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Murphy Lee
Torhi Harper (born December 18, 1978) better known by his stage name Murphy Lee, is an American rapper who is best known as a member of the St. Louis, Missouri-based hip hop group, St. Lunatics. Following the commercial success of its lead member Nelly in the early 2000s, Lee signed with his label Derrty Entertainment, an imprint of Universal Records to release his debut studio album, ''Murphy's Law'' (2003). It peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was supported by the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-number one single " Shake Your Tailfeather" (with Nelly and P. Diddy), which was also included on the accompanying soundtrack to the 2003 film ''Bad Boys II''. Discography Studio albums Singles Featured singles Guest appearances * 2001: "Batter Up" (Nelly featuring Murphy Lee & Ali) * 2001: "Thicky Thick Girl" (Nelly featuring Murphy Lee & Ali) * 2001: "Steal the Show" (Nelly featuring Ali, Murphy Lee, & Kyjuan) * 2001: "Wrap Sumden" (Nelly featuring Ali, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granite City, Illinois
Granite City is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States, within the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The population was 27,549 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Metro East and Southern Illinois regions, behind Belleville, Illinois, Belleville and O'Fallon, Illinois, O'Fallon. Officially founded in 1896, Granite City was named by the Niedringhaus brothers, William and Frederick G. Niedringhaus, Frederick, who established it as a steel making company town for the manufacture of graniteware kitchen utensils. History Early settlement The area was settled much earlier than Granite City's official founding. In the early 19th century, settlers began to farm the rich fertile grounds to the east of St. Louis. Around 1801, the area saw the establishment of Six Mile Settlement, a farming area that occupied the area of present-day Granite City, six miles (10 km) from St. Louis. Soon after, around 1806, the National Roa ... [...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 Luminate. 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 for overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Force Ones (song)
"Air Force Ones" is a song by American rapper Nelly, from his 2002 second album '' Nellyville''. It was released on November 4, 2002, and features fellow St. Lunatics rappers Kyjuan, Ali and Murphy Lee. The song was the third top 5 hit from ''Nellyville'' on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 3. Its video, whose exteriors were shot at the SE corner of Delmar and Westgate in University City, Missouri, featured St. Louis professional athletes Marshall Faulk, Torry Holt, D'Marco Farr, Ray Lankford, and Ozzie Smith, and hip hop artists Big Tymers and WC. Meaning The Nike Air Force 1 is a type of shoe. In the song, Nelly and the St. Lunatics each brag about their usage and opinions of the shoes. Remix The official remix was included on Nelly's 2003 remix album '' Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention'' and David Banner's 2003 album '' MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water''. It features the St. Lunatics on the first part of the chorus, David Banner, and 8Ball. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Grammar
''Country Grammar'' is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats. Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album, with Epperson and City Spud also contributing. With the album's release, Nelly and his " St. Lunatics" crew cemented the St. Louis sound firmly amongst other southern hip hop artists in the year 2000, such as Juvenile, Trina, Ludacris, OutKast, Three 6 Mafia and UGK. ''Country Grammar'' also introduced the world to Nelly's unique musical style of pop- rap and radio "singalongs" with a Missouri twang. It was supported by four successful singles: " Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", " E.I.", " Ride wit Me" and "Batter Up". Its lead single, "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and UK Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batter Up (St
Batter up or Batter Up may refer to: Baseball * a baseball term * '' Batter-Up Baseball'', 1950s/1960s card game * ''Batter Up'', a 1991 Sega Game Gear video game * '' Super Batter Up'', 1992 Super NES video game * BatterUP, a 1994 console video game accessory Television episodes * "Batter Up" (1991), '' Back to the Future: The Animated Series'' * "Batter Up" (2005), '' The Closer'' * "Batter Up" (2007), '' Design Squad'' * "Batter Up" (2011), '' American Restoration'' Music * "Batter Up" (St. Lunatics song), 2001 * "Batter Up" (BabyMonster song), 2023 * "Batter Up", 1957 jazz song by Russ Freeman on the album '' Double Play!'' * "Batter Up", a 2000 song by Nelly on the album ''Country Grammar ''Country Grammar'' is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Lov ...'' * "Batter Up", 2008 song on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanja
Kanja is a small settlement in Embu County in Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...'s Eastern Province, at about 1,785 metres above sea level. It falls under the Runyenjes Constituency, one of four electoral constituencies in Embu County, and specifically in the ward Kagaari North. Kagaari North had 12,893 registered voters in September 2005. The area is prone to mosquitoes and Accu weather sometimes issues warnings for "high mosquito activity" in the area. Coffee Factories The Kanja Coffee Factory is located in the area. Having started operation in 1979, this is where the coffee beans from hundreds of contributing farmers - currently around 1 100 of them from the surrounding villages of Kanja, Mbogori and Irangi - are processed. Each of these small-scale f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Dro
