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The World Class Wreckin Cru performing "Surgery" live. Grandmaster Lonzo, Dr. Dre, Yella and Cli-n-tel freakin it out back in 1984. A real classic West Coast joint.
L.A. Dream Team 1986 hit single Nursery Rhymes were directed by Neal Brown, a resident of Burbank, California who also did the video to Bobby Jimmy - Roaches.
The Knights Of The Turntables on the Monday Night Fresh Show from carson ca. 1986 featuring 3 times fresh.
Carol Lynn Townes signed to Polydor in 1982 as a solo artist, she recorded a remake of Alton McClain & Destiny's "99 1/2" for the Breakin' soundtrack in 1984. This became a top-10 dance club hit and made the top 30 of the Billboard R&B charts. She then recorded Believe In The Beat for the follow-up movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, in which she appeared at the end, performing the song.
Bobby Jimmy´s big hit "Roaches", which was a comedy version of "Timex Social Club - Rumors" were directed by Neal Brown, a resident of Burbank, California who also did the video to L.A. Dream Team´s Nursery Rhymes. In the background you can see Arabian Prince and General Jeff dancing.
Egyptian Lover Video Freak-a-holic from 1986. This is the first Egyptian Lover video. MTV planned a video for Dial-a-Freak but Egypt denied it.
J. J. Fad (Just Jammin' Fresh and Def) was an LA-based trio of female rappers: MC J.B. (Juana Burns), Baby-D (Dania Birks) and Sassy C. (Michelle Franklin).The song was produced solely by Arabian Prince on Dream Team Records, and when all did not go well with the money there, he took the song back and re-released it on Ruthless and brought Dre and Yella onboard. Supersonic spawned the titular chart hit (Billboard Hot 100: peaked at #31), and was the first Grammy nominated record by a female hip-hop group.
The L.A. Posse back in the days. Dwayne "Muffla" Simon from the Posse is a original member of the legendary Uncle Jamms Army.

Keep it hot. Egyptian Lover newest creation from 2006. The King of the Beat is back, Baby.
"I´m your Pusher" came out and was instantly branded as negative gangsta rap... which was exactly what Ice-T had hoped for. In an appearance on Larry King, when questioned about the song on and what he thought it taught the youth of the day... Ice-T said (paraphrasing here) that he hoped "the youth of today will use the record to school the powers that be... ("Pusher") isn't about pushing drugs - it's about getting high off the music... if anything it's an anti-drug abuse jam... but you've got to listen to the song before you diss it to know that..." Ice-T may have had his problems later (Body Count's "Cop Killer," etc.) but "I'm Your Pusher" was the slap in the face that mainstream America needed to realize that hip-hop was (and is) a helluva lot deeper than the stereotypes it so often is associated with. Props to Ice-T for that.