Stevland Hardaway Morris,known professionally as Stevie Wonder,is an American singer-songwriter,musician,and record producer. He is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include R&B,pop,soul,gospel,funk,and jazz. A virtual one-man band,Wonder's use of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments during the 1970s reshaped the conventions of contemporary R&B. He also helped drive such genres into the album era,crafting his LPs as cohesive and consistent,in addition to socially conscious statements with complex compositions. Blind since shortly after his birth,Wonder was a child prodigy who signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11,where he was given the professional name Little Stevie Wonder.
Trevor George Smith Jr.,known professionally as Busta Rhymes,is an American rapper,record producer,and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes,after NFL and CFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes. He has received 12 Grammy Award nominations for his work,making him one of the most-nominated artists without winning.
Songs in the Key of Life is the eighteenth studio album by American singer,songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder. A double album,it was released on September 28,1976,by Tamla Records,a division of Motown. It was recorded primarily at Crystal Sound studio in Hollywood,with some sessions recorded at the Record Plant in Hollywood,the Record Plant in Sausalito,and The Hit Factory in New York City;final mixing was conducted at Crystal Sound. The album has been regarded by music journalists as the culmination of Wonder's "classic period" of recording.
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed,better known by his stage name Q-Tip,is an American rapper,record producer,singer,and DJ. Nicknamed the Abstract,he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of hip hop production and his philosophical,esoteric and introspective lyrical themes. He embarked on his music career in the late 1980s,as an MC and main producer of the influential alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. In the mid-1990s,he co-founded the production team The Ummah,followed by the release of his gold-certified solo debut Amplified in 1999. In the following decade,he released the Grammy Award-nominated album The Renaissance (2008) and the experimental album Kamaal the Abstract (2009).
"The Tears of a Clown" is a song written by Hank Cosby,Smokey Robinson,and Stevie Wonder and originally recorded by Smokey Robinson &the Miracles for the Tamla Records label subsidiary of Motown,first appearing on the 1967 album Make It Happen. The track was re-released in the United Kingdom as a single in July 1970,and it became a number-one hit on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending September 12,1970. Subsequently,Motown released a partially re-recorded and completely remixed version as a single in the United States as well,where it quickly became a number-one hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Singles charts.
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder for the Tamla (Motown) label. One of his most popular early singles,"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" was the first hit single that Wonder himself co-wrote.
The Big Bang is the seventh studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released on June 13,2006,by Aftermath Entertainment,Flipmode Records and Interscope Records. Production for the album took place during 2005 to 2006 at several recording studios and was handled by Dr. Dre,Swizz Beatz,Mark Batson,DJ Scratch,J Dilla,Timbaland,Mr. Porter,will.i.am,Sha Money XL,JellyRoll,Black Jeruz,Nisan Stewart and DJ Green Lantern. The official cover artwork was revealed on May 7,2006. The tracklisting was released on the 15th.
The Coming is the debut studio album by the American rapper and record producer Busta Rhymes. It was released on March 26,1996,by Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The album contains contributions by the Def Squad members Redman,Keith Murray,and Jamal;as well as Q-Tip,Zhané,Leaders of the New School,and several Flipmode Squad members. Production of the album was handled by DJ Scratch,Easy Mo Bee,and the Ummah,among others. It serves as Rhymes's first solo album after the breakup of Leaders of the New School two years prior,and his first full-length project after numerous guest appearances on other songs with artists such as A Tribe Called Quest,the Notorious B.I.G.,Heavy D and the Boyz,and Mary J. Blige.
American musician Stevie Wonder has released 23 studio albums,three soundtrack albums,four live albums,11 compilations,one box set,and 91 singles. His first album,The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie,was released in 1962 when he was 12 years old,and his most recent,A Time to Love,was released in 2005.
