San Quinn

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San Quinn
San Quinn In His Home The Bay Area
San Quinn In His Home The Bay Area
Background information
Origin San Francisco, California
Genre(s) West Coast hip hop, Hyphy
Label(s) Done Deal Entertainment, LLC
Associated
acts		 Ya Boy, Done Deal Entertainment, LLC

San Quinn is a rapper from the Fillmore District of San Francisco, California. He began in the early 1990s alongside JT the Bigga Figga. He recorded for JT's Get Low Recordz label for several years until he broke away at the end of the decade. He is the cousin of Ya Boy.

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[edit] Biography

San Quinn, born Quincy Brooks, was born October 24, 1977 in Oakland, California. He later moved to San Francisco at a very young age and grew up there. He is signed to, and is the owner of Done Deal Entertainment, LLC. Quinn recorded his first album, Don't Cross Me, in 1991. He contributed to JT the Bigga Figga's Playaz N' the Game and Get Low Playaz' Straight Out of the Labb. after which he recorded a pair of of albums for Get Low Recordz, including Live N Direct.

Quinn decided to move on. Soon, he teamed up with cousin Messy Marv to start on his solo albums. He holds the record for most appearances on albums, mixtape & compilations, as well as the record for most copies of a single album sold out of a single record store on a single day[citation needed].

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo Albums

  • Dont Cross Me (1991) 8,768 copies sold
  • Live N' Direct (1995) 15,073 copies sold
  • The Hustle Continues (1996) 22,593 copies sold
  • The Mighty Quinn (2001) 13,362 copies sold
  • I Give You My Word (2004) 14,238 copies sold
  • The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds (2006) 48,940 copies sold
  • From A Boy To A Man (2007)

[edit] Compilation Albums

[edit] Greatest Hits Albums

  • The Best Of San Quinn (2001)
  • Repossesions (2002)
  • Quindomaina: The Best Of San Quinn (2004)

[edit] Group Albums

  • Straight Out The Lab (1995) - with Get Low Playaz
  • Explosive Mode (1998) - with Messy Marv
  • The Family Business 2000) - with Get Low Playaz
  • The Package (2000) - with Get Low Playaz
  • Runs In The Family (2002) - with The Done Deal Family
  • Explosive Mode 2: Back In Business (2006) - with Messy Marv
  • Explosive Mode 3: Mob Gets Explosive (2006) - with Messy Marv, Husslah, The Jacka

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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