Stetsasonic

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American hip hop group hip hop group musical group

Stetsasonic is an influential Brooklyn-based hip hop group from the 1980s known for pioneering the fusion of live band instrumentation with rap music.

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Stetsasonic canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American hip hop group ⓘ
hip hop group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activePeriod 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
album Blood, Sweat & No Tears ⓘ
In Full Gear ⓘ
On Fire ⓘ
albumReleaseYear 1986 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
associatedAct Daddy-O ⓘ
De La Soul ⓘ
Gravediggaz ⓘ
Prince Paul ⓘ
basedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
boroughOfOrigin Brooklyn ⓘ
cityOfOrigin New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalOrigin New York hip hop scene ⓘ
debutAlbum On Fire ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1986 ⓘ
formedIn early 1980s ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
alternative hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hasNotableWork Blood, Sweat & No Tears ⓘ
In Full Gear ⓘ
On Fire ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
member Bobby Simmons ⓘ
DBC ⓘ
Daddy-O ⓘ
Delite ⓘ
Frukwan ⓘ
Prince Paul ⓘ
Wise ⓘ
notableFor pioneering the fusion of live band instrumentation with rap music ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
use of live drums, bass, and keyboards in hip hop performance ⓘ
notableSong DBC Let the Music Play ⓘ
Go Stetsa I ⓘ
Sally ⓘ
Talkin' All That Jazz ⓘ
origin Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Tommy Boy Records ⓘ
uses live band instrumentation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gravediggaz → associatedAct → Stetsasonic ⓘ
Daddy-O → memberOf → Stetsasonic ⓘ
Daddy-O → associatedAct → Stetsasonic ⓘ
Tommy Boy Records → signedArtist → Stetsasonic ⓘ
Prince Paul → memberOf → Stetsasonic ⓘ
Prince Paul → associatedAct → Stetsasonic ⓘ