Three Times Dope

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Three Times Dope is a hip hop trio from Philadelphia consisting of EST (Robert Waller), Chuck Nice (Walter Griggs) and Woody Wood (Duerwood Beale). Their debut LP, Original Stylin was well-received, though the follow-up was a comparative failure (Live from Acknikulous Land, 1990). Their third album, Da Sequel, was not released until 1998. Three Times Dope (or 3xD, as they were called for short) were a part of the Hilltop Hustlers Crew (which also included Steady B, Cool C, Da Youngstas, Mentally Gifted, and others), but had a falling out with them over accusations that their executive producer/manager Lawrence "LG the teacher" Goodman was not compensating the acts properly. They then became closely associated with rapper/producer Kwamé. EST would eventually go on to become an award winning Songwriter for top tier acts, most notably a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Destiny's Child's "Cater 2 U".