All city

The All City group was formed in Brooklyn in 1993. Both band members, rapper Jay Mega ( eng. J. Mega ) and rapper / singer Greg Valentine ( eng. Greg Valentine ), performed solo at parties at the Lyricist Lounge in southeastern Manhattan , New York . After receiving a positive reaction from the fans, they decided to create their own group. The name of the duet comes from the graffiti -term "All City" (from the English. - "The whole City"), just so artists mark the train graffiti , passing through the whole of New York. ^[one]

Later they were discovered by the hardcore rap band Onyx , which signed them to their new label, Armee Records, which was distributed by Mercury Records . ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In 1995, Armee Records released their debut single "Who Dat" / "Metro Theme". ^[5] In the same year, the band took part in the recording of the second Onyx album, All We Got Iz Us , in the songs “Purse Snatchaz” and “Getto Mentalitee”. Three years later, the duet reappeared on the third Onyx album, Shut 'Em Down , in the songs “Fuck Dat”, “Overshine”, and also on the track “Wilin' Wilin '” which was not recorded on the album.

In 1996, All City became the guest of Stretch & Bobbito, a popular radio show at the time. The program was broadcast on February 29, 1996. In 1997, Onyx helped the band make a deal with MCA Records , with the result that their second single, “Move On You” / “Basic Training”, was released on Geffen Records . On June 9, 1998, MCA Records released their third single, "The Actual" / "Priceless", produced by DJ Premier and Pete Rock . On both tracks, video clips were shot, on the set of which the Onyx band took part, as well as the producers of the songs themselves. “The Actual” reached the 75th place on the Billboard Hot 100 and 48th place on the Hot Rap Singles chart , where he stayed for 18 weeks, making the song the duo’s hit song to date. ^[6]

On September 15, 1998, MCA released another single, "The Hot Joint", with a remix of it on the back side, on which the video was shot. The song reached 93 places on the Hot Rap Singles chart . ^[7] The label also released the single "Ded Right".

All City's debut album, Metropolis Gold, was released on MCA Records on November 3, 1998. ^[8] The album reached 42 spots on the Top R & B / Hip Hop Albums chart ^[9] and 18 spots on the Top Heatseekers chart in the American magazine Billboard . ^[10] However, the album itself was not commercially successful, not enough copies were sold to reach the Billboard 200 charts . After the release of the album, the duo disbanded without further releases. Greg Valentine continues to perform and record with other rap artists, but it is not known what Jay Mega is doing today. ^[eleven]

Albums

• 1998: Metropolis Gold

Singles

• 1995: "Who Dat" / "Metro Theme"
• 1997: “Move On You” / “Basic Training”
• 1998: "The Actual" / "Priceless"
• 1998: “The Hot Joint”
• 1998: “Ded Right”

Video Clips

Abdul Malik Abbott shot all the trio of the video clip:

• 1998: "The Actual"
• 1998: Priceless
• 1998: “The Hot Joint (Remix)”

• All City on Discogs
• All City on the Rapgenius website
• All City on AllMusic
• All City on the site IMDb