A.D.O.R.
Sign in to saveEddy Castellanos Sr. (September 26, 1969 – January 1, 2025), known professionally as A.D.O.R., was an American hip hop artist whose work includes the Pete Rock-produced hit "Let It All Hang Out" (Atlantic, 1992), and "One for the Trouble" (Atlantic, 1994), produced by K-Def. The latter has been sampled extensively in later songs, most famously in "Renegade Master" by Roger "Wildchild" McKenzie.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-09-26
- Active to
- 2024-09
Discography
- Let It All Hang Out1992
- Enter the Center1992
- The Concrete1994
- One for the Trouble1994
- Shock Frequency1998
- Animal 20002000
- Signature of the Ill2005
- Young World2011
- Struggle2020
- Hey2022
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Eddie Castellanos (September 26, 1969 - January 1, 2025) also known as A.D.O.R., bursts on the rap scene seemingly out of nowhere when he dropped, in the summer of 1992, the infectious Pete Rock-produced single "Let It All Hang Out," an unexpected Top Ten Billboard hit and instant classic. In fact, the rapper did not emerge out of an artistic vacuum, nor was the Pete Rock connection a fortuitous one. Castellanos was born in the Washington Heights <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/A.D.O.R.">Read
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
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- A.D.O.R.
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- 2025-01-03
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life and career
- "Let It All Hang Out"
- "One for the Trouble" and ''The Concrete''
- Tru Reign: ''Shock Frequency''
- ''Classic Bangerz'', ''The Signature of the Ill'', and beyond
- Death
- Discography
- References
Eddy Castellanos Sr. (September 26, 1969 – January 1, 2025), known professionally as A.D.O.R., was an American hip hop artist whose work includes the Pete Rock-produced hit "Let It All Hang Out" (Atlantic, 1992), and "One for the Trouble" (Atlantic, 1994), produced by K-Def. The latter has been sampled extensively in later songs, most famously in "Renegade Master" by Roger "Wildchild" McKenzie.
==Biography== ===Early life and career=== Castellanos was born in Washington Heights, New York City. His father was a musician by profession, and as a child Castellanos attended his shows. At six years of age he moved with his family to Mount Vernon, New York, later to be known in hip hop circles as "money earnin' Mount Vernon" due to the preponderance of rap stars it produced. The future A.D.O.R. went to high school there, where he met Sean Combs, Heavy D, Al B. Sure, and Pete Rock. Becoming interested in hip hop, he took the name A.D.O.R. (standing for both "Another Dimension of Rhythm" and "A Declaration of Revolution"). Sean Combs, by this time working at Uptown Records, began presenting A.D.O.R.'s demo tapes to record companies. Heavy D's DJ, DJ Eddie F, secured him a management and production deal. In 1992 he recorded his first record, the single "Let It All Hang Out", for Atlantic Records.
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