Vince Staples was once a close associate of an American hip hop collective that was formed in 2006-07 in what city?
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Vince Staples Vincent Jamal Staples (born July 2, 1993) is an American rapper from the Ramona Park area of North Long Beach, California. He is a member of the hip hop trio Cutthroat Boyz alongside fellow Californian rappers Aston Matthews and Joey Fatts. Staples was once a close associate of Odd Future, in particular Mike G and Earl Sweatshirt. He is currently signed to Blacksmith Records, ARTium Recordings and Def Jam Recordings.
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Odd Future Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, normally shortened to Odd Future and abbreviated to OFWGKTA (stylized OFWGK†Δ with an upside down cross), is an American hip hop collective formed in Los Angeles in 2006-07. The collective was originally formed by Tyler, The Creator with Hodgy, Left Brain, Casey Veggies, The Super 3, and Jasper Dolphin. Later members include Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Domo Genesis, Mike G, and Syd. Outside of music, Odd Future had an Adult Swim skit show called "Loiter Squad", a clothing line named Golf Wang, as well as a mobile app called Golf Media which contains exclusive interviews, behind the scenes clips, and cartoons. Every year since 2012, Odd Future has held the annual Camp Flog Gnaw in Los Angeles where members of Odd Future, as well as other supporting acts, perform live and host a carnival.
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Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, is an American hip hop trio from Los Angeles, California. Since the early 1990s they have produced party music with a hardcore hip hop edge, powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift (born Eric Brooks in Columbus, Georgia, raised in Toledo, Ohio) and the rhymes of J-Ro (born James Robinson in Los Angeles) and Tash (born Rico Smith in Cincinnati). Though commercial crossover success largely eluded the group, they maintained a dedicated following on their native West Coast, throughout the United States and worldwide.
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Moist Music Moist Music is a New York City based electronic dance music record label that is a subsidiary of Phase One Communications. Victor Ortiz, aka Vicious Vic established Moist Music in 2004. Victor was previously part of the founding crew members of the early Caffeine movement in New York City, alongside his early production partner DJ Micro from the duo Progression. Moist Music produces independent CDs and albums in major retail, as well as simultaneous digital releases for all new albums. Beginning in fall 2007, Moist began to release all albums through the back catalog digitally. An incomplete list of artists is provided below.
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Poison Pen (album) Poison Pen is the third studio album by Chino XL, an American hip hop musician. It was released on March 21, 2006. Fans anticipated this release ever since Chino XL's "Poison Pen: The Lost Tapes", which featured the tracks "Beastin'", "Our Time", and "Wordsmith". "Poison Pen" was released as a 2-disc special collector's edition. Every copy was autographed by Chino XL with a silver "poison pen". The album was executive produced and A&R'd by Chino's then manager Stacey Castro, who orchestrated guest appearances by her other clients, Proof of D-12, Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest, and the Beatnuts.
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Boss Hogg Outlawz The Boss Hogg Outlawz were a hip hop collective from Houston, Texas formed and led by Slim Thug. The collective originally included Le$, Young Von, C. Ward, J-Dawg, Killa Kyleon, Sir Daily, Lil Ray, Young Black, Dre Day, PJ & M.U.G. (Deceased).
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The Color Changin' Click The Color Changin' Click, is a local hip hop group formed in 1996 by Chamillionaire and 50/50 Lil' Twin. The group disbanded in 2005.
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Gangstress Gangstress is the second studio album by American rapper Khia. The album was released by Thug Misses Entertainment and Warlock Records on July 11, 2006 in the United States. The album was fully produced by Khia. It debuted at #67 on the "Billboard"'s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
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Casual (rapper) Jon Owens (born December 19, 1973), known by his stage name Casual, is an American rapper from Oakland, California and one of the founding members of the alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. After his debut album "Fear Itself" garnered both critical and commercial success, Casual went on to become one of the most prominent and recognizable faces on the Hieroglyphics roster, releasing five full-length LPs over the span of his twenty-year career. Despite the lackluster sales of the LPs following his debut, which were preceded by an absence of both critical and popular acclaim, Owens has garnered a following amongst devoted hip hop fans, particularly in the Bay Area hip hop scene, largely due to his specialization in hardcore battle rhymes.
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Dilated Peoples Dilated Peoples is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. They achieved notability in the underground hip hop community, although they have had little mainstream success in the US, with the exception of the song "This Way", a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West, Xzibit, and John Legend appearing in the music video. They reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst." Their members include DJ Babu (producer/DJ), Evidence (MC/producer) and Rakaa (MC). The group also received a publicity spike after their songs were featured in the 2003 video games "" and "NBA Street Vol. 2".
