Tone Lōc

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Tone Loc , also Tone Loc and Tone-Loc, actually Anthony Terrell Smith (* 3. March 1966 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American hip-hop - a musician , rapper , songwriter and actor , who above all by its 1989 hit singles Funky Cold Medina and Wild Thing became known. A trademark is his smoky to hoarse voice.

The name Tone Loc is derived from the nickname "Antonio Loco", which Smith got in his youth, it is often written with Makron as Tone Lōc. At the beginning of his career he was one of the first rappers on the American west coast .

biography

Smith grew up in a middle-class family and attended the Hollywood Professional School, where u. a. even Bobby Driscoll , Tatum O'Neal and Mickey Rooney students were. By guitar lessons and passion for radio Smith found his way to rap and was on completion of junior college member of the trio Triple A. As a solo artist he worked on the programming of computers and developed his rap style on. Tone Loc's first single On Fire was released in 1988 but was not a chart hit.

At the end of 1988, the second single, Wild Thing, was released in the US and climbed to number two on the singles charts . At the beginning of 1989 the song was published in Europe , where a. in the German (18th place), the Swiss (23rd place) and the British charts (21st place). The follow-up single Funky Cold Medina first rose to number 3 in the United States in the spring of 1989, a short time later also to the charts in Germany (number 7) as well as in Austria , Switzerland and the United Kingdom (all three number 13). Wild Thing was in the US with double platinum , Funky Cold Medina certified platinum.

The album Lōc'ed After Dark , on which the previous hit singles are included, went on sale in March of that year, reached number 1 on the American Billboard charts and got double platinum for it. There was also great success in Europe. There the record climbed into the German Top 20, the Austrian Top 10 as well as the Swiss and British Top 30. With I Got It Goin 'On , another release followed in late summer, which only made it into the singles hit parade in the UK.

Cool Hand Lōc is the name of the 1991 released second studio album, with which Tone Lōc could not build on the success of its predecessor. Apart from a one-week stay in Austria's album charts (39th place), the longplayer was unable to assert itself in the international charts. The release All Through the Night only climbed a lower position in the USA (80th place).

A few singles were released up to 1994, including remixes of the two biggest hits. Funky Cold Medina 'Y2k , a mix of the brothers Alex and Stephan Zind from Frankfurt , under the name ZZ Bros. produced reached 1999, the German and Austrian Top 40. For more chart success did not exist.

In addition to music, Tone Lōc is also known as an actor in the films Ace Ventura - An Animal Detective , Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee and Titan AE as well as in the reality show Superstar USA .

2003 Lōc was represented on the album FeFe Dobson by Fefe Dobson with the rap for Rock It, Till You Drop It . In 2012 the album Tone Lōc & Friends was released .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1989 Lōc'ed After Dark DE15 (29 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH30 (1 week)
CH 		UK22 (16 weeks)
UK 		US1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(42 weeks)US 		R&B3 (28 weeks)
R&B
Producers: Matt Dike, Michael Ross,
The Dust Brothers
1991 Cool hand Lōc - AT39 (1 week)
AT 		- - - R&B46 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: 1991
Producers: Matt Dike, Michael Ross

More albums

  • 2012: Tone Lōc & Friends

Compilations

  • 1990: Superfly Sampler (with tracks from Uzi Bros., Tone Lōc and Eazy-E )
  • 1992: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Bebe's Kids (Immature / Bebe's Kids & Tone Loc) (promo single compilation)
  • 2002: The Essentials
  • 2003: Wild Thing and Other Hits
  • 2013: Non-Stop Hits

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1988 Wild Thing
Lōc'ed After Dark 		DE18 (19 weeks)
DE 		- CH23 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK21 (8 weeks)
UK 		US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(25 weeks)US 		R&B3 (19 weeks)
R&B
Authors: Matt Dike, Michael Ross,
Anthony Smith, Marvin Young
, quoted from Jamie's Cryin by Van Halen , 1978
1989 Funky Cold Medina
Lōc'ed After Dark 		DE7 (22 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH13 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK13 (9 weeks)
UK 		US3
platinum
platinum

(18 weeks)US 		R&B7 (15 weeks)
R&B
Authors: Matt Dike, Michael Ross, Marvin Young
I Got It Goin 'On
Lōc'ed After Dark 		- - - UK55 (2 weeks)
UK 		- R&B59 (7 weeks)
R&B
Authors: Matt Dike, Michael Ross, Anthony Smith
1991 All Through the Night (EP)
Cool Hand Lōc 		- - - - US80 (7 weeks)
US 		R&B16 (16 weeks)
R&B
Authors: Anthony Smith, Eric Johnson, Tony Joseph
1999 Funky Cold Medina 'Y2k DE38 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (9 weeks)
AT 		- - - -
Tone Lōc meets ZZ Bros.
Producers: Alexander Zind, Stephan Zind

More singles

  • 1988: On Fire
  • 1990: There's a Riot Jumpin 'Off / Cheeba Cheeba (Uzi Bros. / Tone Lōc)
  • 1991: Mean Green / Funky Westside / Cheeba Cheeba (Remix) (12inch)
  • 1992: Cool Hand Lōc
  • 1993: Posse Love
  • 1993: Hit the Coast
  • 1993: Funky Westside
  • 1994: Ace Is in the House
  • 1998: Wild Thing / Cheeba Cheeba / Lōc'ed After Dark (12inch)
  • 1999: Wild Thing 'Y2K (Tone Lōc meets ZZ Bros.)
  • 2002: The Witch ( Rattles vs. Tone-Lōc)
  • 2007: Wild Thing Peaches RMX

Video albums

  • 1991: All Through the Night (VHS)
  • 2007: Tone Loc TV (DVD)
  • 20 ??: Tone Loc TV, Vol. 2 (DVD)

Filmography

swell

  1. ↑ ZZ Bros. at Discogs (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE Singles DE Albums AT CH UK US1 US2 US3
  3. ↑ a b gold / platinum database US

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Tone Lōc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Anthony Terrell (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California, USA