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Funkdoobiest
Funkdoobiest was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, United States, composed of rappers Jason "Son Doobie" Vasquez, Tyrone "Tomahawk Funk" Pacheco and DJ Ralph "Tha Phunky Mexican" Medrano. They are members of the Soul Assassins collective. The group has released four studio albums. Their third LP, ''The Troubleshooters'', was recorded and released without any participation of Tomahawk Funk due to his departure from the group. The group's most successful hit single, "Bow Wow Wow" from their debut album ''Which Doobie U B?'', peaked at number 89 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. They appeared in the soundtrack to Allison Anders' 1994 film '' Mi Vida Loca'' with the song "The Good Hit". The song "Superhoes" from their second album ''Brothas Doobie'' was featured in the soundtrack to F. Gary Gray's 1995 film ''Friday''. The song "Act On It" from their third album was used in the Kirk Wong's 1998 film ''The Big Hit''. From 2003 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden B-Boys (Album)
Funkdoobiest was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California, United States, composed of rappers Jason "Son Doobie" Vasquez, Tyrone "Tomahawk Funk" Pacheco and DJ Ralph "Tha Phunky Mexican" Medrano. They are members of the Soul Assassins collective. The group has released four studio albums. Their third LP, ''The Troubleshooters'', was recorded and released without any participation of Tomahawk Funk due to his departure from the group. The group's most successful hit single, "Bow Wow Wow" from their debut album '' Which Doobie U B?'', peaked at number 89 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in the United States. They appeared in the soundtrack to Allison Anders' 1994 film ''Mi Vida Loca'' with the song "The Good Hit". The song "Superhoes" from their second album '' Brothas Doobie'' was featured in the soundtrack to F. Gary Gray's 1995 film ''Friday''. The song "Act On It" from their third album was used in the Kirk Wong's 1998 film ''The Big Hit''. From 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothas Doobie
''Brothas Doobie'' is the second studio album by Los Angeles-based hip hop group Funkdoobiest. It was released on July 4, 1995 via Epic Records. This was the final album featuring back-up MC and hypeman Tomahawk Funk, who left the group after this release. The album contains the famous and controversial track "Superhoes", which also appeared in the soundtrack to the film ''Friday'', starring N.W.A's Ice Cube. The album has been falsely shown with a blue cover, several times. It has a green color instead. An edited version of the album, which removed most of its explicit language and sexual content, was also released. It completely censored the track "Superhoes", due to references to masturbation and rape, and the track "Pussy Ain't Shit" due to its main graphic theme: the female reproductive organs. Track listing ;Sample credits *"This Is It (Interlude)" sampled "Is It Him of Me" by Jackie Jackson, "Winter's Child" by Charles Kynard and "This Is It" from Style Wars. *"Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troubleshooters (album)
''The Troubleshooters'' is the third studio album by the Los Angeles-based Latin hip hop group Funkdoobiest, released in 1998. It was the group's first album without Tomahawk Funk. Unlike their previous two albums, there is no production by their mentor DJ Muggs. "Papi Chulo" features Tha Dogg Pound member Daz Dillinger. Critical reception The '' Hartford Courant'' noted "the relative lack of filler and the DJ Ralph M.'s original approach to samples." The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote: "Opting to entertain rather than overwhelm, Funkdoobiest's third album wins with laughs and their trademark off-kilter presentation ... '!Oyi Papi!' is hard-core Latino hip-hop at its finest." The '' Austin American-Statesman'' stated: "Sampling from a brightly colored sonic palette of beats, cultures, languages and guest MCs ... Funkdoobiest has created the ultimate urban cruisin' soundtrack—on which the moods change as fast as the passing landscape." Track listing Sample credits Papi Chulo *" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Which Doobie U B?
''Which Doobie U B?'' is the debut studio album by Los Angeles-based Latin hip hop group Funkdoobiest. It was released on May 4, 1993 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 56 on the US ''Billboard 200'' chart. The album title comes from a line in an episode of the 1970s sitcom, ''What's Happening!!'', when the main character, Raj, is introduced to special guests The Doobie Brothers. Track listing Personnel * Jason Vasquez – main artist *Ralph Medrano – main artist *Tyrone Pacheco – main artist * Louis Freese – featured artist (track 8) * Richard Todd Ray – producer (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8) * Lawrence Muggerud – producer (tracks: 1, 2) *Leor Dimant Leor Dimant ( lv, Leors Dimants, russian: Леор Григорьевич Димант, ; born December 18, 1972), better known as DJ Lethal, is a Latvian-American turntablist and producer and is best known as a member of the groups House of Pai ... – producer (tracks: 1, 2) *Jason Roberts – mixing (tracks: 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal Records
Immortal Records was an American independent record label/imprint label based in Los Angeles, California. The company helped launch the careers of such influential acts as Korn, Thirty Seconds To Mars, and Incubus over the years. The label had also released soundtracks, including '' Judgment Night'', ''Spawn'', ''Blade II'' and '' Masters of Horror''. It was distributed by various labels, including Epic, Virgin and RED Distribution. History Immortal Records was founded in 1991 by Amanda Scheer Demme and Happy Walters. Shortly after its inception, the label signed a three-year deal with Epic Records. The label also renewed its contract with the label in 1994 for two years further. In 1997, following the expiration of their two-year renewal Epic re-signed a new five-year deal with the label worth $35 million. The deal granted the label, more creative freedoms, and around this time the label grew its staff from 15 to 20 employees. However, in 1998 the head of Epic, Richard Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday (soundtrack)
