When the commercial aired in the winter of , a dedication to Jam Master Jay was appended to the initial airings of the commercial. After his grandmother Matt Lou's death, he remained in Atlanta, particularly in west Atlanta's old 4th Ward. Jenkins dropped out of school in the 8th grade and began dealing drugs despite opposition from his mother. He admits not having a good relationship with her when he was younger; however the two are now on good terms.
Jenkins spent a lot of time with his friends Mel Man and Gold Mouth while growing up. Both Mel Man and Gold Mouth are now imprisoned and serving federal time. Jenkins mentions the two in several songs and how their imprisonment has affected him deeply. Jenkins started off as just a background player in the music industry. He began running his own independent label Corporate Thugz Entertainment and doing promotional work for Cash Money Records.
Soon after, he began rapping and releasing underground mixtapes that were very popular in Atlanta. The popularity of his mixtapes like Tha Streetz is Watchin set off a fan frenzy. With the release of possibly his most popular mixtape ever Trap or Die, success was inevitable. He played himself in the episode Coolio Runnings of the animated comedy Duckman. In fact, according to the DVD commentary, the producers of Futurama were so impressed by his range of voices, that they said he could do voice-over work professionally.
Coolio starred in the made-for-TV movie Dracula , in which he played a space-faring stoner named He made another television movie appearance as a military officer in the horror film Pterodactyl. He performed the themesong for the TV show Kenan and Kel, where he was featured in most of the song. In , Coolio was a contestant on Celebrity Fear Factor.
During the third round, he referred to himself as "El Cool Magnifico" which would become the title of his fourth studio album.
In the same year he appeared in celebrity bootcamp but did not win. Coolio also was in a movie called Gangland. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the gangsta rap sub-genre who initially rose to fame as a member of the group N. Eazy-E's style was marked by his youthful, high-pitched voice and his lyrics focusing on the elements of urban street life such as guns, drugs, relations between residents and the police, and deviant sexual activity.
When N. After hearing Eazy-E rap, however, the other N. Eazy-E's first solo album, Eazy-Duz-It, sold two million copies certifying it as a double platinum album.
Eazy-E's creative vision was not always shared by the other members of N. Dre was especially critical of the direction Eazy-E was leading the group[citation needed].
Eazy-E wanted to portray a rough, realistic image using stark production and minimal beats; Dre preferred to incorporate more mainstream elements into his production.
On the final N. Dre considered cartoonish,[citation needed] such as the use of pistols and shotguns in videos for Always into Somethin' and Appetite for Destruction. These differences of opinion led to a bumpy relationship; a break-up ensued when it was revealed that Eazy and Jerry Heller were borrowing money from the group.
Ice Cube had previously discovered this causing him to leave N. Born in Illinois, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he eventually made a name for himself, first as a radio DJ and then as one of the most prominent Southern rappers. Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time, in November This album was actually a re-release of the album Incognegro.
The album reached as high as 4 on the charts, and was a major success. Ludacris made his mark on the industry with singles such as "Southern Hospitality" and "What's Your Fantasy," along with his first ever single "Phat Rabbit", from 2 years prior. Back for the First Time was the beginning of Ludacris's explosion to the top of the rap world. When he was 4, his mother was murdered; he then moved in with his father and stepmother.
Cory's stepmother insisted that he read one book a week, which he credited with getting him interested in writing. Along with fellow QB-native Tragedy Khadafi, Cormega is perhaps most respected for his candid and often poignant rhymes which characterise inner-city living without ever seeming verbose.
Despite never garnering the mainstream appeal of contemporaries such as Nas, Mobb Deep and Noreaga, he remains respected as an emceee's emcee who tells it as it is without glamourising the world of crime as many other emcee's are known to do. Cormega recorded an album as MC Cor with Marley Marl in the late 80's, due to an unknown incident he ended up in jail and the album shelved.
Later, he was brought to the hip-hop world's attention in In the early 90's, like fellow QB-native Lakey The Kid, despite still being incarcerated, Cormega gained notoriety following a shout-out from Nas on the Q-Tip-produced "One Love", from his critically acclaimed Illmatic album. Coupled with Cormega's already established rhyming prowess this created considerable street buzz despite an obvious lack of outstanding material.
