Virgil L. Davis Jr. (born September 18, 1960) is an American record producer / songwriter / musician based in Los Angeles. He recorded albums with DJ U-Neek for
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
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, earning a
Grammy Award
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for his musician work on the group's hit song, "
Tha Crossroads
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", also the 4× platinum album "
The Art Of War
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", the multi platinum album "
BTNHResurrection
''BTNHResurrection'' is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The album was released on February 29, 2000, on Ruthless. Sold 280,500 copies in its 1st week of charting on the billboard 200, it reached Platinum ...
","
Thug World Order" and "
Thug Stories", "
Strength & Loyalty", and "
Uni5: The World's Enemy" and "
The Art of War: World War III". He also was a writer / produced and performed on DJ U-Neek's solo album, "
Ghetto Street Pharmacist
''Ghetto Street Pharmacist'' is the debut studio album by American hip-hop music producer DJ U-Neek. It was released in 1999 through Kingpin Records and re-released later the same year via Thump Street Records. Recording sessions took place at U' ...
".
He was also signed as a songwriter for Kingpin Records founder
DJ U-Neek
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, where he wrote songs for
Arista Records
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recording artist
Angie Stone
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"
Black Diamond" album along with other Kingpin Records artist.
He later went on to record with
Capitol Records
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recording artist "
Tracie Spencer
Tracie Monique Spencer (born July 12, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter. Spencer first came to attention in 1987, when the then 11-year-old won the junior vocalist competition on the television show ''Star Search''. Spencer soon signed a ...
".
References
Discogs.
"Discography: Virgil Davis Jr".Discogs
"Discography: Funktagious".Discogs
AllMusic
"Credits: Virgil Davis Jr".AllMusic
External links
*http://www.discogs.com/artist/190319-Virgil-Davis www.discogs.com
*http://www.allmusic.com/artist/virgil-davis-jr-mn0000212495/credits www.allmusic.com
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7o_1o8Gdo8 www.youtube.com
*http://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/club/9997/lime.html www.oocities.org
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American record producers
1960 births
Living people