David Brown (born 1983), better known by his

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Roscoe, is an

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rapper. He released his debut album, ''

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'', in 2003, with the album debuting at #148 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Career

Roscoe was initially introduced to hip hop by his older brother

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, who, at that time, was signed to

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and working on his debut album with

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. Kurupt flew Roscoe out to California and brought him to Death Row's studios to see him rap. Kurupt was impressed with what he saw and began meeting with his brother in the studio regularly, and eventually began writing his songs. He made his first appearance on his brother's album Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha, featuring on the vocals ''"I Call Shots"'' and ''"Girls All Pause"'' along with

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was impressed with Roscoe and helped to produce his debut mixtape, ''"When The Pain Inflict"'', released in 2001. Thanks to the positive reception of his mixtape, Roscoe signed with

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and immediately got to work on his debut album,

, released in 2003. The album peaked at #22 on the

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chart. On October 17, 2013, Roscoe released his most recent mixtape ''Tha Influence'', featuring guest appearances from

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and

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. The mixtape features

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by Best Kept Secret,

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, Charlie Red 3000, Fingazz,

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, Mike WiLL Made It,

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and

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. On November 11, 2014, he released his third studio album titled ''Scoe, Tha Influence Album'', also the first project to be released under his new label, 3D Shadez Entertainment. The album features Too Short, Kurupt, Kobe, Clyde Carson, Xzibit, KJ Konteh, Yummy Bingham, E-Note, All Star and K Young, with Roscoe taking a more musical approach by using live musicians rather than producers.

Discography

Albums

*2003: ''

'' (#148

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, #22 R&B/Hip-Hop) *2006: ''I Luv Cali'' *2008: ''Stray Dogg - Off Tha Leash, Off Tha Chain'' *2014: ''Tha Influence Album''

Collaboration albums

*2008: ''Armz Up'' (with Bulletz & AK) *2009: ''Kurupt & Roscoe - Tha Tekneek Filez'' (with

) *2009: '' The Frank & Jess Story'' (with Kurupt) (#82 R&B/Hip-Hop)

Mixtapes

* 2001: ''When the Pain Inflict'' * 2009: ''Philaphornia Pt. 2 Tha Philly Fanatic'' * 2013: ''Tha Influence'' * 2013: ''Tha influence'' (East Coast Edition), hosted by DJ Whoo-Kid * 2013: ''Tha Influence 2: X-mas Treez''

Singles

*2000: "I Love Cali" (#90 R&B/Hip-Hop) *2002: "Get Ready" featuring Kokane *2002: "Head 2 Toe" featuring Sleepy Brown *2003: "Smooth Sailin'" (#73 R&B/Hip-Hop) *2006: "Summertime Again" featuring Fingazz *2006: "Fuck Buddy" featuring Fingazz *2014: "Break Yo Bed" featuring Clyde Carson, Too $hort, All Star *2014: "I Do All Dat" featuring Kurupt

Guest appearances

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roscoe 1983 births Living people African-American male rappers Rappers from Philadelphia East Coast hip hop musicians 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century African-American musicians 20th-century African-American people