1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks in 1992 and the duo’s album, Totally Krossed Out (1992), went multiplatinum. Along with his friend Chris Smith, the two were discovered in an Atlanta mall by producer Jermaine Dupri in 1990. He was 33 years old.Ĭhris “Mac Daddy” Kelly (Aug– May 1, 2013), was one of the founding members of the rap duo Kris Kross, whose 1992 chart-topping hit single “Jump” remains a cultural staple within the hip-hop and pop genres to this day. With his pre-existing condition of sleep apnea. To the effects of Butler’s heavy usage of “purple drank” in conjunction His death was ruled as accidental with and was attributed Prison sentence, he returned to rapping and was reportedly working on aĬollaboration with Too Short when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room He also appeared on Jay-Z’s hit “Big Pimpin” inĢ000 as well as “Sippin on Some Syrup” by Three Six Mafia. He was best known for his work with Bun B as a founding member He was a rapper and producer and was one of the founding members of the iconic Wu-Tang Clan, Following the group’s success, he embarked on a solo career in 1995 with his first solo album, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, which had the hit singles “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.” He also appeared on Wu-Tang Clan’s 1997 album, Wu-Tang Forever, and was reportedly working on other projects before his 2004 death, which was attributed to a lethal mixture of cocaine and the prescription painkiller Tramadol.Ĭhad Lamont Butler (Decem– December 4, 2007),īetter known by his stage name Pimp C, was an American rapper and ‘ Ol Dirty Bastard (Novem– November 13, 2004) was born Russell Tyrone Jones and would become one of the greatest hip-hop legends of all times. “purple drank,” a combination of codeine and promethazine, a commonĭrug reference in southern hip-hop culture. The drugs were thought to be a mixture for The autopsy report revealed that his death was the result of a codeine overdose He was found dead inside of his Houston recording studio on November 16, 2000. Well as playing a strong role in influencing the Houston hip-hop culture and sound. – November 16, 2000), more commonly known as DJ Screw, was a Houston-basedĭJ best known as the creator of the famous Screwed and Chopped DJ technique as
Likewise on ‘G’d up’, heavily autotuned vocals extol the virtues of drink, women and the “big boy life”.Visit for more information Cappadonna is a relatively recent addition to the official lineup and, on ‘Make Time’, he uses trite similes to describe his lover: “She be in the kitchen like Patti Labelle with a bunch of jokes all day like Dave Chappelle… in the bedroom she be doin’ it and doin’ it well”, he raps quoting LL Cool J’s mid-90s jam. Swnkah lends her saccharine vocals for the song, which confronts racial tension in America, but it doesn’t have the impact you’d hope for.Įqually, while esoteric subject matter and vocal dexterity are to be expected from the Clan, even this falls short at points. The recurring hook makes reference to Kirk Franklin’s ‘Imagine Me’, a preppy gospel number about overcoming one’s troubled past. After one such skit comes ‘Why Why Why’ which, for better or worse, probably has the most commercial appeal of all the tracks. Back and forth skits about gender dynamics in the “black community” feature prominently. The blueprint for a typical Wu-Tang album is here: kung fu terminology, chopped and screwed film dialogue, race relations and spirituality. The production quality can’t be faulted, but the album lilts from track to track with no high points, nothing that really stands out. Creating a more uniform sound across the album and failing to think in terms of songs or singles has resulted in a lack of distinction between songs.
So, that’s what I was trying to do,” said Mathematics, long-time Wu collaborator and designer of the W logo, on producing the new album (with RZA as executive producer). “When I get albums, I wanna hear albums I can rock to from beginning to end, all the way through. The Saga Continues harks back to the group’s original output in some ways - a more cohesive tapestry of sound stitched together with leisurely drumbeats and looping soul samples.īut cohesive doesn’t mean fresh or interesting. A Better Tomorrow lurched from crashing horn ensembles to Broadway vocal features, held together by the most protean collection of rappers in hip hop. Wu-Tang Clan’s newest album won’t be going down in history, though thankfully it bypasses the sprawling variety of their previous record.
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