Crash Crew
Members E.K. Mike C La Shubee Barry Bistro G-man Reggie Reg DJ Darryl C (d. late 1990’s) Formed in Harlem in 1977 by a group of high school pals, they began giving performances at neighborhood playgrounds. Mike C worked in a recording studio and invited the crew down there. They wrote rhymes on the way there and the song turned into the hip hop classic “High Powered Rap.” They pressed the records themselves and...
Count Coolout
Count Coolout came out of New York. His real name is James Minor His style was heavily influenced by Jimmy Spicer and began his career as a background singer for him. His first record came out in 1980 on Boss Records and was produced by Billy Nichols & the Count. He recorded on WMOT records. “Rhythm Rap Rock” and “Here To Stay” were his two big records “Touch The Rock” was released in 1980....
Cold Crush Brothers
Members DJ Tony Tone (Angelo King) Easy AD (Adrian Harris) DJ Charlie Chase (Carlos Mandes) Grandmaster Caz (Curtis Fisher) Almighty KG (Kenneth Pounder) JDL (Jerry Dee Lewis) Money Ray (Eric Hoskins) d. 10/3/02 This was one of the biggest crews of the early hip hop landscape. The roster to the right is misleading in regards to the original members of the Cold Crush Brothers. Original members included Chase, Tone, A.D. Whipper Whip,...
The Choice MC’s
Members Fresh Gordon – Gordon Pickett Jeffery D – Jeffery Darling Kiethy B – Kieth Bazmore Stevie D. – Steve Dunn The Choice MC’s came from Brooklyn, New York. Two 12″s of note were “Brooklyn Style” on Rocky Records in 1985. This was followed by “Beat of The Street” on Tommy Boy which also featured Fresh Gordon’s biggest solo hit “Gordy’s Groove”....
Captain Sky
Born Daryl L. Cameron and hailing from Chicago, this ex-radio DJ (from WSKY) was inspired by Parliament and the P-funk sound. His most popular recordings were “Wonder Worm” and “Super Sporm Other recordings include “Don’t touch that radio dial” and “Station Brake” Check Out Captain Sky on Soul Train Additional info submitted by dagod9 Back to MC’s...
Captain Rock
His real name is Ronnie Green. Captain Rock was an underground fixture in the early 80’s. Captain Rock was produced by Aleem (Taharqa & Tunde-ra Aleem) on NIA. He appeared at the UK Fresh Fest 86 where he allegedly striped down to his thong on stage. Several of his tracks include “Captain Rock to the Future Shock”, “House of Rock”, and “Cosmic Glide”. Before being Captian Rock he was Dr...
