#YOUTUBE HOUDINI RAPPER FULL#

#YOUTUBE HOUDINI RAPPER FULL#

Heavy on the sound effects, the song is full of references to various famous monsters and boogymen – Count Dracula, Bloody Mary and the Invisible Man all show up. Whodini combined the goofy fun of the Fat Boys with the virtuosity of Run-DMC to create what is the rap equivalent of horror movies.

The second single, 'Haunted House of Rock', was released in time for Halloween 1983. On CD, the album was released in the United States only in 2010. The bulk of album was produced by influential German pioneer Conny Plank at his own studio near Cologne, Germany. On July 8, 1983, the group released their self-titled debut studio album Whodini on vinyl and audio cassettes. 'Magic's Wand' also has the distinction of being one of Whodini's most- sampled songs. Synth-pop and electro pioneer Thomas Dolby helped produce this single. Magic, which became the first hip hop song for which a music video was shot. In 1982, Whodini made a hip hop story with its debut single 'Magic's Wand', an ode to hip hop radio pioneer Mr. The bulk of production on its releases was done by Larry Smith, a bassist who also handled much of Run-DMC's early work. The group signed with London-based independent record label Jive Records in 1982 they enjoyed a string of hits for several years, mostly charting on urban and R&B radio stations. They were contemporaries of other hip hop groups such as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Afrika Bambaataa, Run-DMC, the Fat Boys and Warp 9. Whodini was among the first hip hop groups to cultivate a high-profile national following for hip hop music and made significant inroads on urban radio. Four of the group's albums were certified Platinum by the RIAA. Fourteen of the group's singles hit the Billboard charts. Russell Simmons was the manager of the group in the 1980s.

Live performances of the group were the first rap concerts with the participation of breakdance dancers from the group UTFO. The group made its name with good-humored songs such as 'Magic's Wand' (the first rap song accompanied by a music video), 'The Haunted House of Rock', ' Friends', 'Five Minutes of Funk', and 'Freaks Come Out at Night'. Ĭoming out of the fertile New York rap scene of the early 1980s, Whodini was one of the first rap groups to add a R&B twist to their music, thus laying the foundation for a new genre, new jack swing. Ecstasy (who wore a Zorro-style hat as his trademark J– Decem) and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, a.k.a. The Brooklyn, New York–based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins co-vocalist John Fletcher, a.k.a. Whodini is an American hip hop group that was formed in 1982.

Youtube houdini rapper