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. is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Came from other bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice. They are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, and Portland, the bands sixth full-length album, As If, was released in October 2015. is an American band formed in the summer of 1995 by the merger of part of the group Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. After a successful joint tour, the two decided to mix the disco-funk with more aggressive sounds and integrate the hardcore singer Nic Offer from the Yah Mos. The bands name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, however, as the bandmembers themselves say. Is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound, Chk Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, and the URL of their official website and the title of their Myspace page suggest it is the preferred pronunciation. The bands full-length debut record out in 2000 as a self-titled album on the label Gold Standard Laboratories. A second full-length, Louden Up Now, was released on Touch and Go in America, released a new EP covering Take Ecstasy with Me by The Magnetic Fields, and Get Up by Nate Dogg. The following December, the drummer for the band, Mikel Gius, was struck. They released their album, Myth Takes in 2007. is composed of Mario Andreoni, Dan Gorman, Nic Offer, Tyler Pope. Touring members include Shannon Funchess and Paul Quattrone, the band also shared membership with the similar, defunct group Out Hud. Vocalist and drummer John Pugh officially left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood, Shannon Funchess stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour. GSL26/LAB SERIES VOL.2 Live Live Live Take Ecstasy with Me/Get Up Yadnus Jamie, stereolad, a Stereolab cover band side project, containing the members of
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1st arrondissement of Paris
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The 1st arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. Situated principally on the bank of the River Seine, it also includes the west end of the Île de la Cité. It is the least populated of the arrondissements and one of the smallest by area, a significant part of which is occupied by the Louvre Museum. Much of the remainder of the arrondissement is dedicated to business, the 1st arrondissement is very small, with a land area of only 1,83 km2. The area now occupied by the first arrondissement attained its peak population in the preceding the re-organization of Paris in 1860. In 1999, the population was 16,888, while the arrondissement hosted 63,056 jobs, making it one of the most active for business after the 2nd, 8th, and 9th. ¹The peak of population actually occurred before 1861, but the arrondissement was created in 1860, each of the 20 Paris arrondissements is divided into four quarters. The table below lists the four quarters of the 1st arrondissement, at one time Air Inters head office was located in the first arrondissement. When Minerve, an airline, existed, its office was in the first arrondissement. In terms of state-operated schools, the first arrondissement has two schools, two primary schools, one école polyvalente, one high school, and one sixth form college. The state-operated nursery schools are École Maternelle Auxerrois and École Maternelle Sourdiere, the state-operated primary schools are École Élémentaire Arbre Sec and École Élémentaire DArgenteuil. The arrondissement has one école polyvalente, École Polyvalente Cambon, collège Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is the sole state-operated high school in the arrondissement. Lycée Professionnel Commercial Pierre Lescot is the sole state-operated sixth form college in the first arrondissement
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2 Brothers on the 4th Floor
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2 Brothers on the 4th Floor is a Dutch musical group created in 1990 by brothers Martin and Bobby Boer. The group has had success in countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, South Africa, Chile, Israel, the United States. The most recent members of 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor are Martin and Bobby Boer, Dutch singer Désirée Claudette Manders, the brothers then brought together rapper Da Smooth Baron MC and singers Peggy The Duchess and Gale Robinson to form their stage act. The release of their single, Turn Da Music Up was somewhat less successful. 