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Digital Underground – уникальная группа из Окленда, аналогов которой не было и уже никогда не будет, как не будет второго Майкла Джексона. В то время, когда гремели политические Public Enemy и ганстерствующие N.W.A., DU предложили нечто особенное – сочетание рэпа со своим чудаковатым и пропитанным фанковым духом Parliament-Funkadelic стилем. Многие, возможно, помнят безбашенного весельчака с пластмассовым носом и очками и прической а-ля взрыв на макаронной фабрике. Это был фронтмен команды - Shock G – человек, обладающий несколькими альтер-эго в рамках одного проекта.
Gregory E. Jacobs (Shock G) родился 25 августа 1963 года и большую часть детства провел на чемоданах, переезжая со своей семьей то туда, то сюда по всему восточному побережью. В конечном итоге он осел в Bay Area, в Калифорнии. В старших классах он решил впервые пошутить по-настоящему и бросил школу, в результате чего в конце 70-х несколько лет ходил по кривой тропинке. Правда, в конце концов, он взялся за ум, хотя может быть вначале просто за голову. Как бы то ни было, он закончил школу и поступил в музыкальное училище, где и познакомился с Chopmaster J (сокращенно CMJ).
В результате этого знакомства, как не трудно догадаться, в 1987 появился тогда еще дуэт Digital Underground. На следующий год они выпустили на TNT Records независимый сингл "Underwater Rimes" (би-сайдом шел трек "Your Life's a Cartoon") и, словно по волшебству, он не прошел незамеченным. Сингл стал первым в голландском топе и парни подписали контракт с Tommy Boy Records.
Дискография:
"Sex Packets" / Tommy Boy, 1990
"This Is An EP Release" / Tommy Boy, 1991
"Sons of the P" / Tommy Boy, 1991
"The Body-Hat Syndrome" / Tommy Boy, 1993
"Future Rhythm" / Critique, 1996
"Who Got the Gravy?" / Interscope, 1998
"Lost Files" / Lil Butta, 1999
"No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground" / Tommy Boy, 2001
"Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground" / Rhino, 2003
Raw Fusion
"Live From the Styleetron" / Hollywood, 1991
"Hoochiefied Funk" / Hollywood, 1994
Money-B
"Money-B Presents Folk Music: Music by My Folks, Fo' My Folks, Vol. 1" / Bobby Beat, 1996
"Takin' Dirty" / Bobby Beat, 1999
Gold Chain
"A Day in the Life of a Player" / Tommy Boy, 1992
Big Brutha Soul
"Live at the Fillmore" / Herb-N-Soul, 1999
"Bruthaland [live]" / Higher Octave, 2002
Shock G
"Fear of a Mixed Planet" / 33rd Street, 2004
"Shockwaves" / 33rd Street, 2005 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Gregory E. Jacobs (Shock G) родился 25 августа 1963 года и большую часть детства провел на чемоданах, переезжая со своей семьей то туда, то сюда по всему восточному побережью. В конечном итоге он осел в Bay Area, в Калифорнии. В старших классах он решил впервые пошутить по-настоящему и бросил школу, в результате чего в конце 70-х несколько лет ходил по кривой тропинке. Правда, в конце концов, он взялся за ум, хотя может быть вначале просто за голову. Как бы то ни было, он закончил школу и поступил в музыкальное училище, где и познакомился с Chopmaster J (сокращенно CMJ).
В результате этого знакомства, как не трудно догадаться, в 1987 появился тогда еще дуэт Digital Underground. На следующий год они выпустили на TNT Records независимый сингл "Underwater Rimes" (би-сайдом шел трек "Your Life's a Cartoon") и, словно по волшебству, он не прошел незамеченным. Сингл стал первым в голландском топе и парни подписали контракт с Tommy Boy Records.
