Geto Boys

Geto Boys (originally spelled Ghetto Boys) is an American rap group from Fifth Ward, Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D. The Geto Boys have earned notoriety for their lyrics covering controversial topics such as misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia. The group enjoyed success in the 1990s with several certified albums and singles.

About.com ranked them No. 10 on its list of the 25 Best Rap Groups of All-Time, describing them as “southern rap pioneers who paved the way for future southern hip-hop acts.”

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Ludacris

Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977),known professionally as Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Ludacris is the founder of Disturbing tha Peace. Ludacris has won Screen Actors Guild, Critic’s Choice, MTV, and Grammy Awards. Along with fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Boi and André 3000 of OutKast, Ludacris was one of the first and most influential “Dirty South” rappers to achieve mainstream success during the early 2000s. In 2014, Ludacris was featured in Forbes list titled “Hip-Hop Cash Kings”, as he earned $8 million.

Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta at age nine, where he began rapping. After a brief stint as a DJ, he released his first album Incognegro in 1999, followed by Back for the First Time also in 2000, which contained the singles “Southern Hospitality” and “What’s Your Fantasy“. In 2001, he released Word of Mouf, followed by Chicken-n-Beer in 2003 and The Red Light District in 2004. He took a more serious approach with his next two albums, Release Therapy (2006), and Theater of the Mind (2008). His next record, Battle of the Sexes, was released in 2010 and featured the tone of his previous albums. Ludaversal was released on March 31, 2015. As an actor, he has appeared in films including Crash (2004), Gamer (2009), and New Year’s Eve (2011). He is best known for playing Tej Parker in The Fast and the Furious film series.

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Goodie Mob

Goodie Mob is a hip hop group based in Atlanta, Georgia. It was formed in 1991 and currently consists of members Big Gipp, Khujo, Cee-Lo, and T-Mo.

The group’s name acts as a double backronym. As explained on the track “Fighting” on Soul Food, Goodie Mob means “the GOOD DIE Mostly Over Bullshit”.

All four members were born in Atlanta, and the group is based there with the rest of the Dungeon Family, a collective that includes OutKast and P.A. (Parental Advisory). Goodie was first heard featured on several songs from OutKast’s first album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.

All four members had a feature cameo in the 1999 film Mystery Men, as a criminal gang known as The Not-So-Goodie-Mob.

Cee-Lo was the most visible member of the group prior to his departure in 2000 (among other projects, he was recording in collaboration with DJ Danger Mouse as Gnarls Barkley), while Big Gipp has made several rounds on other Dungeon Family members’ albums, and T-Mo and Khujo form a duo within the group called The Lumberjacks.

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OutKast

Outkast (stylized as OutKast) are an hip hop duo formed in 1991 in East Point, Georgia, composed of Atlanta-based rappers André “André 3000” Benjamin(formerly known as Dré) and Antwan “Big Boi” Patton. The duo achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success in the 1990s and early 2000s, helping to popularize Southern hip hop while experimenting with diverse genres such as funk, psychedelia, jazz, and techno.

Benjamin and Patton formed the group as high school students in 1991. OutKast released their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in 1994, which gained popularity after the single “Player’s Ball” reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart. With successive releases including ATLiens (1996) and Aquemini (1998), the duo further developed their sound, experimenting with a variety of styles and achieving commercial success. In 2000, Outkast released the critically acclaimed Stankonia, which included the singles “Ms. Jackson” and “B.O.B.”

In 2003, the duo released the double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which featured the number one singles “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move.” The album would eventually win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. Outkast next released the soundtrackfor the 2006 musical film Idlewild, which they also starred in. In 2007, the duo went on hiatus and both members have since pursued solo careers. In 2014, Outkast reunited to celebrate their 20th anniversary by performing at more than 40 festivals worldwide in 2014, beginning at the Coachella Festival in April.

The duo is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having received six Grammy Awards. Between six studio albums and a greatest hits release, Outkast has sold over 25 million records. Meanwhile, they have garnered widespread critical acclaim, with publications such as Rolling Stone and Pitchfork Media listing albums such as Aquemini and Stankonia among the best of their era .

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UGK

UGK (short for Underground Kingz) was an hip hop duo from Port Arthur, Texas, formed in 1987, by Chad “Pimp C” Butler and Bernard “Bun B” Freeman. They released their first major-label album Too Hard to Swallow, in 1992, followed by several other albums charting on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, including the self-titled Underground Kingz album, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, in August 2007. The duo has also been featured on hit singles by several other artists, such as “Big Pimpin’” by Jay-Z and “Sippin’ on Some Syrup” by Three 6 Mafia. Pimp C founded UGK Records in late 2005. On December 4, 2007, Pimp C was found dead in a West Hollywood, California hotel room.

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To Be Continued….

Roy Ayers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Mumu Fresh Feat. Black Thought & DJ Dummy

 

The Internet

Tyler, The Creator

Ro James

Robert Glasper Experiment

Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals

Chance The Rapper

PJ Morton

Rakim

Mali Music

Jazmine Sullivan

The Crossrhodes

August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins)

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Roy Ayers (Live) ll Barby ll 19.7

Hi All,

Last Thursday The King Of Neo Soul , Roy Ayers & His Band Preformed at Barby Club TLV .

This is the first time i’m goin’ to his concert and it was electrifying , amazin’ and soulful .

Roy Preformed his known Songs , Here’s a few photos from that show .

He preformed all of his known and best songs , sounds in live as much as its original recordings .

Concert website : https://eventbuzz.co.il/lp/event/royayers

“Everybody Loves The Sunshine”

“Searchin’”

“Red, Black , Green”

“Runnin’ Away”

“Don’t Stop The Feeling”

among many others he preformed as well .

One of My favorite Songs is : “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”

Damn, So emotional Song that takes you to a relax place , a chill one , it’s that kinda song that makes you wanna smoke to , got me into tears a lil’ bit .

Today, I understand why Roy Ayers legacy and his songs are very unique to hip hop community , almost every artists worked with him like Kanye West , Talib Kweli , Mary J Blige , Guru (Of GangStarr) R.I.P , he got sampled by them and also by Pete Rock & CL Smooth aka Mecca & The Soul Brother No.1# .

He’s a true legend , I’ve enjoyed the concert a lot , the vibe he came with it ….

 

He’s one of my favorite rappers, he’s a truly 90’s golden age symbol , always on right spot and also on the right times .

He collaborated with artists like Diddy , Pharrell , LL Cool J , The Fugess , Mariah Carey , Anderson.Paak , Janet Jackson , Jamie Foxx, Mary J Blige , A Tribe Called Quest , J Dilla , and many others .

Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George “Buster” Rhymes. He is known for his outlandish style and fashion sense depicted in several innovative music videos as well as his intricate rhyming technique, rapping at high speed with heavy use of internal rhyme and half rhyme, and has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his work.

About.com included him on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007), while Steve Huey of AllMusic called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the 1990s. In 2012, The Source placed him on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. MTV has called him “one of hip-hop’s greatest visual artists”.

Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School. He later went on and founded the record label Conglomerate (initially Flipmode Entertainment) and production crew The Conglomerate (formerly Flipmode Squad). In November 2011, Busta Rhymes signed a deal with Cash Money Records. On July 23, 2014, Busta Rhymes announced that he left Cash Money Records due to creative differences and was no longer on Republic.

He has released nine studio albums, with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album The Coming. His list of hit singles include “Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check“, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See“, “Dangerous“, “Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up“, “Gimme Some More“, “What’s It Gonna Be?!“, “Pass the Courvoisier, Part II“, “I Know What You Want” and “Touch It“, among several others.

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