Kurious

Kurious Jorge
Birth name	Jorge Alvarez
Also known as	Kurious, Biolante
Origin	Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, Producer
Years active	1991 - present
Labels	Amalgam Digital, Hoppoh/Columbia/SME
Associated acts	MF Doom, MF Grimm, Monsta Island Czars, Bamboo Bros, Red Apples 45
Website	http://kuriousjorge.com

Jorge Alvarez, also known by his stage names Kurious Jorge or Kurious, is an East Coast underground hip hop artist.

Biography

Kurious is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and grew up in an Upper Westside neighborhood called Manhattan Valley.^[1] He debuted in 1991 on Powerule's "Young Stars from Nowhere". He then appeared on Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich's album Dust to Dust. The duo helped Kurious get a record deal with Columbia Records via Bobbito and Pete Nice's Hoppoh imprint. In 1992, he released his first single, "Walk Like a Duck". 1993 saw him signed by Sony Music. In 1994, Kurious released his critically acclaimed debut album A Constipated Monkey.

In 1999, he reemerged on MF DOOM's album Operation: Doomsday on the track "?" and contributed a track to a Monsta Island Czars Mixtape, under the alias Biollante. Amalgam Digital reissued A Constipated Monkey with bonus tracks in 2007. In 2009 he released his second solo effort II, which featured the singles "Back From Up Unda", "Back with VIC", "Sittin' in My Car" and "Drinks In The Air."

Discography

Albums

1994: A Constipated Monkey (Hoppoh/Columbia)
2009: II (Amalgam Digital)

Singles

1992: "Walk Like a Duck" (Hoppoh/Columbia)
1993: "Uptown Shit" (Hoppoh/Columbia)
1994: "I'm Kurious" (Hoppoh/Columbia)
2001: "All Great" (Stonegroove)
2009: "Benneton" (Feat. MC Serch & MF DOOM) (Amalgam Digital)
2009: "Back With V.I.C." (Amalgam Digital)
2009: "Sittin’ In My Car"
2012: "White Rum"
2014: "Delusional"

Appearances

1991: "Pop Goes the Weasel" (from the 3rd Bass album Derelicts of Dialect)
1993: "Boo Boo Heads" (from the Del the Funkee Homosapien album No Need for Alarm)
1993: "3 Blind Mice" (from the Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich album Dust to Dust)
1994: "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide" (from the Gravediggaz album 6 Feet Deep)
1994: "Stop Smokin' That Shit" (from the KMD album Black Bastards)
1999: "?" (from the MF DOOM album Operation: Doomsday)
2003: "Shifting Lanes" (from the MF Grimm MF Doom album Special Herbs & Spices Vol. 1])
2006: "Traveling" (from the MF Grimm album American Hunger)
2009: "Supervillainz" (from the MF DOOM album Born Like This)
2013: "On My Grind" (from the Juellz Album "Jewelz")
2014: "Enough" (from the Homeboy Sandman album Hallways)

References

↑ Allmusic.com bio