Sap is the second studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on February 4, 1992, through Columbia Records. Sap is mostly acoustic and marks the first time that guitarist Jerry Cantrell sings lead vocals in an Alice in Chains release, with the song "Brother". The EP was produced by Alice in Chains and Rick Parashar and features guest vocals by Ann Wilson of the band Heart, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Mark Arm of Mudhoney. The track "Got Me Wrong" became a hit two years later after being featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Clerks. On January 14, 1994, Sap was certified gold by the RIAA for the sale of more than 500,000 copies.
Goldie Lookin Chain are a Welsh comedy hip hop group from Newport, south-east Wales. The group produces humorous, controversial and often explicit songs that satirise hip hop, today's consumer society, the "chav" culture and life in Newport and South Wales in general.
Maurice White was an American singer, band leader, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey.
Safe as Fuck is the second studio album by Goldie Lookin Chain, released in 2005. The first single from it was "Your Missus Is a Nutter", reached number 14 in the UK charts, and the second single, "R'n'B", got to number 26. The phrase "Safe as fuck" is one of the band's catchphrases, along with "You knows it".
Andrew Major, known professionally as Maggot, is a Welsh rapper.
Greatest Hits was the first Goldie Lookin Chain album to be released nationally and on a major label. It was released in 2004 and took tracks from several of Goldie Lookin Chain's previous, self-released CD-R albums which had been given out and copied extensively.
"Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do" is a song by the Welsh hip hop group Goldie Lookin Chain from their Greatest Hits album. In August 2004, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", in this track the band satirised the perceived link between American hip hop and gun violence, referencing several rap murders.
"That's That" is the second single by Snoop Dogg from the album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment. The song was the first single taken from the album in the United Kingdom, however the single only achieved notable success in the U.S., where it reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song samples the melody played in the 1988 film Coming to America during the bathroom scene when Eddie Murphy gets washed by female servants.
"Superfly" is a song by Curtis Mayfield, the title track from his 1972 soundtrack album for the film of the same name. It was the second single released from the album, following "Freddie's Dead ", and reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. The lyrics celebrate the craftiness and determination of the film's main character. The song plays over the film's closing credits.
Slow Life is an EP by the Welsh alternative rock band Super Furry Animals, released in 2004. The EP was made available as a free download and also saw a limited CD release, bundled with remix album Phantom Phorce. Lead track "Slow Life" appeared on the 2003 album Phantom Power and was originally composed as a purely electronic song by keyboardist Cian Ciaran several years earlier. The band were keen to finish the track and Ciaran encouraged them to jam over his original version—this jam was then edited and made into the finished song. The track "Motherfokker" is a collaboration between the Super Furry Animals and rap group Goldie Lookin Chain.
B.V.S.M.P. was an American hip hop group, formed in the 1980s. The band consisted of Percy Rodgers, Calvin Williams and Frederick Byrd.
Under the Counter is the third studio album by Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin Chain. It was released on 17 March 2008 under Shellshock Records, after the group were dropped from their previous label, Warner Music Group. It contains various demos and songs left over from the recording sessions of the previous two albums.
Asbo4Life is the fourth studio album by Welsh hip-hop/rap group Goldie Lookin Chain. It is noted for a change of style musically and is the only GLC album not to contain any samples. It is said to be Eggsy's least favourite GLC album and was recorded in a house in Newport which was turned into a recording studio. Mike Balls almost died during the recording of the album.
"Half Man Half Machine" is a song by the Welsh Rap act Goldie Lookin Chain from their Greatest Hits album. In May 2004, the song reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Behind the Mask" is a 1979 song by the Japanese synth-pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra. The band member Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the first version of for a television commercial. This was expanded with the band and the British lyricist Chris Mosdell for inclusion on their album Solid State Survivor the following year. In the US and the UK, it was released as a single from the album X∞Multiplies in 1980.
Natasha Tameika Cobbs Leonard is an American gospel musician and songwriter. She released the extended play Grace in 2013 with the hit lead single "Break Every Chain". The EP reached No. 61 on the Billboard charts.
Nick Gale, better known as Digital Farm Animals, is a British songwriter, music producer and DJ known for wearing an electronic pig helmet. He has featured on and co-written numerous tracks that have reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, including "Don't Play", "Really Love", and "Back to You".
18 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5. It spent three weeks at the top of the charts in the United Kingdom upon its release in June 1983 by Motown and Telstar Records. It became Jackson's second number one on the UK Albums Chart, right behind Thriller (1982), as well as the Jackson 5's first and only number-one album.
Robert Edwin Morrison is an American country songwriter based in Nashville. More than 350 of his songs have been recorded. His most successful compositions are the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song, "You Decorated My Life" and the Grammy-nominated "Lookin' for Love," the theme song for the 1980 John Travolta film, Urban Cowboy, recorded by Johnny Lee. Morrison was ASCAP's "Country Songwriter of the Year" in 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016.
Brighter Days is the debut studio album by British DJ and record producer Sigala. It was released through Ministry of Sound and Columbia Records on 28 September 2018. It includes his six UK top 10 singles, including the number-one hit "Easy Love".
