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Artist
Dysfunkshunal Familee
12+ albums
underground hip-hoprapHip-HopBrooklynold school hip-hop
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In 1994, a group named Dysfunkshunal Familee, consisting of members Crazy DJ Bazarro, DJ Skinny, AMAYSS & D Rock independently pressed up 500, 12-inch records for their song “New Ruff Flava” , produced by Crazy DJ Bazarro. They gave Dan Smalls, an employee of Loud Records at the time, 200 pieces for radio promo. “It was suppose to be a let’s see what will happen project” says Bazarro, the group’s frontman. Something did happen, a big write up in Gavin Magazine resulted in Bazarro’s phone ringing off the hook from nearly every independent & major label in the game. In 1995, the group released a 12-inch for the remix of “New Ruff Flava” and just a year later, they released an EP, featuring Finsta Bundy. Although Dysfunkshunal Familee never released a commercial album. Fast forward to 2007, where after the group seemed to have faded into obscurity, the video for “New Ruff Flava” resurfaced, generating a large enough buzz to gave the fellowship an opportunity to put out a full length album. Finally, in 2010, after nearly a fifteen year hiatus, Dysfunkshunal Familee dropped their first full length retail album, Familee Reunion (Narcata Records). When asked their artistic approach to making this record, Bazarro states: “I wanted the flava from the 94′ sound, but updated, with guest producers and features. I didn’t want to produce the whole album, I wanted producers I like and their input… Amayss is a incredible MC and has a beautiful voice. D-Rock is the rugged one who goe
