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Developing up in Oxon Hill, MD, just outdoors Washington, D.C., Dwayne Henry was initially released to hip-hop through his cousin, who, on his appointments from Queens, would play him tapes of the favorite party jams. Influenced by these, and by performers like Slick Rick as well as the Juice Team, …

Full Force increased to prominence in the middle-’80s, writing and producing well-known R&B hits for Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam before getting into a moderately effective single career that ultimately led them back again to production work. The six-man collective — offering Paul Anthony, Bowlegged Lou, B-Fine, Baby Gerry, Timid …

Largely in charge of making Columbus, OH, a viable medium for hip-hop, Blueprint may have a cartoonish-sounding voice, yet his lyrics are not really one-dimensional, varying from complex narratives to rhyme-battling punch lines to office humor. His productions are just as thick and versatile, making sense considering that his profession …

Slick Rick foreshadowed and epitomized the pimpster attitude of several rappers through the past due ’80s and early ’90s, with silver chains, his brand eye-patch, and recordings which were believe it or not misogynistic — “Deal with Her Such as a Prostitute,” for instance, became an underground strike in 1988, …

Best known because the beatboxing contestant in season 6 of American Idol, Blake Lewis comes from Bothell, Washington. Lewis originates from a musical family members — his mom utilized to maintain a rock-band and is constantly on the sing and enjoy electric guitar — and started performing himself at age …

NEW YORK rap duo Gregg Good (given birth to Gregg Mays) and Clean Bee (given birth to Daryl Barnes) had an underrated 1991 debut launch Ain’t a Damn Point Changed. It included the biting, perfectly created, and bitterly performed “Occasionally I Rhyme Decrease,” that was a sizable strike within the …

Probably most widely known within the semi-mainstream world simply because a member from the Roots, Rahzel can be an MC that focuses on the “fifth element” of hip-hop culture — beatboxing (which employs graffiti spraying, DJing, MCing, and breakdancing). He positively discourages classification of his audio, attempting to stick to …

Once the human beatbox first captured the general public eye in the first ’80s, it had been treated (much like rap in toto) such as a fad — ephemeral, prepared to vanish with another strong air flow (or another “fad”). Nevertheless, it survived, and Philly’s Damage (delivered Kyle Jones) surfaced …

By the later ’80s, hip-hop was coming to learning to be a male-dominated talent, that is what produced the emergence of Salt-n-Pepa so significant. Because the initial all-female rap staff (also their DJs had been women) worth focusing on, the group broke down several doors for ladies in hip-hop. These …

Maker Howie Tee initial achieved notoriety for his early creation focus on U.T.F.O.’s landmark solitary “Roxanne, Roxanne.” Later on he produced effective albums for his cousin Chubb Rock and roll in addition to rapper Unique Ed. Displaying his skill at merging rap beats having a pop/crossover sensibility, Howie Tee in …