Todd Eric Gaither(born September 6, 1969)[2]also known asSauce Money,is a rapper who worked withJay-Zin his early career. He was also featured onBig Daddy Kane's albumDaddy's Home;he appears on the track "Show N' Prove", alongside Scoob Lover, Jay-Z,Shyheim the Rugged Child,andOl' Dirty Bastardof theWu-Tang Clan.
Sauce Money | |
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Birth name | Todd Eric Gaither[1] |
Born | Brooklyn,New York City,U.S. | September 6, 1969
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation | Rapper |
Years active | 1990-present |
Labels |
Career
editHe was featured on Jay-Z's debut album,Reasonable Doubt,on theDJ Premier-produced "Bring It On", onIn My Lifetime, Vol. 1,on the track "Face Off", and on Jay Z's third album,Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life,on the track "Reservoir Dogs" withThe LOXandBeanie Sigel.
Gaither is credited as a co-writer for Puff Daddy's single "I'll Be Missing You".
He released his debut album,Middle Finger U,onPriority RecordsandEMIin 2000. The album featured two guest spots: one from Jay-Z ( "Pregame" ) and another from Puff Daddy ( "Do You See" ); it also includes one track produced by DJ Premier. He released one single from this album, "For My Hustlaz". In 2004, he was featured on the single "Easy" from New Zealand DJ/producerP-Money's albumMagic City.In 2006, he appeared at Jay Z'sI Declare Warconcert to perform "Reservoir Dogs".
Sauce Money released a single entitled "Listen 2 Me" in 2008. It sampled theOompa-Loompasfrom the 1971 filmWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.The song was made available on Sauce Money'sMySpacepage.
Sauce Money makes occasional appearances onmixtapes,especially those coordinated byDJ Kay Slay.Among the rappers he has appeared on DJ Kay Slay-facilitatedposse cutswith includeGhostface Killah,Raekwon,Redman,Kool G Rap,Royce Da 5’9”,Crooked I,AZ,Styles P,Black Thought,Busta Rhymes,Sheek Louch,Rah Digga,Layzie Bone,Bun B,Joell Ortiz,DJ Paul,Rah Digga,E-40,Grandmaster Caz,Coke La Rock,Melle Mel,Ice-T,E-A-Ski,MC Serch,Herb McGruff,Superlover Cee, Stan Spit, 3D Na’Tee,Merkules,and Big Daddy Kane, among many others. He appeared on both 2020’s “Rolling 50 Deep” and 2021’s “Rolling 110 Deep”, and was chosen to perform the very last verse on the latter.
Discography
edit- Studio albums
- 2000:Middle Finger U
References
edit- ^"FACE OFF 2000".ASCAP.American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.RetrievedApril 29,2023.
- ^"Todd Gaither Discography at Discogs".Discogs.com.Retrieved2012-03-30.