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No Sick Days
''No Sick Days'' is the 6th studio album by rapper Lil Wyte. The second album by him in 2014. It was released by Hypnotize Minds, Wyte Music, Select-O-Hits and Phixieous Entertainment. Background Lil Wyte first mentioned the album a few weeks after releasing No Filter with JellyRoll confirming the title "No Sick Days". Lil Wyte released a VLOG on his YouTube channel on 6 March, in which he explains details about the album. He said that he has been recording the album for 6 months unlike No Filter and B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives) which were recorded in a few weeks. He had to take a few breaks though because of his involvement in his mixtape Wyte Christmas IV on which he confirmed the release date, his collaboration album with Frayser Boy and the upcoming "Witch" album by Gangsta Boo and La Chat. Also he mentions that this is the first album in a long time where he made music he liked. He confirmed the producers and the featuring artists on the album. On March 3 he also upload ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Wyte
Patrick Dhane Lanshaw (born October 6, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wyte, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. Lanshaw is a member of the rap collective Hypnotize Minds and owner of the independent label Wyte Music. Early life Growing up in Frayser, Lil Wyte discovered his rapping talent at a young age as he could rap Sir Mix-a-Lot's entire song " Baby Got Back" completely. He participated in freestyle battles at high school when he was in ninth grade. Lanshaw rapped with his friend "Lil Black", who inspired him to use the pseudonym "Lil Wyte" and write songs instead of freestyling. Lanshaw dropped out of high school, but eventually earned his high school diploma. Music career Lil Wyte was part of a local rap group, the Shelby Forest Click. The group's home-made demo tape came to the attention of Three 6 Mafia. Juicy J and DJ Paul (one song in particular is said to have gotten him signed, a song titled Memphiz Playaz). Three 6 Mafia signed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trap Music
Trap music, also known simply as trap, is a subgenre of hip-hop music which originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999. The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang term "trap house", a house used exclusively to sell drugs. Trap music is known for its simple, rhythmic, minimalistic productions that use synthesized drums, and is characterized by complex hi-hat Drum beat, patterns, snare drums, Bass drum, bass drums, some tuned with a long Envelope (music), decay to emit a bass frequency (originally from the Roland TR-808 drum machine), and lyrical content that often focuses on drug use and urban violence. Pioneers of the genre include producers DJ Spanish Fly, DJ Paul & Juicy J, Kurtis Mantronik, Mannie Fresh, Shawty Redd, Fatboi, Zaytoven, DJ Screw, and DJ Toomp, along with rappers T.I., Jeezy, and Gucci Mane. The style was popularized by Record producer, producer Lex Luger (record pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsta Rap
Gangsta rap or gangster rap, initially called reality rap, is a subgenre of rap music that conveys the culture, values, and experiences of urban gangs and street hustlers, frequently discussing unpleasant realities of the world in general through an urban lens. Emerging in the late 1980s, gangsta rap's pioneers include Schoolly D and Ice-T, later expanding with artists such as N.W.A. In 1992, via record producer and rapper Dr. Dre, rapper Snoop Dogg, and their G-funk sound, gangster rap broadened to mainstream popularity. Gangsta rap has been recurrently accused of promoting disorderly conduct and broad criminality, especially assault, homicide, and drug dealing, as well as misogyny, promiscuity, and materialism. Gangsta rap's defenders have variously characterized it as artistic depictions but not literal endorsements of real life in American ghettos, or suggested that some lyrics voice rage against social oppression or police brutality, and have often accused crit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypnotize Minds
Hypnotize Minds Productions, also known as Hypnotize Camp Posse or HCP, was an American record label founded by DJ Paul and Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia in 1997, in Memphis, Tennessee. The label served as the successor to Three 6 Mafia's previous label, Prophet Entertainment, which was co-founded by DJ Paul and Juicy J along with Nicholas ‘Nick Scarfo’ Jackson in 1994. Hypnotize Minds was created after DJ Paul and Juicy J had a disagreement with Jackson, which led to Three 6 Mafia and several other artists previously on the Prophet label to move to the new Hypnotize Minds imprint. As Hypnotize Camp Posse, the collective released one self-titled group album, '' Hypnotize Camp Posse'', in 2000. The album follows the other Three 6 Mafia-sponsored posse album, 1998's '' Body Parts'' by Prophet Posse, which features many of the same artists. Apart from the album, the group, like its predecessor, Prophet Posse, is known for their posse songs, which are featured on nearly every alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Select-O-Hits
Select-O-Hits is an American independent record label distributor of music based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. They have been in business for almost 60 years, and distribute artists that include Johnnie Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Three 6 Mafia, Colt Ford, Diana Reyes, and The Texas Tenors. Company history The early years Select-O-Hits, which is owned by Sam W. Phillips and John Phillips, was co-founded in 1960 by their father, Tom Phillips, and uncle, Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. Tom Phillips began his career in music as Jerry Lee Lewis' road manager for a number of years. He had invested all of his savings into an upcoming 1958 European tour when news of Lewis' marriage to his 13-year-old cousin hit the front pages. Lewis' career came to a sudden, although temporary, halt. The tour was cancelled, and Tom was broke. Sam helped by giving him a job in the Sun Records warehouse and allowing Tom to live with him while his family stayed behind in Mobile, Alabama. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Paul
