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From Detroit to J.A.

Index From Detroit to J.A.

From Detroit to J.A. is The Kleptones' third album, which blends R&B instrumentals with Pop, Rap, and R&B vocals. [1]

69 relations: A Night at the Hip Hopera, Ben (song), Black or White, Caught Out There, Chicks on Speed, Close to Me (The Cure song), Cornershop, Counter-Strike, Cypress Hill, David Bowie, Drop It Like It's Hot, Eddie Kendricks, EP1 (The Kleptones EP), Eric B. & Rakim, Erykah Badu, Fame (David Bowie song), Family Affair (Mary J. Blige song), Fish Licence, Gang Starr, He Was Really Sayin' Somethin', Hello Again (The Cars song), I Want You (Marvin Gaye song), It Wasn't Me, Jason Lee (actor), Jason Mewes, Jay and Silent Bob, Jurassic 5, Keanu Reeves, Keep on Truckin' (song), Kelis, Let's Dance (David Bowie song), Let's Get It On, List of View Askewniverse characters, Macaulay Culkin, Mallrats, MARRS, Marvin Gaye, Mary J. Blige, Mashup (music), Michael Jackson, Monty Python's Flying Circus, My Girl (The Temptations song), Neo (The Matrix), Ol' Dirty Bastard, Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song), Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, Peter Gabriel, Pharrell Williams, Pump Up the Volume (song), Radio X (United Kingdom), ..., Rikrok, Run-DMC, Seeed, Shaggy (musician), Shout (Tears for Fears song), Snoop Dogg, Super Furry Animals, T.O.K., Tears for Fears, The Cars, The Cure, The Kleptones, The Matrix, The Miracles, The Temptations, The Tracks of My Tears, The Velvelettes, Waking Life, 20th Century Fox. Expand index (19 more) »

A Night at the Hip Hopera

A Night at the Hip Hopera is the third album by The Kleptones.

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Ben (song)

"Ben" is a song written by Don Black and composed by Walter Scharf for the 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat film Willard).

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Black or White

"Black or White" is a single by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson.

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Caught Out There

"Caught Out There" is a song by American singer Kelis from her debut studio album, Kaleidoscope (1999).

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Chicks on Speed

Chicks on Speed is a feminist music and fine art ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Australian Alex Murray-Leslie and New Yorker Melissa Logan met at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.

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Close to Me (The Cure song)

"Close to Me" is a song by English rock band the Cure, released in September 1985 as the second and final single from their sixth album, The Head on the Door.

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Cornershop

Cornershop are a British indie rock band best known for their 1997 UK number-one single "Brimful of Asha".

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Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games, in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking) and counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue).

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Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Drop It Like It's Hot

"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a hit single by American rapper Snoop Dogg featuring American singer and producer Pharrell.

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Eddie Kendricks

Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), best known by the stage name Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter.

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EP1 (The Kleptones EP)

EP1 is a 2006 bastard pop EP by The Kleptones.

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Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim are a hip hop duo formed in Long Island, New York, in 1986, composed of Eric B. (born Eric Barrier) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr.). AllMusic wrote that "during rap's so-called golden age in the late '80s, Eric B. & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop." Tom Terrell of NPR called them "the most influential DJ/MC combo in contemporary pop music period," while the editors of About.com ranked them as No.

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Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress.

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Fame (David Bowie song)

"Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975.

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Family Affair (Mary J. Blige song)

"Family Affair" is a song by American singer Mary J. Blige.

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Fish Licence

The Fish Licence is a sketch from Season 2 Episode 10 (Scott of the Antarctic) of the popular British television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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Gang Starr

Gang Starr was an East Coast hip hop duo that consisted of rapper Guru and DJ/producer DJ Premier.

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He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'

"He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' is a soul song written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Edward Holland, Jr. in 1964.

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Hello Again (The Cars song)

"Hello Again" is a song performed by the rock band The Cars, released in 1984 as the fourth single from the album Heartbeat City.

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I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)

"I Want You" is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and performed by singer Marvin Gaye.

