From 1998 Album: “Make It Reign”….. Lord Tariq’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz was a rap duo consisting of Sean “Lord Tariq” Hamilton and Peter “Peter Gunz” Pankey. In 1996 the duo appeared on Whodini’s album, Six, appearing on the track “Can’t Get Enough”, and assisting writing on two other tracks on the album. They had two hits in 1998 with the platinum single, “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)”, which hit number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was featured on their only album, Make It Reign. The album featured collaborations with rappers Big Pun, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, Kurupt and Cam’ron. But the duo had no further hits and amicably split up shortly after. The son of Peter Gunz, Cory Gunz is also a rapper. Lord Tariq has a solo album The Barcode that featured Peter and Cory Gunz. Lord Tariq also did a collaboration with Jay-Z and Shaquille O’Neal in 1996 on a song titled “No Love Lost” for O’Neal’s album, You Can’t Stop the Reign. A remix of this song later surfaced with the name “Analyze This” and O’Neal’s lyrics replaced with a new verse from Nas for the Analyze This soundtrack. Gunz also collaborated with O’Neal on “Strait Playin” (also featuring DJ Quik), “Best to Worst,” and “Can I Play?” from Shaq’s album “You Can’t Stop the Reign” and “The Way It’s Going Down” and “Make this a Night to Remember” on Shaq’s album “Respect.” Gunz also teamed up with O’Neal, along with rappers B-Real, Ice Cube, and KRS-1 on the tune “Men of Steel” from the movie …
From 1992 Album: “Whut Thee Album”….. Redman’s Site: www.funkdoc.com Get Redman’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Whut? Thee Album is the debut album from New Jersey Hip Hop artist Redman. Redman had only rapped on record prior to this album on epmd’s Business As Usual and Business Never Personal. epmd’s Erick Sermon produced the majority of the album, but Redman also handled much production. This effort was a major success and established Redman as one of the premier hip hop artists of the 90’s. It only reached #49 on the Billboard 200 in 1992, but was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 11, 1993. It is commonly hailed for its upbeat, sample driven funky production and its humorous lyrics. The record was originally given a rating of 4.5 mics out of 5 in The Source in November 1992. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums. Reginald “Reggie” Noble was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. In 1990 Reggie made his world debut on the EPMD album Business as Usual appearing on tracks “Hardcore” and “Brothers My Jock”. In 1992 Redman released his debut album, Whut? Thee Album, which Allmusic noted for blending “reggae and funk influences” with a “terse, though fluid rap style”.The album peaked at number forty-nine on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold. He was named “Rap Artist of the Year” by The Source. Redman followed up with his 1994 album, Dare Iz a Darkside. The first single, “Rockafella,” samples Leon Haywood’s “I Want’a …
From 1996 Album: “The Temple Of Boom”….. Cypress Hill’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Get Cypress Hill’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Cypress Hill is an American/Latin American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988. Cypress Hill was the first Latino group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums have sold over 18 million albums worldwide. Cypress Hill’s self-titled first album was released in August 1991. The lead single was the double A-side “The Phuncky Feel One”/”How I Could Just Kill A Man” which received heavy airplay on urban and college radio. The other two singles released from the album were “Hand On The Pump” and “Latin Lingo”, the latter of which combined English and Spanish lyrics. The success of these singles led to the album selling two million copies in the US alone. DJ Muggs, Cypress Hill’s producer, subsequently produced House of Pain’s first album, then worked on other Soul Assassins projects like Funkdoobiest. The band made their first appearance at Lollapalooza on the side stage in 1992. Black Sunday, the group’s second album, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in 1993, recording the highest Soundscan for a rap group up until that time. Also, with their debut still in the charts, they became the first rap group to have 2 albums in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 at the same time. With “Insane in the Brain” becoming a crossover hit, the album went …
From 1991 Album: “MC Breed & DFC”….. MC Breed’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Get MC Breed’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Eric Breed (July 12, 1971 November 22, 2008) RIP better known as MC Breed, was a Flint, Michigan-based rapper best known for his singles “Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin”, which peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Gotta Get Mine”, featuring 2Pac, that made it to #6 on the Hot Rap Singles. Born in Flint, Michigan and moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Breed is also known as the first commercially successful rapper to come out of the Midwest. MC Breed’s first album was released with rap group DFC and was entitled MC Breed & DFC for independent record label, SDEG Records. His solo debut was 1992’s 20 Below, after which he released 1993’s The New Breed. He would go on to have a very extensive discography and have a very long career that was at times successful, but he never fully broke into the mainstream. His highest charting album was 1994’s Funkafied, which peaked at #106 on the Billboard Hot 200. Through his career he would align himself with various rap scenes. Early in his career with DFC, he and the group were independents, as one of the first groups out of the midwest. However, later in his career he aligned himself with the West Coast, taking on more of a G-Funk sound and befriending West Coast rapper Too Short. Still later, he realigned himself once again with the Dirty South for 1995’s Big Baller. Breed released two more albums with …
