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Tha Alkaholiks
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Party rappers from the West Coast, tha Alkaholiks entered the hip-hop field by working with <a href="spotify:artist:0zCyco6JHJv7zKHbyMmsut">King Tee</a> on his 1993 Tha Triflin' Album; after touring with <a href="spotify:artist:2gINJ8xw86xawPyGvx1bla">KRS-One</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3Mcii5XWf6E0lrY3Uky4cA">Ice Cube</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4sb7rZNN93BSS6Gqgepo4v">Too Short</a>, they found a major-label contract with Loud/RCA. The group came together in the early '90s, after DJ E-Swift (born Eric Brooks) and <a href="spotify:artist:22qf8cJRzBjIWb2Jc4JeOr">Tash</a> (born Rico Smith) -- both raised in Cincinnati -- had worked together in Disturbers of the Peace (D.O.P.). The two settled permanently in Los Angeles and met <a href="spotify:artist:77RZhwlg8NT3vP77Ak7cqC">J-Ro</a> (born <a href="spotify:artist:77RZhwlg8NT3vP77Ak7cqC">James Robinson</a>), who had worked in <a href="spotify:artist:7i8ru9FS9OixMeAs68cf1f">Total Control</a> with rapper Suavee D and <a href="spotify:artist:0zCyco6JHJv7zKHbyMmsut">King Tee</a> (opening for <a href="spotify:artist:0tWFCFuGxmuWwPL8PUHCU5">the Real Roxanne</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4LsQE9hwiCyFmUUkKWYnKp">Dana Dane</a>, among others), but was looking to move on. Named tha Alkaholiks, the trio worked with <a href="spotify:artist:0zCyco6JHJv7zKHbyMmsut">King Tee</a> on his single "I Got It Bad Y'All," and signed to Loud/RCA for the 1993 single "Likwit/Only When I'm Drunk." Debut album 21 & Over followed later that year, while their second, Coast II Coast, saw the trio working with East Coast heavyweight <a href="spotify:artist:3ZotbHeyVQKxQCPDJuQ4SU">Q-Tip</a> even while they maintained a West Coast party vibe throughout. Tha Alkaholiks released their third album, Likwidation, in August 1997, and became tha Liks for 2001's X.O. Experience. Firewater arrived in 2006 -- along with the announcement that the group would be no more. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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