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Andre Nickatina 
Performing at UCLA.Background information Birth name Andre L. Adams[1] Also known as Dre Dog Born March 11, 1970 [1]
San Francisco, California, United StatesGenres Hip hop Occupations Rapper
ProducerYears active 1992 - present Labels In-a-Minute, Dogday, Fillmoe Coleman, Million Dollar Dream, I-Khan Associated acts Equipto, Smoov-E, Shag Nasty, Mac Dre, 11/5, San Quinn, Mob Figaz, Totally Insane, I.M.P., Messy Marv, The Jacka Website www.andrenickatina.com Andre L. Adams (born March 11, 1970), better known by his stage name Andre Nickatina, is an American rapper from San Francisco, California. He previously performed under the stage name Dre Dog.
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Personal Life
Musical career
Andre Adams attended the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology but dropped out; he claims to have had a D average.[2] He released two albums under the stage name Dre Dog: The New Jim Jones in 1993 and I Hate You With a Passion in 1995. I Hate You With a Passion peaked at #79 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In 1997, Adams changed his stage name to Andre Nickatina, and released the albums: Cocaine Raps under his own label, Filmoe Coleman Records and Raven in My Eyes, which was released under the Bay Area Independent Rap Label Dogday Records.[3] Unlike his albums released under the name Dre Dog, Cocaine Raps had deeper production values [First Collaborations with Producer Nick Peace]. The album Raven in My Eyes was noted for its production quality and songs that combine "sequencers and keyboards that buzz and whine" with live instrumentation.[4] That year, he founded his own record label, Filmoe Coleman Records. Nickatina explained in an interview with Strivin magazine that his name change was "for the better" and that he raps because he feels that he is talented enough to do so but not for the sake of popularity.[5]
Soon afterwards, his following three albums, Tears of a Clown (1999), Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2, The Unreleased [Sold Exclusively at shows and appreances] and These R the Tales (the latter three in 2000) gained him notoriety in the West Coast underground rap scene.[3] Mosi Reeves of the San Francisco Bay Guardian noted Nickatina's popularity at a CD release party for another underground Bay Area rapper/producer, Smoov-E; Reeves called Nickatina "a quick-witted rapper who spits as hard as Kurupt does".[6] A combo CD/movie project, Conversation with a Devil, followed in 2003.[3] Lindsay Welnick, a music critic for SF Weekly, regarded the film as a knockoff of the classic gangster movie Scarface.[2] Nate Denver for the SF Bay Guardian praised the album, though.[7] Another album, The Gift followed in 2005, when the newspaper SF Weekly named Nickatina the "Best Local Hip Hop Legend" of that year. In 2005, Nickatina also won the first annual Bay Area Raps Awards for Best Underground Artist. In 2008, he released A Tale of Two Andres with Mac Dre. Although they released only two songs together, they were close friends and the album was a tribute to his memory.[8]
Discography
Solo albums
Year Title Chart Positions[9] U.S. R&B U.S. Heat (Pacific) 1993 The New Jim Jones (as Dre Dog) - Released: June 17, 1993
- Label: In-a-Minute
- Format: CD, cassette
— — 1995 I Hate You with a Passion (as Dre Dog) - Released: April 19, 1995
- Label: In-a-Minute
- Format: CD, cassette
79 7 1997 Cocaine Raps - Released: April 1997
- Label: Filmoe Coleman Records
- Format: CD
— — 1998 Raven in My Eyes - Released: June 23, 1998
- Label: Dogday
- Format: CD
— — 1999 Tears of a Clown - Released: May 18, 1999
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman
- Format: CD
— — 2000 Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2 - Released: June 6, 2000
- Label: Million Dollar Dream
- Format: CD, cassette
— — These R the Tales - Released: November 14, 2000
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman
- Format: CD, cassette
— — 2003 Conversation with a Devil: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 3 - Released: April 22, 2003
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman
- Format: CD/DVD
— 3 2004 Bullets, Blunts In Ah Big Bankroll - Released: May 18, 2004
- Label: Nicky Rose
- Format: CD
— — 2005 The Gift - Released: January 25, 2005
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman
- Format: CD
— — 2007 Booty Star: Glock Tawk - Released: September 18, 2007
- Label: Nicky Pearl
- Format: CD
— — 2009 Ugly Money, Vol. 2: Love It and Count It - Released: May 19, 2009
- Label: I-Khan
- Format: CD
— — Cocaine Inc (Cocaine Raps 1, 2, & 3) - Released: September 1, 2009
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman Records
- Format: CD
— — 2010 Khan! The Me Generation - Released: April 20, 2010
- Label: Fillmoe Coleman Records
- Format: CD
Collaboration albums
- Midnight Machine Gun Rhymes and Alibis (with Equipto) (2002)
- Horns and Halos (with Equipto) (2005)
- Gun-Mouth 4 Hire: Horns and Halos 2 (with Equipto) (2005)
- Bullet Symphony: Horns and Halos 3 (with Equipto) (2006)
- A Tale of Two Andres (with Mac Dre) (2008)
- The King And Mr. Biscuits (with Smoov-E) (2010)[10]
- My Middle Name Is Crime EP (with The Jacka) (2010)[10]
Compilations
- Unreleased (2001)
- Hell's Kitchen (2002)
Rules of the Game (circa 1998)
- [[Green Eyes (Compilation Album) (2003)
- The Chicken Hill Project(2012) (Will be the Biggest comp since WEST COAST BADBOYS! [11] [12]
References
- ^ a b "Andre Adams search". California Birth Index. http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=andre&last=adams.
- ^ a b Amter, Charlie (2003-12-03). "Money, Power, Day Care". SF Weekly. http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-12-03/music/money-power-day-care/print. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ a b c Gabriel, Robert (2003). "Andre Nickatina - Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p296557. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Inoue, Todd S. (1998-01-08). "Andre Nickatina - Raven in My Eyes". Metroactive. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.08.98/audiofile-9801.html. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ Doxx (2005-08-19). "Classic Interview - Andre Nickatina (formerly Dre Dog)". Strivin. http://strivin.com/2005/08/19/classic-interview-andre-nickatina-formerly-dre-dog/. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ Reeves, Mossi (2002-09-18). "Smoov-E CD-release party, with Andre Nickatina, First Degree the D.E., and Be Gee". San Francisco Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/36/51/x_local_live.html. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ Denver, Nate (2003-10-22). "Local Grooves - Conversation with a Devil: Cocaine Raps No. 3 (Fillmoe Coleman)". San Francisco Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/38/05/x_local_grooves.html. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ "Best Local Hip Hop Legend (2005) - Andre Nickatina". 2005. http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2005/award/best-local-hip-hop-legend-66923/. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ "I Hate You with a Passion > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r216147. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ a b http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13337/title.rap-release-dates-diddy-sheek-louch-camron-the-un-jay-rock
- ^ http://lockerz.com/s/131731244
- ^ http://mim.io/09f451
External links
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- Living people
- African American rappers
- People from San Francisco, California
- Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area
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