Magoo (rapper)
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| Birth name | Melvin Barcliff |
| Born | July 12, 1973 Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
| Origin | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Genre(s) | Pop Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Label(s) | Blackground Atlantic Mosley Music Group Interscope |
| Associated acts | Timbaland, Timbaland & Magoo |
Magoo (born Melvin Barcliff on July 12, 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American rapper who is best known as one-half of the pop rap duo Timbaland & Magoo with record producer Tim "Timbaland" Mosley. Like Timbaland, Magoo got his start in the music industry as a member of DeVante Swing's Swing Mob when mutual friend Missy Elliott got DeVante to sign the both of them when he signed Elliott's group Mel & Kim.
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Timbaland & Magoo left Swing Mob after 1995 and became a performing duo in their own right. Signing with Blackground Records (home of Aaliyah, Timbaland's main collaborator), Timbaland & Magoo went on to release a number of albums, which were not as successful as the singles that anchored them. Singles such as "Up Jumps the Boogie [Remix]", "Clock Strikes [Remix]" (which samples the Knight Rider theme), "Here We Come" (which samples the 1960s Spider-Man theme), "Drop", "All Y'all", and "Cop That Disc" have all proved successful, while the albums that they appeared on have generally underperformed. Their first LP "Welcome To Our World" sold over 1 Million copies.
Magoo is distinguished by his unusual, yet natural, high-pitched voice, which many hip-hop fans say sounds similar to Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
Timbaland will produce Magoo's new album Welcome to Maganoo, this will become Magoos first ever solo album.
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