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San Antonio, TX-born rapper A-Gee became a popular gulf-coast artist with his 1997 debut album Suthern Cumfort Life of A-Gee His regional popularity led to a national release for his second album, 1999’s Strugglin’ to Hustlin’

Arthur Baker Biography, Photos, Pictures

Arthur Baker was among the most visible and widely imitated of the early hip-hop producers, masterminding breakthrough experiments with tape edits and synthetic beats before crossing over to introduce the art of remixing into the pop mainstream

Arthur Clark Biography, Photos, Pictures

The rap artist Arthur Clark, not to be confused with session reed player Arthur “Babe” Clark, is credited with co-writing several songs on the self-titled CD debut by the M-4-Sers

Arthur Davis Biography, Photos, Pictures

Arthur Davis, having established at least one long-term residency in Atlanta, has run his own record label as well as produced sides for other firms His fingers are stylistically sticky by the end of the day from a style that has been called Dirty South; perhaps one of several similarities between such a rap music format and good old Southern rock is the name of producers showing up in songwriting credits, Davis among them

One of the most popular names in Italian hip-hop, the duo known as Articolo 31 debuted with Strade di Citta in 1993 Four more albums followed during the mid- to late ’90s: Messa di Vespiri, Così Com’è, Nessuno, and Xché Si! ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

The Artifacts are a throwback hip-hop duo from Newark, NJ Their music reflects and emphasizes three of the four elements of true hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, and their specialty, graffiti writing or “bombing”; both Tame One and El the Sensai are proficient at all three

Asher D & Daddy Freddy Biography, Photos, Pictures

Daddy Freddy, who at one time held the Guinness World Record as the World’s Fastest Rapper, joined DJ Asher D as one of the original acts to layer ragga toasting over hip-hop beats

It took several years after their formation in 1996 before the Unspoken Heard began to make waves in the East Coast hip-hop underground, but the rapper/producer collective, based in the nation’s capital, certainly did just that as the new millennium turned, and Asheru and Blue Black had a lot to do with the success

It was very apparent that Philadelphia underground MC Ashura, whose real name is Ashok M Kailaith, wanted to define his music and methods on his own terms His 2004 debut album, Logikrhymerezon, was independently released through his own company, and he produced every track himself, using live instrumentation and no samples

Askari X is a rather famous rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area He made a big bang with his controversial song released while locked up in prison, “Ward of the State

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