American rapper and record producer from California
Musical artist
Michael Woodrow Jackson (born November 6, 1978), known professionally as Oh No , is an American rapper and record producer who has released several albums on
Stones Throw Records . He is half of the hip hop duo
Gangrene along with
The Alchemist . He is also half of the hip-hop duo The Professionals with his brother
Madlib .
Biography
Michael Woodrow Jackson
[1] was born on November 6, 1978, in
Oxnard, California . He grew up in a family that was predominantly focused towards music at a wide spectrum, being the younger brother of hip hop artist
Madlib , son of singer Otis Jackson, and nephew of jazz trumpeter
Jon Faddis .
[2]
[3]
Oh No started performing with his group Kali Wild and was featured on his brother's group
Lootpack 's album
Soundpieces: Da Antidote . Oh No was signed to Los Angeles–based
Stones Throw Records who released his debut album,
The Disrupt , in 2004. Around this time he also performed on numerous singles by other artists, and began doing freelance production work for labelmates
Wildchild , MED (Nickolas Rodriguez) and others. He has gone on to produce for
Juggaknots ,
De La Soul ,
Murs and various other artists.
In August 2006, Oh No released the album
Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms , exclusively sampling the music of
Galt MacDermot
[4] and featuring appearances from numerous other rap artists, mostly in the Stones Throw family. The album was well received by critics and established Oh No as one of the leading underground producers in hip-hop. In 2007 he released
Dr. No's Oxperiment to rave reviews. The album was entirely constructed using samples of Turkish, Lebanese, Greek and Italian music.
Oh No remains an avid gamer, even constructing an entire beat out of video game samples for the track "The Ride" off of
The Disrupt . In 2009, Oh No remixed several songs for the soundtrack of the U.S. limited edition version for
Arc System Works ' 2D fighting game
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger . The same year, he released the album
Dr. No's Ethiopium , made entirely of samples of
Ethiopian music.
[5] In 2013, Oh No produced the original score for the video game
Grand Theft Auto V , in collaboration with
The Alchemist ,
Tangerine Dream and
Woody Jackson .
[6]
Discography
Studio albums
Mixtapes
The Disrupt Chronicles Vol. 2 (2004) (mixed by DJ DoubleDose)
The Disrupt Chronicles Part 0 (2005) (mixed by DJ DoubleDose)
Turn That Shit Up (2006) (with Roc C & DJ Rhettmatic)
Singles
"Maximum Adrelanine" b/w "Earthquake" (2000)
"Check It Out" b/w "You Wanna Test This" (2002)
"Inna Opus" b/w Rules of Engagement (2003)
"Make Noise" b/w "Chump" (2003)
"Disruption Massacre" b/w "Put It All Together" (2004)
"The Ride" b/w "Stomp That, V. 1.2" (2004)
"Last Tango in Oxnard" (2004)
"Falling" (2004)
"Move Part 2" (2005)
"Gets Mine" b/w "Lights Out" (2006)
"It's All the Same" (2006)
"Pandemonium" b/w "Louder" (2006)
"Believe" b/w "Fast Drive Fast" (2006)
"Ghetto First" (2007)
"Keep Low" (2010)
"3 Dollars" (2012)
Productions
Murs – "The Scuffle" from
The End of the Beginning (2003)
Wildchild – "Code Red", "The Come Off", "The Movement Pt. 2", "Kiana", "Puttin' in Work" and "The Wonder Years" from
Secondary Protocol (2003)