2 Brothers on the 4th Floor made two hit singles together before separating,2 Brothers on the 4th Floor was revived by the Boer brothers in 1993. Bobby joined Martin in his studio and, after some time and this single was the first to be launched with rapper D-Rock and singer Desirée Manders. The song Dreams, which the song of the bands first album, was a song that captured the essence of Eurodance. Due to the genres popularity when the song was released in 1994, the bands renewed style and concept was accepted well by Dutch audience. Never Alone topped the charts for weeks and went gold, Dreams, the bands subsequent single, went straight to number one and remained on the charts for weeks and Let Me Be Free, its successor, remained in the top ten nationally for some time. In 1995 and 1996,2 Brothers on the 4th Floor further widened their success with the singles Fly, Come Take My Hand and Fairytales and these singles topped the charts in various European countries. At the end of 1996, the released the single Theres a Key. After 2, the band shifted styles and first recorded the single One Day, afterwards, they returned to their previous Eurodance style with the single Im Thinkin of U. In March 1998,2 Brothers on the 4th Floor released the single Do U Know, at the beginning of the fall of 1998, the single The Sun Will Be Shining was released. It contains remixes by Mark van Dale & Enrico, Dance Therapy, packaged with The Sun Will Be Shining was a CD-ROM featuring the videos of The Sun Will Be Shining and The Making Of. On February 5,1999, the single Heaven Is Here was released, october 29 of that year saw the release of the single Living In Cyberspace. On June 16,2000, the single Wonderful Feeling was released, on June 29,2001, the single Stand Up And Live was released. 2 Brother on the 4th Floor never released its third album due to problems with, among other things, currently, the band is touring since 2006. They just released The Very Best of in April 2016, desRay has a solo career, and D-Rock is working with the band E-Life
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2 Chainz
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Tauheed Epps, known professionally as 2 Chainz, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper from College Park, Georgia. He initially gained recognition for being one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside his friend and fellow rapper. They are perhaps best known for being signed to fellow Georgia-based rapper Ludacris Disturbing tha Peace label, in February 2012, Epps signed a solo record deal with Def Jam Records, an imprint of Universal Music Group. The following August, he released his studio album Based on a T. R. U. II, Me Time was released on September 11,2013 and it was supported by the singles Feds Watching and Used 2. 2 Chainz was born Tauheed Epps in College Park, Georgia and he attended North Clayton High School, where he played basketball and graduated second in his class. While in high school, he dealt marijuana and was arrested for cocaine possession when he was 15 years old. He later attended Alabama State University on a scholarship, and played on its team for the 1996–97 season. Theres a lot of stuff on there, to the point that every time I try to fix one thing, something else comes out. In fact, he attended Alabama State for his freshman year only, I got into some trouble, went somewhere else, and came back. But I graduated, and that’s that, Epps formed the hip hop duo Playaz Circle in College Park, Georgia in 1997, with his high school friend Earl Conyers, while Epps adopted Tity Boi as his moniker. After taking interest in Playaz Circle, Ludacris began to record songs with the group. Ludacris soon became one of the rappers in the Southern United States. After hearing of their situation, Ludacris requested of Epps that the duo join his newly formed record label Disturbing Tha Peace, Epps agreed to sign, although Conyers did not officially join the label until his mother regained her health, a year after the initial signing. Their debut album Supply & Demand, was released on October 30,2007, the lead single and their debut single, Duffle Bag Boy, became an urban hit single. The song features Lil Wayne, and was performed by the duo at the BET Hip Hop Awards, the duo released their second studio album Flight 360, The Takeoff, on September 29,2009. In January 2010, Playaz Circle filmed a video for their single Big Dawg featuring Lil Wayne. Shortly afterwards, Epps left Disturbing tha Peace, a move he claimed was taken in order to advance his career, although Ludacris was initially reluctant to allow Epps to leave the label, he eventually accepted the decision
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2 in a Room
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2 in a Room was an American hip hop, freestyle and hip house duo. The group, active between 1987 and 1995, consisted of rapper Rafael Dose Vargas and producer/remixer Roger Rog Nice Pauletta and they are best known for their 1990 hit single Wiggle It. It spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart and then crossed over to mainstream radio, before that, they were known for a track called Do What You Want that got a lot of club and DJ play in New York and Chicago. El Trago was a #86 Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, and their first release in the UK was Somebody In The House Say Yeah. in the late part of 1989. They later changed their name to Fulanito, and style of music to merengue, Vargas, also known under Dose Material, was also member of 740 Boyz from 1991. In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered Wiggle It for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House, List of number-one dance hits List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart 2 In A Room at AllMusic 2 In A Room at Discogs
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2 Live Crew
