Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop that embodies aspects of Southwest Mexican American or Chicano culture. It is typically performed by rappers and musicians of Mexican descent.
Shady Records is an American record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg, after the highly successful release of Eminem's The Slim Shady LP in 1999.
Best of Sweetbox 1995-2005 is a compilation album of Sweetbox with Jade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2005 in three different editions. It contains the previously unreleased tracks Crown of Thorns and Don't Wanna Kill You, along with several remixes, demo versions, new versions of songs and Jade's brand-new, changed-lyric version of Everything's Gonna Be Alright, which was a song made famous by Sweetbox' previous vocalist Tina Harris.
Made in the Shade, released in 1975, is the third official compilation album by the Rolling Stones, and the first under their Atlantic Records contract. It covers material from Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973) and It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974).
Loona is a Dutch pop singer and dancer.
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. The album includes several of the duo's biggest hits, including "Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble", "Parents Just Don't Understand", and "Summertime". This also includes the previously unreleased track "Lovely Daze", and two solo tracks by Will Smith from his major-motion picture film, Men in Black.
Playalitical was an American rapper and producer and owner Illuminated Entertainment Group. He's done songs with Snoop Dogg, E-40, Rappin' 4-Tay, Young Joc, Lil' Flip and Chino XL as well as produced albums for Bizzy Bone, Young Droop, Lighter Shade of Brown and Zig Zag of NB Ridaz and Ryan Tru G Gaddy.
"Spill the Wine" is the debut single by singer Eric Burdon and the band War, released in May 1970. It was backed by the non-album track "Magic Mountain", and was War's first Billboard chart hit.
A Lighter Shade of Brown (LSOB) was an American hip hop duo from Riverside, California best known for their 1990 hit single "On a Sunday Afternoon", a success in the U.S., written by songwriters and musicians David Dunson and Micah Carson.
Brown & Proud is the debut studio album by Latin hip hop group A Lighter Shade of Brown from Riverside, California. It was released in 1990 through Pump Records with distribution via Quality Records. Recording sessions took place at Paramount Recording Studios, Trax Recording Studio and Image Recorders in Hollywood, and at Beach Recording Studios in Redondo Beach. Production was handled by Fabe Love, Jammin' James Carter, D.J. Romeo, D.J. Battlecat and Tony G. It features guest appearances from Chulo, Huggy Boy, Teardrop, King Ed and Shiro.
Hip Hop Locos is the second studio album by A Lighter Shade of Brown. It was released in 1992 through Pump Records with distribution via Quality Records.
Layin' in the Cut is the third studio album by A Lighter Shade of Brown. It was released on July 26, 1994, for Mercury Records and was produced by Jammin' James Carter, DJ Romeo and Stoker. Layin' in the Cut would prove to be the duo's most successful on the Billboard charts, peaking at #54 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #169 on the Billboard 200. Two singles also made it to the charts, "Hey DJ" peaked at #43 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 on the Hot Rap Singles, while "If You Wanna Groove" featuring Aulsondro "Novelist" Hamilton peaked at #45 on the Hot Rap Singles. This was A Lighter Shade of Brown's last album to make it to the charts.
Lighter Shade of Brown is the fourth studio album by A Lighter Shade of Brown. It was released on November 18, 1997 through Greenside/Thump Records. Production was handled by Ali Malek, Jammin' James Carter and Lev Berlak, with Andy Herrara and Antonio Mendoza as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Shiro, D'wayne Wiggins, Rappin' 4-Tay and Teardrop.
If You Could See Inside Me is an American Hip-hop music album, and it is the fifth and final studio album by A Lighter Shade of Brown. It was released on August 10, 1999 through Associated Records. Production was handled by One Dope Mexican,Julio G, Tony G and DTTX. It features guest appearances from A.L.T., Jay Tee, Kid Frost and Steve Wilcox.
"Hey! DJ" is a song by The World's Famous Supreme Team. Writing is credited to Larry Price, Ronald Larkins Jr., and Malcolm McLaren and it was produced by Stephen Hague. Released on 12" in 1984 on Island Records, there were three mixes included. The song refers to McLaren's previous hit "Buffalo Gals", which the group featured on. "Hey DJ" peaked at number fifteen on the US soul chart.
Mi Vida Loca (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to Allison Anders' 1994 film Mi Vida Loca. It was released on March 8, 1994, via Mercury Records and consisted of hip hop and contemporary R&B music, with Jellybean Benitez serving as the soundtrack's supervisor. The album reached number 70 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
"Excited" is a song by the British band M People, released in September 1992 as the fourth and final single from their first album, Northern Soul (1991), though it only appeared on the re-release. The song was written by band members Mike Pickering and Paul Heard, and peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the UK Dance Singles Chart. Two different music videos were produced for the single release.
Aulsondro "Novelist" Hamilton, better known by his stage name Emcee N.I.C.E., is an American Christian hip hop recording artist.rapper, singer, songwriter, record and film producer, record executive, actor, an American Inventor and a Entrepreneur and former lead vocalist/rapper of the duo KansasCali. He is the co-creator of the animated music series Da Jammies, The co-founder of The Stellar Award winning radio station God’s House of Hip Hop Radio powered by Dash Radio, A Best Selling Author for his book “Music Release University”. He is president of two non-profit organizations, The iTL Foundation of Los Angeles and Urbanomics 101, the Managing Editor for RYZE Magazine, a christian hip hop lifestyle magazine and an American Inventor. He is the co-producer of 2 Pac's Thugz Mansion acoustic, the first single released from the certified triple platinum album Better Dayz and the Nas acoustic Thugz Mansion (N.Y.), off of the certified platinum album God's Son
"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).
"On a Sunday Afternoon" is a song by American hip hop duo A Lighter Shade of Brown and the second single from their debut studio album, Brown & Proud (1990). Featuring singer Shiro Stokes and radio disc jockey Huggy Boy, it was produced by Jammin' James Carter. It is the group's most successful song, peaking at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number one in New Zealand for two weeks; it is certified gold in the latter country.
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