Artist
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Sir Mix-A-Lot is a hip-hop artist from Seattle, USA formed in 1963. 10 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Seattle, USA · Best hip-hop albums
- 10
- Releases
- 1988–2026
- Active years
- 1963
- Formed
Artist
Sir Mix-A-Lot is a hip-hop artist from Seattle, USA formed in 1963. 10 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Seattle, USA · Best hip-hop albums
Most popular
Mack Daddy
1992
In 1986, Sir Mix-a-Lot and his DJ, Nasty Nes, founded the Nastymix record label. His first hit, released in 1987, was the single "Posse on Broadway," whose title referred to a street in Seattle's Capitol Hill district. The Godzilla remix of "Posse on Broadway" contained a sample from David Bowie's 1975 hit "Fame," but neither the album version nor the original seven-inch edit version (which was used for the video) used the Bowie sample. Swass, his debut album, was released in 1988, with two other singles: "Square-Dance Rap" and a hip hop cover of the Black Sabbath song "Iron Man" backed by the band Metal Church. In 1990, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Swass platinum for selling a million copies. Sir Mix-A-Lot debuted on the Def American label, which also bought the rights of his first two albums, with Mack Daddy in 1992. Its single "Baby Got Back" was a number-one hit that went double platinum and won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. MTV aired the video for "Baby Got Back" only during evening hours because of its sexual nature. In 1993, Sir Mix-a-Lot collaborated with Seattle-based grunge group Mudhoney for the song "Freak Momma" …
