Young Bleed
| Young Bleed | |
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| Birth name | Glenn Clifton Jr. |
| Born | March 25, 1978 |
| Origin | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Genres | Gangsta rap, Southern hip hop |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Labels | No Limit, Priority, West Coast Mafia, Strange Lane |
| Associated acts | Master P, C-Bo, Fiend, Mystikal, Too Short, Tech N9ne |
Glenn Clifton Jr. (born March 25, 1978), better known as Young Bleed is an American hip-hop artist based out of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Since his chart-topping 1998 release My Balls & My Word, Thug Drama, a ghost producer, introduced Young Bleed to Master P in 1997. Young Bleed has been a mainstay of the Southern hip hop underground, narrating his vision of life in the urban South.
Young Bleed in Southern Oregon
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[edit] Biography
Young Bleed started rhyming at the age of 9 at home in his native South Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He claims to have been influenced by his mother, who had read poetry to him from a young age, and the rise in popularity in hip hop and acts like Run DMC.[1] By his teenage years had begun recording his rhymes, selling hip hop tapes independently to friends on the streets of his neighborhood, and eventually signing to a local record label.[2] In 1995 he joined with fellow Baton Rouge-based hip hop artists C-Loc, J-Von, Chris Hamilton(j-vons younger brother) and Max Minelli to form the hip hop group Concentration Camp with whom he is still affiliated present.[3]
[edit] Career
Young Bleed’s first glimpse of national fame was when his song with C-Loc, "How You do That", was remixed by Master P of No Limit Records. It was released on the 1997 soundtrack to Master P’s film I'm Bout It which peaked at number one on Billboard R&B/Hip Hop album charts in mid-1998.[4] Then with the help of Master P, he signed a deal with Priority Records to release his major label debut album My Balls & My Word in 1998. The album peaked in at number ten on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip Hop album charts and also reached gold status in the U.S. The follow-up My Own was released independent of No Limit on Priority and though charting on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B Hip Hop albums charts, it failed to make similar waves as its predecessor.[5]
While in the process of recording his third solo album with Priority, Vintage, Young Bleed was released from his contract and forced to go independent. Young Bleed joined C-Bo's West Coast Mafia Records and released Rise Thru da Ranks from Earner Tugh Capo in 2005 and Once Upon a Time in Amedica in 2007. On September 23, 2008 Young Bleed released his fifth album, Off tha Curb. It is a collaborative album with the up and coming rapper Freize.
Young Bleed is currently signed to Strange Music[6] subsidairy called Strange Lane Records and his first album with the label, Preserved is set to be released on October 11, 2011. He will be releasing a book "The Making of Preserved" as a follow up to his new album.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | Sales[7] | ||
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| US | US Hip-Hop | ||||
| 1998 | My Balls and My Word | 10 | 1 |
500,000+ |
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| 1999 | My Own | 61 | 17 | ||
| 2005 | Rise Thru da Ranks from Earner Tugh Capo | - | 84 | ||
| 2007 | Once Upon a Time in Amedica | - | 48 | ||
| 2011 | Preserved | - | 37 |
1,018 |
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| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or not released | |||||
[edit] References
- ^ (2005) "Young Bleed: Get Off tha Curb". Allhiphop.com. 8/23/2005. Retrieved 6/18/07.
- ^ (2005) "Young Bleed". Murder Dog. Retrieved 6/18/07.
- ^ Rumney, J. (2007) "Local rapper hangs on to BR roots" Daily Reveille 4/12/2007. Retrieved 6/18/07.
- ^ (nd) Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 6/18/07.
- ^ (nd) Young Bleed: Artist Chart History Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 6/18/07.
- ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.15691/title.strange-music-tech-n9ne-sign-former-no-limit-records-star-young-bleed
- ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH
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