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A Tribe Called Quest discography A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985. They have released six studio albums, five compilations, thirteen singles and five video albums. The group is made up of rapper/producer Q-Tip (Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), the late rapper Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor) and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Phife Dawg was only persuaded to join when a fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, joined the group. In 1989 they signed a demo deal with Geffen Records, but not given a full-fledged recording contract. After receiving many offers, they opted for the Jive Records label, an independent rap label. In under a year, they managed to produce "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" to a lukewarm reception, reaching #91 on the "Billboard" 200, though it did achieve gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Bankroll Mafia Bankroll Mafia is an American hip hop collective from Atlanta, Georgia. The collective manifested in 2015, after southern rappers T.I.P., Young Thug and Shad da God began frequently and closely working together. Other Atlanta-based rappers also joined the collective, including Peewee Roscoe, Lil Duke and London Jae. In an interview with "Billboard", T.I.P. described the group's dynamic as "a collective that includes a lot of personal and professional constituents throughout the industry, in and out of our elements." The collective released their self-titled debut album in April 2016.
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House of Ladosha House of Ladosha is a New York-based artistic collective and LGBT rap duo including Antonio Blair ("Dosha Devastation") and Adam Radakovich ("Cunty Crawford"). Other members include Neon Christina Ladosha (Christopher Udemezue), Magatha Ladosha (Michael Magnan), YSL Ladosha (Yan Sze Li), General Rage Ladosha (Riley Hooker), La Fem Ladosha (Antonio Blair), and Juliana Huxtable. Many of the members met as freshmen at Parsons School of Design. The group was founded in 2007. They have opened for Azealia Banks and performed with SSION.
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Terror Squad (group) Terror Squad was an American hip hop collective that was first established in 1998. Based in The Bronx borough of New York City, the members of Terror Squad collectively debuted on a song in member Fat Joe's album "Don Cartagena". Terror Squad released its debut, "The Album", in 1999, with its first major hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", credited mostly to Big Pun, who died of a heart attack in 2000. After Big Pun's death, his longtime partners Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group and were subsequently replaced by Remy Martin (later known as Remy Ma) and Tony Sunshine.
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Wolfpac Wolfpac (stylized as WOLFPAC) is an American hip hop group formed in 1997 by former Bloodhound Gang member and co-founder Daddy Long Legs. The group's musical style fuses hip hop beats with hardcore and metal samples. Its lyrical style draws from horrorcore, focusing on subjects such as resurrection, revenge, necrophilia, and standing up for one's own beliefs. The group's live performances from time to time include a DJ, guitar player and strippers.
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69 Boyz 69 Boyz is an American Miami bass and hip hop group originating from Jacksonville, Florida, but now based largely in Orlando, Florida. The group was initiated by producers C.C. Lemonhead and Jay Ski (of Chill Deal, Quad City DJs and 95 South), and consists of rappers Van "Thrill Da Playa" Bryant, Barry "Fast" Wright, Pat Hicks, Greg "Slow" Thomas, and "Rottweiler" Mike Mike.
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DJ Nasty &amp; LVM DJ Nasty & LVM are an American record production duo, composed of brothers DJ Nasty (Johnny David Mollings) and LVM (Leonardo V. Mollings). They are best known for working with urban-music artists, including Blood Raw, Ace Hood, DJ Khaled, Plies, Ludacris, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Brisco, Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Birdman, 8Ball & MJG, Juelz Santana, Cam'Ron, Fat Joe, Pitbull and Chingy. Their major influences in producing come from The Neptunes, Pete Rock, The Runners, Drumma Boy, DJ Toomp and Dr. Dre.
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Bomb Zombies Bomb Zombies is an American alternative hip hop duo based in Los Angeles, California. It consists of producer Nobody and rapper Nocando, who are both residents of Low End Theory.
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Jedi Mind Tricks Jedi Mind Tricks (JMT) is an underground hip hop duo from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded by two high school friends, rapper Vinnie Paz (Vincenzo Luvineri) and producer Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (Kevin Baldwin). In 1999 second rapper Jus Allah joined the group to record their second studio album, "Violent by Design". Allah left the group shortly after, but returned in 2008 for the sixth studio album, "A History of Violence". In 2011 Stoupe left the group because "his heart wasn't in making JMT records anymore". In 2013, Allah left again, and Stoupe returned in 2015.
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Harlem 6 Harlem 6 (also called Harlem 6 Wu-Tang) is a hip-hop, R&B, and reggaeton group affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan & Gang Starr Foundation.
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Krewella Krewella is an electronic dance music duo from Northbrook, Illinois, United States, that formed in 2007. The duo consists of sisters Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf. Originally a trio, their third member and producer Kristopher "Rain Man" Trindl resigned in 2014. Their EP, "Play Hard," was released on June 18, 2012, exclusively on Beatport, followed by its release on other digital platforms on June 26, 2012. Their debut album, "Get Wet," was released on September 24, 2013, on iTunes. Their musical style has been mainly described as EDM, dance-rock, and pop, this later being showcased as dance-pop. However Krewella's style has been influenced by a number of electronic sub genres including progressive house, electro, dubstep, drum and bass, and trap music.
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Secret Society (band) Secret Society is an American hip-hop group from Brooklyn, New York. The group was ultimately formed in 2005 by Necro and Non Phixion, but its members had previously collaborated on numerous occasions prior to Secret Society's formation. Previously, all five members of Secret Society had been notable contributors in the underground rap scene.