Performance · Production
Derek B
Greater London, United Kingdom • 1965-01-15 – 2009-11-15
Derek B is credited on 81 releases across 27 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1987–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
81
Pressings credited
27
Albums
5
Decades active
65
In collections
Biography
Derek Boland (15 January 1965 – 15 November 2009), better known by his stage name Derek B, was a British rapper. His most commercially successful releases were "Goodgroove" and "Bad Young Brother" in 1988.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
81 releases · 27 albums · active 1987–2023
- Performance · 57
- Production · 22
- Engineering · 7
- Other credits · 5
Studios: Hillside Sound Studio, Englewood, NJ · Greene St. Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Paid In Full
1987
It Takes Two
1988
Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix)
1987
I Know You Got Soul
1987
Bullet From A Gun
1988
Born This Way!
1989
Joy And Pain (Remix)
1989
Spy In The House Of Love
1987
Christmas Rap
1987
Cool As Ice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1991
Good Groove
1988
Def Beats 1
1987
Hard As Hell! Rap's Next Generation
1987
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
- Was (Not Was)
- Nylon (5)
- Cookie Crew
- Mona George
- Eric B. And Rakim
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