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Tell Me When To Go
"Tell Me When to Go" is the first single from E-40's BME/Warner Bros. debut, '' My Ghetto Report Card''. Keak da Sneak is also featured on the track. It was produced by Lil Jon, and one of the first singles to kick off the hyphy movement on a national level and popularized the phrase " ghost ride the whip". The song reached number 35 in the U.S. and eventually was certified Platinum by the RIAA on February 2, 2024. The song first premiered online on the MySpace.com homepage and it was the first hip hop single to premiere online before being released. The song samples "Dumb Girl" by Run-DMC. The song is featured in the 2007 Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 video game '' Def Jam: Icon''. E-40 is a playable character in the video game and provides his own voice and likeness. It also appeared in “The Fugitive”, a season 4 episode of the scripted comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''. Music video The black and white music video, produced by production company Immigrant Films, was direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-40
Earl Tywone Stevens (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group The Click (band), The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 27 studio albums to date, appeared on numerous movie soundtracks, and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an Underground music, underground artist, his 1995 solo album ''In a Major Way'' opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998, he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go", which was produced by Lil Jon. Early life Stevens was born in Vallejo, California. He grew up with his siblings raised by a divorced mother who worked three jobs, and he became interested in hip hop after hearing "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. Beginning in fourth grade, Stevens played the Snare dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the Xbox (console), original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information announced later that month at the 2005 E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). As a Seventh generation of video game consoles, seventh-generation console, it primarily competed with Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. The Xbox 360's online service, Xbox Live, was expanded from its previous iteration on the original Xbox and received regular updates during the console's lifetime. Available in free and subscription-based varieties, Xbox Live allows users to Online game, play games online; download games (through Xbox Live Arcade) and game demos; purchase and Streaming media, stream music, television programs, and films through the Xbox Music and Xbox Video portals; and acces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lil Scrappy
Darryl Raynard Richardson III (born January 19, 1984), professionally known as Lil Scrappy, is an American rapper. Richardson was discovered by producer and performer Lil Jon while performing at a bar in their respective hometown of Atlanta. Along with labelmates Trillville, Lil Scrappy was one of the first signings to Lil Jon's BME Recordings. Richardson has built a strong reputation and eager following throughout the Atlanta hip hop scene and throughout the Southeastern United States through various mixtape releases. Career 2004–2006: ''The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy'' Lil Scrappy's first album, '' The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy'' (2004), was a split-release, with Trillville songs representing one "side" of the disk and Lil Scrappy songs representing the other. The album was produced by Lil Jon and reached #12 on the Billboard 200. 2006–2008: ''Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live – G-Unit Venture'' Lil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Federation (group)
The Federation is an American Hip hop music, hip hop group from Fairfield, California. The group was formed in 2002, composed of producer Rick Rock, Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas and three rappers: Anthony "Goldie Gold" Caldwell, Marvin "Doonie Baby/Doon Koon" Selmon and Stressmatic, Thomas "Stressmatic" Jackson. The group released their Federation: The Album, debut studio album in 2004 on Virgin Records and their It's Whateva, sophomore album through Reprise Records in 2007, which is, to date, their recent effort. History Rick Rock and Doonie Baby’s friendship and collaborative work dates back to the early ‘90s in Alabama, where they recorded as two-thirds of the group Cosmic Slop Shop along with Big Lurch. At age 16 and using a wheelchair after being shot, the Nevada-born, Fairfield, California, Fairfield/Vallejo, California, Vallejo-raised Federation member Goldie Gold met Rick Rock at a local mall, impressing Rock with his rapping skills. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Rock
Ricardo Thomas, also known as Rick Rock, is an American record producer originally from Montgomery, Alabama and based in Fairfield, California. He is a founding member of the former rap group Cosmic Slop Shop and the Federation with fellow rapper Doonie Baby, and is regarded as a pioneer of the hip-hop subgenre Hyphy. Late 1990s Rick Rock began to make a name for himself in 1996 when well known Vallejo Producer Mike Mosley invited him to come to the studio to meet E-40. E-40 had originally planned on using a beat produced by Mike Mosley, however due to Mosley's tardiness, Rick Rock used that time as an opportunity to showcase his talents. He went on to produce two tracks featured on E-40's '' Tha Hall of Game'' including the song "Record Haters" a diss track directed to NYC rapper AZ and basketball player Rasheed Wallace. E-40 then introduced Rick Rock to 2pac where he and Mike Mosley co-produced two additional tracks "Tradin War Stories" and "Ain't Hard to Find" from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper. A pioneer of West Coast hip-hop, Shaw was among the first acts to receive recognition in the genre during the late 1980s. His lyrics were often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival; exemplified respectively in his most popular singles " Blow the Whistle" and " The Ghetto". He is one of few acts to have worked with both Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. during the heights of their respective careers. Shaw began recording in 1983, and cultivated a regional following with three independent projects tailored for his native Oakland. His fourth album, '' Born to Mack'' (1987) sold an estimated 50,000 units from Shaw's car trunk, leading to a commercial re-issue by Jive Records the following year. His fifth album, '' Life Is... Too Short'' (1989), received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dem Hoodstarz
