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Infobox musical artist |name = Andre Nickatina|image = |caption = |image_size = 160|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Andre L. Adams|alias = Dre Dog|Born = birth date and age|1970|3|11|mf=yescite web|title=Andre Adams search|url= http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461? c=search& first=andre& last=adams|work=California Birth Index|birth_place = San Francisco , California , United States |genre = Hip hop music|Hip hop |occupation = Rapper
Record producer|Producer |years_active = 1992–present|label = In-a-Minute, Dogday, Fillmoe Coleman, Million Dollar Dream, I-Khan|associated_acts = Equipto, Smoov-E , Shag Nasty, Mac Dre , 11/5 , San Quinn , Mob Figaz, Totally Insane , I.M.P., Messy Marv, The Jacka |website = http://www.andrenickatina.com/home.html www.andrenickatina.com Andre L. Adams (born March 11, 1970), better known by his stage name Andre Nickatina , is an United States|American rapper from San Francisco, California|San Francisco , California . He previously performed under the stage name Dre Dog .

Personal Life


Andre Adams was born on March 11, 1970 in San Francisco, and grew up in the city's Fillmore District . He attended the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology but dropped out; he claims to have had a D average.cite news|last=Amter|first=Charlie|title=Money, Power, Day Care|url= http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-12-03/music/money-power-day-care/print|work=SF Weekly|date=2003-12-03|accessdate=2008-05-19cite news|last=|first=|title=Andre Nickatina - Bio|url=
http://highlineballroom.com/show/2012/04/04/andre-nickatina/|publisher=highlineballroom.com|date=|accessdate=2012-04-19

Musical career


He released two albums under the stage name Dre Dog: The New Jim Jones in 1993 and I Hate You With a Passion in 1995. I Hate You With a Passion peaked at #79 on the Billboard Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and #3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In 1997, Adams changed his stage name to Andre Nickatina, and released the albums: Cocaine Raps under his own label, Filmoe Coleman Records and Raven in My Eyes , which was released under the Bay Area Independent Rap Label Dogday Records. Unlike his albums released under the name Dre Dog, Cocaine Raps had deeper production values First Collaborations with Producer Nick Peace. The album Raven in My Eyes was noted for its production quality and songs that combine " music sequencer|sequencers and keyboards that buzz and whine" with live instrumentation.cite news|last=Inoue|first=Todd S.|title=Andre Nickatina - Raven in My Eyes|url= http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.08.98/audiofile-9801.html|work=Metroactive|date=1998-01-08|accessdate=2008-05-19 That year, he founded his own record label, Filmoe Coleman Records. Nickatina explained in an interview with Strivin magazine that his name change was "for the better" and that he raps because he feels that he is talented enough to do so but not for the sake of popularity.cite web|author=Doxx|title=Classic Interview - Andre Nickatina (formerly Dre Dog)|url= http://strivin.com/2005/08/19/classic-interview-andre-nickatina-formerly-dre-dog/|work=Strivin|date=2005-08-19|accessdate=2008-05-31

Soon afterwards, his following three albums, Tears of a Clown (1999), Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2 , The Unreleased Sold Exclusively at shows and appreances and These R the Tales (the latter three in 2000) gained him notoriety in the West Coast underground rap scene.cite web|last=Gabriel|first=Robert|title=Andre Nickatina - Biography|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p296557|pure_url=yes|work=Allmusic|year=2003|accessdate=2008-05-19 Mosi Reeves of the San Francisco Bay Guardian noted Nickatina's popularity at a CD release party for another underground Bay Area rapper/producer, Smoov-E; Reeves called Nickatina "a quick-witted rapper who spits as hard as Kurupt does".cite web|last=Reeves|first=Mossi|title=Smoov-E CD-release party, with Andre Nickatina, First Degree the D.E., and Be Gee|url= http://www.sfbg.com/36/51/x_local_live.html|work=San Francisco Bay Guardian|date=2002-09-18|accessdate=2008-05-31 A combo CD/movie project, Conversation with a Devil , followed in 2003. Lindsay Welnick, a music critic for SF Weekly , regarded the film as a knockoff of the classic gangster movie Scarface (1932 film)| Scarface . Nate Denver for the SF Bay Guardian praised the album, though.cite web|last=Denver|first=Nate|title=Local Grooves - Conversation with a Devil: Cocaine Raps No. 3 (Fillmoe Coleman)|url= http://www.sfbg.com/38/05/x_local_grooves.html|work=San Francisco Bay Guardian|date=2003-10-22|accessdate=2008-05-31 Another album, The Gift followed in 2005, when the newspaper SF Weekly named Nickatina the "Best Local Hip Hop Legend" of that year. In 2005, Nickatina also won the first annual Bay Area Raps Awards for Best Underground Artist. In 2008, he released A Tale of Two Andres with Mac Dre . Although they released only two songs together, they were close friends and the album was a tribute to his memory.cite news|title=Best Local Hip Hop Legend (2005) - Andre Nickatina|url= http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2005/award/best-local-hip-hop-legend-66923/|year=2005|accessdate=January 14, 2011

