La Coka Nostra
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La Coka Nostra (or short LCN) is an American hiphop supergroup, comprised mainly of all former members of House of Pain, one former member of Non Phixion and various other MCs and producers.
The group's name is derived from the notorious criminal organization (La) Cosa Nostra (more generally known as the Mafia), which means "This Thing Of Ours", with the Italian word Cosa ("thing" meaning "business") being replaced by the Spanish word Coka which stands for Cocaine. Slaine has noted the idea for the name was to incorporate some slang with the gangster theme, so the name would mean "This Dope Thing Of Ours", with "dope" being slang for something trendy, and not actual drugs.
Without having an official single release, the posting of their songs via their MySpace page generated a huge fan base, becoming a minor internet phenomenon: as of December 2007, they have more than 55,000 fans added as "friends" on the myspace network.[original research?]
In March, they released a music video for their first single "That's Coke", which was directed by Danny Boy. The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaVf_yrq6Q0
The group's debut album "A Brand You Can Trust" (with DVD) is now set to be released in September 2008.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Core members
- Danny Boy (House of Pain hype man, idea/management/visual art direction)
- Everlast a.k.a. Mr. White (House of Pain MC)
- Ill Bill (Non Phixion MC)
- Slaine (Special Teamz MC)
- Big Left (Underground Professionalz MC)
- DJ Lethal (House of Pain and Limp Bizkit DJ/producer)
[edit] La Coka Nostra Capo Regime Team
- Ceekay
- Marz (Aftalife/Underground Professionalz member)
- Danny Diablo
- DJ Apokalypze (Underground Professionalz member)
- CodyMac
[edit] Additional members and producers
- Germz
- DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill member)
- Cynic (Sick Symphonies member)
- Q-Unique
- Sick Jacken (Sick Symphonies and Psycho Realm member)
- Mr. Kavez (Lordz Of Brooklyn member)
- DJ Mek (ScaryÉire member; remixes)
- Bella (Technical Expert)
and a half a dozen of other producers on the album. [1]
[edit] Discography
- "A Brand You Can Trust" (2008)
Only released on a promotional CD single:
- "Get Outta My Way"
Official remixes:
- "Get Outta My Way" (DJ Mek/ScaryÉire remix)
Released on the Ill Bill Is the Future Vol. 2 mixtape:
- "This Is War"
- "It's A Beautiful Thing"
Released on the Ill Bill/DJ Eclipse/Danny Boy: La Coka Nostra Radio Vol One mixtape:
- "Where Hope Goes To Die"
Released on the Ill Bill: Black Metal mixtape:
- "Soldiers Of Fortune"
- "Where Hope Goes To Die"
- "Broken Pieces"
- "Get Outta My Way"
Released as music video single:
- "That's Coke"
Unreleased:
- "LCN Anthem"
[edit] External links
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