The Mean Machine (rap group)

The Mean Machine was a rap group composed of Puerto Ricans who rapped in both English and Spanish. They are known for the single "Disco Dream", released as a 12" 33 RPM single in 1981 on the Sugar Hill Records label. In 1986, they recorded a single called "At The Party" on the Honey Hush label.^[1] The group is often cited as the first bilingual rap group, and is possibly the first ever Latin hip hop group.^[2]

Members

DJ Julio (Steven Santiago)
Jimmy Mac (James McLean)
Mr. Nice (Jose Semprit)
Mr. Schick (Daniel Rivera Jr.)
Butch Kid (Roman Barksdale Jr.)
Cool Cliff (Clifford Santiago)

References

^ "Mean Machine, The Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
^ Murray, Forman; Mark Anthony Neal (2004). That's the joint!: the hip-hop studies reader. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 0-415-96919-0. Retrieved 2009-04-07. Back in 1981 the group Mean Machine came out with the first recorded Spanish rhymes in their "Disco Dream," a side that deeply impressed some of the present-day Latino rappers like Mellow Man Ace and Latin Empire ...

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[discogs-1] "Mean Machine, The Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-10.

[forman-2] Murray, Forman; Mark Anthony Neal (2004). That's the joint!: the hip-hop studies reader. Routledge. p. 75. ISBN 0-415-96919-0. Retrieved 2009-04-07. Back in 1981 the group Mean Machine came out with the first recorded Spanish rhymes in their "Disco Dream," a side that deeply impressed some of the present-day Latino rappers like Mellow Man Ace and Latin Empire ...

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