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Albert Brown Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bassist and songwriter Albert Brown has been a force in a variety of black music styles since the first half of the ’90s While he grew into his identification with the gangsta rap scene like someone might try on a zoot suit in a thrift store, his involvement in the debut album by Usher in 1994 resulted in a string of love songs, sappy enough to make an old fashioned gangster want to squash a grapefruit in his face

Albert Washington Biography, Photos, Pictures

Albert Washington, Jr provides background vocal stylings on “Just Gangsta”, among other masterworks of gangsta rap lined up on the first Thug Life collection from 1994

Following Nelly’s breakthrough in 2001, one of his fellow group members in the St Lunatics, Ali, signed with Nelly’s label Universal That same year, Ali introduced himself to the masses on the debut St

Bringing the sounds and spirit of two crews along with two cities together, Ali & Gipp came on the scene in 2005 when they collaborated on Nelly’s track “Grillz,” which also featured Paul Wall

The son of an Egyptian dancer and a Russian Jewish dancer and choreographer (as well as the nephew of Cyd Charisse), Ali Dee (aka Ali Theodore) studied jazz dance between the ages of 9 and 12 but began to breakdance after watching Swipe from the Rock Steady Crew

When South Jamaica, Queens, rapper Ali Vegas entered the New York hip-hop scene in the late ’90s, he was labeled as the next breed of poignant and reflective rap artists to follow in the footsteps of that borough’s important MCs, like Kool G Rap, Nas, and Mobb Deep

If he played with the antenna enough, young Brendon Whitney could pick up the late-night music television show Friday Night Videos all the way out in his rural, small-town hometown of Hollis, ME

The Brooklyn-based hip hop duo All City comprised rappers J Mega and Greg Valentine The duo came together in 1993 after back-to-back solo performances at a Lyricists’ Lounge open mic session; both performers so impressed the crowd and each other that they decided to team up

Chicago’s underground hip-hop group All Natural features Capital D and Tone B Nimble, the leaders of the city’s Family Tree Crew They self-released their 1997 single Writers Block and their 1998 debut album No Additives, No Preservatives, which sold over 5,000 copies

Versatile and Sites, better known as All Sides, had the chance to earn their mic credibility in the rap community of Vancouver with the production assistance brought on by Wade C