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Contemporary Jeep Music
''Da King & I'' was an American hip-hop duo consisting of Izzy Ice (born Isidore Francois on April 17, 1972) and DJ Majesty (born Roderick Wiggins). History The group signed with Rowdy Records and released their debut single, "Flip da Scrip" on November 24, 1992. Their debut album ''Contemporary Jeep Music'' was released on July 13, 1993. It contained the singles "Flip Da Scrip" and "Tears." The album earned many positive reviews but was not a commercial success. The duo disbanded shortly after the release of the album. In the late 1990s DJ Majesty launched a career as an R&B producer. He contributed to several albums including: SWV - ''Release Some Tension'' ("Release Some Tension") RCA Records, 1998 Rufus Blaq - ''Credentials'' ("Come Alive Y'all") Perspective Records, 1998 Elusion - ''Think About It'' ("Good and Plenty") RCA Records, 1998 Before Dark - '' Daydreamin''' ("Push N Shove") RCA Records, 2000 DJ Majesty appeared as a battle DJ in the 1992 movie ''Juice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
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Elusion
Elusion was a female R&B group that consisted of two separate sets of identical twin sisters, Tamica and Tanya Johnson, and Michelle and Marie Harris. They only released one album as a group, ''Think About It'' in 1998. Michelle and Marie were born in San Diego, California while Tamica and Tanya are from Selma, Alabama. They teamed up to form the group, Elusion. Their debut album included their mildly received single, "Reality". The song has since achieved cult status. The album is notable for also including production by Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the Contemporary R&B, R&B girl group 4 All the Sistas Arou ... before she became famous, on the track titled "Good and Plenty". Tanya and Tamica formed a group called Nubreed. Discography ;Albums *1998: ''Think About It'' (RCA) ;Singles *1997: "Reality" Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Hip-hop Duos
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Musical Duos From New York (state) , the ability to perceive music or to create music
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African-American Musical Duos
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the U.S. after White Americans. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States. In 2023, an estimated 48.3 million people self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% of the country’s population. This marks a 33% increase since 2000, when there were 36.2 million Black people living in the U.S. African-American history began in the 16th century, with Africans being sold to European slave traders and transported across the Atlantic to the Western Hemisphere. They were sold as slaves to European colonists and put to work on plantations, particularly in the southern colonies. A few were able to achieve freedom through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian record chart, music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent (historian), David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juice (1992 Film)
''Juice'' is a 1992 American crime thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson (in his directorial debut), written by Dickerson and Gerard Brown, and starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine Hopkins, and Khalil Kain. It follows four black youths growing up in Harlem, following their day-to-day activities, their struggles with police misconduct, rival neighborhood gangs, and their families. The film marked the first acting role for Epps, Kain, and Shakur. It was shot in Harlem in 1991. Plot Roland Bishop, Quincy "Q" Powell, Raheem Porter, and Eric "Steel" Thurman are four teenage African-American friends growing up together in Harlem. They regularly skip school, instead spending their days hanging out at Steel's apartment, at a neighborhood arcade, and also a record store where they steal LPs for Q's DJ interests. They are also harassed daily by the police and a Puerto Rican gang led by Radames. Fed up with the harassment he and his friends have endured, Bishop decides th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daydreamin' (Before Dark Album)
''Daydreamin is the only album released by R&B group, Before Dark. It was released on July 11, 2000 through RCA Records, about a year after it was originally set to be released. The group's first two singles, "Come Correct" and "Baby" were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively, but neither was met with much success and RCA decided to delay the album. Early in 2000 the group's third and most successful single "Monica" was released and peaked at 77 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Three months after the release of "Monica", ''Daydreamin was finally released. Track listing #"Intro: Going to the Movies" (Gregory Curtis, Michelle LeFleur, Theodore Lefleur, Alvin Lefleur, Simon Lefleur) - 2:06 #"How Could You" ( Kevin Briggs, Kandi) - 2:48 #"Monica" (Marc Kinchen, Lil' Mo, Carlos McKinney, Washington) - 4:04 #"As Far as They Know" (Briggs, Kandi) - 3:35 #"Baby" (Kevin Briggs, Chris Stewart, Tab, Turman) - 3:47 (Featuring Solé) #"Always on My Mind" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Before Dark
Before Dark was an American R&B girl group that originated in the late 1990s. The group consisted of sisters Arike Rice and Jeni Rice Genzuk (AKA Jeni G.), and their friend Mia Wright (née Lee), all from South Central Los Angeles.Huey, SteveBefore Dark Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved January 7, 2014Bessman, Jim (2000)Before Dark Goes 'Daydreamin' on RCA, ''Billboard'', April 22, 2000, p. 31. Retrieved January 7, 2014Destiny's Child Among Hottest New Female Groups , '' Jet'', August 2, 1999, p. 60 The group released the album '' Daydreamin''' on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perspective Records
Perspective Records is an American record label, launched in 1991 by the producing team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, through a joint venture with A&M Records—which Jam & Lewis had had a prosperous working relationship with throughout the 1980s, with several of its major acts including Janet Jackson, The Human League, and label founder Herb Alpert. Acts on Perspective's roster included The Avila Brothers, Bobby Ross Avila, Smooth (singer), Smooth, Mint Condition, Lo-Key, Solo (American band), Solo, Sounds of Blackness, Young Zee, and Ann Nesby. From 1993 to 1996, A&M Records released most of its own Urban contemporary, urban acts through Perspective. Rapper Tech N9ne was one of the signees for the label, however he was released from the label due to creative differences. In 1997, Jam and Lewis resigned as the label's CEOs, but remained consultants. Over the next year, Perspective continued to release recordings by the current artists for the sake of fulfilling contractual obligation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast Hip Hop
East Coast hip-hop is a regional subgenre of hip-hop music that originated in New York City during the 1970s. Hip-hop is recognized to have originated and evolved first in the Bronx borough of New York City. In contrast to other styles, East Coast hip-hop music prioritizes complex lyrics for attentive listening rather than beats for dancing. The term "East Coast hip-hop" more specifically denotes hip-hop originating from the Northeastern United States. Southeastern states such as Georgia or Florida instead produce Southern hip-hop rather than East Coast hip-hop, although the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland produce East Coast hip-hop. Musical style In contrast to the more simplistic rhyme pattern and scheme used in Old-school hip-hop, hip-hop in the late ‘80s developed a stronger emphasis on lyrical dexterity. It also became characterized by multi-syllabic rhymes, complex wordplay, a continuous free-flowing delivery and intricate metaphors. Although East Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop music, pop, classical music, classical, rock music, rock, hip hop, afrobeat, electronic music, electronic, Contemporary R&B, R&B, blues, jazz, and country music, country. The label's name is derived from the initials of its now defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). After the RCA Corporation was purchased by General Electric in 1986, RCA Records was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); following the merger of BMG and Sony in 2004, RCA Records became a label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. In 2008, after the dissolution of Sony/BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music, RCA Records became fully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
