Tallahassee-based MC and vocalist T-Pain (born Faheem Najm) came up in a rap group called Nappy Headz but went pro as a solo R&B artist after he recorded “I’m F**ked Up,” a personal take on Akon’s Top Ten hit “Locked Up.” Akon heard the track and took T-Pain under his wing with a contract on his Jive-distributed Konvict Muzik label. Produced and written mostly by T-Pain, Rappa Ternt Sanga was released in December 2005, led by the Top 20 single “I’m Sprung.” Epiphany followed in June 2007.
See Music Videos www.bvmtv.com that you CAN’T See on You Tube! even some X RATED music videos! +Live Chat and Embed video codes. After four largely solo albums under the name “Boogie Down Productions,” KRS-One decided to strike out on his own. On his first solo album, 1993′s Return of the Boom Bap, Parker worked together with producers DJ Premier, Kid Capri and Showbiz, the latter providing the catchy-yet-hardcore track “Sound of da Police”. His second album, 1995′s KRS-One, featured Channel Live on “Free Mumia”, a protest song about the persecution of hip hop by C. Delores Tucker among others. Other prominent guest stars on KRS One included Mad Lion, Busta Rhymes, Das EFX and Fat Joe. In 1995, KRS organized a group called Channel Live, whose album Station Identification he produced most of, along with Rheji Burrell and Salaam Remi.
See Music Videos www.bvmtv.com that you CAN’T See on You Tube! even some X RATED music videos! +Live Chat and Embed video codes. Prakazrel Samuel Michel, known as Pras, (born October 19, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning American rapper, actor, film producer, and promoter for the hip hop trio The Fugees, considered one of the most influential groups of the 1990s for their album The Score. Pras has also forged a successful solo career, beginning with an international hit single from his first full-length solo LP, “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)”, featuring Mýa and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. “Ghetto Superstar” became a top ten single in 1999, and the #8 most played single; it was received with critical acclaim and earned Pras a performance at the World Music Awards. The hit single was included in the soundtrack for the Warren Beatty-starring film, “Bulworth”. “Ghetto Superstar” spent eight weeks in the UK Top 5, peaking at number 2 in July of 1998, and reached US #15 a month later. “Blue Angels”, from the same album, was acknowledged as a UK Top 10 hit, reaching #6 in November of the same year.
See Music Videos www.bvmtv.com that you CAN’T See on You Tube! even some X RATED music videos! +Live Chat and Embed video codes. Black Moon is an American hip hop group, consisting of members Buckshot, 5ft and DJ Evil Dee (of Da Beatminerz). The group is most well-known for their debut album Enta Da Stage, and their affiliation with the Boot Camp Clik. During the group’s hiatus, DJ Evil Dee continued his production career with his crew Da Beatminerz, and lead MC Buckshot headed out and formed his own supergroup called the Boot Camp Clik, featuring fellow Brooklyn locals Smif-N-Wessun, Heltah Skeltah and OGC. Following the releases of the debuts from Smif-N-Wessun (Dah Shinin’), Heltah Skeltah (Nocturnal), and OGC (Da Storm), Black Moon reformed on Buckshot’s label Duck Down Records. In late 1996, Nervous Records released a Black Moon compilation album titled Diggin’ In Dah Vaults, which featured a number of remixes and b-side tracks. After the group’s split with Nervous Records, Black Moon became entangled in a legal battle over the licensing rights of their group name, which lasted for a number of years. The case was finally settled in 1998, and they were able to license the name through Nervous.
Once dubbed “the Jay-Z of the South” by Pharrell Williams, TI gradually came into his own and established himself as one of rap’s greatest and most successful mcs during the early 2000s. Like Jay-Z, TI — born Clifford Harris in Atlanta, GA — has always carried a balance of smoothness and toughness, and though 2001′s I’m Serious (released on Arista) didn’t shoot him out of the gate à la Reasonable Doubt, he consistently grew and began a string of major hits with 2003′s “24′s.” From that point through 2007, there wasn’t any point when TI couldn’t be heard within a couple hours on any given urban radio station throughout the US
by Kieran mccarthy Zack de La Rocha is one of the biggest and most well-respected names in alternative music, known equally for his militant political activism and passionate vocal delivery. In the ’90s he rose to fame as frontman for Rage Against the Machine and used that pedestal as a catalyst to further his left-wing political beliefs.
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See Music Videos www.bvmtv.com that you CAN’T See on You Tube! even some X RATED music videos! +Live Chat and Embed video codes. “It Was a Good Day” is a 1993 single by American gangsta rapper Ice Cube from his third solo album, The Predator. It is the second single from the album and it peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It was also a hit in the UK Charts, peaking at number 27. It was ranked as the 81st greatest rap song of all time by About.com and number 77 on vh1′s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. In 2008, it was ranked number 28 on vh1′s 100 greatest songs of hip hop. The song was featured in the 2004 game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas on the Los Santos radio station. The music video was directed by F. Gary Gray and was first aired during March 1993. Each scene follows and depicts the respective lyrics. At the end of the accompanying music video, police are depicted surrounding Ice Cube’s house in order to arrest him. It then states “To Be Continued”, a segue to his next music video and single “Check Yo Self,” which was released the following August. The shirt Cube was wearing in the video was the same one he later wore in the 1995 movie Friday.
See Music Videos www.bvmtv.com that you CAN’T See on You Tube! even some X RATED music videos! +Live Chat and Embed video codes. The Clan first became known to hip hop fans, and to major record labels, in 1993 (see 1993 in music) following the release of the independent single “Protect Ya Neck”, which immediately gave the group a sizable underground following. Though there was some difficulty in finding a record label that would sign Wu-Tang Clan while still allowing each member to record solo albums with other labels, Loud/RCA finally agreed, releasing their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), in late 1993. This album was popular and critically-acclaimed, though it took some time to gain momentum. The success of Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers established the group as a creative and influential force in early 1990s hip hop, allowing Ol’ Dirty Bastard, GZA, RZA, Raekwon, Method Man and Ghostface Killah to negotiate solo contracts
Video also includes Large Professor and Grand Puba Making sure the parental advisory sticker will never become obsolete, Lord Finesse broke into the rap game as yet another hardcore rapper. After gaining a following in his native New York, Finesse cut Funky Technician, an excellent debut for Wild Pitch Records. He then signed a management deal with Ice-T’s Rhyme Syndicate Management and recorded his 1991 major-label debut, Return of the Funky Man, for Giant. When his rapping career didn’t explode, Finesse began producing and has since become a competent studio player, producing albums by Notorious BIG and Noreaga.
