Kurious
| Kurious | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jorge Alvarez |
| Also known as | Biolante, Kurious Jorge |
| Origin | Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, US |
| 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 |
kuriousjorge |
Jorge Alvarez, better known by his stage names Kurious or Kurious Jorge, is an American hip hop recording artist from New York, New York.
Biography
Kurious is of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent, and grew up in an Upper West Side neighborhood called Manhattan Valley.[1] In 1993 he appeared on Del tha Funkee Homosapien's album No Need for Alarm and on Pete Nice & 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". Then he signed for 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 V.I.C.", "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"
- 1993: "Uptown Shit"
- 1994: "I'm Kurious"
- 2001: "All Great"
- 2009: "Benetton" (Feat. MC Serch & MF Doom)
- 2009: "Back With V.I.C."
- 2009: "Sittin’ In My Car"
Guest appearances
- 1991: "Young Stars From Nowhere" (from the Powerule album Volume 1)
- 1993: "Boo Boo Heads" (from the Del tha Funkee Homosapien album No Need for Alarm)
- 1993: "3 Blind Mice" (from the Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich album Dust to Dust)
- 1994: "Smokin' That Shit" (from the KMD album Black Bastards)
- 1999: "?" (from the MF Doom album Operation: Doomsday)
- 2003: "Mugwort + Cinnamon = Shifting Lanes" (from the MF Grimm & MF Doom album Special Herbs + Spices Volume 1)
- 2003: "Fastlane" (from the album King Geedorah album Take Me to Your Leader)
- 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)
