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NB, Nb, or nb may refer to:

• Abbreviation for nota bene, a Latin expression meaning "note well"
• Abbreviation for not bad or northbound

Places[link]

• New Brunswick, a province of Canada
• North Britain, a historical term for Scotland
• New Baltimore (disambiguation), several towns
• New Britain (disambiguation), several places
• Northern Beaches, in Sydney, Australia

Entertainment[link]

• Nickelback, a Canadian rock band
• N.B. (album), an album by Natasha Bedingfield
• "New Born", a song by the British band Muse
• Nickname of Niko Bellic, a fictional character in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
• NB (television show), a Scottish TV programme presented by Janice Forsyth, Bryan Burnett and Alan Campbell
• Nathan Barley, a 2005 British sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris for Channel 4

Science and technology[link]

• Symbol for the chemical element Niobium
• Notebook, a laptop computer
• Netbook, a type of laptop computer
• NetBeans, an integrated development environment created by Sun Microsystems
• Naive Bayes classifier, a simple probabilistic classifier in statistics
• Nominal Bore, a frequently used interchangeable term for Nominal Pipe Size (NPS)
• Northbridge (computing), a component on a computer motherboard

Other[link]

• Neuroblastoma, the most common solid extracranial tumor in children and infants
• New Balance, a shoe company
• Nigerian Breweries, a beverage company based in Nigeria
• Narrowboat, a particular size of water vessel found on English canals
• The ISO 639-1 abbreviation for the Bokmål written form of the Norwegian language
• 牛B (niúbī), a common word in Mandarin Chinese profanity

See also[link]

• NBA (disambiguation)
• NBC (disambiguation)
• NBM (disambiguation)
• NBS (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "NB"
• All pages with titles containing "NB"

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NB Ridaz is a hip hop group formerly known as NBK (Nastyboy Klick).

Overview[link]

The group released several successful singles as Nastyboy Klick in the late 1990s, including "Down for Yours" (1997, U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak #69) and "Lost in Love" (1998, #53).^[1]

Their debut album "Invasion" was released in 2001 and reached independent charts. The first single from the album, “Runaway” scraped into the Billboard Hot 100, and made the Rhythmic Top 40 along with “I Wanna Love-U”. Their second album NBridaz.com made the Hip-Hop, Heatseeker and independent charts. “So Fly” broke into the lower reaches of the Billboard Hot 100, and charted on the Rap, R&B and Rhythmic Top 40 charts. “Notice Me” also breached the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100, receiving more airplay than previous tracks. “Pretty Girl” also charted on the Billboard Rhythmic, R&B and Rap charts as well.

The Lyrics of Pretty Girl, Forever, Wishing On A Star, Best Friends and a various other tracks were written by twelve year old Leonel Tissera and 11 year old Joseph Soto. Soto and Tisseras' creative works eventually caught the attention of the group. After the groups popularity increase, Soto and Tisseras' lyrics became some of the most popular songs performed by the NB Ridaz.

NB Ridaz has been discontinued as of 2006.

Orlando Estrada Joined MC Magic to make a romantic cholo song.

Biography[link]

It all started with M.C. Magic a disc jockey who grew up in a low income housing area in Avondale, Arizona. From break dancing to sponsoring teen dances at the Avondale community center, Magic always surrounded himself with music. He eventually made a name for himself by recording personalized songs at the local park and swap.

In 1991, he formed an independent record company called Nastyboy Records. Soon afterwards releasing his first hit single "Lost in Love." The single did very well considering local radio stations only gave it a few spins in the evenings.

In 1995, M.C. Magic released his first full length CD entitled "Don't Worry." The album did well on a local level and helped open some doors for the next project. Nastyboy Klick began with six members Magic, DOS, Ziggy, Sly, Mischief (Magic's 10 year old son) and Bookie. Bookie soon left the group to pursue a solo project before NBK became successful.

Nastyboy Klick was recognized as one of the top up and coming hip-hop groups out of Phoenix within their first year. M.C. Magic wanted to try something new and different to grab the attention of the radio stations and its listeners. He then contacted the management of the late Roger Troutman of "Zapp and Roger." After contacting Roger Troutman he agreed to assist Nastboy Klick with vocals on "Down for Yours." using the famous Talkbox. Not only did it grab the attention of local radio stations, it reached #10 on the Billboard hot rap single chart (a first for any hip-hop group out of Phoenix). Quickly following the success of "Down for Yours" came "AZ Side", which also brought another hit single. This was the first record to ever receive sampling permission from Madonna. The "AZ Side Remix" was a rendition of Madonna's hit "Everybody."

In 1998, Nastyboy Klick released "Tha Second Coming," which is the second album that was led by the hip-hop ballad "Lost in Love." This time the record reached to #12 on the Billboard music charts. After the release of their second album NBK began touring and performing for many audiences within the next year.

After many trials and tribulations all the members returned to their regular jobs and Magic returned to working at the park and swap. . Eventually, Magic and DOS decided it would be in their best interest to pursue their career as a group, on their own. Magic and DOS asked management to release them from the recording contract with Upstairs Records, to begin working on the next phase of their career.

As Nastyboy Klick/NBK[link]

• 1997: The First Chapter
• 1998" Desert Funk: Soundtrack
• 1998: Tha Second Coming (duet with CeCe Peniston on "I Know You Want Me")
• 2002: Pretty Girl *Written by Leonel Tissera and TJ Gorman.

