Big Ali
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Big Ali is an American
singer-songwriter
, DJ
, and rap
per born in Queens
, New York
and based in Paris
, France
since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a Warner Music label, and has released his debut album Louder in May 2009 on the record label. The album featuring numerous French and international producers and artists. "Hit the Floor" taken from the album became his first big single in October 2008 followed by "Neon Music" released in March 2009. A third single "Universal Party followed in November 2009.
In collaborations, the joint 2006 single "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)
" by Sinclar and Cutee-B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah stayed at #1 for 4 weeks on the Ultratop 40
Belgian charts. In 2007, it became a #1 hit in Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs.
The latest collaboration he did with Serbian
singer Dara Bubamara
.
and Doctor Dre
. He hosted his own show "The Magic Hour" at the Vassar College
in New York.
Big Ali has also worked in club venues in the United States
, Asia
, Latin America
and Europe
and is very famous in France
. He participated as an MC at the Cannes’ Film Festival, and is at the Saint Tropez VIP Room every year. He has worked with many successful French artists such as Kool Shen, Amine, Jean Roch, Kore & Scalp, Leslie
, Magic System
, Bob Sinclar
with Rohff
on the hit "Dirty Hous" and more recently Sinik
and others. Big Ali hosts one Saturday per month the show "Show Time" on Radio NRJ.
Tracklist:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, and rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
per born in Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and based in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a Warner Music label, and has released his debut album Louder in May 2009 on the record label. The album featuring numerous French and international producers and artists. "Hit the Floor" taken from the album became his first big single in October 2008 followed by "Neon Music" released in March 2009. A third single "Universal Party followed in November 2009.
In collaborations, the joint 2006 single "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)
Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)
"Rock This Party " is a song by Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman and Big Ali on vocals...
" by Sinclar and Cutee-B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah stayed at #1 for 4 weeks on the Ultratop 40
Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2006
This is a list of songs that topped the Belgian Wallonia Ultratop 40 in 2006.- Best-Selling Singles :This is the ten best-selling/performing singles in 2006....
Belgian charts. In 2007, it became a #1 hit in Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs.
The latest collaboration he did with Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
singer Dara Bubamara
Dara Bubamara
Dara Bubamara is the stage name of a popular Serbian pop-folk singer. Born as Radojka "Rada" Adžić, she grew up in Satelit, a neighborhood of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her parents moved to Novi Sad from Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina before Rada was born...
.
Career
Big Ali wrote his first lyrics at the age of 8. He created a crew of DJs called "World Famous Vynil Squad". He also had radio and TV collaborations such radio show "Full Thrtottle" with national US emissions in led by his friend Fatman Scoop and is creator of the show Jumpoff hosted by Ed LoverEd Lover
James Roberts , better known as Ed Lover, is an African-American rapper, actor, musician, radio personality, and former MTV VJ.-Biography:...
and Doctor Dre
Doctor Dre
André "Doctor Dré" Brown is an African American radio personality and former MTV VJ.-Career:Doctor Dré is best known for being the co-host of MTV's hip hop music specialty program Yo! MTV Raps with partner Ed Lover. The duo also starred in the 1993 film Who's the Man?...
. He hosted his own show "The Magic Hour" at the Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
in New York.
Big Ali has also worked in club venues in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and is very famous in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. He participated as an MC at the Cannes’ Film Festival, and is at the Saint Tropez VIP Room every year. He has worked with many successful French artists such as Kool Shen, Amine, Jean Roch, Kore & Scalp, Leslie
Leslie (singer)
Leslie is a French pop-R&B singer born on February 4, 1985 in Le Mans, France. Her father is Vietnamese and Polynesian while her mother is FrenchIn 2007, she recorded a duet single with the R&B singer Bobby Valentino, "Accorde-moi"....
, Magic System
Magic System
A magic system is a set of rules that magical effects in a fictional setting follow. Magic systems are most elaborate in video games and role-playing games, due to the need to balance the game. A common feature to many magic systems is a way to limit the number of spells a magic user can cast.-...
, Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar, originally spelled "Sinclair" - , is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.- Career history :...
with Rohff
Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...
on the hit "Dirty Hous" and more recently Sinik
Sinik
Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik is a French-language rap artist. His father is Algerian while his mother is French.His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career...
and others. Big Ali hosts one Saturday per month the show "Show Time" on Radio NRJ.
Albums
- 2008: Louder
Tracklist:
- L# Hit the Floor (feat. DollarmanDollarmanDollarman is a Caribbean singer, songwriter, producer and musician born in Grenada. Moving to Brooklyn, NY he continues to present hits with a Caribbean influence and reggae.-Career:...
) - Hunger
- Shake It Up (feat. Kat DeLunaKat DeLunaKathleen Emperatriz "Kat" DeLuna is an American pop singer of Dominican heritage. DeLuna has a soprano vocal range. Her debut single, "Whine Up", reached the top ten in Belgium and France, peaked inside the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Her...
) - Neon Music 2009 (Remix 2009 by Soundshakerz)
- Make Some Noïse
- Burn It Up (feat. Luckie D)
- Universal Party (feat. Gramps Morgan)
- Can We Cut
- Dancehall QueenDancehall QueenDancehall Queen is a 1997 independent Jamaican film starring Audrey Reid who plays Marcia, a street vendor struggling to raise two daughters.Detailed item informationDescriptionA street vendor discovers dancehalls and begins to live a double life....
