WC rapper

Posted on 07.5.2005

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WC
Rapper
Westside Connection
Birth name William L. Calhoun, Jr.
Also known as WC and Dub-C
Born 1970
Origin Texas, USA

WC biography :

As rap has become ubiquitous, its artists have moved slowly but steadily away from the street-centered mentality that made the music so potent in the 1980s and early 1990s. Realizing that rap has lost its edge and intensity, Los Angeles rap icon and Westside Connection member WC returns rap to its creative roots — exemplary lyricism, conceptual greatness, bone-crushing production — on his masterful new album, Guilty By Affiliation.

Examining the reality of ghetto life in America has long been a staple of WC’s work, a trend that continues with his new collection. “Growing up in a gang-related area, I realized that you can get caught up in the justice system, and I saw how it easily becomes the injustice system for us,” WC explains. “I wanted to call the record Guilty By Affiliation for that reason. Also, being from the West Coast, there’s been so many uphill battles just to get noticed.”

WC details the pitfalls of life in Los Angeles ghettos and his struggle to ascend to music industry stardom on the intimidating “West Coast Voodoo,” the confrontational “This Is Los Angeles” and the Butch Cassidy-assisted “Dodge Ball.” Elsewhere, the title track details how being black isn’t a job, but an adventure — with police, rival gang members, drugs and other forces waiting to derail you.

wc rap WC then references the famous fairy tale on “Jack & The Bean Stalk,” which signals the awakening of a sleeping giant — WC, in this case. On this monstrous cut, WC flexes his visually arresting lyrical skills : “I’m harder than Michael Jackson’s dick in a day care…I beat a rappin bitch up, too, ‘cos I don’t play fair.” The piano-propelled “Paranoid” further showcases WC’s twisted humor : “I’m nothin’ nice, like Fantasia without no makeup on, on the mic I’m a ugly ass sight.”

By documenting his own struggles with society and the still harrowing aftermath of America’s institutionalized racism, WC has created music that is important and thought provoking as it is entertaining. “I’m dealing with being black, just having a jacket thrown on me for being black,” he says. “Once that jacket is on you, there’s so much that comes with it, from just stepping outside to what people expect you to do if you’ve had some success. It’s like an ongoing rollercoaster. It takes a strong individual to not crack or break down.”

Since appearing on the Ice-T-backed Rhyme Syndicate compilation in the late 1980s, WC has remained rock-solid and has established himself as one of rap’s most important voices. He was the visionary behind Low Profile and the political WC And The MAAD Circle. With supergroup Westside Connection (Ice Cube, Mack 10, WC), WC flexed his gangster rap heritage to the hilt.

One constant throughout his distinguished career has been his uncanny ability to draw attention to his high-octane rhymes through his varied inflection, his wide-ranging delivery patterns and his constantly shifting rhyme speed. Long-time partner-in-rhyme and childhood neighbor Ice Cube has also been a constant in WC’s career and is releasing Guilty By Affiliation on his Lench Mob Records. “Cube’s not just a feature,” WC says. “He’s a part of the record now.”

And it’s a record that will send shockwaves throughout a rap community that has become too comfortable with its own success. “There’s still problems in the ghetto that exist,” WC says. “They’re not over with. Until they’re dealt with accordingly, there’s going to be a lot of chaos out here. And I’m a product of that.” Guilty as charged.

WC Discography

WC Albums :
The Shadiest One
Released : 1998
Label : Payday/Interscope Records

Ghetto Heisman
Released : 2002
Label : Def Jam

Guilty by Affiliation
Released : 2007
Label : Lench Mob Records

WC Filmography
WC : Bandana Swangin - All That Glitters Ain’t Gold (2003)
Thicker Than Water (1999)
Set It Off (1996)
Friday (1995)

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WC rapper, by KA-BOO2 [2008-07-31 15:26:04]

WHAT IT DO HOOD ? THIS IS LITTLE KA-BOO FROM W.S ROLLIN SIXTY NHC. KEEP IT REAL HOOD.

WC rapper, by [2008-07-22 02:46:47]

does anyone know where i can get the rare song. What ! by WC

WC rapper, by bigpalla [2008-07-16 21:39:47]

WC rapper, by A Pizzle 4 Shizzle [2008-04-22 05:18:06]

anything wc does is real and is tight so mirra mirra whos da motha fuc&in nigg@ !!!!! THROWIN UP THE W

WC rapper, by spc ward [2008-03-13 13:16:38]

im in iraq just to let you know you got fans over here ive bkeen listen to you since low pro and you still the shit cuz keep bkangin

WC rapper, by Skip Killa [2008-03-07 21:17:07]

Wc Fo’ Lea Mothefuckin’ Neeeeeeeeeeeeya..

What’z up G ?

Skip Skip..

WC rapper, by haze [2007-12-26 12:50:20]

NYEEE WESTSIDE !!

WC rapper, by Tra skill skilz [2007-12-24 05:17:35]

Whats up W-loc sta yeaeh it’s one of those real nizels getting @ you back from back from da 80s K-day real hip/hop days you still want change !ha well dats uncut real bro .Hold sht down bro this is who you meet at the sto on Sunset when you bought da half of hen, da girl in da car look like beounce. anyways "got heat" Travon

WC rapper, by international salafi militancy [2007-11-18 09:53:09]

front, back, side to side we be givin it up till the day we die hebrews hittin me up I’ma have to erupt so muthafucca west up !

WC rapper, by $watBoy$P [2007-11-07 16:53:12]

Dub C is one of the most lyrically skilled rappers of his time.......WC’s music is like the soundtrack to the life of a real street n*gga.A whole bunch of rappers talk about street life,but don’t really know the meaning of it.Making money while pointing out the injustices within the justice system,Willie Calhoun keeps in touch with the streets.......The most respected rapper in my eyez.Diamond n da bacc,sunroof cracced,tank on E nigg*z low on cash ooohhhwooo.........112th till death.

WC rapper, by rob denaro [2007-10-18 18:48:19]

dub cee is the hardest cat on the west coast, I’ve been following his career since back in the day when him and coolio was on that wc and the maad circle joint(ain’t a damn thang changed) I don’t think he gets his deserved props but who cares, The real gees know weestup !!!!!!!

WC rapper, by cliff [2007-08-12 23:47:51]

I LIke Dubb C because he remind me of a older cousin who was on the up and up with you at all times and we need people like that in leader ship rolls , some one not afraid to speak truth as he knows it.