Tuff Crew

The Tuff Crew Composed Of LA Kid Ice Dog Tone Love Monty G And DJ Too Tuff Is A Hip Hop Group From Philadelphia Pennsylvania Dubbed "Philly's First Rap Supergroup" By Wax Poetics Magazine. They Released Four Albums. Their Debut LP Included Production By The Ultramagnetic MCs' Kool Keith And Ced Gee Among Others With A Style That Was Bass-Heavy With Roland TR-808 Drum Machine Raw "street" Lyrics And Aggressive Scratch DJing. They Performed With Public Enemy Run-DMC Biz Markie Big Daddy Kane Rob Base And DJ E-Z Rock LL Cool J And Many Others. They Toured The U.S.A As The Support Act For 2Live Crew And Were Fan Favorites On The Groundbreaking Street Beat Radio Program On Power 99 Hosted By Lady B. They Were Racially-Mixed And Ethnically Diverse And Were Regular Performers At The After Midnight Club In North Philly Once The Largest Hip-Hop Club In America. Their Contemporaries Included Dj Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince Dj Cash Money And Marvelous Cool C Schooly D And Three Times Dope. DJ Too Tuff A/k/a The Deuce Ace Detonator Is Considered A Forefather Of The Turntablist Movement Because Of Several Dynamic DJ Tracks On The Group's Albums. Dj Z-Trip DJ Shadow And Other New School DJs Credit DJ Too Tuff For Inspiring Their Style And Music. read less