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The 2 Live Crew is an American hip-hop group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the themes in their work. The 2 Live Crew, although seen as a fixture in the Miami hip-hop scene, actually got their start in California & was created by DJ Mr. Mixx with fellow rappers Fresh Kid Ice. The group released its first single, Revelation, in 1985, Revelation was popular in Florida, so The 2 Live Crew relocated to Miami. Rapper Brother Marquis joined The 2 Live Crew for its next single What I Like, local rapper Luke Skyywalker gave The 2 Live Crew a record deal and worked as the groups manager and then lead vocalist. The 2 Live Crews debut album, The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, was released in 1986. Alex Henderson of Allmusic commented that the album did take sexually explicit rap lyrics to a new level of nastiness, with such as We Want Some Pussy. With word-of-mouth attention, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, Bob Rosenberg of Will to Power remixed Beat Box and was billed King of Edits by Luke Skyywalker. In 1987, a Florida store clerk was acquitted of charges for selling the album to a 14-year-old girl. Move Somethin is the album by Miami hip hop group 2 Live Crew. The album was released in 1988 and it was also certified Gold and featured the singles Move Somethin and Do Wah Diddy Diddy. The album improved on the charts from the album, making in to #68 on the Billboard 200. Campbell decided to sell a separate clean version in addition to the version of the album, Move Somethin. A record store clerk in Alexander City, Alabama, was cited for selling a copy to a police officer in 1988. It was the first time in the United States that a store owner was held liable for obscenity over music. The charges were dropped after a jury found the record store not guilty, in 1989, the group released their album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, which also became the groups most successful album. A large part of its success was due to the single Me So Horny, the American Family Association did not think the presence of a Parental Advisory sticker was enough to adequately warn listeners of what was inside the case. Jack Thompson, an affiliated with the AFA, met with Florida Governor Bob Martinez
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2 Unlimited
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2 Unlimited is a dance group founded in 1991 by Belgian producers Jean-Paul DeCoster and Phil Wilde and fronted by Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth. During five years of worldwide popularity, the act scored 16 chart hits, including Get Ready for This, Twilight Zone, No Limit. During their career, they have sold 18 million records worldwide, although they enjoyed less mainstream recognition in the United States, many of their songs have become popular themes at US sporting events, particularly in the NHL. The two then decided to continue to work together, Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde initially had created an instrumental track they called Get Ready for This and they decided that it needed some vocals. De Coster recalls, They were so pleased with the result that agreed to work with them as a duo. They were signed to Byte Records and were licensed to other record labels worldwide, including PWL Continental in the UK, ZYX in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Their first single, Get Ready For This was well received in their market, Belgium. It also peaked at No.10 in The Netherlands and managed to climb to No.2 in Australia, the single worked its way up to No.38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart only three years after its original release. A follow-up single, Twilight Zone, followed in January 1992 which topped the chart in the Netherlands and it also charted well in numerous markets including No.2 in the UK. In the United States, it peaked at No.49 on the Hot 100, to capitalize on this success, the album Get Ready. was released on 24 February 1992, which featured the first two singles and seven other brand new tracks including two ballads. Two further singles were released from the album, Workaholic and The Magic Friend, in the US, the album received a Gold certification for sales of 500,000 units in 1995. The single topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, in Germany the single was certified Platinum for sales of 500,000 units. The track received modest airplay in North American radio stations, reaching the top 25 in the US Dance charts, by 1996, worldwide sales for the single No Limit had reached 2.3 million units. Tribal Dance was released as a single shortly before the album No Limits, hit the stores in May 1993. The Tribal Dance was very successful also entering the top 5 in Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, in Germany, Tribal Dance was certified Gold for sales of over 250,000 units. In France, the title was changed to Let The Bass Control Your Body to avoid any confusion with the word bite. The full-length album entitled No Limits. was more successful than the predecessor entering the top 5 album charts in Austria, Australia, Germany, in the UK, the album climbed all the way to the top of the album chart. By 1996, the total sales had reached 3 million units including 592,000 units in the GSA region
