Wreckx-N-Effect

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Wreckx-N-Effect was an American new jack swing and hip hop group best known for their early 1990s hit single "Rump Shaker."

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Wreckx-N-Effect canonical 5
Wrecks-N-Effect 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop group
musical group
new jack swing group
activeYearsEnd mid-1990s
activeYearsStart 1988
album Hard or Smooth
Raps New Generation
Wreckx-N-Effect self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wrecks-N-Effect
associatedAct Bobby Brown
Guy
Heavy D
Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley
bestKnownFor the 1992 hit single "Rump Shaker"
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Wreckx-N-Effect self-linksurface differs
surface form: Wrecks-N-Effect
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1989
disbandedIn 1990s
formedIn Harlem
genre golden age hip hop
hip hop
new jack swing
hasRelativeInGroup Teddy Riley
surface form: Markell Riley is the brother of Teddy Riley
hitSingle Knock-N-Boots
new jack swing
surface form: New Jack Swing

Rump Shaker
lyricLanguage English
member Aqil Davidson
Brandon Mitchell
K.C.
Markell Riley
notableWork new jack swing
surface form: New Jack Swing

Rump Shaker
origin Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City
peakPopularityPeriod early 1990s
recordLabel Atlantic Records
MCA Records
Motown
song Juicy
Knock-N-Boots
My Cutie
New Jack Swing
Rump Shaker
styleCharacteristic fusion of hip hop and R&B
use of swingbeat production

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Teddy Riley associatedAct Wreckx-N-Effect
Blackstreet associatedAct Wreckx-N-Effect
Gene Griffin notableWorkWith Wreckx-N-Effect
Gene Griffin associatedAct Wreckx-N-Effect
Edward Theodore Riley workedWith Wreckx-N-Effect
Wreckx-N-Effect debutAlbum Wreckx-N-Effect self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wrecks-N-Effect
Wreckx-N-Effect album Wreckx-N-Effect self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Wrecks-N-Effect