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Having adopted a New York DeeJaying style, Ready Red wowed the crowd in Houston by spinning breaks back and fourth, scratching, and blending in the fashion he picked up by hanging at block parties in the Bronx.
" It was more like a demonstration. Me cutting breaks and going back to back and all that stuff, they weren't used to seeing that, so they stopped dancing and came up around the turntables. One of the affiliates was telling me about a group called the Geto Boys, who had a local hit called "Car Freaks.""
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Having a ear tuned to boom bap beats and gritty street lyrics, Red was not easily impressed by the efforts of the Geto Boys Proclaiming that "Car Freaks" was "wack."
"I'm born and raised up in Jersey, so anything that's not from Philly or New York to me is kind of wack. So I had to open my mind up a little more. I was hearing records like 2 Live Crew's "Hey we want some pussy." I was like, they put that type of shit on record?"
DJ Ready Red with two of the Original members of Ghetto Boys
After an impromptu introduction to Rap-A-Lot Record's owner J. Prince, Red was eventually signed. With a TR 909 and about 50 records, Red set out to impress Prince, which eventually led to him being the official DJ and producer of the Geto Boys. With the group consisting of Prince Johnny C., The Slim Jukebox, and dancer/hypeman Bushwick Bill, the group began production on their debut album, Making Trouble. Shortly after members Johnny C. and Jukebox left the group because they were disgruntled the direction of the sound. Red quickly forged a bond with Bushwick Bill.
"Making Trouble" is Released February 17, 1988
According to Willie D, when he was still a Rap-A-Lot solo artist he was asked by label owner James Smith to write songs for a new Ghetto Boys record: "I said "Okay," and I wrote some songs. I wrote shit like "Do it Like a G.O.," "Let a Hoe Be a Hoe," and they didn't like it. They were like it was too graphic. At the time them niggas had wives and shit. So I understood where they were coming from, but Lil J gave them an ultimatum; "Either y'all rap this shit or I would have to move on." They chose the latter. I then came in as a member of the Geto Boys and J was telling me about this dude he had named Scarface but at the time his name was DJ Akshen, and J was like, "It's going to be Juke Box, Akshen and [you]." Juke Box was one of the ones to stay. But Juke Box got a letter from his girlfriend at the time saying that he needed to find a real job because shit wasn't working. So he ended up leaving the group."
"I have to thank Bill, he got me out of that rat infested car lot. I met Bill, he was straight off the plane from Bushwick Brooklyn, and we bonded because he was a East Coast cat. He knew how to dance to the breaks that I was cutting. After three or four hours after meeting him, he took me to his sister's house. The next thing I know, they started arguing in the back room. He came out and said "Yo Red, let's go get your stuff, you're gonna live with us.""
" It was more like a demonstration. Me cutting breaks and going back to back and all that stuff, they weren't used to seeing that, so they stopped dancing and came up around the turntables. One of the affiliates was telling me about a group called the Geto Boys, who had a local hit called "Car Freaks.""
[video=youtube;6NWOaZ-5vXk?fs]http://www.youtube.com/v/6NWOaZ-5vXk?fs[/video]
Having a ear tuned to boom bap beats and gritty street lyrics, Red was not easily impressed by the efforts of the Geto Boys Proclaiming that "Car Freaks" was "wack."
"I'm born and raised up in Jersey, so anything that's not from Philly or New York to me is kind of wack. So I had to open my mind up a little more. I was hearing records like 2 Live Crew's "Hey we want some pussy." I was like, they put that type of shit on record?"
DJ Ready Red with two of the Original members of Ghetto Boys
After an impromptu introduction to Rap-A-Lot Record's owner J. Prince, Red was eventually signed. With a TR 909 and about 50 records, Red set out to impress Prince, which eventually led to him being the official DJ and producer of the Geto Boys. With the group consisting of Prince Johnny C., The Slim Jukebox, and dancer/hypeman Bushwick Bill, the group began production on their debut album, Making Trouble. Shortly after members Johnny C. and Jukebox left the group because they were disgruntled the direction of the sound. Red quickly forged a bond with Bushwick Bill.
"Making Trouble" is Released February 17, 1988
According to Willie D, when he was still a Rap-A-Lot solo artist he was asked by label owner James Smith to write songs for a new Ghetto Boys record: "I said "Okay," and I wrote some songs. I wrote shit like "Do it Like a G.O.," "Let a Hoe Be a Hoe," and they didn't like it. They were like it was too graphic. At the time them niggas had wives and shit. So I understood where they were coming from, but Lil J gave them an ultimatum; "Either y'all rap this shit or I would have to move on." They chose the latter. I then came in as a member of the Geto Boys and J was telling me about this dude he had named Scarface but at the time his name was DJ Akshen, and J was like, "It's going to be Juke Box, Akshen and [you]." Juke Box was one of the ones to stay. But Juke Box got a letter from his girlfriend at the time saying that he needed to find a real job because shit wasn't working. So he ended up leaving the group."
"I have to thank Bill, he got me out of that rat infested car lot. I met Bill, he was straight off the plane from Bushwick Brooklyn, and we bonded because he was a East Coast cat. He knew how to dance to the breaks that I was cutting. After three or four hours after meeting him, he took me to his sister's house. The next thing I know, they started arguing in the back room. He came out and said "Yo Red, let's go get your stuff, you're gonna live with us.""
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