Wrecks-N-Effect

Harlem-bred rap group Wreckx-N-Effect are best known for their huge crossover smash single "Rump Shaker" off their Top Ten platinum-certified 1992 album Hard or Smooth. Formed in 1988 by Markell Riley, the brother of super-producer Teddy Riley, Wreckx-N-Effect's founding lineup also featured the talents of Aquil Davidson and Brandon Mitchell. In 1989, the trio issued their new jack swing-styled Motown debut Wrecks-N-Effect, which entered the U.S. album chart just outside the Top 100. This would be the only LP to featured Mitchell, who was gunned down on August 8, 1990. The ...