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Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is celebrated as one of the most influential musical artists of her generation. Hill is credited with breaking barriers for female rappers, contributing to the mainstream success of both hip-hop and neo soul, and blending rap with melodic vocals. She has been honored as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR, and one of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. Read more on Last.fm

Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Born in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure, she became the first female artist to be signed to Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records label in 1994, on which she released three platinum-certified studio albums between the years of 1995 and 2001. Read more on Last.fm

Breakbeat Era was a short-lived project that combined the breakbeat talents of Drum and Bass producers Roni Size and DJ Die with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. Spearheaded by the single Ultra-Obscene, and then released as an album under the same title in 1999. It was one of the first rock/pop/drum&bass fusion albums, a genre which Kosheen also later explored. Since the album seems to be a one-off project, other releases seem unlikely. Read more on Last.fm

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Ashley Beedle was born in Hemel Hempstead in 1962. He began DJing during the acid-house explosion of the late '80s, but was turned on to disco as well when he heard Norman Jay DJing obscure tracks on the pirate station Kiss FM. After he joined long-time friend Rob Mello and John Howard as Black Science Orchestra, the trio reworked the Trammps' "Where Were You (When the Lights Went Out)?" into their debut single "Where Were You," released on Junior Boy's Own. Read more on Last.fm

There are at least four artists with this name. 1. The System are electrosoul/R&B duo David Frank and Mic Murphy. The duo recorded their biggest hit "Don't Disturb This Groove" in 1987 and later that decade featured another notable track entitled "Coming To America" as featured in the movie of the same name. "You Are In My System" was another hit from the band. They also worked as producers for acts like Chaka Khan ('I Feel For You'), Phil Collins ('Sussudio') and Mtume ('Juicy Fruit'). In 2013, they released a new album, "System Overload". Read more on Last.fm

There are multiple artists that perform under the name 'Corduroy': 1. A 4-piece acid jazz outfit from London, England. 2. An Indie-Acoustic musician from South Korea by the name of Inhwa Kim 3. A 4-piece Indie-pop band from Norrköping, Sweden. Corduroy (England): Corduroy are a 4-piece acid jazz outfit based in London, that was formed around twins Ben Addison and Scott Addison, who were previously in former Sire Records act Boys Wonder. Joining the twins in the band was Richard Searle Read more on Last.fm

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There are at least 4 artists/bands with this name: 1. Greenwood was a fantasy/celtic/irish folk band from Wolin, Poland. They released one full length album called "Elegia O Latach Minionych" in 2009. greenwood.com.pl 2. Greenwood was an alternative rock/post-hardcore band from Decatur, Illinois, United States. The released their debut 5 song EP in June of 2007 called The End Of The Beginning, and in November of 2007, Greenwood released their first full-length album When We Become. Read more on Last.fm

London rapper Monie Love had a minor hit in the UK with the Whispers-sampling "I Can Do This" before relocating to the US. She first gained critical and commercial notice across the pond in 1989 for her cameos in Queen Latifah's "Ladies First", in the Jungle Brother's "Doin' Our Own Dang", and in De La Soul's hit single, the remix of "Buddy". The acclaim led her to a recording contract with Warner Bros. Records, making Love one of the few British rappers signed to a major label. Read more on Last.fm