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Turbo B

Turbo B   (USA)

EuroDance member
Added : 20/11/2001
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Get Wild
Make Way For The Maniac
Top of the Food Chain
Witness The Strength
Pump Up This Party
Lyrical Jesse James
Maniac
I'm Not Dead
Nice & Smooth
What You See
Get Wild
New Day
Last Call for Alcohol
The Power
Total Kontrol
Ooops Up
Cult of Snap
Life Is Life
Mary Had A Little Boy
Megamix
Color Of Love
Rhythm Is A Dancer
Let Me Be
Point Of No Return
I Surrender To Your Love
Take It To The Limit
Eye In The Sky
Rocksteady Love
Gimme A Thrill
Lonely
Ballet Dancer
Don't Cha Know
We Be Hot
By The Sea
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Latest Turbo B news

21/09/2018 : Turbo B was featured on FolkustiX's folkloric cover of Snap! Colour of love (Thanks to Krasi)

14/03/2014 : End of February, Turbo B released his new single Last Call for Alcohol.

17/01/2014 : You can discover and download Jason Dean's remix for Turbo B's new song Last Call for free on his Soundclound account. Turbo B also visited The Company's song Party Like This (Thanks to Krasi)

07/06/2012 : Turbo B was featured on Rumnetsa & Enchev feat Turbo B, N.A.S.O. & Marieta Pak na More (thanks to Dato Oliver)

30/12/2011 : After 19 years, Turbo B and Thea Austin appeared together again on stage, during a Justin Timberlake benefit concert called "JT & Friends", in october 2011 (thanks to Dato Oliver).

30/12/2011 : Discover a remix of Turbo B's track I Can Make You Dance. It could be his 2012 single... (thanks to Dato Oliver)

04/08/2009 : Turbo B did a collaboration with rappers duo Rumanetsa & Enchev and the Holland singer Miss Romagna from the band R.O.O.M. The result is entitled Don't Cha Know. The single already entered the Bulgarian radio charts last week and will be released later as a maxi in America, Holland, Turkey and Romania (thanks to eurodance blog and Krassik).

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Turbo B albums

Get Wild Get Wild
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Make Way For The Maniac Make Way For The Maniac 1993
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Top of the Food Chain Top of the Food Chain 1999
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Turbo B singles

Witness The Strength Witness The Strength 1990  
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Pump Up This Party Pump Up This Party 1990  
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Lyrical Jesse James Lyrical Jesse James 1992  
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Maniac Maniac 1992  
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I'm Not Dead I'm Not Dead (feat. Thea T. Austin) 1993  
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Nice & Smooth Nice & Smooth 1993  
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What You See What You See 2nd Oct 1993  
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Get Wild Get Wild 1995  
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New Day New Day 26th Sep 2005  
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Last Call for Alcohol Last Call for Alcohol 28th Feb 2014  
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Turbo B remixes

Get Wild (Plutone Remix) Get Wild (Plutone Remix) 12th Jan 1995  
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Featurings and collaborations

The Power Snap - The Power 1989  
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Total Kontrol Moses P - Total Kontrol 1989  
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Ooops Up Snap - Ooops Up Sep 1990  
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Cult of Snap Snap - Cult of Snap Jan 1991  
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Life Is Life Sharada House Gang - Life Is Life 2nd Mar 1991  
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Mary Had A Little Boy Snap - Mary Had A Little Boy Apr 1991  
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Megamix Snap - Megamix Sep 1991  
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Color Of Love Snap - Color Of Love Mar 1992  
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Rhythm Is A Dancer Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer 30th Mar 1992  
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Let Me Be Lory Lee - Let Me Be 11th Jun 1993  
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Point Of No Return Centory - Point Of No Return 20th Aug 1994  
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I Surrender To Your Love Comic - I Surrender To Your Love 27th Oct 1994  
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Take It To The Limit Centory - Take It To The Limit 28th Oct 1994  
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Eye In The Sky Centory - Eye In The Sky 5th May 1995  
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Rocksteady Love Viktoria Silvstedt - Rocksteady Love 1999  
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Gimme A Thrill Snap - Gimme A Thrill 29th May 2000  
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Lonely Quest - Lonely 2002  
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Ballet Dancer Master Blaster - Ballet Dancer 2003  
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Don't Cha Know R E - Don't Cha Know Aug 2009  
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We Be Hot Regi - We Be Hot Jul 2011  
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By The Sea Rumnetsa & Enchev - By The Sea 11th Jun 2013  
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Compositions

