Edward Anderson (born November 27, 1970) is a hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, better known by his stage name Edo G. Edo is the seniormost hip-hop artist from Boston (if not from anywhere in Massachusetts), in the sense that he was the first to gain recognition in

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and in the wider

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, and remains one of the best-known Boston rap artist internationally, having collaborated with large numbers of independent rap artists all over the globe. He is additionally known by the name Ed O.G., which was initially a misspelling by a record label but has endured.

Career

Edward Anderson was born in

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—a working class, predominantly black neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. His first

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was Ed Rock, and started his career in the late 1980s at age 15, in a crew called F.T.I. – Fresh To Impress. They had a song called "Suzi Q" on the "Boston Goes Def!" vinyl LP compilation, which was released in 1986. Three years later, with the help of New York's Awesome 2 duo (Teddy Ted and Special K) formed Ed O.G and Da Bulldogs in late 1989. He released his first album in 1991 with his group Da Bulldogs, titled ''Life of a Kid in the Ghetto''.Kellman, Andy
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, retrieved 2011-06-24 The album included the song "Be a Father to Your Child," which received

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on local Boston radio stations, and "I Got To Have It", which was sampled later by Mary J. Blige on the track "

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". The group was dropped from Mercury Records in 1993.Conaway, Matt
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, retrieved 2011-06-24 Edo G. has subsequently gone on to release four solo

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s and two EPs, toured around the world, and worked with other artists including

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, RZA,

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and

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. On his

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''The Truth Hurts'', he combined with DJ Premier and Pete Rock; "Wishful Thinking" was a

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of his first solo performance. The connection with Rock turned into a

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for the album ''My Own Worst Enemy''. One of the album's songs, "Wishing" (featuring Masta Ace), was featured on ''

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'' in episode 9, Return of the King. In 2005, Edo G. started a new group called

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with fellow Boston rappers Jaysaun (of Kreators) and Slaine (of

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). They released a

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on November 11, 2005 entitled ''The Mixtape''. Special Teamz released the album, ''Stereotypez'', on September 25, 2007, which featured production from Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and specialist producer

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, who had previously collaborated with Jake One and

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. Appearances on the album included

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and

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of Boot Camp Clik,

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and

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. Edo G. proceeded to work on a new album with Masta Ace. The first single, titled "Little Young" was released via Myspace. The album was scheduled for release in October 2009, but the release was delayed by a cease-and-desist order from

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, which required a complete revision of the album cover artwork and design, due to copyright issues, as Edo and Masta Ace called their duo "A&E". Edo G. is also a member of the Boston hip hop group 4Peace along with Twice Thou, Wyatt Jackson, and DQuest. In 2013, Edo G and OhNo collaborated on the song "Done Talking".

Discography

Albums

*''The Truth Hurts'' (2000) *''Wishful Thinking'' (2002) *''A Face In The Crowd'' (2011) *'' Intelligence & Ignorance'' (2013) *''After All These Years'' (2014) *''FreEDOm'' (2017) Collaboration albums *'' Life of a Kid in the Ghetto'' (with Da Bulldogs) (1991) *'' Roxbury 02119'' (with Da Bulldogs) (1993) *'' My Own Worst Enemy'' (with

) (2004) *'' Stereotypez'' (with Special Teamz) (2007) *''Acting'' (with Da Bulldogs) (2008) *''

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'' (with

) (2009) *''Afterwords'' (with Street Wyze) (2015) *'' Edo.G & Insight Innovates'' (with Insight Innovates) (2021)

Appearances

*1992: "Do Whatta I Gotta Do" (from the

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album ''Heavy Rhyme Experience'') *1994: "As Long As You Know" (from the Scientifik album Criminal) *2001: "Rollin' Dolo" (from the

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album '' Baldhead Slick & da Click'') *2001: "Gunz Still Hot (Remix)" (from the

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album '' Hostile Environment'') *2004: "Wutuwankno" (from the

album ''

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'') *2004: "CpH Claimin' Respect #2" (from The Boulevard Connection 12" EP ''CpH Claimin' Respect #2/G.A. (Remix)'') *2004: "Mind in a Spin" (from the Time Machine album 'Slow Your Roll') *2005: "Official" (From the

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album ''Never Say Die'') *2005: "Experience (Why Don't You?)" (from the

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album '' Experience & Education'') *2005: "IllState MASSive pt2" (from the Earatik Statik album Feelin Earatik'') *2006: "Heart" (from the Shinsight Trio album Shallow Nights Blurry Moon) *2007: "Time & Place" (from the

album ''

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'') *2007: "Nothin' You Say" (from the Snowgoons album ''German Lugers'') *2007: "Crowd Control" (from the Oak Lonetree album ''The One'') *2007: "No More" (from the

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album ''Broken Window'') *2008: "Who Made the Rules" (from the

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album ''Everythings a Gamble Vol. 1'') *2008: "Nobody Like Me" (from the DJ K.O. album ''Picture This ...'') *2008: "Raining" (from the Snowgoons album ''Black Snow'') *2009: "Hip-Hop Lives" (from the JR & PH7 album ''The Standard'') *2009: "Miss Those Years" (from the Earatik Statik album ''Good, Bad & Ugly'') *2010: "Tribute To The DJ" (from the

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& DJ Jean Maron album ''Run MPC'') *2010: "Fiyah" (from the Capitol 1212 EP ''History of Silence'') *2010: "Fall Back" (from the Omega Red album ''RedTape Vol.3'') *2010: "Freestyle" feat. Jean Marron (from the Dany Dan album ''A la régulière'') *2014: "No Hooks 2014" (from the Far From Ya Average album "The Basement LP") *2016: "Plane Gang" (from the

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album "The Greatest X") *2017: "Verbal Assault" *2021: "Riot Gear" (with Ben Shorr, DJ Boogie Blind &

)

References

External links

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