Tag Archives: East Coast Rap

2 Deep was the duo of MC Jay Supreme and Thomas “PROMPTLY.” In 1989, they released their singular recording, Honey, That’s Display Biz, on Chilly Chillin’. Apart from the relatively solitary “I Didn’t Perform My Research,” the recording didn’t cause a lot of a ripple, as well as the duo …

Harlem’s confrontational 2 Dark 2 Strong was included with the support of MMG, a collective that included users Mean Gene, Johnny Marrs, Warchild, C Dogg, and CHOCOLATES. Doin’ DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE on THE WORLD, 2 Dark 2 Strong’s 1991 recording, was prefaced the prior year using the Burn off Baby Burn …

In just several short years, the Notorious B.We.G. proceeded to go from a Brooklyn road hustler towards the savior of East Coastline hip-hop to a tragic sufferer of the tradition of assault he depicted therefore realistically on his information. His all-too-brief odyssey nearly immediately required on mythic proportions, specifically since …

Onyx’s shouting, in-your-face make of high-volume rapping became more in the home in the slam pit than in the dancefloor and brought the rap quartet quick chart achievement. Originally produced in Queens, NY, during 1990, the associates of Onyx (Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz, Big DS, and DJ Suave Sonny Caeser) …

The 1990s saw hip-hop’s influence lengthen well beyond the confines of the original large urban centers (NY, LA, Houston, Atlanta, et al.), in the beginning spreading in to the suburbs, where it infiltrated every socio-economic strata and crossed every social boundary, then eventually found its method into smaller local niches, …

Given birth to in Guyana, Brooklyn rapper Crimson Café immigrated to NY with his family members when he was youthful, settling in the Caribbean-populated Flatbush portion of Brooklyn. Hip-hop music all of a sudden became an obsession for him after he 1st noticed the Slick Rick/Doug E. New classic “The …

A Queens rapper using a streetwise attitude and a few ties to Puff Daddy’s pop-rap empire from the later ’90s, Mic Geronimo was raised hearing LL Great J and Big Daddy Kane, plus spirit acts like Stevie Question and Prince. Uncovered by manufacturer Irv Gotti (DJ Irv) at a skill …

Rapper McGruff debuted in 1995 on Big L’s Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous and in addition appeared with Large D on Monifah’s “We Miss You.” Agreed upon to his very own agreement, for Uptown/General, the Harlem rapper lowered his debut one, “Before We Begin,” in early 1998. The record …

The Wu-Tang Clan’s chief producer, the RZA (aka the Abbott, Prince Rakeem, the Rzarector, Bobby Steels, and Bobby Digital) was created Robert Diggs. He 1st surfaced in the first ’90s as an associate from the rap device All in Collectively Now, an organization that also presented fellow Wu-Tang people the …

A short-lived, golden age rap group in the ‘80s, the Experts of Ceremony produced no considerable effect on hip-hop beyond their NYC suburban locale, except the fact that group first placed on screen the mike methods of Brand Nubian member Grand Puba. Produced in New Rochelle, NY, the Experts trio …