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...
Busy Bee
Chief Rocker Busy Bee (David Parker) first entered the hip hop in 1977. He earned his reputation and amassed a large following in early battles around New York, including winning the New Music Seminar’s MC World Supremacy Belt in 1986. He made a record in1980 called “Rappin’ All Over” as a member of the Marvelous Three (which included DJ Smalls and AJ (later AJ Scratch- Kurtis Blow’s DJ). He’s a...
