The U.M.C.'s
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The UMC's was an American hip-hop
duo from the borough of Staten Island
in New York City
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The group was composed of Haas G and Kool Kim, who released the critically acclaimed, full-length album Fruits of Nature in 1991, which garnered chart success with the duo's #1 Billboard Hot Rap Single "Blue Cheese" and #2 Hot Rap Single "One To Grow On." In 1994, the duo released its sophomore album, Unleashed but split up soon after.
Since the group's break-up, Haas G has focused on producing music, most notably garnering a #1 hit for Lil Kim featuring 50 Cent, with "The Magic Stick." Kool Kim reinvented himself as the controversial underground emcee NYOIL
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Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
duo from the borough of Staten Island
Staten Island
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in New York City
New York City
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The group was composed of Haas G and Kool Kim, who released the critically acclaimed, full-length album Fruits of Nature in 1991, which garnered chart success with the duo's #1 Billboard Hot Rap Single "Blue Cheese" and #2 Hot Rap Single "One To Grow On." In 1994, the duo released its sophomore album, Unleashed but split up soon after.
Since the group's break-up, Haas G has focused on producing music, most notably garnering a #1 hit for Lil Kim featuring 50 Cent, with "The Magic Stick." Kool Kim reinvented himself as the controversial underground emcee NYOIL
NYOIL
NYOIL is an American emcee from Staten Island, New York City. His name was formerly an acronym for New York's Original International Lover. He has been rapping since he was 12. In 1991, as Kool Kim, he released the first of two albums with Hass G as the group the U.M.C.'s...
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Discography
- Fruits of NatureFruits of NatureFruits of Nature is the debut album by the American rap group The U.M.C.'s.-Track listing:-Samples:*"One to Grow On"**"Good Humour Man" by Blue Mitchell**"Ursalena" by Bill Cosby**"Funky President" by James Brown*"Kraftworks"...
(Wild PitchWild Pitch RecordsWild Pitch Records was a hip hop record label started in the mid 1980s by Stuart Fine and was eventually distributed by EMI and eventually acquired by Jay Faires, who tried to reactivate it as part of his short-lived JCOR Entertainment label...
/EMI RecordsEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
, 1991) U.S. R&B #32 - UnleashedUnleashed (The U.M.C.'s album)Unleashed is the second album by the American rap group The U.M.C.'s.-Track listing:-Samples:*"Time to Set It Straight"**"Ain't No Half-Steppin'" by Big Daddy Kane*"Hit The Track"**"Long Red" by Mountain*"Whoa Now"**"Mercy" by Willie Mitchell...
(Wild Pitch/EMI Records, 1994) U.S. R&B #63