The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Songs chart in 1988 and helped its parent album to platinum certification. By Billboard Staff Rodney "Skip" Bryce DJ E-Z Rock - H 2014 Rodney ...

On this date in the summer of 1988, Harlem natives Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock released their monumental single “It Takes Two” on the Profile imprint. Produced by another Harlem native, Teddy Riley, who ...

NEW YORK — DJ E-Z Rock, a Harlem rapper and one-half of a popular ’80’s hip-hop duo, died on Sunday, April 27, 2014. He was 46. Born Rodney “Skip” Bryce, DJ E-Z Rock was best known for his work with ...

In 1988, Luther Vandross released his platinum selling Any Love. It was nominated for three Grammys and spent two weeks on top of Billboard's R&B Albums chart. Although the single "She Won't Talk to ...

"I'm gonna rock right now / I'm Rob Base and I came to get down …" It was one of the great introductions in hip-hop, coming as it did riding atop a sleek, head-nodding, foot-tapping groove and an ...

Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two" was a staple at house parties during the 1990s. Now, Lil Yachty, Carly Rae Jepsen and Mike Will Made-It have remixed the smash hit for a new Target commercial ...

“It Takes Two” may have been released in 1988, but even in 2014, when the song comes on, you’ll get a bunch of side eyes if you’re the person holding up the wall at a party. When it’s on, you dance.

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Rob Base Remembers DJ E-Z Rock And The Making Of “It Takes Two” Previously: Rob Base Confirms DJ E-Z Rock Has Died Emmanuel C.M.

One of Hip-Hop’s most tragic losses of the year came in April when DJ E-Z Rock lost his battle to diabetes at the age of 46. It took two to make Hip-Hop history and his lifelong friend and music ...