Dream Warriors were a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto , Ontario , comprising King Lou and Capital Q. Described as "a pair of deft, intelligent rappers" by John Bush of AllMusic , they were major contributors to the jazz rap movement of the early 1990s. Their 1991 debut album, And Now the Legacy Begins , was cited by Bush as one of the finest alternative hip hop records of the golden era . Before the release of their second album Subliminal Simulation in 1994, the duo became a group with the addition of rapper Spek and DJ Luv. In 1996, they released a third album, The Master Plan , before the two new members left the group a year later. Though their subsequent releases did not garner similar commercial success as their debut, the duo released a well-received greatest hits album in 1999. Their final album, The Legacy Continues... , was released in 2002.
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24-689: A Juno Award . The song "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" featured a sample of " Soul Bossa Nova " by Quincy Jones , which was the theme song for the Canadian game show Definition . In 1992, they recorded " Man Smart, Woman Smarter " for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer soundtrack. For their 1994 follow-up, Subliminal Simulation , Dream Warriors added rapper Spek (Hussain Yoosuf) and DJ Luv (formerly L.A. Luv; Phillip Gayle), turning
36-579: A greatest hits compilation, was released on Priority Records . It featured two new tracks by the original duo. The compilation was critically acclaimed, with Robert Christgau stating: "Certainly they belong in the same sentence as De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest ." That year, the band performed in Hamilton as part of Showcase '99. In 2002, they released their final album, The Legacy Continues... , exclusively in Canada. The Herbaliser produced
48-560: A popular calypso musician and songwriter, he first recorded the song in 1936, and none of the other ascribed composers are associated with calypso. Miller's music industry career began around 1950. Artists from many genres, including the Duke of Iron , Joan Baez , Harry Belafonte , the Carpenters , Rosanne Cash , Chubby Checker (on Limbo Party ), Dr Victor , Robert Palmer , Boss & The Conch Shells, and Ratdog , have recorded
60-614: The Jane and Finch and Willowdale neighbourhoods of Toronto. The same year, King Lou made his recording debut, appearing on Michie Mee and L.A. Luv's single "Victory Is Calling", which also featured MC Lyte . The duo began working on music together in 1989 and joined the Beat Factory Productions team. In 1990 they collaborated on the one-off single "Can't Repress the Cause", a plea for greater inclusion of hip hop music in
72-467: The Canadian music scene, with Dance Appeal , a supergroup of Toronto-area musicians that included Devon , Maestro Fresh Wes , B-Kool , Michie Mee , Lillian Allen , Eria Fachin , HDV , Dionne, Thando Hyman, Carla Marshall, Messenjah , Jillian Mendez, Lorraine Scott, Lorraine Segato , Self Defense, Leroy Sibbles , Zama and Thyron Lee White. They signed to 4th & B'way / Island Records and released their jazz-influenced debut album And Now
84-766: The Legacy Begins in 1991. The album was critically acclaimed and sold well in Canada, the United Kingdom, and across Europe — before becoming an underground hit in the United States. The album spawned the hit singles "Wash Your Face in My Sink", "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style", and "Ludi". The first two singles hit the Top 20 in the UK, while in their own country, the album went gold and collected
96-543: The duo into a four-man group. The album received mixed reviews. It featured an appearance by Butterfly of Digable Planets and Gang Starr ( Guru and DJ Premier ) contributed to two tracks. Early production by Da Grassroots is found on the track "No Dingbats Allowed". Spoken word is also performed during the interludes. Two singles, "Day in Day Out" and "California Dreamin'", were released. Dream Warriors released their third album The Master Plan in 1996, however, it
108-530: The single "Road of Many Signs", which also appeared on their Very Mercenary album in 1999. Other singles included "Breathe or Die" and "Unstoppable". In 2017, Icon , Dream Warriors' second compilation album, was released. Studio albums Compilations Singles Man Smart (Woman Smarter) " Man Smart (Woman Smarter) " is a calypso song variously credited as being composed by Norman Span ( King Radio ), D. L. Miller , F. Kuhn, and Charles Harris. Span's authorship seems most likely since, as
120-597: The song. It was a staple of the live repertoire of the Grateful Dead from 1981 to 1995. Belafonte's first of three recordings of the song was included on his best-selling album Calypso , which reached number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, and remained on the chart for 31 weeks. Span is credited as the song's composer on Belafonte's albums. It is performed by Desi Arnaz , Lucille Ball , William Frawley and Vivian Vance in
132-569: The title Dream Warriors . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dream_Warriors&oldid=1182924302 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Dream Warriors (band) King Lou (Louis Robinson) and Capital Q (Frank Allert) formed Dream Warriors in 1988, hailing from
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#1732793248539144-511: Was not released in the US. Three singles — "Float On", "What Do You Want 'Ladies'?", and "Sound Clash" (featuring Beenie Man ) — supported the album. Later that year, they recorded a hip-hop version of the song "Edmonton Block Heater", which appeared on the compilation album A Tribute to Hard Core Logo . Spek left the group in 1997, before relocating to the UK. DJ Luv also left the group the same year. In 1999, Anthology: A Decade of Hits 1988–1998 ,
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