![]() King T co-wrote and produced most of the songs on the album. San Andreas: The Original Mixtape is the debut album by American West Coast rapper Young Maylay, released July 5, 2005. In 2000 he was featured on Lead the Way, an album by Banks' supergroup T.W.D.Y., on the song "No Win Situation". ![]() He first appeared on Banks' 1997 compilation Big Thangs, on the song "West Riden". King T has also worked extensively with Oakland rapper and producer Ant Banks. Eventually, King T requested a release from the label. The two began working on King T's Aftermath album, but the project was subject to repeated push-backs. Dre Presents the Aftermath, and "Some L.A. However, T only released three songs while on the label: "Str8 Gone" and "Fame”, which appeared on Dr. Dre and ended up signing to the producer's label, Aftermath Entertainment. After leaving MCA as well, he built with Dr. Record deals Īfter 1993's Tha Triflin' Album, on which T worked with Marley Marl, he left Capitol for MCA and put out IV Life in 1994. ![]() In 2010, Ice-T confirmed in an interview that King T was one of Biggie's favorite rappers. Tee later paid homage to Biggie on the track "6 In'a Moe'nin" on his album The Kingdom Come, using a similar setup to and vocal samples of Biggie's track “Somebody Gotta Die". with his deep voice, flow and rhyme style, which Biggie would at times imitate on his 1994 album Ready to Die. T greatly influenced The Notorious B.I.G. Tha Alkaholiks put out their debut album 21 & Over under King T's guidance on Loud Records in 1993. The Likwit Crew also includes others, such as Xzibit, who would later rise to fame and bring King T into the orbit of Compton producer Dr. He also helped mentor their loosely affiliated collective, the Likwit Crew. In 1988, he made his debut with Act a Fool, which is considered a classic of West Coast hip-hop.ĭuring his time with Capitol, T began mentoring a young trio of rappers called Tha Alkaholiks, consisting of Tash, J-Ro and E-Swift. He had been around the Los Angeles hip-hop scene for many years alongside Ice-T and Kid Frost and is widely considered a pioneer in the genre. Roger McBride was born in Compton, California on Decemand has attended high school. King T is also the CEO of his own record label, King T Inc. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he worked primarily with producer DJ Pooh, and was responsible for the rise of Tha Alkaholiks, whom he helped guide into the rap game. Emerging as one of Compton's earliest hip hop artists, he was signed to Capitol Records, where he released his debut album Act a Fool in 1988 with the hit singles "Act a Fool," "Payback's A Mutha," "The Coolest," and "Bass”, all of which were considered hip-hop classics. Roger McBride (born December 14, 1968), better known by his stage name King T (formerly known as King Tee), is an American West Coast Hip hop rapper from Compton, California.
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