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Doin' It (LL Cool J Song)
"Doin It" is a song by American rapper LL Cool J, released by Def Jam Recordings on February 20, 1996, as the second single from his sixth album, '' Mr. Smith''. Based on a sample of Grace Jones' "My Jamaican Guy", it contains a guest appearance from LeShaun (who previously released a song with the same sample and theme in 1988 titled "Wild Thang"), while production was handled by Rashad "Ringo" Smith and LL Cool J. Its B-side was the album's previous single, " Hey Lover". "Doin It" peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and number seven on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ''Billboard'' chart. In several interviews, both the artist and producer have stated that the instrumental was originally meant for the Notorious B.I.G. on his '' Life After Death'' album. The crowd noise heard throughout the song, shouting "Go Brooklyn!", is sampled from "Go Stetsa" by Stetsasonic. Furthermore, the hook of "Doin It" interpolates "Wild Thang" by 2 Much, a group LeShaun was part of. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. Signed to Def Jam Recordings in 1984, LL Cool J's breakthrough came with his single "I Need a Beat" and his landmark debut album, ''Radio'' (1985). He achieved further commercial and critical success with the albums '' Bigger and Deffer'' (1987), '' Walking with a Panther'' (1989), '' Mama Said Knock You Out'' (1990), '' Mr. Smith'' (1995), and ''Phenomenon'' (1997). His twelfth album, '' Exit 13'' (2008), was his last in his long-tenured deal with Def Jam. He later re-signed with the label and released his fourteenth album, ''The FORCE'' (2024). LL Cool J has appeared in numerous films, including '' Halloween H20'', '' In Too Deep'', '' Any Given Sunday'', '' Deep Blue Sea'', '' S.W.A.T.'', '' Mindhunte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic is an American hip hop band. Formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Stetsasonic was one of the first hip hop acts to perform with a full band and use live instrumentation in their recordings, paving the way for future hip hop bands such as The Roots. The band combined beat-boxing, sampling technology, and live band performance, incorporating R&B, jazz, dancehall reggae, and rock into its sound. Stetsasonic is also considered one of the acts that pioneered jazz rap. Though rumored to have disbanded in 1991, soon after the release of its third album, '' Blood, Sweat & No Tears,'' Stetsasonic continues to record and perform together, as evidenced by their subsequent release, "People In The Neighborhood", and their performance at the Urban Matterz Hip Hop Festival in 2019. Individual members branched out to explore solo careers, while still maintaining Stetsasonic. Frukwan and Prince Paul were founding members of the Gravediggaz, while the latter als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllHipHop
''AllHipHop'' is a hip-hop news website founded by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur in 1998. History The website was founded in 1998 by Greg Watkins and Chuck Creekmur. In 1997, Watkins registered the allhiphop.com domain to promote the artists on Oblique Recordings, a small record label he operated. The website provided music downloads to promote the label's artists. After reaching 30,000 downloads a month, Watkins struck deals with eMusic and other retailers to sell downloads. Creekmur, a freelance journalist, had launched a website, ''tantrum-online'', in New York City. After merging the companies, they adapted Trantrum's exclamation point logo for ''AllHipHop''. By 2004, the business generated enough revenue for Watkins and Creekmur to work full-time on the website. In 2007, the revenue exceeded US$4 million. On August 12, 2017, ''AllHipHop'' announced a partnership with Maven, a company based in Seattle, to manage its entire digital media platform. Figures from May 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hype Williams
Harold "Hype" Williams (born August 1, 1970) is an American music video and film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Early life Williams was born in Queens. He is of mixed African-American and Honduran descent. He attended Adelphi University. He first displayed his work by tagging local billboards, storefronts, and playgrounds using HYPE as his graffiti tag. His graffiti style was influenced by artists like Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His big break came when he began working with Classic Concepts Video Productions. Lionel "Vid Kid" Martin and VJ Ralph McDaniels created Williams' first opportunity with the Filmmakers With Attitude moniker (FWA), which was Williams' first video company. Career Music videos Awards Williams has received for his video work include the ''Billboard'' Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for Busta Rhymes' " Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", the NAACP Ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summertime Shootout
The discography of American rapper Fabolous consists of seven studio albums, two extended plays, 58 singles (38 as a featured artist), and eleven mixtapes, amongst other recordings. Although he has been a flagship artist for Def Jam Recordings and Desert Storm Records, his first three studio albums were released by Elektra Records and Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor .... Albums Studio albums Collaborative albums Extended plays Mixtapes Singles As lead artist As featured artist Promotional singles Other charted songs Guest appearances Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fabolous Discography Hip-hop discographies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Songz