''Friday (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack to F. Gary Gray's 1995 stoner film ''Friday''. It was released on April 11, 1995 through Priority Records and consists of hip hop and R&B music. Recording sessions took place at Street Knowledge Recording Studio, Dre's Crib, Digital Shack, Larrabee Sound Studios, Image Recording Studios and Yo Mama's House in Los Angeles, at Digital Services in Houston, at Firehouse Studios in New York, at the Archive in Oakland, at the Plant Studios in California, at Luke Recording Studio in Liberty City, and at Ocean 11 Suite 7. Production was handled by film writers Ice Cube and DJ Pooh, as well as DJ Muggs, the 2 Live Crew, Angela Winbush, Bootsy Collins, Dr. Dre, E-A-Ski & CMT, E-Swift, N.O. Joe, Ralph tha Funky Mexican, Rashad Coes, Roger Troutman and Ronald Isley, with Sam Sneed co-producing the album's lead single " Keep Their Heads Ringin'", and Patricia Charbonnet and Toby Emmerich serving as executive producers. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mi Vida Loca (soundtrack)
''Mi Vida Loca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack to Allison Anders' 1994 film ''Mi Vida Loca''. It was released on March 8, 1994, via Mercury Records and consisted of hip hop and contemporary R&B music, with Jellybean Benitez serving as the soundtrack's supervisor. The album reached number 70 on the '' Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Track listing # "Tales from the Westside" – 3:45 ( Proper Dos) # "The Good Hit" – 3:18 (Funkdoobiest) # "If the Papes Come" – 4:14 ( A Tribe Called Quest) # "Run, Catch & Kill" – 4:58 (Boss) # "Scandalous" – 3:34 (Psycho Realm) # "Crooked is the Path" – 4:06 (Shootyz Groove) # " Hey D.J." – 4:00 ( A Lighter Shade of Brown) # "Weather 4 2" – 5:20 (Tony! Toni! Toné! Tony! Toni! Toné! was an American soul/ R&B band from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Pain
House of Pain was an American hip-hop trio that released three albums in the 1990s. The group consisted of DJ Lethal, Danny Boy, and Everlast. The group's name is a reference to the H. G. Wells novel '' The Island of Dr. Moreau'', a reference carried further by the naming of their 2011 tour ''He Who Breaks the Law''. The group is best known for its 1992 hit single " Jump Around", which reached number 3 in their native United States of America, number 6 in Ireland and number 8 in the United Kingdom. The group broke up in 1996 due to what Everlast described as a toxic environment fueled by Danny Boy's drug addiction. Lead rapper Everlast eventually went on to pursue a solo career as a Blues Rock artist and member of the supergroup La Coka Nostra which also featured DJ Lethal. House of Pain reunited briefly in 2010 for a world tour. Band history 1990–1992: Formation and breakthrough In 1990, Daniel O'Connor (Danny Boy O'Connor) got together with fellow rapper Erik Schrody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have multi-platinum and platinum albums. They are considered to be among the main progenitors of West Coast and 1990s hip hop. The group has been critically acclaimed for their first five albums.Edwards, Paul, 2009, '' How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC'', Chicago Review Press, p. 316. All of the group members advocate for medical and recreational use of cannabis in the United States. In 2019, Cypress Hill became the first hip hop group to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. History Formation (1988) Senen Reyes (also known as Sen Dog) and Ulpiano Sergio Reyes (also known as Mellow Man Ace) are brothers born in Pinar del Río, Cuba. In 1971, their family immigrated to the United States and initially lived in South Gate, California. In 1988, the two brothers teamed up with New York City native Lawrence Muggerud (also known as D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, 1965 in an effort by the magazine to further expand into the field of rhythm and blues music. It then went through several name changes, being known as Soul LPs in the 1970s and Top Black Albums in the 1980s, before returning to the R&B identification in 1990 and affixing a hip hop designation in 1999 to reflect the latter's growing sales and relationship to R&B during the decade. From 1965 through 2009, the chart was compiled based on reported sales at a core panel of stores with a "higher-than-average volume" of R&B and/or hip-hop album sales to monitor buying trends of the African-American community. This panel included more independent and smaller chain stores compared to the high percentage of mass merchants that account f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard 200
The ''Billboard'' 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its " number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the ''Billboard'' Top LPs (1961–1972), ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), ''Billboard'' Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums (1985–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in the United States. The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday (to coi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Hit
''The Big Hit'' is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Che-Kirk Wong, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabàto Jr., China Chow, Avery Brooks, Lainie Kazan, Elliott Gould, Sab Shimono and Lela Rochon. The film was shot in Hamilton and Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Plot Melvin Smiley has a good life thanks to his talents as a contract-killer, but has a very working class mentality going about his life, in combination with his constant struggles to maintain two romantic relationships. One is with the demanding and demeaning Chantel, who does not accept his work, and the other with Pam, who knows nothing of his job. Melvin is somewhat of a pushover, trying to appease all of Chantel's demands, even her most expensive wishes, as well as rolling over whenever one of his co-workers takes credit for his achievements. Perhaps as a result of his helplessness in asserting himself, throughout the early s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
