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Anquette is a Miami Bass
Miami bass
Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...

 female group from Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
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, U.S.
United States
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. They debuted with her answer version of the 2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew
2 Live Crew was a hip hop group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be.- Early career :...

's "Throw the D", aptly named "Throw the P" (1986). Anquette's debut LP Respect (1988) featured a version of Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

's "Respect" as well as an R&B hit ("I Will Always Be There for You", which peaked at #76 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart in 1989) and a rap track titled 'Janet Reno
Janet Reno
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'. Other noteworthy tunes include "Ghetto Style" and "Shake It (Do the 61st)". Anquette came back in 1997 with the tune "My Baby Mama", an answer rap to B-Rock and the Bizz
B-Rock and the Bizz
B-Rock & The Bizz was a hip hop ensemble composed of producer Baron "B-Rock" Agee, his brother Leevirt Agee from New York, NY, and Thaddeus "T-Bird" Maye from Mobile, Alabama. Together, T-Bird and Leevirt are known as The Bizz....

's "MyBabyDaddy".

Discography

  • 1988 Respect (Skyywalker). Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums peak #41.
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