Rodney O & Joe Cooley
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Rodney O & Joe Cooley are noted west coast
hip hop
pioneers from Los Angeles
, California
, best known for tracks such as "Everlasting Bass" and "This is for the Homies." DJ Cooley was highly influential in Miami Bass
music; Latin emcees Jonny Z and SPM did their own version of it, which they called Puro Latin Bass. The duo has had Billboard hits including "U Don't Hear Me Tho," "This Is For The Homies" and "Humps For The Blvd." Their first record was distributed by Macola Records, which also distributed seminal works by Eazy-E, NWA and Ice-T.
West Coast of the United States
West Coast or Pacific Coast are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. The term most often refers to the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. Although not part of the contiguous United States, Alaska and Hawaii do border the Pacific Ocean but can't be included in...
hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
pioneers from Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, best known for tracks such as "Everlasting Bass" and "This is for the Homies." DJ Cooley was highly influential in 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...
music; Latin emcees Jonny Z and SPM did their own version of it, which they called Puro Latin Bass. The duo has had Billboard hits including "U Don't Hear Me Tho," "This Is For The Homies" and "Humps For The Blvd." Their first record was distributed by Macola Records, which also distributed seminal works by Eazy-E, NWA and Ice-T.
Discography
- 1988 Me And Joe (Egyptian Empire) U.S. #187
- 1990 Three the Hard Way (Atlantic) U.S. #128
- 1991 Get Ready to Roll (Ichiban RecordsIchiban RecordsIchiban Records was a hip hop record label founded in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985. Wrap Records and Nastymix Records were some of its subsidiary labels. Urgent! Records was distributed by Ichiban. Most of its discography is now out of print. Besides hip hop groups, Ichiban also released albums by...
), samples Love RollercoasterLove Rollercoaster"Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts. It still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations... - 1993 Fuck New York (Psychotic)
- 1995 Everlasting Hits: The Best Of Rodney O & Joe Cooley (React)
- 1998 The Final Chapter (React America)
- 1999 Veteran's Day (Kritical)