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Line 1: :''This article is about the rapper. For the basketball player, see [[Kwame Brown]].'' "'''These Boots Are Made for Walkin''''" is a song originally performed by singer [[Nancy Sinatra]] and composed by [[Lee Hazlewood]]. It came out on [[February 26]] [[1966]] at number one in the [[United States]], and entered the charts similarly in many other countries. '''Kwamé Holland''' (born [[Queens, New York]], USA) was an [[United States\|American]] [[rapper]] who enjoyed brief popularity in the late-[[1980s]] and early-[[1990s]]. He is currently a [[music producer]] sometimes credited as '''K-1 Million''' or '''K1 Mil'''. ~~[[Image:NancySinatraBoots.jpg\|right\|thumb\|"Boots" album cover]]~~ Sinatra was encouraged by Hazlewood to sing the song as if she were a sixteen-year-old girl giving the brush-off to a forty-year-old man. Sinatra's recording of the song was made with the help of drummer [[Hal Blaine]] and [[the Wrecking Crew]], this session including Blaine on drums, [[Tommy Tedesco]] and [[Billy Strange]] on guitars, [[Carol Kaye]] on electric bass, and [[Ray Pohlman]] on double bass, providing the notable bass line. ==Career== ~~Since it was a song with which GIs in Vietnam in the mid-to-late 1960s would be familiar, it was used for the ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' soundtrack, adding to its realism.~~ He was 16 years old when he released his self-produced debut album, ''Kwamé the Boy Genius Featuring A New Beginning'' in 1989. A New Beginning was his backing band and Kwamé was one of the rare rappers at the time to use a live band. The album spawned the singles "The Man We All Know and Love" and "The Rhythm". The accompanying [[music videos]] featured a [[polka-dot]] [[Motif (art)\|motif]] in the costumes and [[production design]]. This was to become Kwamé's [[trademark]] and started a [[hip hop fashion]] trend as fans began wearing polka-dotted clothing. In 1990, his second album ''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'' was released. It was a [[concept album]] about a [[day in the life of]] a [[high school]] student. The album spawned the hit single "Ownlee Eue". ~~==Artists who have covered the song==~~ [[Image:Kwamepolkadots .jpg\|thumb\|right\|Kwamé's album ''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'']] [[Geri Halliwell]], formerly of the [[Spice Girls]] would sing her own rendition of this song for the ''[[Rugrats in Paris: The Movie]]'' soundtrack. [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] recorded his version on the ''Some Gave All'' album. [[Operation Ivy (band)\|Operation Ivy]], a punk cover hailed by many as a punk classic due to its punk-natured lyrics [[Jessica Simpson]], the resurgent Pop star, recorded [[These Boots Are Made for Walkin' (Jessica Simpson single)\|her own version of the song]] to coincide with her appearance in the 2005 "Dukes of Hazzard" picture. [[Kon Kan]], a [[dance music]] [[remix]]/[[remake]] [[Boy George]], a cover on the ''[[Rareties]]'' album [[KMFDM]], a cover on the ''[[Boots]]'' EP [[LaToya Jackson]] on the album ''From Nashville to You'' [[Megadeth]] on the album ''[[Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!]]'' — their version was done more as a parody. When the album started selling well after Megadeth became more popular, the writer of the song, [[Lee Hazlewood]], began demanding that the song be cut, due to it being "perversion of the original song". Dave Mustaine made the point that he had been payed royalties for all those years before Hazlewood made the case, but eventually cut the song anyway. A censored version of the track can be found on the deluxe edition released in 2002. [[Lil Kim]], a cover for the popular TV show [[Growing Up Gotti]]. [[Crispin Glover]], on the album ''[[The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution. The Solution = Let It Be]]''. [[Jessica Simpson]], for the soundtrack of the film ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' In 1992, he released his third album ''Nastee''. Now 18, Kwamé tried an image change by discarding the polka-dots and writing more sexually-charged lyrics in contrast to his previously playful, [[intellectual]] persona. The [[title track]] was a minor hit but the album quickly fell from the charts. His fourth album, 1994's ''Incognito'' failed to chart and Kwamé was dropped from his record label. That same year, Kwamé became a [[punch line]] in [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s popular song "Unbelievable": ~~[[Category:Pop songs]]~~ ~~[[Category:1966 singles]]~~ ''You see I smoke a lot<br> ''Your life is played out like Kwamé, and them fuckin' polka-dots''<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/ntr_big/ready_to/unbeliev.big.txt\|title=Notorious B.I.G.: Unbelievable Lyrics}}</ref><br> The lyric was a major blow to Kwamé's [[esteem]] and career as he suddenly became an object of ridicule in the hip-hop community.