finetune artist: Whodini

IN 1982, Whodini--Jalil Hutchins (aka Jalil), John Fletcher (aka Ecstasy), and Drew Carter (DJ Grandmaster Dee)-- emerged out of Brooklyn, with management help from Russell Simmons and production assistance from Thomas Dolby, for their self-titled debut on Jive Records. Over the next four years, three albums, and smash party tracks such as "Magic's Wand," "Friends" (later sampled by Nas in "If I Ruled The World"), and "Freaks Come Out At Night," helped cement the group's place in the early history of hip-hop. Despite being signed by former dancer Jermaine Dupri for a comeback album in 1996, the group had trouble continuing their signature good-time sound, though Whodini were acknowledged in 2007 at VH1's Hip-Hip Honors.

Listen to Whodini at Finetune.

(2008) Funky Beat: The Best Of Whodini
(1990) Greatest Hits

Freaks Come Out At Night
Friends
One Love
Five Minutes of Funk
Big Mouth

ladyleo1996 on 2007-08-06 12:11:14.390:
Man this group brings back the good old days. saw them a year ago at an oudoors festival. Even today the music still sound good..
harem0520 on 2007-05-30 19:26:43.280:
Fantastic group of artists here -- My favorite rap group of the 80s just ahead of RunDMC and Public Enemy. As a white boy growing up in Germany in the late 80s, it was the Escape album by Whodini that helped me get (at least a little) soul. Without Jalil, Ecstasy and Grandmaster Dee, I'd have been just another 80s metal loving slacker. I actually wore out 2 copies of Escape on my cassette player and still couldn't get enough. Great stuff!!
MetalHeadMike on 2007-04-04 18:16:12.723:
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