Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew
Douglas Davis, known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, (born September 17, 1966) is a Barbados-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone.
In the early 1980s he formed the Lover Boy Crew with DJs Chill Will and Barry B and later added rapper Slick Rick. Two of their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. "La Di Da Di", in particular, is one of the most sampled songs in music history.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played some tracks from the rapper and his Get Fresh Crew group on his radio programmes in the 1980's.
Shows Played[]
- 1984
- 05 December 1984: The Original Human Beat Box (7") Vintertainment
- 19 August 1985: The Show (12") Cooltempo
- 26 August 1985: The Show (12") Cooltempo
- 1988
- 22 March 1988: Guess Who? (album - The Worlds Greatest Entertainer) Reality
- 06 April 1988: Guess Who? (LP - The World's Greatest Entertainer) Reality
- 12 April 1988: Guess Who? (album - The Worlds Greatest Entertainer) Reality
- 25 May 1988: Ev'ry Body Got 2 Get Some (LP - The Worlds Greatest Entertainer) Reality