Oh No (rapper)

Michael Woodrow Jackson (born November 6, 1978), known professionally as Oh No, is an American rapper and record producer who has released several albums on Stones Throw Records. He is half of the hip hop duo Gangrene along with The Alchemist. He is also half of the hip-hop duo ''The Professionals'' with his brother Madlib.

Biography

Michael Woodrow Jackson was born on November 6, 1978, in Oxnard, California. He grew up in a family that was predominantly focused towards music at a wide spectrum, being the younger brother of hip hop artist Madlib, son of singer Otis Jackson, and nephew of jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis.

Oh No started performing with his group Kali Wild and was featured on his brother's group Lootpack's album '' Soundpieces: Da Antidote''. Oh No was signed to Los Angeles-based Stones Throw Records who released his debut album, '' The Disrupt'', in 2004. Around this time he also performed on numerous singles by other artists, and began doing freelance production work for labelmates Wildchild, MED (Nickolas Rodriguez) and others. He has gone on to produce for Juggaknots, De La Soul, Murs and various other artists.

In August 2006, Oh No released the album '' Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms'', exclusively sampling the music of Galt MacDermot and featuring appearances from numerous other rap artists, mostly in the Stones Throw family. The album was well received by critics and established Oh No as one of the leading underground producers in hip-hop. In 2007 he released '' Dr. No's Oxperiment'' to rave reviews. The album was entirely constructed using samples of Turkish, Lebanese, Greek and Italian music.

Oh No remains an avid gamer, even constructing an entire beat out of video game samples for the track "The Ride" off of '' The Disrupt''. In 2009, Oh No remixed several songs for the soundtrack of the U.S. limited edition version for Arc System Works' 2D fighting game '' BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger''. The same year, he released the album '' Dr. No's Ethiopium'', made entirely of samples of Ethiopian music. In 2013, Oh No produced the original score for the video game '' Grand Theft Auto V'', in collaboration with The Alchemist, Tangerine Dream and Woody Jackson.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' The Disrupt'' (2004)
* '' Exodus into Unheard Rhythms'' (2006)
* '' Dr. No's Oxperiment'' (2007)
* '' Dr. No's Ethiopium'' (2009)
* ''Ohnomite'' (2012)
* ''Dr. No's Kali Tornado Funk'' (2012)
* ''Ashes'' (2012) (with Chris Keys)
* ''Stereo Jr.'' (2012) (with Strong Arm Steady)
* ''Disrupted Ads'' (2013)
* ''The Subliminal Substance'' (2013) (with Chaotik Stylz)
* ''Animal Serum'' (2014) (with Prince Po)
* ''3 Dimensional Prescriptions'' (2017) (with TriState)
* ''Ultimate Breaks and Beats'' (2017)
* ''A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night'' (2019) (with Blu)
* '' The Professionals'' (2020) (with Madlib as The Professionals)
* ''OFFAIR: Dr. No's Lost Beach'' (2022)

Mixtapes

* ''The Disrupt Chronicles Vol. 2'' (2004) (mixed by DJ DoubleDose)
* ''The Disrupt Chronicles Part 0'' (2005) (mixed by DJ DoubleDose)
* ''Turn That Shit Up'' (2006) (with Roc C & DJ Rhettmatic)

Singles

* "Maximum Adrelanine" b/w "Earthquake" (2000)
* "Check It Out" b/w "You Wanna Test This" (2002)
* "Inna Opus" b/w ''Rules of Engagement'' (2003)
* "Make Noise" b/w "Chump" (2003)
* "Disruption Massacre" b/w "Put It All Together" (2004)
* "The Ride" b/w "Stomp That, V. 1.2" (2004)
* "Last Tango in Oxnard" (2004)
* "Falling" (2004)
* "Move Part 2" (2005)
* "Gets Mine" b/w "Lights Out" (2006)
* "It's All the Same" (2006)
* "Pandemonium" b/w "Louder" (2006)
* "Believe" b/w "Fast Drive Fast" (2006)
* "Ghetto First" (2007)
* "Keep Low" (2010)
* "3 Dollars" (2012)

