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Magoo (rapper)
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| Magoo | |
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| Birth name | Melvin Barcliff |
| Born | July 12, 1973 Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
| Origin | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Genre(s) | Pop Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Associated acts |
Timbaland, Timbaland & Magoo |
Magoo (born Melvin Barcliff on July 12, 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American rapper who is best known as one-half of the Pop Rap duo Timbaland & Magoo with record producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley. Like Timbaland, Magoo got his start in the music industry as a member of DeVante Swing's Swing Mob when mutual friend Missy Elliott got DeVante to sign the both of them when he signed Elliott's group Sista.
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Timbaland & Magoo left Swing Mob after 1995 and became a performing duo in their own right. Signing with Blackground Records (home of Aaliyah, Timbaland's main collaborator), Timbaland & Magoo went on to release a number of albums, which were not as successful as the singles that anchored them. Singles such as "Up Jumps the Boogie [Remix]", "Clock Strikes [Remix]" (which samples the Knight Rider theme), "Here We Come" (which samples the 1960s Spider-Man theme), "Drop", "All Y'all", and "Cop That Disc" have all proved successful, while the albums that they appeared on have generally underperformed. Their first LP "Welcome To Our World" sold over 1 Million copies.
Magoo is distinguished by his unusual, yet natural, high-pitched voice, which many hip-hop fans say sounds similar to Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
Ethnically he is mix of Indian and African-American; as mentioned in his verse in "Up Jumps Da Boogie": "I'm black wit Indian race, my race should be mutt."
- 1997: Welcome to Our World platinum selling album
- 2001: Indecent Proposal
- 2003: Under Construction, Part II (part one is a 2002 album by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)
- 1997: "Beep Me 911" (Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring 702 and Magoo)
- 1997: "Up Jumps 'Da Boogie" (with Timbaland featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Aaliyah)
- 1997: "Luv 2 Luv U [Remix]" (featuring Shaunta Montegomery and Playa)
- 1997: "Clock Strikes [Remix]" (featuring Mad Skillz)
- 1998: "Here We Come" (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott and Darryl Pearson)
- 2000: "We At It Again" (featuring Static and Sebastian)
- 2000: "Roll Out" (featuring Petey Pablo and Sebastian)
- 2001: "Drop" (featuring Fatman Scoop and LMK)
- 2002: "All Y'all" (featuring Tweet and Sebastian)
- 2003: "Cop That Disc" ( with Timbaland featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott)
- 2003: "Indian Flute" (featuring Sebastian & RajeShwari)
- 2007: "Boardmeeting" (Timbaland featuring Magoo)