O.G. Style

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2008)

Eric "O.G. Style" Woods (July 5, 1970 - January 3, 2008) was a Houston, Texas based rapper. He began his carrer in 1986 as Prince Ezzy-E, before going on to form the group O.G. Style with DJ Big Boss and becoming Original E. The duo's only album, I Know How To Play Em', spawned the hit single Catch 'Em Slippin' in 1991. The group broke up in the mid-1990s, and Woods went on to become a solo artist, keeping the name. O.G. Style is not just your average rapper, he's known for his unique voice and clear form of speech. "I feel like I be saying some shyt, so I want people to feel me!", said O.G. Style when asked about his style. He's been on the scene since 1986 when his first song was played on a college radio station in Houston. MC battles in high school and grabbing the mic at neighbor hood parties would gain him respect from the other rappers. He later went on to make a guest appearance on then local artist Jazzie Redds single Top Secret. In 1989 O.G. Style, then known as Prince Ezzy-E, while working on a demo at a studio in Houston, met the mother of famed Dirty South producer D.J. Boss. Prince Ezzy-E was in dire need of beats and D.J. Boss was in dire need of someone who could bless his funky beats, so his mom suggested they meet. The two worked vigorously to create a sound like no other and, indeed they did. In 1991, the group released the album entitled I Know How To Play em! The album featured the songs Catch em Slippin, Playin It Cool and the hilariously funny Free World, known to most by the catchy hook Sittin in the Harris County Jail. Free World also appeared on the Convicts album as an intro to the lead single. Nevertheless it was official O.G. Style would be known as Houston legends. Entering Billboard at 68 with a bullet with no promotions was a kick for the group. They literally set the trend for the rap scene in Houston for non-gangsta rappers. But to no avail, the group split with Boss forming the group 4-Deep and the Original E retaining the name O.G. Style and venturing into radio. The Houston rap scene would take a severe blow! 10 years later and back with a street savvy attitude O.G. Style returned (solo artist) with a new label, Hard Edge Entertainment along with Zone Entertainment, in which he was the co-owner. O.G. Style returned with a new album produced by well-respected producer Mike B who has done production on all three Big Mike albums. With 16 brand new tracks on the album, entitled Return Of Da Game!, OG Style returnsed in a command sort of way! The album, filled with truth and real life ordeals, sounds like one greatly narrated movie and had a host of guest appearances by vets like Ra-Soul, Cynical Dialogue and Ice Ike from the Hip-Hop duo Third Eye.

1991, he entered Billboard 68 with a bullet (Rap-A-Lot Records). In 1991, he was Voted Gaven Reports New Rap Group of the year (Rap-A-Lot Records). In 1991 Number 7 Video on BETs Rap City (Rap-A-Lot Records) In 1995, he went on a Regional (Dirty South) promotion tour sponsored by Seagrams Gin. In 2000 Co-Founded DaZone-OnLine.com An Independent Artists Talent Showcase. In 2003 Released 1st Volume of Mixed Cd Series promoting independent artists

[edit] Death

Woods was working on an album when, on January 2, 2008, he was rushed to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital with a severe brain aneurysm. He was kept alive on life support machines, and the next day he was let off the machines. Woods is survived by his wife Shelley, their five children, his father and his three siblings. His son Eric plans to complete the album that Woods' left unfinished.^[1] ^[2]^[3]