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c block
12+ albums
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C-Block was a German hip-hop project produced by J. Wagner DJ, U. Buchmann and F. Miller. Initially, the act consisted of mainly two African-American rappers Mr. P (James White) and Red Dogg (Anthony Joseph). It was for Red Dogg that Mr. P had the chance to get introduced to C-Block's producers. Besides these two most visible faces, the act also had the singer Theresa Baltimore "Misty", MC/Singer: Preston Holloway "Goldie" and Raquel Gomez, who was only featured on the chorus of the smash-hit single So Strung Out and Everything's Good (a track from their debut album). [edit] Biography C-Block's first single, Shake Dat Azz, featured rapper A.K. Swift. It was released in early 1996 and got a lot of airplay from clubs and hip-hop charts, and was later officially released as their fourth single from the General Population album. The real breakthrough, however, came in late 1996 when they released their single called So Strung Out, which peaked at #4 in Germany's Media Control single chart, earning them gold certification. [1] It was a huge hit in Switzerland and Austria, as well. The next track that was released as a single - Time Is Tickin' Away - was also a big hit in GSA region. The act's existence at the time was as succuessful as Germany's biggest hip-hopper named Nana; both were occupying high chart positions. The album General Population hit the stores, being one of the greatest German hip-hop albums ever.[citation needed] The album, besides their 3 hit singles So Strun
