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TM (album)
''TM'' is the eighth and final studio album by American hip hop boy band Brockhampton. It was released on November 18, 2022, one day after the release of the group's previous studio album '' The Family'', through RCA and Question Everything. For its entire rollout, ''The Family'' was advertised as the band's final album. A surprise release, ''TM'' was announced for release alongside a promo image for ''The Family'', and was billed by the band as a "parting gift for fans". The album was executively produced by Brockhampton member Matt Champion, marking Champion's first production credit on a Brockhampton project. Although he is credited as part of the group, vocalist and producer Bearface did not contribute to the record. The album contains uncredited appearances from frequent Brockhampton collaborator Ryan Beatty. Background ''The Family'' had been advertised as the final studio album from Brockhampton. Despite this, in a promo image posted to social media alongside the relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brockhampton (band)
Brockhampton (stylized in all caps) was an American boy band/Hip hop music, rap Musical collective, collective founded in 2014Brockhampton's predecessor group, AliveSinceForever, was founded in 2009. Although there is a large overlap in membership between the two groups, Brockhampton members have referred to AliveSinceForever as a separate group. in San Marcos, Texas, San Marcos, Texas. Led by Kevin Abstract and formed partially through the online music discussion forum KanyeToThe, the group's final line-up consisted of vocalists Abstract, Matt Champion, Merlyn Wood, and Dom McLennon, vocalists/producers Joba, Bearface, and Jabari Manwa and producers Romil Hemnani and Kiko Merley, as well as Graphic Design, graphic designer Henock "HK" Sileshi, photographer Ashlan Grey, Web Design, web designer Roberto Ontenient (who also featured prominently in voice skits), and manager Jon Nunes. After releasing the mixtape ''All-American Trash'' in 2016, the group achieved critical acclaim and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Michels
Leon Marcus Michels () (born 1982) is an American Record producer, music producer, Music executive, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth and Soul Records, Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. He is a founding member of soul and funk bands Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, and Lee Fields, Lee Fields & The Expressions, and has played with Charles Bradley (singer), Charles Bradley as well as Wu-Tang Clan. A frequent collaborator of Dan Auerbach, Michels was a touring member of The Black Keys and co-founded The Arcs. As a producer, Michels has produced records for artists such as Norah Jones, Clairo, Kali Uchis, Lady Wray, and Chicano Batman. History Michels' professional career began as a teenager in the late 1990s. He got his start playing in the high school funk band The Mighty Imperials with Thomas Brenneck, Nick Movshon, Sean Solomon, and Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCA Records Albums
RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent pool, patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company. In 1932, RCA became an independent company after the partners were required to divest their ownership as part of the settlement of a government United States antitrust law, antitrust suit. An innovative and progressive company, RCA was the dominant electronics and communications firm in the United States for over five decades. In the early 1920s, RCA was at the forefront of the mushrooming radio industry as a major manufacturer of radio receivers, and the exclusive manufacturer of the first superheterodyne sets. The company also created the first nationwide American radio network, the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). RCA was also a pioneer in the introduction and development of television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs 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 1 ..., and mixtapes released in 2022. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2022 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2022 albums Albums 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe LaPorta
Joseph J. LaPorta (born January 19, 1980) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in Edgewater, New Jersey. Career LaPorta was born in New York and grew up there; he graduated from New York University with a bachelor's degree in music technology. He began his mastering career at The Lodge and then joined Sterling Sound in 2013 as a senior engineer. He has worked with artists including David Bowie, The Weeknd, Future, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend, FKA Twigs, Miley Cyrus, Carrie Underwood, Tiesto, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Fleet Foxes, Bon Jovi, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Run the Jewels, Young Thug, Gunna, Twenty One Pilots, Beach House, and others. In addition to mastering, LaPorta also works as a music consultant on forensic musicology/copyright infringement cases. He has consulted on cases like The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Prince, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Shakira, Guns N' Roses, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Sting, Phil Collins, Didd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Tumay
Alexander Tumay (born July 19, 1986) is an American audio engineer and DJ from Atlanta, Georgia. He has recorded and mixed songs for major artists across the American hip hop industry, including Young Thug, Travis Scott, Future, Kanye West, Drake, and 21 Savage. He won a Grammy award for engineering the track " This is America" by Childish Gambino. Early life Alexander Tumay was born on July 19, 1986, in Queens, New York City, New York. He is of Armenian and Puerto Rican descent. He was raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for most of his teen years. He learned to play piano and guitar growing up, as Tumay's father is a classical pianist, which influenced him to do so. He also listened to hip hop and heavy metal. He was in his high school's band and in small garage bands. Tumay struggled to find a college major that met his desires, ultimately switching between eight or nine majors before dropping out. He then worked various restaurant jobs, including as a pizza delivery driver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q Lazzarus
