Fearless Four
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The Fearless Four was an old school
rap
crew from Harlem
, New York
, best known for their 1982 single "Rockin' It", which was based on the Kraftwerk
track "The Man-Machine
" and was featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars
. Originally The Fearless Four was a two-member group called the "Houserockers Crew". Later they formed as a six-member group consisting of: The Great Peso, Devastating Tito, Mighty Mike C, Krazy Eddie, DLB and Master OC. In 1983 they collaborated with rapper Kurtis Blow
to produce the single "Problems of the World". They were the first crew to be signed to a major label, Elektra Entertainment.the group only released one studio album, "Creepin' Up On Ya", released in 1994.
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...
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”...
crew from Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, best known for their 1982 single "Rockin' It", which was based on the Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
track "The Man-Machine
The Man-Machine
The Man-Machine is the seventh studio album by German electronic band Kraftwerk, released in May 1978. It contains the song "The Model" which was a chart-topping single in the UK in 1982....
" and was featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars
Style Wars
Style Wars is a 1983 documentary on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent...
. Originally The Fearless Four was a two-member group called the "Houserockers Crew". Later they formed as a six-member group consisting of: The Great Peso, Devastating Tito, Mighty Mike C, Krazy Eddie, DLB and Master OC. In 1983 they collaborated with rapper Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow
Kurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...
to produce the single "Problems of the World". They were the first crew to be signed to a major label, Elektra Entertainment.the group only released one studio album, "Creepin' Up On Ya", released in 1994.
Singles
- "Rockin' It" (1982)
- "It's Magic" (1982)
- "Something New" (1983)
- "Problems Of The World" (1983)
- "Dedication" (1984)
- "After Tonight" (1987)
- "Creepin' Up On Ya" (1994)