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Soul Assassins II
''Muggs Presents Soul Assassins II'' is the second studio album by American hip-hop collective Soul Assassins. It was released on October 3, 2000, via RuffLife Records. Recording sessions took place at The Cutting Room, at Battery Studios, at Greenstreet Studios and at D&D Studios in New York, at PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta, at Soul Assassins Studios in Los Angeles, and at CMO Greens Studios. Production was primarily handled by DJ Muggs, with three tracks produced by The Alchemist and one by DJ Khalil. The album includes features with Kool G Rap, Infamous Mobb's Godfather Pt. III, Xzibit, King T, GZA, Goodie Mob, Kurupt, Screwball's Hostyle, Self Scientific, Krondon, Phenam a.k.a. Don Krisis, Ras Kass, Dilated Peoples, Roscoe, Cypress Hill and Everlast Erik Francis Schrody (born August 18, 1969), known by his stage names Everlast and Whitey Ford, is an American Rapping, rapper, Singing, singer, and songwriter who was the Lead vocalist, frontman for Hip hop mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Assassins
Soul Assassins is a hardcore hip hop project of Cypress Hill member and producer DJ Muggs. Each album features a plethora of guest rappers and is primarily produced by Muggs; the second and third studio albums see contributions from other producers such as The Alchemist and DJ Khalil. Soul Assassins is also a marketing brand, with visuals created by chicano artists and friends Estevan Oriol (analogue street photographer) and Mister Cartoon (street artist and tattooer). Discography Albums * 1997: ''The Soul Assassins, Chapter I'' * 2000: ''Soul Assassins II'' * 2009: ''Intermission An intermission, also known as an interval in British and Indian English, is a break between parts of a performance or production, such as for a play (theatre), theatrical play, opera, concert, or film screening. It should not be confused with ...'' * 2018: ''Dia del Asesinato'' * 2023: ''Soul Assassins III'' Singles * 1997: U2 - Last Night on Earth (Numb remix) References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilated Peoples
Dilated Peoples is an American Los Angeles-based Hip hop music, hip hop trio, composed of rapper and record producer Evidence (musician), Evidence, rapper Rakaa, and Beat Junkies deejay and record producer DJ Babu. The group is better known in the United Kingdom, UK, where they reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way (Dilated Peoples song), This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst". Their songs were featured in the 2003 video games ''Need for Speed: Underground'' and ''NBA Street Vol. 2'', as well as MLB 06: The Show. History Dilated Peoples began when DJ Babu (from the DJ crew Beat Junkies), Evidence (musician), Evidence, and Rakaa joined in 1992 and released "Third Degree" (1997) on ABB Records, developing their material in the underground hip hop community. They had previously recorded an album titled ''Imagery, Battle Hymns & Political Poetry'' (1995) that was never released, although many fans still have it on bootlegged tapes. The group eventually s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Kass
John R. Austin II (born September 26, 1973), better known by his stage name Ras Kass, is an American rapper. He is a member of the hip hop Supergroup (music), supergroup The Hrsmn, along with Canibus, Killah Priest, and Kurupt in 2014. He is also a member of the group Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir. About.com ranked him No. 30 on their list of the ''Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)'', while Pitchfork Media called him "one of the best rappers of all time". Biography Austin was born on September 26, 1973 and grew up in Carson, California. In 1996, he and contemporary R&B, R&B and soul music, soul singer-songwriter Teedra Moses had twin sons, Ras and Taj, both of whom are founding members of the rap group Coast Contra. Black Mafia Family, BMF Entertainment artist Barima "Bleu DaVinci" McKnight is Austin's cousin. Early career Ras Kass took his stage name from the legendary Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV whose name was Ras Kassa Mircha before he was crowned as an em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krondon
Marvin Jones III (born July 9, 1976), also known as Krondon, is an American rapper and actor from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the group Strong Arm Steady, along with rappers Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick. As an actor Jones is known primarily for portraying albino supervillains, portraying Tobias Whale in The CW superhero television series ''Black Lightning'', and voicing Tombstone in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. Early life Jones grew up in South Central, Los Angeles. He is an African American with albinism. Career Music career Strong Arm Steady formed in 2003, and released its debut album '' Deep Hearted'' in 2007 followed by the mixtape ''Gang Mentality'', the conceptual album '' In Search of Stoney Jackson'' and their most recent installment, '' Arms & Hammers''. Krondon's debut album, ''Everything’s Nothing'', came out in 2013. Krondon collaborated with Shafiq Husayn ( Sa-Ra Creative Partners) under the group name ''White B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self Scientific
Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard (born October 16, 1974), professionally known as DJ Khalil, is an American music producer and DJ from Los Angeles. The son of NBA player Walt Hazzard, he signed with rapper Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment, as in-house talent in 2001. Since then, he has co-produced the ''Billboard'' 200-number one albums '' Recovery'' (2010) and ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' (2013) by Eminem, '' I Decided'' (2017) by Big Sean, ''Donda'' (2021) by Kanye West, and '' Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers'' (2022) by Kendrick Lamar, among others. Furthermore, he has been credited on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 40 singles "The Man" by Aloe Blacc, "Kush" by label boss Dr. Dre, "Survival" by Eminem, and "Hurricane" by West and the Weeknd. As an instrumental artist, he formed the hip hop duo Self Scientific with Chace Infinite in 1994, as well as the group The New Royales in 2008, which includes Liz Rodrigues, Erik Alcock and Chin Injeti. Early life DJ Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostyle