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.allhiphop.com/features/?ID=851\|title=Kwame: Nobody’s Laughing\|publisher=AllHipHop.com\|date=[[June 2004]]}}</ref> But in 2002, Kwamé reemerged as a [[music producer]] named "K-1 Million". He worked for many artists such as [[LL Cool J]], [[Mary J. Blige]] and [[Dru Hill]]. In 2004, he had a major success as the co-producer (with [[Eminem]]) of [[Lloyd Banks]]' smash hit song "On Fire". He continues to work steadily as a producer with his current artists Beyond Belief and Profit and has since returned to using his real name. ==Trivia== {{trivia\|date=May 2007}} He is a cousin of [[Vin Diesel]]. Diesel was a dancer in some of his music videos.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Yh4hAx3T74EJ:hiphopdx.com/index/print/t.feature_article/id.149+kwame+cousin+vin+diesel&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8&client=firefox-a\| title=In Tha Background: Kwame - Once dissed by Biggie... But Now?\|publisher=[[HipHopDX.com]]\|date=[[2002-09-06]]}}</ref> As a child he was mentored by [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Lionel Hampton]], and [[Abdullah Ibrahim]] who were family friends. He holds music [[workshop]]s for children and has worked with various [[youth organizations]] including the [[Tupac Amaru Shakur]] Foundation. ==Discography== ===Albums=== ''Kwamé the Boy Genius Featuring A New Beginning'' (1989) ''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'' (1990) ''Nastee'' (1992) ''Incognito'' (1994) ===Singles=== {\| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" \| Year !rowspan="2" \| Title !colspan="2" \| Chart positions !rowspan="2" \| Album \|- !width="40"\|<small>US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks\|Hot R&B]]</small> !width="40"\|<small>US [[Hot Rap Tracks\|Hot Rap]]</small> \|- \| rowspan="2"\|1989 \| "The Man We All Know and Love" \| align="center" \| 33 \| align="center" \| 2 \|''Kwamé the Boy Genius Featuring A New Beginning'' \|- \| "The Rhythm" \| align="center" \| - \| align="center" \| 7 \|''Kwamé the Boy Genius Featuring A New Beginning'' \|- \| rowspan="2"\|1990 \| "Hai Love" \| align="center" \| - \| align="center" \| 21 \|''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'' \|- \| "Ownlee Eue" \| align="center" \| 40 \| align="center" \| 3 \| ''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'' \|- \|1991 \| "Oneovdabigboiz" \| align="center" \| 94 \| align="center" \| 17 \| ''A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure'' \|- \|rowspan="2"\|1992 \| "Nastee" \| align="center" \| - \| align="center" \| 16 \| ''Nastee'' \|- \| "Can U Feel It" \| align="center" \| - \| align="center" \| - \| ''Nastee'' \|- \|1994 \| "? It Like" \| align="center" \| - \| align="center" \| - \| ''Incognito'' \|- \|} ==Production credits== [[Lady May]] featuring [[Blu Cantrell]], "Round Up" [[Mary J Blige]], "L.O.V.E." [[LL Cool J]], "10 Million Stars", "Throw Ya L’s Up", "And The Winner Is" [[Dru Hill]], "No Doubt" [[Nick Cannon]], "Scared of You" [[Lloyd Banks]], "On Fire" (co-produced by Eminem) [[JoJo]], "Breezy" [[Jin Au-Yeung\|Jin]], "So Afraid Of" [[Tweet (singer)\|Tweet]], "Turn Da Lights Off", "We Don’t Need No Water" [[Joe Budden]], "Roll Your Backyard" [[Red Cafe]], "All Night Long", "Rap Chic" [[Will Smith]], "Switch" [[Teairra Marí]], "New Shit", "No Daddy (Remix)" [[The Pussycat Dolls]], "Bite the Dust" [[Christina Aguilera]], "Understand" [[Chingy]] "Let's Ride," "Relax" [[Method Man]] "Fall Out", "OD", "4 Ever" [[Yung Joc]] featuring [[3LW]] "Bout It" [[Talib Kweli]] "[[Listen!!!]]" [[Mýa]] "I Am" [[Fantasia]] "Not The Way I Do" [[Raven Symone]] "Got It Girl" == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1492009/20041007/story.jhtml Interview with MTV.com] [[Category:African American musicians]] [[Category:American rappers]] [[Category:American record producers]] [[Category:Hip hop record producers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Queens]] [[Category:Year of birth missing]]

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