K-Rino
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K-Rino, born as Eric Kaiser on September 9th 1970, is an American rapper from Houston/Texas.
K-Rino began rapping in 1984. Two years later, under the name Real Chill, he published his first 12” with the title of “Rockin’ It.” He attended Sterling High School in the South Park area of Houston and lived in the projects, whose population was 81% African-American. After completing his High School Diploma, he and his friend from school Dope-E established the group C.O.D. The true basis of his career was laid with the publication of his debut album “Stories from the Black Book” in 1993. This first album from K-Rino, which received critical acclaim for its word play and inventiveness, stood out especially for his mixture of Hardcore Rap and complex social criticism.
K-Rino received support during the creation of his debut album from the members of a loosely knit local Rap group, which later would become the South Park Coalition (S.P.C.) under the direction of K-Rino. This strong group of original personnel, made up of Ganxsta Nip, Point Blank and the Terrorists (Egypt E and Dope E), as well as other rappers that shared his Houston background and especially from South Park, was set by the end of the Eighties. From this existing group and with the support of other local rappers, reciprocal guest appearances were made on albums within the collective group and were the logical byproducts of a very productive and intensive development. Through mutual contacts and the shared support of the friendship of the members, as well as the neighbors in South Park, the legendary S.P.C Weekends became an institution in the following years.
Before 2002 K-Rino published four solo albums. This was followed in 2002 by the first album from the South Park Coalition, whose title and concept “Personal Vendetta” was further developed in the following years in the Crew albums “Packin’ Heat” and “Family Bizness.” In the meantime K-Rino published his albums under his own Black Book International label.
Since 2004 the Texan has published fourteen albums. In spite of the prolific output, K-Rino maintains a broad spectrum of themes while the direction of his albums has alternated between various styles. In addition, through various producers, he has allowed his albums to experiment with different beat techniques.
All the while the Houstonian has held diverse events in Europe and worked closely together with European artists. On April 17th, 2007 appeared what many consider to be his best album to date, “Book Number 7,” which also contains production numbers from Germanys Keyza Soze. In 2008 K-Rino published 4 complete albums, also containing productions from Keyza Soze: the trilogy “Triple Darkness” and the subsequent “The Blood Doctrine.” In November 2009 K-Rino’s newest work “Solitary Confinement” appeared which, along with “Speed of Thought” (a “Best of” concept album aimed at the British market), is already his second album of the year. K-Rino and Dope-E have announced that they plan their C.O.D. Reunion Album, Part 2 for February of 2010.
[edit] Discography
Singles / EPs
- 1986: Rockin’ it (als Real Chill)
- 1990: Cummin’ out Doggin’ (C. O. D.)
- 1993: Cartoon Orgie / Tied In
Albums
- 1993: Stories from the Black Book
- 1995: Danger Zone
- 1998: K-Rino
- 2000: No Mercy
- 2002: Personal Vendetta (S. P. C.)
- 2003: Ten Year Run (Greatest Hits)
- 2003: Packin’ Heat (S. P. C.)
- 2004: Family Bizness (S. P. C.)
- 2004: The Majority Report (K-Rino, Dope-E, Lil Lo)
- 2004: The Hit List
- 2005: Fear No Evil
- 2005: Worst Rapper Alive
- 2006: Time Traveller
- 2006: The Head Hunters (S. P. C.)
- 2007: Book Number 7
- 2008: Triple Darkness Vol.1: Wreck Time
- 2008: Triple Darkness Vol.2: The Lyrics
- 2008: Triple Darkness Vol.3: Coalition Ambush
- 2008: The Blood Doctrine
- 2009: Speed Of Thought
- 2009: Solitary Confinement
