Johnny Juice
Encyclopedia
Johnny "Juice" Rosado is a DJ, music producer, audio engineer, arrangement
, musician
, composer
, and consultant
. He is an original member of The Bomb Squad
in the band Public Enemy. Raised in the Bronx, Juice witnessed and assisted in the birth of Hip Hop
as a turntablist, b-boy, graf writer and MC.
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Over the years, DJ Johnny Juice has work with artists in the music industry such as Public Enemy, Slick Rick
, Beastie Boys
, KRS-One
, Leaders of the New School
, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Supernatural
, Rob Swift
, Dan the Automator
, The baNNed
, Ashanti, C&C Music Factory, Oran "Juice" Jones, The Krays
, My World, Mavis Staples
, Mandrill
, Pete Cosey
, Gene Barge
, Louis Satterfield, Morris Jennings, Phil Upchurch
, and many others. Johnny Juice was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2008 with Public Enemy and was named to the LI Music Hall of Fame Education Advisory Board.
Juice was nominated for an Outstanding Composition/Lyrics Emmy for ESPN
's "Ali Rap".
Arranger
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, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and consultant
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
. He is an original member of The Bomb Squad
The Bomb Squad
The Bomb Squad is an American hip hop production team, known for their work with the rap group Public Enemy. The Bomb Squad are noted for their dense, distinct, innovative production style, often utilizing dozens of samples on just one track...
in the band Public Enemy. Raised in the Bronx, Juice witnessed and assisted in the birth of Hip Hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
as a turntablist, b-boy, graf writer and MC.
X-Vandals
Juice is currently a member of the Rebel Rican Hip Hop group X-Vandals with MC Not4ProphetNot4Prophet
Prophet is the emcee for the hip hop group X-Vandals, and the former lead singer of the punk rock Latin fusion band Ricanstruction, as well as a graffiti writer and radical political activist...
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Over the years, DJ Johnny Juice has work with artists in the music industry such as Public Enemy, Slick Rick
Slick Rick
Richard Walters , better known by his stage name Slick Rick is a Grammy-nominated English-American rapper...
, Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
, KRS-One
KRS-One
Lawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper...
, Leaders of the New School
Leaders of the New School
Leaders of the New School was a Long Island, New York-based hip hop crew.-History:The crew was composed of Uniondale, New York, natives Charlie Brown and Dinco D ; North Amityville, New York native Cut Monitor Milo ; and Busta Rhymes , who was originally from Brooklyn, New York but later moved to...
, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
, Rob Swift
Rob Swift
Rob Swift is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. Swift is a former member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton’s project Peeping Tom.-Early life:...
, Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator
Daniel M. Nakamura , better known by the stage name Dan the Automator, is a Japanese-American hip hop producer. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Records during its short existence....
, The baNNed
The Banned
The Banned are a fictional band in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The storyline aired in 1986 and although it was considered to be a failure on-screen, it nevertheless became a successful part of the serial's extensive merchandising industry that year, as it spawned two Hit singles in the UK Music...
, Ashanti, C&C Music Factory, Oran "Juice" Jones, The Krays
The Krays (band)
The Krays are a street punk band from Brooklyn, New York who formed in 1994. John writes all the lyrics.The Krays played one of the last shows at CBGB...
, My World, Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family's band.-Biography:...
, Mandrill
Mandrill
The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus...
, Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey
Pete Cosey is an African-American guitarist most famous for playing with Miles Davis' band between 1973 and 1975. His fiercely flanged and distorted guitar bore comparisons to Jimi Hendrix...
, Gene Barge
Gene Barge
Gene Barge, a founding member of the 1960s band The Church Street Five, was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1926, is an accomplished tenor and alto saxophonist and composer in several bands....
, Louis Satterfield, Morris Jennings, Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch
Phil Upchurch is an American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist.Upchurch started his career working with The Kool Gents, The Dells, and The Spaniels before going on to work with Curtis Mayfield, Otis Rush and Jimmy Reed. He then returned to Chicago to play and record with Woody Herman, Stan Getz,...
, and many others. Johnny Juice was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2008 with Public Enemy and was named to the LI Music Hall of Fame Education Advisory Board.
Movies and TV
- He Got GameHe Got GameHe Got Game is a 1998 American sports-drama film written and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth, a prison inmate convicted for killing his wife...
- Third WatchThird WatchThird Watch is an American television drama series which first aired on NBC from 1999 to 2005 for a total of 132 episodes, broadcast in 6 seasons of 22 episodes each....
- Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
- The Blues: Godfathers and Sons
Juice was nominated for an Outstanding Composition/Lyrics Emmy for ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's "Ali Rap".