Andre Nickatina

Andre Nickatina
Performing at UCLA.
Background information
Birth name	Andre L. Adams[1]
Also known as	Dre Dog
Born	March 11, 1970 (1970-03-11) (age 41)[1] San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper Producer
Years 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.

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

1. ^ ^{a b} "Andre Adams search". California Birth Index. http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=andre&last=adams. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Gabriel, Robert (2003). "Andre Nickatina - Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p296557. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
4. ^ 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. 
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ 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. 
7. ^ 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. 
8. ^ "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. 
9. ^ "I Hate You with a Passion > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r216147. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
10. ^ ^{a b} http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13337/title.rap-release-dates-diddy-sheek-louch-camron-the-un-jay-rock
11. ^ http://lockerz.com/s/131731244
12. ^ http://mim.io/09f451

External links

• Andre Nickatina at the Internet Movie Database
• Andre Nickatina on Facebook
• Andre Nickatina on Twitter

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Name	Nickatina, Andre
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Date of birth	March 11, 1970
Place of birth	San Francisco, California, United States
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