As NB Ridaz[link]

• 2001: Invasion (Upstairs) (album was released twice under two labels)
• 2001: Invasion (Nastyboy)
• 2004: NB Ridaz.com
• 2005: NB Ridaz: The Official DVD
• 2008: Greatest Hits

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official MySpace
• Nasty Boy Records Official Website
• Allmusic.com article on the NB Rydaz
• MC Magic - Magic City
• Biography

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Marco Cardenas better known by his stage name MC Magic is a Mexican rapper, songwriter and record producer, known for rapping and singing, both in English and Spanish.^[1]

Background[link]

MC Magic, was born Marco Cardenas in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico but was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to Phoenix with his family when he was only 5 years old later moved to Dallas, TX after his career was over to work as a sales associate at Sears located inside North Park Mall.

Music Career[link]

In 1990, he established Nastyboy Records to showcase his productions and talent. Soon there after releasing his first hit single "Lost in Love." The single did very well considering local radio stations only gave it a few spins in the evenings. In 1995, he released his first full-length album, Don't Worry, which enabled him to recruit other artists to form the Nastyboy Klick. With MC Magic's production touch, the Nastyboy Klick spawned a number of regional hits, particularly "Down for Yours" featuring Roger Troutman, which peaked at number ten for Top Rap singles in the country. After appearing on the front page of Phoenix newspaper The Arizona Republic in 1997, MC Magic started to receive calls to tour nationally, placing him far ahead of many other Phoenix-based artists in terms of popularity. By the beginning of the new millennium, his group had been trimmed down to just three members and renamed themselves the NB Ridaz. Having been the motor behind Nastyboy's undertakings, MC Magic was primed to release his second solo album in 2006. The May release, Magic City, peaked at number one on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and at number 60 for top R&B/Hip-Hop albums.^[1] Magic City's success opened up many new opportunities for him but mostly it established MC MAGIC as a solo act. MC Magic's new found success as a solo artist motivated him to continue his successful run, with his follow-up album "Magic City, Part II" which was released on June 10th 2008. "Magic City Part II" featured some of the hottest artists in the game with guest appearances from Baby Bash, Too Short, Chingo Bling, Big Gemini, DJ Kane from the Kumbia Kings. "Magic City, Part II" peeked at number 6 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and contained hit songs such as "Princesa", "Girl I Love You and "The Only 1".^[1] As MC Magic's career started to take off rapidly, he started to tour continuously all over the states, the shows ranged from small venues to huge arenas. In 2010, MC Magic decided to continue to expand his solo music catalog and started to record songs for his new album "THE REWIRE". Eventually he released the album's first single "Mrs.Delicious", the record was uptempo, completely different than his usual r&b style but it seemed to work. Even though "The Rewire" was completed by late December, it was set to be released on Valentines Day of 2011. MC Magic promoted his upcoming album repeatedly in his hometown of Phoenix, AZ with huge billboards and bus benches throughout the city. Later he expanded his promotion on to one of his largest markets, California, also placing bus benches throughout the city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas. The release for MC Magic's highly anticipated album "The Rewire" was pushed to an earlier date and was released on February 8th, 2011. All the heavy promotion for the album proved successful as his release party for THE REWIRE in his hometown at a local mall brought in an enormous crowd, so much so that the autograph line led all the way out of the store into the mall. This album contained several hits for MC Magic such the single "Diggin", which is an up-tempo rap record featuring Twista & and upcoming female rapper Snow tha Product, the single completely different from his smooth R&B style and it seemed to catch the radio's attention. The hit single took off quickly, several radio stations started to pick it up and had it in heavy rotation. As MC Magic released "DIGGIN", he also introduced his first all Spanish Rap Banda record called "Todos Mis Diaz" hoping to compete in the Spanish market.

Discography[link]

Discography[link]

studio albums

other albums

• 1998: Desert Funk: Soundtrack
• 2008: Princess/Princesa

with Nastyboy Klick

• 1997: The First Chapter
• 1998: Tha Second Coming

with NB Ridaz

• 2001: Invasion (Nastyboy)
• 2001: Invasion (Upstairs)
• 2004: NB Ridaz.com
• 2008: Greatest Hits

Singles[link]

• 1995: "Lost in Love"
• 1998" "I Know You Want Me" (featuring CeCe Peniston)
• 2006: "All My Life" (featuring Nichole)
• 2006: "Sexy Lady" (featuring DJ Kane)
• 2006: "Lies" (featuring Krystal Melody)
• 2008: "Princess"
• 2008: "Princesa"
• 2008: "Dancer" (featuring Too $hort, C-Note and AZ Prince)
• 2008: "Dancer (Remix)" (featuring Too $hort, Kid Brown and AZ Prince)
• 2009: "Girl I Love You" (featuring Zig Zag)
• 2010: "Mrs. Delicious"
• 2011: "Reasons" (featuring Mrs. Krazie & D. Salas)
• 2011: "Diggin" (featuring Twista & Snow Tha Product)

Sophia Maria also sang "Sin Ti" with MC Magic

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official MySpace
• Nasty Boy Records Official Website
• MC Magic Official Fansite

Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok) is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23, 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.

Career[link]

Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, Algeria where he studied at the conservatory of music. He was raised by his grandfather.

Initially, Cheb Bilal performed at weddings and festivals around Oran. In 1980, he created the group El Ahouar. In 1989 he went to Marseilles, France, which he described as a turning point in his career.^[1] He also spent much of his time on the prision of "l3awad" in Kenitra ( Morocco). He is a well-known singer in morocco.

It is said^{[by whom?]} he gained his inspiration from former legendary singer Abdul.

References[link]