Hence following his release from prison in , Cormega became determined to pursue rapping. Based on his performance, he was signed to Def Jam and recorded an album called The Testament. Dre and Trackmasters joined to produce The Firm. Cormega was replaced with another artist, Nature, because either he would not sign a contract with Stoute or Stoute felt Nature was a better rapper.
This led to an alleged altercation between Cormega and Nature. Cormega's dispute with Stoute also ended his friendship with Nas. Meanwhile following a falling-out over creative differences with his manager Chris Lighty and Def-Jam imprint Violator Records, his debut album The Testament, was indefinitely shelved.
In , he was released from his contract and he started his own record company, Legal Hustle Records. In , he released his new debut album, The Realness, which was acclaimed by critics, and only beaten to independent album of the year by Little Brother's modern classic The Listening. Many of the songs share a theme of betrayal. Nas responded to Cormega on his song "Destroy and Rebuild" from his album Stillmatic.
Cormega retaliated with more mixtape tracks, "A Slick Response" and "Realmatic". His followup albums The True Meaning and Legal Hustle a compilation album showcasing his label's artists were also well-received. In , he was able to release The Testament on his own label, which saw good reviews and sales. In early September , Cormega posted a statement on his website that he and Nas had spoken and ended their feud. Cormega explained that their conversation had come about due to the death of Nas' mother, Ann Jones, a woman who Cormega had known as a child.
Both rappers have stated the possibility of a collaboration. Since then his uncompromising stance on political issues and biting social commentary have both aided and hindered his quest to bring solid music and messages to the masses. When his second album, Sleeping With The Enemy was ready for release in , Paris was dropped from now-defunct Tommy Boy Records and distributor Time Warner when they discovered its incendiary content - content which included fantasy revenge killings of then-President Bush and racist police officers.
Rather than buckle under pressure, he released the LP himself on his newly-formed Scarface Records to major sales and national acclaim. Paris signed a major artist and distribution deal with Priority Records for himself and Scarface Records in and released his third LP, Guerrilla Funk, and several then up-and-coming groups, most notably the Conscious Daughters. Paris and Priority formally severed their business relationship due to creative differences in , and in , Paris signed a one-off deal with now-defunct Whirling Records distributed by Rykodisc , for the release of his 4th LP, Unleashed.
Released in limited numbers, the LP went largely unnoticed due to lack of focus and funding. In Paris returned with a vengeance, injecting a much needed dose of reality and consciousness into an industry which now seems to only reflect corporate hip-hop sensibilities. Sonic Jihad was released to strong sales and critical acclaim, with Paris emerging with his new label and website, Guerrilla Funk Recordings [1].
Born out of necessity, it's a musical organization that counters the corporate stranglehold of censorship currently plaguing the entertainment industry, providing a home for projects and material of such notable acts as dead prez and Public Enemy. Paris has never been one to shy away from controversy. In , his Guerrilla Funk imprint released three projects, the first being Rebirth of a Nation, the long-awaited Paris-written and produced collaboration with Public Enemy. Also in , Paris introduced the world to former Coup-member T-K.
His anti-war anthem "What Would you Do? He grew up in Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. Heavily influenced by Grandmaster Caz in his earlier years, he continued to improve his fast flow and freestyle battle techniques. Kane was responsible for jump-starting and being the archetype for the career of Jay-Z, now a hugely commercially successful rapper who got his start as Kane's hypeman.
He was popular in the New York-underground hip hop scene during the early and mids. He was also a member of the D. Kelly singing the chorus and "What's Luv? The rapper also has appeared in several films, including the film Empire with John Leguizamo and Peter Sarsgaard. Fat Joe also released a Terror Squad self-titled album in September After several roster changes including Big Pun's sudden death and the departure of Cuban Link and Triple Seis, the clique released a second album, True Story, in July The song was later remixed by Lil' Jon.
In September , a former bodyguard for Fat Joe was arrested and charged with a murder which the rapper had allegedly witnessed. According to The New York Times, Jose Mulero was charged with murder, tampering with evidence, and weapons charges, after being accused of shooting Ernesto Rivera, 16, on April 15, In his verse, Ja Rule takes thinly-veiled potshots at 50 Cent, adding another chapter to their well-publicized feud.
