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LASONiC i931 iPod Ghetto Blaster (c.2008). Lasonic is a product model and former trademark [1] [2] of consumer electronics, including boom boxes made from the mid-1980s to mid-1990s by Yung Fu Electrical Appliances based in Tainan City, Taiwan. [3]
The wide use of boomboxes in urban communities led to the boombox being coined a "ghetto blaster", a nickname which was soon used as part of a backlash against the boombox and hip hop culture. The character Radio Raheem in Spike Lee 's drama film Do the Right Thing (1989) personifies the connotations associated with "ghetto blasters" and is a ...
Dynasty ES-555 Disco-Lite by Skitronic Limited - the ghetto blaster with LED illuminations details. Skitronic Limited is an electronics manufacturer from Hong Kong which made the "Disco Lite" boombox in the mid-1980s under several different names. The company was founded in 1979 and dissolved in 2003. [1]
Edgar Farinas (born December 7, 1974), [2] better known by his stage name Push Button Objects (abbreviated PBO [4]), is an American hip hop producer from Miami, Florida. [2] He is one half of Ko-Wreck Technique along with DJ Craze. [5] Push Button Objects has released recordings for labels such as Chocolate Industries, Skam Records and ...
A remastered and well-presented five LP box set of War’s best-selling album “The World Is a Ghetto” recaptures that slice of time when multicultural rock reached its first peak. War ...
Ghetto Blaster is a studio album by The Crusaders issued in 1983 on MCA Records. [1] The album earned a Grammy nomination in the category of Best R&B Instrumental Performance . [ 2 ]
Ghetto Blaster - EP: Released: 29 April, 2016; Label: Central Station Records; Format: Digital download, streaming; Singles. List of singles as lead artist, with ...
High school friends Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder [2] (tenor saxophone) and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums) formed their first band together, the Swingsters, in Houston, Texas in 1954. They played a mixture of jazz and R&B , and were joined by Wayne Henderson (trombone), Hubert Laws (flute), and Henry Wilson (bass).