Funkdoobiest is a Latin rap group from Los Angeles. The original members are Sondoobie (Jason Vasquez), a Puerto Rican rapper, and DJ Ralph M (Ralph Medrano), a Chicano DJ, and Tomahawk Funk (Tyrone Pacheco) of the Lakota nation. He left after their second album. Their first two albums were mainly produced by Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs. Their third and so far last album, "The Troubleshooters", included production by Ralph M and DJ Rectangle. Whereas the other albums were clearly hardcore rap in the vein of Cypress Hill and other Soul Assassins members, "The Troubleshooters" was more versatile. The Lakota (friends or allies, sometimes also spelled Lakhota) are a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux (see Names). ... Cypress Hill is a prominent rap music group (formed in 1988), which has sold 15 million records around the world. ...
Discography
1993 Which Doobie U B? (Immortal/Epic/Sony)
1995 Brothas Doobie (Immortal/Epic/Sony)
1997 The Troubleshooters (Buzztone/RCA/BMG)
Weblink:
www.funkiest.de - Soul Assassins and Funkdoobiest Fanpage in english
Tyrone "Tomahawk Funk" Pachenco, born on the Manderson Reservation in South Dakota and raised in Los Angeles, recently left the manic rap trio to help his wife raise their infant son.
Despite Tomahawk Funk's absence, Funkdoobiest picks up its brand of slicing, dicing Latin-flavored hip-hop where it left off in 1995 with "Brothas Doobie" and their 1993 gold-selling debut album "Which Doobie U B?"
All the changes - Tomahawk Funk's departure and Funkdoobiest's move to a new label (from Immortal/Epic to Buzztone/RCA) - and three years between albums would demoralize most bands, but Sondoobie said the exact opposite happened.
Protégés of Cypress Hill superproducer DJ Muggs, Funkdoobiest -- as their name made clear -- specialized in a stoner-friendly brand of Latin hip-hop that often recalled their mentors.
The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1992 by Puerto Rican MC Son Doobie (born Jason Vasquez), Sioux MC Tomahawk...
Funkdoobiest reconvened as a duo, switched to RCA subsidiary Buzz Tone, and recorded their third album, 1998's The Troubleshooters, without Muggs behind the boards.
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