Masters of the Mic will be performing at the group hip-hop/R&B show with Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Mc Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, Treach and EPMD on July 19th at Tuscaloosa at The Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater.
Tickets will be on sale at 10am on March 28th through www.ticketmaster.com and at the venue box office, $33.50, $53.50, $63.50, $79, $93.50, and $136.50 plus charges and taxes at 2710 Jack Warner Parkway in downtown Tuscaloosa.
Doug E. Fresh previously played the venue and then called the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater at the 2018 group show with Congress and Hunkadelic and Morris Day and the Era, while Sheila E. Fresh and Slicrick also performed amps at the 2013 old Squall Summer Show.
Although trained in drums, percussion and trumpet while studying at Harlem Music School, Fresh First Rose Rap, inspired by Langston Hughes’ poems, won battles under many names such as Dougie Doug and Dougie D.
He pioneered the beatbox – mimicking the sounds of various instruments, drums, basses, and more, and using only the mouth, lips, tongue and voice, listening and humming Grandmaster Flash, Spoonie Gee, and Funky 4+1 records. He signed as a solo artist in the 80s, but also worked as a DJ and other rappers as Doug E. Fresh and Get Fresh Crew.
Born in Barbados, Fresh has created inventive hip hop such as “La da da di”, one of the most sampled songs in history, such as “The Show” and “La da da di”.
The 2010 debut single by Cali Swag District, entitled “Teach Me How to Dougie,” refers to the fresh dance Lil’Wil created for his song “Dougie.” Athletes, musicians, models, politicians and other celebrities caught and exploded that decade’s trend.
The vocalist of “La da da di” was a rapper known at the time as Mc Ricky D, who later attended Slicklick. Richard Martin Lloyd was born to Jamaican parents in London and became a soloist in 1986. After signing a recording of Def Jam, he cut four albums full of songs covered and sampled by Beyonce, Eminem, TLC, NAS, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Color Me Badd, Mariah Carey, Beastie Boys and others. His vocal work on “La da da di” became one of Snoop Dogg’s 1993 debut album, one of the first samples to be sampled on a song entitled “Lodi Dodi.”
His distinctive and clearly declared style of Ahmir “Questrab” Thompson said: “Slicklick’s voice was the most beautiful thing about hip-hop culture.
His 1988 debut album, The Adventures of Slick Rick, sold Platinum and, like his 1999 disc, The Art of Storytelling, reached number one on the R&B charts. Rick’s rap and R&B hits include “Children’s Story,” “I Was to Do It,” “My Car Sitting” (featuring a reunion with Doug E. Fresh), and “The Bar in the Back.”
Lana Michele Mooler-born Mc Lyte cut her first full solo album by the female rapper of “Lyte As a Rock” in 1988. Also an actor, philanthropist, DJ and businessman, she cuts the raps of Bragadocio with political consciousness songs, “Cha Cha Cha Cha”, “I Don’t Have It”, “Poor Georgie”, “Stop, Listen, “Cappuccino”, “Love”, “‘lock nekin” “”a” a coctin’ on “whik in”) “when” whik “When some of the group stopped the violent movement, she had another gold seller No. 1 in “Self-destruction”. Public enemy Chuck D is a husky of Leite and considers the prestigious Alto voice to be one of the greatest voices of all time.
Big Daddy Kane-going rapper, actor and producer Antonio Hardy began in the mid-’80s like a fresh, smooth Rick as part of the crew of hip-hop massive juices. Rolling Stone placed his “ai n’t not no half-steppin” from his 1988 solo debut disc “Long Live Zakain”. MTV placed him in seventh place on the biggest MCS list of all time. Other Kane hits include “Lean on Me,” “Smooth Operator,” “Cours I Can It Right,” “Groove with It,” “How You Get a Record Deal?”, “Very Special,” and “Cut, Pure.”
Rapper-actor Trechi first gained fame and essentially became the main trio narrator of the hip-hop trio, cutting four gold and platinum albums. Some of his most famous songs include “Opp”, “Hip Hooray”, “Ghetto Bastard”, “Crazest”, “Feel Me Flow”, “Mourn You”, “Jamboreeeee”, “Holiday” and “Feel Good”.
The hip-hop duo EPMD is Eric Sermon and Parish Smith, who cut five gold albums from 1988 to 1997. Their hits include “You Gots to Chill,” “Strictly Business,” “So what what “Gold Digger,” “Rampage,” “Crossover,” “Head Banger,” and “DA Joint.”
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