D'Juan Montrel Hart (born January 15, 1979), better known by his stage name Young Dro, is an American rapper. Best known for his association with fellow Atlanta-based rapper T.I., Dro signed with his label, Grand Hustle Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records in 2004. His debut studio album, '' Best Thang Smokin''' (2006), peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 and was led by the single " Shoulder Lean" (featuring T.I.), which peaked within the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. After several mixtapes, he released his second album '' High Times'' (2013), in a joint venture with Grand Hustle and independent distributor Entertainment One Music; its lead single, " FDB", peaked at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Biography 1980–2006: Early life and ''Best Thang Smokin On January 15, 1980, Young Dro was born D'Juan Hart in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia. His inspiration for wanting to rap came from the success of one of his best friends, Chris "Daddy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander, known professionally as Jazze Pha ( ), is an American record producer, rapper, singer and songwriter. He founded the record label Sho'nuff Records in 1995, through which he signed R&B singer Ciara in 2003. He produced her 2004 single " 1, 2 Step," which peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and served as executive producer for its parent album, '' Goodies'' (2004). Released in a joint venture with LaFace Records, the album was met with critical and commercial success, although Ciara parted ways with Sho'nuff shortly after. During the remaining decade, Alexander's subsequent productions proved commercially successful. He is credited on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top ten singles " Get Up" also for Ciara and " So What" for Field Mob, the top 20 singles " Let's Get Down" for Bow Wow, " Let's Get Away" for T.I. and " Just Fine" for Mary J. Blige, as well as the top 40 singles "Area Codes" for Ludacris and " Do That..." for Birdman. Alexan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleepy Brown
Patrick Leroy "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one-third of the Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as Outkast, Goodie Mob and TLC. TLC's " Waterfalls", penned by Brown and Organized Noize's Rico Wade and Ray Murray, was a #1 hit single on '' Billboard''s Hot 100 in the summer of 1995. Career Brown was born in Savannah, Georgia on January 24, 1970. Besides production work Brown records as an artist himself, both for his own recordings (including his 2004 single "I Can't Wait" from the '' Barbershop 2: Back in Business'' film soundtrack) and on songs with collaborators such as Beyoncé and Big Boi (on the latter's US No. 1 and UK No. 7 hit " The Way You Move"). Brown independently released his debut solo album, ''Sleepy's Theme–The Vinyl Room'' in 1998. He was slated to release an album on the DreamWorks Records label called 'For the Grown and Sexy', but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of nine. He discovered the teen hip-hop duo Kris Kross in 1991. Dupri wrote and produced their 1992 single " Jump," which peaked atop the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was named the 23rd most successful song of that decade. He established his own record label, So So Def Recordings, in a joint venture with Columbia the following year. Dupri has since signed artists including Xscape, Bow Wow, Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Dem Franchize Boyz, YoungBloodZ, and Anthony Hamilton to the label. Meanwhile, he worked with Mariah Carey, Usher, Monica, and Nelly to produce a total of 11 chart-topping singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. As a recording artist himself, Dupri's debut studio album, '' Life in 1472'' (1998), peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Rap Tracks
Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by '' Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. Streaming data and digital downloads were added to the methodology of determining chart rankings in 2012. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single sold in that given week. The song with the most weeks at number one is "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar, with a total of 26 weeks. Chart statistics and other facts Artists with the most number-one singles Note: Rihanna is a featured artist on all her number-one singles. Artists with the most consecutive weeks at number one *29 weeks - Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (" Thrift Shop", " Can't Hold Us") *25 weeks – Lil Wayne (" Lollipop", " A Milli"), Headlines"); T-Pain (" Good Life (Kanye West song), Good Life", "Low"); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 positions but was shortened to 50 positions in October 2012. The chart is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African-American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, rock and roll, soul, and funk, it is today dominated by contemporary R&B and hip hop. Since its inception, the chart has changed its name many times in order to accurately reflect the industry at the time. History Beginning in 1942, ''Billboard'' published a chart of bestselling African-American music, first as the Harlem Hit Parade, then as Race Records. Then in 1949, ''Billboard'' began publishing a Rhythm and Blues chart, which entered "R&B" into mainstream lexicon. These three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
