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Anthony Terrell Smith (born March 3, 1966), best known by his stage name Tone Lōc (/ t oʊ n l oʊ k /), is an American rapper. [1] He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in "We're All in the Same Gang", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars.
It was the second single from Tone Lōc's debut album, Lōc-ed After Dark (1989). The single was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling over one million copies and becoming the second ever platinum-certified rap single (after " Wild Thing " from the same ...
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Tone Lōc's song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1989, only behind Paula Abdul's breakthrough hit "Straight Up". [ 3 ] It inspired at least two parodies (the Gilligan's Island -themed "Isle Thing" by "Weird Al" Yankovic , which was Yankovic's first rap parody; and " Child King " by Christian band ApologetiX ).
"I Got It Goin' On" is the third and final single from Tone Loc's 1989 album Lōc-ed After Dark. While not as successful as the earlier singles "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", it reached number 18 on the US Hot Rap Singles chart and number 59 on the Top R&B Singles chart in the summer of 1989. It eventually sold over 600,000 singles (Gold ...
Lōc-ed After Dark is the debut studio album by American rapper Tone Lōc. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was released on January 23, 1989, via Delicious Vinyl . [ 4 ] The album was produced by Matt Dike , Michael Ross, and the Dust Brothers .
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Produced by Dr. Dre, the posse cut features contributions from King Tee, Body & Soul, Def Jef, Michel'le, Tone-Lōc, Above The Law, Ice-T, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, J. J. Fad, Young MC, Digital Underground, Oaktown's 3.5.7, MC Hammer and Eazy-E, with the voice of the news reader in the song's intro was done by then-future World Championship Wrestling ...