Terror_Squad_(group)

Terror Squad (group)

Terror Squad (group)

American hip hop collective

Terror Squad was an American hip hop collective that was first established in 1998. Based in the Bronx in New York City, the members of Terror Squad collectively debuted on a song in member Fat Joe's albums Jealous One's Envy and Don Cartagena.[1] Terror Squad released its debut album, Terror Squad: The Album, in 1999, with its first major hit "Whatcha Gon' Do", credited mostly to Big Pun, who died of a heart attack in 2000. After Big Pun's death, his longtime partners Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group and were subsequently replaced by Remy Martin (later known as Remy Ma) and Tony Sunshine. In 2004, their song "Lean Back" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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History

In 1998, the members of Terror Squad debuted as a group on Fat Joe's album Don Cartagena. Terror Squad, in its debut album Terror Squad: The Album, consisted of rappers Fat Joe, Big Pun, Cuban Link, Prospect, Armageddon, and Triple Seis.[2]

As the group was on hiatus following Pun's death, most of its former members fell into obscurity, with Fat Joe having the most successful solo career among all the former members.[1] The group reunited and released their second album, True Story, in 2004. It included the summer club hit "Lean Back", produced by Scott Storch, which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and 24 in the UK. A remix to "Lean Back" featured Lil Jon, Mase and Eminem was released on Fat Joe's 2005 album All or Nothing. Although the album failed to spawn other hit singles, Fat Joe and Remy, who contributed the vocals to "Lean Back", went on to release high-selling solo albums in 2006.[1] Fat Joe commented in a 2006 interview that Armageddon and Prospect had become lazy.

Terror Squad signed to Koch Records that next year.[3] Apart from the three new members, DJ Khaled and Cool & Dre are retained as regular crew along with Tony Sunshine.[4][5]

Line-up

  • Fat Joe (Joseph Cartagena)
  • Big Pun (Christopher Rios) (deceased)
  • Tony Sunshine (Antonio Cruz)
  • Cuban Link (Felix Delgado)
  • Armageddon (John Eaddy)
  • Prospect (Richard Perez)
  • Triple Seis (Sammy Garcia)
  • Remy Ma (Reminisce Mackie)
  • DJ Khaled (Khaled Mohamed Khaled)
  • Cool & Dre (Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Lyon)
  • 5ive Mics " D.R.O.P. Records "

Discography

Albums

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Singles

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References

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    Birchmeier, Jason (2006). "Terror Squad > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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    Gill, John (September 21, 1999). "Big Pun Sounds Off On The Terror Squad". MTV News. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
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    Richburg, Chris (October 23, 2007). "Fat Joe To Introduce New Terror Squad Members Via Koch". AllHipHop.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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    Kayser, Brian (November 15, 2006). "Fat Joe". HipHopGame. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
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    Reid, Shaheem (November 26, 2007). "50 Cent Helps LL Cool J Recover From 'Weak' Album; Busta Rhymes' Hypeman Is Staying Put". Mixtape Monday. MTV News. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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    "Terror Squad > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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    "Terror Squad > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
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