(feat. Beenie ManBeenie ManAnthony Moses Davis , better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Grammy award winning Jamaican reggae artist. He is the self-proclaimed "King of the Dancehall".-Biography:...
) - High Energy
- Drop (feat. One WorldOne WorldOne World may refer to:In film:* The Cheetah Girls: One World, the name for the 3rd movie in the Cheetah Girls series.In music:* One World * One World * One World...
) - Here We Go Now
- Fun Time (feat. Chaka Demus & PliersChaka Demus & PliersChaka Demus & Pliers are a Jamaican reggae duo made up of deejay Chaka Demus and singer Pliers, best known for their hit "Tease Me".They had more commercial success with mainstream pop fans after their collaboration in the early 1990s, that either ever had in their solo careers.-Career:Both artists...
) - Des Larmes De Sang (feat. Florent PagnyFlorent PagnyFlorent Pagny is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" and "Caruso" .As of 2008, he has sold 4,268,980 copies of singles,...
) - I'm Sorry
Solo singles
- 2008: "Hit the floor" (feat. Dollarman)
- 2009: "Burn It Up" (feat. Lucky D)
- 2009: "Neon Music"
- 2009: "Universal Party" (feat. Gramps Morgan)
- 2011: "Coconut Rum"
Featuring
- 2006: Midas Touch ( with Matt HoustonMatt HoustonMatt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...
) on the album Phoenix 2006 - 2006: "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)"Rock This Party " is a song by Bob Sinclar, co-produced by regular partner Cutee B and featuring Dollarman and Big Ali on vocals...
" (with Bob SinclarBob SinclarBob Sinclar, originally spelled "Sinclair" - , is a French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.- Career history :...
, Cutee-B featuring Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah) - 2007: "C'est chaud, ça brule" (with Magic SystemMagic SystemA magic system is a set of rules that magical effects in a fictional setting follow. Magic systems are most elaborate in video games and role-playing games, due to the need to balance the game. A common feature to many magic systems is a way to limit the number of spells a magic user can cast.-...
) - 2007: "Dirty House" Rhoff with Big Ali) in the album La Résurrection (Banlieue South Remix)
- 2008: "Stronger" (English version) / "Plus fort" (French version) (with AnggunAnggunAnggun Cipta Sasmi is an Indonesian singer-songwriter. She has released 12 studio albums and one soundtrack album , and her songs have also been included on various compilation albums. Her musical career began in childhood, and she achieved commercial success in Indonesia when she was 12 years old...
) from her album ElevationElevation (Anggun album)Elevation is the fourth international studio album by Anggun. The album was recorded in English and French.-French Version:* France Standard Edition#"J'ignorais tout" – 4:22#"Si tu l'avoues" – 3:59#"Hymne à la vie" – 4:24... - 2008: "Habibi" (with LeslieLeslie (singer)Leslie is a French pop-R&B singer born on February 4, 1985 in Le Mans, France. Her father is Vietnamese and Polynesian while her mother is FrenchIn 2007, she recorded a duet single with the R&B singer Bobby Valentino, "Accorde-moi"....
and AmarAmar (singer)Amar is a British Indiansinger signed to the independent label Sunset Entertainment Group. She is also the daughter of Mangal Singh . She is a singer and songwriter who writes her own material...
) - 2008: "Bienvenue chez les Bylkas" (with SinikSinikThomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik is a French-language rap artist. His father is Algerian while his mother is French.His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career...
, Cheb BilalCheb BilalCheb Bilal is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23, 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.-Childhood:Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, Algeria where he studied at the conservatory of music. He was raised by his grandfather....
) - 2009: "No Stress" (with Laurent Wolf et DJ Snake)
- 2009: "New New New" (with Bob Sinclar) (Big Ali appears only in the music video for the song)
- 2009: "Groove On" (remix) (with TimatiTimatiTimur Ildarovich Yunusov , better known by his stage name Timati , is an Russian rapper and actor.-Early life:Timur Ildarovich Yunusov was born on August 15, 1983 in Moscow, Soviet Union to an ethnically mixed family of Tatar father Ildar Yunusov and Jewish mother Simona Yunusova , he also has a...
and Snoop DoggSnoop DoggCalvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
) - 2010: "Ce matin va être une pure soirée" (avec Fatal BazookaFatal BazookaFatal Bazooka is a French spoof rap group consisting of Michaël Youn, Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine. The act originated in a 2002 radio show which its members hosted at the time....
, PZK, Dogg SoSo et DJ Chris Prolls) - 2010: "Des larmes de sang" (with Florent PagnyFlorent PagnyFlorent Pagny is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" and "Caruso" .As of 2008, he has sold 4,268,980 copies of singles,...
) - 2010: "Vem dançar kuduroVem dançar kuduro"Vem dançar kuduro" is a multilingual Portuguese/English dance hit single by Lucenzo, a France-based artist of Portuguese origin featuring also France-based American artist Big Ali.Lucenzo sings in Portuguese and Big Ali in English....
" (with Lucenzo) - 2010: "Calypso" (DJ Snake feat. Big Ali)
- 2010: "Playground" (with DJ Assad and Willy William)
- 2010: "Make Some Noise" (with Claude N'Joya and Richard Bahericz)
- 2010: "Ciao Amore" (with Dara Bubamara)