Draft:Black Menace
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 5 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 1,645 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
Black Menace | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Genres | Hip-hop, gangsta rap |
| Years active | 1989–2001 |
| Labels | Hollygrove, Big Boy, Menace |
| Past members |
|
Black Menace was an American gangsta rap group from New Orleans, Louisiana, active from 1989 to 2001.
History
[edit]Black Menace was formed in 1989, with its initial lineup consisting of Ronald Jones Jr., Wilson Williams, and Edward Woods. The members met each other while competing against each other in The Gong Show. When they started performing as a group, they won first place in the show for the next few months. After the show ended, they seeked investors to back their musical career and colaborated with DJ Precise, who produced their first EP, which was published by Hollygrove Records in 1992. After the LP released, they were signed onto Prime Suspect Productions, who published their first LP, A Warning to Amerikka the same year.[1]
They collaborated with Odyssey Records to produce an album, although it was never released.[2] Despite that, it allowed them to leave Prime Suspect,[3] causing them to be signed onto Big Boy Records several years later,[4] alongside Mystikal, Ghetto Twiinz, Boot Camp Clik, G-Slimm, and Tim Smooth.[5] The group released their first album, Really Doe, in 1993.[6] They released their second Drama Time in August 1995 via Big Boy Records,[4] It became the group's most successful album, peaking at No. 48 on the US Top R&B Albums chart and spending eight weeks there.[7] Additionally, it peaked at No. 35 on Cashbox's Top 75 R&B Albums chart.[8]
Following Drama Time, the group went inactive, although they released two more albums in the early 2000s, Mo Drama in 2000 and IV Horseman in 2001. They have not released any albums since.[9]
Discography
[edit]- Really Doe (1993)
- Drama Time (1995)
- Mo Drama (2000)
- The IV Horsemen (2001)
References
[edit]- ^ Cortello, Karen (1 January 1993). "Black Menace Issues A Warning; the Boogerman's Dreams Come True". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Fensterstock, Alison (11 May 2013). "Odyssey Records on Canal Street to shut its doors, after more than 30 years in business". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Interview with Black Menace". NOLA Hiphop and Bounce Archive. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ a b Cortello, Karen (1 August 1995). "It's Drama Time for Black Menace; Lil' Prede Boy Hopes to Go from Rags to Riches". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Crawford, Percy (6 April 2021). "The Magical Mystikal Tour continues: Rapper 'Unsung' but far from finished". New Pittsburgh Courier. Zenger News. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Braxton, Charlie (2012). Gangsta Gumbo: Une anthologie du rap sudiste via Houston, Memphis, Atlanta, Miami, Jackson et la Nouvelle Orléans (in French). Camion Blanc. p. 232. ISBN 978-2-35779-422-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R&B albums, 1965-1998. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-89820-134-5. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Top 75 R&B Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. LIX, no. 1. p. 12.
- ^ "Black Menace Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 August 2025.