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EARLY UK HIP HOP ARTISTS |
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INFORMATION
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Members
Overlord X (Lord V / Sidekick), Sir Preme Tee |
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Biography
Overlord X first released 'Let There Be Rock' on the Music Of Life Compilation album 'Hard As Hell'. Then in 1988 came the UK classic '14 Days In May' on Street Sounds Hip Hop 20. Along with the X Posse, straight out of Hackney, London, Overlord X went on to become one of the UK's most successful hip hop artists. As well as being on Street Sounds Hip Hop 20 '14 Days In May' was also released as a 12" on Westside Records in 1988. Signing to Mango Street Records he released, 'The Earth Is Moving' b/w 'Rough In Hackney', '2 Bad' and 'Radical Kickbag', he then released his debut album 'Weapon Is My Lyric' in 1989. After this Overlord X continued releasing tunes with the help of his alter-ego's Sidekick and Lord V, like 'Power House' in 1990, 'You Oughtta Get Rushed' b/w 'X Keeps Tunring' and his diss tune to MC Duke 'Die Hard'. He then released his second album 'X Versus The World' in 1990 with an awesome album cover (see below). Overlord X also produced a posse album called 'X-Posse - Project X' in 1990 (see X-Posse in the X Section), featuring the talented Midrange and many others. A third solo album was due for release called 'Mind Of A Menace' (see Exclusives Section in Features for some MP3's off the album) but unfortunately for people like myself and many others, Overlord X didn't like the direction the scene was taking and decided to get out while he was on top of his game. As well as becoming BJ in boy band Benz, Overlord X went on to be the manager of a pop/R&B girl group called Tommi, not sure what happened with them. He now runs a music company called Mo-Am Masters. |
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DISCOGRAPHY
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Singles
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14
DAYS IN MAY (Hardcore - 1988) Side 1 1. 14 Days In May Side 2 1. 14 Days In May (Radio Edit) 2. 14 Days In May (Instrumental) |
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14
DAYS IN MAY (Hardcore - 1988) |
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THE
EARTH IS MOVING (Mango - 1988)
Side 1 1. The Earth Is Moving  Side 2 1. Rough In Hackney |
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2
BAD (Mango - 1988)
Side 1 1. 2 Bad 2. 2 Bad (Bonus Beats) Side 2 1. Now I'm Here |
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RADICAL
KICKBAG (Mango - 1989)
Side 1 1. Radical Kickbag Side 2 1. Kickbag 2. Weapon Is My Lyric (Remix) |
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POWERHOUSE
/ THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT (Mango - 1990)
Side 1 1. Powerhouse 2. Powerhouse (Instrumental) Side 2 1. They Can't Handle It |
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YOU
OUGHTA GET RUSHED (Mango - 1990)
Side 1 1. You Oughta Get Rushed 2. You Oughta Get Rushed (Instrumental) Side 2 1. X Keeps Turning 2. Die Hard |
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Albums
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WEAPON
IS MY LYRIC (Mango Street - 1989)
Side 1 1. Rough In Hackney 2. Kick Bag 3. 2 Bad 4. Go! It's Like World War 3 5. Clap Your Hands Side 2 1. Weapon Is My Lyric 2. Now My Day Begins 3. Brutal Bass 4. Visa To Rock 5. 14 Days In Hell |
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X
VERSUS THE WORLD (Mango Street - 1990)
Side 1 1. Prologue 1990 2. The Predator 3. You Oughta Get Rushed 4. Planet Hackney 5. X Versus The World 6. Tell Yer Crew Side 2 1. Prelude 2. Definition 3. Suppression 4. The Untouchable 5. Powerhouse 6. Lyrical Turmoil 7. You Cant Do It In London Bonus CD/Cassette Tracks X Keeps Turning O.X. Corral |
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Appears
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Appears
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - HOT PLATE 1 (Ahead Of Our Time - 1987) (Cat. No. HOTHED 101) Side 1 1. Floormaster Squeeze - Kick Out The James 2. Floormaster Squeeze - Kick Out The James (Speng) Side 2 1. Bass Incorporated - Gaugin The Bass 2. Switzch featuring Overlord X - So Rock 3. Midrange - Scratchbox |
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HARD
AS HELL! RAP'S NEXT GENERATION (Lesson 2) (Music Of Life - 1987)
Side 1 1. CJ Mackintosh & Einstein - The Tables Are Turnin' 2. MC Duke - Jus-Dis 3. Thrashpack - Cooling In Paradise 4. DJ Hanway - These Are The Brakes 5. Lady Sugar Sweet - Sugar Sweet Side 2 1. Asher D & Daddy Freddy - Ragamuffin Hip-Hop 2. Overlord X - Let There Be Rock 3. Derek B - Get Down 4. Demon Boyz - This Is A Jam 5. Nomis Sirrah - Megamix |
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