Fok! Muziek Trivia deel CCCXLI

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is donderdag in het land. Overdag zal hij door de grachten van Amsterdam varen en bivakkeren in De Wallen voor opnames van de dvd The Red Light District. 's Avonds geeft hij een optreden in de Hemkade in Zaandam voor 2500 man. Urban organisator DB5 had het liefst gezien dat dit ook in Amsterdam zou plaatsvinden, maar dat bleek niet mogelijk. Bij het concert worden paaldansers betrokken, en daarvoor moet in Amsterdam een vergunning aangevraagd worden.

DB5-directeur Ruben Fernhout baalt. "Amsterdam is te gek, maar je mag er niks. Het is een bekend probleem, verschillende café-eigenaren hebben al eens geprotesteerd door een dag massaal een paal op de stoep te zetten."

Het lijkt opmerkelijk dat een succesvolle artiest als in zee gaat met een nieuw bedrijf als DB5. Dat is het niet, volgens Fernhout. "Het is niet zo dat ik gisteren ben begonnen, ik ben al zes jaar bezig. DB5 komt voort uit twee bedrijven, F&L en Art Of Dance." Eerstgenoemde exploiteerde allerlei succesvolle urban-avonden en -websites terwijl Art Of Dance vooral actief was met het organiseren van dance-events. Fernhout: "Met F&L had ik een paar jaar terug contact met platenmaatschappij Universal in New York, zo ook met de manager van in Londen. Zij hebben ons nu rechtstreeks benaderd."

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"Amsterdam is te gek, maar je mag er niks. Het is een bekend probleem, verschillende café-eigenaren hebben al eens geprotesteerd door een dag massaal een paal op de stoep te zetten."

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rode the early-2000s Dirty South explosion to widespread popularity, as his songs enjoyed an enormous embrace, mainly by urban media outlets but also MTV and pop radio. The Atlanta-based rapper went from local sensation to household name after Def Jam signed him to its Def Jam South subsidiary in 2000. In addition to connecting him with super-producers like Timbaland, the Neptunes, and Organized Noize, Def Jam gave remarkable marketing push. thus quickly became one of the rap industry's most in-demand rappers, guesting on hits for everyone from Missy Elliott ("One Minute Man") to Jermaine Dupri ("Welcome to Atlanta") when he wasn't dominating the urban market with his own hits, most notably "What's Your Fantasy?," "Southern Hospitality," "Area Codes," and "Rollout (My Business)."

Before he became the Dirty South's most successful rapper, DJed at an Atlanta radio station. He used the opportunity to hone his craft on the mic, learn about the industry, and make a name for himself throughout the Atlanta area, which had become the South's rap mecca starting in the mid-'90s. Eventually, he began aspiring toward a career as a rapper rather than as a radio jock, and after working with Timbaland — appearing on the super-producer's Tim's Bio album (the original version of "Fat Rabbit") in 1998 — began taking his rap career seriously. He recorded an album, Incognegro (2000), and released it on his independently released Disturbing tha Peace label. primarily worked with producer Shondrae for the album, though also with Organized Noize to a lesser extent. Incognegro sold impressively in Atlanta, where was well known for his radio work.

Soon after Incognegro became the talk of Atlanta and "What's Your Fantasy?" became a regional hit, Scarface came knocking. Def Jam had given the veteran rapper the go-ahead to scout for talent in the South, since the Dirty South movement was gaining steam at the time and Def Jam wanted to start a Def Jam South subsidiary. became Scarface's first signing, and Def Jam re-packaged the tracks from Incognegro, along with a few new productions: a U.G.K. collaboration ("Stick 'Em Up"), a Neptunes production ("Southern Hospitality"), and a remix of his previously released song with Timbaland (retitled "Phat Rabbit"). Def Jam then gave the resulting album, Back for the First Time (2000), substantial marketing push, choosing "What's Your Fantasy?" (an explicit duet about sexual fantasies from both the male and female perspective) as the first single. Though some radio stations were hesitant to air such a provocative song, "What's Your Fantasy?" became an enormous success — as did, to a lesser extent, its even more provocative remix featuring Foxy Brown and Trina — opening the door for countless other truly "dirty" Dirty South songs that would soon become the norm rather than the exception.

Following his initial breakthrough with "What's Your Fantasy?," remained ubiquitous. He toured the States with OutKast and released a flurry of successive hit singles: the Neptunes-produced "Southern Hospitality," the Timbaland-produced "Phat Rabbit," the Nate Dogg collabo "Area Codes," the Timbaland-produced "Rollout (My Business)," the Organized Noize-produced "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)," the KLC-produced "Move Bitch." His second album for Def Jam, Word of Mouf (2001), peaked at number three on the Billboard album chart in October and hovered at the top of the charts for a long time. Furthermore, he contributed to hits for other artists during this same time, most notably Missy Elliott's "One Minute Man" and Jermaine Dupri's "Welcome to Atlanta," and also released another album, Golden Grain (2002), which featured his Disturbing tha Peace posse. The proper follow-up, Chicken -N- Beer, was released in October 2003.

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Op zaterdag 12 maart 2005 01:42 schreef timbob het volgende:
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