69 Boyz is an American Miami bass and hip hop duo from Jacksonville, Florida, consisting of Thrill Da Playa (Van Bryant) and Fast Cash (Barry Wright), and are best known for their 1994 hit record "Tootsee Roll". The group was created by Bryant with the assistance of producers Nathaniel "C.C. Lemonhead" Orange and "Jay Ski" McGowan (of Quad City DJs and 95 South), and were produced by Bass Mechanics.

Career

In 1992, Thrill da Playa and Fast Cash teamed up to form 69 Boyz, which the group claimed was inspired by both members' birth year of 1969 and the sexual act of the same name.

69 Boyz achieved its first and only major success in the summer of 1994 with the single "Tootsee Roll", off their first album 199Quad. The track topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, peaked at #8 on the Hot 100, and #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and was certified platinum. The followup single, "Kitty Kitty", did not fare as well, reaching #51 on the Hot 100, #36 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, and #6 on Hot Rap Singles. 69 Boyz were nominated for three 1995 Soul Train Music Awards.

The 1995 single "Five O, Five O (Here They Come)" was recorded for the Bad Boys soundtrack. The following year, the track "Hoop N Yo Face" was featured on the Sunset Park soundtrack and peaked at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100.

69 Boyz' second album, The Wait Is Over, was released in July 1998 and featured the single "Woof Woof" for the 1998 film Dr. Dolittle. The song reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group's third album, 2069, was released in April 2000 and featured one single, "How We Roll", which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. Trunk Funk 101 (2001) was their fourth and final album and also featured only one single, the non-charting "She's Skurred".

Discography

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

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! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details

! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Certifications

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! style="width:45px;"| U.S.

! style="width:45px;"| U.S.<br>R&B

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! scope="row"| 199Quad

|

  • Release date: May 31, 1994
  • Label: Rip-It
  • Formats: CD

| 59

| 13

|

  • RIAA: Platinum

|-

! scope="row"| The Wait is Over

|

  • Release date: July 14, 1998
  • Label: Big Beat
  • Formats: CD

| 114

| 39

|

|-

! scope="row"| 2069

|

  • Release date: April 18, 2000
  • Label: Home Bass
  • Formats: CD

| —

| 55

|

|-

! scope="row"| Trunk Funk 101

|

  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: Thundershot
  • Formats: CD

| —

| —

|

|-

| colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

|}

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

|-

! width="35"| U.S.

! width="35"| U.S.<br>R&B

! width="35"| U.S.<br>Rap

|-

| rowspan="2"| 1994

| align="left"| "Tootsee Roll"

| 8

| 9

| 1

| align="left" rowspan="2"| 199Quad

|-

| align="left"| "Kitty Kitty"

| 51

| 36

| 6

|-

| 1996

| align="left"| "Hoop N Yo Face"

| 95

| 62

| 19

| align="left"| Sunset Park <small>(soundtrack)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2"| 1998

| align="left"| "Woof Woof"

| 31

| 24

| 2

| align="left" rowspan="2"| The Wait is Over

|-

| align="left"| "Get on Your Feet"

| —

| —

| —

|-

| 2000

| align="left"| "How We Roll"

| —

| 74

| 5

| align="left"| 2069

|-

| 2001

| align="left"| "She's Skurred"

| —

| —

| —

| align="left"| Trunk Funk 101

|-

| colspan="15" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

|-

|}

References

  • 69 Boyz at Discogs