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Artist: Guru
Rapper/composer Guru (real name Keith Elam) first rose to prominence as the "lyrical half" of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, one of the first outfits that attempted to fuse jazz with rap. After three albums by Gang Starr hit record store shelves (1989's No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1991's Step in the Arena, and 1992's Daily Operation), Guru launched his... [+] Read More
Artist: Godfather Don
A creative force within New York City's underground hip-hop scene, Godfather Don first appeared in 1991 with Hazardous, released on the Select imprint. The album established the Godfather as an MC influenced by the blatant, hard-hitting style of Chuck D. A few years later, the Don appeared on and produced the Ultramagnetic MC's' Four Horsemen,... [+] Read More
Artist: Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers
According to his official biography, Jihad Jerry was born in Tehran to an Iranian barber and an Irish-American midwife during the reign of the Shah of Iran. Jihad Jerry was a strong student, earning high marks at a co-ed private academy in the Middle East, and he had won an academic scholarship at the University of North Pittsburgh before the... [+] Read More
Artist: Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in London. He became interested in folk music and rock & roll in his teens while attending Hammersmith College and in 1965 began performing under the name Steve Adams. Mike Hurst, a former member of the folk-pop group the... [+] Read More
Artist: Ladybug Mecca
If you didn't know, Ladybug is hotter than ever. If guest appearing in Snoop Dogg's latest video for his current single "Candy" wasn't enough, the businesswoman turns around and lands a feature spot on the remix, "I had to get on it
it's too dope for words!""Candy," in which Snoop samples Mecca's voice ('You want 'em, I got 'em; drippin' like... [+] Read More
Artist: Marco Polo
Beats are life. Marco Polo Bruno, by way of Toronto and now making his home in Brooklyn, lives by this mantra. In a few short years the T. Dot native has gone from green producer with a new MPC 2000XL to a highly sought after purveyor of boom-bap, laying down tracks for the likes of Masta Ace, Boot Camp Clik and Sadat X. Now the 27 year-old... [+] Read More