Screwball is an American underground hip hop quartet from New York City, composed of rappers Hostyle, KL, Blaq Poet and Solo. The group has released two studio albums, '' Y2K: The Album'' in 1999 and ''Loyalty'' in 2001, and a compilation album '' Screwed Up'' in 2004. Their first album, ''Y2K'', released by Tommy Boy Records, was a minor success, reaching number 50 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It featured contributions from Godfather Don, Big Noyd, Capone, Cormega, MC Shan, Mobb Deep, Nature, Pete Rock and Marley Marl among others, and included two chart singles: "H-O-S-T-Y-L-E" produced by Mike Heron and "F.A.Y.B.A.N. (Fuck All You Bitch Ass Niggas)" produced by DJ Premier. The follow-up album, ''Loyalty'', released by Landspeed Records, had more success than its preceder, peaking at number 185 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number 44 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It featured contributions from Ayatollah, Kool G Rap, N.O.R.E., Tragedy Khadafi, The Beatnuts, Corm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screwball (group)
Screwball is an American underground hip hop quartet from New York City, composed of rappers Hostyle, KL, Blaq Poet and Solo. The group has released two studio albums, ''Y2K: The Album'' in 1999 and ''Loyalty (Screwball album), Loyalty'' in 2001, and a compilation album ''Screwed Up'' in 2004. Their first album, ''Y2K'', released by Tommy Boy Records, was a minor success, reaching number 50 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It featured contributions from Godfather Don, Big Noyd, Capone (rapper), Capone, Cormega, MC Shan, Mobb Deep, Nature (rapper), Nature, Pete Rock and Marley Marl among others, and included two chart singles: "H-O-S-T-Y-L-E" produced by Mike Heron and "F.A.Y.B.A.N. (Fuck All You Bitch Ass Niggas)" produced by DJ Premier. The follow-up album, ''Loyalty'', released by Landspeed Records, had more success than its preceder, peaking at number 185 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and number 44 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It featured contributions f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurupt
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown (born November 23, 1972), better known by his stage name Kurupt, is an American rapper and record producer. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he formed Tha Dogg Pound in 1992 along with Daz Dillinger; the rap duo has released eight albums. He also formed the hip hop group The Hrsmn in 1996, with whom he has released two albums. His debut solo album, '' Kuruption!'' (1998) was released by A&M Records and peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200. Personal life Ricardo Emmanuel Brown was born in Philadelphia. He moved to Greater Los Angeles at age 16, first to Hawthorne, then to Los Angeles at age 18. He was engaged to rapper Foxy Brown from 1997 to 1999. In the early 2000s, he was engaged to Natina Reed; the couple separated in 2002, following the birth of their son Tren Brown. In 2007, Brown married Jovan Brown, who filed for divorce in 2017. That same year, he began dating Toni Calvert. The couple appeared on Marriage Boot Camp's 17th season in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodie Mob
Goodie Mob was an American hip hop group based in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of CeeLo Green, Khujo, T-Mo, and Big Gipp. History The group was formed in 1991 by Cameron "Big Gipp" Gipp, Willie " Khujo" Knighton Jr., CeeLo Green (born Thomas Callaway), and Robert "T-Mo" Barnett in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1995, Goodie Mob released their debut album, '' Soul Food'', which was critically acclaimed and certified Gold. The album aired social and political issues such as racism, discrimination, geopolitics, and gentrification. Their debut single " Cell Therapy" reached number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and also topped the ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles chart. Goodie Mob is part of the hip hop/R&B musical collective, Dungeon Family, also based in Atlanta. Like numerous musicians in Atlanta's hip hop scene, their career would in fact emerge from the so-called "Dungeon," the name given to the recording studio which was located in the basement Rico Wade's mother. In 1998, Goodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King T
Roger McBride (born December 14, 1968), better known by his stage name King T (formerly known as King Tee), is an American West Coast hip hop rapper from Compton, California. Emerging as one of Compton's earliest hip hop artists, he was signed to Capitol Records, where he released his debut album '' Act a Fool'' in 1988 with the hit singles "Act a Fool," "Payback's A Mutha," "The Coolest," and "Bass” emix all of which were considered hip-hop classics. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he worked primarily with producer DJ Pooh, and was responsible for the rise of Tha Alkaholiks, whom he helped guide into the rap game. King T is also the CEO of his own record label, King T Inc. Early life and career Roger McBride was born in Compton, California, on December 14, 1968, and has attended high school. He had been around the Los Angeles hip-hop scene for many years alongside Ice-T and Kid Frost and is widely considered a pioneer in the genre. In 1988, he made his debut with ''Act a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xzibit
Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit (pronounced "''exhibit''), is an American rapper, actor, television presenter, radio personality, and record executive. He began his musical career in 1992, and signed with Loud Records, an imprint of RCA Records to release his debut studio album, '' At the Speed of Life'' (1996). The album saw positive critical reception, modestly entered the ''Billboard 200'', and spawned the single "Paparazzi," which peaked at number 83 on the ''Billboard Hot 100''. His second album, '' 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz'' (1998) was met with similar reception and spawned the single " What U See Is What U Get." His success caught the attention of rapper Dr. Dre, who served as the executive producer for Xzibit's next two albums; his third, '' Restless'' (2000) was further commercially-oriented and peaked at number twelve on the ''Billboard 200''. He then departed Loud Records in favor of Columbia Records for the release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
