Years active 1984-1996 | Active until 1996 | |
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Past members Snake PuppyRudy Pardee (Deceased)The Real Richie RichLisa Love (Deceased)Big Burt Members Rudy Pardee, Lisa "Miss Rockberry" Love, Chris Wilson Similar Uncle Jamm's Army, World Class Wreckin, Egyptian Lover, The Real Richie Rich, The Unknown DJ | ||
The L.A. Dream Team was a hip hop group based in Los Angeles, California, active 1985-1989, 1993, and 1996. The group was founded by Chris "Snake Puppy" Wilson and Rudy Pardee in 1984. They are known for being one of the early hip hop acts on the West Coast and one of the pioneers of the West Coast hip hop scene.
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La dream team dream team is in the house
History
The group was formed in the early 1980s by Rudy Pardee and Chris "Snake Puppy" Wilson. The duo formed their own Dream Team Records label, going on to release their own records and also releases by other California rap artists. Some of the group's best known early releases are "The Dream Team Is in the House", "Nursery Rhymes" and "Rockberry Jam". The group expanded later with Lisa Love, The Real Richie Rich and Big Burt. In 1986, the group signed with MCA Records who released their three albums, Kings Of The West Coast (1985), Bad To The Bone (1986), and Back to Black (1989).
By 1986, as Electro music was faced with some mainstream coverage, the group began to fade into history as gangsta rap on the West Coast began to rise, although they resurfaced in 1993 under the name DTP (Dream Team Pose), issuing a few new singles, including "Rockberry Revisited", an updated version of "Rockberry Jam". Chris Wilson went on to a career in video and music production. Pardee worked in computing, working for Universal as a business services analyst, and later a project manager. Lisa "Miss Rockberry" Love died in an auto accident in 1986. Rudy Pardee died in a scuba-diving accident in 1998.
Singles
Albums
Television
Songs
The Dream Team Is in the HouseKings of the West Coast · 1986
Rockberry JamKings of the West Coast · 1986
Calling on the Dream TeamKings of the West Coast · 1986