Tremaine Aldon Neverson (born November 28, 1984), known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer and songwriter. After being discovered by record producer Troy Taylor (record producer), Troy Taylor in 2003, Songz signed to his record label, Songbook Entertainment, in a joint venture with Atlantic Records during that same year. His debut album, ''I Gotta Make It'' (2005), entered at number 20 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, while his second album, ''Trey Day'' (2007), peaked at number 11. The latter was supported by the single, "Can't Help but Wait", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. His third album, ''Ready (Trey Songz album), Ready'' (2009), peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200, spawned the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten single, "Say Aah" (featuring Fabolous), and was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( ), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic Flow (rapping), rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap since the 2010s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her Nicki Minaj discography#Mixtapes, three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Her debut studio album, ''Pink Friday'' (2010), topped the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, spawning the global hit single "Super Bass". Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'' (2012), which produced the top-five single, "Starships (song), Starships". She returned to her Hip hop m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabolous
John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), known professionally as Fabolous, is an American rapper. Raised in Brooklyn, he first gained recognition for his ability upon performing live on DJ Clue's WQHT, Hot 97 radio show. Jackson then signed to Clue's record label Desert Storm Records, in a joint venture with Elektra Records. He rose to further prominence with his debut studio album ''Ghetto Fabolous'' (2001), which spawned the hit singles "Can't Deny It" (featuring Nate Dogg) and "Young'n (Holla Back)." Adopting a further commercially-oriented approach, his second album, ''Street Dreams (Fabolous album), Street Dreams'' (2003), was supported by the singles "Can't Let You Go" (featuring Lil' Mo) and "Into You (Fabolous song), Into You" (featuring Tamia or Ashanti (singer), Ashanti)—both of which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2004, Jackson signed with Atlantic Records—another subsidiary of Warner Music Group—to release his thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Perfect World and Julia Michaels (2023)
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In a Perfect World may refer to: * ''In a Perfect World'' (Aquarium Rescue Unit album), 1994 * ''In a Perfect World'' (Kodaline album), 2013 * '' In a Perfect World...'', a 2009 album by Keri Hilson * "In a Perfect World", a song by Bananarama from their 1986 album '' True Confessions'' * "In a Perfect World", a song by Dean Lewis Dean Lewis Grant Loaney (born 21 October 1987) is an Australian pop singer and songwriter, known professionally as Dean Lewis. Lewis is best known for his 2016 single "Waves (Dean Lewis song), Waves", which has been certified 7× platinum in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank (American Singer)
Durrell Artaze Babbs (born January 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Tank, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer and podcaster. He began his career as a backing vocalist for R&B singers Aaliyah and Ginuwine, and signed a recording contract with the former's record label, Blackground Records as a performing act in 1998. His 2001 single, " Maybe I Deserve" peaked within the top 40 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and led his debut studio album, ''Force of Nature'' (2001). It peaked within the top ten of the ''Billboard'' 200, while his second album, '' One Man'' (2002), peaked within the top 20 and was met with mixed critical reception. After a five-year hiatus, he entered a joint venture with Motown to release his third album, '' Sex, Love & Pain'' (2007). Yielding his furthest commercial success, it peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was preceded by the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 50 single, " Please Don't Go". He parted ways with the labels i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilson (born December 5, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, she began her musical career as a songwriter and backing vocalist for other artists under the wing of record producer Anthony Dent in 2002. At the age of 14, Hilson secured a record deal with the girl group D'Signe, who disbanded without any releases. She attended Oxford College of Emory University while contributing to material for popular artists, including Britney Spears, Usher (musician), Usher, Ciara, The Pussycat Dolls, and Mary J. Blige; she joined the songwriting-production group the Clutch in 2004. Later that same year, she guest performed on the single "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" by Xzibit, which marked her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Two years later, she signed with producers Polow da Don and Timbaland through their respective labels Zone 4 (record label), Zone 4 and Mosley Music Group—both imprints of Interscope Records— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