Declaime – "New Thing", "Judgement", "Welcome 2 Reality", "Heavenbound", "Conversations", "Song in D Minor", "Testimony", "Dearest Desiree", "Neverending Remix", "Shine Time", "Knowledge Born" and "Still Waters" from Conversations with Dudley (2004)
MED – "What U in It For?" and "Never Give U Up" from Push Comes to Shove (2005)
Saïan Supa Crew – "Si J'Avais Su" from Hold-Up (2005)
Aloe Blacc – "Long Time Coming" from
Shine Through (2006)
Juggaknots – "Vows" and "Daddy's Little Girl" from
Use Your Confusion (2006)
A.G. – "Love" and "Gigantic" from
Get Dirty Radio (2006)
Prozack Turner – "Rhymin' Over Breakbeats", "Fifty Pound Radio", "Stand Up", "Alicia" and "I Wanna Go Home" from Bangathon (2006)
Wise Intelligent – "Go with Me", "Still Black" and "Set U Free" from The Talented Timothy Taylor (2007)
Wildchild – "Da Herc Dance" and "Rest N Beats" from
Jack of All Trades (2007)
Guilty Simpson – "Footwork" and "Ode to the Ghetto" from
Ode to the Ghetto (2008)
Vast Aire – "Lunchroom Rap (It's Nothing)" from
Dueces Wild (2008)
The Alchemist – "Under Siege" from
Chemical Warfare (2009)
Mos Def – "Supermagic" and "Pistola" from
The Ecstatic (2009)
Rakaa – "Assault & Battery" from
Crown of Thorns (2010)
MED – "Where I'm From" from Classic (2011)
Talib Kweli – "Uh Oh" from
Gutter Rainbows (2011)
Prodigy – "Ms. Bad Ass" and "G-Up" from
H.N.I.C. 3 (2012)
Talib Kweli – "That's Enough" and "I Like It" from Attack the Block (2012)
Homeboy Sandman – "First of a Living Breed" from
First of a Living Breed (2012)
Talib Kweli – "Human Mic", "High Life", "Hold It Now" and "Hamster Wheel" from
Prisoner of Conscious (2013)
Danny Brown – "Gremlins", "Torture" and "Red 2 Go" from
Old (2013)
Quelle Chris – "What Up" and "With Open Arms" from
Ghost at the Finish Line (2013)
Talib Kweli – "Rare Portraits", "The Wormhole" and "Art Imitates Life" from
Gravitas (2013)
Skyzoo &
Torae – "Talk of the Town" from
Barrel Brothers (2014)
Fatima – "Technology" from Yellow Memories (2014)
Dilated Peoples – "Century of the Self" from
Directors of Photography (2014)
Homeboy Sandman – "Heaven Too" from
Hallways (2014)
Action Bronson – "Only in America" from
Mr. Wonderful (2015)
Talib Kweli &
Styles P – "Brown Guys" and "In the Field" from
The Seven (2017)
Guest appearances
Lootpack - "Level Zero" from Soundpieces: Da Antidote (1999)
Wildchild – "Heartbeat" from Secondary Protocol (2003)
Wildchild – "Vinyl Talk" and "All Night" from The Jackal (2004)
Lootpack – "Attack of the Tupperware Puppets", "Forever Beef", "What 'Cha Gotta Say?" and "I Declare War" from The Lost Tapes (2004)
MED – "Serious" from Push Comes to Shove (2005)
Wildchild – "Eyes Wide Shut" from
Jack of All Trades (2007)
Nicolay & Kay – "What We Live" from Time:Line (2008)
Little Brother – "Stylin" from ...And Justus for All (2008)
Strong Arm Steady – "True Champs" from
In Search of Stoney Jackson (2010)
J. Rawls – "Best Producer on the Mic" from The Hip-Hop Affect (2011)
MHz Legacy – "Soul Train (of Thought)" from MHz Legacy (2012)
House Shoes - "Dirt" & "Last Breath" from
Let It Go (2012)
Czarface – "Czar Refaeli" from
Czarface (2013)
LMNO – "After the Fact" from After the Fact (2013)
Blu – "Brown Sugar" from
Good to Be Home (2014)
Step Brothers – "Draw Something" from
Lord Steppington (2014)
Homeboy Sandman – "Heaven Too" from
Hallways (2014)
Axel F. – "All Day" from Theme Music (2014)
Apathy & Kappa Gamma – "Charlie Brown" from Handshakes with Snakes (2016)
References
External links
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