Дискография:
"Sex Packets" / Tommy Boy, 1990
"This Is An EP Release" / Tommy Boy, 1991
"Sons of the P" / Tommy Boy, 1991
"The Body-Hat Syndrome" / Tommy Boy, 1993
"Future Rhythm" / Critique, 1996
"Who Got the Gravy?" / Interscope, 1998
"Lost Files" / Lil Butta, 1999
"No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground" / Tommy Boy, 2001
"Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground" / Rhino, 2003
Raw Fusion
"Live From the Styleetron" / Hollywood, 1991
"Hoochiefied Funk" / Hollywood, 1994
Money-B
"Money-B Presents Folk Music: Music by My Folks, Fo' My Folks, Vol. 1" / Bobby Beat, 1996
"Takin' Dirty" / Bobby Beat, 1999
Gold Chain
"A Day in the Life of a Player" / Tommy Boy, 1992
Big Brutha Soul
"Live at the Fillmore" / Herb-N-Soul, 1999
"Bruthaland [live]" / Higher Octave, 2002
Shock G
"Fear of a Mixed Planet" / 33rd Street, 2004
"Shockwaves" / 33rd Street, 2005 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Shock-G could probably be called DU's center, their driving force, along with his Humpty Hump alter-ego. DJ Fuze, Money B, Schmoovy Schmoov, Chopmaster J, were some of the group's main members, and they were joined by many friends on their albums over the years.
Their third single, The Humpty Dance, from their 1990 debut album called Sex Packets, was their biggest commercial hit. It helped Sex Packets go platinum by the end of the year. Tupac Shakur (then simply 2Pac) got his start with the Underground's second release, 1991's This Is An EP Release. He went on to quite an impressive solo career. Sons Of The P was released later that year, a full-length album with even heavier P-Funk influence abound. This album would go gold, with help from its biggest single, Kiss You Back. 1993 would see the release of The Body-Hat Syndrome, as well as a big shift in the hip hop world towards the previously mentioned Dr. Dre's G-funk style of 'gangsta rap' music. This shift would see a decline in Digital Underground's fan base, and it would take three years and a record label switch before we would see the return of the Underground, with Future Rhythm in 1996. It barely lasted three weeks on the charts. Rather surprising, since this album had a number of very strong songs, such as Oregano Flow, Walk Real Kool, and Food Fight. And 1998 would bring us the last official Digital Underground album, Who Got The Gravy?, which also has many very strong tunes. Also some well-known guests, including KRS One, Big Pun, and Biz Markie. Wind Me Up, The Mission, and Holla Holiday are among its strengths. They would release The Lost Files in 1999, a collection of tracks that were previously unreleased, sounding as strong as any of their albums.
That would bring an end to the Underground, as it was. One might guess that poor promotion may have been the reason behind their demise, they certainly released some very strong material. Shock-G returned as a solo artist in 2004 with Fear Of A Mixed Planet, reprising his Humpty Hump character on some tracks.
They still regroup and tour as Digital Underground as recent as 2005/6. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Their third single, The Humpty Dance, from their 1990 debut album called Sex Packets, was their biggest commercial hit. It helped Sex Packets go platinum by the end of the year. Tupac Shakur (then simply 2Pac) got his start with the Underground's second release, 1991's This Is An EP Release. He went on to quite an impressive solo career. Sons Of The P was released later that year, a full-length album with even heavier P-Funk influence abound. This album would go gold, with help from its biggest single, Kiss You Back. 1993 would see the release of The Body-Hat Syndrome, as well as a big shift in the hip hop world towards the previously mentioned Dr. Dre's G-funk style of 'gangsta rap' music. This shift would see a decline in Digital Underground's fan base, and it would take three years and a record label switch before we would see the return of the Underground, with Future Rhythm in 1996. It barely lasted three weeks on the charts. Rather surprising, since this album had a number of very strong songs, such as Oregano Flow, Walk Real Kool, and Food Fight. And 1998 would bring us the last official Digital Underground album, Who Got The Gravy?, which also has many very strong tunes. Also some well-known guests, including KRS One, Big Pun, and Biz Markie. Wind Me Up, The Mission, and Holla Holiday are among its strengths. They would release The Lost Files in 1999, a collection of tracks that were previously unreleased, sounding as strong as any of their albums.
That would bring an end to the Underground, as it was. One might guess that poor promotion may have been the reason behind their demise, they certainly released some very strong material. Shock-G returned as a solo artist in 2004 with Fear Of A Mixed Planet, reprising his Humpty Hump character on some tracks.
They still regroup and tour as Digital Underground as recent as 2005/6. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.