The Noise (band)

The Noise were a Puerto Rican collective of DJs, rappers, and producers who performed at a club, by the same name in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It included many of Puerto Rican performers, some of who would later find solo success, including Baby Rasta & Gringo, Baby Ranks, DJ David, DJ Negro, DJ Nelson, Don Chezina, Ivy Queen, Las Guanabanas, Point Breakers, Trebol Clan, Tony Touch.

Background

In 1992, the club opened in Puerto Rico. Originally, the club was a "venue where DJs and club-goers could enjoy rap, dancehall reggae, and tropical styles popular at the time, particularly merengue/merenhouse."^[1] Around 1994, the collective's producers began producing beats for the artists to perform to live at the club.^[1]

Musical career

1994-1996: Establishment

Puerto Rican singer Ivy Queen joined the then all-male group in 1995. Queen "made her first appearance on the fifth installment of the [Noise] CD series with a track called "Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes." Queen grew increasingly tired of the violent and explicit sexual lyrics," later releasing her debut studio album En Mi Imperio in 1996.^[2]

1997-2000: Rise in popularity

In 1997, The Best Greatest Hits was released. It reached number eight on the Billboard Latin Albums chart.^[3] Later that same year, The Noise, Vol. 8: The Real Noise was released. It reached number twelve and number six on the Billboard Latin Albums and Billboard Latin Pop Albums charts, respectively.^[4]

Members

Former members

• Baby Rasta & Gringo
• Baby Ranks
• DJ David
• DJ Negro
• DJ Nelson
• Don Chezina
• Ivy Queen (joined 1993, went solo in 1996)
• Las Guanabanas
• Point Breakers
• Trebol Clan
• Tony Touch

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