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Posdnuos
Kelvin Mercer (born August 17, 1969), also known by his stage name Posdnuos, Plug 1 and occasionally Pos, is an American rapper and record producer from East Massapequa, New York, best known for his work as one third of the hip hop trio De La Soul. Through his work with the group, Mercer is considered to be one of the most consistent and underrated Master of Ceremonies, MCs of all time. Beginning with the highly acclaimed ''3 Feet High and Rising'' in 1989, Mercer has gone on to release nine albums with De La Soul. Cameos and album appearances Aliases All three members of De La Soul have used a number of aliases. The following are Mercer's most significant: * Posdnuos/Pos – Pronounced "poss-duh-noose" (). The name may be a combination of the reversed words ''sop'', meaning "gift," and ''sound'', a name Mercer went by while acting as a high school disc jockey, DJ. According to some sources, the fact that the words spelled backward are "sounds op [i.e., operative]" is intent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Soul
De La Soul ( ) is an American hip hop music, hip hop group formed in the village of Amityville on Long Island, New York (state), New York in 1988. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, eccentric lyrics, and contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. Kelvin Mercer, Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, David Jolicoeur, David "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent Mason, Vincent "Maseo" Mason formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul (producer), Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the group's debut album, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' (1989), has been called "a hip hop masterpiece". It remains their biggest commercial success, though subsequent albums have continued to receive acclaim. De La Soul is the second-longest-standing Native Tongues group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy Award, Grammy for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancehall Places
''Dancehall Places'' is the second studio album by English electronic dance music duo Mint Royale, which was released on 28 October 2002 on Faith & Hope. Reception BBC's ''Collective'' gave solid approval to the album, commenting, "''Dancehall Places'' is filled with 'paaarty toons' which put you in a dancing mood even if they are a bit cheesy." They also noted the greater "depth and intelligence" of the slower songs. In popular culture The song "Show Me" was included in the US version of Mint Royale's debut album ''On the Ropes'' (1999) and was featured in the National Lampoon produced film ''Van Wilder'' (2002), (although it is not included on the official soundtrack). The track samples the song "Sesiya Hamba" from the 1974 musical ''Ipi Tombi''. The music video for "Blue Song" was directed by Edgar Wright, who made the video using his original concept for his later 2017 film ''Baby Driver'' and included the song on its soundtrack. Track listing All songs were written by Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop For Respect
''Hip Hop for Respect'' is a benefit maxi-single brought together by American hip hop duo Black Star to speak out against police brutality after four New York City Police Department officers murdered West African immigrant Amadou Diallo by firing 41 shots at the unarmed man. The project was released on April 25, 2000, through Rawkus Records. Recording sessions took place at Sony Music Studios and Master Cutting Room in New York City. Production was handled by Organized Noize, Mr. Khaliyl and 88-Keys, with Devin Roberson, Mos Def and Talib Kweli serving as executive producers. Beside Mos Def and Talib Kweli, it features an ensamble of musicians, including Kool G Rap, Rah Digga, Sporty Thievz, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Common, Pharoahe Monch, Posdnuos, Donte and Main Flow of Mood, Nine, Tiye Phoenix, Breezly Brewin, Punchline, Imani Uzuri, Company Flow, Jah-Born, Jean Grae, John Forté, Mr. Khaliyl, Fre, J-Live, Rubix, Invincible, Wordsworth, A.L., Kofi Taha, Tame One, Jane Doe, Grafh, Shyh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unleashed (LA Symphony Album)
''Unleashed'' is a mixtape by American hip hop group LA Symphony. It was released on August 14, 2007 via Syntax Records and contains unreleased songs, rarities and demos made from 1999 to 2006 and features verses from all the L.A. Symphony's original members. Production was handled by CookBook, Flynn Adam, Great Jason, Madlib, Overflo, Pigeon John, Will.i.am and UNO Mas. It features guest appearances from Awol One and Posdnuos. At the 39th GMA Dove Awards held in 2008, the album was nominated for a GMA Dove Award for Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year, but lost to Group 1 Crew's ''Group 1 Crew Group 1 Crew was an American Christian hip hop and R&B band signed to Fervent Records and Warner Bros. Records. They made their debut with the hit song A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single, or simply hit, is a recorded song ...''. Track listing References {{DEFAULTSORT:Unleashed (La Symphony Album) 2007 albums LA Symphony albums Albums produced by Madlib [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3 Feet High And Rising
''3 Feet High and Rising'' is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on February 6, 1989, by Tommy Boy Records. It was the first of three collaborations with the producer Prince Paul, and was the critical and commercial peak of both parties. The album title comes from the Johnny Cash song " Five Feet High and Rising". The album contains the singles " Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", " Buddy", and " Eye Know". The album was a critical and commercial success. It is consistently placed on lists of the greatest albums of all time by noted critics and publications, with Robert Christgau calling it "unlike any rap album you or anybody else has ever heard". In 1998, it was selected as one of ''The Source''s "100 Best Rap Albums" and in 2020 was ranked 103 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. It was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Massapequa, New York
