{"id":1449,"date":"2010-01-07T00:24:52","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T00:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2014-04-21T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T02:33:08","slug":"treacherousthree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldschoolhiphop.com\/artists\/emcees\/treacherousthree.htm","title":{"rendered":"The Treacherous Three"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nKool Moe Dee (Mohandas Dewese) b.?\/?\/63
\nL.A. Sunshine
\nSpecial K
\nDJ Easy Lee (Theodore Moy’e)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This group was founded in the late 70’s and has recorded on and off since that time.<\/p>\n

Kool Moe Dee<\/a>, Special K, and DJ Easy Lee all went to the same high school (Norman Thomas). LA sunshine went to Brandise HS in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The group of high school friends developed a reputation for hip hop around New York.\u00a0 Spoonie Gee<\/a> introduced them to producer Bobby Robinson, who in turned signed to Enjoy Records.<\/p>\n

They also had two other DJs named Dano B and Reggie Reg.<\/p>\n

Their first single was released in 1980 and was called “The New Rap Language.”\u00a0 This single showcased a much faster style of rhyming that they would perfect and continue to use throughout their career.<\/p>\n

On “Body Rock” they became the first hip hop group to use guitars in a song.<\/p>\n

They did two other singles on Enjoy before moving to Sugar Hill Records in 1981 where they continued to record for the next few years.\u00a0 They became a force in the hip hop world and participated in several battles for MC supremacy.<\/p>\n

Kool Moe Dee and Special K appeared as co-hosts on the short lived television show “Graffiti Rock<\/a>” in 1984.\u00a0 They battled Run DMC<\/a> and also performed the segue into commercials.<\/p>\n

The group had an excellent cameo in Beat Street<\/a> <\/em>with their song “Xmas Rap” which featured a young Doug E. Fresh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They did break up in he mid 80’s and Kool Moe feeling he still had what it took struck out on his own.<\/p>\n

Special K put out a 12″ on Republic Records in 1987 which was called “Special K Is Good” which sounded really close to something his brother\u00a0 TLA Rock was putting out at the time.<\/p>\n

The group resurfaced in 1993 to do a reunion album on Easy Lee’s label.\u00a0 Easy Lee has also gone on to produce other current groups.<\/p>\n

Check out Treacherous Three Live at Disco Fever in 1981<\/h3>\n