Channel Live
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Channel Live is an American hip hop duo composed of Hakim Green and Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan, which recorded for Capitol Records
and Flavor Unit Records.
Discovered by KRS-One
, the duo released its debut album, Station Identification
, in 1995. It spawned the group's biggest hit, "Mad Izm," which peaked at 54 on the Billboard Hot 100
. After the album ran its course, the group continued to make appearances throughout the 1990s, including on KRS-One's RS-One (album)|self-titled album] and on the Blade soundtrack
. In 2000 the group released a second album titled Armaghetto
on Flavor Unit, which was followed by a third album in 2006 titled Secret Science Rap.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
and Flavor Unit Records.
Discovered by KRS-One
KRS-One
Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
, the duo released its debut album, Station Identification
Station Identification (album)
Station Identification is the debut album by Channel Live. The album was released on March 21, 1995, on Capitol Records and was produced by KRS-One, Rheji Burrell, and Salaam Remi...
, in 1995. It spawned the group's biggest hit, "Mad Izm," which peaked at 54 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. After the album ran its course, the group continued to make appearances throughout the 1990s, including on KRS-One's RS-One (album)|self-titled album] and on the Blade soundtrack
Blade (soundtrack)
Blade is the soundtrack to the 1998 film, Blade. It was released on August 25, 1998 through TVT Records and featured a wide range of musical genres including hip hop, techno, electronic and alternative rock...
. In 2000 the group released a second album titled Armaghetto
Armaghetto
Armaghetto is the second album by Channel Live. It was released on July 18, 2000 through Flavor Unit Records and was mostly produced by Mike City...
on Flavor Unit, which was followed by a third album in 2006 titled Secret Science Rap.
Discography
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U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
U.S. R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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1995 | Station Identification Station Identification (album) Station Identification is the debut album by Channel Live. The album was released on March 21, 1995, on Capitol Records and was produced by KRS-One, Rheji Burrell, and Salaam Remi...
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2000 | Armaghetto Armaghetto Armaghetto is the second album by Channel Live. It was released on July 18, 2000 through Flavor Unit Records and was mostly produced by Mike City... Flavor Unit The Flavor Unit is a crew of emcees and DJs from New York City and Northern New Jersey. It is now known as the Unit. The original version of the crew centered around producer DJ Mark the 45 King. It was Mark's connections to Radio personalities DJ Red Alert and DJ Chuck Chillout, who gave the crew... |
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2006 | Secret Science Rap
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