Raekwon - Raekwon Raekwon (born Corey Woods aka the Chef, Lex Diamonds) is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. Though he is not as well known as such other Wu-Tang members like Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard or RZA, Raekwon has released some of the most critically acclaimed solo work from the Wu-Tang. Raekwon joined the Wu-Tang Clan in time to participate on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the group's massively successful debut. Raekwon signed a solo deal with Loud Records and released his only solo LP, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx in 1995 to rave reviews, though the album's sales were sluggish. Working with Ghostface Killah, Raekwon's solo album was one of the masterpieces of rap in the 1990s and is still remembered.
Inspectah Deck - music) and has appeared on Wu-Tang side projects and solo records like GZA's Liquid Swords and Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. In 1995 (1995 in music) Deck released his first solo track (technically credited to the whole Clan), "Let Me at Them", on the Tales from the Hood soundtrack. He has released only one solo album, Uncontrolled Substance (1999, 1999 in music)..
Voodoo (album) - lover instead, using the titular southern colloquialism (a conflation of one more time and again) to ask for another chance. The DJ Premierproduced "Devil's Pie", a funk and hip hop diatribe on money worship ; it memorably appeared on the soundtrack to the film Belly, which starred several rappers. ?estlove, a drummer, was the album's "co-pilot" according to D'Angelo, and helped designed the sparse funky soul and hip hop beats on Voodoo. Track listing "Playa Playa" (D'Angelo/Questlove/Stone) - 7:06 "Devil's Pie" (with Raekwon, INI and Fat Joe, produced by DJ Premier) - 5:21 "Left & Right" (with Redman and Method Man) - 4:46 "The Line" (D'Angelo) - 5:16 "Send It On" (Archer/Bell/Brown/D'Angelo/Mickens/Redd/Smith/Sparrow/Stone/Thomas/Westfield) - 5:56 "Chicken Grease" (D'Angelo/Poyser) - 4:38 "One Mo' 'Gin" (D'Angelo) - 6:13 "The Root" (Archer/D'Angelo/Hunter) - 6:33 "Spanish.
Gangsta rap - influence of Ice-T and N.W.A, though Schoolly D and Slick Rick are East Coast rappers. Other major influences include the pioneering hardcore work of politically-aware performers like Public Enemy (It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, 1988), Ice Cube (AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, 1990) and Boogie Down Productions (Criminal Minded, 1987), and the similarly "poetic gangsta" prose and poetry of Ice-T's namesake, Iceberg Slim, and the proto-gangsta rap of LL Cool J (Mama Said Knock You Out, 1990) and Too $hort (Life Is... Too Short, 1998). Kool G Rap's epic tales helped inspire the related Mafioso rap phenomenon, which later achieved some mainstream success and great critical acclaim in 1995 (see 1995 in music) with albums like Raekwon'sOnly Built 4 Cuban Linx and AZ's Do or Die and Mobb.
Ghostface Killah - began a solo career. First appearing on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (with clan-mate Raekwon, 1995, see 1995 in music), then on the soundtracks to Sunset Park and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood. His first solo LP was Iron Man in 1996 (see 1996 in music), which was successful in hip hop circles and debuted at #2 on the pop charts. His follow-up was Supreme Clientele in 2000 (see 2000 in music)..
East Coast rap - Wu-Tang Clan. 3rd Bass Afrika Bambaataa Boogie Down Productions Busta Rhymes Cam'ron Canibus Cold Crush Brothers De La Soul DMX EPMD Eric B. & Rakim Foxy Brown Gang Starr Ghostface Killah Grandmaster Flash & Soulsonic Force GZA House of Pain Jay-Z The Jungle Brothers KRS-One Kurtis Blow Leaders of the New School Lil Kim LL Cool J L.O.X Lord Tariq Main Source Mase Method Man Mobb Deep Mos Def Nas Naughty by Nature Noriega Notorious B.I.G Ol' Dirty Bastard P. Diddy Public Enemy Queen Latifah Raekwon the Chef Redman Run-D.M.C RZA Slick Rick The Sugarhill Gang A Tribe Called Quest Wu-Tang Clan Wyclef Jean.
1990s - Octagonecologyst) Eminem (The Slim Shady LP) Emperor (In the Nightside Eclipse) Erykah Badu (Baduizm) Fugazi (Repeater) Garth Brooks (Ropin' the Wind) Get Up Kids (Something to Write Home About) Green Day (Dookie) Guru (Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1) GZA (Liquid Swords) Hootie and the Blowfish (Cracked Rear View) Kid Rock (Devil Without a Cause) Kris Kross (Totally Krossed Out) Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) Limp Bizkit (Significant Other) Lush (Split) Madonna (Ray of Light) Marilyn Manson (Antichrist Superstar) Mary J. Blige (What's the 411) MC Hammer (Too Legit to Quit) My Bloody Valentine (Loveless) Nas (Illmatic) Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral) Nirvana (Nevermind) NOFX (Punk in Drublic) Notorious B.I.G (Life After Death) Oasis (Definitely Maybe) The Offspring (Smash) OutKast (Aquemini) Pantera (A Vulgar Display of Power) Paul Oakenfold (Global Underground:.
