Funkmaster Flex
Funkmaster Flex (born August 5, 1968 in New York as Aston Taylor ) is an American DJ and became known as the radio host of the stations Hot 97 (New York) and Power106 ( Los Angeles ).
biography
Taylor is the son of a Jamaican dancehall DJ through whom he came into contact with DJing. When he bought his first turntables at the age of 16 , he became an assistant to Chuck Chillout. After his radio show was discontinued on Radio Kiss FM , Taylor received his own radio show in 1987. There he moderated for a year and a half before moving to the Hot97 channel .
From 1995 he released three mixtapes of the 60 Minutes Of Funk series. After the contract with the Loud label expired, he switched to the Def Jam label , which released the club album The Tunnel . The Tunnel is a collaboration with DJ Big Kap , which is a compilation of the popular songs in the New York club of the same name.
Taylor then returned to the Loud label to continue the mixtape series 60 Minutes of Funk in 2000. On December 5, 2000, the fourth and so far last mixtape from the 60 Minutes Of Funk: The Mixtape series was released. Although the fifth episode had already been announced several times after the release was postponed several times, it was never released because the Loud Records label was temporarily dissolved in the same year and all artists were dismissed.
All four albums from the 60 Minutes Of Funk: The Mixtape series were awarded gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in the USA . The album The Tunnel with Big Kap was awarded platinum .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1995 | The Mix Tape Volume 1: 60 Minutes of Funk |
US108  (14 weeks)US |
- |
First release: November 21, 1995
Label: Loud Records |
| 1997 | The Mix Tape Volume 2: 60 Minutes of Funk |
US19th (16 weeks)US |
- |
First release: February 11th, 1997
Label: Loud Records |
| 1998 | The Mix Tape Volume 3: 60 Minutes of Funk |
US4th (11 weeks)US |
DE56 (6 weeks) DE |
First release: August 11th, 1998
Label: Loud Records |
| 1999 | The tunnel |
US35  (15 weeks)US |
- |
First release: December 7th, 1999
Label: Def Jam Records |
| 2000 | The Mix Tape Volume 4: 60 Minutes of Funk |
US26th (17 weeks)US |
- |
First release: December 5th, 2000
Label: Loud Records |
| 2005 | Funkmaster Flex Car Show Tour | - | - |
First release: December 6th, 2005
Label: Koch Records |
| 2013 | Who You Mad At? Me or Yourself? | - | - |
First release: April 18th, 2013
Label: Be Music Group Records |
Singles
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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DE
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| 1995 | Nuttin 'But Flavor | - | - |
First release: -
Label: Wreck Records |
| 1998 | Here We Go |
US72 (14 weeks) US |
- |
First release: -
Label: Loud Records |
| 2000 | Do you |
US91 (7 weeks) US |
- |
First release: -
Label: Loud Records |
swell
- ^ Joel Whitburn : The Billboard Albums. 6th edition. Record Research, Menomonee Falls WI 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE1 DE2 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. US
Web links
- Official website of Funkmaster Flex
- Funkmaster Flex at laut.de
- Funkmaster Flex at Allmusic (English)
- Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Funkmaster Flex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Aston (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American radio host and DJ |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th August 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , |