Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs - I Got To Have It

From 1991 Album: "Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto"...[Artist info below].....

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Edward Anderson (born in 1970) is a hip-hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, better known by his stage names Edo G and Ed O.G.. Although not widely known in the mainstream, Edo G has a cult following in Boston, and an international fanbase.

Born in Roxbury—a rough, predominantly black neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Anderson then known as Edo Rock started his career in the late 1980s at age 15, in a crew called F.T.I. (Fresh To Impress). They had a song called "Suzi Q" on "Boston Goes Def!" Vinyl LP compilation released in 1986. Three years later, with the help of New York's legendary Awesome 2 duo (Teddy Ted and Special K) formed Edo G and Da Bulldogs in late 1989. He released his first album in 1991 with his group Da Bulldogs, titled Life of a Kid in the Ghetto. The album included the song "Be a Father to Your Child," which received airplay on local Boston radio stations, and "I Got To Have It", which was sampled later by Mary J. Blige on the track "Ooh!". The group was dropped from Mercury Records in 1993.

Edo G has subsequently gone on to release four solo albums and two EPs, toured around the world, and worked with other artists including Pete Rock, DJ Premier, RZA, KRS-One, Common, Black Thought of the Roots, and Masta Ace.

On his solo album The Truth Hurts, he combined with DJ Premier and Pete Rock; "Wishful Thinking" was a sequel of his first solo performance. The connection with Rock turned into a partnership for the album My Own Worst Enemy. One of the album's songs, "Wishing" (featuring Masta Ace), was featured on The Boondocks in episode 9, Return of the King.

In 2005, Edo G started a new group called Special Teamz with fellow Boston rappers Jaysaun (of Kreators) and Slaine (of La Coka Nostra). They released a mixtape on November 11, 2005 entitled The Mixtape. Special Teamz released the album, Stereotypez, on September 25, 2007, which featured production from Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and specialist producer Marco Polo, who had previously collaborated with Jake One and Ill Bill. Appearances on the album included Buckshot and Sean Price of the Boot Camp Click, Ill Bill, Akrobtik, and Devin the Dude.

Edo G proceeded to work on a new album with Masta Ace. The first single, titled "Little Young" was released via Myspace. The album was scheduled for release in October 2009, but the release was delayed by a cease-and-desist order from A&E Television Networks, which required a complete revision of the album cover artwork and design[why?].

Edo G is also a member of the Boston hip hop group 4Peace along with Twice Thou, Wyatt Jackson, and DQuest.

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[jdbankshot]

@DarkManRo ya, i feel u... but..... 86-96 is more accurate... 96 was the year puffpussy took over, but we still had jerus' wrath. kool g raps' 4,5,6, chinos' debut, de la's stakes is high, prt's new world order, tribes' beats rhymes life, he got game by P.E. , etc... 94 had common senses' ressurection, the roots' do you want more, 95 had krs' best solo l.p. , 86 to 91 had rakims' best stuff(best mc ever)...gang starr(PRIMO!!!), not to mention the best l.p.s' ever, P.E.s' 2nd & 3rd...

[DarkManRo]

'91, '92, '93 - the best years in hip-hop!

[GodKingAZ]

@chilllil777 Fo' sure! The weird thing is I was also missing the good ol ol days of the early eighties when this song came out! LOL

[GodKingAZ]

@pyenapple Couldn't agree more, Bro!

[jamy9000]

titus alliums everybody hmu on fb dats me rappin

[EchtePoekel]

too few people realise what real rap is, not that todays shitt

[pyenapple]

@DarkManRo I'd say more like '89-93, but yeaaaaaaaah so right. Everything was hitting just right during that period, it was amazing track after amazing track, everybody mostly working together to push it farther and farther, pulling amazing samples from the past and recontextualizing them. I'd say the best era ended in 93, that's when sampling dropped off hugely, so it started being less about emcees, deejays, and culture...and more just about the emcees, producers, and money.

[IHATEPRINCETON]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat

[michaelmeep]

@ramfis2007 Now your mine, Skillz

[CrassPunk99]

@brownhornet22 Word

[chilllil777]

the good ol days for sure

[ramfis2007]

@michaelmeep mass appeal , royalty

[ramfis2007]

@LaLaGrunge 96 jayz , lil kim etc

[pharrellw22]

Dis is real hip hop

[brownhornet22]

No booty-shaking strippers. No fake-ass jewelry. No Benzes or Bentleys. No P-Diddy dancing in the video. Nobody makin' it rain. Just pure rhymin' skills and a good beat.

[djkrushinphx]

WOW...REALLY JDbankshot?? I'm just now reading your reply. I'm sorry you're so narrow minded. AND...I never said Pac...but YES...I liked him too. I'm aware there's more to West Coast than G-Funk U moron. U DON'T KNOW ME..So don't try to form my opinions for me. If you could read in between the lines you'd simply see that I was saying today's music had very little appeal to me. Dumb@ss.

[grouphome4ever]

@jdbankshot so fucking dame true! word up DarkManRo for keepin it G and REAL respect bro! ;)

[cubo998]

lol, Right in your Ass!......1:26

[LaLaGrunge]

1996 had a ton of great rap albums too.

[michaelmeep]

@Ragzz1234 True Gangstarr was the shit!

[Ragzz1234]

@michaelmeep it is guru and premo actually

[nutlil2]

boy i love this video!!!!!!

[hart6969]

@DarkManRo Whole 90's was good!

[hart6969]

@jdbankshot Puffpussy! lol He started that bling bling videos.

[Tressco]

@DarkManRo

Word!

’92 - Peak HipHop

’97 - First shy Funk notes, later on several fonky-ass basslines & eventually whole sets of grooves flee the scene from Electro-Noize Crank, while sell-outs become business rappers (“Freedom is Slavery”) who continuously spit ego-rhymes on the ground-breaking philosophy of X, bling, booze & chicks.

[skoobdaer]

@DarkManRo You forgot '94, '95, & '96

[cror]

all of the 80s-90s and about up to 2002 were the years where it was FIRE now its coming back 09-present have been ill as fuck :D