Warm Thoughts is an album by the American musician Smokey Robinson,released in 1980. It features the top 40 hit,"Let Me Be the Clock". The album was arranged by Reginald "Sonny" Burke. This album also featured the semi-autobiographical tune "Wine,Women and Song",which proved to be the closest thing to a Miracles reunion that occurred in the 1980s,with Smokey doing a duet with his then-wife,former Miracle Claudette Robinson,and Miracle Marv Tarplin,with whom he shared songwriting credits,on guitar. The song "Travelin' Thru'" was written by Smokey's real-life sister,Rose Ella Jones,and two songs written by Robinson with fellow Motown artist,Stevie Wonder,and singer,songwriter,and former Starsky and Hutch star,David Soul. This album was a success,reaching the Top 20 of The Billboard 200 Pop Album chart,peaking at No. 14,and the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B Album Chart,peaking at No. 4.
"Fingertips" is a 1963 hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's then Tamla label.
"Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" is a song by American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released as his debut solo single and the lead single from his debut studio album The Coming on January 7,1996,by Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was both written and produced by Rhymes and Rashad Smith. It contains additional vocals by Flipmode Squad member and Rhymes' cousin Rampage,credited as Rampage the Last Boy Scout. A critical and commercial success,the song peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100,and also peaked at the same position in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. In the United States,the song was released with several remixes of the song and the song "Everything Remains Raw",also appearing on The Coming,as its B-side. The single received a nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 39th Grammy Awards,losing to "Hey Lover" by LL Cool J. In addition,its music video received a nomination for Breakthrough Video at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards.
Táta Vega is an American vocalist,whose career spans theater,film,and a variety of musical genres.
One to One is the third studio album released by American R&B singer and songwriter Syreeta Wright in February 1977 by Motown. It serves as her first album Wright released where former husband Stevie Wonder did not oversee most of its production,instead only being involved with the song "Harmour Love",which was released as a single.
Rondell Edwin Turner,better known by his stage name Ron Browz,is an American rapper,singer,and record producer from Harlem,New York. He gained major recognition for producing Nas' 2001 diss track,"Ether". Browz then adopted the nickname Ether Boy,which is also namesake of a record label he founded in 2009.
Marlanna Evans,better known by her stage name Rapsody,is an American rapper. After signing with music producer 9th Wonder's music label It's a Wonderful World Music Group,she released a series of mixtapes and collaborated with Erykah Badu and Talib Kweli. Soon afterwards Rapsody released her debut album The Idea of Beautiful (2012). She would attain further prominence when she was featured on Kendrick Lamar's 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly,on the track "Complexion ".
"Take You There" is a single by Barbadian British recording artist Jodie Connor. The song is a collaboration with American rapper Busta Rhymes. It was released on 29 July 2012 as a digital download on iTunes. The single was co-written by Busta Rhymes,Jodie Connor,David Dawood,and was produced by David Dawood.
Laila's Wisdom is the second studio album by American rapper Rapsody,released on September 22,2017,by Jamla Records and Roc Nation. It is Rapsody's first album released under her partnership with Roc Nation. The album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar,Anderson .Paak,Busta Rhymes,Lance Skiiiwalker,Black Thought,BJ the Chicago Kid,and Musiq Soulchild,among others.
From a Birds Eye View is the second studio album by American rapper Cordae. It was released through Atlantic Records and Art@War on January 14,2022. The album features guest appearances from Gunna,Lil Wayne,H.E.R.,Lil Durk,Freddie Gibbs,Stevie Wonder,Eminem,and Roddy Ricch.
"Drummer Boy" is a cover of Katherine Davis,Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone's Christmas song "The Little Drummer Boy" by Canadian singer Justin Bieber,featuring American rapper Busta Rhymes,from his second studio album and first Christmas release,Under the Mistletoe (2011). Leaked days before the album's November 1,2011,date on October 28,"Drummer Boy" is an uptempo hip-hop techno club track where Bieber sings the original song's lyrics and melody while rapping about himself,poverty and charity. Contemporaneously,the track was met with polarization and confusion from professional critics,who perceived it as bizarre and silly and bastardizing the meaning of the original song.