YearTitleurl=Allmusic
U.S. R& B U.S. Heat (Pacific)
1993 The New Jim Jones (as Dre Dog)
  • Released: June 17, 1993
  • Label: In-a-Minute
  • Format: CD, cassette
    		• ——
    1995 I Hate You with a Passion (as Dre Dog)
  • Released: April 19, 1995
  • Label: In-a-Minute
  • Format: CD, cassette
    		• 797
    1997 Cocaine Raps
  • Released: April 1997
  • Label: Filmoe Coleman Records
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    1998 Raven in My Eyes
  • Released: June 23, 1998
  • Label: Dogday
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    1999Tears of a Clown (album)>Tears of a Clown
  • Released: May 18, 1999
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    2000 Daiquiri Factory: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 2
  • Released: June 6, 2000
  • Label: Million Dollar Dream
  • Format: CD, cassette
    		• ——
    These R the Tales
  • Released: November 14, 2000
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman
  • Format: CD, cassette
    		• ——
    2003Conversation with a Devil: Cocaine Raps, Vol. 3
  • Released: April 22, 2003
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman
  • Format: CD/DVD
    		• —3
    2004 Bullets, Blunts In Ah Big Bankroll
  • Released: May 18, 2004
  • Label: Nicky Rose
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    2005The Gift (Andre Nickatina album)>The Gift
  • Released: January 25, 2005
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    2007 Booty Star: Glock Tawk
  • Released: September 18, 2007
  • Label: Nicky Pearl
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    2009 Ugly Money, Vol. 2: Love It and Count It
  • Released: May 19, 2009
  • Label: I-Khan
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    Cocaine Inc (Cocaine Raps 1, 2, & 3)
  • Released: September 1, 2009
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman Records
  • Format: CD
    		• ——
    2010 Khan& #33; The Me Generation
  • Released: April 20, 2010
  • Label: Fillmoe Coleman Records
  • Format: CD
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    Collaboration albums


  • Midnight Machine Gun Rhymes and Alibis (with Equipto) (2002)

  • Horns and Halos (album)|Horns and Halos (with Equipto) (2005)

  • Gun-Mouth 4 Hire: Horns and Halos 2 (with Equipto) (2005)

  • Bullet Symphony: Horns and Halos 3 (with Equipto) (2006)

  • A Tale of Two Andres (with Mac Dre ) (2008)

  • The King And Mr. Biscuits (with Smoov-E ) (2010) http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13337/title.rap-release-dates-diddy-sheek-louch-camron-the-un-jay-rock

  • My Middle Name Is Crime EP (with The Jacka ) (2010)


    • Compilations


  • Unreleased (Andre Nickatina album)|Unreleased (2001)

  • '' Hell's Kitchen (Andre Nickatina album)|Hell's Kitchen (2002)

  • Rules of the Game (circa 1998)

  • Green Eyes (Compilation Album) (2003)

  • The Chicken Hill Project (2012) (Will be the Biggest comp since WEST COAST BADBOYS& #33; http://lockerz.com/s/131731244 http://mim.io/09f451


    • Mixtapes


  • Where’s My Money (Andre Nickatina album)|Where’s My Money (2012)

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    | DATE OF BIRTH = March 11, 1970
    | PLACE OF BIRTH = San Francisco , California , United States
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