Sir Mix-A-Lot
Biography
Inextricably linked with his pop culture touchstone "Baby Got Back," Sir Mix-A-Lot parlayed a gonzo tribute to women with large buttocks into hip-hop immortality, even despite his failure to score another hit of its magnitude. But even before he struck crossover gold, Sir Mix-A-Lot was one of rap's great D.I.Y. success stories. Coming from a city — Seattle — with barely any hip-hop scene to speak of, Mix-A-Lot co-founded his own record label, promoted his music himself, produced all his own tracks, and essentially pulled himself up by the proverbial American bootstraps. Even before "Baby Got Back," Mix-A-Lot was a platinum-selling album artist with a strong following in the hip-hop community, known for bouncy, danceable, bass-heavy tracks indebted to old-school electro. However, it took signing with Rick Rubin's Def American label — coupled with an exaggerated, parodic pimp image — to carry him into the mainstream. Perceived as a one-hit novelty, he found it difficult to follow his breakout success, but kept on recording, and even toured as part of a rap-rock supergroup called Subset, a collaboration with the Presidents of the United States of America.. Sir Mix-A-Lot was born Anthony Ray in Seattle on August 12, 1963. An eclectic music fan but a rabid hip-hop devotee, he was already actively rapping in the early '80s, and co-founded the Nastymix record label in 1983 with his DJ, Nasty Nes, who also hosted Seattle's first hip-hop radio show. His first single was 1987's "Posse on Broadway," which referred to a street in Seattle, not New York; it became a local hit, and paved the way for his first LP, 1988's Swass, which also featured the popular novelty "Square Dance Rap," and a Run-D.M.C.-style cover of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," with backing by Seattle thrashers Metal Church. The video for "Posse on Broadway" landed some airplay on MTV, and became Sir Mix-A-Lot's first national chart single in late 1988; that in turn pushed Swass into the Top 20 of the R&B album chart, and by 1989, it had sold over a million copies. Also in 1989, Mix-A-Lot released his follow up album Seminar, which produced three charting singles in "Beepers," "My Hooptie," and "I Got Game"; while none were significant crossover hits with pop or R&B audiences, all performed well on the rap singles chart, and helped Seminar become Mix-A-Lot's second straight platinum album.
Top Albums |
1. Daddy's Home
| 2. Swass
| 3. Mack Daddy
| 4. Seminar
| 5. Chief Boot K..
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6. Return of th..
| 7. Till Da Sun ..
| 8. Move Around ..
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11. Carz - Singl..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Baby Got Back | Mack Daddy | 4:22 | $1.29 | |
2. | Baby Got Back | Hip Hop Workout | 4:21 | $1.29 | |
3. | Posse On Broadway | Swass | 5:04 | $1.29 | |
4. | Jump On It | Return of the Bumpasaurus | 5:00 | $1.29 | |
5. | Buttermilk Biscuits (Keep On Square .. | Swass | 3:32 | $1.29 | |
6. | Baby Got Back | Tribute To "The Wolf of.. | 4:23 | $0.99 | |
7. | Put 'Em On the Glass | Chief Boot Knocka | 3:28 | $1.29 | |
8. | My Hooptie | Seminar | 4:46 | $1.29 | |
9. | Testarossa | Mack Daddy | 5:08 | $1.29 | |
10. | Big Ho | Daddy's Home | 3:51 | $0.99 | |
11. | Party Ova Here | Daddy's Home | 3:40 | $0.99 | |
12. | Nasty Girl | Daddy's Home | 3:19 | $0.99 | |
13. | At the Next Show | Daddy's Home | 3:22 | $0.99 | |
14. | Candy | Daddy's Home | 3:25 | $0.99 | |
15. | Auction for Tricks (Candy Intro) | Daddy's Home | 1:52 | $0.99 | |
16. | 2 Horse | Daddy's Home | 3:16 | $0.99 | |
17. | Ya'll Don't Know | Daddy's Home | 3:35 | $0.99 | |
18. | Till Da Sun Cums Up | Daddy's Home | 3:27 | $0.99 | |
19. | Big Johnson | Daddy's Home | 3:51 | $0.99 | |
20. | Game Don't Get Old | Daddy's Home | 4:25 | $0.99 | |
21. | Big Screen | Daddy's Home | 3:38 | $0.99 | |
22. | Daddy's Home | Daddy's Home | 4:09 | $0.99 | |
23. | Clockin' Lotsa Dollarz (feat. Bu.. | Love, Life & Loyalty | 3:58 | $0.99 | |
24. | Clockin' Lotsa Dollarz (feat. Bu.. | Love, Life & Loyalty | 3:58 | $0.99 | |
25. | Clockin' Lotsa Dollarz (feat. Bu.. | Clockin' Lotsa Dollarz .. | 3:58 | $0.99 | |
Top Music Videos |
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