The Staple Singers

Pops Staples died due to a concussion from a fall in 2000. Dre associate (and former keyboardist for The Roots), Scott Storch which went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #24 in the UK. In 1994, they recorded a duet with Mary Stuart ("The Weight", The Band), somewhat re-establishing an audience. Cuban Link and Triple Seis left the group after Big Pun's death but Fat Joe, Remy, Tony Sunshine, Prospect and Armageddeon remained and released their second album True Story in 2004 with the summer hit "Lean Back" produced by Dr. After this, however, they were not able to regain their momentum, releasing occasional minor hits. Tragedy struck the crew when Big Pun died of a heart attack in 2000. The Stape Singers then signed to Curtom, Curtis Mayfield's label, and released "Let's Do It Again", produced by Mayfield; the song was a huge hit. Fat Joe and Big Pun were the members in the crew who had the most successful solo spots, Remy Martin was the only female rapper in the group, and Tony Sunshine was famous for singing on all the Terror Squad songs.

The song's theme of self-empowerment had universal appeal, released in the period immediately following the intense American civil rights movement of the 1960s. They released their self titled debut album in Terror Squad The Album in 1999 with their hit "What Cha Gon Do" which was mostly done by Big Pun. Their 1972 recording on Stax of "Respect Yourself," written by Luther Ingram and Mack Rice, was number 2 on the R&B charts and a Top 40 pop hit as well. The members were Fat Joe, the late and great Big Pun, Cuban Link, Prospect, Armageddeon, Triple Seis, Tony Sunshine and Remy Martin. The first Stax hit was "Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)". The Terror Squad is a Latino Rap crew from The Bronx, New York that is also known as Big Pun and Fat Joe's crew. By 1970, Al Bell had become producer, and the family began recording at the fame Muscle Shoals studio, moving in a more funk and soul direction. True Story, 2004.

In 1968, the Staple Singers signed to Stax and released two albums with Steve Cropper and Booker T & the MG's - Soul Folk in Action and We'll Get Over. Terror Squad, 1999. It was on Epic that the Staple Singers began moving into mainstream pop markets, with "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and "For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) in 1967. Pops Staples, the patriarch of the family, formed the group in 1951, signing with United Records, then Vee-Jay, Riverside and, finally, Epic Records. The Staple Singers were a United States gospel music group.