However, this led to further controversy as 50 Cent assumed that by collaborating with Ja Rule, his enemy, Joe and Jada were now aligning themselves against him and included them both in his new diss track, "Piggy Bank" see Conflict with 50 Cent on Fat Joe's solo album, All or Nothing, [1].
The first single was "So Much More". Along with Run-DMC and The Fat Boys, Whodini were among the first rap groups to cultivate a high-profile national following for hip-hop music, and made significant inroads on Urban radio. The group had earned their share of gold singles and albums by , when the hits started to slump. Open Sesame, their release that year, failed to produce any hits.
The Amazing Ltd. MCs Mr. The three are perhaps best remembered for the singles "Funky Child", "Chief Rocka" and "Tic Toc"; all of which were wildly eccentric manifestoes.
The music video for "Funky Child" features the group members parading around in their underwear. Their chief producer was the Juice Crew spearhead Marley Marl.
They collaborated with George Clinton; their second album's title track, which samples his work, features him in a cameo. Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Friday 15 October Saturday 16 October Sunday 17 October Monday 18 October I thought 'Bigger Bang' was odd enough when I finally saw them in concert..
Frankly to me, 'Voodoo Lounge' was probably their last 'cool tour name' I can recall. What, followed by their rockin' 'Dewey Decimal System' tour coming Summer of ? Post a Comment. Karen: The Rolling Stones have re-issued their classic album Sticky Fingers in different versions to choose from -well, maybe not that many, more like nine, with varying price points and formats and goodies included.
I'm going to talk about that second disc in this post. Karen: Here's a list of the tracks: 1. Wild Horses Acoustic Version 3. Bitch Extended Version 5. Dead Flowers Alternate Version 6.
It's an interesting take on the song, and while kind of fun to hear, I'll take the original. But like everything on this disc, since we've heard the originals so many times, hearing anything different is like a breath of fresh air.
Karen: Wild Horses here is acoustic, and every note rings with clarity. It's pretty, in its way, but also very subdued, and maybe too spare. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure this isn't just the recording we know stripped of the electric guitar parts. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is clearly still in work-out stage, with Jagger still using "filler" vocals.
I've read about this practice of his before, so it was fun to listen to him singing a strange tongue of his own creation along with the music. The song itself is in its embryonic stages, with the rhythm coming together but no long, Santana-like solo from Mick Taylor in sight. Bitch is another workout song, with the music mostly all together, but Jagger still groping for the words.
Karen: Dead Flowers is a real standout of the alternate takes, as it is a complete track but sounds very different from the version on the album listen to it below. This is much more up tempo, rock and roll as opposed to the country twang of the original. Jagger's vocals sound flat, almost disinterested, although some might prefer that over his exaggerated redneck style that he uses on the Stones' country-tinged tunes.
Karen: The live stuff is really the best part of this disc. Obviously the live tracks are not songs from Sticky Fingers but from the time frame that the band was touring the album. Recorded at The Roundhouse in London in , the sound quality is excellent and the band is in great form. Live with Me is raucous and the horn section really blasts it out. Stray Cat Blues and Love in Vain both feature some excellent guitar work.
But the last two songs are truly exceptional. That version is a fantastic example of the Stones at their most masterful -it is menacing, hypnotic, and theatrical. This version is a terrific counterpoint, as it goes in a completely different direction, shedding the darkness and going for a blistering raver, with Jagger's harp tearing it up.
Charlie Watts propels the song with his chugging rhythm and the band is tight! It's a great cut and I'm glad they included it here. Karen: Wrapping it up is Honky Tonk Women, a big, loud crowd-pleaser, not even ruined by Keith's screeching background vocals yeah, I went there.
Again, a great song done to perfection by a band at the peak of their abilities. Dang it, the Stones are as bad as George Lucas when it comes to double dipping customers! Labels: albums , music , rock and roll , Rolling Stones , Sticky Fingers. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Friends, we've given a lot of attention to this, our baby. However, if you find a broken link in regard to an image or video, help us out by leaving a comment on that specific post.
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