Funkdoobiest

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Funkdoobiest
Funkdoobiest 2005 live in Cologne
Funkdoobiest 2005 live in Cologne
General information
Genre (s) Hip hop
founding 1989
Website http://www.funkdoobiestmusic.com
Current occupation
Son Doobie (Jason Vasquez)
Tomahawk Funk (Tyrone Pacheco)
DJ Ralph M (Ralph Medrano)

Funkdoobiest is a Latin hip hop group from Los Angeles , California . Their style can be described as smooth, bass-heavy hardcore rap .

Band history

Funkdoobiest was founded in 1989 by DJ Ralph M "The Mexican" (Ralph Medrano) and the Puerto Rican Son Doobie (Jason Vasquez); the band was still called "Ralph M and Sun" at that time. Tomahawk Funk (Tyrone Pacheco) from the Lakota Nation later joined Funkdoobiest. Ralph M describes the beginning of Funkdoobiest as a band in an interview as follows:

"Funkdoobiest the name came later in 1991 from a song B-Real had written titled" The FunkDoobiest ". So one day Muggs and myself were rollin around LA and I said" Yo, we the Funkdoobiest: Ralph M, Son Doobie, Tomahawk Funk . "And it's been history since. That name was too dope to just be a song."

Ralph M began his musical career as a DJ and producer, including for Mellow Man Ace, a cousin of Sen Dog ( Cypress Hill ), and for House of Pain . Son Doobie also worked with House of Pain. Even before the first Funkdoobiest album was released, he had a guest appearance on House of Pain's debut album. Due to the close contacts to Cypress Hill and House of Pain, DJ Muggs took over a considerable part of the production of the first and the second Funkdoobiest album in addition to Ralph M. On the debut album Which Doobie UB? the tracks The Funkiest and Bow Wow Wow were co-produced by DJ Lethal (House of Pain); for the second album Brothas Doobie DJ Lethal contributed the track It ain't going down . The close collaboration between Cypress Hill, Funkdoobiest and House of Pain led to the fact that these groups formed the framework of the artist collective Soul Assassins .

After the release of the second album, Tomahawk Funk separated from Funkdoobiest; he justified this step by saying that he wanted to take care of his wife and young son more.

The third album The Troubleshooters (1997) produced DJ Ralph M essentially alone, especially without the help of DJ Muggs and DJ Lethal. The band House of Pain had already split up by then. The third album has stronger Latin rap elements than the first two albums and is considered the most versatile work of the group. The track Five Deadly Indians is dedicated to Tomahawk Funk, who - as Ralph M always emphasized in interviews - will always remain a part of Funkdoobiest.

After the third album was released, Ralph M and Son Doobie went their separate ways. While Ralph worked as a radio DJ for Power 106 FM, Son Doobie released two solo albums on the Battleaxe Records label.

In 2005 DJ Ralph M and Son Doobie went on tour together again as Funkdoobiest. In 2007 a joint single was released with the title Hip Hop Music . The fourth album Golden B-Boys was again made with the participation of Tomahawk Funk.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Which Doobie UB?
  US 56 05/22/1993 (9 weeks)
Brotha's Doobie
  UK 62 07/15/1995 (1 week)
  US 115 07/22/1995 (3 weeks)
Singles
Bow wow wow
  UK 34 03/05/1994 (3 weeks)
  US 89 04/24/1993 (5 weeks)
Wopbabalubop (feat. B-Real )
  UK 37 12/11/1993 (4 weeks)
Dedicated
  UK 78 08/12/1995 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1993: Which Doobie UB? ( Epic Records )
  • 1995: Brothas Doobie (Immortal / Epic Records)
  • 1997: The Troubleshooters (Buzztone / RCA Records )
  • 2009: The Golden B-Boys (Funkdoobiest Music)

Singles

  • 1993: The Funkiest (12 ", Immortal)
  • 1993: Bow Wow Wow (12 ", Immortal)
  • 1993: Wopbabalubop (12 ", Immortal)
  • 1995: XXX Funk (12 ", Immortal)
  • 1995: Dedicated (12 ", Immortal)
  • 1995: Rock On (12 ", Epic Records)
  • 1997: Oye Papi (12 ", RCA Records)
  • 1997: Papi Chulo (12 ", BMG )
  • 2007: Hip Hop Music (12 ", Doobie Funk)

In 2001 Sony published a compilation of ten titles under the title Funkiest , which are taken from the first two albums. The publication is also listed as a single.

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  1. ↑ http://www.urbansmarts.com/interviews/ralphm.html
  2. ^ Album "Brother with two tongues", track "Ricky Ricardo del Rap", Capitol Records 1992.
  3. ↑ Album "House of Pain", track "Life goes on", Tommy Boy Records 1992.
  4. ↑ Track 5: House And The Rising Sun.
  5. ↑ http://www.pauseandplay.com/funkdoobiest.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.pauseandplay.com/funkdoobiest.htm
  7. ^ "Funk Superhero" (Battle Ax 2003); "Doobie Deluxe" (Battle Ax 2004).
  8. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US

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