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It Wasn't Me

"It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae artist Shaggy's multi-Platinum studio album Hot Shot (2000).

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Jason Lee (actor)

Jason Michael Lee (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor, photographer, producer, and skateboarder.

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Jason Mewes

Jason Edward Mewes (born June 12, 1974) is an American television and film actor, film producer and internet radio show host.

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Jay and Silent Bob

Jay and Silent Bob are fictional characters portrayed by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, respectively, in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse, a fictional universe created and used in most of the films, comics, and television programs written and produced by Smith, beginning with Clerks.

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Jurassic 5

Jurassic 5 is an American alternative hip hop group formed in 1993 by members of two previous groups (Rebels of Rhythm and Unity Committee): rappers Charles Stewart (Chali 2na), Dante Givens (Akil), Courtenay Henderson (Soup aka Zaakir), Marc Stuart (Marc 7); and disc jockeys Mark Potsic (DJ Nu-Mark) and Lucas Macfadden (Cut Chemist).

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Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and musician.

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Keep on Truckin' (song)

"Keep on Truckin'" is a 1973 hit song recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label.

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Kelis

Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1979), better known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer, songwriter and chef.

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Let's Dance (David Bowie song)

"Let's Dance" is the title-track from English singer David Bowie's 1983 album of the same name.

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Let's Get It On

Let's Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye.

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List of View Askewniverse characters

This is a list of major and recurring characters in Kevin Smith's fictional universe known as the View Askewniverse.

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Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor, author, painter, podcaster, musician and president of Bunnyears.

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Mallrats

Mallrats is a 1995 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith.

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MARRS

MARRS (stylised M|A|R|R|S) was a 1987 recording collective formed by the groups A.R. Kane and Colourbox, which only released one commercial disc.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress.

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Mashup (music)

A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bootleg and bastard pop/rock) is a creative work, usually in a form of a song, created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974.

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My Girl (The Temptations song)

"My Girl" is a soul music song recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) record label.

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Neo (The Matrix)

Neo (born as Thomas A. Anderson, also known as The One, an anagram for Neo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in ''The Matrix'' franchise.

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Ol' Dirty Bastard

Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known under his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (or ODB), was an American rapper and producer.

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Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim song)

"Paid in Full" is a song by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim.

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Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a psychedelic soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971.

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Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.

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Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Pump Up the Volume (song)

"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act S. Recorded and released in 1987, it was a number-one hit in many countries and is regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British acid house music and music sampling.

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Radio X (United Kingdom)

Radio X is a commercial radio station brand focused on alternative music, primarily indie rock, which is owned by Global.

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Rikrok

Ricardo George Ducent (born 17 June 1972), known by his stage name Rikrok, is an English-born Jamaican singer.

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Run-DMC

Run-DMC was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens, New York, founded in 1981 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.

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Seeed

Seeed is a German hip hop / reggae / dancehall band from Berlin.

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Shaggy (musician)

Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican musician, singer, DJ, and former United States Marine.

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Shout (Tears for Fears song)

"Shout" is a song by British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus).

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Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, television personality and actor.

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Super Furry Animals

Super Furry Animals are a Welsh psychedelic rock band.

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T.O.K.

T.O.K. were a dancehall group from Kingston, Jamaica.

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Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in Bath in 1981 by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.

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The Cars

The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the new wave scene in the late 1970s.

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The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1976.

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The Kleptones

The Kleptones are a one-man English electronic music group fronted by music producer and DJ Eric Kleptone.

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The Matrix

The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis (credited as The Wachowski Brothers) and starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano.

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The Miracles

The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and influential groups in pop, rock and roll, and R&B music history.

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Tracks of My Tears

"The Tracks of My Tears" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin.

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The Velvelettes

The Velvelettes were an American singing girl group, signed to Motown in the 1960s.

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Waking Life

Waking Life is a 2001 American adult animated docufiction film, directed by Richard Linklater.

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20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, doing business as 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio currently owned by 21st Century Fox.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Detroit_to_J.A.

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