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Chubb Rock feat. Hitman Howie Tee "Self Titled" LP Select Records SEL-21624 (US)
Vinyl is VG+, Jacket is VG+ in shrink!!
Original Press!
Out of Print!!
Track Listing:
A1DJ Innovator 4:10 A2Daddy's Home 4:10 A3I Feel Good 2:59 A4Joker 2:51 A5Momma Was A Rolling Stone 3:53 A6Caught Up 4:16 B1Do It Again 3:42 B2Girl I Love You 3:42 B3Punk 3:26 B4Rock 'N Roll Dude 4:45 B5It's So Hot 2:56 B6This Is So Hard 4:57Chubb Rock (born Richard Simpson on May 28, 1968 in , ) is a -based who released several commercially successful albums in the early 1990s. A former , Chubb Rock was a pre-med student who dropped out of to pursue his musical career.
1990s and earlierDiscovered and produced by his first cousin DJ / Producer , Chubb Rock first appeared on the national scene with his 1988 self-titled debut "Chubb Rock" and 1989's "And the winner is..." The latter produced the minor hit "Ya Bad Chubbs" which garnered air play on during that time.
His 1991 release entitled , reached #13 on Billboard's "Top Hip-Hop/R&B" chart for that year. Three singles from that release, "Treat'em Right", "Just The Two Of Us" and "The Chubbster", made it to #1 on Billboard's "Top Rap Single" chart list for the same year.
The following year saw the release of I Gotta Get Mine Yo, a release which features guest performances from and . This release also helped fledgling music producers , on their rise to prominence, as they handled production duties on the recording. Chubb Rock also makes an appearance on MC Serch's 1992 song, "Back to The Grill."
Chubb Rock was a member of the 1995 incarnation of the , a rap act that also featured and . His backup dancers started their own group, A.T.E.E.M, and released their debut A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich in 1992 on .
In 1996, he appeared on the 's compilation CD, , alongside , , and , among others. The album, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African-American men, was heralded as a masterpiece by magazine.
2000s and onChubb Rock's work in the 2000s has been limited to only a few songs. He appears on a song for Raptivism Records' "No More Prisons" project with Lil' Dap of and , and also worked with on the song "Dummy Smacks", where he says, "Some people thought I was gone... never that!" He made an appearance alongside on the 2007 album with the song "Wake Up". In 2001 he appeared in the soundtrack for on the song on the song Summer in America.
In 2008, his single "Treat em right" was ranked number 82 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Chubb Rock also released in support of President Barack Obama. His most recent appearance was on the single "ABC's". He also collaborated with Polish rapper on a track for his album To dopiero poczatek.
February 2009 Chubb Rock can be heard on his new single "Back In" featuring Wordsmith and Kimia Collins.
His latest album "Bridging The Gap", a collaboration with Wordsmith, was released on July 14, 2009.
Chubb Rock is featured in the new single "Summertime Anthem" by Eric Roberson in which they filmed the video on the streets of , , where he credited his wife and manager, KeKe Simpson, for putting the duo together.
Chubb Rock also released a new EP in September 2011.
In 2011 Chubb Rock appeared with his wife and childhood sweetheart of 24 years, KeKe "Diamond" Simpson on the NBC game show .
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