Oh No (musician)

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Oh No
Birth name	Michael Jackson
Also known as	Oh No
Born	November 6, 1979 (1979-11-06)
Origin	Oxnard, California, United States
Genres	Hip Hop
Occupations	Producer, Rapper
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Stones Throw Records
Associated acts	Gangrene Madlib Wildchild Juggaknots De La Soul Murs Mos Def The Alchemist
Website	Oh No at StonesThrow.com

Oh No (born Michael Jackson) is an underground hip hop artist from Oxnard, California who has released several albums on Stones Throw Records. He is also the half part of the hip hop duo Gangrene along with The Alchemist.

Biography

Oh No grew up in a musical family, the younger brother of hip hop artist Madlib, son of singer Otis Jackson, and nephew of jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis. He started performing with his group Kali Wild and was featured on his brother's group Lootpack's album Soundpieces: Da Antidote. Oh No was signed to Los Angeles-based Stones Throw Records who released his debut album, The Disrupt, in 2004. Around this time he also performed on numerous singles by other artists, and began doing freelance production work for labelmates Wildchild, MED (Nickolas Rodriguez) and others. He has gone on to produce for Juggaknots, De La Soul, Murs and various other artists.

In August 2006, Oh No released the album Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms, exclusively sampling the music of Galt MacDermot and featuring appearances from numerous other rap artists, mostly in the Stones Throw family. The album was well received by critics and established Oh No as one of the leading underground producers in hip-hop. In 2007 he released Dr. No's Oxperiment to rave reviews. The album was entirely constructed using samples of Turkish, Lebanese, Greek and Italian music.

Oh No remains an avid gamer, even constructing an entire beat out of video game samples for the track "The Ride" off of The Disrupt. Also in 2009 Oh No remixed several songs for the soundtrack of the U.S. Limited Edition version for Arc System Work's 2D Fighting Game Blazblue. Oh No released an album, Dr. No's Ethiopium, in 2009, made entirely of samples of Ethiopian music.

Discography

LPs

• 2004: The Disrupt, CD/LP
• 2006: Exodus into Unheard Rhythms, CD/LP
• 2007: Dr. No's Oxperiment, CD/LP
• 2009: Dr. No's Ethiopium, CD/LP
• 2010: Gutter Water (with The Alchemist as Gangrene)
• 2012: Vodka & Ayahuasca (with The Alchemist as Gangrene)

EPs

• 2010: Sawblade EP (with The Alchemist as Gangrene)
• 2011: Greneberg (with The Alchemist as Gangrene & Roc Marciano)

Mixtapes

Hosted by Oh No & Mixed by DJ DoubleDose

• 2004: The Disrupt Chronicles Vol. 2, CD
• 2005: The Disrupt Chronicles Part 0, CD

Oh No, Roc C & DJ Rhettmatic

• 2006: Turn That Shit Up, CD

Singles

• 2000: "Maximum Adrelanine" b/w "Earthquake" (prod. Madlib), 12" (Oh No & Sauna as The Epitome)
• 2002: "Check It Out" (feat. Wildchild) b/w "You Wanna Test This", 12" (Oh No & Kazi)
• 2003: "Inna Opus" b/w "Rules Of Engagement" (feat. Wildchild), 12" (Oh No & Infamous MC)
• 2003: "Make Noise" b/w "Chump", 12"
• 2004: "Disruption Massacre" b/w "Put It All Together", 12"
• 2004: "The Ride" (feat. M.E.D.) b/w "Stomp That, V.2" (feat. Cornbread of Kali Wild), 12"*2004: "Last Tango in Oxnard" (#11), 7" (Stones Throw Fan Club 45)
• 2004: "Falling" b/w "Falling" (by Dudley Perkins) (#12), 7" (Stones Throw Fan Club 45)
• 2005: "Move, Pt. 2" (feat. Roc C & J Dilla) (prod. J Dilla), 12"
• 2006: "Gets Mine" (feat. Buckshot) b/w "Lights Out" (feat. Frank-N-Dank), 12"
• 2006: "It's All The Same", 12" (Otis Jackson & Oh No)
• 2006: "Pandemonium (Twister, Huh, What)" b/w "Louder (Stepson Of The Clapper)", 12" (Oh No & Roc C over tracks from J Dilla's Donuts)
• 2006: "Believe" b/w "Fast Drive Fast" (#19), 7" (Stones Throw Fan Club 45)
• 2007: "Ghetto First" (#22), 7" (Stones Throw Fan Club 45)

External links

• Oh No's artist page on Stones Throw Records
• Allmusic.com entry
• URB Magazine review of Dr. No's Ethiopium