Kool Moe Dee ft. KRS-One & Chuck D - Rise 'N' Shine

From 1991 Album: "Funke, Funke Wisdom".....

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Mohandas Dewese (born August 8, 1962), better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York. He was one of the first rappers to earn a Grammy Award and was the first rapper to perform at the Grammys.

In the late 1970s, Kool Moe Dee met Special K, DJ Easy Lee, and LA Sunshine to form the influential old school hip hop group the Treacherous Three on Enjoy Records. It was with The Treacherous Three in 1981 that Kool Moe Dee performed his freestyle on-stage roast of old school party rapper Busy Bee Starski, a performance frequently cited as a pivotal moment in the development of the battle rap.[1] Kool Moe Dee attended Norman Thomas High School on 33rd and Park Avenue in New York City and was known as a quiet eccentric young man always holding a pen and a pad ready to write his rhymes. In 1981, they moved to Sugar Hill Records along with another Enjoy Records act Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Treacherous Three became well known for their singles Feel the Heart Beat and Whip It. They were featured in the 1984 breakdance cult-movie Beat Street performing the song Xmas Rap with Doug E. Fresh but disbanded shortly afterwards.

In 1985 the Treacherous Three disbanded with each member pursuing solo careers. After leaving the group he attended college in NY and received a degree in communications. In 1986, Kool Moe Dee went solo, releasing a self-titled album, which ranked 83 on Billboard. He co-operated with the young producer Teddy Riley which contributed greatly to the New Jack Swing movement that would gain popularity in the years to follow. Kool Moe Dee released his second album, How Ya Like Me Now which was his most successful album commercially, achieving platinum status. He then went on to release his third album, Knowledge Is King in 1989, which went Gold. The single from this album, "I Go To Work" is considered by some to by the pinnacle of his work, with high speed delivery and superior lyrical content. He was chosen in 1990 to appear on Quincy Jones' album Back on the Block along with fellow rappers Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane and Ice T. The album gained considerable critical and financial success and winning the 1991 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1991 the release of his album Funke, Funke Wisdom signaled his downfall and eventual decline. Moe Dee himself has stated that this was his worst album(1). He induced his release from Jive Records in 1992. After a two year lay off he released his greatest hits album which gained some of his former success and acclaim. In 1994 his album Interlude was released and failed to gain Moe Dee much of his former success on the mid 80's. In 1993 he re-united with his fellow ex members of the Treacherous Three to release the album Old School Flava on DJ EasyLee's record label Ichiban. His last commercial release was the single Love Love/What You Wanna Do which was released onSpoiled Brat Entertainment inc'.

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[florob379]

KRS-One killed it!!!

[OjBlack100]

preach it preach it the message is crystal clear from the Hip Hop teachers....VintageHipHopSeatt­le thanks for keeping real Hip Hop alive

[BrandCAG]

Yet another song with that has absolutely nothing to do with the culture I grew up in... yet did its part opening my eyes just a little bit more.

[UCatchingFeelings]

@MartiSomozaHipHop white man never said EUROamerican so y should the black man be AFROamerican?

peace

[UCatchingFeelings]

@florob379 think he didn't!!!

[jsmybrother]

did anyone notice dmc in the back

[djcine1]

THIS ALL KNOWLEDGE FROM A BLACK MAN POINT OF VIEW AND THE TEACHER KILL THAT TRACK BASSLINE AND THEN CHUCK TEACHES ABOUT WHAT BLACK FATHERS NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR HISTORY IS OUR STORY FOR THOSES WHO FORGOT WE ARE THE START OF ALL LIFE ON GOD'S EARTH NOW WE RISE (THE PRESIDENT)AND SHINE HE'S TRYING TO FIX BUSH SHIT HE LEFT ON US SO WE OVERCOME ALL AND BRING BACK THE BOOMBAP OF HIPHOP WE NEED THAT RIGHT NOW DJ CINE WEST PHILLY TEAMECKO THE MOVEMENT IS HERE PEOPLE PEACE TO THE GODS- WORD UP

[MrNytn2001]

KRS - ONE murked it!

[dmagwaza]

This track is a demonstration of why KRS-One is my favourite MC!

[MartiSomozaHipHop]

Nuff slave ship comes from africa, full of africans sold in america; now you want me to call myself american, even though americn killed the african; check it, white man is european, and, black man is african; white man never said you're american, so why should the black man be afroamerican?

if the black man is american with an afro, then the white man is american with a long nose, it should be long-nose-american for the white man, and, jump around and move your bottom, whaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

[AlexeyM1895]

That's Hip-Hop...old school never dies show everyone how it's done peace from Greece