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"I Wanna Be Your Lover" was released by Patrice Rushen and Prince. While the song was originally released on August of 1979, this album with Patrice Rushen was officially released several years later as a single in 1985. It was later discovered that…

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Big Daddy Kane began his rap career in 1986. While he began his career in the group Juice Crew, he started his solo career just a year later.

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MC Lyte (Lana Michele Moorer) started her rap career in 1985. She was one of the first solo women artists to release an album. Read More

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Roy Ayers is a funk, soul, and jass composer who began his career in 1962. He has been dubbed the "Godfather of Neo-Soul" because of his work in pioneering the sound of jazz-funk. Read More

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Pumpkin (Errol Bedward) started his career in the late 1970s, working with artists such as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Funky Four, and Dr. Jeckyll & Mr.Hyde to name a few. In 1983, Pumpkin collaborated with Profile All-Stars for his…

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Run-D.M.C. is a hip hop group from New York that was founded in 1983. The Group included Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell. The group released the singles "Hard Times" and "Jam-Master Jay" prior to…

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Heavy D (Dwight Arrington Myers) was a Jamaican-born rapper, producer, singer, and actor who started his career in 1986. Read More

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Three Times Dope was a hip-hop/ rap group that was formed in the 1980s. Their band consists of Robert Waller, Walter Griggs, and Duerwood Beale. These singles were released in 1988 and were originally released as songs on their albumOriginal Stylin'.…

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L.L. Cool J released his singles "Going Back To Cali" and "Jack The Ripper" as songs from the album,Less Than Zero. Some of the songs peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Grandmaster Flash is one of the original innovators of Hip Hop. Through the creation of the style of beat looping by manipulating music through the use of placing his fingers on the vinyl, he became a pioneer for sampling and made the genre what it…
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