DEM was the ISO 4217 currency code for the Deutsche Mark, former currency of Germany Computing * Digital elevation model, a digital representation of ground-surface topography or terrain ** .dem, a common extension for USGS DEM files * Discrete element method or discrete element modeling, a family of numerical methods for computing the motion of a large number of small particles (like molecules or grains of sand) * Diffuse element method, a numerical simulation method used (for example) to solve partial differential equations * Display Encode Mode, a feature of the AMD's Video Codec Engine * Distance Estimation Method, for drawing Julia sets or Mandelbrot sets Organisations * Department of Environmental Management, a name of various government entities * Democratic Party, short form of the name of the political parties in the world * Democratic Party (United States) * Democrats (Brazil) * Dravske elektrarne Maribor d.o.o., an electric power company in Slovenia * Day E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-Legit
Brandt Jones , better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. Career Before he started his music career, he went to Grambling State University. He became a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" on 2Pac's album '' All Eyez on Me''. He has been on several independent and major labels such as Sick Wid It Records, Jive Records, and Koch Records. He has collaborated with numerous other artists including E-40, Celly Cel, Master P, Too Short, Scarface, Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Bushwick Bill, Jadakiss, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Styles P, The Federation, Mystikal, UGK, Mack 10, Daryl Hall, Keak Da Sneak, Rick Rock, Young Buck, Luniz, Paul Wall, and the late Mac Dre. He has three children, and an independent label called Block Movement. Discography Studio albums * '' Tryin' to Get a Buck'' (1993) * '' The Hemp Museum'' (1996) * '' Hempin' Ain't Easy'' (2000) * '' Hard 2 B-Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Shot
Danell LaShawn Stevens Sr. (born December 12, 1969), better known as D-Shot, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. D-Shot got his start as a member of the rap group the Click, which also included his siblings E-40 and Suga-T, as well as his cousin B-Legit. After E-40 formed his record label Sick Wid It Records, the Click released their debut album, '' Down and Dirty'', after which each member released solo projects. D-Shot's debut album, '' The Shot Calla'', was released in 1993 through Sick Wid It Records. In 1995, D-Shot formed his own label, Shot Records, where he released his second album, '' Six Figures'', in 1997. Discography Studio albums Collaboration albums * '' Down and Dirty'' with the Click (1992) * ''Game Related'' with the Click (1995) * '' Money & Muscle'' with the Click (2001) Compilation albums *''D-Shot Presents – Boss Ballin': The Best In the Business'' (1995) *''D-Shot Presents – Boss Ballin' 2: The Mob Bosses'' (1998) *''Obstacles Origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Oakland
West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California, United States, situated west of Downtown Oakland, south of Emeryville, and north of Alameda. The neighborhood is located along the waterfront at the Port of Oakland and at the eastern end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). History In 1820, Luis Maria Peralta received the land that now makes up a portion of West Oakland. In the 1850s, a group of men who had been leasing the land from his son Vicente, Horace Carpentier, Edson Adams, and Andrew J. Moon began illegally selling small farm plots west of what is now Market Street.Bagwell, Beth. Oakland, The Story of a City, 1996, Oakland Heritage Alliance, 2nd ed. One of the squatters, Horace Carpentier, became Oakland's first mayor in 1854. The population grew after 1863, when the San Francisco-Oakland railroad connected central Oakland to the San Francisco Bay ferries. In 1869, West Oakl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Street Station (Oakland)
16th Street station (Oakland Central) is a former Southern Pacific Railroad station in the Prescott neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States. The Beaux-Arts building was designed by architect Jarvis Hunt, a preeminent railroad station architect, and opened in 1912. The station has not been served by trains since 1994. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2025 under the name Southern Pacific 16th Street Station and 16th Street Tower. History Southern Pacific The original 16th Street depot was a smaller wood structure, built when the tracks were on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. Later the shoreline was filled and now lies nearly a mile west. Local horsecar service to the station began in January 1880 when the Fourteenth Street Railroad was extended down 16th Street. The original depot was replaced by a Beaux-Arts building designed by architect Jarvis Hunt which opened for service on August3, 1912. For decades the 16th Street station w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American police procedural sitcom television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, and later on NBC, from September 17, 2013, to September 16, 2021, for eight seasons and 153 episodes. Created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur, it revolves around seven New York City Police Department (NYPD) detectives who are adjusting to life under their new commanding officer, the serious and stern Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher). Andy Samberg led the ensemble cast, which featured Braugher, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker, and Joel McKinnon Miller. Fox originally ordered 13 episodes of the single-camera comedy for its first season, eventually expanding it to 22 episodes. ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' premiered on September 17, 2013. On May 10, 2018, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox cancelled it after five seasons; the next day, NBC picked it up for a sixth season, which premiered on January 10, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
