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It's a Compton Thang

Index It's a Compton Thang

It's a Compton Thang! is the debut album by American rap group Compton's Most Wanted, released June 19, 1990 on Orpheus Records. [1]

24 relations: AllMusic, Anita Baker, Billy Cobham, Compton's Most Wanted, DJ Slip, Funk, Inc., Gangsta rap, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Lee Dorsey, Mikey Dread, Mountain (band), Orpheus Music, Pleasure (American band), Rick James, Roy Ayers, Sound Experience, Straight Checkn 'Em, Syl Johnson, The Brothers Johnson, The J.B.'s, The Unknown DJ, West Coast hip hop, Yellowman.

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Anita Baker

Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Billy Cobham

William Emanuel "Billy" Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian-American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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Compton's Most Wanted

Compton's Most Wanted (C.M.W.) was an American gangsta rap group and one of the original pioneers of the West Coast hip hop scene.

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DJ Slip

DJ Slip is a producer and member of the Compton Gangsta rap groups Compton's Most Wanted and N.O.T.R.

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Funk, Inc.

Funk, Inc. was a jazz funk/soul jazz group founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1969 by Bobby Watley, Eugene Barr, Steve Weakley, Jimmy Munford and Cecil Hunt.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or Gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" lifestyle.

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Isaac Hayes

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and producer.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader.

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Lee Dorsey

Irving Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 1, 1986) was an African American pop and R&B singer during the 1960s.

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Mikey Dread

Michael George Campbell (4 June 1954 – 15 March 2008), better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer, and broadcaster.

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Mountain (band)

Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed on Long Island, New York in 1969.

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Orpheus Music

Orpheus Music is an independent record label that is part of Hush Management and is dedicated to R&B and jazz music, and home of recording artist Freddie Jackson.

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Pleasure (American band)

Pleasure was a band from Portland, Oregon.

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Rick James

Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. February 1, 1948August 6, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

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Roy Ayers

Roy Ayers (born September 10, 1940) is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player.

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Sound Experience

Sound Experience was an American funk ensemble, founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland in 1970.

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Straight Checkn 'Em

Straight Checkn 'Em is the second studio album by American rap group Compton's Most Wanted, released July 16, 1991 on Orpheus Records.

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Syl Johnson

Sylvester Thompson (born July 1, 1936), known professionally as Syl Johnson, is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.

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The Brothers Johnson

The Brothers Johnson were an American funk, Motown and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs").

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The J.B.'s

The J.B.'s (sometimes punctuated The JB's or The J.B.s) was the name of James Brown's band from 1970 through the early 1980s.

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The Unknown DJ

Andre Manuel, better known by his stage name The Unknown DJ, is a disc jockey and producer of hip-hop and electro music who is considered to be an early West Coast hip hop-electro pioneer and legend.

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West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music regional genre that encompasses any artists or music that originate in the West Coast region of the United States.

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Yellowman

Yellowman (born Winston Foster) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, also known as King Yellowman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_a_Compton_Thang

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