La_Coka_Nostra

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia La Coka Nostra La Coka Nostra La Coka Nostra Origin Genre(s) Years active Label(s) Los Angeles, New York City, Boston Hip Hop Rap Hardcore 2006 – Present Suburban Noize Records (2009-Present) Uncle Howie Records (2006-Present) House of Pain Associated acts Members Everlast DJ Lethal Danny Boy Ill Bill Slaine Big Left La Coka Nostra (short LCN) is an American Hip Hop group, comprised mainly of all former members of House of Pain, one former member of Non Phixion and other MCs and producers. The group’s debut album "A Brand You Can Trust" is set to be released on July 14th 2009. base, thus becoming a minor internet phenomenon. As of March 2009, they have more than 66.000 fans added as "friends". After a few mixtape appearances in 2006 and 2007, La Coka Nostra released music videos for the songs "That’s Coke" and "I’m An American" (featuring B-Real) in March and December 2008, respectively. Both are exclusively available on the Internet, namely YouTube and MySpace. La Coka Nostras’s first release is the digital-only compilation EP of previously released tracks, "100% Pure Coka", available in February 2009 with no promotion. Later that month the official website lacokanostra.com was launched, also with little attention. In late 2008 the group signed to the punk/ hardcore label Suburban Noize Records and plans to release the long delayed debut album "A Brand You Can Trust" in Summer, 14 July 2009. La Coka Nostra are currently on a February-April US tour and will be playing summer festivals in Europe. Members • Everlast (a.k.a. Mr. White) (ex House Of Pain MC) • DJ Lethal (ex House of Pain and current Limp Bizkit DJ/producer) • Danny Boy (ex House Of Pain hype man, current music video director) • Ill Bill (ex Non Phixion MC/producer) • Slaine (current Special Teamz MC) • Big Left (MC) additional producers and contributing/featured artists: • B-Real (Cypress Hill member, MC) • DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill member, producer) • Sick Jacken (Sick Symphonies and Psycho Realm member, MC) • Cynic (Sick Symphonies member, producer) • Q-Unique (ex Arsonists, MC and producer) • DJ Mek (ScaryÉire member, DJ/producer) • Sicknature (Danish MC/producer) Biography Founded in late 2005 with no intention to record an album, La Coka Nostra was more a loose collective of artists connected through Danny Boy than a group. It was not until early 2006 that the current line up formed and plans to release an album were first voiced later the same year. The group’s name is a play on the criminal organization La Cosa Nostra, more commonly known as the Mafia, translated "This Thing Of Ours". Slaine has noted the idea was to incorporate slang language with a "gangster" theme, making it "This Dope Thing Of Ours", with "Coka" meaning "dope" as slang for something trendy and not actual Cocaine. Without having an official release, the mere posting of songs on their MySpace page since 2006 helped generating a huge fan 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia La Coka Nostra La Coka Nostra: 100% Pure Coka EP, digital download, 2009: • "I’m An American" featuring B-Real (produced by Sicknature, cuts by DJ Lethal) • "That’s Coke" • "It’s A Beautiful Thing" • "Soldiers Of Fortune" (produced by Sicknature) • "Where Hope Goes To Die" lacokanostra.com, 2009: • "Once Upon A Time" (recorded in 2006) [1] Discography Promotional CD-R, June 2006: • "Fuck Tony Montana" featuring B-Real & Sick Jacken • "Get Outta My Way" Official remixes, Fall 2006: • "Fuck Tony Montana" (DJ Mek Remix) • "Get Outta My Way" (DJ Mek Remix) featuring B-Real & Sick Jacken Ill Bill Is the Future Vol. 2 mixtape, 2006: • "This Is War" • "It’s A Beautiful Thing" Various Artists: La Coka Nostra Radio Vol. One mixtape, 2007: • "Where Hope Goes To Die" Ill Bill: Black Metal mixtape, 2007: • "Soldiers Of Fortune" (produced by Sicknature) music videos, YouTube/MySpace, 2008: • "That’s Coke" • "I’m An American" featuring B-Real (produced by Sicknature, cuts by DJ Lethal) External links • • • • • La Coka Nostra at MySpace lacokanostra.com Suburban Noize Records page "A Brand You Can Trust" album details "A Brand You Can Trust" release poster This hip hop music/culture article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Coka_Nostra" Categories: American hip hop groups, Hip hop stubs This page was last modified on 17 May 2009, at 18:38 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) taxdeductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 2