From 1998 Album: “Make It Reign”….. Lord Tariq’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz was a rap duo consisting of Sean “Lord Tariq” Hamilton and Peter “Peter Gunz” Pankey. In 1996 the duo appeared on Whodini’s album, Six, appearing on the track “Can’t Get Enough”, and assisting writing on two other tracks on the album. They had two hits in 1998 with the platinum single, “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)”, which hit number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was featured on their only album, Make It Reign. The album featured collaborations with rappers Big Pun, Fat Joe, Sticky Fingaz, Kurupt and Cam’ron. But the duo had no further hits and amicably split up shortly after. The son of Peter Gunz, Cory Gunz is also a rapper. Lord Tariq has a solo album The Barcode that featured Peter and Cory Gunz. Lord Tariq also did a collaboration with Jay-Z and Shaquille O’Neal in 1996 on a song titled “No Love Lost” for O’Neal’s album, You Can’t Stop the Reign. A remix of this song later surfaced with the name “Analyze This” and O’Neal’s lyrics replaced with a new verse from Nas for the Analyze This soundtrack. Gunz also collaborated with O’Neal on “Strait Playin” (also featuring DJ Quik), “Best to Worst,” and “Can I Play?” from Shaq’s album “You Can’t Stop the Reign” and “The Way It’s Going Down” and “Make this a Night to Remember” on Shaq’s album “Respect.” Gunz also teamed up with O’Neal, along with rappers B-Real, Ice Cube, and KRS-1 on the tune “Men of Steel” from the movie …
From 1992 Album: “Whut Thee Album”….. Redman’s Site: www.funkdoc.com Get Redman’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Whut? Thee Album is the debut album from New Jersey Hip Hop artist Redman. Redman had only rapped on record prior to this album on epmd’s Business As Usual and Business Never Personal. epmd’s Erick Sermon produced the majority of the album, but Redman also handled much production. This effort was a major success and established Redman as one of the premier hip hop artists of the 90’s. It only reached #49 on the Billboard 200 in 1992, but was certified Gold by the RIAA on June 11, 1993. It is commonly hailed for its upbeat, sample driven funky production and its humorous lyrics. The record was originally given a rating of 4.5 mics out of 5 in The Source in November 1992. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums. Reginald “Reggie” Noble was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. In 1990 Reggie made his world debut on the EPMD album Business as Usual appearing on tracks “Hardcore” and “Brothers My Jock”. In 1992 Redman released his debut album, Whut? Thee Album, which Allmusic noted for blending “reggae and funk influences” with a “terse, though fluid rap style”.The album peaked at number forty-nine on the Billboard 200 and was certified gold. He was named “Rap Artist of the Year” by The Source. Redman followed up with his 1994 album, Dare Iz a Darkside. The first single, “Rockafella,” samples Leon Haywood’s “I Want’a …
From 1991 Album: “MC Breed & DFC”….. MC Breed’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Get MC Breed’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Eric Breed (July 12, 1971 November 22, 2008) RIP better known as MC Breed, was a Flint, Michigan-based rapper best known for his singles “Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin”, which peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Gotta Get Mine”, featuring 2Pac, that made it to #6 on the Hot Rap Singles. Born in Flint, Michigan and moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Breed is also known as the first commercially successful rapper to come out of the Midwest. MC Breed’s first album was released with rap group DFC and was entitled MC Breed & DFC for independent record label, SDEG Records. His solo debut was 1992’s 20 Below, after which he released 1993’s The New Breed. He would go on to have a very extensive discography and have a very long career that was at times successful, but he never fully broke into the mainstream. His highest charting album was 1994’s Funkafied, which peaked at #106 on the Billboard Hot 200. Through his career he would align himself with various rap scenes. Early in his career with DFC, he and the group were independents, as one of the first groups out of the midwest. However, later in his career he aligned himself with the West Coast, taking on more of a G-Funk sound and befriending West Coast rapper Too Short. Still later, he realigned himself once again with the Dirty South for 1995’s Big Baller. Breed released two more albums with …
From 1991 Album: “MC Breed & DFC”….. MC Breed’s Myspace: www.myspace.com Get MC Breed’s Music: www.amazon.com & itunes.apple.com Eric Breed (July 12, 1971 November 22, 2008) RIP better known as MC Breed, was a Flint, Michigan-based rapper best known for his singles “Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin”, which peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Gotta Get Mine”, featuring 2Pac, that made it to #6 on the Hot Rap Singles. Born in Flint, Michigan and moved to Fort Worth, Texas. Breed is also known as the first commercially successful rapper to come out of the Midwest. MC Breed’s first album was released with rap group DFC and was entitled MC Breed & DFC for independent record label, SDEG Records. His solo debut was 1992’s 20 Below, after which he released 1993’s The New Breed. He would go on to have a very extensive discography and have a very long career that was at times successful, but he never fully broke into the mainstream. His highest charting album was 1994’s Funkafied, which peaked at #106 on the Billboard Hot 200. Through his career he would align himself with various rap scenes. Early in his career with DFC, he and the group were independents, as one of the first groups out of the midwest. However, later in his career he aligned himself with the West Coast, taking on more of a G-Funk sound and befriending West Coast rapper Too Short. Still later, he realigned himself once again with the Dirty South for 1995’s Big Baller. Breed released two more albums with …