Aquemini - more" (this refers to Southernplayalisticadillacmuzak and ATLiens). "Rosa Parks", named after the legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks, is a funky, catchy song rooted in the bluesy chorus "Ah ha, hush that fuss/Everybody move to the back of the bus/Do you wanna bump and slump with us/We the type of people make the club get crunk" and verses describing a bizarre, psychedelic experience with a Gypsy woman who gives him advice: "she hipped me to some life game/To stimulate then activate the left and right brain". She advises Big Boi that "yo only just as funky as yo last cut/You focus on the past your ass'll be a has what". The song ends with a powerful harmonica break. After the song, there is a humorous skit where Andre and Big Boi.
Big Pun - emerged from the underground rap scene in the Bronx in the late 1990s. He appeared on albums from Raekwon, the Beatnuts and Fat Joe and eventually signed to Loud Records. After an advertising blitz, "I'm Not a Player" was an underground hit. His full length debut followed in 1998, Capital Punishment. With a group of Latino rappers, Big Pun formed the Terror Squad before dying of a heart attack (at 700 lbs). A posthumous album, Yeeeah Baby came out a few weeks after his death in 2000..
Cappadonna - featured on many Wu-Tang Clan projects. He has appeared on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995, 1995 in music) album and made his debut on a collective Wu-Tang album with 1997's Wu-Tang Forever (1997, 1997 in music). Cappadonna then released his first solo record, The Pillage, in 1998 (see 1998 in music) to popular acclaim but mixed reviews. His latest album is The Yin and the Yang in 2001 (see 2001 in music)..
Concept album - star becomes alienated from his friends, family and fans, and seals himself behind a metaphorical wall Slow Train Coming - Bob Dylan (1979) Dylan's ducumented period of exploring his Christianity Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa (1979) - A rock musician who is reviled for his music by a society that hates rock Eve - Alan Parsons Project (1979) - Woman's overpowering effect on man The Turn of a Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project (1980) - Gambling is used as a metaphor for life The Electric Spanking of War Babies - Funkadelic (1981) - the title refers to the Vietnam War and the media's role in it; album concerns unFunkiness (see P-Funk mythology) (Music from) The Elder - KISS (1981) - A hero searches for and kills an elf 1984 -.
Timeline of trends in music (1990-present) - Song Contest, Michael Flately and Jean Butler's Riverdance performance group is formed to play between acts; it goes on to lead a wave of internationally popular set dancing groups Music of Jamaica In Kingston, police begin shutting down stereo systems that play graphically violent dancehall and ragga lyrics; artists like Buju Banton (Voice of Jamaica) and Yellowman (Prayer) are already emerging with a more socially aware tone. Music of Madagscar Tarika, a popular roots revival band, emerges from the break-up of the long-running Tarika Sammy Music of the United Kingdom Britpop's initial peak of popularity, with releases from Oasis (Definitely Maybe), Manic Street Preachers (The Holy Bible), The Verve (A Storm in Heaven), Elastica ("Connection"), Suede (Dog Man Star) and Blur (Parklife) dominating the British scene Apache Indian appears on BBC.
Supreme Clientele - widely acclaimed and is commonly considered one of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, along with GZA's Liquid Swords and Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Unusual for a W-Tang album, Supreme Clientele is not producer entirely by the RZA, who only did three tracks. Relatively unknown Wu-Tang Inspectah Deck and others did most of the production. Supreme Clientele peaked at #2 and #7 on Billboard's (North America) Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and the Billboard 200 list, respectively. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charting singles Track listing "Intro" - :47 "Nutmeg" - 4:24 "One" - 3:46 "Saturday Night" - 1:39 "Ghost Deini" - 4:05 "Apollo Kids" - 3:54 "The Grain" - 2:34 "Buck 50" - 4:02 "Mighty Healthy" - 3:21 "Untitled Track" - 3:04 "Stay True".
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Linx is an East Coast rap album by gangsta rapper Raekwon, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). His first solo album, Raekwon, a member of The Wu-Tang Clan, quickly established himself a reputation as one of the most critically praised members of the collective. Only Built for Cuban Linx is a solo album, but, like most Wu-Tang solo records, includes a great many collaborations, here especially with RZA and Ghostface Killah. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions Track listing Striving for Perfection (Diggs/Woods) - 1:43 Knuckleheadz (Diggs/Woods) - 4:05 Knowledge God (Diggs/Woods) - 4:27 Criminology (Adams/Bascombe/Burgess/Coles/Diggs/Patterson/Woods) - 3:49 Incarcerated Scarfaces (Diggs/Raekwon) - 4:30 Rainy Dayz (Diggs/Woods) - 5:17 Guillotine (Swordz) (Diggs/Woods) - 4:21 Can It Be All So Simple (Wu Tang Clan) - 4:10.