Paul Duane Beauregard (born January 12, 1977), known professionally as DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer. He is a founding member of hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and the brother of rapper Lord Infamous. DJ Paul is also the half-brother of convicted drug lord Craig Petties. He is also a part owner of FaZe Clan. DJ Paul started his career in the late 1980s as a DJ and released a number of solo tapes, as well as three collaboration albums with Lord Infamous as The Serial Killaz. Juicy J was introduced and the three founded the group Three 6 Mafia, going on to achieve national success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Their 2000 album, '' When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1'', debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart and was certified platinum. In 2006, DJ Paul, Juicy J, Crunchy Black, and Frayser Boy won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from the film '' Hustle & Flow''. Paul has also released three solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Burn One
David Shane Sweeten, professionally known as DJ Burn One, is an American DJ, record producer and songwriter. He has worked with a number of prominent hip-hop artists, including Wrekonize, Gucci Mane, Yelawolf, Rittz, Lil Wyte, SL Jones, Young Dro, ASAP Rocky, Scotty (rapper), Scotty, Pill (rapper), Pill, and more. Early life David Sweeten was born in Hapeville, Georgia, Hapeville, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Although Burn One has said that, growing up, his household wasn't very musical, he did grow up listening to a variety of musical genres -- '80s music with his mother; country music with his father—and also joined the church choir at the age of four for several years. In high school, DJ Burn One started to work at a mom-and-pop music store in Atlanta called Super Sounds. Burn One credits the experience with teaching him how to "sell" music, from a marketing standpoint, to an interested customer. At this time, DJ Burn One was also selling mixtapes locally, to kids at his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frayser Boy
Cedric Kelvin Coleman, professionally known by his stage name Frayser Boy, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He was formerly signed to Hypnotize Minds, the record label run by Three 6 Mafia founders DJ Paul and Juicy J, and had released three studio albums under the label: '' Gone on That Bay'' (2003), '' Me Being Me'' (2005), and '' Da Key'' (2008). At the 78th Academy Awards, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" along with Three 6 Mafia members Juicy J, Crunchy Black, and DJ Paul. In 2014, Coleman released '' B.A.R. (Bay Area Representatives)'', a ten years in the making collaborative project with fellow rapper Lil Wyte, and his fourth solo studio album titled ''Not No Moe'', both through Phixieous Entertainment. Same year, he was featured in the documentary film ''Take Me to the River'' along with Terrence Howard, Snoop Dogg, Yo Gotti and Al Kapone among others. In 2018, he starred in Muck Sticky-directed drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsta Boo
Lola Chantrelle Mitchell (August 7, 1979 – January 1, 2023), better known as Gangsta Boo, was an American rapper. She rose to prominence as a member of Three 6 Mafia, which she joined at the age of 14; after releasing six albums, she left the group and its record label after the release of her second solo album '' Both Worlds *69'' (2001) due to financial disputes and issues regarding promotion of the album. She subsequently released several solo albums and became known for collaborating with artists such as Foxy Brown, La Chat, Eminem, GloRilla, Run the Jewels, Lil Jon, Latto, Outkast, Tinashe, and Yelawolf. Early life Lola Chantrelle Mitchell was born in the Whitehaven area of Memphis, Tennessee, on August 7, 1979. She was from a middle-class family, but said that they later "moved to the hood" after her parents divorced. She started rapping at around the age of 14. Music career Three 6 Mafia After being discovered by DJ Paul, Gangsta Boo became a member of Three 6 M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Chat
Chastity Darnestine Daniels (born March 21, 1978), known professionally as La Chat, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. She is best known for her association with the Hypnotize Minds record label and the Memphis-based hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. Career In 2000, La Chat made a guest appearance on the hit Project Pat song " Chickenhead", which helped her gain widespread recognition. La Chat left Hypnotize Minds some time after the release of her debut album, ''Murder She Spoke'' (2001). She went on to release a number of albums and mixtapes for different record labels in the following years. In 2010, La Chat won Female Rap Artist of the Year at the Knocdown-SCM Awards. La Chat and Gangsta Boo's collaborative extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JellyRoll
Jason Bradley DeFord (born December 4, 1984), known professionally as Jelly Roll (originally stylized as JellyRoll), is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Beginning his music career in 2003, he rose to mainstream prominence following the release of his 2022 singles " Son of a Sinner" and " Need a Favor". "Son of a Sinner" won three CMT Music Awards in 2023. That same year, he won the award for New Artist at the CMA Awards, and was also nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Early life DeFord was born and raised in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. His father was a meat salesman and worked as a bookie on the side; his mother suffered from mental illness and addiction. DeFord was baptized at age 14, but says around that time he began "dabbling" in drugs and stopped going to church. "The same year that I got baptized, I got arrested, and that started what would be a 10 year cycle of incarceration in and out," he sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Wyte Albums
Lil or LIL may refer to: Use as a short form of "little" Musicians *Lill Babs (1938–2018), Swedish musician *Lil B (born 1989), American rapper *Lil Baby (born 1994), American rapper *Lil Bibby (born 1994), American rapper *Lil Bitts (born 1984), Trinidadian musician *Lil Boi (born 1991), South Korean rapper * Boosie Badazz, formerly Lil' Boosie (born 1982), American rapper * Bow Wow, formerly Lil' Bow Wow (born 1987), American rapper and actor * Big Boi, formerly Lil' Brotha (born 1975), American rapper * Lil Bruce, American rapper *Lil' Buck Sinegal (1994–2019), American musician * Lil' C-Note (born 1993), American actor and rapper *Lil' Cease (born 1977), American rapper *Lil' Chris (1990–2015), British pop singer and actor *Lil Dicky (born 1988), American rapper and comedian *Lil Durk (born 1992), American rapper * Droop-E, formerly Lil E (born 1988), American rapper *Lil Eazy-E, American rapper *Lil' Ed Williams (born 1955), American musician *Lil' Eddie (born 1983) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
