M-Doc
M-Doc | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Marc Williams |
| Origin | Chicago,Illinois,United States |
| Genres | Rap,R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, music producer |
| Years active | 1988-active |
| Labels | Smash,RCA |
M-Docis arapartist and producer who was signed toRCA RecordsandSmash Recordsin the 1990s. He scored minor chart success with the singles "Free" and "It's a Summer Thang"featuringChantay Savage.[1][2]He is currently the president of Indasoul Entertainment.
Career
[edit]Williams grew up on the South Side ofChicago,Illinoisand graduated from Whitney Young High School in 1987, where he played basketball and was nicknamed "Doc", because he liked NBA basketball starJulius Erving.Williams stated that he started off with a group of friends on the South Side, and used to go to his basement, where his father had enough equipment to get some beats together. They made eight different songs, put them on tape, and sold them at their high schools by hand. The group was called "BP3", because all three members were basketball players.[3]
Local producerSteve "Silk" Hurleyheard one of the tapes, and the two collaborated to record "It's Percussion", with Hurley handling the music and Williams billed as "M-Doc" for the first time, rapping. The single came out on London's Jack Trax Records. He then signed withSmash Recordsand released his first album,Universal Poet,in 1991, which featured two singles "Are U Wid It?" (which sampled Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover") and" Whatever U Need ".[3]
He then signed withRCA Recordsand released his second album,M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove Onin 1995, which featured "It's a Summer Thang"featuringChantay Savage,and another single "Like 'Em Like That (Guess I'm Just a Freak)". In 1996, he produced music in theMidwayvideo gameNBA Hangtime.
In 1998, he released his third and final albumYoung, Black, Rich and Famous,which included "Free" (aDeniece Williamssong) featuring Cristina Sanchez.
In the late 1990s, he produced remixes forMadonna,Janet JacksonandKeith Sweat.[4]Billboardcalled him "one of the R&B worlds top remixers."[1]Also,CeCe Penistonwho sung background vocals on one of his tracks on his third album ( "Keep It Real" ).
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Universal Poet(1991)
- M. Doc Wit Stevio: C'mon Getcha Groove On(1995)
- Young, Black, Rich and Famous(1998)
Singles
[edit]- It's Percussion (1988)
- Are U Wid It? (1991)
- Whatever U Need (1992)
- It's a Summer Thang(1994)
- Like 'Em Like That (Guess I'm Just A Freak) (1995)
- Free (1998)
References
[edit]- ^abFlick, Larry (2 July 1994)."Single Reviews".Billboard.Retrieved16 October2012.
- ^"Bubbling Under: Hot R&B Singles".Billboard.30 July 1994.Retrieved16 October2012.
- ^ab"M. Doc".Chicago Tribune.August 30, 1991.RetrievedJune 10,2022.
- ^"M-Doc".AllMusic.Rovi Corp.Retrieved16 October2012.
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