Club Dogo

Club Dogo
Origin	Milan, Italy
Genres	Rap, Hardcore Rap
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Universal Records
Associated acts	Marracash, Deleterio, Vincenzo da Via Anfossi, J-Ax
Website	[1]
Members
Guè Pequeno Jake La Furia Don Joe

Club Dogo is an Italian rap group from Milan (Lombardy) that consists of the rappers Guè Pequeno and Jake La Furia, and the beatmaker Don Joe.

The Group

Sacre Scuole

A former music group named "Sacre Scuole" was born from the union of the writer and MC Jake La Furia, whose tag-name was "Fame", with Guercio (now Guè Pequeno) and Dargen D'Amico, both rappers from Milan. In the late 90's the group collaborated with high-profile names of the underground rap scene like Solo Zippo, Chief, Dj Enzo, Dj Skizo and Dj Zak (from Alien Army).

In 2000, the group published an EP entitled "3 MC's al Cubo", produced by Chief. At the same time the producer Don Joe, who worked with R&B singer Irene Lamedica, started to collaborate with them producing a track in the extended play of "3 MC's al Cubo".

In 2001, the group disbanded citing creative differences between Jake La Furia and Dargen D'Amico

Mi Fist

After the experience with Sacre Scuole, Don Joe joined Jake La Furia and Guercio to form a new rap group: "Club Dogo". Their first album, Mi Fist (released in 2003), had a notable success in the underground music scene, and it is considered a masterpiece and one of the best Italian hip hop albums ever.^{[citation needed]}
After Mi Fist the group was pointed as the best of Italian Hip Hop, characterized by hardcore rhymes, intense and fresh flow, large use of metaphores, great street-knowledge, variety in lyrics and classic soulful fat beats.
Mi Fist arrived at the top of Italian indie charts, and in 2004 was re-issued with bonus tracks under the label Vibra Records.

Penna Capitale

After nearly three years and some mixtapes and street albums including Regular, made by Don Joe and the Philadelphia rapper Grand Agent, Roccia Music (a compilation featuring many italian artist) and Hashishinz sound Vol.1 (ep by Guè Pequeno and the beatmaker Deleterio a.k.a Del)
on March 2006 they gave birth to their second album: Penna Capitale. The title is a metaphor about the power of written words.
After about 150 live performances between 2004 and 2005, and many featurings on various Italian rap records, Club dogo evolved their style in lyrics form, interpretations and sounds, but preserving their street and social attitude and confirming their international level. The RedHorn Team shot the videos of the singles Butta via tutto, Una Volta Sola and D.O.G.O. This album is characterized by the sound created by Don Joe, mixing 80's songs samples with synths.

Vile Denaro

In 2007 Club Dogo, after getting signed to Virgin Records, made their third album titled Vile Denaro, and the first single Mi hanno detto che has been spun in heavy rotation by radio and TV obtaining good success in the top charts. The second single of Vile Denaro is Tornerò da Re.

Dogocrazia

In June 2009, after the passage to the Universal Music, Club Dogo release Dogocrazia. The First single is Sgrilla and the Second is Brucia Ancora featuring J-Ax, which became a huge hit. They released three other singles from this album, Il mio mondo, le mie regole, Ragazzi fuori and Nè Fama, Nè Soldi.

Che bello essere noi

The 5th of October 2010 will be released their 5th studio album Che bello essere noi, anticipated by the single Spaccotutto.

Dogo Gang

In 2005 Club Dogo formed the crew named Dogo Gang, membered by other Mc's a DJs from Milan that gradually joined the collective.
Roccia Music is the first official compilation of Dogo Gang, released at the end of 2005. Benvenuti nella Giungla (meaning Welcome to the jungle) is the title of the later one(March 2008). Members of the crew are:

• Club Dogo (Jake La Furia, Guè Pequeno, Don Joe)
• Marracash (mc)
• Vincenzo da via Anfossi (mc)
• Ted Bundy (mc)
• Montenero (mc)
• Karkadan (mc)
• Sgarra (mc)
• Caneda (mc)
• Deleterio (producer)
• DJ Harsh (dj)

Discography

Club Dogo albums

• 2003 - Mi Fist
• 2006 - Penna Capitale
• 2007 - Vile Denaro
• 2009 - Dogocrazia
• 2010 - Che Bello Essere Noi

With Dogo Gang

• 2005 - Roccia Music
• 2008 - Benvenuti nella Giungla

Other Projects

• 2004 - PMC vs Club Dogo (mixtape)
• 2005 - Don Joe & Grand Agent - Regular (ep)
• 2005 - Guè Pequeno & Deleterio - Hashishinz sound Vol. 1 (ep)
• 2006 - Dj Harsh & Guè Pequeno - Fast Life Vol. 1 (mixtape)
• 2009 - Dj Harsh & Guè Pequeno - Fast Life Vol. 2 (mixtape)
• 2011 - Don Joe & Shablo - Thori & Rocce
• 2011 - Guè Pequeno - Il Ragazzo d'Oro

See also

• Italian hip hop

External links

• Official Site
• Official Myspace