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Method Man是Wu-Tang Clan中第一个发展个人事业,并且取得成绩最大的一个。他有着凌厉双唇还有凶猛的气势,当他站在舞台上,所有的对手都会不寒而栗。原名Clifford Smith的Method Man生于纽约长岛以西的亨普斯特,由于父母离异,他的童年时光是在父亲所居住的长岛和母亲在斯塔滕岛的家之间来回穿梭中度过的,也正是如此,他才在以后认识了来自斯塔滕岛的大部分Wu-Tang Clan的成员。Method Man的个人事业使于1994年,这正是Wu-Tang Clan发表他们首张重磅炸弹《Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)》之后的第一年。在嘻哈巨鳄Def Jam发表了首张专辑《Tical》的Method Man开始了他顺利的个人艺术生涯。
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当2005年的嘻哈界都在问谁是麦可琼斯的同时,这个名字却像病毒般迅速地在全球扩散开来,没有酷炫的绰号,没有家族的强势力挺,在嘻哈战场里奋斗了4年,便顺利地在主流厂牌下发行了专辑“Who Is Mike Jones?”。在美国南方休士顿长大的麦可,从小就对音乐抱著无比的志向,为了要实现他作饶舌乐的梦想,2001年便创立了属於自己的音乐厂牌Ice Age Entertainment。打从那时开始,麦可便开始在大大小小的嘻哈舞池中,拿著自己的音乐介绍给不同的DJ,而每个DJ的第一个反应都是你是谁?而麦可都会自信十足地回答,“我是麦可琼斯”。就这样麦可渐渐打开了知名度,随即便引起Swishahouse(独立厂牌/知名嘻哈俱乐部)的老闆DJ Michael Watts的注意,很快麦可便被签下Michael Watts。
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The most idiosyncratic personality in rap and possessor of its most recognizable delivery, a halting, ragga-inspired style with incredible complexity, inventiveness, and humor, Busta Rhymes formed Leaders of the New School in 1990 and released two albums with the group before breaking out with a 1996 solo hit single, "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check." Born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, in 1972 of Jamaican heritage (a definite influence on his rapping style), Busta moved to Long Island in 1983 and, at Uniondale High School, met up with MCs Charlie Brown, Dinco D., and Cut Monitor Milo. Inspired by fellow Long Islanders Public Enemy and Eric B. _ Rakim, the foursome united as Leaders of the New School and signed a deal with Elektra Records right out of the gate, when Busta was only 17 years old. Much respected in the hip-hop underground for their Afrocentric philosophy and tough rapping styles, Leaders of the New School debuted in 1991 with Future Without a Past... but released only one more album, 1993's T.I.M.E., before breaking up the following year. Out on his own for the first time, Busta called on some friends, appearing on A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario," the incredible remix of Craig Mack's "Flava in Ya Ear" (also featuring Notorious B.I.G. and LL Cool J), as well as other projects with Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, and TLC. He also appeared in the 1995 John Singleton film Higher Learning and earned a solo contract with Elektra. Busta's first album, The Coming, proved a huge hit; the single "Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check" hit the Top Ten and pushed the album into gold-record territory. His second album, When Disaster Strikes, debuted at number three in September 1997. Extinction Level Event followed a year later, and in mid-2000, Busta released Anarchy while appearing on the silver screen in a remake of the blaxploitation classic Shaft. 2002's It Ain't Safe No More and 2006's Aftermath-released The Big Bang followed. While shooting a video for a remix of the latter album's "Touch It," Busta's bodyguard was shot to death.
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美国东海岸硬核说唱歌手Ghostface Killah最初为歌迷所知是因为他是美国着名的说唱乐团the Wu-Tang Clan的成员之一。Ghostface Killah原名Dennis Coles,曾用名Tony Starks。Ghostface Killah第一次加入the Wu-Tang Clan乐团录制唱片是在1993年,当时Ghostface Killah首先参加了the Wu-Tang Clan乐团专辑《Enter the Wu-Tang》的录制工作,并且由于他的出彩表现而在说唱乐界崭露头角。在成功的挤身the Wu-Tang Clan乐团之后,Ghostface Killah又在1995年的时候参加了the Wu-Tang Clan乐团另一名成员Raekwon的个人专辑《Only Built 4 Cuban Linx》的录制,他在Raekwon的这张个人专辑中的客串表演获得了相当部分业内人士的好评,因此,Ghostface Killah自己的首张个人专辑录制计划也开始实施。
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出生自美国布鲁克林区,原名Kimberly Jones的Lil’ Kim,曾是已故着美国东岸饶舌界传奇人物声名狼藉先生/Notorious B.I.G.培养出第一位女爱徒,并以Notorious K.I.M.自翊,自组音乐厂牌Queen Bee Records。1996年离开让她一炮而红的庞大Hip-Hop/Rap团Junior M.A.F.I.A.,便以语不惊人死不休的表态,将性爱、激情床第之爱等备受争议的暗示语词,盪漾在她极具感官慾望乐谱中!穿着打扮上更是强调了她那呼之欲出的伟峰、曼妙身材的完美展露。更是群星们争相邀约合作对象,2002年Lil Kim除了发行百万名辑“The Notorious KIM”外,还参与全球两大歌舞鉅片“红磨坊”与“芝加哥”主题曲演唱,伙同合作愉快的Christina Augilera再次联决演出”Can’t Hold Us Down”以及同为声名狼藉的五角合作”Magic Stick”,不仅夺得排行亮眼佳绩,更获葛莱美奖入围之加冕。
流派: Hip-hop
介绍: 来自美国德州休斯顿原名Paul Slayton的Paul Wall,其实并不是位新人,凭藉自身创作才华与饶舌功\力,在地下独立界拼出些许\名声,同样也是位DJ混音高手的他,致力现已广为流行,引起南岸饶舌界风潮的Screwed - Chopped,逐渐发展成地下流行现象与嘻哈音乐之艺术表现形式,将一首歌降低饶舌部分的Pitch,放慢一向快速表现的唸词速度,加入更为丰富音效、刮盘之声交错其中,渐层快慢间独特编排,相当适合DJ舞场加以混编运用,最早是由美国休士顿地区名DJ Screw发展而来,儘管Screw於2000死於药物过量,但是这种表现方式被越来越多DJ发扬光大、始为流传。创作力旺盛的Paul Wall,分别在2002年与工作好伙伴Chamillionaire合出《Get Ya Mind Correct》专辑、2004及2005年《The Chick Magnet》、《Controvers (详细资料)