Anquette is an American
contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhy ...
group from
Miami, Florida
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,
U.S.
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They debuted with their answer version of the
2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew is an American hip hop group from Miami, Florida, which had its greatest commercial success from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. The group's most well-known line up was composed of Luke Campbell, Fresh Kid Ice, Mr. Mixx, and ...
's "Throw the D", titled "Throw the P" (1986). Anquette's debut LP ''Respect'' (1988) featured a version of
Aretha Franklin's "
Respect" as well as "I Will Always Be There for You", which peaked at #76 on
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart in 1989) and a rap track titled "Janet Reno". Anquette came back in 1997 with the tune "My Baby Mama," an answer rap to
B-Rock and the Bizz's "
My Baby Daddy".
Discography
* 1988 ''Respect'' (Skyywalker).
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums peak #41.
[ Billboard Allmusic.com]
References
1972 births
20th-century American women rappers
African-American women rappers
American women rappers
Living people
Rappers from Miami
Southern hip hop groups
Musical groups from Miami
African-American musical groups
Women hip hop groups
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
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