Cult of Snap Snap - Cult of Snap Jan 1991  
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Songwriting

Ooops Up Snap - Ooops Up Sep 1990  
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Cult of Snap Snap - Cult of Snap Jan 1991  
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Point Of No Return Centory - Point Of No Return 20th Aug 1994  
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Take It To The Limit Centory - Take It To The Limit 28th Oct 1994  
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Eye In The Sky Centory - Eye In The Sky 5th May 1995  
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Turbo B biography

(Maurice Darron Butler) is mostly known as rapper for the projects Snap and Centory. He was born on the 30th of April 1967 in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, USA) and started his musical career as drummer with a heavy metal band called Oblivion in his hometown. He is 1,95 m tall. He has a daughter named Shannon and a son named DJ

He was sent to Frankfurt in 1985 by his Uncle Sam to become a bomb disposal expert. Rico Sparx and Moses P discovered he was a first class rapper and human beat-box. After his discharge he returned to the USA but went back to Germany to continue his musical carrer.

His talents earned him spots with acts such as Maze and The Fat Boys. He has shared the stage with such artists as Chaka Kahn, Michael Jackson, Natalie Cole, Sinbad, Hall & Oates, and even Tom Jones. He also collaborated with Mark Spoon.

Germany-based producers Benito Benites and John Garrett Virgo III, had put together a project they would call Snap!, after a function on a sequencing programme. They recorded a song called The Power which was built from samples of New York rapper Chill Rob G (Robert Frazier)'s Let The Rhythm Flow. They added the powerful female backing vocals of Penny Ford. The record was first released on the Wild Pitch Records label in America with the credit Snap featuring Chill Rob G. However, after the first 30.000 sales, problems with Chill began to manifest themselves and they sought a replacement. They chose Butler, who was renamed Turbo B.

Chill was allowed to release his own version of The Power in America. Around the rest of the world a new version, featuring Turbo B, topped the charts. To promote the record, Turbo and Penny Ford toured widely, before she started on a solo career and was replaced by Thea Austin. Whereas they continued to score colossal hits with Oops Up, Cult Of Snap and Mary Had A Little Boy, dissent had set in. Turbo wanted more artistic input, and contested the choice of Rhythm Is A Dancer as projected lead-off single for the band's second album. He told that he hated the song and influenced the producers in their decision to release The Colour Of Love instead. The single flopped, whereas Rhythm Is A Dancer became another international smash (the biggest selling UK single of 1992). By now the rift between the parties was irreconcilable. Turbo had signed up for a solo career (debuting with I'm Not Dead on Polydor Records, with vocals by Thea) while the Snap! single was still climbing in several territories. Thea Austin too found herself a solo contract.

Between 1994 and 1997 Turbo B created many projects in which he appeared or not : Centory, the Porn Boys... He did raps on Comic's I Surrender To Your Love. Then he moved to Orlando (Florida).

1999 : he released a single featured by the ex cover-girl Victoria Silvstedt (Rocksteady Love).

2002 : a single was released, entitled Quest featuring Turbo B : Lonely. It was released under ZYX Music

2003 : Turbo B was back with Snap for the singles The Power 2003 and Rhythm Is A Dancer 2003. Then he was featured by Master Blaster on their new single Ballet Dancer.

2005 : Turbo B appeared with Snap in the German TV show Ultimative Charts Show in June. He rapped on The Power, along with Garcia's former vocalist Ouided Khachnaoui. He recorded a new solo single : New Day which will be released on September 26th.

2010 : Turbo B was featured on Regi's album Registrated 2.

Remixes done by Turbo B

D.J. Professor - Life Is Life
The Pack - Stand & Fight (1990)

Thanks to nolimits, Necronomic, Denis "DJ Hooligan" Zhabkin and D-man '94 for the latest informations

Turbo B biography was last updated Tue, March 2nd 2021



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