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Rahzel
Rozell Manely Brown (born October 6, 1964) is an American beatboxer and rapper, formerly a member of the Roots. Rahzel is known for an ability to sing or rap while simultaneously beatboxing, as evidenced in his performances of "Iron Man" and his signature song "If Your Mother Only Knew", a hidden track on ''Make the Music 2000''. His talents are showcased in various solo projects as well as on Ben Harper's 2000 single "Steal My Kisses." He also provided his own voice on video games '' SSX'' and ''SSX Tricky''. Rahzel was featured on the album ''True Love'' by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians. Discography Studio albums * 1999: ''Make the Music 2000'' * 2004: ''Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs'' Guest appearances Filmography * 2001: Brooklyn Babylon * 2009: The Magnificent Cooly T * 2012: Dora's Easter Adventure (Fiesta Trio) Awards Rahzel received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make The Music 2000
''Make The Music 2000'' is the debut studio album by American beatboxer and hip hop artist Rahzel. It was released on August 10, 1999 via MCA Records. Production was handled by several record producers, including Bob Power, Marley Marl, Pete Rock, Scott Storch, L.E.S. and Rahzel himself. The album also features guest appearances from Aaron Hall, Emanon, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, Scratch, Slick Rick, The Roots, TJ Swan and Vinia Mojica among others. The album peaked at number 51 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, and spawned two charted singles: "Southern Gul" and "All I Know". "All I Know" was featured in ''NBA Live 2000''. Critical reception The album was reviewed in the ''Daily Nebraskan'', which summarized that "the record fits together like a collage, with some pieces that certainly seem out of place" giving it a C+ overall. ''The Village Voice'' critic Robert Christgau highlighted "Southern Girl" and "Night Riders" while summarizing up the album as "having fun with the human beatbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs
''Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs!'' is the second album by American beatboxer and hip hop artist Rahzel. It was released on June 1, 2004, via Sure Shot Recordings. Track listing Personnel * Rahzel Manely Brown – main artist *William Tramontozzi – executive producer, scratches (tracks: 2, 8, 13, 14), DJ mix *A. Turner – executive producer *Chris Landry – executive producer *Russell Jones – executive producer * Ahmir Khalib Thompson – featured artist (track 15) * Erik Francis Schrody – featured artist (track 9) *Karl Jenkins – featured artist (track 15) *Keith Murray – featured artist (track 26) *Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra – featured artist (track 6) * Lawrence Parker – featured artist (track 2) *Lynden David Hall – featured artist (track 12) * Pedro Antonio Rojas, Jr. – featured artist (track 10) * Reco Price – featured artist (track 14) * Richard Martin Lloyd Walters – featured artist (track 19) *Robert Aguilar – scratches (track 21) * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roots
The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', having served in the same role on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip hop featuring live musical instruments and the group's work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. ThoughtCo ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them "Hip-hop's first legitimate band." In addition to the band's music, several members of the Roots are involved in side projects, including record production, acting, and regularly serving as guests on other musicians' albums and live shows. Band history 1987–1993: Early years The Roots originated in Philadelphia with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roots
The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', having served in the same role on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip hop featuring live musical instruments and the group's work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. ThoughtCo ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them "Hip-hop's first legitimate band." In addition to the band's music, several members of the Roots are involved in side projects, including record production, acting, and regularly serving as guests on other musicians' albums and live shows. Band history 1987–1993: Early years The Roots originated in Philadelphia with Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatboxing
Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (typically a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.TOWARD A BEATBOXOLOGY Human Beatbox It may also involve vocal imitation of , and other musical instruments. Beatboxing today is connected with hip-hop culture, often referred to as "the fifth element" of hip-hop, although it is not limited to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Want More?!!!??!
