Marlon Lu'Ree Williams,better known by his stage name Marley Marl,is an American DJ,record producer,rapper and record label founder,primarily operating in hip hop music. Marlon grew up in Queensbridge housing projects located in Queens,New York. He performed in local talent shows during the early days of rap music,further fueling his interest.
Nathaniel Thomas Wilson,better known by his stage name Kool G Rap,is an American rapper. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap &DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MCs of all time,and a pioneer of mafioso rap/street/hardcore content and multisyllabic rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story,he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana",but on other occasions he has stated that it stands for "Genius".
Antonio Hardy,better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane,is an American rapper,producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip hop. Rolling Stone ranked his song "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" number 25 on its list of The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time,calling him "a master wordsmith of rap's late-golden age and a huge influence on a generation of MCs".
Mark Howard James,professionally known as The 45 King and also known as DJ Mark the 45 King,was an American hip hop producer and DJ from The Bronx,New York. He began DJing in the mid-1980s. His pseudonym,the 45 King,came from his ability to make beats using obscure 45 RPM records.
Long Live the Kane is the debut album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane,released by Cold Chillin' Records on June 21,1988. It was produced by Marley Marl and established both as premier artists during hip hop's golden age. Kane displayed his unique rapping technique while covering topics including love,Afrocentricity and his rapping prowess. Marley Marl and Big Daddy Kane display a sparse production style - creating beats with fast-paced drums and lightly utilized James Brown samples.
The Juice Crew was an American hip hop collective made up largely of Queensbridge,New York–based artists in the mid-to-late 1980s. Founded by radio DJ Mr. Magic,and housed by Tyrone Williams' record label Cold Chillin' Records,the Juice Crew helped introduce New School artists MC Shan,Big Daddy Kane,Biz Markie,Roxanne Shante,Masta Ace,Tragedy,Craig G and Kool G Rap. The crew produced many answer records and engaged with numerous "beefs" –primarily with rival radio jock Kool DJ Red Alert and the South Bronx's Boogie Down Productions,as well as the "posse cut","The Symphony".
Cold Chillin' Records was a record label that released music during the golden age of hip hop from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. A producer-and-crew label founded by manager Tyrone Williams and run by Len Fichtelberg,most of the label's releases were by members of the Juice Crew,a loosely knit group of artists centered on producer Marley Marl. In 1998,the label shut down,and the majority of its expansive catalog was bought by Massachusetts-based LandSpeed Records.
Wanted:Dead or Alive is the second album by the hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo. The album was released a year after the duo's debut,Road to the Riches,and received greater acclaim from most music critics. The singles "Streets of New York" and "Erase Racism" received notable airplay on Yo! MTV Raps and the former is credited by Nas as being influential on his song "N.Y. State of Mind" from his critically acclaimed album Illmatic.
Road to the Riches is the debut album by hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo,which was released in 1989 on then-prominent hip hop label Cold Chillin' Records. The album is notable for being one of the blueprints for the mafioso rap trend with the title track "Road to the Riches," which received strong rotation on the TV show Yo! MTV Raps,and was later featured on the old-school hip hop radio station Playback FM from the game Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas. Most of the songs,however,are not crime-related. Other popular songs included "It's a Demo" and "Poison." In 1998,Road to the Riches was selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Albums".
Live and Let Die is the third and final studio album by the American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo. It was released on November 24,1992,via Cold Chillin' Records and features Big Daddy Kane,Bushwick Bill,Ice Cube and Scarface. The singles "Ill Street Blues" and "On The Run" both received consistent airplay on Yo! MTV Raps and BET's Rap City upon release.
Yusef Kirriem Hawkins was a 16-year-old black teenager from the neighborhood of East New York,in the New York City borough of Brooklyn,who was shot to death on August 23,1989,in Bensonhurst,a predominantly Italian-American working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn. Hawkins,his younger brother,and two friends were attacked by a crowd of 10 to 30 white youths,with at least seven of them wielding baseball bats. One,armed with a handgun,shot Hawkins twice in the chest,killing him. In 2005,former Gambino crime family member Joseph D'Angelo admitted that the killers were present at his request,meant to serve as protection for his property from an expected racially motivated situation,which instead created the situation.
The following is a discography of production credited to Marley Marl.
The discography of Big Daddy Kane,an American rapper,consists of seven studio albums and fourteen singles.
Frank Javiel Malave,better known by his stage name Frankie Cutlass,is an American Grammy nominated and award winning DJ,record producer,songwriter,and remixer from East Harlem,New York City. He was a member of the Funkmaster Flex's DJ collective The Flip Squad.
"It's a Demo" is the 1986 debut single by American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo. Originally a non-album single with "I'm Fly" as a B-side,a remix of the track was featured on the duo's 1989 album Road to the Riches and later on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994),The Best of Cold Chillin' (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
"Poison" is the first single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo's 1989 debut album Road to the Riches. It would later feature on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994),The Best of Cold Chillin (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
"Truly Yours" is the third single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo's 1989 debut album Road to the Riches. It was released as a single with "Cold Cuts" as a B-side and later also featured on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994),The Best of Cold Chillin (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
"Streets of New York" is the first single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo's 1990 album Wanted:Dead or Alive. It was released as a single with "Poison" as a B-side and later also featured on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994),The Best of Cold Chillin (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
"Bad to the Bone" is the third single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo's 1990 album Wanted:Dead or Alive. It was later also featured on the compilation albums The Best of Cold Chillin (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
"Talk Like Sex" is a song by American hip hop duo Kool G Rap &DJ Polo,originally recorded for their 1990 album Wanted:Dead or Alive and later released as the second single from 1996's Rated XXX. It was also featured on the compilation albums The Best of Cold Chillin' (2000),Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories:The Best of Kool G Rap &DJ Polo (2013).
