
Three Times Dope was an American hip hop/rap group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of EST (Robert Waller), Chuck Nice (Walter Griggs) and Woody Wood (Duerwood Beale). 3xD, as they were called for short, were a part of the Hilltop Hustlers Crew (which also included Steady B, Cool C, Da Youngsta's, Mentally Gifted, and others). At first, they recorded under the name 3-D.
Their debut LP, Original Stylin' was well-received, peaking at #122 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and the group became well known for the terminology they created, such as "Acknickulous" and "The Giddy Up".
3xD's follow-up album Live from Acknickulous Land was an attempt at a more serious work. Despite spawning two minor hits, it failed to chart on the Billboard 200. It did, however, peak at #30 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart.
3xD later became closely associated with rapper/producer Kwamé. Their third album, Da Sequel, was not released until 1998.
EST would eventually go on to become an award-winning songwriter for top-tier acts, such as Britney Spears with an unreleased song called "Giving It Up For Love" in 2004 but most notably a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Destiny's Child's "Cater 2 U".
Links to Peel[]
Peel played tracks from the group between 1988 and 1991, but never gave any airplay after that when he found many American hip hop artists as violent and sexist.
Shows Played[]
- 20 September 1988: Greatest Man Alive (album - Original Stylin')
- 21 September 1988: Original Styling (LP - Original Styling) City Beat
- 27 September 1988: Believe Dat (LP - Original Stylin') City Beat (Peel calls the group 3-D, their alias name)
- 28 September 1988: Greatest Man Alive (12-inch) Arista
- 18 October 1988: Greatest Man Alive (12”) City Beat
- 07 November 1988: Straight Up (LP - Original Styling) City Beat
- 1989
- 09 January 1989: Joe Familiar (LP - Original Styling) City Beat
- 1990
- 30 August 1990: Mr Sandman (LP - Live From Acknickulous Land) Arista
- 03 September 1990: In Effect (LP - Live From Acknickulous Land) Arista
- 1991
- 06 January 1991: Mr Sandman (CJ Macintosh remix) (12 inch) (City Beat)
- 20 January 1991: Mr Sandman (CJ Macintosh remix) City Beat