''Do You Want More?!!!??!'' is the second studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released January 17, 1995 on DGC Records. The band's major label-debut, it was released two years after their independent debut album, '' Organix'' (1993). ''Do You Want More?!!!??!'' has been considered by critics as a classic of hip hop jazz. In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''The Source''s 100 Best Rap Albums. On November 2, 2015, twenty years after its release, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 500,000 units in the United States. The master tapes for the album, including some unreleased tracks, were destroyed in the 2008 Universal Studios fire. Track listing *The track listing on some album releases denotes the first track, "Intro/There's Something Goin' On," as track #18, continuing the track count from Organix (17 tracks). The rest of the tracks continue upward from 18 to "The Unlocking" (being track #33) Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Me Love (Robyn Song)
"Show Me Love" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn. It was first released in Sweden in 1997 as a single from the international edition of her debut studio album, ''Robyn Is Here'' (1995). The song is her fourth Swedish, third UK, and second US single. The song is sometimes confused with Robin S.'s 1993 single " Show Me Love" because of identical song titles and similar first names; however, the two songs are not related. History In her home country of Sweden, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's fourth hit, peaking at number 14, lower than "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and " Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)", which both went top 10. In the United States, the single peaked at number seven, her second consecutive top 10 hit. In December 1997, the single received a gold certification from the RIAA in recognition of 500,000 copies sold in the US. It was Robyn's last top-10 hit and remains her last charting single on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "Show Me Love" became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peeping Tom (band)
Peeping Tom were an American rock band led by Mike Patton. To date, they have released one eponymous album and two singles on Ipecac Recordings. The band has featured a wide variety of well-known artists such as Amon Tobin, Massive Attack, Norah Jones and Kool Keith. Peeping Tom has been called Patton's most mainstream accessible work since his days with Faith No More. History Work began on Peeping Tom in 2000, but the album was delayed six years due to Patton's recording or touring work with Fantômas, Tomahawk, Lovage, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, Kaada/Patton. Additionally, around this time, he collaborated with Björk on her album medúlla, scored two feature films, acted in ''Firecracker'' and did video game voice work in '' The Darkness''. Finally, in 2006, the self-titled debut album, ''Peeping Tom'' was released through Patton's own label, Ipecac Recordings. The entire album was written by Patton with a wishlist of collaborators he had in mind and hoped wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravity (Bush Babees Album)
''Gravity'' is an album by the hip hop group Da Bush Babees, released in 1996. The crew got help from a number of fellow Native Tongues members, including the Ummah, Mos Def and De La Soul's Posdnous. The lead single "The Love Song" received strong airplay prior to the album's release. Along with De La Soul's '' Stakes Is High'', ''Gravity'' is notable for jump-starting the hip-hop career of Mos Def, who is featured on three tracks on the album ("Intro," "The Love Song," and "S.O.S."). Warner Bros. released the group from its contract after the album ran its course. Critical reception The ''Dayton Daily News The ''Dayton Daily News'' (''DDN'') is a daily newspaper published in Dayton, Ohio, United States. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, Inc., a privately held global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with approximately ...'' wrote that "Wax" "is a cool, jazzy, danceable number that should get plenty of club play among youth and adult-oriented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beatnuts
The Beatnuts are an American hip hop group and production duo from New York City. Its current members are JuJu and Psycho Les. JuJu (born Jerry Tineo on December 14, 1968) is a Dominican American from Corona and Psycho Les (born Lester Fernandez on April 10, 1970) is a Colombian American from Jackson Heights, Queens. Although only peripheral members, they are routinely acknowledged by Q-Tip as being members of Native Tongues. The Beatnuts were originally a trio before Fashion (born Berntony Smalls on January 13, 1970), now known as Al' Tariq, left the group to start a solo career. V.I.C. (Groove Merchantz, Ghetto Pros) was also a member of The Beatnuts' production team for a while. History Origins JuJu and Psycho Les grew up in different communities in Queens, New York City. Psycho Les started producing beats and DJing at age 15 under aliases including DJ Les Jams and DJ Incredible. At a high school in Flushing, Queens, a friend DJ Loco Moe introduced Les to fellow producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauschgift
''Lauschgift'' is the fourth studio album of the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. It peaked the German charts at position 2, the Austrian at 10, and the Swiss at position 5. The title—a pun mixing the German noun ''Rauschgift'' ("narcotics") with the verb ''lauschen'' ("to listen, to eavesdrop")—was inspired by a scene in the film '' Breakfast at Tiffanys''. The German-language dub of the film, in which I. Y. Yunioshi mispronounces the word ''Rauschgift'', was sampled on the album's first track. Track listing #"Lauschgift" – 0:17 #"Populär" – 3:28 #"Sie ist weg" – 3:52 #"Frühstück" – 0:39 #"Was geht" – 3:58 #"Nur in deinem Kopf" – 3:44 #"Tokio – Paris" – 0:23 #"Die Geschichte des O" – 4:00 #"Ich bin" – 1:48 #"Hey Baby" – 0:40 #"Michi gegen die Gesellschaft" – 4:51 #"Brems 2000" – 2:56 #"Thomas und die Philosophie" – 4:39 #"On the Next Album" – 0:48 #"Locker bleiben" – 3:10 (with Rahzel) #"Love Sucks" – 4:20 #"Wie die ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steal My Kisses
"Steal My Kisses" is a song by American music group Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, released as a single from their album '' Burn to Shine'' in 2000 through Virgin Records America. The beat of the song is formed with beatboxing by Rahzel. "Steal My Kisses" was released in April 2000 and peaked number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100. It also charted in New Zealand, where it held the number-two position on the RIANZ Singles Chart for four nonconsecutive weeks, finished 2000 as the country's fifth-best-selling single, and received a gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ... certification for sales of over 5,000. The music video was directed by Harper's producer/manager Jean-Pierre Plunier, and features Harper driving to a beach where he and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
