The Bomb Squad
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The Bomb Squad is an American
hip hop production
team, known for their work with the rap
group Public Enemy. The Bomb Squad are noted for their dense, distinct, innovative production style, often utilizing dozens of samples on just one track. They are also known for their ability to incorporate harsh, unmelodic sounds and samples into their songs, generally enhancing them.
Members of the Bomb Squad are:
About.com
ranked The Bomb Squad #7 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list.
United States
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hip hop production
Hip hop production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
team, known for their work with the rap
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
group Public Enemy. The Bomb Squad are noted for their dense, distinct, innovative production style, often utilizing dozens of samples on just one track. They are also known for their ability to incorporate harsh, unmelodic sounds and samples into their songs, generally enhancing them.
Members of the Bomb Squad are:
- Hank Shocklee
- Keith ShockleeKeith ShockleeKeith Matthew Boxley , better known as Keith Shocklee or Wizard K-Jee, is an American hip hop producer and DJ. He was an original member of Public Enemy and The Bomb Squad...
(Credited as Keith Matthew Boxlee) - Chuck DChuck DCarlton Douglas Ridenhour , better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.- Early life :Ridenhour was born in Queens, New York...
(Credited as Carl Ryder); also member of Public Enemy - Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
- Gary G-WizGary G-WizGary Rinaldo , better known by the name Gary G-Wiz, is an American record producer and composer. Most known for being a member of the hip hop production team The Bomb Squad, G-Wiz is a longtime Public Enemy producer and contributed to many albums including: Apocalypse 91.....
(Gary Rinaldo)
About.com
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ranked The Bomb Squad #7 on their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list.
Produced songs on
| Artist | Album |
|---|---|
| Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s... |
Generation Terrorists Generation Terrorists - Personnel :Manic Street Preachers*James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitar*Richey Edwards – guitar*Sean Moore – drums, percussion, backing vocals*Nicky Wire – bass, piano on Little Baby NothingAdditional personnel... |
| 3rd Bass 3rd Bass 3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups.-Career:... |
The Cactus Album |
| Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,... |
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted |
| Slick Rick Slick Rick Richard Walters , better known by his stage name Slick Rick is a Grammy-nominated English-American rapper... |
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick -Samples used:*"Children's Story" samples "Think " by Lyn Collins & "Nautilus" by Bob James*"The Moment I Feared" samples "Funky Drummer" by James Brown", "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James & "Peter Piper" by Run-D.M.C.... |
| LL Cool J LL Cool J James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor... |
Walking With a Panther Walking with a Panther Walking with a Panther is the third studio album by high-selling hip-hop artist LL Cool J. Released in 1989, the album was a commercial success, with several charting singles... |
| Chilly Tee Chilly Tee Travis "Chilly Tee" Knight is an American animator, film executive and former rapper, he son of Phil Knight, the founder and chairman of Nike, Inc.... |
Gett Off Mine |
| Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.Run–D.M.C... |
Down With The King Down with the King (album) Down with the King the sixth album by hip hop group Run–D.M.C.. This album was generally received more favorably by fans and critics than the group's previous album, Back From Hell.-Track listing:# "Down With The King"... |
| Bell Biv Devoe Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe is an American R&B musical group which branched off from New Edition. It consists of three of New Edition's previous members, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe... |
Poison Poison (album) -Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Chart procession and succession:-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic and Discogs.*arranging – Carl Bourelly, Roney Hooks, Hank Shocklee*art direction – Bell Biv DeVoe... |
| Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers was an early 1990s American rap group consisting of Kamron, First Born, Anthony DelCioppo, Tommy Never, and DJ Skribble. Despite their name, none of the group was black... |
Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers (album) Young Black Teenagers is the self titled debut album by rap group, Young Black Teenagers. The album was released in 1991 for Hank Shocklee's Sound of Urban Listeners, or Soul Records. Although the album did not do as well as the group's follow-up album, the album featured one hit single, "Loud &... |
| Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers was an early 1990s American rap group consisting of Kamron, First Born, Anthony DelCioppo, Tommy Never, and DJ Skribble. Despite their name, none of the group was black... |
Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz is the second and final album by rap group, Young Black Teenagers. The album was released in 1993 for MCA Records and featured production by legendary producers, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee, Grandmaster Flash and Terminator X... |
| Leaders Of The New School Leaders of the New School Leaders of the New School was a Long Island, New York-based hip hop crew.-History:The crew was composed of Uniondale, New York, natives Charlie Brown and Dinco D ; North Amityville, New York native Cut Monitor Milo ; and Busta Rhymes , who was originally from Brooklyn, New York but later moved to... |
A Future Without a Past A Future Without a Past -Album:-Singles:-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*assistant engineering – John Gamble*engineering – Dr. Shane Faber, Mike Mangini, Christopher Shaw... |
| Son of Bazerk Son of Bazerk Son of Bazerk is an American hip hop group consisting of Son of Bazerk ; Almighty Jahwell ; Daddy Rawe ; Half Pint . It was formed by Hank Shocklee, member of the producer team the Bomb Squad.- History :The band formed in the mid-1980s, originally as Townhouse 3... |
Bazerk, Bazerk, Bazerk |