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Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.Over the course of two decades, starting from the release of its first recordings in January 1948, [3] Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most important American labels, specializing in jazz, R&B, and soul by Aretha Franklin, Ray ...
Riff (American band) Riff is an American R&B and soul a cappella group from Paterson, New Jersey. The group RIFF appeared in the 1989 biographical - drama film, Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman as the 'Songbirds' in the bathroom scene. They recorded two albums in the 1990s. Three of the members (Anthony Fuller, Dwayne Jones, and Michael Best ...
Herb Alpert was born and raised in the Boyle Heights [3] section of Eastside Los Angeles, [4] California, [5] He was the youngest of three children (a daughter and two sons) [6] born to Tillie (née Goldberg) and Louis Leib (or Louis Bentsion-Leib) Alpert. [7] His parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from Radomyshl (in present-day Ukraine ...
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Swizz Beatz performing at Hot 97's Summer Jam 2007 in the MetLife Stadium. The following list is a discography of production by Swizz Beatz, an American record producer and recording artist from The Bronx, New York.
Toto is an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1977 . Toto combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz.Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide, [2] the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.
Ultimate Breaks and Beats. Ultimate Breaks and Beats (also commonly abbreviated as UBB) was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records and edited by "BreakBeat Lou" Flores. [1] Featured on the albums were funk, R&B, soul, jazz and rock tracks from the 1960s to 1980s that included influential drum breaks.
Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music pioneered by Atlanta rappers T.I., Jeezy, and Gucci Mane, which originated in the Southern United States, with lyrical references to trap starting in 1991 but the modern sound of trap appearing in 1999. [ 1][ 3] The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang term "trap house", a house used exclusively to sell ...