''Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs'' is the second album by American
beatboxer
Beatboxing (also, and sometimes, called beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (usually a TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. and
hip hop
Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
artist
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 h ...
. It was released on June 1, 2004, via Sure Shot Recordings.
Track listing
Personnel
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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
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Ahmir Khalib Thompson – featured artist
(track 15)
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Erik Francis Schrody – featured artist
(track 9)
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Karl Jenkins
Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, , Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, HonFLSW (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus (song), Adiemus" (1995, from the Adi ...
– featured artist
(track 15)
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Keith Murray – featured artist
(track 26)
*Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra – featured artist
(track 6)
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Lawrence Parker – featured artist
(track 2)
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Lynden David Hall – featured artist
(track 12)
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Pedro Antonio Rojas, Jr. – featured artist
(track 10)
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Reco Price – featured artist
(track 14)
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Richard Martin Lloyd Walters – featured artist
(track 19)
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Robert Aguilar – scratches
(track 21)
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Robert Fitzgerald Diggs – featured artist
(tracks: 5, 22)
*Robert Waller – featured artist
(track 17)
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Sean "Lord Tariq" Hamilton – featured artist
(track 26)
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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter – featured artist
(tracks: 7, 15)
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Thomas DeCarlo Callaway – featured artist
(track 23)
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Wendell Timothy Fite – featured artist
(track 7)
*Benjamin Altman – artwork and design
*Kaysh Shinn – photography
''Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs: Volume 2''
Another volume of ''Rahzel's Greatest Knock Outs'' was planned to be released in the summer of 2008. It was supposed to be his first solo album released after splitting with
the Roots
The Roots are an American Hip-hop, hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Black Thought, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Questlove, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''T ...
, but the project was never released. It was to feature two singles called "Ring the Alarm" and "Come Fly with Me" (featuring
Mike Patton
Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle. He has also fronted and/or played with Tomahawk, The ...
).
References
External links
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Rahzel albums
2003 greatest hits albums
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