![]() Pioneered in the mid-1980s by rappers such as Schoolly D and Ice-T, gangsta rap was popularized in the later part of the 1980s by groups like N.W.A. Show participants included Compton rapper DJ Quik, Blood & Crips Bangin on Wax album legend Big Wy, Grammy-nominated rapper and actress Yo-Yo, Above the Law’s Cold 187um aka Big Hutch, West Coast and Los Angeles hip-hop legend Medusa, and West Coast music historian Gregory Everett. "Continuing its coverage and commemoration of the 1992 civil unrest, West Coast rappers and music veterans discussed the influence of gangsta rap on the 1992 civil unrest Wednesday, April 25 on KJLH-FM’s Front Page show. ![]() All 26 tracks are remastered by Maria Triana at Battery Studios in New York…Break out the bubbly, cuz the definitive Evelyn." - Real Gone Music Soul expert David Nathan contributes liner notes with exclusive quotes from Evelyn, and we’ve added photos from the RCA vaults and 12” single and album art. Which is a real “shame”…but The Complete RCA Hits and More! not only offers, like the title says, all 24 hits she scored on the R&B and Pop charts for the RCA label, but also presents them in the 12”, alternate mix, and remix versions that really got the dance floor shaking back in the day! So you get the 12” mixes of big hits like “Shame,” “I Don’t Know If It’s Right,” “I’m in Love,” and “Love Come Down,” the “Dance Mix” of “Your Personal Touch,” remixes of “High Horse” and “Shake Down,” and so on. "Evelyn “Champagne” King ranks right up there with Donna Summer and Patti LaBelle at the top of the disco diva pantheon, but there has never been a domestically released collection to do her glittering career justice. Ndugu Chancler is Faculty at The University Of Southern California in the Jazz Studies and Popular Music Departments. ![]() Ndugu has co-produced for Santana, George Duke, The Crusaders, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Tina Turner and a group he co-leads with Patrice Rushen and Ernie Watts called “The Meeting”. His production credits include Flora Purim, Bill Summers, Toki, Ndugu and the Chocolate Jam Co. Ndugu has also played on a number of Movie Soundtracks including, “An Officer and a Gentleman”, “Indecent Proposal” and “The Color Purple”.Īs a songwriter Ndugu co- wrote hits for Santana including “Dance Sister Dance”, George Duke’s “Reach For It”, and “Let It Whip” for the Dazz Band. Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, Donna Summer, Patrice Rushen, Hubert Laws, The Crusaders, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Richie, George Benson, The Temptations, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers, Herbie Hancock and John Lee Hooker. Studio work includes Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". He also performed with Julian Priester, Weather Report and toured with Santana in the mid-'70s, and then formed the band Chocolate Jam Co. He had brief stints with Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard, then joined up with the great George Duke. Chancler began playing with Hugh Masekela, and also worked with Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, and Thelonious Monk. Chancler graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills with a degree in music education. While in high school, Chancler played with Willie Bobo, Gerald Wilson and the Harold Johnson Sextet. He began playing drums at age 12 and studied music throughout junior high and high school. "Ndugu" was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and moved to Los Angeles when he was eight.
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