Funkdoobiest

Funkdoobiest is a Latin hip- hop group from Los Angeles, California. Your style can be described as super smooth, bass-driven hardcore rap.

Band History

Funkdoobiest was founded in 1989 by DJ Ralph M " The Mexican " ( Ralph Medrano ) and the Puerto Ricans Son Doobie (Jason Vasquez ); the band was called at this time " Ralph M and Sun ". Later came Tomahawk Funk ( Tyrone Pacheco ) of the Lakota nation added to Funkdoobiest. The beginning of Funkdoobiest as a band describes Ralph M in an interview as follows:

" Funkdoobiest the name came later in 1991 from a song B-Real had written titled " The Funkdoobiest Yo, we the Funkdoobiest "So one day Muggs and myself were rollin ' around LA and I said. ": Ralph M, Son Doobie, Tomahawk Funk. " And it 's been history since. that name was too dope to just be a song. "

Ralph M began his musical career as a DJ and producer, among other things, Mellow Man Ace, a cousin of Sen Dog ( Cypress Hill ), and House of Pain. Son Doobie also worked with House of Pain; even before the first Funkdoobiest album was released, he made ​​a guest appearance on the debut album from House of Pain. Due to the close contacts with Cypress Hill and House of Pain took over DJ Muggs with Ralph M a significant part of the production of the first and also the second Funkdoobiest album. On the debut album " Which Doobie UB? " the tracks "The Funkiest " and " Bow Wow Wow " by DJ Lethal (House of Pain) were co-produced; for the second album " Brothas Doobie " DJ Lethal contributed the track "It is not going down" at. The close cooperation between Cypress Hill, House of Pain and Funkdoobiest led to the loose alliance of the three bands as " Soul Assassins ".

After the release of their second album parted Tomahawk Funk by Funkdoobiest; He justified this step by saying that he wanted to take more care of his wife and young son.

The third album "The Troubleshooters " (1997) produced DJ Ralph M essentially alone, especially without the help of DJ Muggs and DJ Lethal. The band House of Pain had already been resolved at this time. The third album has more Latin rap elements than the first two albums and is considered the most versatile work of the group. The track " Five Deadly Indians" is dedicated radio Tomahawk, which - as Ralph M always emphasized in interviews - will always be a part of Funkdoobiest.

After the release of the third album Ralph M and Son Doobie went their separate ways. While Ralph worked as a radio DJ for the station Power 106 FM, Son Doobie published on the label Battleaxe Records released two solo albums.

In 2005, DJ Ralph M and Son Doobie went together as " Funkdoobiest " on the road again; Published in 2007 a ​​joint single entitled "Hip Hop Music". The fourth album " Golden B -Boys " was created again with the assistance of Tomahawk Funk.

Discography

2001, Sony released under the title Funkiest a compilation of 10 songs, which is taken from the first two albums. The publication will also be done as a single.