Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones,better known by his stage name Nas,is an American rapper. Rooted in East Coast hip hop,he is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. The son of jazz musician Olu Dara,Nas began his musical career in 1989 under the moniker "Nasty Nas",and recorded demos under the wing of fellow East Coast rapper Large Professor. Nas first guest appeared on his group,Main Source's 1991 song "Live at the Barbeque".
In music,a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record,typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standalone tracks or connected to an artist's album,and in the latter case would often have at least one single release before the album itself,called lead singles.
David Grubbs is an American composer,guitarist,pianist,and vocalist. He was a founding member of Squirrel Bait,Bastro,and Gastr del Sol. He has also played in Codeine,The Red Krayola,Bitch Magnet and The Wingdale Community Singers.
Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. is an American singer and songwriter. He is the leader of indie rock group Guided by Voices. In addition to this,he has also released 22 solo albums.
LP,sometimes credited by their birth name Laura Pergolizzi,is an American singer,musician and songwriter. LP has released seven albums and three EPs. LP has written songs for other artists including Cher,Rihanna,the Backstreet Boys,Leona Lewis,Mylène Farmer,Céline Dion and Christina Aguilera.
Fu Manchu is an American stoner rock band formed in Orange County,California in 1985. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout the 80s and 90s,but has remained consistent since 2001. The band currently consists of founding guitarist turned lead vocalist Scott Hill,bassist Brad Davis,lead guitarist Bob Balch and drummer Scott Reeder.
Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the seventh album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention,and the ninth overall by Frank Zappa,released in 1970. It consists of both studio and live recordings. Following the Mothers' split in late 1969,Zappa assembled two albums of unreleased recordings by the band - this album and its follow-up Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions,while Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces. Both albums also include some outtakes/leftovers from the sessions for Zappa's 1969 solo album Hot Rats.
Alive II is the second live album by American hard rock band Kiss,released on October 14,1977,by Casablanca Records. The band had released three albums since the previous live outing,the 1975 release Alive!,so they drew upon the variety of new tracks,with Eddie Kramer producing. The album is one of the best selling in the Kiss discography,being the band's first to be certified double platinum in February 1996,the same month the Kiss reunion tour was announced. It has continued to sell in the US in the Soundscan era,selling over 300,000 copies from 1991 and to March 2012.
A gatefold cover or gatefold LP is a form of packaging for LP records that became popular in the mid-1960s. A gatefold cover,when folded,is the same size as a standard LP cover. The larger gatefold cover provided a means of including artwork,liner notes,and/or song lyrics,which would otherwise not have fit on a standard record cover. It became famous as an extension of progressive rock,as the expansive,transient gatefolds by artists such as Roger Dean,H. R. Giger,or Hipgnosis became associated with concept albums.
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,the soundtrack to the film of the same name,in 1938. The first soundtrack album of a film's orchestral score was that for Alexander Korda's 1942 film Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book,composed by Miklós Rózsa.
William Paul Mitchell,better known by the stage name of Large Professor,is an American rapper and music producer. Based in New York City,he is known as a founding member of the underground hip hop group Main Source and as a mentor and frequent collaborator of Nas. About.com ranked Large Professor at No. 13 on its Top 25 Hip-Hop Producers list.
"Sure Shot" is a song by American hip hop group Beastie Boys,released as the third single from their fourth album Ill Communication on June 2,1994,two days after the album's release.
"Halftime" is a song by American rapper Nasty Nas,who would change his name to Nas after the release of the song. The song was released as his debut single,the sole single from the Zebrahead soundtrack album and the lead single from his debut album Illmatic,on October 13,1992. "Halftime" was produced by Large Professor and features samples of drums and vocals from "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band,horns from "Soul Traveling" by Gary Byrd,and the bassline from "Dead End" from the Japanese cast recording of the musical Hair. The song was the first song created for Illmatic,and was released circa one and a half years earlier than the album.
For LP Fans Only is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley,released on February 6,1959 by RCA Victor. It compiled previously released material from an August 1956 recording session at 20th Century Fox Stage One,a September 1956 session at Radio Recorders in Hollywood,sessions on January 10 and 11 at the RCA Victor Studios in Nashville,two more at the RCA Victor Studios in New York,and multiple sessions at Sun Studio. The album reached number 19 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
The LP is an analog sound storage medium,specifically a phonograph record format characterized by:a speed of 33+1⁄3 rpm;a 12- or 10-inch diameter;use of the "microgroove" groove specification;and a vinyl composition disk. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948,it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire US record industry and,apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound in 1957,it remained the standard format for record albums,during a period in popular music known as the album era. LP was originally a trademark of Columbia and competed against the smaller 7-inch sized "45" or "single" format by RCA Victor,eventually ending up on top. Today in the vinyl revival era,a large majority of records are based on the LP format and hence the LP name continues to be in use today to refer to new records.
Living in the Past is a double LP compilation album by Jethro Tull,released in 1972. It collects album tracks,outtakes and several standalone singles spanning the band's career up to that point. Also included are the 1971 "Life Is a Long Song" EP and two live recordings taken from a performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall in November 1970.
As Long as I Love is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on June 8,1970,by Monument Records. The album is made up of songs Parton had recorded while signed to Monument Records. She left the label in 1967 to sign with RCA Victor after having released only one album. Three of the songs had previously been issued on singles,the remaining nine songs were previously unreleased.
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is the eighth studio album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on November 5,2013,by Shady Records,Aftermath Entertainment,and Interscope Records. The album is Eminem's last to have the involvement of independent label WEB Entertainment. It serves as a sequel to his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). The album was recorded from 2012 to 2013 with several different producers,with Dr. Dre and Rick Rubin serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Skylar Grey,Rihanna,Nate Ruess,and rapper Kendrick Lamar,among others.
Live at Redlands University is a double live album by American jazz musician Stan Kenton and his orchestra,released in late 1970 by Creative World Records. It was the initial release on Kenton's newly formed record company after he broke his relationship with Capitol Records. Recording for the album took place in Southern California at Redlands University in August of 1970.
"I Juswannachill" is a song by American emcee Large Professor,released on October 29,1996,as the second single from his debut album The LP;the album was shelved by Geffen Records before eventually being released in 2009. The song contains a sample of "Enchanted Lady" by Milt Jackson.
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