Genres Hip hop Labels Def Jam Record label Def Jam Recordings | Years active 1986–1988 Genre Hip hop music | |
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Associated acts Public Enemy
Beastie Boys Past members Doctor Dré
T-Money
Rapper G
Easy G Origin Long Island, New York, United States (1986) Albums Straight From the Basement of Kooley High! Members Dr. Dre, Doctor Dré, T-Money Similar Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Joeski Love, Davy DMX, Mantronix | ||
Original Concept were an American 1980s hip-hop group from Long Island, New York, United States, best known for their single “Can You Feel It.” They only made one album and it was notable for the absence of lyrics on many of the tracks. The group are perhaps better known for their production prowess and instrumentals.
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History
In the early 1980s, a group of young men at WBAU FM formed a group called the "Concept Crew." Their show “The Operating Room” was broadcast on Monday nights from Adelphi University on the same station which featured the Spectrum City DJs (Chuck D and Flavor Flav) who later went on to form Public Enemy. The members were Doctor Dré, T-Money, Rapper G, Easy G. By 1986, the group began calling themselves Original Concept and had released their first record, "Knowledge Me" in February of that year. The B-side of "Knowledge Me" went on to become their first single, "Can You Feel It." The single has since gone on to become one of the most sampled source records in hip-hop music.
In 1988, the group was signed to Def Jam Records and late in that year they released their first and only album, Straight From the Basement of Kooley High! on Def Jam. The album featured a cameo by Beastie Boys member, Mike D. on the track, "She's Got a Moustache". The album featured samples from The Jackson 5, The Fat Boys, Run-D.M.C., and P-Funk.
Where are they now
The members of the group were generally more successful in their subsequent solo careers as television personalities and radio DJs, than they were as a hip-hop group.
Rapper Gee also known as Gerald Gray - Later on went into producing photography "GD GRAY ARTWORKS"
Discography
Songwriting credits included Andre Brown / Gerald Gray / Tyrone Kelsie.
Songs
Knowledge Me1986
Pump That Bass / LiveStraight From the Basement of Kooley High! · 1988
Charlie SezStraight From the Basement of Kooley High! · 1988