Wreckx-n-Effect

In 1987, childhood friends Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley, and Brandon "B-Doggs" Mitchell formed Wrecks-n-Effect.^[2] Keith "K.C." Hanns joined while their demo was being made as a trial run for a fourth member. Later that year, with Atlantic Records, the group debuted their self-titled EP. Following little recognition for their debut EP, Davidson, Riley, and Mitchell reconvened their initial vision as a trio.^[3]

In 1989, the group switched to Motown Records and achieved their first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart with "New Jack Swing."^[4] Their 1989 jack swing–styled Motown album Wrecks-N-Effect, which featured "New Jack Swing," reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts and reached number 103 on the Billboard 200.^[1][5]

On August 8, 1990, Mitchell was fatally shot in Manhattan, New York City, because of an argument over a woman.^[1][2][6] Following his death, the group changed their name to Wreckx-n-Effect.^[5]

In 1991, Teddy Riley, brother of Markell Riley, created Future Recording Studios, a multimillion dollar recording studio in Virginia Beach, VA. Among the first records produced at Future Recording Studios was Wreckx-n-Effect's 1992 "Rump Shaker," which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts, as well as charted internationally.^[1][5][7] The song's lyrical content sparked controversy, with major publications such as the New York Daily News calling the group "horny little rap kids."^[8] MTV also refused to play the accompanying music video unless they submitted a "clean" version because it featured women in bikinis shaking their bottoms.^[2][8] Hard or Smooth, the group's second album (which included "Rump Shaker"), came out later that year, reaching the top ten and becoming platinum-certified.^[1]

The group resurfaced in 1996 with their third and final album, Raps New Generation, which did not achieve the same success as its predecessor.^[1] According to Davidson, the album "was really a Posse Deep album. Posse Deep is the street crew we grew up in back in our projects. That album was shaped around that energy and those who were aspiring artists in that number." Not long after its release, the group disbanded due to internal fragmentation.^[8]

Conrad Tillard, also known as the Hip Hop Minister and Conrad Muhammad, arranged a truce between feuding rising bands Wreckx-n-Effect and A Tribe Called Quest that Tillard said threatened to turn Harlem into a "war zone."^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

In 2004, "New Jack Swing" was added to the soundtrack of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Albums

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Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US	US R&B	AUS [14]
Wrecks-n-Effect	Release date: September 1, 1989 Label: Motown	103	16	—
Hard or Smooth	Release date: November 24, 1992 Label: MCA	9	6	91	RIAA: Platinum[15]
Raps New Generation	Release date: September 24, 1996 Label: MCA	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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Singles

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Year	Single	Certifications	Peak chart positions								Album
			US Hot 100 [16]	US R&B [16]	US Rap [4]	US Dance [16]	AUS [14]	NZ [17]	NED [18]	UK [19]
1989	"New Jack Swing"		—	14	1	48	—	49	—	82	Wrecks-n-Effect
	"Juicy"		—	36	6	—	—	—	—	29
1990	"Club Head / Rock Steady"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1992	"Rump Shaker"	*RIAA: Multi-Platinum[20]	2	2	1	9	10	11	70	24	Hard or Smooth
1993	"Wreckx Shop"		101	46	11	—	81	40	—	26
	"Knock-N-Boots"		72	71	—	—	—	28	—	—
	"My Cutie"		—	75	—	—	85	—	—	—
1996	"Top Billin'"		—	—	38	—	—	—	—	—	Raps New Generation
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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