Productions

* Murs – "The Scuffle" from '' The End of the Beginning'' (2003)
* Wildchild – "Code Red", "The Come Off", "The Movement Pt. 2", "Kiana", "Puttin' in Work" and "The Wonder Years" from '' Secondary Protocol'' (2003)
* Declaime – "New Thing", "Judgement", "Welcome 2 Reality", "Heavenbound", "Conversations", "Song in D Minor", "Testimony", "Dearest Desiree", "Neverending Remix", "Shine Time", "Knowledge Born" and "Still Waters" from ''Conversations with Dudley'' (2004)
* MED – "What U in It For?" and "Never Give U Up" from ''Push Comes to Shove'' (2005)
* Saïan Supa Crew – "Si J'Avais Su" from ''Hold-Up'' (2005)
* Aloe Blacc – "Long Time Coming" from '' Shine Through'' (2006)
* Juggaknots – "Vows" and "Daddy's Little Girl" from '' Use Your Confusion'' (2006)
* A.G. – "Love" and "Gigantic" from '' Get Dirty Radio'' (2006)
* Wise Intelligent – "Go with Me", "Still Black" and "Set U Free" from ''The Talented Timothy Taylor'' (2007)
* Wildchild – "Da Herc Dance" and "Rest N Beats" from '' Jack of All Trades'' (2007)
* Guilty Simpson – "Footwork" and "Ode to the Ghetto" from '' Ode to the Ghetto'' (2008)
* Vast Aire – "Lunchroom Rap (It's Nothing)" from ''Dueces Wild'' (2008)
* The Alchemist – "Under Siege" from '' Chemical Warfare'' (2009)
* Mos Def – "Supermagic" and "Pistola" from '' The Ecstatic'' (2009)
* Rakaa – "Assault & Battery" from ''Crown of Thorns'' (2010)
* MED – "Where I'm From" from ''Classic'' (2011)
* Talib Kweli – "Uh Oh" from ''Gutter Rainbows'' (2011)
* Prodigy – "Ms. Bad Ass" and "G-Up" from '' H.N.I.C. 3'' (2012)
* Talib Kweli – "That's Enough" and "I Like It" from ''Attack the Block'' (2012)
* Homeboy Sandman – "First of a Living Breed" from '' First of a Living Breed'' (2012)
* Talib Kweli – "Human Mic", "High Life", "Hold It Now" and "Hamster Wheel" from '' Prisoner of Conscious'' (2013)
* Danny Brown – "Gremlins", "Torture" and "Red 2 Go" from '' Old'' (2013)
* Quelle Chris – "What Up" and "With Open Arms" from ''Ghost at the Finish Line'' (2013)
* Talib Kweli – "Rare Portraits", "The Wormhole" and "Art Imitates Life" from ''Gravitas'' (2013)
* Skyzoo & Torae – "Talk of the Town" from '' Barrel Brothers'' (2014)
* Fatima – "Technology" from ''Yellow Memories'' (2014)
* Dilated Peoples – "Century of the Self" from ''Directors of Photography'' (2014)
* Homeboy Sandman – "Heaven Too" from '' Hallways'' (2014)
* Action Bronson – "Only in America" from '' Mr. Wonderful'' (2015)
* Talib Kweli & Styles P – "Brown Guys" and "In the Field" from ''The Seven'' (2017)

Guest appearances

* Lootpack - "Level Zero" from ''Soundpieces: Da Antidote'' (1999)
* Wildchild – "Heartbeat" from ''Secondary Protocol'' (2003)
* Wildchild – "Vinyl Talk" and "All Night" from ''The Jackal'' (2004)
* Lootpack – "Attack of the Tupperware Puppets", "Forever Beef", "What 'Cha Gotta Say?" and "I Declare War" from ''The Lost Tapes'' (2004)
* MED – "Serious" from ''Push Comes to Shove'' (2005)
* Wildchild – "Eyes Wide Shut" from '' Jack of All Trades'' (2007)
* Nicolay & Kay – "What We Live" from ''Time:Line'' (2008)
* Little Brother – "Stylin" from ''...And Justus for All'' (2008)
* Strong Arm Steady – "True Champs" from ''In Search of Stoney Jackson'' (2010)
* J. Rawls – "Best Producer on the Mic" from ''The Hip-Hop Affect'' (2011)
* MHz Legacy – "Soul Train (of Thought)" from ''MHz Legacy'' (2012)
* House Shoes - "Dirt" & "Last Breath" from ''Let It Go'' (2012)
* Czarface – "Czar Refaeli" from ''Czarface'' (2013)
* LMNO – "After the Fact" from ''After the Fact'' (2013)
* Blu – "Brown Sugar" from '' Good to Be Home'' (2014)
* Step Brothers – "Draw Something" from ''Lord Steppington'' (2014)
* Homeboy Sandman – "Heaven Too" from '' Hallways'' (2014)
* Axel F. – "All Day" from ''Theme Music'' (2014)
* Apathy & Kappa Gamma – "Charlie Brown" from ''Handshakes with Snakes'' (2016)

References

External links

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* Oh Noat Allmusic

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American hip hop record producers
African-American male rappers
Rappers from California
Place of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Oxnard, California
Living people
Stones Throw Records artists
1978 births
West Coast hip hop musicians
21st-century American rappers
Record producers from California
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians
20th-century African-American people