Diane Luckey (December 12, 1960 – July 19, 2022), known professionally as Q Lazzarus, was an American singer. She is best known for her 1988 song "Goodbye Horses", which became a cult classic after being prominently featured in a scene from Jonathan Demme's 1991 film '' The Silence of the Lambs''. Several of her songs were featured in other films directed by Demme before she disappeared from the public eye in the mid-1990s. Life and career Diane Luckey, who was of African American heritage, was born on December 12, 1960, in Neptune Township, New Jersey, the youngest of seven children. While attending the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church in Neptune as a child, she sang in the Mount Pisgah Youth Choir. She graduated from Neptune High School and, inspired by a production of ''Bubbling Brown Sugar'' on Broadway, moved to New York City at age 18 to pursue a music career. She soon started working as a backup singer and jingle writer at Sigma Sound Studios. In the 1980s, while making musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Horses
"Goodbye Horses" is a song recorded by American singer Q Lazzarus. It was written by Q Lazzarus's bandmate, William Garvey, and released in 1988, with an extended version released three years later. It is a synth-pop, dark wave, and new wave song with lyrics based on "transcendence over those who see the world as only earthly and finite" and androgynous vocals from Q Lazzarus. After Q Lazzarus played a demo tape for Jonathan Demme while driving him in her taxi, which included a demo of "Goodbye Horses", he featured the song in his crime comedy film ''Married to the Mob'' (1988). It then became a cult hit after he used it in a scene of his film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), which was widely lauded for the usage. Since then, it has been used in various films, television series, and video games, often with references to its use in ''The Silence of the Lambs'', and has been covered by numerous artists. Composition and writing "Goodbye Horses" was written by songwriter W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Michels Affair
El Michels Affair is an American cinematic soul group led by musician and producer Leon Michels. Based in New York, the group is noted for its wide-ranging influences, analog production approach, and hip hop collaborations. The group released its first single in August 2002, and its debut album ''Sounding Out the City'' in 2005. After touring behind Raekwon and other Wu-Tang Clan members, the group recorded the popular cover album ''Enter the 37th Chamber'' in 2009. After releasing other tribute albums in the following decade, El Michels Affair returned with the original albums ''Adult Themes'' in 2020 and ''Yeti Season'' in 2021. Since then, the group has released collaborative projects with Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Liam Bailey, and Black Thought, including 2023's '' Glorious Game''. History Michels played with Soul Fire Records house band The Mighty Imperials before forming his own ensemble in 2002. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensuring artists deliver acceptable and quality performances, supervising the technical engineering of the recording, and coordinating the production team and process. The producer's involvement in a musical project can vary in depth and scope. Sometimes in popular genres the producer may create the recording's entire sound and structure. However, in classical music recording, for example, the producer serves as more of a liaison between the conductor and the engineering team. The role is often likened to that of a film director, though there are important differences. It is distinct from the role of an executive producer, who is mostly involved in the recording project on an administrative level, and from the audio engineer who operates the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomonophonic
Jared Solomon, known professionally as Solomonophonic, is an American Grammy-winning record producer, songwriter, and musician from California. He has collaborated with artists such as Remi Wolf, BROCKHAMPTON, SZA, Dominic Fike and Lola Young. Notably, he contributed to SZA's album ''SOS'', which received nine nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. Additionally, Solomonophonic co-produced Lola Young's album ''This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway'', released in 2024. In 2025, Solomon won the Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album The Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for high quality works on albums in the urban contemporary subgenre within the R&B field. Honors in several categories are presented ... for his work as a songwriter on SZA's song "Saturn". References Grammy Award categories Year of birth missing (living people) Living people External links Solom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlyn Wood
William Anku Kraka Mawuli Andoh Wood Jr. (born May 1, 1996), known by his stage name Merlyn Wood, is a Ghanaian-American rapper and songwriter. Born in Accra and raised in Texas, Wood is best known for his work as a member of hip-hop collective and boyband Brockhampton, with whom he released eight studio albums from 2014 to 2022. During his time with Brockhampton, Wood was recognized as the group’s hype man, with his verses being noted for their energy and Ghanaian accent. Early life Wood was born in Accra and raised in Austin, Texas. Wood credits his Ghanaian ancestry as influencing his musical style. In the 7th grade, Wood was sent by his parents to a boarding school in Ghana, where he developed a passion for music. While a student of The Woodlands High School, Wood met future bandmates Kevin Abstract, Matt Champion, Ameer Vann, and Russell "Joba" Boring. Prior to joining Brockhampton full time, Wood was studying architecture at the University of Texas, which he dropped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