East Massapequa is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,854 at the time of the 2020 census. The portions of East Massapequa located to east of Carman Creek were formerly the CDP of West Amityville until being absorbed by the East Massapequa CDP. History The easternmost third of East Massapequa (located east of Carman Creek, within the Amityville School District) was previously the hamlet of West Amityville and started utilizing a Massapequa mailing address in 1975. The name "East Massapequa" reflects the fact that the hamlet is located east of Massapequa and Massapequa Park. Economy East Massapequa is home to the Sunrise Mall. It was announced in 2022 that the mall would not be renewing leases, and that it would close. A bedroom community of New York City, the CDP is primarily residential in character, with the majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Van Music
''White Van Music'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop producer Jake One. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 7, 2008. It peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart, number 49 on the Independent Albums chart, and number 94 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Background Jake One started work on the album in 2006. According to him, the album was titled after a song he had made for a friend titled "In My White Van". In 2025, he discussed the album in an interview with ''StudioTalks:''"''White Van Music'' was my reaction to being signed to G-Unit and focusing all my energy on that at the time. I got burnt out making the beats they liked—specifically, repetitive one-bar loop-type beats. It was cool and fun for a while, but it wasn’t what I really wanted to do. I didn’t see myself as one of those guys making strictly commercial music. That wasn’t my goal. With ''White Van Music'', I wanted to pull together all of my influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jolicoeur
David Jude Jolicoeur (September 21, 1968 – February 12, 2023), also known as Trugoy the Dove, Plug Two, and Dave, was an American rapper best known as one third of the hip hop group De La Soul. Along with the other members of De La Soul, Jolicoeur was a member of the collective Native Tongues. Jolicoeur co-wrote the Gorillaz song "Feel Good Inc.", which featured De La Soul and won a Grammy Awards, Grammy Award in 2006 for Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Life and career Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Haitian Americans, Haitian-American parents, but he grew up in the Long Island hamlet of East Massapequa, New York, East Massapequa. In his teen years, he attended Amityville Memorial High School in the Amityville, New York, Amityville area of Long Island, where he befriended Vincent Mason, Kelvin Mercer, and Prince Paul (producer), Paul Huston. After they had separate solo spells in local groups, Jolico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LA Symphony
L.A. Symphony is an independent hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Current members of L.A. Symphony are FLYNN (also known as Flynn Adam), UNO Mas, CookBook, Joey the Jerk (formerly Joey's Dream), Sareem Poems (fka Sharlock Poems), Pigeon John and bTwice (collectively known as Brainwash Projects), and J-Beits a.k.a. Great Jason. Past members include Trendi MC (who compose Halieyoos Fishermen with Sharlok Poems and J-Beits), Coy ( Paul "Coy" Allen), Xpress, Gaja and Beond of Acid Reign. History Formed in 1997, the band released their first album, 1999's ''Composition No. 1'' on independent record label Eartube Empire. They then recorded an album entitled ''Call It What You Want'' between 1999 and 2001 for Squint Entertainment. It contained tracks produced by the band and by Mario C, will.i.am and Prince Paul. It was slated to be released in April 2001 and was sold as a bootleg copy at live shows and online until unofficially released as ''CIWYW'', in addition to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorillaz
Gorillaz are an English virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in London, England in 1998. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). Their universe is presented in media such as music videos, interviews, comic strips and short cartoons. Gorillaz's music has featured collaborations with a wide range of musicians and featured artists, with Albarn as the only permanent musical contributor. With Gorillaz, Albarn departed from the distinct Britpop sound of his band Blur (band), Blur, exploring a variety of musical styles including hip hop, electronic music, electronic and world music. The band's 2001 debut album, ''Gorillaz (album), Gorillaz'', which features dub music, dub, Latin music, Latin and Punk rock, punk influences, went BPI certification, triple platinum in the UK and Music recording certification#IFPI certification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atmosphere (music Group)
Atmosphere is an American hip-hop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota, consisting of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/ producer Ant (Anthony Davis). Since its formation in 1996, the group has released thirteen studio albums and ten extended plays. Members The duo is composed of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/ producer Ant (Anthony Davis). With the exception of a few tracks on the album '' Lucy Ford'', Ant has produced every Atmosphere record. A former member and co-founder Spawn (Derek Turner) left the group after the release of the group's first album ''Overcast!''. Mr. Dibbs, a DJ associated with the group, toured with Atmosphere before their ''You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having'' tour, at which point Ant began touring. History Before ''Overcast!'' Sean Daley and Derek Turner met while attending Washburn High School. The pair took the names Slug and D-Spawn, respectively, as rapper names. They initially performed under the name "Mental Subjects", before changing the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slug (rapper)
Sean Michael Daley (born September 7, 1972), better known by his stage name Slug, is an American rapping, rapper from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Slug is best known as one-half of the hip-hop group Atmosphere (music group), Atmosphere, which he founded with Derek Turner (Spawn). Turner has since left and Anthony Davis (Ant (producer), Ant) produces Atmosphere with Slug. In 1995, Slug, in collaboration with Anthony Davis, Musab Saad, and Brent Sayers founded the Minneapolis-based independent hip hop record label Rhymesayers Entertainment. Biography Slug was born Sean Michael Daley in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 7, 1972. The son of Valerie and Craig Daley, he is of Irish, Norwegian, African-American, and Native American descent. Slug's nickname comes from his father's; his dad was known to his friends as "Sluggo" and thus they began to call Sean "little Sluggo," which he shortened to "Slug". In Atmosphere's early years, Slug DJ'd behind the scenes and let Spawn handle lyrics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
