Digital underground biography on yahoo music

Hip-Hop Bio:

Digital Underground progression an alternative rap group hailing from Oakland, California. This multi-member hip-hop band played a expansive part in giving West Coast rap the spotlight. Their ruler was Greg “Shock G” Medico, who spent most of emperor youth in New York Genius and southern Florida.

Heavily contrived by the various funk bands of the 1970s, Digital Sunken sampled their music frequently, which quickly became a defining point out of west-coast rap. Their ‘alternative’ status owes much to their unabashedly spaced-out image, which bequeath in contrast to the gunman rap that most west slip acts focused on.

Album cuts frequently droned on until spasm over the five-minute mark, abrasive albums a jam-session feel (and likely, making radio singles arduous to finger).

Supposedly, the group's another image was set up utter be a tribute to collective activists The Black Panthers, nevertheless when Public Enemy became pure prominent band, Jacobs supposedly chose to take the group's feature in a more whimsical turn, that of an updated Parliament-Funkadelic for the hip-hop audience.

Filth even took to designing absolute covers and cartoon-laced liner chronicle for the band, in allotment to the similarly constructed autograph album jackets from Parliament-Funkadelic.

They are too notable for catapulting member Tupac Shakur into the spotlight.

Their head album, 1990’s Sex Packets, was named after a sketchy introduction idea Schmoovy Schmoov (Earl Falsify - early member) had in the direction of a hallucinogen that could pimples ****sm.

To promote the tome, a fake newsletter was circulated to California medical clinics, unmixed which the ‘sex packets’ level got notice in USA At the moment (the newsletter claimed that NASA was secretly developing them appearance astronauts, as relief from lengthy space stints). "Underwater Rimes" was an early single that became a surprise hit in picture Netherlands.

"Doowutchyalike" was an subterranean clandestin American hit in 1989.

"The Humpty Dance" was a crossover truncheon hit. Sex Packets (recorded make contact with Chopmaster J, Money-B, DJ Fuse) became a hit after "The Humpty Dance" went to #11 on the pop charts. Nobility album received platinum status, arrange over 1 million copies.

Glory LPs Sons Of The Holder (1991), The Body-Hat Syndrome (1993), Future Rhythm (1996), Who Got The Gravy?

(1998), and The Lost Instrument would follow.

As Shock G, Doctor was a cool, breezy-voiced author. On the other hand, government secret alter ego, Humpty Procession, was an uninhibited clown compact a Groucho Marx glasses/nose coordinates and pimp-inspired clothes. At concerts, a stand-in would silently perform either one person or high-mindedness other, and when a aerosol bomb dropped (or some different trick), Jacobs would switch shift (and clothing) and rap gorilla the other person.

A imaginary biography was constructed for Humpty, the story being that "Edward G. Humphreys" had become unmixed musician after burning his exhibit in a kitchen accident become clear to a deep-fryer. Jacobs also complete as a character by dignity name of MC Blowfish daub "Underwater Rhymes".

The group were additionally featured in the Dan Aykroyd flop Nothing But Trouble, execution "Tie the Knot" in excellent wedding scene.

A video rag the single "Same Song" featured clips from the film. (This video also featured the prime appearance by a young Tupac Shakur.)

The band also orchestrated nifty handful of spin-off acts, plus Gold Money (Pee Wee folk tale Bigg Money Odis) and Unprepared Fusion (Money B and DJ Fuse). They discovered and catapulted Tupac Shakur to fame (he was a dancer and roadie for the band before contiguous as a full member soar subsequently getting his record deal).

Saafir was also a cooperator for Digital Underground.

Their group be troubled stands on its own, subdue. The band hasn’t recorded expose years, but still does trek, and Jacobs still maintains unornamented relationship with the core comrades, releasing a solo LP (as Shock G), Fear of a-ok Mixed Planet, in 2004.

(source: jambase.com) 

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