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Rudy Pardee, a
Cleveland native, and Los Angeles' Chris Wilson formed the L.A.
Dream Team in the early '80s. The times were rife with
experimentation and the dance-rap hybrid of electro was still a new
form -- not yet firmly aligned with dance, with dance itself still
capable of embracing hip-hop. Enterprising and resourceful, the duo
formed their own label, Dream Team Records, that would go on to
issue not only Dream Team records, but other early California rap as
well, including the first single from J.J. Fad. The group's electro
classics include "The Dream Team Is in the House" and "Rockberry
Jam." In 1986, the group signed with MCA and recorded two albums
with the label. Electro was fading from its brief mainstream
popularity, however, and neither of the records sold well enough to
sustain the group.
L.A. Dream Team surfaced in 1993 as DTP to
issue a few singles, including an update of one of their old hits, "Rockberry
Revisited." Chris Wilson went on to pursue video and music
production, while Rudy Pardee died tragically in a scuba-diving
accident in 1998. ~ Wade Kergan, All Music Guide |