Nigga Please - to be free-form; in spite of its inacessibility, Nigga Please was a critical and commercial success, and remains one of the most popular solo albums in the Wu-Tang Clan's discography (perhaps second only to Method Man's Tical or Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx). Nigga Please peaked at #2 and #10 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and the Billboard 200, respectively. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charting singles Track listing "Recognize (with Chris Rock) "I Can't Wait (Gotti/Jones/Snow) "Cold Blooded (James) "Got Your Money (with Kelis) "Rollin' Wit You (Jones) "Gettin' High (with 12 O'Clock and LA the Darkman) "You Don't Want to F**k With Me (Jones) "Nigga Please (Jones) "Dirt Dog (Chambers/Diggs/Jones) "I Want Pussy (Jones) "Good Morning Heartache (with Lil Mo) "All.
My Xperience - Weather" (with Busta Rhymes and Junior Reid) "War Beyond the Stars" (Browne/Price/Steely/Williams) "Living Dangerously" (with Barrington Levy) "War Face (Ask Fi War)" [Remix] (with Raekwon) "Marathon (To Chicago)" (Price/Yebuah) "Revolution, Pt. 3" (with Beenie Man and Dennis Brown) "Gun Down" (Jazzwad/Price/Riley/Williams) "Mi Nature" (Dunbar/Price/Shakespeare/Wiliams) "Virgin Island" (Jazzwad/Price/Yebuah) "Who Send Dem" (Jazzwad/Price/Tee Tee Mouse/Yebuah) "Seek God [Remix]" (with Junior Reid) "Maniac" (with Richie Stephen) "Suicide or Murder" (with Jeru Da Damaja) "Benz & Bimma" (Dunbar/Price/Shakespeare/Williams) "My Experience" (Jazzwad/Price/Yebuah) Personnel Dennis Brown - Performer Barrington Levy - Performer Bobby Konders - Arranger, Producer Junior Reid - Performer Richie Stephens - Producer Beenie Man - Performer The Fugees - Performer Backra - Engineer, Mixing Busta Rhymes - Performer Anthony Cameron - Arranger, Producer David Cole - Engineer Computer Paul The Firehouse Crew Sly Dunbar.
Wu-Tang Clan - with other labels, Loud/RCA finally agreed and the debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers was a popular and critically-acclaimed album, though it took some time to gain momentum. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers did indeed establish the group as a creative and influential rap group in the early nineties (it was released in 1993), allowing GZA, RZA, Raekwon, Method Man and Ol' Dirty Bastard to negotiate solo contracts. The name comes from a mythical sword from Chinese folklore, supposedly wielded by a group of legendary warriors. RZA was the first to follow up on the success of 36 Chambers with a side project. He founded the Gravediggaz with Prince Paul (a producer, most famous for De La Soul), Fruitkwan (of Stetsasonic) and Poetic (of the Brothers Grimm). The Gravediggaz released.
List of rappers - Ed Sticky Fingaz Suga Free The Sugarhill Gang Big Bank Hank Master Gee Wonder Mike Suprême NTM Talib Kweli Tego Calderon Timbaland A Tribe Called Quest Ali Shaheed Muhammed Phife Dawg Q-Tip Trick Daddy Triple 6 Mafia Trina U.T.F.O Uncle Luke Vanilla Ice Weathermen Westside Connection Ice Cube Mack 10 W.C Will.I.Am Witchdoctor Wolfpack G-Sharp Omar Epps Wrecked Mob Wu-Tang Clan Cappadonna Ghostface Killah GZA Inspectah Deck Masta Killa Method Man Ol' Dirty Bastard Raekwon Redman RZA U-God Ultramagnetic MCs Vico C Xzibit Zion I Zion Amp Live See also: List of birthdays of rappers.
Liquid Swords - of the best Wu-Tang solo albums, on par with classics like Ironman (Ghostface Killah) and Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (Raekwon). Liquid Swords is characteristic of the Wu-Tang Clan in its distinctive, spare, menacing beats by producer RZA, and its cinematic themes relating to kung fu movies. The album begins with a monologue from a little girl; her monologue, and many of the other skits scattered throughout the album, are from the cult classic kung fu film Shaolin Vs. Lama. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Chart positions Track listing Liquid Swords - 4:30 Duel of the Iron Mic (with Ol' Dirty Bastard) - 4:06 Living in the World Today (with Inspectah Deck) - 4:23 Gold (with Inspectah Deck) - 3:57 Cold World (with Inspectah Deck) -.
List of gangsta rappers - - Hard Core Lil' Troy - Sittin' Fat Down South Lil' Wayne - Tha Block Is Hot The Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money Ludacris - Word of Mouf The Lox - We Are the Streets Mack 10 - Based on a True Story Mase - Harlem World Master P - The Ghetto Is Trying to Kill Me MC Breed - The New Breed MC Eiht - We Come Strapped MC Ren - Shock of the Hour Mellow Man Ace - Escape from Havana Memphis Bleek - Coming of Age Method Man - Tical Mia X - Unlady Like Mobb Deep - The Infamous M.O.P - First Family 4 Life Mystikal - Let's Get Ready Nas - Illmatic Nate Dogg - Music & Me Naughty by Nature - Naughty by Nature.
