AGALLAH

'Agallah' ("the Don Bishop"), born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican Rapper who is a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name Adolf as in Adolf Hitler. He has ghostwritten songs for many well-known artists. In addition to producing his own music, he also produced tracks for Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma, The Diplomats, Guru, Sean Price, and Big Pun. In 2006 he released his debut album, ''You Already Know''.

Contents

History

Discography

Singles

Unreleased Albums

Collaborations

Solo albums

Trivia

External links

History

A native of Brooklyn's notorious Brownsville Projects, Agallah has been a presence on the underground hip-hop scene for quite some time, although mainstream success has continued to elude him. Starting out as a producer, Agallah turned to rhyming and released a major label single on Elektra Records in 1995 . In 1997 he made the classic duo "till my heart stops" on Rawkus Soundbombing I with underground legend R.A. the Rugged Man, A collaboration with Mr. Cheeks of the Lost Boyz followed, although the album the single was to appear on, ''Wrap Your Lips Around This'' was never released. Additionally, there were production stints for the likes of EPMD, Das EFX, Onyx, and Group Home[1]. During this time, Ag won the acclaim of top New York producers, such as Tony Touch and DJ Premier. In 2000, Agallah recorded the ''Sesame Street''-themed single "Crookie Monster", which became an underground hit.
In late 99 Ag teamed up with former EPMD member PMD and formed the hip hop group D.B.D (Death B4 Dishonour), other artists in the group were Ike Eyes, 215 and Rob Johnson, the group was short lived but they recorded a demo album which featured artist Guru of Gangstarr, John Fortè, special Ed and Lil Dap of Group Home, D.B.D also released a single entitled "Feel This" which was produced buy KRS One's brother Kenny Parker. The unreleased album can be found on vairous internet sharing sites.
A friendship with Shiest Bub eventually led to the formation of Purple City Entertainment (also known as Purple City Productions) with Un Kasa, which attracted the attention of Dipset capo Jim Jones[2]. Shiest previously had been doing promotional work for Cam'ron and Juelz Santana. For the new Purple City project, Agallah was christened "the Don Bishop", with Shiest as "the Emperor." Jones' enthusiasm for Ag's track "Gangsta" garnered the producer/MC a slot on the ''Diplomats Volume 4'' mixtape.
Poised to take over the booming mixtape circuit, Purple City signed to Babygrande Records in late 2004. The following year, the label released a "greatest hits" collection that collected Purple City's best mixtape gems. Even as Purple City reached newer heights in 2006, Un Kasa departed the outfit due to business disputes, among other reasons.
Agallah's profile as a solo artist has also expanded in the wake of Purple City's rise, with the release of ''You Already Know'' (featuring appearances by Dead Prez and Nappy Roots, with production by DJ Premier and Alchemist) on Babygrande coupled with the release of ''Propane Piff'' on Koch Records.
Agallah also contributed the song "Risin' to the Top" to the smash hit and controversial video game Grand Theft Auto III, appearing on the "Game FM" radio station, Agallah teamed up with Rockstar Games once again to record the soundtrack for Midnight Club 2. Gamers wil also hear Ag's beat on EA Sport's upcoming basketball game NBA Live 08.
The rappers second Album A.N.G.E.L. (A Nigga Gotta Envision Life) is due to be released in late 2007 on his own label Propane Ent.

Discography

:'Mixtapes'

★ Mixtape Iz Da Album

★ Show Up

★ Doomsday

★ Propane Piff

★ F.A.M.E. (Fuck All My Enemies)
:'Albums'

★ Wrap Your Lips Around This

★ You Already Know

★ A.N.G.E.L. (A Nigga Gotta Envision Life)

Singles

★ Ghetto Girl/ Neighbourhood Hoe

★ Alize For Dolo/Alize For Dolo Mr Cheeks Remix)

★ The Crookie Monster/5 Star Millas/I Know All Y'all

★ Telemundo (Featuring Sean Price)

★ Imagine Your Life Monie Love /Gangster 4 My Homies

★ Rising To The Top (Grand Theft Auto 3 Theme Song) (Featuring Sean Price)

★ Midnight Club 2 (Theme Song)

★ New York Ryder Music/Club Hoppin

Unreleased Albums

Agallah has 3 albums that were never released due to various reasons, two of the albums were solo whilst one was a group album.

★ Wrap Your Lips Around This - 1995

★ D.B.D - 1999

★ Imagine Your Life - 2002

Collaborations

Outside of Dipset, Agallah has recorded with:

★ Almighty Froch Family

★ Cappadonna

★ Caviar Dreams

★ R.A. The Rugged Man

★ Craig G

★ Buc Fifty

★ Mr. Cheeks of Lost Boyz

★ Champ MC of Deadly Venoms

★ Sadat X & Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian

★ Heltah Skeltah, Starang Wondah, Smif-N-Wessun & Buckshot of Boot Camp Clik

★ Jus Allah of Jedi Mind Tricks

★ EPMD

★ Edo G

★ Group Home

★ Guru of Gang Starr

★ Bazaar Royale

★ Kool G Rap

★ Chubb Rock

★ Channel Live

★ Dead Prez

★ Nappy Roots

★ Das EFX

★ Shyheim

★ Afu-Ra

★ Mr Eon of High & Mighty

★ MC Serch

★ Sam Scarfo

★ Young Jeezy

★ Smitty

★ Monie Love

★ Jae Millz

★ Tony Sunshine

★ Labba of Flipmode Squad

★ N.O.R.E.

★ D.V. Alias Khrist

★ Masta Ace

★ Royce Da 5'9"

★ St Laz

★ The Alchemist

★ P Dap

★ Pretty Ugly

★ Panama P.I.

★ Tony Touch

★ Cormega

★ Planetary of Outerspace

★ Big Mike of Geto Boys

★ Lil Weavah

★ Mike Knox
Among others.

Solo albums

Album cover	Album information
	'''You Already Know''' ★ Released: August 22, 2006 ★ Status: ★ Singles: Club Hoppin', New York Ryder Music, Hardcore and Built For This

Trivia

★ His uncle died of AIDS.

★ His father left home when he was three months old.

★ His mother was murdered

★ His nicknames include "Brad Piff", "Mick Swagger", "Eddie Piff", "8-Off The Assassin' "Don Bishop" and "Edwardo Pifferhands"

★ His surname in Latin means Eagle.

★ Despite popular belief he is Christian and not Muslim.

External links

★ Agallah Official Website

★ Purple City Official Website

★ The Diplomats Website

★ Official Myspace