".Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Gabe Alvarez, Jeff Mao, Brent Rollins (2014)
"Hit 'em up,"
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Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wreckx-N-Effect American hip hop groups African-American musical groups New jack swing music groups MCA Records artists Musical groups established in 1988 Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Motown artists Atlantic Records artists American musical trios Musical groups from Harlem